Accountants typically dread month-end and quarter-end closings. That’s because finalizing financial records for a specific period is generally a manual, error-prone and time-consuming endeavor. In 2020, Parker Gilbert (pictured above; middle) was so fed up with the tedium of managing finance and accounting at an early-stage startup that he decided to co-found Numeric, an accounting
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As people continue waiting patiently for official news of the Switch 2, Nintendo has taken the unusual step of rolling out a public testing program for a secret new piece of Switch software. It filled up in seconds as players eagerly signed up to be guinea pigs for whatever the Mario maker is cooking up.
Can AI actually change our love-hate relationship with our tools? Share this story Illustration: The Verge On today’s episode of Decoder, I’m talking with my good friend David Pierce, cohost of The Vergecast and editor-at-large at The Verge. We’re talking about something that David spends honestly too much time thinking and writing about: software. In
/ And they’re betting you’ll pay for it. By Kylie Robison, a senior AI reporter working with The Verge’s policy and tech teams. She previously worked at Fortune Magazine and Business Insider. Share this story Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Getty Images Humans have automated tasks for centuries. Now, AI
It was the banana that did it. Brian O’Kelley, who had recently sold his previous startup, ad platform AppNexus, to AT&T for a reported $1.6 billion, was watching a lecture through MIT during COVID as part of a yearlong course on supply chain management. “There was this one slide in a lecture about the carbon
$420 at Amazon LG Ultragear FreeSync 27-inch gaming monitor: $420 Save $80 $731 at Amazon LG 34GS95QE 34-inch Ultragear OLED curved gaming monitor: $731 Save $569 LG/CNET If you’re still using the monitor that came with your computer, or thinking about adding a second screen to your desktop setup, you’re in luck as you can still grab
Advances in DNA sequencing and the vast amounts of genomic data being produced by next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology have created a startup opportunity to build software for biologists so they can more easily analyze this big data and take the next leap. It could help when it comes to developing new vaccines, cancer treatments and
The synthetic biology and precision fermentation space is a hotbed of entrepreneurial activity these days. But it’s not every day you come across a startup that’s using genetic engineering to produce natural rubber — a substance that’s challenging to reproduce in a lab because of how long its polymer is. Paris-based baCta has a proof
Day two of October’s round of Amazon Prime Day is well underway, with loads of great deals on everything from board games to gaming consoles, as well as popular picks like discounted TVs, headphones and laptops. Looking to save some more? This is your last chance to get in on the Prime Visa credit card. It’ll get you up to
Thoughtly co-founder Casey Mackrell had a big week. First, he got married. Then, he went viral. At his wedding reception, Mackrell needed to quickly give a colleague access to code that could only be unblocked from his laptop. His fellow co-founder Torrey Leonard seized the moment by taking a photo to capture Mackrell wrapping up
Hurricane Milton, one of the biggest storms in recorded history, is set to make landfall in Florida on October 9. It will likely cause tens of billions of dollars of damage and could kill or injure many people who are unable to evacuate Tampa Bay and the surrounding region in time. Suggested Reading Iconic Director
/ The Ace LTE is extremely cute and lets your kid call or text a preselected list of contacts. It’s a great alternative to a phone for younger kids. By Nathan Edwards, a senior reviews editor who’s been testing tech since 2007. Previously at Wirecutter and MaximumPC. Current fixations: keyboards, DIY tech, and the smart
A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, an upcoming horror game from Saber and Stormind Games, includes a neat and creepy feature. If you have a microphone activated, the monsters in the game can hear you cough and scream in real life just like in the movies. Suggested Reading 10 Creatures We Wanna Ride In Star
The PlayStation 5 Pro is about to land, but why spend $700 on a suped up version of an already fine system when you can get the normal one for about half the cost? That’s now the case with the standard versions of the PS5, which Sony is now selling refurbished and at a much
HBO’s Green Lantern show has cast its John Stewart. Aaron Pierre, the retired Marine seeking justice in Netflix’s Rebel Ridge, will star in Lanterns alongside Friday Night Lights coach Kyle Chandler as the comic book detective show begins to take shape. Suggested Reading The Last of Us’s Lamar Johnson On Learning Sign Language For The
Samsung makes some of the most exciting Android tech on the market. From tablets to wearable tech to smartphones, if you’re a fan of the Samsung Galaxy line, you know its top quality comes at a cost. However, Prime Day is here, and we’ve found many surprising discounts on prized gadgets. You can score a
/ The government laid out how it wants a judge to consider undoing Google’s monopoly power, including breaking up the company. By Lauren Feiner, a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content
Following its $40 million fundraise at the beginning of this year, streaming media company Plex announced on Wednesday it’s rolling out a new TV show and movie reviews feature, putting its app in more direct competition with other apps, like Letterboxd and TV Time. The feature will also include social networking elements, as the reviews can be
The Silent Hill 2 remake has only been out for a few days (for those who had early access at least), but in that short amount of time, people have already created and published a bunch of useful, silly, and odd mods for the PC port of the game, including one that removes all of
That Nintendo gadget that showed up on the FCC’s site last month is sadly not the Switch 2. While the gaming giant confirmed in May that a Switch successor is, indeed, in the works, fans are going to have to settle for Alarmo. The $100 motion controlled alarm clock brings sounds from titles like Breath
Fall’s a great season for picking up some games you’ve been meaning to get around to. Luckily, as the holidays start to close in, publishers and storefronts begin heavily discounting huge chunks of their respective catalogs to help in that department. These sales often come in waves, and it’s now Xbox’s turn to host a
For fusion power aficionados, hitting “breakeven” is something of a Holy Grail: the point at which a fusion reaction produces more power than was required to ignite it. Only one scientific experiment, at the National Ignition Facility, has accomplished that feat, and it took over a decade of tweaking the system to achieve the monumental
/ The winners were awarded for their work on protein structure, which opens up ‘vast possibilities.’ By Jess Weatherbed, a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Share this story Two of the three awardees are senior researchers at Google DeepMind.Photo
Startup employees often go on to found interesting ventures, basing their new work on the experience gained from their time building a company from scratch. But not all of those experiences are positive, and sometimes, a less-than-satisfactory exit can do more to fuel a founder’s fervor than anything else. In the case of Forward Earth’s
You’ve likely spent hundreds of dollars on activewear. One Lululemon set alone can cost $200. And a decent pair of workout leggings could cost between $50 and $90 a piece. After investing in quality workout clothes, you’ll want to get as much use out of them as possible. And that means you need to wash
OpenAI said in a post on X that it is opening new offices in multiple cities, including NYC, Seattle, Paris, Brussels, and Singapore, in addition to its existing locations in San Francisco, London, Dublin and Tokyo, as part of the company’s global expansion efforts. The expansion effort follows the San Francisco-based ChatGPT maker’s whopping $6.4
/ Now that Google is a monopolist, government lawyers are laying out their plans to deal with the search giant. By Richard Lawler, a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Share this story Illustration by Cath Virginia /
Amazon Prime Day is back, and it’s filling October with loads of great deals on everything from board games to TVs and headphones to laptops. Our shopping experts have been working round-the-clock to sift through the listed discounts to bring you all of the best Prime Day deals. Looking for something on a specific budget?
As government and defense sectors increasingly lean on commercial services, opportunities for startups in dual-use technology have never been more promising. Yet, for young, agile companies, the challenge of entering such a highly regulated and traditional landscape is significant. How can emerging businesses compete with established primes for contracts and attention? And how can investors
The PlayStation 4 and Xbox are nearly 11 years old, but they are still surprisingly popular and used daily by a lot of people. That probably explains why Goat Simulator 3, released back in 2022 as a current-gen-only game, is now getting ported to the older consoles later this month. And this isn’t the first
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