Amazon today became the latest big tech company to throw its weight behind nuclear power, joining Microsoft and Google, which both previously announced long-term promises to buy nuclear power from startups to power their data centers. The company revealed three deals, including an investment in startup X-Energy and two development agreements that aim to add
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/ There’s a handy new button to surface all the red-eye overnight layovers you can handle. By Quentyn Kennemer, a writer who helps The Verge’s readers save money by surfacing the best tech deals and presenting the latest product recommendations from our experts. He has covered tech and gaming for all of his 15-plus-year career
Do you want a side of socials with your fast food? Spain’s Glovo, a food delivery and quick commerce service where the bulk of orders are for ready-to-eat food, is experimenting with adding a bundle of social features to drive more in-app activity. It’s also letting restaurant partners upload food preparation videos to spice up
The Verge homepage link Inbox Barbara Krasnoff to me Oct 16, 2024, 2:00PM UTC When Gmail first appeared in 2004, the idea of having what seemed like a never-ending space for email was revolutionary. Most paid services were providing a few megabytes of space, and here came Google promising a full gigabyte (which, at the
The U.S. is facing a shortage of electricians, with unfilled jobs in the field expected to grow by 11% per year over the next decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But because prospective electricians in the U.S. typically need to log 8,000 hours before they can get their license, the shortage won’t ease
Amazon’s Kindle line seems to go longer and longer between updates. While e-readers aren’t quite the consumer electronics darlings they once were, however, the retail giant is still invested in the category. After all, according to estimates, Amazon controls more than 80% of the U.S. market. Along with the long-awaited addition of a color Kindle,
It’s a big week in Kindle land. Along with refreshes to the base Kindle, Paperwhite, and Scribe, the company is introducing something many of us never expected in a devoted e-reader: color. Earlier this year, Amazon’s chief e-reader competitor, Kobo, introduced the $220 Libra Colour, which leverages color e-ink. The technology has thus far received
Microsoft’s determination to destroy the great reputation of Game Pass continues apace, with the news that the corporation has suddenly pulled its years-long offer of a two-week trial subscription for a dollar, just a week before it adds Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 to the subscription. Suggested Reading The Best Reveals From The Game
“If there was one piece of feedback that came through loud and clear, it was that you wanted more,” writes Astro Bot director Nicolas Doucet in an October 16 PlayStation blog. He is correct, and to satiate fans, the PlayStation 5 exclusive’s free DLC will start dropping on a weekly basis starting this month. Suggested
Sahan de Silva wanted more from his budgeting app than it could give him. PocketSmith tracked his monthly cash flow, but what he really needed was help making spending decisions in real time. “I have this bad habit of going to cafes too much,” de Silva said. Checking his budget before popping into a cafe
As calls for urgent climate action persist, technologies to help remove the heat-trapping greenhouse gases from the atmosphere are also emerging globally. In Africa, Octavia Carbon, a Direct Air Capture (DAC) startup is leading the efforts. Octavia, founded in Kenya two years ago, builds DAC machines that it uses to capture carbon, a greenhouse gas
David Karandish has been busy. Capacity, his support automation company, was planning a $5 million “bridge round” to help the company reach the break-even point. But TVC Capital, Toloka.vc, and the venture’s other backers had something grander in mind. So they threw in an additional $21 million for what became Capacity’s $26 million Series D.
Meet Storio, a French startup that’s focused on providing smart energy storage for commercial and industrial customers. Founded in 2023, the startup raised a €5 million seed round earlier this year (around $5.5 million at current exchange rates) and has signed its first client. Storio believes solar panels have a bright future. But the company
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/ Trump says he’ll ‘do something’ about Google if he’s elected president. By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium. Share this story If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See
Pear VC, a prominent pre-seed and seed-focused venture firm, has been running an accelerator for about a decade with about 10 startups in each batch. Over those years, the small but mighty program has helped launch numerous companies like Viz.ai, whose FDA-approved AI can diagnose strokes (and was valued at $1.2 billion in 2022), relationship
/ YouTube’s rolling out a new “captured with a camera” label that works with C2PA Content Credentials. By Umar Shakir, a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge. Share this story If you buy something
Another Mario Party is upon us. Does this one finally deliver an unqualified masterpiece of board game antics and mini-game fun? Maybe, almost, not quite? Initial reviews for Super Mario Party Jamboree are here and while they’re mostly positive, there are also plenty of critiques. Suggested Reading The Yakuza Devs Should Cast These Celebs In
20 years ago, SyFy (which was still known as the SciFi Channel) premiered a hidden camera prank show called Scare Tactics. The premise behind the series was placing real people into terrifying, often paranormal or bizarre situations, and then watching them react. I loved the show when I was younger. And I’m so happy that
With nearly three decades worth of games, movies, and more to pull from starring one of gaming’s most recognizable heroines, you’d think a TV show based on the Tomb Raider franchise would be a sure hit. Yet Netflix, the streaming giant responsible for powerhouse game adaptations like its Castlevania series and Arcane, can’t seem to
Back in 2016, Nintendo tweeted out an image of a person in a Mario costume peeking out from behind a curtain. The tweet was meant to tease the upcoming reveal of the Switch. But the odd image was seen as creepy by some and quickly became a meme online. And according to two people who
As one of the tough pink puff’s rare forays away from Planet Popstar, Kirby and the Forgotten Land stands out as a fantastic platformer that also has an incredibly distinct visual identity compared to the rest of the series. Gone are the pleasant, bucolic Green Greens and the Float Islands; instead, the titular Forgotten Land
/ If you have uBlock Origin, you might notice Chrome automatically disabling the extension. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Share this story Image: The Verge Google Chrome has begun to phase out
Alert management for developers and ops teams may seem like a solved problem. Notifying an on-call engineer isn’t exactly difficult anymore, after all. But the real question has become when to alert the right person and how to help them when a service goes down, for example. Many are turning to AI to solve some
Google is rolling out Android 15 today to Pixel devices. It is also adding new features through the October Pixel drop, including improved low-light photography on Instagram and support for underwater photography and video. Android 15 updates Android 15 has a private space feature that lets you hide and lock apps behind a separate PIN
A total overhaul for New World certainly wasn’t on everyone’s bingo sheet, but here we are, pleasantly surprised. New World Aeternum completely revamps the original game from the ground up, making MMORPG more user-friendly, approachable, and, in some spots, downright fun. With such a massive, open experience, new players may find themselves wandering aimlessly across
8.0/ 10 SCORE Heybike Mars 2.0 e-bike Pros Compact, folding design Fun, comfortable ride Strong performance for its size Cons No turn signals Might be too compact for larger riders My commute to work starts with a 10-minute bike ride to a train station. Over the past few months, this first part of my commute
French startup Gladia, which offers a speech-recognition application programming interface (API), has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round. Essentially, Gladia’s API lets you turn any audio file into text with a high level of accuracy and low turnaround time. While Amazon, Microsoft and Google all offer speech-to-text APIs as part of their
Oura didn’t invent the smart ring category. It did, however, make all that came before it effectively obsolete. The category dates back more than a decade; TechCrunch wrote about an NFC ring in 2013. The Motiv Ring is of far more recent vintage, but it ultimately struggled to find the right use case before being
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