January 31, 2020 What happens if the internet’s most important law disappears? Buried deep in the 1996 Telecommunications Act is a tiny clause that underpins everything we do online. It's often described as the 26 words…
January 31, 2020 Podcast: Why Clearview AI’s facial recognition is a privacy nightmare All of our fears around facial recognition technology are coming true thanks to a little known startup called ClearView AI. This week, Devindra and…
January 31, 2020 How to Measure Almost Anything Using Your Phone Your phone can do it all. It’s a portable music player, diary, digital camera, communication device, calculator, and just about everything else. But you…
January 31, 2020 Watch how VFX artists crafted Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ remake Nothing in Disney's divisive Lion King remake was real. Simba, Scar and the sprawling Pride Lands — all of it was created digitally. To…
January 31, 2020 Man accused of making thousands of racist robocalls faces $13 million fine Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge The FCC has proposed an almost $13 million fine for a man it says was behind a…
January 31, 2020 Microsoft to block crapware downloads in its Edge browser Microsoft is planning to block potentially unwanted apps from being downloaded through its Edge browser. Known as crapware or adware, these apps aren’t necessarily…
January 31, 2020 The Morning After: Apple finishes rebuilding its US maps Super Bowl LIV weekend is finally here, and for the first time, we can watch at home with a faux-K feed (it's really 1080p,…
January 31, 2020 Microsoft made a Nike Air Max 90 Xbox but you can’t buy it The Super Bowl is right around the corner, so here come all the brand collabs. To celebrate Sunday's showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs…
January 31, 2020 Amazon wants Alexa to feel normal, Google wants its assistant to feel nostalgic Happy Friday — the Super Bowl is this weekend and some of the ads have begun to be released. The two that have struck…
January 31, 2020 Nintendo says it won’t release a new Switch in 2020 Nintendo will start selling a special Animal Crossing Switch in March, but it won't be releasing a brand new model this year. Shuntaro Furukawa,…