August 20, 2021 Somehow Japan Making Robotic Grandkids for Lonely Grandparents Isn’t the Saddest News of the Week You know the world is churning out some depressing headlines when news that Takara Tomy has created a robotic talking grandchild to provide comfort…
August 20, 2021 The Radical Sincerity of Evangelion’s Final End Neon Genesis Evangelion has ended. It’s done this before, of course—it’s done it several times, from its original TV series to its movie continuation…
August 20, 2021 Vergecast: reviews for the Pixel 5A, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3, and Z Flip 3 Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn…
August 20, 2021 Jeff Bezos Instigates Potentially Crushing Delay of NASA Lunar Lander NASA has agreed to put its SpaceX lunar lander contract on hold for a second time as it deals with a Blue Origin lawsuit….
August 20, 2021 Don’t overthink it: Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot is a joke After a dense presentation about the undeniably impressive work Tesla is doing with AI, the company’s self-anointed Technoking, Elon Musk, capped the evening by…
August 20, 2021 Duolingo adds a family plan and new ways to learn non-Latin characters Image: Duolingo At Duolingo’s virtual conference, the company is announcing that it will add a family plan to its app, along with new games…
August 20, 2021 X-Men’s Trial of Magneto #1 Said What Needed to Be Said When the Scarlet Witch made a (rather expected, but nonetheless exciting) guest appearance at the Hellfire Gala at Magneto’s invitation, it seemed as if…
August 20, 2021 Bacteria Refuse to Die Even After 1,000 Days With No Food Scientists starved different groups of bacteria for over two and a half years, but, despite practically no food, most groups managed to survive just…
August 20, 2021 Stitch Fix stylists reportedly quit in droves as the company leans on algorithms to serve customers Stitch Fix stylists — who choose outfits for its customers — quit in droves after the company ended its flexible scheduling policy, according to…
August 20, 2021 Tropical Storm Henri to Become Hurricane Henri as It Heads for New England The first hurricane of the season to hit the Northeast is slated to make landfall this weekend. What’s currently Tropical Storm Henri is building…