August 21, 2020 An innocent typo led to a giant 212-story obelisk in Microsoft Flight Simulator Melbourne’s giant virtual obelisk. Microsoft Flight Simulator players spotted a giant mountain-high obelisk in Australia this week. While Flight Simulator has done a great…
August 21, 2020 Major news organizations join the fight against Apple’s App Store fees News sites have joined Epic and Spotify in fighting Apple’s high App Store commissions (via the WSJ). A group representing the New York Times,…
August 21, 2020 Facebook’s old web design will disappear in September Facebook’s new interface was first unveiled last year. | Image: Facebook Facebook’s “classic” experience, the interface with the iconic blue navigation bar at the…
August 21, 2020 Epic Games’ #FreeFortnite Cup has 1,200 non-Apple prizes Epic Games’ battle against Apple is far from over. After releasing a parody of Apple's 1984 ad, the video game developer is now taking…
August 21, 2020 A drive-through ‘Stranger Things’ experience in LA is coming in October There’s an upcoming Stranger Things interactive experience in LA that seems to be tailor-made for the social-distancing era. Netflix has teamed up with event…
August 21, 2020 Look at What You Started, Epic—Now Everyone’s Saying Screw the Apple Tax Major news organizations are joining Epic Games in the push for Apple to rethink its app store terms following Fortnite’s high-profile ban this month….
August 21, 2020 Apple reportedly using cheaper iPhone battery parts to offset 5G cost Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Facing higher production costs due to the inclusion of 5G hardware in this year’s “iPhone 12”…
August 20, 2020 Heron Systems’ AI pilot just beat a human in a simulated dogfight The final round of DARPA’s AlphaDogfight Trial is complete, and once again, the winning AI pilot celebrated its victory against a field of virtual…
August 20, 2020 Google’s Limiting Third-Party Camera Apps on Android 11 to Keep Their Mitts Off Your Location Data With Android 11, Google’s forcing all apps to use the device’s built-in camera app—as opposed to whatever third-party camera app you may have set…
August 20, 2020 Epic to host a #FreeFortnite tournament with anti-Apple prizes Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Fortnite-maker Epic Games and Apple are currently embroiled in a public battle over Apple’s App Store policies,…