August 28, 2019 Xbox Live is down, bringing some apps and games offline Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Microsoft’s Xbox Live service is experiencing issues today, preventing a large number of users from signing into…
August 28, 2019 The Coolest Futuristic Deaths The far future is notoriously unknowable, but one thing we can be reasonably certain of is that we will die. Some very rich and…
August 28, 2019 Flickr now sells photo prints directly through its website Flickr is adding a new feature to its website today: the ability to order prints of the photos you’ve posted there, directly from the…
August 28, 2019 Why Does Darpa Need a Huge Underground Facility by Friday? Darpa is often described as the “mad science” wing of the Defense Department. They’re the ones who have a history of working on cutting…
August 28, 2019 Tesla launches car insurance offering in California Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Tesla has finally announced its car insurance offering that CEO Elon Musk teased back in April. The…
August 28, 2019 Ring Discloses Over 400 Partnerships With Police in Most Complete Map Yet Amazon’s home security company Ring is opening up about just how many police departments it’s partnered with across the country. Today the company published…
August 28, 2019 Chicago will use an algorithm to clear pot convictions California is no longer the only state using an algorithm to reverse marijuana convictions. Illinois' Cook County will now use the Code for America…
August 28, 2019 Everything you need to know about the fires in the Amazon Photo credit should read JOAO LAET/AFP/Getty Images Record-breaking fires are ripping through the Amazon — an ecosystem on which the whole world depends. The…
August 28, 2019 ‘Shovel Knight Dig’ takes the adventure underground There's finally an honest-to-goodness follow-up to Shovel Knight in the works. Yacht Club and web game developer Nitrome are working on Shovel Knight Dig,…
August 28, 2019 TSA bans Star Wars Coke bottles from flights because they look like bombs Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images It’s common sense that you shouldn’t bring replicas of firearms or explosives onto a…