October 14, 2019 Ford’s remote car starting and unlocking are available for free Until now, all of FordPass' connected car features have been locked behind a subscription, no matter how basic — while you could get up…
October 14, 2019 Netgear is releasing a new Orbi mesh Wi-Fi system with a cool, boxy design Image: Netgear Many of Netgear’s Orbi Wi-Fi routers seem to look like strange oval towers, but its newest mesh router system has a newer,…
October 14, 2019 Could an Electrical Equipment Malfunction Be Behind the Saddleridge Fire? In Northern California, utility PG&E cut power to hundreds of thousands amidst a wildfire weather threat. Southern California’s main electric utility didn’t, and now…
October 14, 2019 AMC Theaters will launch its own service for renting and buying digital films AMC Theaters, the largest movie theater chain in the US, is launching an on-demand video service, according to The New York Times. The service…
October 14, 2019 Pornhub removes Girls Do Porn, finally drawing a line at sex trafficking charges Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/FilmMagic When 22 women sued independent label Girls Do Porn in June for allegedly manipulating them into performing sex acts for…
October 14, 2019 Facebook’s Libra loses one more member as its council becomes official Facebook couldn't avoid losing another Libra Association member before it formalized the cryptocurrency's council. Booking Holding, the company behind Booking.com, Kayak and Priceline, has…
October 14, 2019 Everything You Need to Upgrade Your Car’s Stereo Head Unit Most modern cars come with some form of smart head unit—the box that contains your stereo and its controls—that supports Android Auto, Apple CarPlay…
October 14, 2019 One of Linux’s most important commands had a glaring security flaw If you've used the command line in Linux or a Unix-based platform like macOS, you're probably familiar with the "sudo" command — it lets…
October 14, 2019 Microsoft Xbox Introduces Content Filters to Help Purge Your Life of Toxic Trolls Just over a year after Microsoft started cracking down on toxicity on Xbox, the company will now help users crackdown on the toxic interactions…
October 14, 2019 Libra Association announces new board members after recent departures Illustration by William Joel / The Verge In Geneva on Monday, the remaining members of the Libra Association held their inaugural meeting, bringing together…