May 18, 2020 Minecraft still incredibly popular as sales top 200 million and 126 million play monthly Minecraft sales have officially topped 200 million, with 126 million people playing the game monthly. Microsoft is detailing the latest sales figures just as…
May 18, 2020 Microsoft: we were wrong about open source Microsoft has admitted it was wrong about open source, after the company battled it and Linux for years at the height of its desktop…
May 18, 2020 Samsung spins off startup making fake windows that generate artificial sunlight The SunnyFive team with their artificial window and companion app. | Photo: Samsung / SunnyFive The latest crop of startups backed by Samsung’s in-house…
May 18, 2020 Huawei hits back at US as TSMC cuts off chip orders Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Huawei rotating chairman Guo Ping has hit back at the US government’s stricter export controls intended to…
May 17, 2020 Apple details its plan to safely reopen retail stores Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple’s head of retail Deidre O’Brien has posted a letter on the company’s website detailing how…
May 17, 2020 Secret Service investigating a crime ring inundating unemployment offices with fake claims Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The US Secret Service says it is investigating a Nigerian crime ring that has been using Americans’…
May 17, 2020 Streaming this week: Patton Oswalt on Netflix, ‘The Great’ on Hulu, and season two of ‘Homecoming’ Janelle Monae in Homecoming | Amazon Studios If you’re caught up on all your binge watching (my current obsession is The Good Fight because…
May 17, 2020 Zoom hit with Sunday morning outage Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Users of videoconferencing platform Zoom are reporting problems hosting and joining meetings and the company is investigating,…
May 17, 2020 James Dyson says he spent £500M of his own money on the company’s canceled electric vehicle CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images Dyson’s canceled electric vehicle was known internally as the N526, would have had a 600-mile range per charge and…
May 17, 2020 How to adopt your next pet safely and virtually All across the country, people are finding ways to adapt to our new stay-at-home normal, and for some, that means adopting a furry friend….