December 9, 2019 Instagram influencer sentenced to 14 years for violent plot to steal domain name Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A social media influencer has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for concocting a scheme…
December 9, 2019 Jaguar I-Pace gains 12 miles of range in new software update Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Jaguar is issuing a software update to its first electric car, the I-Pace, which will gift the…
December 9, 2019 You can now email your emails in Gmail Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Email chain hell on Gmail is getting an upgrade. The mailing system will soon allow its users…
December 9, 2019 Away replaces CEO Steph Korey after Verge investigation Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Away CEO Steph Korey is stepping down, just four days after an investigation from The Verge…
December 9, 2019 Away replaces CEO Steph Korey after Verge investigation Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Away has replaced CEO Steph Korey with former Lululemon executive Stuart Haselden, following an investigation from…
December 9, 2019 The Choose Your Own Adventure publishers are trying to get the phrase banned from Itch.io Purrfect Apawcalypse | Itch.io Chooseco, which publishes the famous Choose Your Own Adventure series, is apparently trying to stop indie game developers from using…
December 9, 2019 Google says it won’t grant Fortnite an exemption to the Play Store’s 30 percent cut Image: Epic Games Google has publicly rebuffed game developer Epic over its reported attempt to distribute its popular battle royale hit Fortnite through the…
December 9, 2019 Go read this New Yorker profile of William Gibson, the father of cyberpunk Nearly four decades ago, William Gibson published a short story called Burning Chrome in Omni magazine, and with it, he birthed cyberpunk. (It also…
December 9, 2019 Redbox no longer rents video games, and it will end game sales this year Redbox is exiting the game rental business, the company confirmed to The Verge on Monday. The company’s trademark rental kiosks have been a handy…
December 9, 2019 Crowdfunding disaster Coolest Cooler is shutting down and blaming tariffs for its downfall The company behind the Coolest Cooler, widely known as one of the biggest Kickstarter failures, is officially going out of business. An update sent…