Zuckerberg calls Facebook ‘a platform for all ideas’ after meeting with conservatives
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with prominent US conservatives today to address concerns his social network was censoring news from right-leaning outlets. In a post published on his personal account,...
And namedrops Donald Trump and Fox News
Congress wants to know if NASA can really get to Mars
Members of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology repeatedly questioned the feasibility of NASA's strategy to get to the Red Planet by the 2030s at a special hearing today. Representatives...
A bad cable installation destroyed my $2,000 TV and maybe almost killed me
July will mark my five-year anniversary of working at The Verge, and in that time I've never broken or lost anything loaned to our company for review purposes. But today I'm sitting here sick to my stomach...
Sorry Vizio, it wasn't my fault
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A bad cable installation destroyed my $2,000 TV and maybe almost killed me
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Here's how Google Home could be Amazon Echo's worst nightmare
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Xiaomi’s 4K Mi Box is Google’s newest Android TV device
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Google Daydream's VR controller is perfect for flipping pancakes on the beach
Instant Apps on Android are the most fascinating thing Google announced today
I'm probably getting ahead of myself by writing that headline — but I can't stop thinking about the deep implications of Google's Instant Apps on Android.
The basic idea is simple: when you click on a...
Hey web! Meet apps
Here's how Google Home could be Amazon Echo's worst nightmare
Google jumped into the smart assistant game today with its new Google Home device: an answer to Amazon's Echo and the rise of personal-assistant things that sit in your kitchen and listen to everything you...
Who's the better listener?
Google's Allo runs on the same encryption tech that powers WhatsApp
Earlier today at the I/O conference, Google announced a new chat app called Allo, complete with an "incognito" mode that boasts full end-to-end encryption. But the technology powering that encryption is...
Allo will be available later this summer
Google is launching Family Library to let you share apps
Google began sending letters to developers today notifying them of an upcoming feature called Family Library, according to a report from Android Police. Releasing on July 2nd, Family Library will let as...
With up to six family members
Xiaomi’s 4K Mi Box is Google’s newest Android TV device
Today's announcement of Google Home is likely to be the most exciting "living room" news that comes out of the company's annual developers conference, but that doesn't mean TV has been completely...
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Google might name Android N after Kanye and Kim's daughter or seaweed
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Google Daydream's VR controller is perfect for flipping pancakes on the beach
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Things Google Home looks like
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What if Chance the Rapper had written Ramsay's threat-riddled letter to Jon Snow?
Tesla to raise $1.4 billion with public offering to fund Model 3 production
Tesla will raise at least $1.4 billion through a secondary stock offering, the company announced in SEC filings today, and an additional 5.5 million shares will be purchased by CEO Elon Musk via a stock...
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Google might name Android N after Kanye and Kim's daughter or seaweed
Google is taking public submissions to help name Android N, after realizing that there just weren't that many "N" desserts to choose from. While it seems like Nutella would be the obvious answer, it's...
Chrome OS is getting Android apps and the Play Store
Android apps and the Play Store will soon work on Chrome OS. Though it wasn't mentioned on stage during I/O's kickoff keynote, 9to5Google spotted a note on Google's website that mentions it'll be...
A huge deal for Chrome and Android
Tesla paid $55 per hour to factory builders
Tesla continues to push back on a story reporting that it used underpaid foreign labor to build an automotive paint shop at its Fremont, CA factory. Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted a letter from its primary...
Google Daydream's VR controller is perfect for flipping pancakes on the beach
Google took a big step into virtual reality with its Android-powered VR platform Daydream, and while we have to wait until fall for "Daydream-ready" phones, we did get a brief glimpse of the reference...
Things Google Home looks like
Google Home is a response to Amazon's Echo, a home speaker and digital personal assistant operated by voice commands. The Echo looks like a generic Bluetooth speaker, which is to say it resembles a stack...
A cuddly data collector
Google's Firebase cleans up the mess Facebook left by killing Parse
Google is making a big play for developer mindshare at Google I/O this week, and it's all thanks to Facebook. In January, Facebook announced it would shut down its Parse service in a year, giving...
Google wants Android to take over your entire car
Google's ambitions for Android in the car go far beyond Android Auto, and it just laid those plans out at its I/O conference this afternoon.
The company is demonstrating a Maserati Ghibli that has been...
Cars are the new smartphones
Android Auto is getting wireless support and 'OK Google' commands
Android Auto will be getting a couple new features this year that are relatively minor, but promise to make the platform quite a bit more usable.
First up is support for wireless connections. Currently,...
Small features with big impacts
Poncho's playful weather app launches on Android
Somehow, Poncho is the only app genius enough to have a cartoon cat tell you about the weather. And now, fortunately, Android phone owners will be able to partake in that wonderful experience, too.
Also:...
Let a cat tell you about the weather
You don't need an Android Auto-compatible car to use Android Auto anymore
At its I/O conference today, Google announced that Android Auto is going to be available to a lot more people this year. How? You're not going to need a car or third-party head unit that supports it...
Your phone is all it takes
Waze is coming to Android Auto
Considering that Google owns Waze, it might seem a little odd that the popular crowdsourced mapping service wasn't already on Android Auto. But soon, it will be: Google announced at I/O today that Waze...
Speed traps on your car's display
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Android Instant Apps lets you use apps without downloading them
At its I/O developer conference today, Google showed off a new feature for Android called Instant Apps. With deep links, Android users will be able to use apps from a link without having to download...
Apps on the fly
Google announces Android Wear 2.0 with standalone app support and a tiny keyboard
Google today announced Android Wear 2.0, the biggest update to its wearable operating system since its release back in September 2014. The biggest change with the software, which releases this fall, is...
And new fitness and messaging capabilities
Samsung, HTC, Huawei, LG will build Android Daydream VR phones
Daydream, Google's new VR platform set to succeed Cardboard, will run with the next generation of Android smartphones running Android N. Google announced at I/O today that the new VR headset and software...
Eight manufacturers diving into VR with Google
Watch a video of Google's new video chat app Duo
Google wanted its very own version of FaceTime, so the company built a video chat app called Duo. Announced today onstage at the I/O developer conference, Duo is a dead-simple and blazing fast way to start...
A new video chatting app
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You can watch IMAX movies in Android's Daydream VR
Here's something that could make Google's newly announced Daydream VR pretty epic in scope: IMAX experiences are going to start coming to the platform.
While unveiling Daydream, Android's new virtual...
Literally huge
Google's latest Android N beta is meant for everyone
Want to start trying Android N early? Google is making it way easier today. It's launching a public beta of N that's supposed to be polished and stable enough to run on your primary phone.
N has been out...
Start your downloads
Google's VR platform includes partnerships with HBO, Ubisoft, the NBA, and more
Accompanying the announcement of its Daydream mobile virtual reality initiative, Google is revealing a few of the experiences that people might have with its new VR headset. This fall, the company hopes to...
Games, streaming video, and VR journalism
Daydream is Google’s Android-powered VR platform
Following months of speculation, Google is diving deeper into virtual reality. Today at its I/O keynote, the company announced Daydream, a VR platform built on top of Android N. Google says that...
New phones only
Google reveals plans for new VR headset and motion controller
At its annual I/O developer conference today, Google is showing off a reference design for a new virtual reality headset that builds on the success of the Cardboard unit it launched back in 2014. The...
What a day for a Daydream, VR for a daydreaming boy
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Android users have installed more than 65 billion apps from Google Play in the last year
Google kicked off the Android segment of its I/O developer conference this year as it has in the past with a list of new facts and figures to tout. The company says more than 600 new Android phones have...
While 600 new Android phones have launched
Google wants you to name Android N
Google wants your help naming Android N. It's launched a website that'll let anyone suggest names for N, and Google says it'll search through them to pick out a final name. Does that mean it could choose...
Nerds? Just make it nerds.
Nicolas Winding Refn is remaking the cult horror classic Witchfinder General
Nicolas Winding Refn's newest project is a remake of the 1968 cult horror movie Witchfinder General, a hyperviolent gorefest that tracked Vincent Price's titular witch-hunter as he tortured the suspected...
He's producing, not directing
Google Duo makes mobile video calls fast and simple
Google is releasing a new video calling app later this summer. It's called Duo, and it's probably the fastest and simplest video calling app I've ever seen. Like its companion chat app, Allo, Duo is...
Mobile first, mobile only
