How to set up crash detection on your iPhone and Apple Watch
Your phone comes with a number of useful features that we hope you’ll never have to use — and Crash Detection falls into that category. The idea is that movement sensors can detect when you’re driving, and if you come to a sudden and abrupt stop, your phone or watch can then alert emergency services […]
https://www.theverge.com/how-to/617241/iphone-apple-watch-crash-detection-how-to
Amazon Prime members can save $300 on Eufy’s midrange X10 Pro Omni
A robot vacuum can be a cost-effective way to enlist some extra help around the house, especially when you can get a hybrid model at a substantial discount. Fortunately, Prime members can currently get the Eufy X10 Pro Omni — our pick for the best midrange robot vacuum — for $599.99 ($300 off) at Amazon […]
Everything we know about Apple’s Vision Pro
People have been speculating about Apple’s entry into the world of virtual and augmented reality headsets for the better part of a decade. At WWDC 2023, it finally revealed the Vision Pro, which will launch as the first visionOS device on February 2nd. The Vision Pro starts at $3,499 with 256GB of internal storage, while […]
Vision Pro apps: the good, the bad, and the ridiculous
The Vision Pro is Apple’s newest computing platform, and that means we’re going to see a whole bunch of new apps. Apple pitches apps built for the Vision Pro as “spatial” experiences, and even after our initial review experience, we’ll have to see how those differ from or improve upon the virtual reality and mixed […]
https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/18/24043367/apple-vision-pro-apps-good-bad
The Vision Pro is getting easier to share with guests, and adding a new iPhone app
One of the big problems with a VR headset is that anything you want to do, you have to do inside it. Apple is looking to tackle that and other Vision Pro pain points with visionOS 2.4, which will offer improvements to the guest user experience and two new apps for finding new things to […]
All the news about Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs
Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs are just around the corner, with the first releases — the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 — dropping on January 30th. The RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 will follow that with their own releases in February, but some are already getting a sneak peek at the software benefits of the […]
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/25/24351798/nvidia-rtx-5090-5080-5070-gpu-news-rumors
The UK’s war on encryption affects all of us
Update February 21st: Apple has removed its Advanced Data Protection feature in the UK, calling itself “gravely disappointed†with the move. The encryption wars have reached a fever pitch, and the most contentious battle is not happening in the United States, where much of the action has been in the past — like the government’s […]
https://www.theverge.com/policy/612136/uk-icloud-investigatory-powers-act-war-on-encryption
Apple Intelligence is coming to the Vision Pro
Soon, you’ll be able to use Apple Intelligence with the Vision Pro. That includes a mix of features we’ve seen before, as well as a new feature called Create Memory Movie that’s exclusive to the headset. Apple has been keen to position the Vision Pro as a unique tool for viewing memories, and that’s the […]
https://www.theverge.com/news/614286/apple-intelligence-vision-pro-visionos
Everything we know about Apple’s Vision Pro
People have been speculating about Apple’s entry into the world of virtual and augmented reality headsets for the better part of a decade. At WWDC 2023, it finally revealed the Vision Pro, which will launch as the first visionOS device on February 2nd. The Vision Pro starts at $3,499 with 256GB of internal storage, while […]
Vision Pro apps: the good, the bad, and the ridiculous
The Vision Pro is Apple’s newest computing platform, and that means we’re going to see a whole bunch of new apps. Apple pitches apps built for the Vision Pro as “spatial” experiences, and even after our initial review experience, we’ll have to see how those differ from or improve upon the virtual reality and mixed […]
https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/18/24043367/apple-vision-pro-apps-good-bad
Apple will fix many Vision Pro pain points in visionOS 2.4
One of the big problems with a VR headset is that anything you want to do, you have to do inside it. Apple is looking to tackle that and other Vision Pro pain points with visionOS 2.4, which will offer improvements to the guest user experience and two new apps for finding new things to […]
Walmart recalls Swagtron scooter after its battery set an apartment on fire
Almost 18,000 Swagtron electric scooters are being recalled by Walmart due to fire and safety concerns regarding their lithium-ion batteries. There have been seven reports of SG-5 Swagger 5 Boost batteries “overheating, smoking, melting or igniting” according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), including a fire that caused burn injuries and “substantial property damage” […]
https://www.theverge.com/news/617151/walmart-recalls-swagtron-electric-scooter-fire-risk
Trump’s first 100 days: all the news affecting the tech industry
President Donald Trump kicked off the first day of his presidency by signing a flurry of executive actions, including halting enforcement of the TikTok ban and rolling back the Biden administration’s artificial intelligence order. Having already run the country once before, Trump entered the presidency with the goal of hitting the ground running, having already […]
https://www.theverge.com/24348851/donald-trump-presidency-tech-science-news
I cannot describe how strange Elon Musk’s CPAC appearance was
Elon Musk spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday, giving a strange and often inarticulate on-stage interview to Newsmax presenter Rob Schmitt. Schmitt was all smiles and enthusiasm, and managed to steer Musk through the half hour, never pausing to look back on the obvious logical inconsistencies, various falsehoods, and mathematical errors […]
https://www.theverge.com/elon-musk/617090/elon-musk-cpac-2025-transcript
Trump’s first 100 days: all the news affecting the tech industry
President Donald Trump kicked off the first day of his presidency by signing a flurry of executive actions, including halting enforcement of the TikTok ban and rolling back the Biden administration’s artificial intelligence order. Having already run the country once before, Trump entered the presidency with the goal of hitting the ground running, having already […]
https://www.theverge.com/24348851/donald-trump-presidency-tech-science-news
Kia unveils PV5 electric van as a futuristic people-mover
Kia revealed the exterior design of the upcoming PV5 electric van, the automaker’s first EV to come out under its “Platform Before Vehicle” (PBV) brand. With the PV5, Kia has declared its intention to compete with heavy hitters like the Volkswagen ID Buzz, Ford E-Transit, Mercedes e-Sprinter, and Ram ProMaster EV. There are very few […]
https://www.theverge.com/news/616711/kia-pv5-electric-van-exterior-pics
iPhone 16E: all the news on Apple’s new $599 phone
Apple has announced an update to the iPhone SE, but this time around, it’s called the iPhone 16E. As the rumors predicted, Apple’s new budget iPhone model has an updated design with a Face ID-enabled notch, replacing the old model that had a home button and Touch ID interface. Another new element is that this […]
https://www.theverge.com/news/615399/apple-iphone-16e-event-specs-price-release-date-se
Apple is bringing Visual Intelligence to the iPhone 15 Pro
The iPhone 15 Pro will get Visual Intelligence, Apple’s Google Lens-like tool that lets you point your phone’s camera at things in the world to learn more about them, in a future software update, Apple representatives told John Gruber of Daring Fireball. Visual Intelligence was originally introduced with the initial iPhone 16 lineup in September, […]
https://www.theverge.com/news/616665/apple-iphone-15-pro-visual-intelligence
The best deals on MacBooks right now
Apple currently sells MacBooks equipped with its own M-series chips in a wide range of sizes and price points. It discontinued the M1 MacBook Air to make room for the latest models, but some retailers are still selling the last-gen laptop starting at $649 — a far cry from the $2,499 starting price of the […]
https://www.theverge.com/22399419/apple-macbook-air-pro-mac-mini-imac-deals
Among Us 3D will let you deduce from a first-person perspective
Those little Among Us beans are being transported to a new dimension. Developer Innersloth has announced a new game called Among Us 3D, which is exactly what it sounds like: the hit multiplayer deduction game, but played in a three-dimensional world from a first-person perspective. If that sounds familiar, it’s because that’s what the VR […]