Offshore wind potential in the US is huge but untapped
In an aerial view, wind turbines generate electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm on July 7th, 2022, in Rhode Island. | Photo by John Moore / Getty Images The…
How to set up your own Contact Poster in iOS 17
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Apple is adding numerous features to the iPhone with iOS 17, and one of the most notable is Contact Poster — a way…
YouTube is adding a slew of new TikTok-like features to Shorts
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is rolling out more features to its TikTok competitor, Shorts — including several that TikTok users will recognize. Most notably, YouTube is…
Elon Musk’s X sues anti-hate researchers for allegedly scraping data from Twitter
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Image: Getty Images X Corp., the parent company of the platform once known as Twitter, is suing the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital…
Wyze’s new security camera can record continuously on battery power… but only for a day
The new Wyze cam has a whole new look, along with a higher price tag. The company’s previous outdoor camera was smaller, squarer, and cheaper. | Image: Wyze The long-rumored…
Connected car data privacy under investigation by California regulator
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) How automakers make use of data collected by connected cars is coming under scrutiny in California. On Monday, the California Privacy Protection Agency announced that it…
That time an Air Force sergeant spotted pulsars months before astronomers
Enlarge / Pulsars are spinning neutron stars, the relics of massive stars gone supernova. (credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center) Here’s a bit of science history that genuinely surprised many…
Microsoft keeps pushing toward repairability, now with Xbox controller parts
Enlarge / Microsoft does not currently sell an Xbox-branded repair tray with dozens of perfect little slots for screws and components. But there’s nothing stopping them from doing so, I…
Huazhong University of Science and Technology Synthesis, Replication and Levitation #LK99
Under the guidance of Professor Chang Haixin, postdoctoral Wu Hao and doctoral student Yang Li of the School of Materials Science and Technology of Huazhong University of Science and Technology…
The Fitbit app is getting a streamlined new look this fall
There’s a new three-tab structure and a more minimalist overall design. | Image: Google Fitbit’s been going through a lot of changes over the past year — and it looks…