One year after being bought for $44 billion, X is worth $19 billion
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has valued its equity at $19 billion, the company told employees, a year after Elon…
TikTok’s Spotify competitor adds indie artists to its library
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Independent artists using DistroKid to share their music will now have another avenue on TikTok. A deal announced today between the video platform…
How to use the Pixel Watch 2’s safety features
The Pixel Watch 2 adds some new personal safety features. | Image: The Verge With the Pixel Watch 2, Google introduced Safety Check and Safety Signal — two personal safety…
Daily Telescope: A spooky image of the Solar System’s largest planet
Enlarge / A view of Jupiter from 7,700 km above the surface. (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/ Image processing by Vladimir Tarasov) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much…
Toyota has built an EV with a fake transmission, and we’ve driven it
Enlarge / The Lexus UX300e is an electric crossover available in Europe, China, and Japan, but not usually with three pedals or a gear lever. (credit: Toyota) Toyota provided flights…
Here’s what Apple really means when it says ‘shot on iPhone’
There’s a reason the event footage looked as good as it did, and that’s likely down to the fancy equipment used alongside the iPhone 15 Pro Max. | Image: Apple…
Atari is buying the developer behind its excellent 50th anniversary retro compilation
Image: Atari Atari is acquiring Digital Eclipse, a studio that specializes in preserving and rereleasing retro games on modern hardware. The releases are often rich in additional materials and historical…
A giant battery gives this new school bus a 300-mile range
Enlarge / GreenPower has given its class-D electric school bus a big battery bump. (credit: GreenPower) On Tuesday morning, the West Virginia-based GreenPower Motor Company debuted its latest electric vehicle.…
Why you should take your 3DS along for a “StreetPass Halloween”
Enlarge / It’s no trick, 3DS players are treating themselves to StreetPass tags this Halloween. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) When it comes to unique gimmicks, the Nintendo 3DS…
8BitDo’s NES buttons are a big, red, Nintendo-themed invitation to experiment
The keyboard and buttons are an ode to all things Nintendo. The retro NES styling of the mechanical keyboard is one thing, but the accompanying programmable buttons steal the show.…