A New Year’s resolution for tech companies: knock it off with the CAPTCHAs
Horrible. 0/10. The thing about CAPTCHAs is that they’re old enough to drink. The bots are better at them than I am. So why am I still being asked to…
Vizio settles for $3M after saying 60 Hz TVs had 120 Hz “effective refresh rate”
Enlarge / A marketing image for Vizio’s P-series Q9 TV. (credit: Vizio) Vizio has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the company misled customers…
Someone has finally “beaten” NES Tetris
Enlarge / A moment in Tetris history. For decades after its 1989 release, hundreds of millions of standard NES Tetris games ended the same way: A block reaches the top…
Pornhub blocks North Carolina and Montana as porn regulation spreads
Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images Pornhub has restricted access in two more states in protest of continued nationwide state-level efforts to regulate online access to porn. 404Media reported…
Jack Black rumored to play Steve in the Minecraft movie
Photo by Presley Ann / Getty Images for The Skatepark Project Jack Black might be set to play another iconic video game character in a movie: Steve from Minecraft. Black…
How to transfer ownership of a Google Drive folder or file
The Verge I’m afraid that I’m one of those people who have accumulated a number of Google accounts. I have one for subscriptions, newsletters, and other general purposes; one for…
Tekken 8’s “colorblind” mode is causing migraines, vertigo, and debate
Enlarge / It looks wild and different, like something nobody has tried before. And many accessibility experts say there’s a reason Tekken 8‘s style isn’t commonly deployed. (credit: Bandai Namco/YouTube/Gatterall)…
Since Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase, firm reportedly lost 72% of its value
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | DNY59) Fidelity’s latest valuation of its stake in X implies that Elon Musk’s social network is worth about 71.5 percent less than when Musk bought…
Samsung’s new robot vacuum can steam clean your floors
The Bespoke Jet Bot Combo is the first combined robot vacuum and mop from Samsung. It features steam cleaning and automatic mop removal to keep your carpets dry. | Image:…
X once again adds headlines to article links — but with tiny text
Illustration: The Verge After removing headlines from URL cards on X (formerly Twitter), the platform is adding them back — but they don’t work quite the same as before. Some…