Doom: The Dark Ages wants to be more like the original Doom
The modern Doom games have been a master class in reviving a beloved retro gaming series. Both 2016’s Doom and 2020’s Doom Eternal paid homage to both the look and…
Nuclear Thermal Rockets Versus SpaceX Starship
Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will review that the nuclear thermal…
Doom: The Dark Ages looks metal as hell and launches in May
Image: id Software After revealing its next Doom game last summer, id Software is almost ready to release it: the studio announced that Doom: The Dark Ages is launching on…
Android 16’s first public beta adds Google’s more limited take on live lockscreen notifications
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Android 16’s first public beta will start rolling out later today, bringing with it dynamic lockscreen notifications for ride-sharing and food delivery, following yesterday’s…
Google’s Identity Check for Android keeps phone thieves out of your digital accounts
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is officially launching a new Android security feature for Pixel devices with Android 15 to prevent phone thieves from accessing your digital…
Fitbit fined $12 million for Ionic smartwatches that burned 78 people
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Fitbit is paying a $12.25 million fine over its Ionic smartwatches, which the company recalled in 2022 after reports that the watches’ lithium-ion…
Everything we saw at Xbox’s Developer Direct 2025
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Though Nintendo can technically claim it had the first big gaming news event of the year, at least Xbox’s Developer Direct actually showed off…
Substack is spending $20 million to court TikTokers
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Meta and YouTube aren’t the only platforms looking to benefit from TikTok potentially disappearing — Substack wants in on the action, too.…
Perplexity now has a mobile assistant on Android
Image: The Verge Perplexity has turned its AI “answer engine” into a mobile assistant on Android. The new assistant can answer general questions and perform tasks on your behalf, such…
Will Tesla AI, FSD and Teslabot Fully Emerge in 2025?
The fundamental change for Tesla needs to happen in 2025 to transform financials of the company. The Nvidia Chatgpt moment led to a surge of over 10X in Nvidia’s share…