Image: Hyundai Hyundai’s hoping to keep car culture alive with its two performance-focused electric vehicle (EV) concepts it calls “rolling labs.” The RN22e features a modified Ioniq 6 body, and the N Vision 74 is modeled after the never-released 1974 Pony Coupe concept — but both feature a refreshing sporty design that doesn’t look like […]
Day: July 17, 2022
Chris Evans still misses his iPhone 6S and its home button
Chris Evans as Lloyd Hansen in The Gray Man | Image: Paul Abell/Netflix Fans of buttons can count on Captain America for support, as Chris Evans notes that even after a few weeks with a newer phone, he still prefers his old iPhone 6S and its button. The topic came up in an interview with […]
Elon Musk says we should see Steam running on Teslas soon
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Tesla’s apparently looking to expand its collection of in-car games… by adding Steam. In a reply to a tweet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company’s “making progress with Steam integration” and that we can expect a demo “probably next month.” Tesla already offers a number of games […]
Catching up with Stranger Things S4 (yes, we have some feels)
Enlarge (credit: Netflix) Stranger Things came back from a pandemic-driven three-year hiatus stronger than ever with an ambitious supersized fourth season—so much so that Netflix released it in two parts. Part 1 had a few minor flaws, particular in the earlier episodes, but quickly gained dramatic momentum. The cliffhanger ending deftly set the stage for […]
Exploring the Otherworldly Symbolist Work of French Artist Odilon Redon
Exploring the Otherworldly Symbolist Work of French Artist Odilon Redon Late 19th-century France was an exciting time for avant-garde artists. While the best-known figures from this period can be grouped into the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art movements, there are other creatives from this era who possessed unique and lasting aesthetics. One such person was the […]
Lawmakers push FTC to clean up the VPN industry
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Last week, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) wrote a letter urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to address deceptive practices in the Virtual Private Network (VPN) industry. Eshoo and Wyden’s letter comes as people look to hide their digital footprint following the Supreme Court’s […]
Dramatic Painting Illustrates a Tense Showdown Between a Killer Whale and a Seal
Dramatic Painting Illustrates a Tense Showdown Between a Killer Whale and a Seal “Faith and Fate” In his canvas Faith and Fate, painter Dimitri Sirenko asks viewers to interpret a powerful scene from nature. The oil painting shows a seal sitting on the shore, looking directly into the eyes of a killer whale who is seemingly […]
Storybook Woodland Creatures Come Alive in Needle-Felted Sculptures
Storybook Woodland Creatures Come Alive in Needle-Felted Sculptures Take a tour through the art of Simon Brown and Katie Corrigan and you’ll feel like you’re walking through a magical forest. The UK-based creative duo crafts wool sculptures of charming woodland animals like rabbits, squirrels, and owls. They then pair these fuzzy figurines with charming props. […]
Google’s now solely relying on developers to provide accurate app data collection information
Image: Google Earlier this year, the Google Play Store launched a new data privacy section that relies on developers to disclose the information their apps collect. But as pointed out by Esper senior editor Mishaal Rahman (via Ars Technica), this may mean that Google will no longer display a verified list of permissions it automatically […]
Gurman: M2 Pro and M2 Max MacBook Pro expected between fall 2022 and spring 2023
After releasing the M2 MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, Apple is still expected to launch a few M2 Macs between 2022 and 2023. In his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says the company has an internal goal to launch the new M2 Pro and M2 Max MacBook Pro as early as this fall. more… […]