NASA’s Artemis I Mission Ends Successfully With Splashdown of Orion Capsule Photo: NASA/James M. Blair NASA’s Artemis I mission has come to an end, putting mankind one step closer to a historic return to the Moon—and the eventual exploration of Mars. After a successful launch back in November, this crew-less mission had a duration of […]
Day: December 13, 2022
Tesla’s latest update adds Steam games and Apple Music
The Steam Beta in a Tesla. | Image: Tesla Tesla’s new “Holiday Update” adds a few long-awaited new features, including the ability to play games from Steam in your car and support for Apple Music. Tesla already offers a bunch of games for owners like Cuphead and Stardew Valley, and the official addition of Steam […]
Jack Dorsey on Musk’s Twitter files: ‘There’s nothing to hide’
Laura Normand / The Verge Jack Dorsey has responded to Elon Musk’s purported exposé known as “The Twitter Files,” and he’s done so in an essay that’s mercifully not written as a Twitter thread. In it, the social network’s co-founder and former CEO says that he believes the company has nothing to hide, contrary to […]
Winners of British Ecological Society Photo Contest Celebrate the Diversity of Nature
Winners of British Ecological Society Photo Contest Celebrate the Diversity of Nature “A light in the shadows” by Roberto Garcia Roa. Overall Winner.Location: Tambopata, Peru“The glowing golden eyes of a Helena’s Treefrog pierce the darkness as this frog perches on a mossy tree in the Peruvian jungle of Tambopata.” The glowing eyes of a treefrog […]
Sam Bankman-Fried is denied bail in the Bahamas
Illustration: The Verge Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former CEO of FTX, was denied bail on Tuesday after a Bahamian judge deemed him a flight risk, according to Reuters. An extradition hearing is scheduled for February 8th. Bankman-Fried, nicknamed “SBF,” was arrested in the Bahamas Monday evening after US prosecutors informed the Bahamas of sweeping criminal […]
Politician Puts Pouting Son on Christmas Card
Politician Puts Pouting Son on Christmas Card Taking Christmas card photos can be difficult for a multitude of reasons, especially if you have a youngster. Sitting in perfectly posed positions isn’t exactly the most attractive activity to a toddler, and the Leigh family’s youngest didn’t hide his feelings about it. Back in 2015, Andrew Leigh, […]
Netflix is making a live-action My Hero Academia film
Image: Viz Media Netflix is making yet another live-action anime adaptation, and this time, it’s taking on My Hero Academia. In an announcement on its website, the streamer says filmmaker Shinsuke Sato (I Am a Hero, Kingdom) will serve as director, while Obi-Wan Kenobi producer Joby Harold is penning the script. My Hero Academia takes […]
YouTube will start warning comment spammers when they violate the rules
The company also said its improved its spam detection. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube says it will begin to warn users when it’s spotted and removed their comments for violating the company’s guidelines, according a post signed by “Rob” at TeamYouTube. Big creators have been increasingly drawing awareness to comment spam […]
Tidal is testing a new DJ session feature for HiFi Plus subscribers
The now-playing screen shows a red DJ button that enables the live streaming-like function. | Image: Tidal Tidal, the high-bitrate quality music streaming service, is testing a new feature that lets its HiFi Plus subscribers play DJ. Participants of the service’s Early Access Program can switch from playing music just for themselves to a DJ […]
The many lies of Sam Bankman-Fried
Turns out reading the terms of service wouldn’t have saved FTX customers. | The Verge The US government says it was fraud from the jump. The complaint made public today by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has some hair-raising details — and if it’s right, Sam Bankman-Fried hasn’t been telling the truth for quite some […]