Comcast cable internet with 2-gigabit uploads is rolling out soon Photo by Smith Collection / Gado / Getty ImagesComcast is about to roll out gigabit-plus internet speeds for both upload and download without needing fiber upgrades that run all the way to the house. The company will offer a new “X-Class” service upgrade that supports up to 2 Gbps downloads and uploads starting in Colorado Springs, Colorado, nex…

YouTube is the latest large platform to face EU scrutiny regarding the war in Israel Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeEuropean Commissioner Thierry Breton sent a letter to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai reminding him of the company’s obligations under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) as a large online platform to keep illegal content and disinformation from being shared on YouTube surrounding Israel’s war with Hamas. “Follo…

Apple’s new video reactions are making therapy incredibly awkward This may not be what you want to see during a video therapy session. | Image: AppleSimplePractice, a company that offers a telehealth platform, is warning patients about Apple’s new video reactions feature that might let people unintentionally add heart emoji or virtual fireworks during a telehealth video call. Awkward. As shown in a Mastodon po…

Is your X ad revenue sharing payment smaller than you expected? Image: The VergeNow that X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has managed to repeatedly send out its ad revenue sharing payments on time without any last-minute delays, engineer Eric Farraro is answering questions from users who still aren’t getting the payments they expect. Reasons include: 1) X users only earn ad revenue from other payin…

Watch iFixit tear down the Meta Quest 3 in this beautifully shot video Image: iFixitDavid called the Meta Quest 3 “better than its predecessors in almost every way” in our full Verge review — but what’s it like on the inside? iFixit now has the answer in a brilliant teardown video that gets right up close to the gadget’s delightfully shiny guts. You won’t find a curved battery in here like the “largely unfixable” …

Best Buy will no longer carry physical movies in 2024, and I am no longer whole Shoutout to Best Buy store No. 265, the movies were always well organized. (I would know.) | Photo by Umar ShakirIt’s hard to imagine walking into a Best Buy with no library of movies and music that once dominated the center of most stores. If you walked into Best Buy in the late ’90s to early 2010s, you were always greeted by a curated selectio…

Godzilla’s got some new friends in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ latest trailer Aside from one depiction of Godzilla, the very first trailer for Apple TV Plus’ upcoming Monarch: Legacy of Monsters MonsterVerse series was surprisingly light on kaiju appearances. But Apple’s latest ad for the show puts more than a few of its titular monsters front and center, and — delightfully — each one looks either sick and / or terrifying…

Ubisoft and Activision Blizzard’s deal for cloud gaming rights, explained Photo by Rolf Vennenbernd / picture alliance via Getty ImagesMicrosoft’s giant Activision Blizzard deal is complete, and it means Ubisoft has now obtained cloud streaming rights for Call of Duty, all other current Activision Blizzard games, and any coming over the next 15 years. It was a key concession from Microsoft that helped get the deal ove…

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard: the latest news on the acquisition A screenshot from Call of Duty: Warzone, Activision Blizzard’s free-to-play FPS game. | Image: ActivisionEverything you need to know about gaming’s biggest acquisition yet. Continue reading…

How to customize the lock screen in Android 14 Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeYou spend a lot of time looking at your lock screen, so it’s worth making sure that it’s tailored to your tastes — and with the right information on display, it can save you several dozen phone unlocks a day as well. While Google’s new Android 14 OS is hardly packed full of headline-grabbing new features —…

ADT’s next security system could be a worthy Nest Secure successor The discontinued Nest Secure hub (left) and the new ADT security system hub (right) show some indications of Google’s influence on the design. | Images: Google / ADTIt appears security company ADT is about to launch a more fitting successor to Nest Secure than the half-baked ADT Self Setup system it rolled out last year. The new system, called …

How to watch the rare ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse without burning your eyes The last annular eclipse in 2021 as viewed in Toronto. | Photo by Mark Blinch / Getty ImagesMany eyes will turn to the sky on Saturday to catch a glimpse of an extremely rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse. But experts are cautioning against looking directly at the eclipse to avoid serious eye damage. An annular eclipse occurs while the Moon is …

Apple’s new Godzilla series crushes its biggest challenge Anna Sawai as Cate in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. | Image: Apple TV PlusApple TV Plus’ Monarch: Legacy of Monsters series kicks off with a surprisingly compelling set of new perspectives that make a familiar story feel fresh. Continue reading…

The Google Pixel 8 is almost the perfect camera for parents Even toddlers are no match for Google’s new camera features. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The VergeUntil August 2021, my Google Photos library was basically a wall of cat photos. Then, a small human entered the picture, and you can see a distinct dividing line in my photographic priorities: one day it was Cat, the next day, Baby. Many of the ot…

Victrola’s Sonos-ready Stream Onyx turntable is on sale for $200 off The Victrola Stream Onyx turntable wirelessly transmits audio to Sonos speakers. | Image by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The VergeYes, it’s sad that Amazon’s fall Prime Day event is over, but the future — and even the present — still looks bright for deal hunters. Black Friday is just over a month away, after all, and some of the best Prime Day dea…

Meta says it’s cracking down on violent content following Hamas attacks Image: Nick Barclay / The VergeIn the three days following the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas against Israel on October 7th, Meta says it removed “seven times as many pieces of content on a daily basis” for violating its Dangerous Organizations and Individuals policy in Hebrew and Arabic versus the two months prior. The disclosure came a…

Read Xbox chief Phil Spencer’s memo welcoming Activision Blizzard employees to Microsoft Image: Laura Normand / The VergeMicrosoft just finalized its giant $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard earlier today. Xbox chief Phil Spencer has now welcomed Activision Blizzard King employees to Xbox in an internal memo to all of Microsoft’s full-time employees today. “We couldn’t be more excited that Activision Blizzard employe…

Bobby Kotick will stay at Activision Blizzard until the end of this year Now that the Microsoft acquisition is complete, Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Activision Blizzard, is set to leave the company after the end of this year. In an email sent to employees and published on Activision Blizzard King’s website, Kotick wrote that he’s excited about the future of the company under the bright green Xbox umbrella. He also wrote…

How will driverless cars ‘talk’ to pedestrians? Waymo has a few ideas Image: WaymoFor years, developers have been working on ways for driverless cars to communicate intent to other road users, either through audio recordings or visual cues. Today, Waymo says it wants to be one of the first companies to put some of these methods into practice. The Alphabet-owned company’s driverless Jaguar I-Pace vehicles will use…

Franz is the creepy thing that lives in your phone A promotional rendering of Franz — she’s much more cartoonish (usually) in the app. | Image: Ice-Pick LodgeOn Christmas Day 2021, a man took a crossbow to Windsor Castle with plans to kill Queen Elizabeth II. (He failed.) In court, the would-be assassin claimed he’d been egged on by a virtual companion named Sarai on the AI platform Replika. A v…