Elon Musk is stonewalling the SEC, and now he’s getting sued Illustration by Laura Normand / The VergeThe US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing Elon Musk over his refusal to testify in an investigation into Musk’s purchase of Twitter stock in 2022. According to the SEC’s complaint, Musk was scheduled to appear for testimony on September 15th after receiving a subpoena. However, “two days be…

Forza Motorsport looks and feels like Forza but with an RPG hiding under the hood Image: MicrosoftNot long into playing my preview copy of Forza Motorsport, I was intrigued but not that impressed — until I went back and played Forza Motorsport 7 for a while. Arriving six years after the last entry and as the first game in the series built for the new generation of hardware, this latest Forza doesn’t make the biggest graphical…

Samsung is adding support for mobile driver’s licenses to Samsung Wallet Samsung is going to let customers in Arizona and Iowa add their driver’s licenses to Samsung Wallet beginning later this month, Samsung’s Sally Hyesoon Jeong said onstage at the 2023 Samsung Developer Conference on Thursday. It’s unclear when more states might be supported, but Jeong did say that starting next year, Samsung customers will also “…

Lucid’s under-$80,000 base Air Pure EV is now available to order Lucid is finally ready to ship a lower-end offering for customers who are interested in the automaker’s electric Air sedan. The new Lucid Air Pure RWD brings the line’s starting price down to $77,400 — the entry price announced by the automaker in 2020 — with 410 miles of range on a single charge when equipped with 19-inch wheels. With a single …

We built the $150 Xbox 360 made of Lego-like Mega bricks A white Xbox 360 with a hard drive, controller, and a “copy” of Halo 3 — you build them all with bricks. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The VergeHave I mentioned recently that I have the best job in the world? This week, I spent three and a half hours building an Xbox 360 out of Mega Bloks, the Lego-like bricks produced by Mattel. In September, we…

Epic is changing Unreal Engine’s pricing for non-game developers Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeFortnite developer Epic Games is changing the way it charges people who use its creation tool Unreal Engine sometime next year — but only for a subset of users, according to CEO Tim Sweeney (via Game From Scratch). Game developers using Unreal Engine won’t be affected and will continue to pay for a license …

The iRacing team is making a NASCAR racing sim for consoles Image: iRacingiRacing, known for its simulation racing game for PC, has acquired the rights from Motorsport Games to make a NASCAR racing sim for consoles, according to a Thursday press release. NASCAR and iRacing already work together on virtual races within iRacing that have “thousands of people participating daily,” the press release says, an…

The last-gen Apple Watch Series 8 is nearly half off The last-gen Apple Watch Series 8 offers many of the same features as the newer model. | Image: AppleGoogle may have just released the Pixel Watch 2, but the Apple Watch is still the better buy if you own an iPhone. And right now, you can get the 41mm GPS-enabled Apple Watch Series 8 in black with a small / medium-sized band for just $225 at Ama…

Pokémon’s new live-action drama series heaps on the nostalgia in new trailer Nanase Nishino as Madoka Akagi. | Image: TV Tokyo / The Pokémon CompanyThe Detective Pikachu movie proved that The Pokémon Company is more than capable of producing solid live-action projects for the big screen. And from the looks of TV Tokyo’s new upcoming Pokémon-inspired show PokéTsume, that’s true of episodic series, too. Set in our own mund…

Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a live-action adaptation Image: CD Projekt RedGet ready for a live-action adaptation of CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 universe. The game developer is teaming up with Anonymous Content, a media company that has worked on series like True Detective and Shantaram, on a new “live-action project” based on the popular video game. It might be a while until we see anything fr…

Lego Animal Crossing is official — here’s the teaser and backstory Tom Nook, Isabelle, Julian, Kapp’n, Marshall, Rosie, and… my wife and I don’t recognize the others right now. | Image: Lego via Jay’s Brick BlogWe still don’t have a Legend of Zelda or Metroid set, but Lego is slowly working its way through Nintendo’s most popular IP — today, it’s announcing that Animal Crossing is officially making its way to…

The Verge Guide to Amazon’s October Prime Day event Illustration by Hugo Herrera for The VergeFor the second year in a row, Amazon is holding a second Prime Day event in the fall. This year’s two-day deal blitz — aka Prime Big Deal Days — will run from Tuesday, October 10th, through Wednesday, October 11th, presenting Amazon Prime members with yet another opportunity to get a head start on their …

Samsung just turned its soundbar into a SmartThings hub Samsung’s newest soundbar, the HW-Q900C, is now capable of being a SmartThings hub, | Image: SamsungAt its annual developer conference today, Samsung once again put its SmartThings smart home platform front and center, announcing that its newest soundbar, the HW-Q900C, is now capable of being a SmartThings hub, complete with support for Zigbee, …

Here’s the first proof a refreshed Steam Deck is nigh The Steam Deck, in its bundled carry case. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeThink we’re not getting a new Steam Deck just because Valve isn’t ready to upgrade its performance? Think again: Valve already put a new Steam Deck through the FCC’s certification process on August 13th, agency documents reveal. Image: FCC Image: FCC The mystery…

Adobe teases new AI photo editing tool that will ‘revolutionize’ its products Even Adobe is sick of using the lasso tool to manually separate objects from photographs. | Image: AdobeAdobe is set to announce a new AI-powered photo editing tool at the Adobe Max event next week that makes it much easier to alter images without prior editing experience. According to a promotional video (seen via Techspot), the new “object-awa…

Microsoft and Amazon face UK regulator investigation over cloud services Illustration: The VergeThe clouds are gathering over Microsoft’s Azure operations in the EU and now the UK, with the launch of a new investigation into major cloud service providers that also includes Amazon. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is just about to wrap up its concerns over cloud gaming with Microsoft’s proposed Activis…

Details of Apple’s talks to replace Google with Bing and even DuckDuckGo revealed in unsealed court testimony Image: The VergeWhile Google’s search engine has for years been the default on Apple’s devices, newly unsealed court testimonies reveal that Apple held talks with both Microsoft and DuckDuckGo to use their search engines across Apple devices, and in Microsoft’s case even potentially buying Bing, The Washington Post and Bloomberg report. The pote…

Gas station convenience stores might survive the EV future with help from these chargers Electric Era’s PowerNode and charger gives businesses | Image: Electric EraA young electric vehicle infrastructure company founded by former SpaceX employees called Electric Era has designed EV charging stations that convenience stores can buy and manage with minimal power upgrades. Now, with a new round of funding led by Chevron Technology Ven…

Amazon is quietly shuttering its live audio app Amp Image: Amazon AmpAmp, the live radio app launched by Amazon just last year, will soon be no more. Bloomberg reports that Steve Boom, the vice president of Amazon Music, sent a memo announcing the shutdown. The Amp app still appears to be available for download and is still airing live radio shows as of the time of publication. The Verge has reac…

Google releases Gmail app for Wear OS Photo by Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto via Getty ImagesGoogle is rolling out a Gmail app for Wear OS that will allow smartwatch wearers to view their inbox and open messages. The announcement comes a few months after the app’s initial announcement at Google I/O in May. The app (first spotted on the Google Play Store by 9to5Google) allows users to ch…