How the Elon Musk biography exposes Walter Isaacson The limits of myth-making are apparent in Walter Isaacson’s new biography. | Illustration by William Joel / The VergeThe trouble began days before the biography was even published. CNN had a story summarizing an excerpt of Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk that claimed Musk had shut down SpaceX’s satellite network, Starlink, to prevent a “Ukrainian sn…

LG is dropping ATSC 3.0 from its TVs next year A picture of two LG TVs at CES 2022. | Photo by Chris Welch / The VergeLG told the FCC it’s pulling support for the ATSC 3.0 standard in its TVs next year because of a “challenging and uncertain patent landscape,” according to LightReading (via ZatzNotFunny). ATSC 3.0, aka Nextgen TV, is the next-generation broadcast format that would bring 4K T…

Apple blames iOS 17 bugs and apps like Instagram for making iPhone 15s run hot Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeApple has acknowledged user complaints that iPhone 15 and 15 Pro phones are overheating, reports Forbes, but said that contrary to speculation, it has nothing to do with the phone’s hardware design. Forbes noted an update to Instagram has already rolled out with version 302, released September 27th, to address so…

The Sphere’s first show looks like it was a mind-blowing spectacle The outside of The Sphere during the U2:UV Achtung Baby Live concert on September 29th, 2023. | Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesU2 played the first-ever show at the Las Vegas Sphere, a massive, dome-shaped venue wrapped in over a million LEDs. The concert, a live performance centered on the band’s Achtung, Baby album, was a…

Here are a few discounted chargers to make use of iOS 17’s StandBy mode Apple’s StandBy mode is a convenient feature that gives you a good excuse to buy a MagSafe stand. | Image: AppleThe iPhone 15 and iOS 17 do a whole bunch of new things that many of us here at The Verge enjoy, but one of our favorites is Apple’s StandBy mode. The simple little feature turns your iPhone into a small smart display once you place it…

The Pixel 8 is Google’s best opportunity to bring its AI ideas together under one roof Google Assistant, but make it Bard. | Illustration: The VergeIf there’s one job I’d like AI to take from me, it’s my daily email deleting ritual. Every morning at 8:30AM, Google Calendar pings me with a reminder containing just one word: EMAILS. Thus, my formal workday begins as I speed-delete nearly every email that landed in my inbox overnigh…

‘The Android of agriculture’: Monarch Tractor CEO Praveen Penmetsa on the future of farming Photo illustration by Alex Parkin / The VergeMonarch Tractor’s Praveen Penmetsa has a grand vision for agriculture, and it includes autonomous electric smart tractors powered by AI. Continue reading…

Smart glasses need to be stylish to really go mainstream Style is crucial to wearable devices in a way that’s not necessarily true of other personal gadgets. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The VergeWhen I first saw the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses a few weeks ago, I noticed something. In the event space Meta had so carefully prepared, there was a wall showcasing the different frames, colors, and lenses. It…

The Humane Ai Pin makes its debut on the runway at Paris Fashion Week The Humane Ai Pin, up-close on a model at coperni’s Ready to Wear show during Paris Fashion Week, September 29th, 2023. | Photo by Victor VIRGILE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesIt’s Paris Fashion Week, and Humane was designer Coperni’s latest buzzy tech name to be included. Humane’s Ai Pin — a device we’ve so far only seen in silhouette on the comp…

These are the biggest wins in the WGA’s new labor contract The Simpsons creator Matt Groening draws strike sign collectibles for picketers. | Image: Brittany Woodside / The Writers Guild of AmericaFrom its new writers room staffing minimums to guarantees that staffers will receive a bigger cut of streaming residuals, the WGA’s new labor contract is set to fundamentally improve working conditions in the …

Apple’s dark sci-fi comedy Fingernails turns love into science Image: TIFFFingernails, a sci-fi romcom coming to Apple TV Plus from director Christos Nikou, imagines a future where one very specific technology has changed the world. In this timeline, scientists have figured out how to conclusively determine if two people are in love. This upends relationships as we know them, with couples sticking steadfast…

‘There’s no tracing Xbox 360 chat,’ claimed guy now charged with insider trading An Xbox 360 wireless headset. | Photo by Alphathon (Wikimedia Commons)If you’re going to do financial crimes, maybe an Xbox isn’t your best bet? That is one but hopefully not the only lesson learned by 26-year-old Anthony Viggiano, a former Goldman Sachs investment analyst who’s been indicted for insider trading, along with two of his friends. …

October’s video game release calendar is a little too stacked Image: Nintendo / Insomniac Games / SegaOctober is a lousy month for games. It’s just stuffed full of some of the biggest releases of the year. Remember back in the summer when Tears of the Kingdom, Diablo IV, and Final Fantasy XVI all released in the span of five weeks? October is that on steroids — a greater number of high-profile games concen…

Pokémon’s Van Gogh collaboration turned out to be kind of a disaster A painting of Munchlax and Snorlax inspired by Van Gogh’s “The Bedroom.” | Image: The Pokémon CompanyThe horde of people that descended upon the Van Gogh Museum yesterday to snatch up as much merchandise as they could was the first sign that the Pokémon x Van Gogh collaboration might be a bit more chaotic than expected. While there was hope that…

Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths Onewheel at CES in 2015. | Image: The VergeFuture Motion, the maker of the Onewheel electric skateboard, is recalling every one of them, including 300,000 Onewheel self-balancing vehicles in the US. Alongside the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the company now seeks to remedy the products after four known death cases — three withou…

The co-founder of a collapsed crypto hedge fund was arrested in Singapore Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeSu Zhu, the co-founder of the collapsed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), was arrested in Singapore on Friday. Zhu was taken into custody while attempting to leave the country from Singapore’s Changi Airport, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. Teneo, the liquidation firm in charge of liquidating…

Why New York and other cities still aren’t prepared for floods A general view of a flooded street in Williamsburg, New York, United States on September 29th, 2023. | Photo by Fatih Aktas / Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesNew York City came to a grinding halt Friday as floods shut down roads and subways and inundated schools in one of the biggest storm-related emergencies since the remnants of Hurricane Ida h…

Now you can water-cool your PS5, too A PS5’s internals, inside a QuantumX waterblock, inside a Raijintek case, with custom water cooling and bracket. | Image: EK Water BlocksChanging the look of your PS5? Easy — the slightest amount of elbow grease will let you pop on new plates. But if you want to seriously mod that sucker for bragging rights, you can now preorder a $450 monoblock…

Ford accuses UAW of holding contract negotiations ‘hostage’ over EV battery plants Photo by Scott Olson/Getty ImagesFord CEO Jim Farley accused the United Auto Workers of holding contract negotiations “hostage” over the company’s forthcoming electric vehicle battery plants. The UAW strike, which is now in its third week, expanded today to include more facilities, including those operated by Ford. The strike comes amid a histo…

Letterboxd has been acquired — and promises ‘very little’ will change Image: LetterboxdLetterboxd, a beloved film reviews and social media platform that took off during the pandemic, has been acquired. Its new owner is a Canadian holding company called Tiny, which promises a “fast, friendly, and simple” process for founders looking for “quick, straightforward exits.” The deal, as reported by The New York Times, v…