Would Huawei spy for the Chinese government? That's a question that cost the telecom equipment provider plenty of money last year. After the US government said the company posed a national security risk, Huawei was forced to take its networking business elsewhere. Huawei has repeatedly denied the...
"I would like to make our company’s position clear." Huawei deputy chairman Ken Hu
In July Google gave Hangouts on the desktop a significant feature bump by rolling in the ability to make phone calls, and now an update to the iOS app is bringing the same functionality to the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Calls are free within the United States and Canada, and users are also...
A lot of products come out each week — we don't highlight all of them, but all of them make it into The Verge Database. In Spec Sheet, a weekly series, we survey the latest product entries to keep track of the state of the art.
Not every action film star can say they delivered enough one-liners to become a parody of themselves, but Arnold Schwarzenegger certainly can. Now, the former California governor is promoting his new film, Escape Plan, by offering to say any of those famous lines on camera. The fun has already started at Reddit, where he's told the online audience that they punch like a plant-eater. He's asked them to name their father and — equally importantly — to describe that man's job.
At press time, Schwarzenegger had not yet told anyone to board a helicopter, nor take a trip to Mars. He also had yet to shake hands with the male child of a female dog. We do, however, expect that he will say his farewells in Spanish — unless he decides he likes the Reddit crowd enough to return once more.
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"Hi Avonte, it's mom. Come to the flashing lights Avonte."
That was the message many New York pedestrians could hear blaring from NYPD vans in recent days, as one part of a mammoth effort to track down 14-year-old Avonte Oquendo. Since he went missing nearly two weeks ago after wandering away from his school in Long Island City, NY, police and volunteers have taken various steps to track...
When missing kids are tragically tough to find
Hoping to become the superhero we all need, Elon Musk has acquired a number of James Bond's gadgets, but he customized them with his own flavor. First up was the garrote watch. Musk purchased it for $1,200, but put another $18,000 in it so that the watch could shoot flames. Next were the dagger shoes. The shoes are traditional black leather and cost roughly $800, but Musk spent another $50,000...
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has exposed numerous secret surveillance programs with new revelations coming on a regular basis, but it turns out it may have been easier for him to procure those documents than intended. Reuters reports that the NSA had begun to install new anti-leak software made by Raytheon well before Snowden went to work at the Hawaiian site where he downloaded a treasure trove of information — but that facility had not received the update.
Aimed at blocking what is termed "insider threats," the Raytheon software went into the field in response to White House...
Ahead of Twitter's IPO, the New York Stock Exchange is taking extra precautions to avoid the glitches Nasdaq suffered when Facebook went public. Facebook's debut on Wall Street in May was hampered by delays and order failures on the Nasdaq, which ultimately resulted in the exchange agreeing to pay a record-setting $10 million fine to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The troubles contributed to the social network's stock price getting off to an unimpressive start, one that took months to fully rebound from. As Twitter, yet another massively popular brand, prepares for its IPO, NYSE officials are hoping to eliminate any potential...
It’s Halloween season, and if you’re feeling the holiday spirit Carrie is opening this weekend. To see what else is on the horizon, let’s take a look at some of the latest trailers to make the rounds.
Liam Neeson being awesome on a plane
Google's stock price broke $1,000 for the first time today, as investors continue to be impressed by the company's steady growth in search advertising. The 13 percent stock surge, which came a day after a stronger-than-expected earnings report from the company, doesn't make Google the most...
Often times the most pirated movies each week can't streamed or rented online to begin with. That's according to piracydata.org, a new website that — simply by pointing out the lack of convenient...
When The X-Files went off the air in 2002 after nine seasons, fans were left with a lingering question: what role did Optimus Prime play in any of this? The answers may become clear in The X-Files:...
Virgin Galactic may be closing in on launching its first-ever commercial space flight, but the company is also thinking about how its technology can help improve travel on Earth, as well. Speaking at the Wired 2013 event in London, Virgin...
London to Australia in 2.5 hours
The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset hasn't yet made its way to consumers, but once it does, chief technology officer John Carmack envisions it one day running Android. "The way I believe it's going to play out is you will eventually have a...
Today, President Obama announced his intention to nominate Jeh Johnson as the new head of the Department of Homeland Security. It's a surprise pick, after a long search that included everyone from TSA chief John Pistole to New York City's police chief, Ray Kelly. But while...
If you're a Pokémon fanatic, there's a new source to go to get all of the info on the Pokémon universe you could ask for: Wolfram Alpha. The massive "knowledge engine" has just added a huge set of Pokémon data, including physical characteristics, stats, and images. "In many ways, Pokémon are an ideal subject for a computable knowledge...
Gotta compute 'em all
Elon Musk doesn't get buyer's remorse, he just gets new plans. Musk confirmed to CNN Money that he has in fact purchased James Bond's transformable submarine car from The Spy Who Loved Me —...
"I was disappointed to learn that it can't actually transform." Elon Musk
Toyota has announced a voluntary recall of some 803,000 cars due to airbags inadvertently deploying — and the blame appears to be spiders inside the air conditioning units....
Edward Snowden says the NSA's secrets are safe from spies in Russia, as he left all copies of the classified documents he leaked with journalists back in Hong Kong, reports The...
Once upon a time, Twitter was "a shitshow," according to a new report from Business Insider's Nicholas Carlson and Alyson Shontell. The report chronicles the "chaotic" journey leading up to the company's imminent IPO, which was reportedly filled...
There was a stretch in the mid-1990s when Hollywood suddenly wised up to the fact that the internet was here to stay, and jumped on its emergence as the hook for a series of clunky, awkward...
The Verge staffers aren't just people who love technology. They're people who love stuff. We spend as much time talking and thinking about our favorite books, music, and movies as we do debating the best smartphone to buy or what point-and-shoot has the tightest macro. We thought it would make sense to share our latest obsessions with Verge...
With WikiLeaks biopic The Fifth Estate launching today in the US, the organization will show its own competing film for free on the opening weekend. Mediastan, a documentary, is described as a "road movie" that follows WikiLeaks during its 2011 distribution of classified government cables. It's...
Who is really making Amazon's first smartphone, and what will it look like? If recent rumors are to be believed, the company's first devices could come from HTC. Other rumors suggest that Amazon is working on not one, but two devices: a phone with head tracking and 3D effects, and a less...
There are so many great recipe apps, but taking a tablet to the kitchen can be both inconvenient and potentially disastrous. Siobhán Andrews, a Falmouth University student, thought up an elegant solution. He submitted the sketch of an interactive...
Domestic appliances that many use around the world everyday have seen little innovation in recent decades. This is the key complaint that's led designers like Tony Fadell to rethink the humble thermostat and smoke detector, and now it appears...
After unintentionally leaking its existence, Lenovo has today officially announced the A10 Android laptop. It's the first laptop from the world's top PC vendor to ship with Android 4.2 on board. As we learned before, the A10 features a 10.1-inch...
After a quarterly earnings report that beat Wall Street's expectations for the first time in three quarters, Google's stock price hit $1,000 for the first time today. Investors were impressed by the company's continued growth in its core search advertising business, although advertisers are paying less for individual clicks than they used to. By the end of the year Google is expected to own 33 percent of the global online advertising business, up from 31 percent last year, Bloomberg...
The problems with the new government healthcare marketplace continue to multiply. Health insurers are now complaining that applications submitted through Healthcare.gov are deeply flawed, producing duplicate enrollments, spouses listed as...
Earlier this week, gamers were crushed to hear that Ubisoft's eagerly anticipated Watch Dogs won't be released until the spring. And now, just weeks before its console hits shelves, Sony is losing one of its exclusive launch titles. DriveClub,...
The entertainment industry has been getting a little more comfortable with praising the benefits of online piracy, and Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan is the latest to speak to its brighter side. "[It] led to a lot of people watching the series who otherwise would not have," Gilligan tells the BBC. Gilligan has previously remarked that TV binge-watching was a large factor in getting viewers wrapped up in his show, noting in May that Netflix in particular brought about an "amazing...
Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia
Aereo's territory is growing even larger with the announcement of a Detroit launch on October 28th. The service — which allows users to stream broadcast television channels online — has been keeping an aggressive...
Apple is reiterating its stance that iMessages are secure communications, after a security firm published research saying that Apple itself is capable of decrypting and reading them. "iMessage is not architected to allow Apple to read messages,” an Apple spokesperson tells All Things D. Researchers from Quarklabs posited that Apple, should it choose to or if pressed to do so by a government agency, would be capable of decrypting iMessage communications as they moved between a sender and a...
The city of San Francisco this week launched a social network designed to help citizens prepare for, and respond to, natural disasters. The website, called SF72, allows users to create emergency plans, stock up on supplies, and, in case of an...
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