Tag: The Verge

Dexcom’s new Continuous Glucose Monitor is a Health Tech Gadget with Purpose

Year in and year out, most of the blood glucose tech you see at CES are devices that may not come out for years, if ever. That’s why it was refreshing to see Dexcom roll up to CES 2024 to talk about something a bit more tangible: its forthcoming Stelo continuous glucose monitor (CGM), a wearable […]

SpaceX accused of illegally firing employees who criticized Elon Musk

SpaceX is facing a complaint from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that alleges the company illegally fired employees for writing an open letter that criticized CEO Elon Musk. As The Verge reports, lastyear, a group of SpaceX employees drafted an open letter to express concerns about how Musk’s behavior “is a frequent source of distraction and […]

Check out the Acer 57-inch Predator Z57, coming soon to a Gamer’s Basement Near You

The star of Acer’s new lineup – officially launched at CES 2024 – is clearly its Predator Z57 — a 57-inch, 120Hz curved display that spans 7680×2160 pixels. It uses MiniLED backlighting for better contrast than a typical LCD monitor, and Acer says it will be out in the second quarter for $2,499.99 in the US and […]

Apple is Finally Paying all those ‘batterygate’ Class Action Claims

Checks are apparently hitting the bank accounts of people affected by Apple’s decision to slow down iPhones with older batteries back in 2017.  As MacRumors reports, readers of its site said they’d seen checks deposited to their accounts amounting to $92.17, later updating the story with an embedded post from one of the readers. Indeed, the website set up for […]

The first US commercial-scale Offshore Wind Farm is Finally Up and Running

The first week of 2024 has already been a rollercoaster of good and bad news for President Joe Biden’s offshore wind ambitions. As The Verge reports, the nation’s first large-scale wind farm just started producing power for the New England power grid. The bad news is that another major project on the East Coast threw […]

Apple CarPlay’s Whole-Car takeover Integration Set to Debut in 2024

At Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in 2022, the tech company teased a version of Apple CarPlay that would take over every screen in a vehicle — infotainment, digital gauge cluster, passenger display, you name it. A carmaker would work with Apple to create a brand-appropriate skin, a vehicle’s gauge cluster showing a series of gauges built […]

Epic’s Annual Holiday Sale has Great Deals and even Freebies!

Epic Games plans to give away 17 free games during its annual holiday sale for the Epic Games Store, the company announced last week. As The Verge reports, the first free game you can snag is Destiny 2: Legacy Collection (2023), which includes three expansions: The Witch Queen, Beyond Light, and Shadowkeep. If you want to catch up on some older Destiny 2 content […]

The FTC warns QR Codes Can be Phishing Scams

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned the public against scanning any old QR code in a consumer alerts blog last week. Naturally, the warning comes down to security and privacy — bad actors can put QR codes in inconspicuous places or send them via text or email, then just sit back and wait for a payday in […]