Watch this: ‘No Robots’, a short film by Yung-Han Chang
This beautiful animated short made the rounds about a month ago, but we got to thinking about it again, and thought we'd share. The film is called No Robots, and it's directed by Yung-Han Chang and Kimberly Knoll, students at San ...
Verge Forums: Microsoft’s missed opportunity with the Windows 8 logo
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Barack Obama tweets his campaign Spotify playlist, election cycle has officially begun
Many have wondered if Obama has been busy lately fixing America's problems, or if he's just preoccupied with re-election while he lets Clint Eastwood do the dirty work. Well, we have our answer: he's been busy compiling sweet, swe...
BSR corrects NYT piece on Apple labor practices in open letter
It's no secret that Tim Cook isn't happy about the recent New York Times piece on Apple's labor practices, but Apple isn't alone in disputing the claims and conclusions of the report. Aron Cramer, the CEO of BSR, a company which c...
Sony puts a happy spin on Vita sales decline
Well, what else are they going to do? Vita is currently in fourth place in Japan console sales, behind the dominant 3DS, and Sony's own PS3 and PSP. The downward trend is a little disconcerting for a brand new console (and the who......
iRobot’s Mark Chiappetta on robots in the home: ‘There needs to be a practical problem to solve at a price we can solve it’
After running the iRobot Ava ragged in The Verge trailer, I sat down with the robot's creator, Mark Chiappetta, for a chat. His team has been working on Ava for roughly two years, building the prototypes by hand, and making incred...
HP teases Envy Spectre once again, reveals Beats Audio
Well, if you were wondering if HP's first Envy Spectre video tease had anything to do with CES next week, it seems like you were on the right track. HP just tossed up a second teaser, which is almost identical to the first...
US Cellular LTE phones from Huawei and Samsung pass through FCC
They might not be pretty, and they might not blow you away, but Samsung and Huawei have just had LTE Android phones approved by the FCC that seem headed for US Cellular. It would be Huawei's first LTE phone in the US, which...
CCC’s Hackerspace Global Grid plans to put hacker satellites in space
While Anonymous might the most auspicious organization right now channeling "hacker" efforts, the annual Chaos Communication Congress (CCC) in Berlin has been doing it before many members of Anonymous were born. CCC's latest initi...
Verizon might add $2 ‘convenience’ charge for you to pay your bill
You know how everybody loved that Bank of America monthly debit card fee thing? Or that warm fuzzy feeling you get when you pay Ticketmaster to let you print something out on your computer? Well, Verizon is apparently looking to g...
Moving Regulated Industries to the Cloud
Regulated industries like health care and financial services deal with large quantities of sensitive data many deem unsuitable for cloud storage. But for those prepared to invest in understanding and meeting the requirements of such heavily regulated e...
