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- Remembering Grim Fandango: this week in tech, 20 years ago
- Amazon is reportedly in ‘advanced discussions’ to locate its HQ2 in Northern Virginia
- Tencent made smart glasses that look like Snap Spectacles
- 9 new trailers you should watch this week
- $100 off an Xbox One console with Red Dead Redemption 2 deal expires today, plus other tech deals
- Apple’s first 5G iPhone could come in 2020: report
- Red Moon is a novel full of fascinating ideas that never come together
- Spinal implants help treat paralysis but aren’t ready for primetime
- One way Twitter’s ad archive improves on Facebook’s
| Remembering Grim Fandango: this week in tech, 20 years ago Posted: 03 Nov 2018 11:00 AM PDT  You can find a lot of Halloween-themed coverage on The Verge, but this week also marked the Mexican holiday Día de Muertos — and the 20th anniversary of Grim Fandango, the classic adventure game that was heavily inspired by it. Grim Fandango was one of the last games from the acclaimed studio LucasArts, and its clever blend of noir pastiche and folklore has earned it acclaim since the very beginning, when GameSpot praised its "great writing and beautiful art direction." There's a less-than-proud tradition of artists ripping off surface-level Día de Muertos imagery, an issue game director Tim Schafer has discussed: "I knew I was appropriating someone else's culture, so the idea was to be as authentic as possible and do as much research as... |
| Amazon is reportedly in ‘advanced discussions’ to locate its HQ2 in Northern Virginia Posted: 03 Nov 2018 09:50 AM PDT  Amazon is apparently narrowing in on its location for its second headquarters: Crystal City, Virginia, on the outskirts of Washington DC in Northern Virginia. The Washington Post says that the company has "held advanced discussions" that are "more detailed" than similar talks happening in other candidate locations in the immediate region and around the country. The Post says that the talks have included discussions about which buildings the company can occupy, and how quickly it can more employees there. It cites two people "close to the process" that indicate that Amazon could likely move "several hundred employees" into a pair of office buildings within nine months if the city is ultimately selected. Sources also tell the Post that... |
| Tencent made smart glasses that look like Snap Spectacles Posted: 03 Nov 2018 09:02 AM PDT  Tencent, China's biggest tech company, has made its own pair of video-recording sunglasses this week that bear a slight resemblance to Snap's Spectacles. The Weishi smart glasses have a camera on the front, like Spectacles, so you can record video. Snap's Spectacles haven't exactly done well in sales — the first generation lost the company nearly $40 million in unsold pairs. Unlike the first generation Spectacles, the Weishi glasses don't highlight the camera with an ugly yellow ring. Instead, they're all black, with a subtle cat eye, more like the second generation of Spectacles. Tencent's Weishi glasses, which mean "micro shows" in Mandarin, have the same name as the company's... |
| 9 new trailers you should watch this week Posted: 03 Nov 2018 09:00 AM PDT  Last week we put out a video about how the golden age of streaming services — where you sign up for one service and find a wealth of content from all over — is rapidly ending. And tellingly enough, one of the best examples of a service like that, FilmStruck, which specialized in classic cinema, announced plans to shut down just days later. I've complained about this plenty of times before, but you can already feel the squeeze, especially on Netflix. Netflix isn't just pushing its own TV shows because they're new — it's pushing them because they're the only content Netflix can truly guarantee. In some ways, it's the à la carte TV dream — now you'll just have to pay for the streaming service you want. But when you have to sign up for more... |
| $100 off an Xbox One console with Red Dead Redemption 2 deal expires today, plus other tech deals Posted: 03 Nov 2018 08:00 AM PDT  Black Friday isn't quite here yet, but we wouldn't blame you for assuming it was late November already given the amount of deals that have started to pop up. Target has unleashed its Black Friday ad, and we expect others to follow suit shortly. Before things get too hectic with shopping for the holidays, there are a some really good deals to check out — a few of which will expire pretty soon. Expiring later today, November 3rd, is the big promo blitz for Red Dead Redemption 2 that takes $100 off an Xbox One console when you buy the new open-world game. Developer Rockstar's latest title comes free in this promo, plus you'll get a new console for the cheapest prices we've seen yet. Find a few of the best bundles below, and check out more... |
| Apple’s first 5G iPhone could come in 2020: report Posted: 03 Nov 2018 07:19 AM PDT  Wireless carriers are preparing for 5G connectivity, the next generation of cellular networking that promises to bring faster download speeds to consumers. Hardware manufacturers are also getting ready, with plans already in motion for a number of devices that will take advantage of those faster networks. A new report suggests that Apple will release its 5G phone in 2020. The FCC granted Apple approval to experiment with 5G technology last year, laying the groundwork for a 5G phone down the road. A report in Fast Company cites "a source with knowledge of Apple's plans," who says that the phone will be released in 2020. The report also notes that the company plans to use Intel's 8161 5G modem chip, although there are still some technical... |
| Red Moon is a novel full of fascinating ideas that never come together Posted: 03 Nov 2018 07:00 AM PDT  Kim Stanley Robinson is known for his heady and thought-provoking science fiction novels. Aurora turned the concept of a generation ship on its head, following a decrepit interstellar ship sailing for a moon in the Tau Ceti system, while New York 2140 examines the economics of climate change. His latest, Red Moon, is set within spitting distance of today, envisioning the power struggle between an ascendant China and a declining United States. While it's chock-full of ideas, it's an underwhelming read compared to his recent stories. China's rise as a major power has become a curious focus for science fiction in recent years. This isn't even the first book depicting lunar clashes between China and the US this year — David Pedreira's novel... |
| Spinal implants help treat paralysis but aren’t ready for primetime Posted: 03 Nov 2018 06:00 AM PDT |
| One way Twitter’s ad archive improves on Facebook’s Posted: 03 Nov 2018 03:00 AM PDT  As the midterms approach, a central question has been how campaigns would adapt to the fact their digital ads were now public. Thanks to online archives established this year by Facebook, Google, Twitter, we now have unprecedented visibility into campaigns. But as I've noted here a couple times now, advertisers are working hard to make themselves less visible. The tug-of-war between transparency and obscurity is turning out to be one of the defining stories of this election. ProPublica identified a dozen ad campaigns from industry lobbying groups that obscured their true backers.
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