July 6, 2020 A VR retelling of Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ is coming to Oculus headsets One of the more interesting experiences to come out of the virtual reality space last year was a game called The Under Presents. In…
July 6, 2020 Apple Might Make Future MacBook Keyboards Out of Glass, and I’m Concerned When I saw that Apple recently filed a patent application for transparent keycaps made of glass, possibly for use in future Bluetooth desktop or…
July 6, 2020 Google, Twitter, and Facebook Stop Handing Over User Data to Hong Kong Cops When Hong Kong passed its shiny new national security law last week, the city’s authorities were probably expecting a bit of pushback from the…
July 6, 2020 Android Users Blessed With Dark Mode Support for Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides I have made a terrible mistake. I, the owner of an Apple-made miniature computer I carry with me everywhere, am experiencing a profound feeling…
July 6, 2020 AI Weekly: Workplace surveillance tech promises safety, but not worker rights As bigger tech companies roll out “getting back to work” solutions, we can’t forget about the rights and privacy of the workers being surveilled.Read…
July 6, 2020 ICE says international students must take in-person classes to remain in the US Photo by Maddie Meyer / Getty Images The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced that in order to remain in the country for…
July 6, 2020 How to change your inbox layout in Gmail Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Gmail offers you several customizable formats — so many that you can have multiple Gmail accounts and…
July 6, 2020 How to enable and use Gmail’s AI-powered Smart Reply and Smart Compose tools Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Leading up to Gmail’s 15th birthday last year, Google added a lot of productivity and machine…
July 6, 2020 DragonCon 2020 in Atlanta Is Officially, Finally, Going Virtual Another of the biggest convention holdouts has just given up its battle with covid-19. DragonCon 2020, scheduled for September 3-7 in Atlanta, GA, has…
July 6, 2020 Google Plus is officially gone after its mobile apps are rebranded as Google Currents Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Google Plus, the company’s failed social network, is officially gone as of today. After Google Plus personal accounts…