Time to catch ‘em all again
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 102, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy spooky season, and also you can read all the old edition...
The AI sexting era has arrived
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on AI and the industry's power dynamics and societal implications, follow Hayden Field....
TiVo won the court battles, but lost the TV war
TiVo could have been a contender.
In the 2000s, TiVo reached heights few companies ever achieve. Like Google and Xerox, its name became a verb. People had to "TiVo" the new episode of Battlestar...
8BitDo’s new collection celebrates the NES’s 40th anniversary
As part of its NES40 collection, 8BitDo’s Ultimate 2 controller is getting its most dramatic makeover yet. | Image: 8BitDo
Forty years ago today, the Nintendo Entertainment System launched in ...
Easy Delivery Co. is a cozy, Lynchian dream
I have been a fan of David Lynch ever since a friend's older brother interrupted a 13th birthday celebration to insist we all watch Eraserhead. In the realm of horror movies, it's a common way ...
The lab where GM is cooking up new EV batteries to beat China
Battery development in the GM Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center. | Image: Steve Fecht / General Motors
Inside General Motors' fast-growing battery labs in suburban Detroit, scientists and e...
