Yesterday's nudes: Playboy will stop publishing images of fully naked women
Playboy magazine will stop publishing images of fully nude women next year as part of a redesign aimed at appealing to new readers. According to a report from The New York Times, the magazine will still...
"It’s just passé." — Playboy executive Scott Flanders
Toshiba’s new DynaPad is a thinner and lighter rival to Microsoft's Surface
Toshiba's first DynaPad, released in 1993, came at a time when touchscreen tablets were new to the tech world. The Japanese company's new DynaPad — a Windows 10 2-in-1 officially announced today after a...
Toshscreen device
The new Call of Duty lets you skip to the end like Netflix
The Call of Duty series isn't particularly known for its gripping storytelling, but the new instalment wants to make it easier to follow along — Black Ops III has every mission unlocked from the start,...
Netflix and kill
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I'm convinced: Renoir really did suck at painting
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The Verge Review of Animals: The koala
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Kanye West is fed up with in-app purchases
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The depth of human expression can be found in the stuffed flatbread emoji
Snapchat shuts Snap Channel as it suspends original programming
Less than a year after it started making its own videos, stories, and shows, Snapchat is giving up on creating its own original content. The company has reportedly laid off the staff responsible for...
Gone in a snap
What it's like to illustrate a cover for Marvel Comics
As embarrassing as this is to admit, my first foray into art was through furries and anime. (I can’t believe I am putting this on the internet after thoroughly obliterating any trace of my middle school...
On creating one of Marvel's new hip-hop covers
With Minecraft: Story Mode, episodic gaming turns family-friendly
Telltale games make you feel bad about yourself. Whether it’s The Walking Dead or Game of Thrones, the studio’s titles force you make emotionally difficult choices. No matter you do, it's typical for some...
Telltale goes from HBO to Nickelodeon
Sports site's Twitter account suspended after NFL complains about GIFs
The NFL reignited a contentious debate today around copyright, fair use, and the explosive use of social media platforms to talk about and watch viral sports footage. Twitter suspended the account...
Deadspin's account was reinstated just hours later
Frank Miller is writing a new Sin City comic
Coming off of The Dark Knight 3: The Master Race (Brian Azzarello's mysterious addition to the Dark Knight franchise), iconic comic book writer Frank Miller has confirmed he's working on a new Sin City.
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Marv-elous news?
OneNote for iPad gets Pencil by FiftyThree support
Microsoft might be backing Apple's new Pencil for the iPad Pro in its iOS apps, but the software giant is also supporting third-party options. One of the most popular is Pencil by FiftyThree, and Microsoft...
Microsoft backs an old friend
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Microsoft previews Windows 10 Skype integration and Cortana inking
Microsoft is previewing its latest Windows 10 update today, and it comes with some interesting changes. While the software giant has been promising a new Messaging app with Skype integration, it's finally...
New features available to test
Rand Paul says tomorrow he will 'live-stream an entire day'
GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul hasn't had the best time so far in the polls, but tomorrow he'll be trying an experiment to connect with voters: live-streaming an entire today.
Paul announced on...
#randlive
The Verge Review of Animals: The koala
This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up until now, we’ve written about animals without telling you whether they suck or rule. We are now...
California makes electric skateboards street legal
A bill focused on electric skateboards was signed by Governor Jerry Brown on Sunday that will make it legal beginning in January to ride a skateboard in places where it is legal to ride bicycles, according...
Did you even know there was a law against electric skateboards?
Elbee is making wireless earbuds that will be hard to lose
Wireless earbuds are one of those futuristic ideas that can't seem to cross over the consumer technology horizon. Bragi had a very successful Kickstarter last year for its Dash earbuds, which it showed off...
Is it an idea worth waiting for?
Daredevil's second season gets its first teaser
Netflix's TV adaptation of Daredevil stood out this year as one of the most compelling branches of the Marvel universe, so it's safe to say there's been some anticipation for the second season — and we're...
Sorry everyone: Foggy's back
It will cost $110 to play all of Star Wars Battlefront
Rolling off positive press for the Star Wars Battlefront beta, video game publisher Electronic Arts announced today that a season pass for the game's post-launch content will sell for a whopping $50 — only...
After you buy one game, expect to buy another
Tag Heuer is unveiling its Android Wear smartwatch next month
Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer has set a date for its upcoming Android Wear smartwatch unveiling. The Tag Heuer Connected, as it's called, will make its debut at the LVMH Tower in New York City on November...
A luxury smartwatch for $1,800
Netflix is ready for the Oscars in the final Beasts of No Nation trailer
Netflix has become synonymous with award-winning television, and with Beasts of No Nation that reputation could stretch to movies. The company has just released the final trailer for the film, which is...
Time to choose: living room or theater?
Ferrari might have the best stock ticker symbol in history
Ferrari, a longtime force in Formula One, is making a splashy statement on Wall Street. Ferrari is expected to cash in on its motorsports heritage when it debuts on the New York Stock Exchange under the...
Off to the races at the stock exchange
Watch the first trailer for Bob Odenkirk and David Cross' new Netflix show
Earlier this year we got word that Netflix had ordered a new comedy series from Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, the pair behind the oddball '90s sketch show Mr. Show. That series, W/ Bob and David, got its...
It arrives November 13th
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Key and Peele are working on a comedy show with Vine's biggest star
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are reportedly working on their next TV show, an undercover cop comedy for Fox set to feature Vine superstar Andrew "KingBach" Bachelor. The character is based in part...
An undercover cop comedy with Vine's KingBach
We might not see much Furiosa in the next Mad Max movies
Charlize Theron's hard-bitten heroine Furiosa was one of the biggest reasons to go see Mad Max: Fury Road, but it's never been clear what role she'll play in future films. Now, George Miller seems to have...
"She's not in the Mad Max story. But one of the stories, there's an interaction between the two." George Miller
Spotify app update adds support for the new Chromecast
Spotify released an update to its iOS and Android apps today, and with it comes a long-awaited feature: Chromecast support. At its Nexus event last month, Google said that Chromecast would finally support...
Rolling out to existing Chromecasts soon
Pepsi is launching an Android phone in China
If I told you that there was a new Android phone with a 5.5-inch 1080p screen, 2GB of RAM, a 1.7GHz processor, a 3,000 mAh battery, and a 13-megapixel camera, would any of that information turn your head?...
A brand-new brand phone
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Connecticut man gets year in prison for 'swatting' hoaxes
A 22-year-old Connecticut man is facing a year in prison for participating in a series of "swatting" hoaxes. This summer, Matthew Tollis pled guilty to faking a bomb threat as part of a group known as...
"Swatting is not a schoolboy prank, it's a federal crime." Deirdre Daly
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Ford’s new Focus RS is perfect for people who are bad at driving stick
Hot-hatch enthusiasts are basically foaming at the mouth for Ford's latest Focus RS — and with 350 horsepower on tap, all-wheel drive, and a dedicated drift mode, they very well should be. But this caught...
No more grabbing for the ignition like some kind of buster
Acer's new portable all-in-one Windows 10 PC is already old news
Acer unveiled a pair of new Windows 10 machines today — a convertible notebook and a portable all-in-one PC. However, these are familiar designs that don't offer much excitement, and, unlike some of the r...
you don't need a 17-inch tablet
Halo 5's launch trailer: this may be the Halo story that makes sense
The best thing about the Halo 5 gameplay trailer is the story doesn't immediately collapse into sci-fi nonsense; this is a coherent elevator pitch. The people our hero Master Chief trusted have asked him...
Master Chief is on the run
TuneIn's $7.99 premium subscription now includes NFL radio feeds
TuneIn is sweetening the pot to get you to subscribe to its $7.99 per month premium service. Starting today, subscribers will get access to radio feeds for all NFL games, from the pre-season through the...
Pigskins on the radio
First Click: Code, Mars, and a look at the week ahead
The week is starting out quick with Dell announcing the acquisition of EMC storage in the biggest tech deal of all time. Later tonight we’ve got the season two premiere of Fargo.
Tomorrow it's Toshiba’s...
Dell and chill
I'm convinced: Renoir really did suck at painting
Until recently, if you'd asked my opinion on Pierre-August Renoir, I'd have looked up casually from my phone and replied, "Oh, you mean the French artist (1841-1919) who was a leading painter in the...
putting the "no" in renoir
New Google CEO Sundar Pichai makes first major executive picks
Sundar Pichai, Google’s new CEO under the company’s Alphabet restructuring, has made his first major wave of executive shuffles as chief executive, promoting three top lieutenants on the critical ads and...
George R.R. Martin's werewolf story Skin Trade could soon become Cinemax show
After the stratospheric success of Game of Thrones, it was only a matter of time before TV executives started raiding George R.R. Martin's back catalog for more shows. Now, thanks to Cinemax, we may soon...
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