Looks like FedEx won’t be adding lasers to its airplanes

[ad_1] It looks like the FAA may have made a whoopsie. Remember when the US aviation authority suggested that FedEx might possibly potentially maybe be able to stick a laser onto its cargo planes to knock missiles out of the sky? Yeah, no: “further internal study is necessary,” the FAA told Reuters on Tuesday, adding that the proposal “is not More...

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By On Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
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Daniel Radcliffe’s About to Get Real Weird in the Al Yankovic Biopic

[ad_1] Today, Roku, Funny Or Die, and Tango announced that they’re partnering up to produce WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, a biopic written by “Weird Al” Yankovic and director Eric Appel, with Daniel Radcliffe More...

By On Monday, January 17th, 2022
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Samsung announces first smartphone chip with AMD ray tracing GPU

[ad_1] Samsung has announced the Exynos 2200, its new in-house mobile processor for smartphones. It’s the first mobile system-on-a-chip to include a GPU with AMD’s RDNA 2 graphics architecture, enabling features More...

By On Monday, January 17th, 2022
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Awesome Games Done Quick speedrun raises $3.4 million for charity

[ad_1] Games Done Quick has raised $3.4 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation at its annual video game speedrunning event, Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ), the most money ever raised at a single Games Done More...

By On Sunday, January 16th, 2022
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Walmart is getting serious about the metaverse

[ad_1] Walmart appears to be getting ready for a leap into the metaverse. Recent trademark applications indicate the company is looking to establish its own NFTs and cryptocurrency, according to a report from More...

By On Sunday, January 16th, 2022
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Wordle! and Wardle team up to donate proceeds from an unrelated app’s popularity spike

[ad_1] Wordle is a free browser game, and a browser game only — it has no accompanying apps, something that some people (myself included, regrettably) might not realize during a time when nearly everything More...

By On Saturday, January 15th, 2022
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Google might’ve accidentally approved an ad for a Target gift card scam

[ad_1] Most of us check our gift card balances online (because who actually keeps those receipts that tell us how much money we have left on them?), making an apparent oversight by Google all the worse. It appears More...

By On Saturday, January 15th, 2022
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Apple will let dating apps offer third-party payment options in the Netherlands

[ad_1] Apple will let dating app developers offer alternate payment options in the Netherlands in compliance with the Dutch regulator’s ruling, according to a report from Bloomberg. This will allow dating apps More...

By On Friday, January 14th, 2022
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The best cheap noise-canceling headphone deals right now

[ad_1] With many people working from home than they used to, owning a good pair of noise-canceling headphones has become more appealing than ever. However, they can be expensive and difficult to shop for due More...

By On Friday, January 14th, 2022
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Vergecast: Wordle’s App Store clones, FTC’s Meta lawsuit moves forward, and PC’s big year

[ad_1] Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where we discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories. This week on The Vergecast, Nilay More...