Apple’s Black History Month plans may tip an earlier than expected iOS 16.3 launch
To celebrate February's Black History Month, Apple is rolling out this year’s Black Unity Collection featuring a special edition Sport Loop for select…
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The Verge is partnering with the Computer History Museum to explore the past and future of tech
We’re excited to announce that The Verge is partnering with the Computer History Museum this year to explore some of the most important innovations that…
A brief history of 5G
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When the fifth generation of mobile communications known as 5G debuted in 2019, it was like catching the proverbial…
Apple celebrates Black History Month with new Watch Unity Sport Loop band and more
To celebrate Black History Month, Apple is again releasing a new Apple Watch Unity Sport Loop band, a new watch face, and several special contents…
The Last of Us is already a huge hit – but couldn’t make HBO Max history
It's official: The Last of Us TV show is as infectious as we expected it to be.The eagerly anticipated post-apocalyptic drama series is the second…
How 2023 may become the worst year in the history of the tech world
It's not been a great beginning for some IT pros in the year 2021. The technology industry globally has been ravaged by job cuts. The first 15 days of the…
What This Fearsome Weapon Reveals About Early Americans
Perhaps, as Davis and other archeologists suggest, those people came from northeast Asia by boat, moving south along the Pacific coastline and setting up…
What the West Doesn’t Know About China’s Silicon Valley
Novelist Ning Ken first saw Beijing’s Zhongguancun neighborhood in 1973 as a 14-year-old on a school trip to the Summer Palace, former imperial gardens…
The history of cell phones: A decade-by-decade timeline
In just a few decades, mobile phones have gone from being a luxury reserved for the elite to an essential tool for billions of users. From the first in-car…
WhatsApp may soon allow Android users to move chat history without using Google Drive Backup
Back in July of 2022, WhatsApp was updated to support easy transfer between Android and iOS — which was something entirely…