Новости за 04.12.2017

A former security guard at Faraday Future’s California headquarters claims she was sexually harassed and cyberstalked by one of the company’s IT administrators, according to details in a previously unreported lawsuit filed this summer. The plaintiff, Genesis Reyes, also claims the company dismissed multiple written and verbal reports about the alleged actions of its employee and named defendant, Josue Alejandro Sanchez, and says that she was fired after raising her complaints.

The first Mega Man came out 30 years ago on the NES on December 17th, 1987, and Capcom is celebrating that legacy with a gift for series fans. Mega Man 11 is set to release sometime in late 2018 for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

Apple was forced to release iOS 11.2 on Saturday, which was a little earlier than planned, due to a software bug. Now, Apple Pay Cash — one of the marquee features of the update — is being activated for users.

Target released its own mobile payments system today, called Wallet, which will live inside its app on iOS and Android. Reports of Target working on an in-house mobile wallet surfaced as early as 2015. Target confirmed the reports this past January to The Verge’s sister site Recode.

New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman, FCC commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, and 28 senators want the FCC to delay its upcoming net neutrality vote, giving investigators more time to look into a spate of fake public comments submitted under real peoples’ names. They also called on the FCC to seriously investigate the source of the comments, and to cooperate with state- or federal-level probes.

Microsoft struck a five-year deal with the NFL to make Surface the official tablet of the league more than four years ago. While the deal was supposed to run for five years, Microsoft is now renewing it for a sixth year. Surface will now continue to be used for video reviews until the end of the 2018 / 2019 season.

What exactly “self-driving” is continues to be the question surrounding new cars. Technologies that take over more and more for drivers — whether it’s for safety or convenience — are more available than ever, especially from automakers that sell the most cars.

Last week, NASA’s next big powerful space observatory — the James Webb Space Telescope — was removed from the giant, cryogenic testing chamber it’s been living in since July at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The telescope just finished up around 100 days of testing inside the chamber, where it was subjected to super-cold temperatures to see if it was ready for the frigid conditions of space. Now, JWST will soon be moved to California for another round of testing, before the spacecraft’s scheduled launch in 2019. Читать дальше...

The Walking Dead is back, and for us here at The Verge that’s an opportunity to examine just how effective the show can be in creating a complex villain. As played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, big bad Negan has always been violent. But thanks to his man-baby antics, he’s stubbornly remained a comic book thug, never becoming the nuanced character the show so sorely needs.

Tumblr’s “Fandometrics,” a blog dedicated to listing and sorting all that is most beloved on the platform, has just released its annual year-end data dump. It is, as per tradition, a delightful and strange assortment.

Every year since 2011, IndieWire senior film critic David Ehrlich has compiled his favorite 25 films of the year into an artful video countdown. It’s a curation nightmare, the kind of thing that can only be properly attempted by someone who’s spent most of the past year giving up precious hours of his lives to watch movies and report on the industry. Last year, Ehrlich spoke to The Verge about his process, which involves seeing hundreds of films as part of his day job, then gathering footage year-round in his spare time. Читать дальше...

Hot on the heels of iOS 11.2, Apple has just released tvOS 11.2 for the fourth-gen Apple TV and Apple TV 4K, as noted by 9to5Mac.

Netflix’s first original series House of Cards has been on hold ever since sexual abuse allegations surfaced against lead actor Kevin Spacey, but today, Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos confirmed that the service plans to move forward with the final season of the series. The executive made the comments during the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York.

Look at this GIF. There’s no sound, but most people who see it hear a “thudding” in their head each time the bouncing structure hits the ground. Why?

Netflix has unveiled the first look at its upcoming cyberpunk show Altered Carbon. In a world inspired by Richard K. Morgan’s 2002 noir science fiction novel, a soldier is brought back to life to investigate a rich man’s murder. The show will begin streaming on February 2nd, 2018.

Code.org is getting $12 million in philanthropic funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other donors like auditor PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), as first reported by the Seattle Times. The organization also announced in a Medium post that it has reached ten million girls with student accounts on its platform.

If you've picked up a Google Pixelbook or Samsung Chromebook Pro or Plus recently, then Google has a little gift to help sweeten the pot (or soften the blow of buying a $1000 Chrome machine, depending on your perspective). That bonus comes in the form of six months of free Netflix.

It’s Computer Science Education Week, and Google Doodle today celebrates 50 years since kids first began to code. Did you know kids have been coding that long? I didn’t — if they have been coding for that long, then what have I been doing with my life?

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were surprise guests at Sunday’s World Internet Conference in China, which aims to promote China’s version of the internet. Although the conference occurs annually in China, it’s the first time such prominent tech executives from Silicon Valley have attended and given public comments.

The ongoing efforts of chipmaker Broadcom to take over rival Qualcomm has escalated again. Broadcom is now proposing a new slate to entirely replace Qualcomm’s board of directors after its original $130 billion bid was unanimously rejected by the current board, according to The New York Times.

I force close my apps all the time. I double click the home button on my iPhone 6S and close out of every app I've used, even in the past 20 minutes. It's a terrible habit, but it makes me feel good. Maybe it's even an obsessive-compulsive tendency? Regardless, I've always wondered: is force closing apps good for my phone? Is it actually bad for it?

Facebook today announced a new version of its Messenger chat app designed for children ages six to 12. Called Messenger Kids, the new app does not require a Facebook account — due to federal law, users under the age of 13 cannot legally sign up for Facebook. Rather, parents are able to manage a child’s Messenger Kids app from their Facebook account, controlling which friends and family members the child is able to contact. Facebook is launching the app today in preview with a limited rollout on iOS. Читать дальше...

The Winklevoss twins, famously known for suing Mark Zuckerberg after claiming he stole their idea for Facebook, are now Bitcoin billionaires, according to a few reports. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss won $65 million from the Facebook lawsuit, and invested $11 million of their payout into Bitcoin in 2013, amassing one of the largest portfolios of Bitcoin in the world — 1 percent of the entire currency’s dollar value equivalent, said the twins at the time. Their slice of the Bitcoin pie is now worth... Читать дальше...

A streamer broadcast a live pay-per-view UFC match on multiple platforms, including Twitch, by pretending it was a video game he was playing, as spotted by EuroGamer. AJ Lester streamed the UFC 218 match between Max Holloway and Jose Aldo in its entirety over the weekend. Lester appeared in the corner of the stream, wearing a pair of headphones and holding a controller while watching intensely and reacting to the punches as if he was in control of the action.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is due to reach cinemas in less than two weeks, and that means many many merchandise tie-ins before then. This time it's a OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition phone, which will debut in India on December 14th, one day before the local film debut. The phone is decorated with the Star Wars logo on the back, and the side button is now a scarlet red. There also seems to be a Star Wars theme on the device as well, with the promotional picture showing a First Order stormtrooper wallpaper. Читать дальше...