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Samsung has officially postponed the launch of its futuristic Galaxy Fold.

It’s a broken dream.

Better than expected isn’t enough

Less fragile doesn’t mean not fragile.

But can the new processor and camera justify the very high price?

The thing about bullet trains is that they’re always on rails

The best gaming laptop $9,000 can buy

After nearly four years, the finished Oculus Rift has shipped to its very first group of customers, and it’s time to see whether the headset that started it all is still pushing the cutting edge of virtual reality.

Microsoft just announced earnings for its fiscal Q4 2013, and while the company posted strong results it also revealed some details on how the Surface RT project is costing the business money....

After faking a video and images to promote the PureView camera, Nokia goes into full-on damage control mode.

The new PureView camera might be amazing, but a bizarre easter egg has revealed that the company's advertisements don't give an honest view of its technology. Amid Nokia's flurry of press today —...

Will Nokia's third attempt at launching a premier Windows Phone finally be the home run it needs?

With only nine days remaining before an October 26th launch, Microsoft's Windows 8 marketing campaign is approaching full force. With an estimated $1.5 billion budget, Redmond is plastering subway...

Intel's seen the future of the laptop, and it's called the ultrabook. Designed to compete head-to-head with the MacBook Air, these new machines are extremely thin, promise over five hours of...

This is my next is a special feature where editors of The Verge sound off on their latest deep, dark desires from the world of technology. Several months ago, after using or reviewing pretty much...

You may -- or may not have -- noticed that there has been a slight bit of URL flip-flopping over the past 24 hours between this site and thisismynextpodcast.com, and I'd like to take a moment to...

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Have you ever loved something so much it hurt?

What kind of vague twitter support email is this? I didn't do anything? https://t.co/2ye6Y7UbOV

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In the beginning there was just one application and it was called RealWorld Designer. It was a jack-of-all-trades kind of application and a bit hard to use. It has evolved, and currently there are 4 specialized applications based on RealWorld Designer available. They share a common core and add functionality specific to their areas.

The real question facing Sony now: How can it return to being an innovation leader?.

Log Parser Studio is a utility that allows you to search through and create reports from your IIS, Event, EXADB and others types of logs. It builds on top of Log Parser 2.2 and has a full user interface for easy creation and management of related SQL queries.

Safe options are dwindling for sex workers under the controversial sex trafficking bill. Switter is helping — for now

Chapter 5 of my series is out now, so make sure to get caught up! Plus, the weird web of the past and the independent web of the future.

Default settings on Facebook, Instagram and other social-media apps keep you hooked on your feeds and sharing your personal data. A few changes could mean the difference between an addictive social-media experience and a healthy one.

To those around the world who depend on us, we are sorry for the inconvenience caused by today’s outage across our platforms.

Facebook’s outage cost small advertisers thousands of dollars.

A damning report about Instagram reveals it’s past time for intervention.