Salisbury train crash: Terrified passengers ‘thrown around’ and ‘thought they were going to die’
Three passengers who were on a train that crashed in Salisbury, Wiltshire, have said they were “thrown around” on impact as people around them screamed, “I’m too…
At Cop26, Boris tells an audience of Blofelds that they can be James Bond
You are in Glasgow, Mr President, second city of the empire, home to an industrial revolution that Britain is busily repudiating. “It was here in Glasgow 250…
Salisbury train crash: Driver in hospital with ‘life-changing injuries’, police say
A driver involved in a crash between two trains in Salisbury has been left with “life-changing injuries”, police say. The collision left more than a dozen people…
Every F1 grand prix promoter wants a sprint race, says Brawn
Formula One F1 – 70th Anniversary Grand Prix – Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain – August 9, 2020 Cars on the grid before the warm up lap Pool…
Watch: Joe Biden appears to doze off during Cop26 speeches
It had been an early start on Monday for the president, who woke up in Rome at Villa Taverna, the US Ambassador’s residence. He then flew on Air…
David Fuller: Electrician accused of double murder ‘sexually assaulted dead bodies in mortuaries’, court hears
An electrician accused of murdering two women more than 30 years ago sexually assaulted dead bodies in the mortuaries of hospitals where he worked, a court has…
‘You look a bit weaselly’: BBC reporter hits out at Boris Johnson in coal mine row
The BBC’s climate editor suggested that Boris Johnson was “weaselly” during an exchange about a new coal mine in Cumbria. In an interview to mark the beginning of the…
COP26: ‘Failure is a death sentence’ warning as climate change summit opens in Glasgow
The prime minister has told global leaders the planet is in “roughly the same position as James Bond”, strapped to a doomsday device and desperately trying to…
‘Completely the wrong message’: Boris Johnson to fly by private jet back from Cop26
He has spent days telling world leaders to stop “quilting the earth in a suffocating blanket of CO2” and to “get real” about their responsibilities to the…
NFL roundup:Saints lose QB Jameis Winston in victory over Bucs
2021-11-01 04:26:19 GMT+00:00 – Trevor Siemian threw a touchdown pass in place of the injured Jameis Winston and P.J. Williams made a clinching pick-six of Tom Brady…
COP26 news live: India ‘aiming to hit net zero carbon emissions by 2070’, as Biden tells global leaders US ‘will lead by example’
People in the UK are likely to experience hotter, drier summers and warmer, wetter winters as the world warms. While this might not sound too bad, we…
Madagascar is on the brink of famine caused by climate change, with children most at risk
Madagascar is on a frontline where there are no bullets being fired, no mortars being launched and no bombs being dropped. But its people are helplessly trapped…
Luigi’s Mansion expansion sets join Lego’s Super Mario World collection
Just months after Luigi joined Lego’s interactive Super Mario World collection, Lego has announced three Luigi’s Mansion expansion sets that give the green-clad plumber the attention he…
The Book of Boba Fett’s first trailer teases the spinoff fans have been waiting for
The Book of Boba Fett just got its first trailer ahead of its debut on Disney Plus on December 29th, giving an initial look at the upcoming…
Roblox is back online after an outage that lasted three days
After an outage that began Thursday evening, Roblox finally came back online late Sunday . The company said in a tweet at about 4PM ET Sunday that…
‘Historic’ global minimum corporate tax rate formally endorsed by world leaders
World leaders have formally agreed to an overhaul of international tax rules that would impose a new global minimum tax on business profits of 15 percent, the…
A wild ride through the electric vehicle boom
In November 2017, I was in the South of France, strapped into a bucket seat and sitting behind the wheel of a race-modified Tesla Model S. I…
A decade of tech reporting from Japan
If I were starting a tech website in 2011, I would probably have wanted to hire someone in Japan, which was at the time the undisputed home…
Microsoft resurrects Clippy again after brutally killing him off in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft is bringing Clippy back to Microsoft Teams, after first resurrecting the annoying paperclip two years ago and then killing it off after a few days. A…
Launching myself into this decade’s space race
The same year that The Verge came into being, another decades-long program was coming to an end. In July 2011, NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis, with a crew…
A note from our editor-in-chief
The Verge is now 10 years old, which feels like both a very long time and none at all. I very clearly remember when The Verge did…
The unexpected health impacts of wearable tech
When Tim Cook took the stage at a September 2014 event to announce the hotly anticipated, long-rumored Apple Watch, he described it as a “comprehensive health and…
Dear Vergecast fans, thank you
The Vergecast has gone through many changes over the past 10 years — different studios, different platforms, different crews — but I am always surprised to see…
Rise of the super app
Say you want to see Japanese Breakfast play in Sacramento next week with a couple of friends. The process of going requires jumping between at least a…
The smartphone, circa 2031
What will the smartphone look like in 10 years? The most likely answer, I’m afraid, is one of two options: it’s either completely unknowable or disappointingly predictable….