Verge Update | The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2015-10-21T12:30:02+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/verge-update/index.xml https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Kwame Opam <![CDATA[How much did Back to the Future Part 2 get right about 2015?]]> https://www.theverge.com/2015/10/21/9581309/back-to-the-future-day-2015-world-series 2015-10-21T08:30:02-04:00 2015-10-21T08:30:02-04:00

It's October 21st, 2015. Somewhere, in a parallel present not at all like our own, Marty, Doc Brown, and Jennifer are about to land in a "futuristic" Hill Valley. Flying cars cruise the skies. Youth gangs with weaponized hoverboards roam the streets looking for kids to bully. And the fax machine rules all forms of communication.

Where we're going… we still need roads

Yeah, no. Let's not pretend that Back to the Future Part II's particular vision of the future resembles today in any meaningful way. But some of the ideas that Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale cooked up back in '89 have come to pass in one way or another. Some things, like flying ca …

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]]> Michael Zelenko <![CDATA[The 2016 Chevy Malibu is every teen’s worst nightmare]]> https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/18/9348767/2016-chevy-malibu-teen-driving-safety 2015-09-18T09:00:02-04:00 2015-09-18T09:00:02-04:00

Distracted, inexperienced, and reckless, it's no secret that teens make terrible drivers: the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death of 16- to 20-year-olds.

For generations, training teens to be safer drivers has been based on scare tactics: gory screenings of Red Asphalt and clunky drunk glasses to emulate the challenges of inebriated driving. But recently, automakers have begun taking a different approach: letting parents and onboard systems have greater control over how their teens drive.

For generations, training teens to be safer drivers has been based on scare tactics

Chevrol …

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]]> Verge Video <![CDATA[What’s behind Google’s Alphabet shakeup?]]> https://www.theverge.com/2015/8/11/9133747/google-alphabet-explainer-sundar-pichai 2015-08-11T17:04:49-04:00 2015-08-11T17:04:49-04:00

Google just folded its whole business into a far-reaching holding company called Alphabet. Let's talk about why.

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]]> Verge Video <![CDATA[The state of small press at Comic-Con 2015]]> https://www.theverge.com/2015/7/13/8949561/comic-con-2015-independent-publishers 2015-07-13T12:15:39-04:00 2015-07-13T12:15:39-04:00

Comic-Con is a huge show with major media brands selling their big-budget wares. While the scope of their intrigue shapes the event, it begs the question of whether independent publishers have a chance to have their voices heard.

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]]> Verge Video <![CDATA[Apple’s incremental improvements at WWDC 2015]]> https://www.theverge.com/2015/6/8/8749077/apple-wwdc-2015-review-apple-music-osx 2015-06-08T19:28:09-04:00 2015-06-08T19:28:09-04:00

Apple introduced their latest version of OS X and a new music service they hope will change how the world consumes music. What this all amounted to was a company setting up their next move further down the line.

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]]> Verge Video <![CDATA[The terrifying fun of going 180 mph in an IndyCar]]> https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/22/8645463/indy-500-indycar-race-track-test-drive 2015-05-22T12:09:23-04:00 2015-05-22T12:09:23-04:00

The IndyCar racing series is running the 99th Indy 500 this year, and it could be one of the fastest races ever. But all that speed has led to some pretty spectacular crashes in practice. We went to Indianapolis Motor Speedway to see what it's like to ride in one of these stunningly powerful machines.

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]]> Verge Video <![CDATA[Pitch Perfect and the modern a capella empire]]> https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/15/8611967/pitch-perfect-2-behind-the-scenes-music 2015-05-15T11:51:21-04:00 2015-05-15T11:51:21-04:00

Deke Sharon is the driving creative force behind the cultural phenomenon that is Pitch Perfect. With a second installment complete, Sharon explains how he took a form of fringe entertainment and developed an empire.

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]]> Verge Video <![CDATA[The world’s first self-driving big rig]]> https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/12/8593809/freightliner-inspiration-daimler-trucks 2015-05-12T14:24:38-04:00 2015-05-12T14:24:38-04:00

The Freightliner Inspiration is the world's first road-ready self-driving truck, and Daimler let us take a ride in one. Like with many other self-driving vehicles, the ride isn't too exciting on the surface - that is, until you realize that a 20-ton machine is doing all the driving for you.

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]]> Verge Video <![CDATA[A tour of the New York International Auto Show]]> https://www.theverge.com/2015/4/3/8341205/a-tour-of-the-new-york-international-auto-show 2015-04-03T15:02:57-04:00 2015-04-03T15:02:57-04:00

In the waning moments of the New York auto show's press days, I walked the floor to check out some of the big announcements.

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]]> Verge Video <![CDATA[Mercedes-Benz F 015: the amazing way we’ll drive in 2030]]> https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/20/8258683/mercedes-benz-f-015-the-amazing-way-well-drive-in-2030 2015-03-20T11:34:55-04:00 2015-03-20T11:34:55-04:00

Outside San Francisco, Mercedes-Benz offered us a demonstration of its incredible F 015 Luxury In Motion.

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