Credit: 20th Century Fox Movies can fail for any number of reasons: bad marketing, bad reviews, bad timing. You name it. But sometimes we need to reevaluate and rescue underrated movies from obscurity. That’s why we’re here. We’ll point you to great movies that either earned bad reviews or paltry box-office receipts, and we’ll send
Read MoreBloomberg: Toucan, a crypto platform offering carbon offset credits, a market estimated to reach $190B in sales by 2030, is backfiring by incentivizing zombie projects — Users of a little-known crypto platform called Toucan now account for purchases of more than a quarter of all carbon credits by the world’s largest verifier of offsets.
Read MoreThe union wants the election set aside. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (or RWDSU) has filed objections against Amazon to the National Labor Relations Board, saying that the company has again interfered with its election in Bessemer, Alabama (via CNBC). In a press release, the
Read MoreBuilding a clock from parts is a right of passage for makers, and often represents a sensible introduction into the world of electronics. It’s also hard to beat the warm glow of Nixie tubes in a desktop clock, as [Joshua Coleman] discovered when building a Nixie tube clock for a friend. The original decision to
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Snap is launching a new Snapchat lens that can help you learn American Sign Language (ASL). It’s called ASL Alphabet Lens, and Snapchat is launching it in partnership with SignAll, a company that has built technology that can translate sign language. “Led entirely by Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing team
Read MoreSergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Microsoft says it obtained a court order to take control of seven domains used by Russia-linked hacking group Strontium, disrupting its attacks on Ukraine — Microsoft has successfully disrupted attacks against Ukrainian targets coordinated by the Russian APT28 hacking group after taking …
Read MoreThe PS5 comes with 667 GB of usable storage out of the box. As you may know, that can fill up fast after downloading a few games, especially when AAA titles like The Last of Us 2 or Ghost of Tsushima take up close to 100 GB each. Here’s how to manage your PS5 storage
Read MoreKim Lyons / The Verge: Twitter says its ALT badge for images with text descriptions and an expanded description window is now available globally, after testing the features in March — The platform said earlier this year it was making improvements to the process — Twitter said Thursday that its ALT badge …
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Recent Chrome OS updates have broken the camera on some Chromebooks for some users, as reported by About Chromebooks. Some bug reports found by the publication list differing issues; one said the camera “simply does not work,” while another said the camera is “unable to focus properly.” People
Read MoreXinmei Shen / South China Morning Post: Sensor Tower: Tencent’s Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile are the world’s most lucrative mobile games, respectively earning $735.4M and $643M in revenue in Q1 2022 — Honour of Kings, PUBG Mobile and Genshin Impact remained the most lucrative mobile games in the world in the first quarter
Read MoreTwitter rolled out its ALT badge and improved image descriptions | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter said Thursday that its ALT badge and improved image descriptions are now available globally, accessibility features that will make alt text descriptions more prominent for all users. Images that have text descriptions will get a badge
Read MoreThe company isn’t letting workers organize without a fight. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is planning to object to the results of the election where workers at a New York warehouse voted to organize with the Amazon Labor Union, according to a deadline extension request the company filed with the National
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Hours after announcing it would convert over 1,000 temporary and contract QA employees to full time and provide a minimum pay of $20 per hour, Activision Blizzard is stating that Raven Software QA workers will not be part of that deal. According to a report from Bloomberg, the
Read MoreDanny Nelson / CoinDesk: Crypto payments company Strike announces Shopify integration for bitcoin’s Lightning payments network, rolling out to Shopify merchants in the US — The bitcoiner instrumental to El Salvador’s announcement at last year’s conference waxed philosophical on Bitcoin’s role as a payments network.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge HBO Max is promising a long-overdue fix to its busted tvOS app. Apple TV users know that HBO Max’s streaming app is subject to frequent crashing and glitches and is often overloaded during important premiere dates. In an overhaul that will continue through next week, the company billed
Read MoreTwitter is experimenting with ‘unmentioning’ | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is experimenting with an “unmentioning” feature that will allow users to remove themselves from conversations. It’s limited to some users and only on the web version for now but looks like a very useful way to clean up your mentions. “We’re
Read MoreJon Fingas / Engadget: Twitter tests Unmentioning with some users on the web, a feature that lets users select “leave this conversation” on a tweet to avoid notifications — Twitter might not have an edit button just yet, but it’s still delivering at least one useful feature this week.
Read MoreThe radio in the 2022 Chrysler Pacifica, which includes Bluetooth. | Image: Chrysler A US appeals court has decided that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (or FCA) has a valid argument in a trademark case brought against it by the standards organization behind Bluetooth. The case being litigated could end up setting a precedent about whether automakers
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Read MoreWhen [knight-of-ni] bought an Acurite Atlas weather station to replace his earlier 5-in-1 model, he was initally happy with its performance. However, after just ten months the batteries in the outdoor unit died; since the previous model would happily run for several years on one charge, this was a bit of a bummer. Climbing up
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Lilt, which offers business translation using both human translators and AI, raises a $55M Series C led by Four Rivers, bringing its total funding to $92.5M — Lilt, a provider of AI-powered business translation software, today announced that it raised $55 million in a Series C round led by Four Rivers
Read MoreAlongside the release of the PS5, Sony gave the PlayStation App a substantial update with plenty of new features. Once linked, it’s like having a portable interface to your console, where you can control everything remotely with the tap of a finger. Here’s how to link your PS5 to the mobile app. Read more: PS5 buyers
Read MoreWhat you need to know The entire suite of iWork apps has been updated today. The updates bring new features to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and iCloud. Apple is giving some love to iWork today. Apple has released updates to all of its iWork apps, bringing some notable updates to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote across iOS,
Read MoreThe Sonos Roam launched last year is now on sale in refurbished condition at Best Buy. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Most would agree that Sonos offers some of the best speakers and soundbars currently on the market. That’s because Sonos makes speakers that — more often than not — boast great
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has commissioned a report about third-party app performance on the App Store. The report was put together by economists at Analysis Group. It tries to show that Apple’s pre-installed apps are not a threat to developers. Apple is really trying to hold off iPhone regulation with this one. Apple
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