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US lawmakers release internal documents from Amazon, Meta, and Google that they say show evidence of self-preferencing, as they call for tougher antitrust laws (Makena Kelly/The Verge)

Makena Kelly / The Verge: US lawmakers release internal documents from Amazon, Meta, and Google that they say show evidence of self-preferencing, as they call for tougher antitrust laws — The House Judiciary Committee released new documents Tuesday — New internal documents released Tuesday detail how three …

Netflix’s ad-supported tier won’t have everything at launch

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix’s upcoming ad-supported offering won’t include all of the content you can currently watch on the streaming service, Netflix executives said during the company’s Q2 2022 earnings interview video. “Today, the vast majority of what people watch on Netflix, we can include in the ad-supported tier,” Netflix co-CEO

Samsung will give you up to $200 credit for placing a Galaxy Z Fold 4 or Z Flip 4 reservation

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Another Samsung Unpacked virtual event is right around the corner, now confirmed to take place on August 10th at 9AM ET / 6AM PT, and along with it are some incentives for the early, early birds. Samsung is offering customers in the US the chance to put in

Samsung’s August 10th Unpacked will definitely feature at least one foldable

Yep, that’s a foldable. | Image: Samsung Samsung has provided a clear solution to the unusual puzzle it provided yesterday, confirming that its Galaxy Unpacked event will indeed take place on August 10th. The image included with the teaser also confirms that its foldables will be taking center stage, with a Galaxy Z Flip-shaped device

Quirky Complicated Clock Piques Constructor’s Curiosity

The Clock that served as inspiration for the garberPark Clock Have you ever observed the project of another hacker and thought to yourself “I have got to have one of those!”? If so, you’re in good company with hacker [garberPark], the maker of the unusual chain clock seen in the video below the break. While on

Netflix reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to $7.97B, vs $8.04B est., and a 970K subscriber loss vs an estimated 2M subscriber loss; stock jumps 5%+ after hours (Sarah Whitten/CNBC)

Sarah Whitten / CNBC: Netflix reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to $7.97B, vs $8.04B est., and a 970K subscriber loss vs an estimated 2M subscriber loss; stock jumps 5%+ after hours — – Netflix only lost around 970,000 subscribers during the second quarter, a smaller loss than the 2 million it had projected last

The Snyder Cut’s online fandom was reportedly infested with bots and bad-faith actors

The cast of Zack Snyder’s Justice League. | Image: HBO Max/Warner Bros. Though there were quite a few real people campaigning for #TheSnyderCut’s release before Warner Bros.’ 2021 announcement, new reporting from Rolling Stone suggests that a sizable amount of the movie’s social media hype was being driven by bots and inauthentic accounts. When Warner

Netflix subscriber count in the US and Canada dropped by 1.3 million over the last three months

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge After Netflix reported losing subscribers for the first time in over a decade last quarter, the company’s Q2 earnings report revealed the number of worldwide subscribers dipped by 1 million, including a drop of 1.28 million in the US and Canada alone between the end of March and

Popular Twitch trends explained

Twitch is home to some of the most entertaining live streams on the planet. However, to keep up with topics and trends, you will need to know what some terms and emotes mean. For example, do you know what KEKW means on Twitch? READ MORE: How to create and download clips on Twitch

Here’s when the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will launch

Credit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority Qualcomm has set a date for the presumed launch of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. The company will hold its annual event from November 15 to November 17. This is earlier than usual for Qualcomm. Like clockwork, Qualcomm launches its next-generation flagship mobile processor at the end of the

Netflix is acquiring the animation studio behind The Lego Movie

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix plans to acquire the animation studio Animal Logic, which is known for making hits like Happy Feet and The Lego Movie, the streaming company announced on Tuesday alongside its Q2 2022 earnings. “Today, we announced that we will be acquiring leading animation studio Animal Logic, with ~800

Blockchain security startup Halborn, which works with Coinbase, Solana, Ava Labs, and others, raised a $90M Series A led by Summit Partners (Hannah Miller/Bloomberg)

Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: Blockchain security startup Halborn, which works with Coinbase, Solana, Ava Labs, and others, raised a $90M Series A led by Summit Partners — Blockchain security firm Halborn has raised $90 million, the company told Bloomberg News. The deal is an outlier in a climate where venture capital investing …

Hard Drive Shipments Have Plummeted

The last two blue dots show HDD capacity in 2011 and 2014. The red dot assumes a 20TB capacity by 2020 Hard drive unit sales have been generally trending down for years, but the rate of decline may have just accelerated sharply. From 2017 – 2020, the HDD market fell by 7-18 percent per year.

Google plans to test AR prototypes in public, starting with a few dozen employees and trusted testers in August and ramping up to hundreds by the end of 2022 (Scott Stein/CNET)

Scott Stein / CNET: Google plans to test AR prototypes in public, starting with a few dozen employees and trusted testers in August and ramping up to hundreds by the end of 2022 — The camera-enabled assistive glasses won’t be able to take photos or video, though. — Scott Stein

Most Americans think NASA’s $10 billion space telescope is a good investment, poll finds

An image of the Carina Nebula, taken by JWST | Image: NASA Soon after NASA shared the first stunning images taken by the agency’s new, powerful James Webb Space Telescope, a new online opinion poll asked Americans: was the nearly $10 billion observatory a good investment? And the resounding answer: yes. Today, marketing and data

Google Cloud and Oracle servers suffer cooling breakdowns during UK heatwave

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google Cloud and Oracle servers located in the UK struggled with cooling-related outages Tuesday as the country experienced record-breaking heat that reached as high as 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius). Both companies blame temperature for the unexpected shutdowns. On its Google Cloud status page, Google notes it

Here’s the Asus Zenfone 9 from all angles in leaked press renders

Credit: Twitter The Asus Zenfone 9 has leaked in a series of press renders. The renders show a flat-sided phone with a flat display and a large dual-lens rear camera. Asus will formally launch the phone on July 28. Asus is one of the few companies left to create compact Android phones with higher-end specs.

How to Watch the Final January 6 Committee Hearing Live

The House committee’s investigation covering the deadly riot at the US Capitol will be streamed online for free—no subscription required.

The Delaware Court of Chancery grants Twitter an expedited five-day trial in October in its lawsuit against Elon Musk, who wanted the trial to begin in 2023 (CNBC)

CNBC: The Delaware Court of Chancery grants Twitter an expedited five-day trial in October in its lawsuit against Elon Musk, who wanted the trial to begin in 2023 — – Twitter won its motion for an expedited trial in its lawsuit against Elon Musk on Tuesday. — Delaware Court …

Dead Solar Panels Are The Hottest New Recyclables

When it comes to renewable energy, there are many great sources. Whether it’s solar, wind, or something else, though, we need a lot of it. Factories around the globe are rising to the challenge to provide what we need. We can build plenty of new solar panels, of course, but we need to think about

Memo to staff: Meta is reallocating resources from Facebook’s News tab and newsletter platform Bulletin, as the company focuses more on the creator economy (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Memo to staff: Meta is reallocating resources from Facebook’s News tab and newsletter platform Bulletin, as the company focuses more on the creator economy — Senior executive Campbell Brown told employees that products will be ‘put on the backburner’ — Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook …

Xbox’s ‘Grounded’ is getting an animated TV adaption

Image: Xbox Grounded, the survival co-op that combines elements of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and A Bug’s Life, is getting an animated TV adaptation, as first reported by Deadline. Brent Friedman of Star Wars: Clone Wars will write the story, with Halo 4’s Brien Goodrich sitting in the director’s chair. Grounded was developed by

Google’s prototype augmented reality glasses are going outside

Google is going to test AR devices in the real world soon. | Image: Google Google is planning to test augmented reality (AR) prototypes in public beginning next month, the company announced Tuesday. Google has been exploring concepts like AR glasses that show translations in real time, but the company wants to take its ideas

Shows like Resident Evil on Netflix: 7 shows to watch next

Credit: Netflix Netflix is home to the latest adaptation of the iconic video game series Resident Evil. The new show has had a mixed critical reception, and has one of Netflix’s lowest audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes. Still, it already has its die-hard fans, and it plays into a lot of familiar genre tropes. So,

COVID-19’s Impact on Biotech – A Good Time to Invest

A Pandemic Legacy: Saving Lives The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to be felt, both in terms of human cost and the destruction it has wrought on the economies of the world. However, there looks to be a silver lining to the COVID cloud in the shape of medical research. Change in

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