Tom Hiddleston as Loki. | Image: Marvel Studios Loki’s second season feels like the MCU making a valiant attempt at getting its multiverse together. Continue reading…
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix is planning to increase the cost of its streaming service yet again, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The streamer will reportedly issue the price hike a “few months” after the Hollywood actors strike ends, which could happen in the coming weeks. As reported
Read MoreOnly Murders in the Building. | Image: Hulu It all began with Natasha Lyonne calling bullshit. At the start of the year, Peacock premiered its first great original series with Poker Face, a Rian Johnson-helmed whodunit created in the mold of classic mystery-of-the-week shows. Since then, it’s been a surprisingly fruitful period for mystery shows
Read MoreIt’ll soon be easier to stop receiving those annoying marketing emails you subscribed to. | Image: Google Google is preparing to enforce new Gmail requirements that aim to reduce spam, improve email security, and make it easier to unsubscribe from commercial email senders. The new requirements will be imposed on bulk senders — defined as
Read MorePhoto illustration by Alex Parkin / The Verge Microsoft’s Kevin Scott sat down with us at Code to talk about Bing’s competition with Google, the race to acquire and develop high-end GPUs, and how art can survive in the age of AI. Continue reading…
Read MoreGoogle will host an in-person Pixel 8 launch event on October 4 in New York City. You can watch the event live on Google’s website and through the YouTube video embedded here. Google is expected to announce the Pixel 8 series, Pixel Watch 2, new Pixel Buds Pro colors, and more at the event. Google
Read MoreSara Fischer / Axios: In a memo to staff, Campbell Brown, Meta’s head of global media partnerships, says she’s stepping down from the role in the fall as Meta backs away from news — Campbell Brown, the veteran TV anchor who led Meta’s foray into news, is leaving the company, according to an internal note
Read MoreAlthough it is generally assumed that surface elastic waves (vibrations) — such as those of earthquakes — will travel mostly unimpeded until their energy dissipates, there are ways to ‘steer’ this energy using metamaterials. Time response of the topological surface wave transport.(A to C). The magnitude of total displacement field at 0.5 ms, 2.5 ms,
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Samsung may be planning to unveil its cloud gaming service at SDC 2023. A report claims the service, which has been in beta, will launch widely on Galaxy smartphones and tablets during the October 5 event. Samsung hopes its cloud gaming service will help generate additional revenue in a
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: LinkedIn unveils several new AI features powered by OpenAI including a LinkedIn Learning coach, and marketing, sales, and recruiting tools with AI assistance — LinkedIn — the Microsoft-owned social platform for those networking for work or recruitment — is now 21 years old, an aeon in the world of technology.
Read MoreImage: Pluto TV Pluto TV wants you to know that not only does it offer free ad-supported streaming — but it’s curated by humans, too. The Paramount-owned service pushes back against the recommendation algorithm used by Netflix and other major streamers in a new ad campaign that insists humans do a better job of picking
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Apple’s iPhone App Store in China is getting a whole lot more locked down. China recently updated an existing online software regulation to lay out strict criteria for app stores and apps in the country, and after looking for ways around it, Apple has started to comply. For users in China, it’s
Read MoreAn image from Apple of a wind farm. | Image: Apple Apple needs to disclose more information about its suppliers to back up claims about its first carbon-neutral products, says a new report by an environmental organization that had previously given the company high marks. Apple has backtracked when it comes to transparency about its
Read MoreLauren Forristal / TechCrunch: Wattpad replaces its Paid Stories paywall with Wattpad Originals, a freemium tier that lets readers buy chapters with coins or through Premium+ for $7.49/month — After launching its “Paid Stories” program in 2019, the social storytelling platform Wattpad is now replacing it with a new freemium model called …
Read MorePhoto by Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A hit-and-run in San Francisco last night “launched” a pedestrian in front of a Cruise robotaxi, the company said Tuesday. The robotaxi “braked aggressively to minimize impact,” while the driver of the other vehicle fled the scene. The condition of the struck pedestrian is unknown
Read MoreMonica Chin / The Verge: Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 review: nice build with a 120Hz display, adaptive touchpad, and a unique hinge but short battery life and expensive at $2000 — Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Studio 2 has new chips, a new touchpad, and a very, very high price tag.
Read MoreMichael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Frec, which uses AI to let customers create their own investment strategies, comes out of stealth with $26.4M in Series A and seed funding led by Greylock — Emerging from stealth today, fintech startup Frec announced it has raised $26.4 million in seed and Series A funding led by Greylock …
Read MoreAndrew Webster / The Verge: Epic Games plans to add IARC age ratings to “all first- and third-party playable content” in Fortnite, starting November 14 — The company says that ‘this is a critical step toward building a metaverse that is safe and fun for everyone.’ — Epic Games will be introducing age ratings …
Read MoreThis XLR microphone is the perfect stepping stone between hobbyists and Twitch streamers.
Read MoreThe new SteelSeries Alias Pro microphone. | Image: SteelSeries I’ve been a big fan of SteelSeries’ gaming headsets over the years, but I’ve always paired them with a dedicated XLR microphone for improved quality when I game with friends on Discord, hop on Zoom calls for work, or occasionally stream on Twitch. Now, SteelSeries is
Read MoreThe iPhone 15 Pro Max takes great portrait photos. | Photo by Sam Price-Waldman for The Verge What many folks are calling a slow year of advancements in the iPhone 15 lineup is far from true for the iPhone 15 Pro Max’s camera. Willy-nilly use of the word “lenses” aside, there are more framing options
Read MoreThe tiny Tenuto Mini vibrator improves on its predecessor’s attempts to satisfy both born-male people and their partners.
Read MoreWe’ve created a bingo card to celebrate the Google Pixel 8 launch event. Watch the event live and see if you can match five squares in a row vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. At this event, we expect Google to launch the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, and Pixel Watch 2. The October Made by Google
Read MoreAfter years of seeing people showing off and trading their badge Simple Add-Ons (SAOs) at Supercon, this year I finally decided to make one myself. Now for a first attempt, it would have been enough to come up with some cool PCB art and stick a few LEDs on it. But naturally I started with
Read MoreImage: Naughty Dog Naughty Dog is reportedly cutting some of its contracted staff. According to a Kotaku report, the Sony-owned studio is not renewing the contracts of around 25 temporary workers across numerous departments, with quality assurance staff primarily affected. Full-time staff were apparently not impacted. Naughty Dog is one of the jewels in Sony’s
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