Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Sony’s September show wasn’t quite as big as Nintendo’s, but there were some fun announcements in store. Continue reading…
Read MoreApple’s iPhone 15 lineup is finally here. Whether you’re buying your first iPhone or upgrading an old one, you may be wondering how to make the most of your new hardware, especially now that Apple has finally transitioned from Lightning to USB-C. We’ll cover that topic and more in our roster of the best iPhone
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Disney is in talks to sell off its ABC network and local TV stations, according to a report from Bloomberg. The entertainment giant reportedly met with Nexstar Media Group, which owns dozens of local news stations, to discuss a sale. Disney’s response to the report is a denial
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Sony’s September show wasn’t quite as big as Nintendo’s, but there were some fun announcements in store. Continue reading…
Read MoreImage: WinFuture.de Microsoft is holding a special event in New York City next week, and it looks like one of the main unannounced Surface devices has just leaked. WinFuture reports that the Surface Laptop Studio 2 will be announced next week, with some welcome upgrades in the form of Intel 13th Gen processors, Nvidia’s RTX
Read MoreImage: YouTube / Theo Von This story originally appeared in Hot Pod Insider. Sign up for Hot Pod here. Multiple creators who have left the podcast network Kast Media say the company owes them significant sums of money — amounting to six or seven figures for advertising sold on their shows. A few creators have
Read MoreSteven Rosenbush / Wall Street Journal: Microsoft and Oracle expand their cloud partnership with Oracle Database@Azure, letting customers run Oracle workloads natively in Azure data centers — The new level of collaboration reflects how technology and customer demand have fostered more cooperation among software companies
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Roblox will finally be available on PlayStation soon. At its 2023 Roblox Developers Conference (RDC) on Friday, Roblox announced that its popular social and gaming app is coming to PS4 and PS5 in October. And during Sony’s September 14th State of Play, the company announced that the game
Read MoreImage: Capcom Capcom’s remake of Resident Evil 4 is getting its Separate Ways DLC starring Ada Wong very soon: it’s due out on September 21st. The expansion allows you to play through sections of RE4’s story as fan-favorite character Ada Wong, seeing the suspenseful horror of the original game unfold through the supporting character’s perspective.
Read MoreFinal Fantasy VII Rebirth has a new trailer and a February release date. To close out a rather tame State of Play, Sony knew it had to bring out the big guns. So it did… with the Sister Ray. Junon’s big-ass gun was only one of the many new glimpses of the open world we
Read MoreCASEY CRAFFORD/NETFLIX Netflix’s live-action One Piece adaptation is better than it has any business being, and the streamer intends to keep all of the first season’s good momentum going with even more episodes, according to Eiichiro Oda. In a move that only comes as (a bit of) a surprise given how opaque Netflix likes to
Read MoreImage: PlayStation Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will come with an even bigger map. The developers behind the sequel — Insomniac Games — have announced they’re “nearly doubling” the size of Marvel’s New York. With the expanded map, you’ll get to swing your way past the East River and web your way across Queens and Brooklyn while
Read MoreImage: YouTube / Theo Von This story originally appeared in Hot Pod Insider. Sign up for Hot Pod here. Multiple creators who have left the podcast network Kast Media say the company owes them significant sums of money — amounting to six or seven figures for advertising sold on their shows. A few creators have
Read MoreA rotating table is a super nifty tool for all kinds of photography and videography purposes. [Handy Bear] built a super simple example using some parts from IKEA. The build starts with a Snudda, which is IKEA’s version of a Lazy Susan. It’s fitted with a 3D-printed gear to allow it to be easily driven.
Read MoreMaria Heeter / The Information: Sources: in H1 2023, Flexport burned ~$300M and its revenue fell nearly 70% to $700M; founder Ryan Petersen, back as the CEO, says Flexport has $1B+ in net cash — Flexport’s revenue fell nearly 70% in the first half of the year to $700 million and the company burned through
Read MorePS Remote Play on Google’s Chromecast 4K. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge For years, Sony’s PS Remote Play app has been a neat way to sling your PS5 and PS4 games to another room of your house — with clients for PC, Mac, iOS, Android, and as of 2020, the PS4 itself.
Read MoreNeil Long / Mobilegamer.biz: Sources: Unity offered a 100% Runtime Fee waiver to studios using its LevelPlay mediation platform and 80% to 100% waivers to developers switching from AppLovin — Unity is quietly offering developers a Runtime Fee waiver if they switch to its LevelPlay mediation platform, we’re told.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is overhauling its Snipping Tool and Photos app with useful features for copying text from screenshots and adding background blur to photos. Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels now have access to updated versions of the Snipping Tool and Photos apps for Windows 11. The
Read MoreBloomberg: SCOTUS pauses a lower court’s order limiting the White House, FBI, and public health agencies from making social media requests, hours after the DOJ’s request — – Administrative stay lets government keep communicating freely — Alito order comes hours after Justice Department filed request
Read MoreDozens of US senators listened quietly as tech titans and AI ethicists schooled them on the “civilizational risks” of generative AI.
Read MoreCredit: @TechLeaksZone Nothing’s sub-brand CMF will hold its first launch event on September 26, 2023. An earlier leak revealed the launch would include a smartwatch, earbuds, and USB-C charger. The announcement came from the VP of Nothing India, suggesting it could be an India-exclusive launch. Carl Pei announced at the beginning of August that Nothing
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge X CEO Linda Yaccarino announced a series of changes to her executive team, including a shakeup to the company’s sales organization and a new head of content. The Verge has obtained Yaccarino’s full memo about the changes, which you can read at the end of this article. Many of the executives Yaccarino
Read MoreYou can get three months of Disney Plus for a paltry $2 a month. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge It feels like every few months, another streaming service announces that it will be increasing its subscription rates. Paramount Plus and HBO Max have already done so this year, and Disney Plus and
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Meta expands Horizon Worlds, previously exclusive to its VR headsets, to the web and Android in early access, and rolling out to iOS “in the coming weeks” — Meta is finally bringing Horizon Worlds out of virtual reality. The 3D social platform has previously been exclusive to its VR headsets
Read MoreCredit: Lionsgate The ever popular John Wick series follows the titular hitman as he emerges from retirement in order to seek revenge on those who invaded his home and killed his precious puppy in the process. After hitting theaters in March, John Wick Chapter 4 finally arrived on VOD in May. Now Wick is making
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