Norma, Pugsley, and Barney. | Image: Netflix Though Hamish Steele’s Dead End: Paranormal Park was one of the better animated series to hit Netflix last year with its two back-to-back seasons, the streamer’s decided not to bring it back for a third season. In a Twitter post, Steele explained today that while he’s known for
Read MoreIllustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge To quote a worn — but occasionally true — saying from Joseph Heller’s novel Catch-22, “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.” The popularity of Airbnb and other informal rentals has coincided with the increased production of cheaper hidden cameras, making it increasingly likely that
Read MoreEven for those with paraskevidekatriaphobia, today is your lucky day as Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Staff Writer Dan Maloney sit under ladders with umbrellas while holding black cats to talk about the week in awesome hacks. And what a week it was, with a Scooby Doo code review, mushrooms in your PCBs, and the clickiest
Read MoreWhat will Apple unveil at WWDC 2023? When will it take place? Everything you need to know about WWDC 2023 is here.
Read MoreWriter Warren Lapine’s latest project is a collection of letters Roger Zelazny wrote to his friend Carl Yoke.
Read MoreThe Pixel 7 Pro (left) and Pixel 7 (right) support Clear Calling as of December’s feature drop. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge You probably haven’t been on the phone with someone who’s using a serger sewing machine. I have, and I’m here to tell you it sounds like talking to someone
Read MoreMeaghan Tobin / Rest of World: A look at China’s global satellite internet ambitions in competition with Starlink, including homegrown startups that experts say will ultimately be state-owned — A constellation of companies has sprung up in recent years to power China’s satellite internet plans.
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority The Galaxy S22 Ultra is currently the most powerful flagship Samsung offers, but that’s not the case for much longer. The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is set to debut this February 1, packing quite a few improvements under the hood. What’s new with the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and
Read MoreChristina Ricci and Elijah Wood in season 2 of Yellowjackets. | Image: Showtime Showtime hasn’t been shy with teasing the return of Yellowjackets, but now, we finally have a good look at season 2 of the show thanks to a fresh teaser. It’s brief, clocking in at just over a minute, but there’s a lot
Read MoreThe operational, cultural, and fiscal benefits of having women on any team have been well-documented. So, why is the tech world still lacking women along so many rungs of the corporate ladder? The answer: Most tech leaders simply aren’t doing as much as they should to make attracting, hiring, and retaining women employees (and leaders) a
Read More(Image: Chuttersnap/Unsplash)When we study the effects of climate change on overall temperature, we’re normally worried about broad, earthly implications: melting icebergs, dwindling ecosystems, raging storms, and so on. And while the importance of these factors can’t be overstated, we rarely focus on the comparatively minute impacts on current humans’ day-to-day behaviors. New research suggests that
Read MoreJesse Coghlan / Cointelegraph: A US district court orders the distribution of $17M+ in restitution to ~800 victims of the BitConnect Ponzi scheme from 40+ countries; BitConnect folded in 2018 — The millions will be distributed among the select number of victims, but thousands more were impacted by the $2.4 billion fraudulent scheme.
Read MoreA good coffee table should have a hard-wearing surface and some serious heft to it. This build from [designcoyxe] hits both those criteria with its concrete-based design. To create the table surface, the first step was to create a form. Melamine was used for the job, thanks to its smooth surface. A rectangular form was
Read MoreJunji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre. | Image: Netflix Horror master Junji Ito is bringing his particular blend of scares to Netflix very soon — and you can get a brief taste in a new trailer. The show, which has the somewhat unwieldy title of Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre,
Read More(Credit: Molly Flores) (Credit: Molly Flores)Many notable features have differentiated Macs and Windows PCs over the years, and touch-screen support is at the top of the list. Microsoft got on the bandwagon early with Tablet PCs more than 20 years ago, and it cemented the marriage in 2012 with Windows 8’s touch interface. Redmond and
Read MorePolitico: House GOP plans a subcommittee dedicated to crypto oversight, to be chaired by Rep. French Hill, who led GOP efforts to explore a central bank digital currency — House Republicans will establish a new subcommittee dedicated to cryptocurrency this Congress, a move that puts oversight …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Bit by bit, text generated by artificial intelligence is creeping into the mainstream. This week brought news that the venerable consumer tech site CNET, where I worked from 2012 to 2013, has been using “automation technology” to publish at least 73 explainers on financial topics since November. While
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Samsung’s next Unpacked event will kick off on February 1st, when we expect it to launch the Galaxy S23 and a new Galaxy Book laptop. As usual, the company has opened up some promotions that can earn you free credit to use in its online store. From now
Read MorePhoto by Stella Kalinina for The Verge Anna* was looking forward to a trip to the US. But this isn’t what she had in mind. Early this year, Anna was living in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she spent years building a life and career in the tech industry. When her boyfriend moved to the Los Angeles
Read MoreI can’t prove or disprove whether this wearable impacted my stress levels, but wellness gadgets need to be better about using science in marketing. Continue reading…
Read MoreThis week we start with a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability that has potential to be a real pain for sysadmins. Cacti, the system monitoring and graphing solution, has a pair of bugs that chain together to allow an attacker with unauthenticated access to the HTTP/S port to trivially execute bash commands. The first half
Read MoreNeil Druckmann on the set of The Last of Us with an actor portraying a clicker. | Image: HBO HBO’s The Last of Us is a faithful adaptation, but co-creator Neil Druckmann and showrunner Craig Mazin say that the game’s story was truly made for TV. Continue reading…
Read More(Image: G-R Mottez/Unsplash)If you’ve traveled by plane a handful of times, chances are you’ve been on an Airbus. The aerospace corporation’s planes are some of the most commonly-used commercial aircraft in the world, comparable only with Boeing’s 747 line and Antonov’s An-24. Now, with a project titled DragonFly, there’s a chance Airbus’ passenger jets could
Read MoreIf you’ve got an old iPhone, you might want to think about trading it in to save on a new one.
Read MoreGracefully avoid sketchy situations and score a deal on the post-holiday gadget turnover.
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