“Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler is back with the trailer for “Sinners”, which stars Michael B. Jordan as twins returning to their hometown to fight evil.
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‘Sinners’ trailer teases Michael B. Jordan fighting evil
SAG-AFTRA calls for a strike against League of Legends
Image: Riot Games As the video game voice actor strike continues, SAG-AFTRA has added League of Legends to its list of struck video games. The union organization, consisting of over 160,000 members, also filed an unfair labor complaint against Formosa Interactive, one of the support studios that worked on the game. SAG-AFTRA members are now…
Caroline Ellison sentenced to two years in jail for role in FTX fraud
The end of the line. | Photo Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Bloomberg, Getty Images Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for her role in the FTX collapse. She must also forfeit $11 billion. Ellison pleaded guilty to two counts of…
Google is bringing Watch OS 5 to the Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2
Google announced today that the Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2 will be getting the new Watch OS 5. The latest operating system will roll out to Pixel Watches currently running Watch OS 3.5 and Watch OS 4 beginning today. Users will see a notification on their device as the update becomes available to them…
Wear OS 5 and the Recorder app are rolling out to older Pixel Watches
The Recorder app is one of the newer features coming to older Pixel Watches. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you have an original Pixel Watch or Pixel Watch 2, good news: Wear OS 5 will begin rolling out today and, with it, a handful of new features. The most interesting…
James Cameron is joining Stability AI’s board of directors
Image: Getty Though director James Cameron recently expressed concern about the potential of artificial intelligence to leave people without a sense of purpose, the longtime early adopter has now joined Stability AI’s board of directors. Today, Stability AI — the company behind Stable Diffusion — announced that Cameron has signed a deal to become the…
Nintendo Japan plans to stop repairing its Classic Edition consoles
It’s hard to believe Nintendo’s Classic Edition consoles are already this old. | Image: Nintendo Japan Somehow, Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition console is already almost eight years old, while the Super Nintendo Classic Edition is about to turn seven. That’s apparently old enough for Nintendo to announce that the Japanese versions of the consoles —…
Potential Hurricane Helene: Spaghetti models track the storm’s path
As of Tuesday morning, reliable predictors were saying a roiling tropical storm called Helene just south of Cuba was on track to intensify over the coming days, and almost certainly hit Florida as a hurricane on Thursday. Now is the time when we all love to stare at cones and “spaghetti models” showing potential paths…
The New York Times will now charge for past episodes of its popular podcasts
Image: The New York Times The Daily, The Ezra Klein Show, Hard Fork, and Modern Love are some of The New York Times’ most popular podcasts — and next month, only the most recent two or three episodes of each show will be free of charge. The Times announced today that it’ll now offer a…
Apple Store employees in Oklahoma City ratify their first union contract
Employees at an Apple Store in Oklahoma City’s Penn Square Mall have voted to ratify their first collectively-bargained contract. The store’s workers are part of the Communications Workers of America, operating as Apple Retail Union-CWA Local 6016. The employees’ three-year agreement with Apple includes the following, according to a press release from CWA: “Wage increases…
Windows 11 replicates Apple’s ‘handoff’ feature
Microsoft is bringing Apple’s “Handoff” functionality to Windows 11 with a new feature called…Hand Off. X user @techosarusrex first posted a screenshot of the “Hand Off” feature toggle in the Settings of the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.4225 which was released late last week. Tweet may have been deleted What does “Hand Off” do?…
This DIY kit gives you the Switch Lite OLED that Nintendo hasn’t
An early prototype of the Super5 OLED Switch Lite upgrade kit. | Screenshot: YouTube Retro Remake has announced that its Switch Lite OLED screen upgrade kits will be available for sale on September 26th at 10PM ET and will start at $49.99. The Super5 OLED kits come with everything needed for the upgrade, including tools…
Here are Jony Ive’s $3,000 jackets
The new modular jackets feature a “reinvention of the button.” | Image: Moncler You can now preorder these modular jackets designed by Jony Ive. The new product from Apple’s former chief design officer is a collaboration between his design company, LoveFrom, and the French fashion brand Moncler. Pieces in the LoveFrom, Moncler collection start at…
DOJ sues Visa for locking out rival payment platforms
Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services firm has an illegal monopoly over debit network markets and has attempted to unlawfully crush competitors, including fintech companies like PayPal and Square. The lawsuit, which was first rumored by Bloomberg, follows…
Razer just added its banned Snap Tap feature to all its recent laptops and keyboards
Image: Razer Razer, Wooting, Asus, and SteelSeries are among the keyboard manufacturers that have embraced rapid-fire strafing, letting you press two simultaneous opposing directions at the same time to dodge bullets rather than standing still. But while you’ve typically had to buy specific keyboards (or set up null binds) to get this functionality, Razer has…
The Google Photos video editor is getting AI, because of course it is
Google added some new features and updates to the video editor in Google Photos for Android and iOS users, according to the app’s support page. The biggest update brings new “AI-powered video presets” to both versions of the app. These new presets automatically trim the length of videos, adjust the lighting, change the speed and…
TikTok Music is finally shutting down
TikTok parent company ByteDance is pulling the plug on TikTok Music, its short-lived music streaming service, by November. Launched just over a year ago in July 2023, the platform debuted in Indonesia and Brazil as part of the company’s effort to expand its TikTok empire into music streaming. SEE ALSO: No more TikTok FYP? California…
Arlo cameras can now recognize people and vehicles
Arlo cameras and video doorbells are getting an AI-powered upgrade with new facial recognition capabilities and the ability to identify specific cars. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Arlo is upgrading its security cameras and video doorbells with additional AI capabilities. The company is adding the ability for its cameras to recognize…
How to watch the September PlayStation State of Play livestream
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge It’s time for another PlayStation State of Play livestream where Sony showcases its next big game and hardware announcements. Sony has promised we’ll see “more than 20 upcoming PS5 and PS VR2 games from studios around the world” during the 30-minute-plus presentation. Sony announced Astro Bot during its…
Samsung is taking preorders for an unannounced phone
I guess we’ll call it a pre-preorder? | Image: Samsung Hardware leaks are common these days, but here’s an unusual one from Samsung: the Galaxy S24 FE preorder page is live even though the phone hasn’t even been announced yet. X user Roland Quandt spotted the preorder page live on Samsung’s site. While it’s probably…
New Government website shows how much sea levels have risen
Yesterday, the US government announced the first-ever interagency sea level rise website. It’s a result of the work of the US Interagency Task Force on Sea Level Change. The website is called US Sea Level Change. Honestly, we’re kind of surprised that data on rising sea levels hasn’t been easily accessible to the public until…
Figma’s AI-powered app generator is back after it was pulled for copying Apple
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Figma announced Make Designs in June as a way for designers to use generative AI to help start app designs, but early users quickly showed how it could mock up a weather app that looked remarkably close to Apple’s iPhone weather app. Although Figma insisted that the feature wasn’t…
Duolingo, best known as a language learning app, now makes a piano
Duolingo just announced a portable piano. Yes, we are talking about the same app that’s become synonymous with learning a foreign language. The app also has some music-learning courses, so this keyboard is intended for that and not for, uh, pushing down keys to trigger Spanish phrases. The company teamed up with Loog for this…
Kick off cozy season with 20% off Lego kits at Target
Check out the best Lego deals at Target through Sept. 28: BEST OVERALL DEAL Lego Icons Atari 2600 video game console set $159.99 at Target (save $40) Get Deal BEST LEGO STAR WARS DEAL Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon building set $108.79 at Target (save $27.20) Get Deal BEST BUDGET LEGO DEAL Lego Icons Dried…
This Game Boy Color themed electric motorcycle even has cheat codes
The Dab 1a electric motorcycle was inspired by the atomic purple Game Boy Color. | Image: Dab Motors Dab Motors has announced a new finish for its Dab 1a electric motorcycle that’s inspired by Nintendo’s atomic purple Game Boy Color. Customers who preorder the bike, which starts at €14,900 (over $16,500 USD), can opt for…
HP’s Print AI will offer a better way to print websites
HP just announced HP Print AI, which is being advertised as “the industry’s first intelligent print” experience. Beyond squeezing in tech’s two favorite letters (AI), the software looks to “simplify and enhance printing from setup to support.” There are several tools here, but the most interesting aspect is something called Perfect Output. This could actually…
Take up to 36% off on Instant Pot kitchen appliances during early October Prime Day sales at Amazon
Amazon’s Big Deal Days is still a few weeks away, with the official start date happening on Tuesday, Oct. 8. But if you’re in the mood for some early savings, Amazon is happy to oblige. In addition to spotting plenty of kitchen deals already, we’ve seen some nice discounts on Instant Pot kitchen appliances. Here…
The new Alienware Pro Headset has graphene-coated drivers and lasts up to 75 hours
Alienware debuted its Pro Mouse and Keyboard in January at CES 2024, and now the company is introducing the Pro Headset as part of the series. As with the mouse and keyboard, Alienware worked with more than 100 esports competitors and streamers for their input before combining it with its technical knowledge. The result after…
HP’s Omnibook Ultra Flip 14-inch is its first 2-in-1 AI PC
On Tuesday, HP unveiled its first 2-in-1 AI PC, the OmniBook Ultra Flip 14-inch. The device has a 3K OLED display, a haptic touchpad and Intel’s 200V Core Ultra series processors with a dedicated AI engine. Starting in late November, the PC will get Microsoft’s Copilot+ capabilities as an update. The OmniBook Ultra Flip 14-inch…
Warner Bros. Discovery teams up with Google to generate captions using AI
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has agreed a deal with Google Cloud to use the latter’s Vertex AI to generate captions for programming across a variety of platforms. WBD claims that its Caption AI system can significantly reduce production time and costs while improving the accuracy of captions for US-based viewers. The tech will be used…
New Meme Coin GambleFi Hybrid $MEMEBET Attracts Traders With Airdrop
Memebet, a meme coin aiming to bring the first meme coin casino to Web3, has raised over $270K since launching last week, making it today’s hottest GamebleFi token. With a diverse range of games and exciting features, Memebet has captured the attention of both crypto whales and traders. Its potential for significant growth in the…