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D23 2024: all the biggest trailers and news out of Disney’s biennial showcase

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Disney’s biennial D23 showcase of its upcoming projects is back, and with so many Marvel and...
Disney’s biennial D23 showcase of its upcoming projects is back, and with so many Marvel and Star Wars projects in the pipeline, it feels like the studio will have a lot to show off over the weekend. Out of the in-person Anaheim event, we’re expecting trailers and announcements about new shows and movies destined to...
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You can get the first six Final Fantasy games for around $10 a piece on this weekend deal

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It’s wild to think that the Final Fantasy series is nearly four decades old, but it’s...
It’s wild to think that the Final Fantasy series is nearly four decades old, but it’s thankfully less hard to believe you can get all six of the original games in cleaned-up remastered form for just $60. That’s exactly what’s happening now with this weekend deal discounting the Final Fantasy 1-6 Pixel Remaster bundl...
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Netflix’s Arcane, Terminator Zero, and other anime series leak

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Google lost its first antitrust case, so what happens next?

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Google might be having a big Pixel phone event next week, but this week the company...
Google might be having a big Pixel phone event next week, but this week the company had to reckon with a major loss to the Department of Justice, who found the company liable for violating US antitrust law. Naturally we had to break the entire case down on The Vergecast. So Lauren Feiner, who covered the case, and A...
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Cuckoo is a picturesque nightmare that struggles to get its point across

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Coming on the heels of Longlegs and Immaculate, director Tilman Singer’s Cuckoo feels like the next...
Coming on the heels of Longlegs and Immaculate, director Tilman Singer’s Cuckoo feels like the next phase of Neon’s plan to dominate this summer of horror. The movie’s haunting atmosphere and gorgeous cinematography make it seem primed to tap into Hollywood’s current obsession with unsettling features running on spo...
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Read Intel’s biggest statement yet on how it’s addressing Raptor Lake CPU woes

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Boeing Starliner astronauts might get a ride home from SpaceX — in 2025

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During a press conference today, NASA representatives confirmed they have a contingency plan to bring astronauts...
During a press conference today, NASA representatives confirmed they have a contingency plan to bring astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams home from the International Space Station (ISS) early next year. If they’re unable to leave sooner aboard the Boeing Starliner spacecraft that brought them there, the bac...
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Jackson Hole’s new Instagram filter warns you when you’re dangerously close to wildlife

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Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Travel & Tourism Board has created an open-source Instagram filter to help visitors...
Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Travel & Tourism Board has created an open-source Instagram filter to help visitors gauge if they’re at a safe distance from wildlife to take photos. The board hopes the tool will help better protect tourists visiting wildlife destinations — and the animals they’re watching — during the busy s...
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Sonos delays two new products as it races to fix buggy app

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Sonos CEO Patrick Spence said the new Ace headphones helped spur “year over year revenue growth”...
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence said the new Ace headphones helped spur “year over year revenue growth” that slightly exceeded the company’s expectations as part of its third quarter earnings on Wednesday afternoon. But that success was immediately “overshadowed” by ongoing woes with the redesigned Sonos app. The company i...
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Reddit might let users make paid subreddits

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You might have to pay to access some subreddits in the future. During an earnings call...
You might have to pay to access some subreddits in the future. During an earnings call on Tuesday, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman hinted at “new types of subreddits that can be built that may have exclusive content or private areas.”“I think the existing, altruistic, free version of Reddit will continue to exist and grow ...
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Kamala Harris is Brat, Tim Walz is Midwest Princess

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Vice President Kamala Harris’ pick for running mate is Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a former teacher...
Vice President Kamala Harris’ pick for running mate is Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a former teacher and football coach whose straightforward manner of speaking has endeared him to many and helped launch his name into the public consciousness.Walz’s public persona has what many would describe as “dad energy.” He mak...
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Will PC makers replace your crashing Intel chip? We asked 14 of them

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There is no fix for Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen Raptor Lake desktop processors. If...
There is no fix for Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen Raptor Lake desktop processors. If your chip isn’t yet damaged, please apply motherboard BIOS updates early and often to prevent issues. If it’s already damaged, your only option is to exchange it. But what if you didn’t buy a chip — but, rather, an entire PC? W...
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Fortnite will bring battle pass rewards back around

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Epic Games is making a major change to Fortnite’s battle passes that should remove some angst...
Epic Games is making a major change to Fortnite’s battle passes that should remove some angst if you can’t buy or complete a pass before the end of a season.Fortnite’s battle passes offer a bunch of exclusive in-game rewards that you can only obtain during an individual season, but that means you might miss out on r...
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What’s on your desk, Jess Weatherbed?

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Jess Weatherbed, news writer for The Verge, started her professional career in a way she describes...
Jess Weatherbed, news writer for The Verge, started her professional career in a way she describes as “a bit strange for a journalist” — in prosthetics and wig making. However, she was no stranger to tech. For around 16 years, she’s been using drawing tablets to support her design hobbies, everything from digital il...
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Uber and Lyft threatened to leave Minnesota — then Tim Walz stepped in

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Last year, when Minnesota’s progressive politicians coalesced around a bill to raise the minimum pay for...
Last year, when Minnesota’s progressive politicians coalesced around a bill to raise the minimum pay for Uber and Lyft drivers in the state, their ostensibly left-of-center governor surprised them all by pulling a move he had yet to use while in office: he vetoed it. Uber and Lyft were threatening to stop operating ...
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Safari’s new ‘Distraction Control’ feature lets you hide annoying cookie pop-ups

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US v. Google: all the news from the search antitrust showdown

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After three years, a Washington, DC, judge will hear the Department of Justice’s potentially landmark antitrust...
After three years, a Washington, DC, judge will hear the Department of Justice’s potentially landmark antitrust case against Google. The department alleges Google struck anticompetitive deals with Apple and other companies for prime placement of its search engine, while Google contends its dominant market share is t...
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Judge rules that Google ‘is a monopolist’ in US antitrust case

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A federal judge ruled that Google violated US antitrust law by maintaining a monopoly in the...
A federal judge ruled that Google violated US antitrust law by maintaining a monopoly in the search and advertising markets.“After having carefully considered and weighed the witness testimony and evidence, the court reaches the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its mo...
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Video game actors are officially on strike over AI

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Actors have once again picked up their picket signs. But this time, members of the Screen...
Actors have once again picked up their picket signs. But this time, members of the Screen Actors Guild are striking against the video game industry after negotiations for a new contract governing interactive media and video games fell through. The guild began striking on Friday, July 26th, preventing over 160,000 SA...
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Apple is finally sending checks for its bad MacBook keyboards

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Lenovo may have leaked a smaller Legion Go gaming handheld months ago

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Donald Trump says Google ‘has to be careful’ or it will be ‘shut down’

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Here at The Verge, we’ve been doing our best not to uncritically publish every random statement...
Here at The Verge, we’ve been doing our best not to uncritically publish every random statement and half-cocked idea that comes out of former President Donald Trump’s mouth for several years now. He just says stuff, especially about tech, and most of it doesn’t come to anything.But last week, Trump casually mentione...
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Zelda’s big adventure gets a new trailer

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When The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is released on September 26th, it will be...
When The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is released on September 26th, it will be the first Zelda game in decades with the titular princess as the hero. Nintendo has released a new trailer highlighting some of the new powers she’ll have and all the places she’ll get to use them. Princess Zelda will have the whole...
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EcoFlow’s Power Hat is a floppy, phone-charging solar panel for your noggin

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