Image: Meta Meta is opening up Horizon Worlds, its 3D social platform, to users between the ages of 10 and 12, the company announced on Wednesday. As part of the rollout, parents will have a significant amount of control over what experiences their preteens can access, and experiences will get age ratings to help parents determine which ones are appropriate for their children. For a preteen to use Horizon Worlds,... Read more ›
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Image by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit is experiencing a widespread outage that’s impacting the entire site and subreddits. If you try and visit Reddit right now you’ll be met with a “Server error. Try again later” message in a red banner at the top of the site. The same outage error can be found on subreddits and individual posts, too. The status page for Reddit says the site... Read more ›
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. | Image: Amazon Finding something to watch or play can sometimes feel like work — there’s just so much out there vying for your free time. That’s true whether you’re heading to a theater, browsing the many streaming platforms, or looking for a new video game. It’s easy to get overwhelmed with choice. So, as we’ve done in years past, we’re... Read more ›
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The Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Meta is working on a smaller mixed-reality device that looks like a large pair of glasses, according to a report from The Information. The glasses, reportedly codenamed Puffin, may not arrive until 2027 — if the project comes to fruition at all. Sources tell The Information that the glasses could weigh around 110 grams, putting it... Read more ›
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Image: Amazon Amazon’s Lord of the Rings show continues to be phenomenal in ways that only a truly wild budget could make possible. Continue reading… Read more ›
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The Ioniq 9 will be based on Hyundai’s Seven Concept that was revealed in 2021. | Image: Hyundai Hyundai’s next electric vehicle for the US will be the Ioniq 9, a beefy, three-row SUV that will be manufactured at the company’s factory in Georgia, Hyundai executives announced during an investor day conference this week. It’s a sign that while other automakers continue to second-guess their EV investments amid slowing demand,... Read more ›
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The Sonos Ace — which are down to an all-time low right now — feature excellent ANC and the ability to sync with Sonos soundbars. | Image: Chris Welch / The Verge It’s always sad when summer comes to a close. However, on the bright side, Labor Day represents yet another long weekend — not to mention an opportunity to save on a slew of goods before the holiday shopping... Read more ›
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Image: Ubisoft What Ubisoft’s new game lacks in innovation, it makes up for in fan service. Continue reading… Read more ›
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Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok must face a lawsuit over the viral “blackout challenge” that several parents blame for their children’s deaths, a Pennsylvania-based appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The ruling illuminates how courts are thinking about platform accountability in the wake of a major Supreme Court ruling this year and could highlight the potential limits of a key tech immunity shield. TikTok’s algorithmic recommendations on the... Read more ›
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Illustration: The Verge Soon, all the blogs on Tumblr will be hosted on WordPress. Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com and Tumblr, announced on Wednesday that it will start to move the site’s half a billion blogs to the new WordPress-based backend. This update shouldn’t affect the way Tumblr works for users, whom Automattic promises won’t notice any difference after the migration. Automattic says the change will make it easier... Read more ›
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Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Transcription apps have become an extremely useful way of keeping records. These apps record and make text transcriptions of important conversations. So, for example, when you’re having an important conversation with a lawyer, a doctor, or your insurance company, it’s really handy to be able to check exactly what was said later. And, of course, it’s vital for writers and journalists, who... Read more ›
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The rise and fall of NFTs made and unmade OpenSea — the largest marketplace for the crypto asset. But insider accounts of the company reveal a chaotic work environment, ever-shifting priorities, and troubles with the SEC. Continue reading… Read more ›
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Brilliant, maker of smart switches and smart control panels, is back in business. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Brilliant is back in business. Three months after laying off its staff, shutting down its support center, and ceasing sales, the maker of smart home control panels has reemerged with a new name, new focus, and a new product on the way. The good news for Brilliant customers... Read more ›
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Where to Watch shows you all the sports on ESPN – and elsewhere. | Image: ESPN ESPN’s newest feature will be a welcome bookmark for sports fans everywhere: the company just launched “Where to Watch,” which aims to be a universal guide for streaming sports all over the internet. When you open the page on ESPN’s website or in its app, Where to Watch looks like a typical schedule of... Read more ›
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Image: Bandai Namco Blue Protocol, an anime-inspired MMO developed by Bandai Namco, will shut down its Japanese servers on January 18th, 2025. The game was in the process of being released in the west, with publishing handled by Amazon Games. Because of the game’s pending shuttering, its western release has been summarily cancelled. Blue Protocol’s developers released a statement on the game’s website in Japanese and English announcing the cancellation.... Read more ›
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Google’s Imagen 3 is capable of generating photorealistic images of people. | Image: Imagen 3 Google is letting its users generate images of people through its Gemini AI chatbot again after pulling the feature earlier this year amid reports of historically inaccurate images, like racially diverse Nazis. In an announcement, Google says it will roll out an early access version of the capability to Gemini Advanced, Business, and Enterprise users... Read more ›
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Illustration: The Verge Google will soon let Gemini subscribers create custom chatbots that can serve as a gym buddy, cooking partner, writing editor, and more. Users can give the chatbots — called Gems — distinct personalities and specialties by simply describing a set of instructions. Google first introduced Gems during I/O in May. In an example prompt shown by Google, users can create a “knowledgeable, casual, and friendly” Gem that... Read more ›
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Image: Getty General Motors and Samsung SDI have finalized a $3.5 billion deal to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Indiana, the South Korean company announced Tuesday. The factory will have an initial capacity of 27GWh, which could go up to 36GWh. The factory was expected to start production in 2026, but now it is anticipated that batteries won’t start rolling off the line until 2027 at the earliest.... Read more ›
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Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath is resigning from his position and will be replaced by Michael Lohscheller, who previously served as CEO of Stellantis-owned carmaker Opel, the automaker announced Tuesday. The move comes as Polestar has struggled to keep its finances up amid a wider slowdown in EV sales growth. It has gone through several rounds of layoffs and recently saw Volvo drastically reduce its stake in the company. Polestar is... Read more ›
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Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashed during an attempted landing on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean last night. The booster had nearly completed its touchdown when it tipped over, dropping into the sea. It was the first time the company has failed to recover one of the reusable boosters since February 2021, ending a streak of 267 successful landings... Read more ›
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