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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 08/25/2024 17:05 EDT

Martin Shkreli must surrender his Wu-Tang album copies

Photo: Drew Angerer / Getty Images Former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli must turn over his copies of The Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin album to comply with a preliminary injunction issued by federal Judge Pamela Chen in an ongoing lawsuit, ArtNet reported on Friday. PleasrDAO, NFT collective and current owner of Shaolin claims in its lawsuit that he “improperly retained copies of data and files” from the... Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 08/25/2024 13:06 EDT

AI was responsible for the fake quotes in the Megalopolis trailer

Adam Driver in Megalopolis. | Screenshot: YouTube So, all those faked review quotes from the Megalopolis trailer that got pulled last week were apparently AI, after all. Not only that, but the person who was in charge of the materials for the trailer, Eddie Egan, has been removed from the movie’s marketing team. That’s all according to Deadline, which reported on Friday that the AI-ness of it all was confirmed... Read more

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David Pierce @ The Verge · 08/25/2024 10:00 EDT

What’s in a productivity system?

You can learn a lot about somebody just by learning about how they get things done. Are they the sort of person who might have a perfectly color-coded email inbox, a flawlessly organized to-do list, and what’s that, they just sent you a calendar invite for happy hour next week? Or are they more likely to have a giant pile of sticky notes they never look at, a computer desktop... Read more

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David Pierce @ The Verge · 08/25/2024 08:00 EDT

The best smartphone photos of the year

Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 49, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope you like podcasts, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about upstart baseball teams and canceled comics and Francis Ford Coppola, watching Logan Lucky, binging Teo Crawford’s camera videos,... Read more

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Allison Johnson @ The Verge · 08/24/2024 20:00 EDT

European iPhones are more fun now

We got game emulators in the app store, as a treat. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Whining about stuff is a treasured American pastime, so allow me to indulge: the iPhone is more fun in Europe now, and it’s not fair. They’re getting all kinds of stuff because they have cool regulators, not like, regular regulators. Third-party app stores, the ability for browsers to run their own... Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 08/24/2024 19:22 EDT

French authorities reportedly arrest Telegram’s CEO

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is reportedly in custody after being arrested near Paris Saturday evening as he was departing his private jet. The billionaire was apparently apprehended on a warrant related to a preliminary investigation, writes Reuters. Police in the country believe that the platform’s lack of moderation has “allowed criminal activity to go on undeterred on the messaging app.” Reuters cited French... Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 08/24/2024 18:08 EDT

Canoo is down to one co-founder as its CTO reportedly leaves

Image: Canoo EV startup Canoo has lost co-founder and chief technology officer Sohel Merchant and is moving its operations out of Los Angeles, according to two reports from TechCrunch this week, citing unnamed sources. Merchant took over the CTO position in 2021, when the company’s CTO left, along with two other co-founders. One of those who remained, chief designer Richard Kim, departed last year. With Merchant now reportedly gone, chief... Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 08/24/2024 13:18 EDT

NASA will bring the Starliner astronauts home next year on SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission

Image: NASA NASA administrator Bill Nelson announced today that US astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore will return next February with the SpaceX Crew-9 mission after spending more than 80 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS), The two astronauts were originally scheduled to spend just eight days aboard the ISS following a successful launch of Boeing’s Starliner on June 5th before parachuting back to Earth aboard the same spacecraft.... Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 08/24/2024 13:10 EDT

Pokémon’s first 22 seasons are getting their own FAST channel

Image: Pokémon A new all-Pokémon FAST channel is bringing the first 22 seasons of the original Pokémon anime, courtesy of Canadian distributor WildBrain. The channel will kick off its availability in the US, with Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand to follow, according to WildBrain’s announcement this week. Melissa Pearce, senior director of media licensing at The Pokémon Company International, called FAST TV is “an ideal platform” to connect... Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 08/24/2024 11:16 EDT

Google Wallet now works for California driver’s licenses

Illustration: The Verge Android users participating in a pilot program can now add their California driver’s licenses to Google Wallet. The “mobile driver’s license” program is currently open to 1.5 million Californians, and previously only allowed digital IDs in the state’s “CA DMV Wallet” app for iOS and Android. “It’s never been easier to keep a digital driver’s license and identification card in California,” said Governor Gavin Newsom in a... Read more

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Antonio G. Di Benedetto @ The Verge · 08/24/2024 09:05 EDT

The Sonos Era 100 speaker is 20 percent off in the run-up to Labor Day

The Era 100 might resemble a roll of paper towels, but it remains our default smart speaker. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Sonos’ Labor Day sale is bringing discounts to a variety of smart speakers and soundbars until September 2nd, many of which are on sale elsewhere for the same price. Both the Sonos Era 100 and portable Move 2 are 20 percent off, which means you... Read more

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Victoria Song @ The Verge · 08/24/2024 09:00 EDT

The Shokz OpenFit Air would’ve been perfect if not for my glasses

The Shokz OpenFit Air are a lightweight pair of open-ear buds that use air conduction. The bass is pretty good for open-ear fitness buds, but alas, my glasses foiled the ear hook design. Continue reading… Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 08/23/2024 19:00 EDT

Valve officially announces Deadlock, a game ‘in early development’

Valve has finally, officially announced Deadlock, in the most minimal way imaginable. The game now has a Steam page that lists Valve as its developer and publisher, and a simple notice: Deadlock is in early development with lots of temporary art and experimental gameplay. Access is currently limited to friend invite via our playtesters. Valve provides no other details, just an animated teaser image. (You can see a still screenshot... Read more

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Joanna Nelius @ The Verge · 08/23/2024 16:54 EDT

The best laptops you can buy

Illustration by William Joel / The Verge The best laptops for you, from ultraportables to gaming machines, MacBooks to Chromebooks. Continue reading… Read more

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Richard Lawler @ The Verge · 08/23/2024 16:05 EDT

Apple rumor points to an iPhone 16, Watch, and AirPods launch event next month

Illustration: The Verge When will we meet the iPhone 16 and other new items from Apple, like MacBook Pro laptops with M4 chips inside? Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman says that based on his sources, a launch event on September 10th could reveal the new iPhone lineup, as well as the Apple Watch Series 10 and two different sets of new AirPods in time for them to go on sale as... Read more

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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 08/23/2024 14:48 EDT

SCOTUS could deal another blow to climate action

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos via Getty Images The Supreme Court could stall action on climate change yet again as it weighs whether to pause new pollution regulations for coal-fired power plants. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized rules this year aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions from coal plants. But red states and industry groups are challenging the EPA in court and have asked SCOTUS... Read more

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Adi Robertson @ The Verge · 08/23/2024 14:17 EDT

Families can sue app developer for breaking its anti-bullying pledge, says court

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge An appeals court revived a lawsuit against the anonymous messaging service Yolo, which allegedly broke a promise to unmask bullies on the app. In a ruling issued Thursday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shouldn’t block a claim that Yolo misrepresented its terms of service, overruling a lower court decision. But it determined the app... Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 08/23/2024 13:15 EDT

US sues RealPage over rent-setting software that allegedly drove up prices

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge The Justice Department is suing the company behind a widely used software that helps landlords set rental prices. It alleges that RealPage’s rent recommendation algorithm drives up prices and “deprives renters of the benefits of competition on apartment leasing terms.” In the complaint, the DOJ, along with eight states, claim that RealPage obtains nonpublic rental price information from competing landlords who use the software.... Read more

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Joanna Nelius @ The Verge · 08/23/2024 13:00 EDT

Are Copilot Plus PCs really the Windows alternative to Chromebooks?

Two of Microsoft’s Copilot Plus PCs. (Left: the Surface Pro; right: the Surface Laptop.) | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Before the beginning of summer, it was a little easier to shop for a basic productivity laptop. You could choose from a single version of Windows (x86), an Apple macOS device, or a Chromebook. Sure, there were still a lot of options from multiple laptop manufacturers, but if... Read more

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Victoria Song @ The Verge 3 place · 08/23/2024 12:33 EDT

Meta pulls plug on plans for high-end Vision Pro competitor

RIP La Jolla. | Photo by David Pierce / The Verge Meta is calling it quits on making a high-end mixed reality headset to compete with the Apple Vision Pro, The Information reports. This is despite recent news that the headset, codenamed La Jolla, would arrive sometime in 2027. According to The Information, Meta had already started developing the La Jolla headset in November but told employees to stop working... Read more

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