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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 17:06 EDT

Marvel says X-Men ’97’s old showrunner was fired over ‘egregious’ investigation findings

Marvel After dismissing X-Men ’97’s former showrunner Beau DeMayo just before the show’s season one premiere, the studio seemed ready to move on with a new creative team. But following DeMayo’s recent claims that Marvel unfairly pulled his credits from X-Men ’97’s upcoming second season, the company says he was fired over the “egregious” findings of an internal investigation. Though DeMayo was fired before X-Men ’97 aired, his name was... Read more

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 16:21 EDT

Court blocks Disney-Fox-WBD sports streaming bundle

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge A federal judge in New York blocked the upcoming live sports streaming service from Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery, siding with streamer Fubo that the package likely violates antitrust law. Fubo argued in an antitrust complaint that the partnership was the culmination of “a years-long campaign to block Fubo’s innovative sports-first streaming business.” The three entertainment companies had sought to create a new... Read more

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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 15:59 EDT

Acura’s Performance EV concept looks like an angry sport boat

Why do you look so mean? | Image: Acura Acura has a new EV concept debuting today at Monterey Car Week, featuring an all-new electric vehicle platform developed by parent automaker Honda. Dubbed the Acura Performance EV Concept, the vehicle is a crossover SUV with a boat-like front end that resembles the Precision EV concept from 2022, but with a sportback-style rear. The new Acura concept is a representation of... Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 15:55 EDT

Let this tiny bean bag chair for your lap hold your heavy handhelds

The Gaming Pillow features a cushioned base supporting a device mount on top. | Image: Mechanism Doomscrolling isn’t going away any time soon, but there’s no reason you can’t be comfortable while doing it. Mechanism’s $59 Gaming Pillow is designed to shift the weight of gadgets like handheld consoles, tablets, XL smartphones, and e-readers from your arms to your lap. With a 12-inch pillow made from lycra fabric filled with... Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 15:26 EDT

OpenAI says Iran tried to influence US elections with ChatGPT

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images OpenAI has banned a string of ChatGPT accounts tied to an Iranian influence campaign that generated and shared content related to the US presidential election, among other topics. The operation mainly used ChatGPT to create long-form articles and social media comments for platforms like Instagram and X, according to OpenAI. OpenAI linked the accounts to Storm-2035, a covert... Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 15:06 EDT

Walmart is ending DroneUp deliveries in three states

Image: Walmart Walmart is ending drone deliveries made with partner DroneUp in Phoenix, AZ, Salt Lake City, UT, and Tampa, FL, because the services in those cities weren’t sustainable, according to Axios. This is after Walmart and DroneUp announced in 2022 that they would be bringing drone delivery to those states as part of a broader expansion. Right now, it costs about $30 to use a drone to deliver a... Read more

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 15:05 EDT

Dark Matter is coming back for a second season on Apple TV Plus

Apple The multiverse of Apple TV Plus’ Dark Matter is about to get bigger as the show heads into its second season. Apple announced Friday that Dark Matter, Blake Crouch’s adaptation of his own 2016 novel about a physicist who gets sucked into multiple alternate realities, has been renewed for a new batch of episodes. In a statement about the renewal, Crouch thanked the city of Chicago (where the series... Read more

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 14:36 EDT

A key part of California’s online safety law for kids is still on hold after appeals court ruling

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images A federal appeals court in California upheld part of a district court ruling on Friday that blocked a landmark online safety bill for children from taking effect. The panel of judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals objected to a portion of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act — specifically, a requirement that online businesses “opine on and mitigate... Read more

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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 14:17 EDT

What happened to all the temporary air conditioning units at the Olympic Village?

An inside view of a bedroom during the media visit of Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Village on July 2nd, 2024, in Paris, France. | Photo by Aurelien Meunier / Getty Images Now that the Paris Olympics are over, the temporary air conditioning units shipped in for athletes are poised to have a second — and hopefully third — life. There was a good amount of drama around these units.... Read more

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Sean Hollister @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 13:00 EDT

Google’s head of Pixel 9 design won’t apologize for its big, beautiful camera bump

Google design director Claude Zellweger holds up a Pixel 9 series phone in a form-fitting case. “It’s the first time we’ve designed the phone and case hand in hand,” he says. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge There’s one thing about the just-announced Google Pixel 9 that’s hard to convey in photos — its camera bar is prominent. Bigger than ever before. It’s roughly as thick as two... Read more

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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 12:09 EDT

Huawei’s triple-screen folding phone leaked, again

This has to have really thin components and batteries — but there’s plenty of space to spread it out. | Photo: Whylab / Weibo Spy photos of a thin triple-folding phone held by consumer group CEO Yu Chengdong have surfaced again. The images were posted by Weibo user Whylab on Thursday, reports Android Authority. The device looks as if could get as thin as current single-hinged foldables like the Samsung... Read more

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Brandon Widder @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 11:30 EDT

Anker’s speedy Qi2 charging stand is already 20 percent off

Unlike last-gen models that relied on the slower Qi standard, Anker’s latest MagGo stand offers MagSafe speeds without MagSafe pricing. | Image: Anker Of all the features Apple has introduced to the iPhone over the last several years, few of them have been as convenient in my day-to-day life as StandBy mode. This docking mode is fantastic if you want to use your phone as a clock or ad hoc... Read more

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Callum Booth @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 11:08 EDT

Playing Fortnite on iPhone again has shown me an alternate future

It’s been awhile, old friend. | Photo by Callum Booth / The Verge Is this the tipping point that causes third-party iOS app stores to take off? Continue reading… Read more

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Quentyn Kennemer @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 10:22 EDT

Here are the best iPad deals right now

Despite how recently it launched, Apple’s latest iPad Pro is already on sale for up to $100 off. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge While the best iPad deals usually land during major sale events like Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day, many great iPad deals are attainable outside those times. The day-to-day discounts may come and go like changing winds, but there’s often something to be... Read more

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David Pierce @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 10:21 EDT

Gemini is taking over Google

Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge At Google’s gadget launch this week, it took almost half an hour before Google actually talked about its new gadgets. There’s a lot to be excited about inside the new Pixel 9 lineup and the Pixel Watch 3, but Google’s event made its true priorities clear. AI matters more to Google than Pixel, more than Android, more than just about anything. On this episode... Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 09:53 EDT

Ikea’s stock-counting warehouse drones will fly alongside workers in the US

Image: Verity Ikea has launched an upgrade to its stock-counting drone system — and now it’s coming to the US, too. The Swedish furniture chain announced that the autonomous drones will soon operate alongside workers in its Perryville, Maryland distribution center, where Ikea started installation this summer. The Verity-branded drones also come with a new AI-powered system that allows them to fly around warehouses 24/7. That means they’ll now operate... Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 09:41 EDT

Segway’s new electric kick scooter gives kids a boost with every push

Kids just learning to ride a scooter can use a power assist mode that doesn’t require them to master the throttle controller. | Image: Segway Segway’s new Ninebot eKickScooter C2 Lite is targeted at kids who have not yet mastered operating a throttle control, and nervous parents who want to limit the top speed of a young rider who’s still learning. Designed for kids aged six to 10 years old... Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 08:02 EDT

AT&T and Verizon have beef with T-Mobile’s Starlink satellite service

The Verge AT&T and Verizon have taken issue with SpaceX and T-Mobile’s upcoming direct-to-cell satellite offering, arguing that SpaceX’s implementation will harm their respective mobile broadband networks. Filings that urge the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject SpaceX’s request to waive out-of-band emission limits were submitted by AT&T and Verizon this week, joining similar opposition from satellite companies EchoStar and Omnispace. T-Mobile announced the SpaceX partnership in 2022, Read more

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Nilay Patel @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 08:00 EDT

Inside the competition that named the Sony A95L the best TV of 2024

Mark Jessamy Photography / Value Electronics Crowning the ‘King of TV’ is no small task. Continue reading… Read more

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Georgina Torbet @ The Verge · 08/16/2024 08:00 EDT

The invisible problem with sending people to Mars

Image: The Verge Getting to Mars will be easy. It’s the whole ‘living there’ part that we haven’t figured out. Continue reading… Read more

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