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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 10/21/2024 09:12 EDT

Disney’s still looking for a new CEO — but not this year, or next year

Image: The Verge Disney will announce a replacement for CEO Bob Iger in “early 2026,” according to an update from the company on Monday. The entertainment giant has been on the hunt for a new leader since Iger’s return to Disney in 2022. Last year Iger extended his contract with Disney until December 31st, 2026, and, as The New York Times notes, delayed retirement four times during his previous run... Read more

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @ The Verge · 10/21/2024 08:00 EDT

Kwikset takes a smart approach with its new smart lock

The Halo Select smart lock is Kwikset’s first to support Matter. It works over Thread and can also be used as a Wi-Fi lock. | Image: Kwikset The Halo Select is Kwikset’s first new smart lock in five years, and its new features, updated design, and creative approach to connectivity could make the long wait worthwhile. The Halo Select is a ground-up redesign of the company’s Halo line and its... Read more

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Chris Welch @ The Verge · 10/21/2024 07:00 EDT

Apple’s AirPods Pro hearing health features are as good as they sound

The AirPods Pro 2 will soon offer more robust hearing protection and a new hearing aid feature. But it’s the hearing test that has really hooked me. Continue reading… Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 10/21/2024 05:41 EDT

Nintendo’s mysterious Playtest begins to leak

Simply telling playtesters not to share any details hasn’t exactly worked out. | Image: The Verge Nintendo has updated the official website for its mysterious “Switch Online: Playtest Program” today, privately revealing more information to participants about what it entails. The playtest is running from October 23rd, 9PM ET until November 5th, 8PM ET, and is only available to the roughly 10,000 people who have already registered for the program.... Read more

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Thomas Ricker @ The Verge · 10/21/2024 03:10 EDT

Samsung’s Z Fold Special Edition flagship is here

The Special Edition model of the Galaxy Z Fold. | Image: Samsung Samsung just announced the Special Edition model of the Galaxy Z Fold. It’s thinner and a little lighter than the Galaxy Z Fold 6 that only recently went on sale, and includes slightly larger displays on the inside and out. It also has more memory available for Galaxy AI and an upgraded 200 megapixel wide-angle camera. Great! Unfortunately,... Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 10/20/2024 18:32 EDT

Michelle Yeoh’s Star Trek spy movie has a release date

Michelle Yeoh is back in Trek. | Screenshot: YouTube Star Trek: Section 31 will premiere as a direct-to-streaming movie on January 24th on Paramount Plus, which revealed the date during a Trek panel at the New York Comic Con. Fans will finally see Michelle Yeoh’s Star Trek: Discovery character, Emperor Philippa Georgiou, put her Mirrorverse skills to use as a super secret space spy. When we last saw Emperor Georgiou... Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 10/20/2024 14:53 EDT

Elon Musk is offering people $1 million to vote

Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Tech billionaire Elon Musk gave a $1 million check to an audience member at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he’s been Trump-stumping, on Saturday. And he said he will continue to give that prize to one random voter per day until the Presidential election on November 5th. The move could very well break US election law. Only people who have signed... Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 10/20/2024 11:59 EDT

Alien: Romulus is getting a VHS release

It’s time to dust off your VCR and clean the heads, because Alien: Romulus is coming to VHS as a limited edition on December 3rd alongside the other physical releases, director Fede Alvarez announced during “a special Beyond Fest-partnered screening” in Los Angeles yesterday. The “fully functioning VHS tape” is meant to celebrate 45 years since the Alien franchise first (chest) burst into theaters, 20th Century Studios wrote in a... Read more

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David Pierce @ The Verge · 10/20/2024 10:00 EDT

The tech YouTuber who opened a coffee shop

Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge For the last eight months, David Cogen has been living a double life. By day: a YouTuber and creator, the face of TheUnlockr, reviewing phones and testing ebikes and explaining how food smokers really work. By night and morning and every single other available moment in between: a coffee shop entrepreneur, working to get a Brooklyn spot called Coffee Check up and running. The... Read more

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David Nield @ The Verge · 10/20/2024 10:00 EDT

Apple’s macOS Sequoia lets you snap windows into position — here’s how

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge For many a year, Windows users have been dragging their program windows over to the borders of the screen to snap them into position, splitting the screen up evenly into halves or quarters. Now, with the rollout of macOS Sequoia, Mac users can do the same. You can get a Spotify playlist up alongside your email inbox, for example, or a report you’re... Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 10/20/2024 09:41 EDT

The Internet Archive hackers still have access to its internal emailing tools

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Early this morning, I received an email from “The Internet Archive Team,” replying to a message I’d sent on October 9th. Except its author doesn’t seem to have been the digital archivists’ support team — it was apparently written by the hackers who breached the site earlier this month and who evidently maintain some level of access to its systems. I’m not... Read more

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David Pierce @ The Verge · 10/20/2024 08:00 EDT

Time to upgrade your reading gadgets

Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 57, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy Kindle Season to all who celebrate, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about sports betting and designer proteins and the Ford Bronco, listening to Bon Iver’s new Sable... Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 10/19/2024 18:34 EDT

Why are Instagram searches for ‘Adam Driver Megalopolis’ blocked for CSAM?

Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge When people search for “Adam driver Megalopolis” on Instagram or Facebook right now, instead of seeing posts about Francis Ford Coppola’s latest film, they’re shown a warning, titled, “Child sexual abuse is illegal.” That bizarre fact was pointed out in a post on X yesterday, and as of today, I’m still seeing it when I search for the phrase. But why? Well, it doesn’t... Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 10/19/2024 16:20 EDT

Ford tells some to stop using its NACS adapter and wait for replacement

Ford says some of its NACS adapters could cause issues. | Image: Ford Ford started offering free adapters for Tesla’s Supercharger network to owners of its EVs in February, and now it’s telling some of its customers to stop using them, reports InsideEVs. The company found a “potential issue” that could cause “reduced charging speeds over time” or even damage to the charge port itself, according to a service bulletin... Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 10/19/2024 14:09 EDT

iFixit’s Meta Quest 3S teardown reveals a Quest 2 ‘hiding inside’

What if I told you the Meta Quest 3S is in some ways just a more powerful Quest 2 with color passthrough? “Yes, of course it is,” someone who’s read our coverage might say, but iFixit shows just how true that is in the teardown video it published today. The first hint of that is the headset’s Fresnel lenses, which iFixit’s Shahram Mokhtari writes in a blog post are “100%... Read more

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Quentyn Kennemer @ The Verge · 10/19/2024 13:22 EDT

Ember’s temperature-controlled smart mugs are 20 percent off today

Let’s face it, no one likes room temperature coffee. | Image: Ember Fall has arrived, bringing cooler temperatures with it. Thankfully, Ember is running a sale through October 21st that takes 20 percent off many of its self-heating vessels — including the Ember Mug 2, a guilty pleasure of ours. The 10-ounce mug is available for about $104 ($27 off) with promo code SEASON20, while the 14-ounce version is down... Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 10/19/2024 12:38 EDT

At 21 years old, the iMac G4 is still down to party

I’ve never been so happy to use a computer that meets my state’s legal drinking age. | Photo: Wes Davis / The Verge It’s been 20 years since Apple discontinued the iMac G4, a unique computer with a funky half-globe base and a flatscreen LCD on a fancy hinge and adjustable arm. In its unaltered state, it’s a nice-to-look-at, nostalgic relic that’s unusable in modern contexts. I coveted it and... Read more

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Robyn Kanner @ The Verge · 10/19/2024 09:00 EDT

Anora director Sean Baker writes the ending first

Image: Neon The director of Anora talks about representing sex work onscreen and how sticking the landing of a film means thinking about it first. Continue reading… Read more

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Sean Hollister @ The Verge · 10/19/2024 03:28 EDT

DJI sues the US Department of Defense for labeling it a ‘Chinese Military Company’

The DJI Mavic Pro 3 drone. | Image: DJI DJI, the world’s largest drone company, is suing to avoid being seen as a tool of the Chinese government. On Friday, it sued the US Department of Defense to delete its name from a list of “Chinese Military Companies,” claiming it has no such relationship to Chinese authorities and has suffered unfairly as a result of that designation. Since DJI was... Read more

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