The Overwatch developer team has unionized
The team of nearly 200 Activision Blizzard developers behind the Overwatch franchise has unionized. Formed under the Communications Workers of America…
Apple’s Murderbot series is goofy sci-fi with a side of existential crisis
I did not expect a TV show called Murderbot to be quite so relatable. On the surface, the Apple TV Plus…
Indigenous scientists are fighting to protect their data — and their culture
Dr. Max Liboiron, Professor in the Department of Geography at Memorial University in St. John, Newfoundland, Canada. Every month, a group…
Google Keep brings text formatting to the web
Google Keep has finally expanded the text formatting options to its web app, almost two years after making them available for…
Google’s AI image-to-video generator launches on Honor’s new phones
My cat Noodle, brought to life with an unsettlingly large, humanlike tongue. Chinese phone manufacturer Honor has launched an image-to-video AI…
Expedition 33’s big twist was designed to ‘inflict the pain on the player’
This screenshot does not involve the twist. | Image: Sandfall Interactive Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is my favorite game of the…
Whoop backpedals on its paid upgrade whoops
A shot of the Whoop 4.0 from our 2022 review. Whoop is in damage control mode. After debuting its Whoop 5.0…
United’s Starlink-powered Wi-Fi is the end of airplane mode
Say goodbye to one of the last work-free zones. Last Thursday, I boarded one of the first United Airlines planes to…
The one controller to (almost) rule them all
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 82, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new…
The FTC puts off enforcing its ‘click-to-cancel’ rule
The FTC seal. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was set to start enforcing the remaining provisions of its “click-to-cancel” rule on…