Discord is nuking Nintendo Switch emulator devs and their entire servers
Discord is nuking Nintendo Switch emulator devs and their entire servers Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images, The Verge Discord has shut down the Discord servers for the Nintendo Switch emulators Suyu and Sudachi and has completely disabled their lead developers’ accounts — and the company isn’t answering our […]
Dbrand’s brash social media schtick just cost the company $10,000
Dbrand's brash social media schtick just cost the company $10,000 Dbrand’s brash social media schtick just cost the company $10,000 Image: Dbrand Dbrand, the phone case company known for its sassy attitude toward users and tech companies, gave $10,000 to a customer as an apology after it made a racist comment about their last name. […]
Showtime’s streaming service will finally shutter later this month
Showtime's streaming service will finally shutter later this month Showtime’s streaming service will finally shutter later this month Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Following Paramount’s move to add Showtime programming to certain Paramount Plus streaming plans, the Showtime standalone streaming platform is coming to an end. Variety reports that Showtime streaming subscribers have […]
Apple renews Monarch for season 2 and has plans for more Godzilla spinoffs
Apple renews Monarch for season 2 and has plans for more Godzilla spinoffs Image: Apple Apple announced some Godzilla-sized updates for its streaming service. First up, the spinoff series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, which premiered on Apple TV Plus last year, has been renewed for a second season. There aren’t any details on what the […]
An NPR editor accuses the network of institutional bias
An NPR editor accuses the network of institutional bias Photo: Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images This is Hot Pod, The Verge‘s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Hi, everyone — I’m starting off today with some big news to share: next week will be my last at Hot Pod and The Verge. […]
Find the best AI-powered app to transcribe your audio
Find the best AI-powered app to transcribe your audio Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Transcription apps — apps that record and make text transcriptions of the conversation — have been an extremely useful way of keeping records for many of us. This doesn’t only pertain to journalists, who, of course, often keep […]
Dyson’s AR app shows you where you’ve vacuumed
Dyson's AR app shows you where you've vacuumed Dyson’s AR app shows you where you’ve vacuumed Dyson wants to make cleaning fun again, but I was already having fun letting the robots do it. | Image: Dyson Dyson has developed a new feature that uses your smartphone’s augmented reality sensors to virtually paint over areas […]
Android 15’s first beta release is out
Android 15's first beta release is out Android 15’s first beta release is out The countdown to Google I/O starts now. | Image: The Verge / Android Android 15’s first public beta is available to download now, provided you have a Pixel phone and a bit of a sense of adventure. It’s the first consumer-facing […]
Uber’s safety tools are now customizable and easier to access
Uber's safety tools are now customizable and easier to access Uber’s safety tools are now customizable and easier to access Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber has launched a new safety preferences section that gathers all of Uber’s safety tools in one place and lets users schedule them to switch on automatically. Some […]
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy takes a dim view of antitrust enforcement
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy takes a dim view of antitrust enforcement Andy Jassy is being persecuted by those meanies at the FTC, says Andy Jassy. | Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge Andy Jassy, CEO of the biggest e-commerce store in the world, is very upset with the regulators who won’t let him buy […]