Time to catch ‘em all again
Time to catch 'em all again Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 102, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy spooky season, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about personal chefs and TikTok’s […]
Apple TV and Peacock announce a discounted $15 monthly subscription bundle
Apple TV and Peacock announce a discounted $15 monthly subscription bundle Starting next week you can bundle Apple TV and Peacock with a significant discount. | Image: Apple Apple has partnered with NBCUniversal for a new subscription bundle that includes Apple TV and Peacock Premium for $14.99 per month, or Apple TV and the mostly […]
Amazon’s new name for the Fire TV Stick 4K only adds more confusion
Amazon's new name for the Fire TV Stick 4K only adds more confusion Same device, different packaging. | Image: Amazon Following the debut of Amazon’s $39.99 Fire TV Stick 4K Select, the company told The Verge that a name change was coming to the existing “Fire TV Stick 4K” to clarify where it sat in […]
Apple exec on Apple TV rebranding: ‘let’s just do it’
Apple exec on Apple TV rebranding: 'let's just do it' Apple TV dropped the Plus because everyone was already doing it, according to Cue. We have some new insight into Apple’s muddled rebrand of Apple TV Plus to Apple TV, courtesy of an interview with the company’s senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue. Speaking […]
Apple TV Plus is being rebranded to… Apple TV
Apple TV Plus is being rebranded to… Apple TV The plus symbol in the current logo is still present across Apple’s website. The Apple TV Plus streaming service is being rebranded with a “vibrant new identity,” according to the Cupertino company, and is “now simply Apple TV.” The announcement was briefly mentioned at the bottom […]
Apple shows off the unsettling world of Pluribus in first trailer
Apple shows off the unsettling world of Pluribus in first trailer After a bunch of very cryptic teasers, Apple has finally revealed a proper look at Pluribus, it’s next big sci-fi series. The show comes from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, and stars Rhea Seehorn as Carol, “the most miserable person on Earth” who “must […]
Trump rolled YouTube into paying for his ballroom
Trump rolled YouTube into paying for his ballroom About two months ago, John P. Coale, one of many lawyers representing Donald Trump in a personal capacity, met with several Alphabet executives, mediators, and lawyers at Mar-a-Lago – along with his client. They all spent a lovely day at the palatial Florida estate, and Trump treated […]
NBCUniversal’s new YouTube TV deal covers YouTube, Peacock, and a new sports network
NBCUniversal's new YouTube TV deal covers YouTube, Peacock, and a new sports network On Thursday afternoon, after agreeing to a short extension while they continued negotiations, NBCUniversal and YouTube announced a new carriage deal to keep the network’s channels live on the streaming TV service. If the process sounds familiar, it’s because the same thing […]
Elon Musk is leading a pressure campaign to make Netflix un-woke
Elon Musk is leading a pressure campaign to make Netflix un-woke Elon Musk says he canceled his Netflix subscription and is telling others to do the same over the presence of transgender characters in series that made their debut (and in some cases ended) years ago. Earlier this week, Musk reshared a post on X […]
Amazon’s Vega OS launch trick: cloud-streamed apps
Amazon's Vega OS launch trick: cloud-streamed apps This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Vega OS is finally here: On Tuesday, Amazon officially unveiled its new, custom-built Vega entertainment devices operating system with the launch of the […]