Donkey Kong Country gets a Nintendo Direct showcase on Monday. | Image: Nintendo Nintendo says it’s finally going to show off the long-awaited Donkey Kong Country area of Super Nintendo World in a Nintendo Direct stream on Monday at 5PM ET. It’s an encouraging sign for the theme park expansion devoted to Mario’s first nemesis, the opening of which was delayed earlier this year. Nintendo first confirmed that it was building the area, which will feature a mine cart rollercoaster ride, back in 2021. Nintendo and Universal Studios showed the region off — or a digital render of it, anyway — earlier this year, and confirmed that when the Orlando, Florida version of Super Nintendo World opens on May 22nd, 2025, it will have all of the same attractions as its Osaka counterpart.As for Nintendo Switch 2 news, well, don’t get... Continue reading…

Running AI apps locally used to mean needing some familiarity with some Python, GitHub, and use of a terminal. Pinokio is a program that's meant to simplify finding, installing, and running AI apps, making them more accessible to users without technical knowledge. The virtual machine manages each app's virtual environment and python dependences for you, and is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Buying tech can get expensive, especially if you're after the latest and greatest models, and thats why many people turn to second-hand devices to save money. But is buying used tech worth the risks? While buying second-hand can be a smart way to get decent hardware for a lower price, there are some downsides to consider, too.

The smartphone-sized Boox Palma is highly portable and lets you read in a variety of apps. | Image: Boox Amazon announced a slew of new Kindles recently, but if you’re not already locked into Amazon’s ecosystem they may not be the best options. If you’re looking for an e-reader that offers more flexibility, our readers can currently buy the Boox Palma at a new all-time low of $234.99 ($45 off) from Wellbots with a free flip-cover case (valued at $16) when you apply the code VERGEBFBOOX45. Unlike many other e-readers, the Boox Palma runs on Android 11 and comes with the Google Play Store built-in, so you can read in a wide range of apps. That’s really convenient, as all you need to do is, say, download Amazon’s Kindle app, and you’ll be able to access your entirely digital library without needing to go through the long, complicated... Continue reading…

Microsoft has steadily improved the default apps ever since the introduction of Windows 11. Even with a sleek new look and feel, some of its core applications still leave a lot to be desired. From frustrating quirks and outdated interfaces to average web apps, several key programs are ripe for a refresh.

With much of what we do taking place online, its no surprise that our personal information, including phone numbers, is constantly at risk of exposure. With robocalls, spam, phishing scams, and even targeted harassment on the rise, a publicly listed phone number can quickly become a major headache. Fraudsters and telemarketers often use People Search Sites or data brokers to obtain phone numbers, adding to the frustration.

Though it’s going to be a while before X-Men ‘97 returns to Disney Plus, the third and final season of What If…? is about to bring one of Marvel’s mutants to the MCU in the flashiest way possible.Ahead of What If…?’s season 3 premiere on December 22nd, Disney Plus has dropped a trailer spotlighting some of the new alternate universe stories featuring slightly different versions of previously-introduced MCU characters. The season will see Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) reimagined as a cowboy, Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) in a cosmic flapper guise, and the Avengers become a super sentai team with interconnecting mechs. That all feels like the exact kind of madness that has already made the show a fun, whiz-bang watch, but what’s really surprising... Continue reading…

The first part of Wicked, starring Ariana Grande (left) and Cynthia Erivo (right) will arrive in theaters on November 22nd. | Image: Universal Pictures Barbie producer Mattel has issued an apology after customers spotted its Wicked edition dolls listed an adult website on the packaging. The toy merchandise mistakenly directed customers to the homepage of the Wicked Pictures pornographic movie studio, instead of the correct WickedMovie.com URL.“We deeply regret this unfortunate error and are taking immediate action to remedy this,” Mattel said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “Parents are advised that the misprinted, incorrect website is not appropriate for children.”Mattel said that the dolls, which have been released to coincide with Universal’s film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical, are “primarily sold in the US” and that the error was a “misprint.” It’s unclear... Continue reading…

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Amazon says a data breach exposed the email addresses, phone numbers, and building locations linked to its employees, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a statement to The Verge, Amazon spokesperson Adam Montgomery said the company was “notified about a security event at one of our property management vendors that impacted several of its customers, including Amazon.”The confirmation follows a report from the cybercrime firm Hudson Rock saying that information posted on the hacking forum includes data from Amazon and 25 other entities, including MetLife, HP, HSBC, and Canada Post. Hudson Rock says the leaked info dates back to May 2023, and it’s related to the major security vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer system that came... Continue reading…

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Once upon a time, Twitter — now X — was the place to get your memes, world news, and pop culture. However, even at the time, being an active Twitter user also required sifting through a daily deluge of toxic characters, bots, and deepfakes. Then the Elon Musk circus came to town and began steadily altering the formerly popular social network, to the point that many of its adherents began bailing by moving to one or more of the new social networks, such as Threads, Bluesky, or Mastodon. Now that the 2024 US presidential election is over, Musk looks like he’s going to be at least one of the powers behind the throne. Add to that recent changes that have made X less safe to use, and it’s no surprise that there is now a new wave of X users l... Continue reading…

Raspberry Pi owners come in all different shapes and sizes. Some will use them to create cool and interesting projects, and some will race to beat the world record for overclocking it to its absolute limit. The latter camp has been trading blows with one another to push this tiny board as fast as it can, but one person has shown that, perhaps, the arms race can now come to an end as they've hit a technical brick wall. And all it took was liquid hydrogen cooling.

Windows 11 can be criticized for many things, but it's hard to deny that Microsoft has been adding a lot of features that make the operating system and its apps that much better. In the past, I already highlighted how the Paint app became better in this version of Windows, and now I want to do the same for the Snipping Tool.