Image: Apple The multiverse of Apple TV Plus’ Dark Matter is about to get bigger as the show heads into its second season. Apple announced on Friday that Dark Matter, Blake Crouch’s adaptation of his own 2016 novel about a physicist who gets sucked into multiple alternate realities, has been renewed for a new batch of episodes. In a statement about the renewal, Crouch thanked the city of Chicago (where the series is set and was filmed) and described how “in the process of writing and filming season one, we discovered that there’s so much more story to tell.”Especially with more seasons of shows like Severance and Silo on the way, the renewal is yet another sign of Apple really leaning into science fiction for its streaming platform. Though Dark... Continue reading…

When you're in the market for a new chip, the top Intel CPUs and greatest Ryzen processors are always worth consideration. Ryzen's latest second-generation AM5 chips, the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X, bring some serious power to the table, but which is right for you?

Image: Marvel After dismissing X-Men ’97’s former showrunner, Beau DeMayo, just before the show’s season 1 premiere, the studio seemed ready to move on with a new creative team. But following DeMayo’s recent claims that Marvel unfairly pulled his credits from X-Men ’97’s upcoming second season, the company says he was fired over the “egregious” findings of an internal investigation.Though DeMayo was fired before X-Men ’97 aired, his name was still going to be included in the show’s upcoming second season because of the preproduction work he contributed to the project. But in a thread posted to his X account on Thursday, DeMayo accused Marvel of stripping his season 2 credits away due to his posting fan art of himself. DeMayo, who is openly gay,... Continue reading…

When it comes to building a PC, there are a lot of things to keep in mind. You need to make sure you have all the parts you'll need and make sure that they are all compatible with each other. Even when they are compatible, you still need to make sure they will play nicely together and not cause any issues. This is where the term "bottleneck" comes into things. While you may primarily hear this term when talking about building a gaming PC, it is not gaming-specific and could happen on any PC if you are not careful.

Image: Walmart Walmart is ending drone deliveries made with partner DroneUp in Phoenix, Arizona, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Tampa, Florida, because the services in those cities weren’t sustainable, according to Axios. This is after Walmart and DroneUp announced in 2022 that they would be bringing drone delivery to those states as part of a broader expansion. Right now, it costs about $30 to use a drone to deliver a package, but DroneUp wants to bring the cost down so that it’s less than $7, DroneUp CEO Tom Walker told Axios.DroneUp will be closing 18 Walmart delivery hubs in the cities, and 17 percent of DroneUp’s workforce (70 staffers) will lose their jobs, Axios reports. Following the cuts, there will only be 15 Walmart locations — “11 in Dallas, 3... Continue reading…

Microsoft Paint isn't one of Windows' best photo editing apps, but in the recent past, the software giant introduced some exciting features, such as layer support, to make the app more viable for Windows users. While Microsoft was pouring the Paint app with new features, the Paint 3D app was dying a slow death. The app will finally be delisted from the Microsoft Store in November this year.

Photo: Dennis Troper (Facebook) Susan Wojcicki, Google’s 16th employee who helped jumpstart the company in her garage, ran its advertising business, and then helmed YouTube for most of the past decade, has died at 56, according to posts by her husband Dennis Troper and Google CEO Sundar Pichai.She joined Google in 1998 and was CEO of YouTube from February 2014 until February 2023, when she stepped down to focus on “family, health, and personal projects.” Troper and Pichai say she had been battling non-small cell lung cancer. Her son, Marco Troper, died earlier this year.In 2014, we called her one of the 50 most important people shaping the world. Beyond helping build Google into one of the most important companies of the past two decades, she helped transform YouTube... Continue reading…

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images OpenAI has banned a string of ChatGPT accounts tied to an Iranian influence campaign that generated and shared content related to the US presidential election, among other topics. The operation mainly used ChatGPT to create longform articles and social media comments for platforms like Instagram and X, according to OpenAI.OpenAI linked the accounts to Storm-2035, a covert Iranian influence operation that has attempted to engage US voters by launching websites disguised as political news outlets. In addition to commentary about the US election on both sides of the political spectrum, OpenAI says the operation generated content about the Israel-Hamas war, Israel at the Olympic Games, politics in Venezuela, and “the rights of Latinx... Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Disney’s D23 showcase of new projects from Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, Pixar, and more is upon us. Continue reading…

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge A federal judge in New York blocked the upcoming live sports streaming service from Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery, siding with streamer Fubo that the package likely violates antitrust law. Fubo argued in an antitrust complaint that the partnership was the culmination of “a years-long campaign to block Fubo’s innovative sports-first streaming business.” The three entertainment companies had sought to create a new streaming service called Venu Sports that would launch this fall and charge $42.99 a month for access to networks across their portfolios, including ESPN, Fox Sports, and TNT. Bundling the sports content from all three companies would put other distributors like Fubo at “an extreme competitive disadvantage,” Fubo said... Continue reading…

Why does it look so mean? | Image: Acura Acura has a new EV concept debuting today at Monterey Car Week, featuring an all-new electric vehicle platform developed by parent automaker Honda. Dubbed the Acura Performance EV concept, the vehicle is a crossover SUV with a boat-like front end that resembles the Precision EV concept from 2022, but with a sportback-style rear.The new Acura concept is a representation of an upcoming electric model that is planned for production next year at Honda’s new manufacturing “EV hub” in Ohio. At a media event today, Honda’s global executive VP, Shinji Aoyama, told Motor1 that there’s also a new “NSX-type” electric sports car in the works for “2027 or 2028.”So far, Acura’s only EV in the market is the ZDX, which, like Honda’s Prologue, is built... Continue reading…

The Gaming Pillow features a cushioned base supporting a device mount on top. | Image: Mechanism Doomscrolling isn’t going away any time soon, but there’s no reason you can’t be comfortable while doing it. Mechanism’s $59 Gaming Pillow is designed to shift the weight of gadgets like handheld consoles, tablets, XL smartphones, and e-readers from your arms to your lap. With a 12-inch pillow made from lycra fabric filled with foam granules as its base, the Gaming Pillow looks like a miniature bean bag chair and should be malleable enough to stay upright even when plopped down on uneven surfaces.It’s primarily designed for use on your lap to keep an attached console in arm’s reach and playable, but if even lifting your arms feels like a Herculean task, you can prop the pillow up on its own next to you in bed and go truly hands-free to... Continue reading…