Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok has started rolling out its Instagram rival, TikTok Notes, to select Android and iOS users “for download and limited testing in Australia and Canada.” A tweet announcing the launch, as well as the App Store and Google Play listings, showed off some official images of the app that offer insights about how it works for those of us who don’t have access yet. In them, we see that you can write up headlines for images above your captions, which is a feature Instagram doesn’t natively offer. Image: TikTok The homepage also seems to be divided into two sections, with a separate page where you can view posts from people you follow and another “For You” page. It’s organized a bit like Pinterest’s homepage but with a... Continue reading…

Bleeeeeaaaagggghhhhh. | Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge Comedy Central has ordered 10 episodes of Golden Axe, an animated show based on the fantasy beat ’em up sidescroller games. Deadline writes that it will be both “hilarious and loving” in its adaptation of the game. If I remember my Sega Genesis days well, I think that means there’ll be fighting over who gets to ride the purple bird dinosaur and that, at some point, a gigantic hairy skull will float down and hotbox everyone.Who’s big idea was this, you ask? You can blame producers Mike McMahan (Star Trek: Lower Decks) and Joe Chandler (American Dad!), who will also write the first episode together, with Chandler serving as the showrunner afterward. A timeline for the show’s release hasn’t been announced yet.According to Deadline, Gilius... Continue reading…

The Apple Vision Pro is a bit of a mixed bag, but it does have some potential. The fairly expensive piece of hardware is quite ambitious in its aims, although some have been left confused as to what vision of the future Apple is targeting with its new headset. Recently, Apple has been working with various partners to bring more applications to the Vision Pro, along with improving the overall user experience. Now, Microsoft has announced that OneNote is making its way to the mixed-reality headset.

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok will make entire accounts temporarily ineligible for its For You feed if users have a pattern of posting about extreme fitness, conspiracy theories, sexually suggestive material, and a wide range of other topics that the platform won’t promote on the feed. The change was included in an update to TikTok’s Community Guidelines issued on Wednesday. While videos about such topics are still technically allowed on TikTok, the content itself and the accounts of those who post them could be temporarily restricted. “We’re introducing a policy to make an entire account temporarily ineligible for recommendation in the For You feed if a creator repeatedly posts content that goes against our For You feed standards. Their account and content... Continue reading…

A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is an essential tool to have at your disposal, as it helps you navigate the internet safely by protecting your security and privacy online. Thankfully, there's no shortage of VPN providers in 2024, and you'll easily find a reliable option based on your needs and usage.

Microsoft has announced a major new feature for the Windows Photos app to help users start creating compelling visuals with a mouse click. The software giant hasn't done anything outside of the box, though. It simply integrated the Microsoft Designer tool into the Photos app.

To become eligible to get the "AI PC" tag, Windows laptop manufacturers will need to introduce the Copilot key on the keyboards. While that's something that we'll see happening in the coming days, the latest feature in the Logi Options+ app makes it easier for anyone with a Logitech keyboard or mouse to start chatting with ChatGPT by clicking a button.

Microsoft has been pushing its Copilot service across many of its platforms, including Windows, Microsoft 365, Edge, Azure, and more. However, in its effort to get as many people to use Copilot as possible, it may have been a bit overzealous recently. A Microsoft Edge update last month caused a mysterious Copilot app to show up in the list of installed apps for many Windows customers, with Microsoft now acknowledging that this was unintentional.

OnePlus could be a strong alternative to Google or Samsung for Wear OS smartwatches. Continue reading…

Image: Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images We might really do it this time. That was the takeaway that House lawmakers were eager to impart at a hearing in the Energy and Commerce subcommittee on innovation, data, and commerce (IDC). Comprehensive data privacy legislation is on the table yet again — but this time, it’s different. Lawmakers also touched on children’s online safety proposals like the Kids Online Safety Act, which recently got a House companion to the popular Senate bill, and COPPA 2.0, which would update and raise the age for protections for a long-standing online privacy bill for children.But privacy reform was the focus of much of the hearing, as a discussion draft for the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) revived the issue after years of inaction. This... Continue reading…

Image: Bay 12 Games Though you could always go on adventures in Dwarf Fortress, with the game’s Adventure Mode expansion entering public beta today, you can now sally forth with a full complement of updated graphics.In Adventure Mode, there are all sorts of shenanigans to get up to in the ridiculously large and detailed procedurally generated world. It’s an RPG campaign complete with character creation, quests to complete, and bandits to fight. With the public beta, your adventures on the surface world will look a lot more detailed than smiley faces and ASCII art. There’s still the same level of granular detail in combat, allowing you to stab, punch, kick, throw, and bite just about anything on your enemies right down to their eyeballs. Check out a demo... Continue reading…

The company expects to complete its downsizing efforts by the end of this year. | Image: Take-Two Interactive Take-Two Interactive, the gaming company behind franchises like Grand Theft Auto, NBA 2K, and Bioshock, has announced cost-cutting measures that will lay off “approximately five percent” of its global workforce and scrap several projects already in development.The company said in an SEC filing published on Tuesday that it is “streamlining its organizational structure, which will eliminate headcount and reduce future hiring needs.” Take-Two says it will incur charges of up to $200 million to enact its “cost reduction program,” which aims to save the company over $165 million per year. The downsizing efforts are expected to be “largely complete” by December 31st, 2024.A five percent workforce reduction works out to around 579 of the... Continue reading…