Charles Pulliam-Moore is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Following AMC’s recent changes to its Stubs program — a set of perks that actually seemed like a solid way to get people… Read more
read more...AMC is upping the price for its A-List Stubs subscription
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Another bill wants to ban kids from social media
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Lawmakers’ efforts to limit the use of social media by kids are continuing into 2025 with the Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA). The bill, which would prevent kids under 13 from creating social media accounts, advanced through the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday, as reported earlier by Politico. Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Ted… Read more
read more...Galaxy S25 Ultra Review: Stellar, but extremely boring
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Phones Sign in to your Pocket-lint account Summary The Galaxy S25 Ultra has a stunning design with minimized bezels and rounded edges. The phone’s camera quality is top-notch, offering great performance across the board. While lacking major new features, it’s great for users upgrading from older Galaxy S series phones. Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra will… Read more
read more...Asus China compensates and assists owners with damaged GPUs due to PCIe Q-Release Slim mechanism — confirms revision on the way
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: Asus) Asus China customer support is pulling out all the stops to care for victims affected by PCIe damage from its new Q-Release Slim mechanism. A screenshot of a tech support group chat shared by HXL on X allegedly reveals the measures that Asus China has taken to help users with the issue…. Read more
read more...Sonos explored creating a MagSafe speaker for iPhones
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Chris Welch is a senior reviewer who has worked at The Verge since its founding in 2011. His coverage areas include audio (Sonos, Apple, Bose, Sony, etc.), home theater, smartphones, photography, and more. Not long before last year’s software quagmire thrust the company into controversy, Sonos tinkered with an idea that some employees believed might… Read more
read more...NASA is going to do a Twitch stream from the ISS
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Jay Peters is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. NASA is planning to host a live Twitch stream next week from the International Space Station (ISS) – its first from the ISS. The stream, which takes place on February 12th at… Read more
read more...World of Warcraft finally tackles the housing crisis
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After 20 years, World of Warcraft is finally adding player housing. During its Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct last year, Blizzard delighted players with the surprise announcement that the feature — a long-time staple in other MMOs — was on the way. Now the studio has revealed a bit more information with a new blog explaining… Read more
read more...Google’s Gemini Super Bowl ads push AI as a tool you can use every day
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Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Google debuted a pair of new Super Bowl commercials that portray AI as a technology that’s as central to people’s lives as the phone or computer they… Read more
read more...EVGA closes its official forums and transitions to Reddit
By: Tom's Hardware
EVGA, one of Nvidia’s most prominent partners, made waves two years ago, in September 2022, when it exited the GPU business. If the sudden closure of the EVGA forums is any indication, the company will continue to wind down its business. At the time of writing, a banner on the forum’s main page posted yesterday… Read more
read more...This Raspberry Pi portable cyberdeck is straight out of a sci fi movie
By: Tom's Hardware
We love Raspberry Pi cyberdecks and have covered quite a few over the years but every now and then we come across one that’s particularly exciting and today is one of those days! Maker and developer ReevesMedia, as they’re known as over at Reddit, has uploaded a thread showcasing this really cool portable cyberdeck dubbed… Read more
read more...Valve shoots down rumors of RDNA4-based Steam Console — it routinely tests new hardware that isn’t put into its own devices
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Following a report from GamingOnLinux pointing out that recent rumors of an in-testing Steam Console were simply vapor, an official statement from Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais on BlueSky confirmed this to be the case. Griffais clarifies that the pre-release Mesa Vulkan work on AMD’s RDNA 4 architecture is perfectly in line… Read more
read more...Doom runs on an Apple Lightning to HDMI dongle — SoC inside adapter has enough power for smooth gameplay
By: Tom's Hardware
A developer could hack into the Apple Lightning to HDMI dongle and run Doom directly on the accessory. According to nyan_satan’s comments in the YouTube video (h/t MacRumors), the $49 Apple Lightning Digital AV Adapter features a custom Samsung SoC with a 400MHz ARM Cortex-A5 core and 256 MiB of DRAM. The dongle should be… Read more
read more...Asus rolls out golden RTX 5090 for buyers with deep pockets — ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Dhahab OC Edition for the Middle Eastern market
By: Tom's Hardware
Asus has launched a conspicuously opulent golden edition of its flagship RTX 5090 graphics card. The new Asus ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Dhahab OC Edition was unwrapped on stage, revealed Nameless Koala on the Nvidia subreddit, and noted it is a Middle Eastern exclusive. That isn’t surprising, as the Dhahab (Arabic for gold) Edition… Read more
read more...Head of DOGE-controlled government tech task force resigns
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Alex Heath is a deputy editor and author of the Command Line newsletter. He has been reporting on the tech industry for more than a decade. Ted Carstensen, the head of the United States Digital Service (USDS) organization that has been renamed to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is resigning instead of taking… Read more
read more...Leica made a $329 iPhone camera grip
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Andrew Liszewski is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2011, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Leica has announced a new iPhone accessory called the Leica Lux Grip designed to make using its iOS-only Leica Lux app feel more like shooting with… Read more
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