Creative

You can watch the Snyder Cut while snacking on a $130 Justice League-themed meal kit

Zack Snyder’s Justice League — known to fans as the mythical “Snyder Cut” — hits HBO Max on March 18th, and Warner Bros. is celebrating the at-home blockbuster relaunch in a unique way: with customized, themed $130 Snyder Cut meal boxes. Described as “a first-of-its-kind, immersive, at-home dining experience” for customers in the US and… Read more

Global Privacy Control wants to succeed where Do Not Track failed

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A new web standard is playing off of California’s powerful privacy law On today’s internet, information is nearly impossible to control. It’s become commonplace for a single website visit to spill over into targeted ads (often for something you’ve already bought) or unexpectedly canny spam emails. It’s assumed… Read more

Instagram made a richer story interface for desktops

Instagram is making its Stories feature more complete on the desktop. In a small interface refresh today, the company is updating its Stories feature so that it opens up to show a carousel of videos, which previews what’s cued up next and the content that just played. From this interface, viewers can click on whatever… Read more

Intel Shows Off Monstrous Xe HPC GPU Die Shot

Home News (Image credit: Intel) We’ve known about Intel Xe Graphics for ages, and the integrated Xe LP variant has been shipping in Tiger Lake laptops since last fall. Raja Koduri, Intel’s senior VP of Architecture, Graphics, and Software, has tweeted various images of Xe HP chips in the past. Today, he posted a die… Read more

MSI GP66 Leopard review: substance over style

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. If you’re looking for a gaming rig that’s a step above the budget price point but still more affordable than the flashiest PCs on the market, you’re looking for MSI’s Leopard line. With a starting price of… Read more

Go read this story about COVID-19 vaccine fights on Facebook

Adequate COVID-19 vaccine distribution still seems like the greatest obstacle to slowing the spread of the pandemic, but if you’re looking to worry about the other threat that’s still blocking progress — an unwillingness to take the vaccine at all — and the creative efforts on Facebook that are going into stopping it, you should… Read more

It sure sounds like Valve’s Gabe Newell is having a lovely time in New Zealand

Valve co-founder and president Gabe Newell has given one of his famously rare interviews with New Zealand’s 1 News. In it, he discusses his admiration for the island country, where he recently applied for residency after having sheltered there during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also used the interview to confirm that Valve does indeed have… Read more

Test of the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G smartphone with the Exynos 2100 chip: I did not expect such a successful continuation of the flagship series

The product portfolio of the South Korean manufacturer of consumer electronics has expanded to include three new flagship smartphones. Samsung Galaxy S 21 5G is available in Basic, Plus and Ultra options. I had the pleasure to test the S variant 21 5G in the Phantom Violet color, which, in the opinion of me and… Read more

Fortnite: AC Milan and other Serie A teams land in the video game

Epic Games and AC Milan announced a partnership to bring football into the famous video game. AC Milan will host the first ?? Fortnite AC Milan Cup ?? the next 21 January, with a red and black outfit up for grabs. by Rosario Grasso published 20 January 2021 , at 16: 01 in the Videogames… Read more

How to create successful content? The Feltrinelli creative photography and videomaking courses

In collaboration with Feltrinelli Education by Editorial Staff, published on 20 January 2021, at 14: 41 ?? With training proposals suitable for everyone Feltrinelli Education offers several live communication, photography and video courses, with which to attend lessons held by the best professionals in the sector even at home, thanks to the live webinar mode… Read more

Project Mara: hyper-realistic graphics in the latest movie released by Ninja Theory

Let’s talk about Project Mara again , new title in development at Ninja Theory studios, currently working on Senua’s Sacrifice: Hellblade II. The British team’s next project will offer a photorealistic game environment, judging by the footage just released. by Pasquale Fusco published 20 January 2021 , at 08: 01 in the Videogames channel We… Read more

Storytelling incubator Wattpad is getting bought for over half a billion dollars

Last week, we told you how Wattpad has become a place where budding authors can sometimes turn their work into Hollywood film and TV, with Hulu, Netflix and others adapting Wattpad writers’ labors into titles like The Kissing Booth, Light as a Feather and After We Collided. But it looks like Wattpad may no longer… Read more

Instagram lead says he’s not happy with Reels yet and might ‘consolidate’ video formats

Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, isn’t thrilled with the platform’s TikTok competitor Reels. He discussed the format, which launched in the US in August, during an interview with The Verge’s Decoder podcast today. “I’m not yet happy with it,” he says. “We’re growing both in terms of how much people are sharing and how… Read more

Biden plans Inauguration Day Snapchat filter alongside locked-down live event

With an ongoing pandemic and an unprecedented lockdown of the nation’s capital, Joe Biden’s inauguration will look different from those that came before it. The Biden inaugural committee has already planned a week of extensive televised events — like live performances from Lady Gaga and Fall Out Boy — but to try to recreate the… Read more

Fortnite’s new soccer skins feature big teams like Manchester City and Juventus

Epic has partnered with some of the biggest soccer clubs in the world for its latest set of Fortnite skins. Today, the developer unveiled the new “kickoff set,” which lets players swap between 23 different kits. There are some big names not featured — sorry, Bayern Munich fans — but the list is impressively global,… Read more