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Every little thing she does is magic
In a style that feels nostalgic and nascent, Bree O'Donnell is crafting her singular vision of a 3D witch named Mary. Through the tiny window of short clips on Instagram and TikTok, Mary's world...
Highguard studio lays off 'most' of its team just weeks after the game went live
Wildlight Entertainment, the studio behind Highguard, has laid off many staffers. Level designer Alex Graner wrote in a LinkedIn post that the layoffs impacted "most of the team." The...
Trump just blew up a load-bearing pillar of climate regulation in the US. What happens now?
President Donald Trump with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, holding a signed executive order directing the military to purchase electricity from coal-fired power plants at the White House in...
How Gorilla Tag is weathering the VR winter
Monke gather in Gorilla Tag. | Another Axiom This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers...
The surprising case for AI judges
Today, we’re going to talk about the role AI might play in deciding legal disputes. Not just drafting memos and doing research — actually deciding who’s right and who’s wrong, and who should pay. My...
How to watch PlayStation's hour-long State of Play and what to expect
PlayStation’s first State of Play of the year is shaping up to be quite newsworthy. While Sony hasn’t revealed too much about what it will show off (with one notable exception), the stream is slated...
Ontario regulator moves to suspend PointsBet over major NBA betting failures
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is seeking to sideline sports betting operator PointsBet Canada for five days, saying the company failed to properly flag and report questionable...
Get two years of Proton VPN for 70 percent off right now
Proton VPN is offering a steep discount on its Proton VPN Plus subscription, with the two-year plan currently priced at $2.99 per month. You’ll pay $72 upfront for 24 months of service, which...
DHS announces the end of its ‘surge operation’ in Minneapolis, but not entirely
The government's siege of the Twin Cities is reportedly coming to an end. "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude," border czar Tom Homan announced...
Spider-Noir looks like a hard-boiled thriller in first trailer
Though it's going to be a while before we see more of Sony's animated Spider-Verse or Marvel's live-action take on Peter Parker, Amazon's Spider-Noir series is right around the corner. Today, Amazon...