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How Israel-Palestine broke up Sheeran-Macklemore
Ed Sheeran (left) and Macklemore perform during the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. | Kevin Winter/Getty Images This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily...
The 2.5-hour AI-generated Odyssey movie is 2.5 hours too long
Christopher Nolan's engrossing take on The Odyssey dominated at the box office and spurred a newfound interest in classic literature among filmgoers. But a new retelling of the story made entirely...
The AI data center e-waste problem is huge — and getting bigger
E-waste from the AI boom has been vastly underestimated, a new report warns. By 2050, it could become enough trash to fill 23 million shipping containers - roughly enough 40-foot containers to...
Resident Evil is a comedy first and a thrilling nightmare second
When Paul W.S. Anderson's Resident Evil hit theaters in 2002, video game movies were largely seen as a niche. Films like Mortal Kombat and Tomb Raider had proven that big-screen game adaptations...
Walmart takes a bite off the cost of Metroid Ravenous physical preorders
Samus is geared up for another adventure. | Image: Nintendo The Metroid series is going back to its 2D roots again with Metroid Ravenous for the Nintendo Switch 2, the first side-scrolling game in...
The Boox Note Air6C E Ink tablet flips pages nearly 40 percent faster
The Boox Note Air6C E Ink tablet flips pages nearly 40 percent faster.
Apple might make servers again to cash in on the AI rush
According to The Information, Apple is planning to get back into the server game and might just pair up with Nvidia to make it happen. Apple retired its Xserve line in 2011 and has largely left...
Your ‘health age’ is fake
My villain origin story is my Whoop age. How do you age at 0.9 times your age and end up four to five years older than you are? | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge This is Optimizer, a...
Google Home is going agentic via integration with the MCP standard
Premium Advanced users will get an early access build "in the coming weeks."
Google will now let any AI agent run your smart home
Google is inviting third-party agents, including Claude and Open Claw, into Google Home. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Google is opening up its smart home to AI agents, letting...