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Agatha All Along rushed its journey down the ‘Witches’ Road’

But Marvel’s WandaVision follow-up stuck the landing by spelling out the secrets that were hiding in plain sight. By Charles Pulliam-Moore, 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. Share this story a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Disney Plus / Marvel WandaVision briefly touched on covens in a flashback to the 17th century when Agatha killed her mother Evanora (Kate Forbes) and their group of sister witches. But Agatha All Along digs deeper, introducing char...

Hyundai knows how to make a good-looking hydrogen concept car

/ This retro-futuristic styled Initium targets 400-plus miles of range per refuel and is a ‘preview’ of Hyundai’s upcoming production fuel cell-powered SUV. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Hyundai Hyundai is one of several automakers working to make hydrogen-powered electric vehicles a thing, and a good first step is making sure they’re not ugly. I think the designers hit the target with the “Art of Steel” design language used in the Initium concept SUV revealed this week at an event in Korea. It seems to borrow some of the fearlessly angular and retro-inspired looks it’s t...

The AI garage door mystery

/ On The Vergecast: ChatGPT search, the Mac Mini, and an endless quest to make the smart home make sense. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge You just left your house. As you peel out of the driveway and tear down the street in the coolest way possible, your garage door… well, what does it do? The answer’s probably nothing, and that feels like the wrong answer. The smart home was supposed to have fixed this by now. On this episode of The Vergecast, we didn’t necessarily set out to talk about smart garage doors for as long as we did, but The Wall St...

What voting machine companies are doing to avoid another 2020

2024 US Elections Smartmatic and Dominion are trying to debunk false stories and rebuild trust — but that’s a tall order in 2024. By Lauren Feiner, a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. Share this story

The iPhone 17 might use Apple’s own Wi-Fi chips

/ Apple will reportedly phase in house-made modems even earlier than that. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Hardware is hard.

ChromeOS gets a big update with Quick Insert, Focus mode, and new AI features

/ ChromeOS 130 adds Google’s new AI-powered recorder app on Chromebook Plus machines. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>The Quick Insert button is on the Galaxy Chromebook Plus and is coming to future 2025 Chromebooks.a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Welcome Recap.

iPhone sales are booming — with or without Apple Intelligence

Apple/ Tech / iPad sales were up 8 percent after the much-anticipated refreshes of the iPad Pro and iPad Air. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge To cap off a busy week that saw the rollout of the first Apple Intelligence features and several new Macs, Apple reported its fiscal Q4 earnings this afternoon. The period included very early sales of the iPhone 16 lineup, offering a chance to gauge the momentum of the company’s latest phones. The Apple Watch Series 10 and AirPods 4 were also released during the quarter. CEO Tim Cook told CNBC that...

Tidal is laying off more staff

/ In a memo seen by Fortune, Jack Dorsey said the company will ‘part ways with a number of folks’ on the team. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: The Verge The music streaming app Tidal is laying off more workers. In a statement to Fortune, an unnamed Tidal spokesperson confirmed “the elimination of some roles across our business and design teams.” On Wednesday, Fortune published a leaked memo from Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Tidal parent company Block Block Head, who said that the company is going to “part ways with a number of folks” on the team. “We’re reducing the size of our ...

Ford is offering its own Tesla Supercharger adapter to EV customers after rocky rollout

/ Ford now has its own branded NACS-to-CCS adapter that it will start giving to EV customers for free. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>This adapter has a Ford logo, so it will probably work well.

Google Maps’ enhanced navigation will make sure you’re in the right lane

/ Starting next month, Google Maps will start to highlight which lane is the right one for upcoming turns, and other elements like crosswalks and signs. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Google Starting this week, Google Maps is also rolling out an update to its “destination guidance” feature it showed off in July. Along with highlighting your destination and the building entrance, the app will show nearby parking lots, parking location reminders, and walking directions to the front door of the building. Google Maps is expanding its reporting system to include adverse weather...

Meta is pushing for the government to use its AI

/ CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company is working to get Llama used ‘across the US government.’ a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Mark Zuckerberg.

Nintendo made a music streaming app for Switch Online subscribers

/ It’s not a Switch 2, but the mobile app sure does sound cool.