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All the biggest news from Netflix Geeked Week 2023
Netflix always wants its annual Geeked Week events to get people hyped up about all of the new movies and series it’s been cooking up to dazzle subscribers and convince newcomers to sign up. That’s much easier said than done. But between the new trailers and sneak peeks from series like Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Devil May Cry, and the new live-action adaptations of Avatar: The Last Airbender and 3 Body Problem scheduled to debut at this year’s showcase, Geeked Week 2023 feels like something to get excited about. All of this week’s new teases and first looks will come as part of three separate virtual presentations that you can stream on YouTube, but you can also follow along with us here for more details and updates. Highlights One last thing. Geeked Week continues on Sunday, but the focus ...
The Screen Actors Guild’s strike-ending deal has entered its final step
/ SAG-AFTRA offered highlights of its deal with studios that will need union members’ final buy-in to be ratified. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.
Pushy checkout screens are helping “tipflation”
/ This isn’t a new problem, but the proliferation of big checkout screens over the past few years has made an already divisive practice more anxiety-inducing. 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″>Panera’s tip prompts are slightly better because you can choose a dollar amount, and there’s a disclosure that your tip “may” be distributed to eligible employees.
Loki’s season 2 finale dug deep to find a meaning in all of Marvel’s madness
Loki’s second season goes out with a big, existential bang that gives the god of mischief a glorious, but confusing new purpose at the center of Marvel’s multiverse. 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 Loki season 2 has often felt more like a whimsical staging ground for Marvel’s next big crossover event than an extradimensional character study of its eponymous trickster god. From its very first episode, though, Loki’s made clear that for all of its timeline-hopping and timey-wimey-ness, it has always been a story about Loki finally discovering his true purpose after multiple lifetimes of not knowing who or what he wanted to ...
Of course Dbrand’s first novelty keycaps include a “fuck off” key
/ Plus a spiky escape key that means ‘you’re never more than one firm key press away from drawing blood.’ a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. 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: Dbrand Love or hate its irreverent branding, you have to give props to Dbrand for its consistency. The company best known for its range of skins and cases for consumer tech gadgets is releasing its mechanical keyboard keycaps today, and they’re remarkably on-brand. The Pyramid keycap is a pointy escape key that the com...
Apple reportedly cut a deal to get cleaner Amazon pages
/ Apple makes Amazon limit ads from competing brands on Apple product pages and search results, according to Insider. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. 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″>Amazon’s search results for Apple products are pretty ad-free.
Ad-free Instagram and Facebook is here — and it’s expensive
/ For users in the EU, if you want to go ad-free on Facebook and Instagram, you’ll have to pay extra to cover both profiles starting next spring. 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”>Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Meta is starting to prompt users to sign up for the paid “no ads” version of Facebook and Instagram that’s launching in Europe. It’s rolling out as Meta responds to new EU privacy regulations by positioning the use of its services with targeted ads as a choice by users. Of course, that choice is also the only alternative available to paying around $20 per month to di...
New teaser for Netflix’s 3 Body Problem series will make you want to play the game
/ Netflix’s 3 Body Problem is now premiering on March 21st, but this new clip makes it seem like it’ll be worth the wait.
Warner Bros. Discovery just canned another nearly finished film
/ This time, Warner Bros. Discovery shelved Coyote vs. Acme starring John Cena for a $30 million tax write-off. 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: Warner Bros. Discovery Warner Bros. Discovery just canned Coyote vs. Acme, a live-action and animated film featuring John Cena and the classic Looney Tunes hijinks of Wile E. Coyote. Director Dave Green confirmed that the nearly completed film will not be released shortly after Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter broke the news. Coyote vs. Acme is the third almost finished film that CEO David Zaslav has shelved for financial reasons...
Is the Cybertruck’s wiper actually multiple wipers in a row? An investigation
/ This is the hard-hitting reporting you come here for. 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″>One big wiper, or three wipers in a trench coat?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″>That sure looks like two pieces.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″>I...
Omegle is shutting down notorious video chat service as scrutiny grows
/ The anonymous service that paired strangers together is shutting down after 14 years amid increasingly strict online safety regulations, with an admission that it was used to commit ‘heinous crimes.’ 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″>Even if you never used Omegle, you’d probably heard about its sketchy reputation.
Signal tests usernames so you can avoid sharing your phone number
/ The encrypted messaging service is opening up a limited public test ahead of the feature’s expected launch next year. 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”>Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Signal is publicly testing letting users add usernames to their accounts so they don’t have to share their phone number to connect via the encrypted messaging service. The test was announced via a post on the Signal forums by VP of engineering Jim O’Leary, who referred to the feature as “pre-beta” and warned that there’ll be rough edges including crashes and broken push notifications. An offi...
