Twitter now lets Blue subscribers upload two-hour videos

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Twitter now lets Twitter Blue subscribers upload videos that are two hours long, and I’ve already seen somebody try to share what appeared to be the full version of Shrek the Third in the comments of owner Elon Musk’s announcement tweet. (The video has since been taken down.)

Videos will be at 1080p resolution and must have an 8GB file size or smaller. The longer two-hour video uploads are also only available if you’re uploading from the web or iOS, according to a support document. If you’re on Android, you’re currently limited to posting videos that are 10 minutes long at most. Despite those limits, I imagine that Shrek the Third won’t be the only full movie to make it onto Twitter; a lot of people recently watched the entirety of The S...

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Google Chrome now detects typos in your URLs

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Google Chrome will now check for typos in your URLs and display suggested websites based on what it thinks you meant. The company announced the change as part of a larger accessibility update and says the feature will come to desktop first before arriving on mobile in the “coming months.”

I’m not seeing the feature on Chrome on macOS just yet, but it seems like a handy tool to make sure you’re getting to the right websites (and not those questionable ones you often land on when you misspell the name of a popular site).

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Now, all users will be able to see whether a location is wheelchair accessible.

Additionally, Google revealed a few updates to its Live Caption feature that transcribes what...

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Apple TV finally gets multiview for live sports

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Apple TV is finally giving users the ability to watch multiple live sports games at once. On Thursday, Apple announced that Apple TV 4K devices now let you watch up to four Major League Soccer or Friday Night Baseball games on the Apple TV app.

The feature will come in handy if two of your favorite teams are playing at the same time and you don’t want to keep flipping back and forth between games. Once you choose the games you want to watch, Apple will let you customize your viewing layout with multiple options, allowing you to enlarge one match while keeping the others small. You can also opt to watch two to four games in a split-screen layout. Apple notes that MLS 360 and MLB Big Inning support multiview as well.

Apple appears to have...

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Saving the forests won’t be enough to stop climate change — we need substantial emission cuts

A view of the Amazon rainforest in Leticia, Colombia. | Photo by Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Increasingly, companies are releasing new net-zero goals to neutralize their greenhouse gas emissions in the future. And instead of substantially reducing their carbon emissions, a lot of those pledges rely on using a technique called forest carbon capture.

But a new study reinforces what scientists have been saying for a while: counting on trees to do the dirty work of removing the CO2 we have put on the atmosphere won’t be enough to stop climate change.

A paper published today in Science posits that, if we stop all human management on forests (for example, wood harvesting) under current climatic conditions and with the CO2 concentration that already exists, their aboveground biomass could increase by up to 44.1 gigatons of carbon.

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Humble’s new lineup of indie games is full of beautiful animation

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For the second year in a row, Humble Games — the publisher best known for its charitable bundles — held a showcase to show off some of its upcoming releases. As a label, Humble has built a diverse lineup over the years, with everything from the puzzle / home decorating game Unpacking to the sci-fi survival horror of Signalis, and the games on show today showed a similar range in style and genre.

There was a quirky action game about a teen vampire hunter and a beautiful platformer based on Japanese folklore. But there was a common thread running through the presentation: some absolutely gorgeous animation. Oh, also, there was a surprise launch, with the first-person Metroidvania game Supraland Six Inches Under out now on PlayStation and...

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iOS 16.5 is out, adding a new sports tab in Apple News

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Apple has just released iOS 16.5, and it appears to be a minor one: perhaps the biggest new features involve sports information in Apple News.

Specifically, Apple News is getting a new Sports tab in the app that gives “easy access to stories, scores, standings, and more, for the teams and leagues you follow,” meaning it could be a handy way to follow sports-y things you care about in one spot. There are also new sports-focused score and schedule cards that will include information about specific games.

There is also a new Pride Lock Screen wallpaper and a few bug fixes. You can read Apple’s full changelog below:

A new Pride Celebration wallpaper for the Lock Screen to honor the LGBTQ+ community and culture

Sports tab in Apple News...

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Peloton gets regulatory approval for recalled Tread Plus repairs

Tread Plus owners can register to get a free rear safety guard later this fall. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

After two years, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced its approval of a free repair for the Peloton Tread Plus. The fix is a rear safety guard that prevents people, pets, and objects from getting pulled under the machine. Peloton says it will provide the repair for free later this year, but users can sign up for repairs starting today.

The Tread Plus was initially recalled after several reports of injuries and, in one case, the death of a child. The machine featured a slatted belt, which was meant to increase traction and reduce impact as well as a raised deck. However, that combo resulted in a design flaw that made it easier to get pulled under the 455-pound machine. The Tread Plus was subsequently discontinued,...

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The first genuine Pixel 8 Pro leak is seemingly from Google itself

The Pixel 8 Pro’s cameras are all inside the same cutout in the camera bar. | Screenshot: 91mobiles (YouTube)

Google has historically been terrible at maintaining confidentiality and secrecy around its Pixel devices. It’s become a given that we’ll see prototype hardware several months ahead of the company’s annual October hardware event. This has led Google to tease upcoming flagships well in advance. But with the Pixel 7A, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet all taking center stage at last week’s I/O keynote, we didn’t get an early glimpse of the Pixel 8 lineup.

It didn’t take much time for that to change.

As noted by Android Police, the Pixel 8 Pro makes its unofficial debut in what appears to be a leaked internal Google video. The clip shows someone demonstrating a new body temperature reading feature.

The phone’s design closely matches early...

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OpenAI launches free ChatGPT app for iOS

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OpenAI has launched an iOS app for ChatGPT, promising that an Android version is coming “soon.” The app is free to use, syncs chat history with the web, and features voice input, supported by OpenAI’s open-source speech recognition model Whisper. The app works on both iPhones and iPads and can be downloaded from the App Store here. OpenAI says it’s rolling out the app in the US first and will expand to other countries “in the coming weeks.”

OpenAI didn’t previously hint that a mobile app was coming, but it makes sense given the incredible popularity of ChatGPT. The AI chatbot launched last November but rocketed in use. Some outside estimates suggest the app attracted 100 million users by January this year, though OpenAI has never...

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Futurama season 11 starts on July 24th, with half the episodes promised

Futurama will be back on July 24th. | Image: Hulu

Sweet mama, it’s Futurama! Hulu finally announced it: Futurama will return for its 11th season on July 24th, 2023, giving us the chance to check back in with Bender, Fry, Leela, and the rest of the Planet Express crew.

Unfortunately, we won’t get the original 20 episodes we were promised when the season was announced in February last year. Hulu didn’t say why that is, but we can speculate. The ongoing Writers Guild of America strike is a possibility, and we’ve asked Hulu about that; we’ll update if we receive an answer.

Anyway, here’s a teaser:

The new Futurama series will be available for streaming every Monday over its 10-episode run, and Hulu says it’ll hit series tropes like Fry and Leela’s romance, Nibbler’s litter box, and the...

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Matter 1.1 is here, and it’s not exciting

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Matter launched with a bang six months ago, but since then, it’s been awfully quiet. With only a handful of new products available to buy, delays in promised updates of existing products, and a glacial rollout of support for the new smart home standard from the major platforms — specifically Google and Amazon — it has not been the success many people (myself included) hoped for. And today’s announcement of the release of Matter 1.1 is not going to help matters.

The first big Matter update doesn’t bring anything new; it’s just bug fixes and tweaks. There’s no support for any of the new device types previously promised: no robot vacuums, no appliances, no garage door controllers, definitely no cameras, and absolutely no improvement on the...

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Why are video games always falling?

A screenshot of Lords of the Fallen_, I think. Unless it’s_ Ashfall_._ | Image: Hexworks

Yesterday, gaming website IGN posted a trailer for Ashfall, described as a “post-apocalyptic massively multiplayer online shooter/RPG.” Today, the same YouTube account dropped a video for another title called Lords of the Fallen, a “spiritual successor to the popular soulslike action-RPG” to a game with the same name released in 2014. Later this year comes the “action role-playing” Atlas Fallen, while February showed that even VR isn’t spared with After the Fall. Add to that the launch of Redfall, a much-maligned “co-op looter-shooter,” and you have to ask yourself: why do so many games have “fall” in their names?

For one, the English language offers so many other exciting words here. Plummet, tumble, topple over. Don’t tell me you...

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Supreme Court rules against reexamining Section 230

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The Supreme Court has declined to consider reinterpreting foundational internet law Section 230, saying it wasn’t necessary for deciding the terrorism-related case Gonzalez v. Google. The ruling came alongside a separate but related ruling in Twitter v. Taamneh, where the court concluded that Twitter had not aided and abetted terrorism.

In an unsigned opinion issued today, the court said the underlying complaints in Gonzalez were weak, regardless of Section 230’s applicability. The case involved the family of a woman killed in a terrorist attack suing Google, which the family claimed had violated the law by recommending terrorist content on YouTube. They sought to hold Google liable under anti-terrorism laws.

The court dismissed the...

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Epic’s Mega sale is back along with a new rewards program

Death Stranding is the first of four free games being offered. | Image: Kojima Productions

Epic Games is kicking off its annual Mega sale on Thursday, offering discounts of up to 75 percent on some games. Like other Epic sales, you’ll also be able to use the special Epic Coupons to get 25 percent off purchases that total $14.99 or more, which could lead to some screaming deals. The sale runs until June 15th.

Alongside the sale, the company is introducing a new Epic Rewards program that gives you 5 percent back on eligible purchases in the store. If you have an Epic Games account, you’re already enrolled, so when you buy something on the Epic Games Store, you’ll get 5 percent of the cost added to the rewards balance on your account two weeks after that purchase. Note that your rewards will eventually expire — but not until 25...

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Our walled gardens

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For some of us who grew up on the world wide web, the idea of a private internet didn’t come into focus until entering a college campus or workplace. But intranets are some of the best places to be — zones often closed off from the endless chaos of the broader internet where people can manage (or deliberately not manage) things to fit a particular community’s needs.

As ethernet turns 50 years old, we’re looking back on some of our favorite memories from places where networking was more intimate and hands-on. And we’d love for you to join us by sharing your own networking memories in the comments, whether it’s about lugging your hardware to LAN parties or building your own first network at home.

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Google, Meta, and Amazon’s next frontier: AI-generated ads

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Google is planning to use artificial intelligence to help companies create ads, according to a report from CNBC. Internal documents viewed by the outlet suggest that Google wants to use its new PaLM 2 AI language model to help advertisers generate assets that they can use in their ads.

This tracks with a report from the Financial Times in April, which similarly stated that Google could soon create ads by putting together images, video, and text supplied by the advertiser. That’s not the only way Google could use its AI language model, however. CNBC reports that Google is also looking into ways to leverage its AI model to provide video ideas to YouTubers. It could also integrate an AI chatbot within the Play Store, Gmail, and Maps to...

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I used the world’s first augmented reality laptop

Don’t mind me. I’m just in space.

This laptop doesn’t have anything to do with outer space. That’s the first thing I need to establish here.

I know — I was also a tad disappointed when I sat down with a company called Sightful to demo its new product, the Spacetop. It is not, in fact, shaped, decorated, or themed like a spaceship.

Instead, it’s being pitched as the world’s first “augmented reality laptop.” The “space” element refers to the large amount of desktop area that the Spacetop gives you the ability to view, relative to its physical size.

No planets here.

The Spacetop doesn’t have a screen. In total, it is a screen-less keyboard deck with a pair of AR glasses (which are customized Nreal glasses) hardwired to it. Put those on, and you will...

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The Case of the Golden Idol is coming to Nintendo Switch very soon

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The Case of the Golden Idol, a very good murder mystery point-and-click adventure that was one of my favorite games from last year, is coming to Nintendo Switch on May 25th, developer Color Gray Games announced on Thursday. The game has so far only been available on PC and Mac, so the launch on Switch could bring it to a big audience of new players.

In The Case of the Golden Idol, you’re tasked with putting together clues in largely static scenes to figure out exactly what might have happened at that moment in time. In addition to trying to piece together who struck a killing blow, you’ll also have to puzzle through certain elements that might change from scene to scene, like the names of characters and where they were sitting at a...

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Almost 5 million people are using Netflix’s ad tier

Netflix hasn’t provided figures for how many subscribers its ad-supported tier actually has, though. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Netflix revealed that the platform’s ad-supported tier has attracted almost 5 million global monthly active users six months after it first launched. The streaming giant disclosed the figures during its 2023 Upfront presentation on Wednesday, adding that the number of ad tier subscribers has “more than doubled” since early this year, with the median age of users being 34.

As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters said during the presentation that over 25 percent of new signups select the ad-supported tier in countries where it’s available. Peters also claimed that viewer engagement on ad-supported tiers mirrors engagement levels seen across ad-free Netflix accounts.

Netflix has yet to disclose how many active...

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Google’s turning off third-party cookies for 1 percent of Chrome users early next year

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Google has been talking about a plan for Chrome to block the third-party cookies that can track user activity across many different websites since 2020. Its stated intention at the time was to complete the shift within two years. Three years later, it hasn’t happened, as its proposals for replacement technology have been criticized by competitors and privacy advocates and scrutinized by regulators who want to know if they will give Google an unfair advertising advantage.

Now, Google is announcing that when Chrome 115 is released in July, it will include support for the Privacy Sandbox set of replacement standards so that companies can test those out on a wider scale. They won’t be turned on for everyone, but users can activate them...

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Watch the first trailer for Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon. | Image: Apple

The first teaser trailer for Martin Scorsese’s next film is here, and it’s full of plenty of familiar faces. Our first look at the Western Killers of the Flower Moon includes Scorsese mainstays Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, joined by the likes of Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, and Jillian Dion.

It’s set in Oklahoma during the 1920s and centers on a series of murders known as the “Reign of Terror.” It’s based on a book by David Grann. Here’s the full description:

At the turn of the 20th century, oil brought a fortune to the Osage Nation, who became some of the richest people in the world overnight. The wealth of these Native Americans immediately attracted white interlopers, who...

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Watch the first trailer for Mortal Kombat 1 (no, not from 1992)

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The trailer for the newest Mortal Kombat is here, and like that one Brian McKnight song, we’re starting back at 1. (You’re gonna have to watch the trailer, linked above, on YouTube. Y’know on account of all the viscera.)

_Mortal Komba_t is in the midst of its 30th anniversary celebration, and creative director Ed Boon and the team at NetherRealm Studios have not been subtle at all that some major news was kom — er... coming. (Sorry, habit.)

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Earlier this month, NetherRealm put out a video thanking players for their 30 years of support of fighting games’ grisliest elder statesman. At the end of the video, a grain of sand explodes, referencing the timey-wimey shenanigans that...

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The fight for net neutrality is forever

Looking back on a decade of coverage.

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Anker’s MagSafe-compatible battery pack is on sale for just $39.99

Unlike most battery packs, Anker’s 622 Magnetic Battery (MagGo) comes with a built-in kickstand. | Image: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

A portable power bank that can wirelessly charge your iPhone while on the go can help make traveling a much smoother experience. But before you go and splurge on Apple’s MagSafe Battery Pack, take a look at the Anker 622 Magnetic Battery (MagGo) instead. Normally $69.99, you can currently pick up Anker’s MagSafe-compatible alternative for just $39.99 ($30 off) from Amazon or Anker (just be sure to use promo code WS7D541OSZ if you purchase through the latter retailer).

In comparison to Apple’s official battery pack, Anker’s delivers a lot more value for your money despite being half the price. For one, it offers double the battery capacity. For another, it’ll charge your phone just as quickly as Apple’s does when you’re on the go, with...

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Nimona’s new teaser trailer promises a punk fairy tale full of mayhem and magic

Nimona working on a plan. | Netflix

Nimona’s path from ND Stevenson’s imagination to the small (streaming) screen has been a winding one marked by uncertainty and unexpected setbacks, but the movie finally has a solid Netflix release date and a new teaser trailer to boot.

Set in a techno-magical world where laser swords and medieval-style armor compliment one another, Nimona tells the story of Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed), a valiant knight framed for a crime he didn’t commit, and Nimona (Chloë Grace Moretz), a shapeshifting pariah whose status as a social outcast draws her to Ballister when he becomes public enemy number one. While the new teaser trailer doesn’t really get into Nimona’s plot, it does showcase the movie’s storybook-inspired aesthetics and give you a...

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The first Xbox games for PC start arriving on Nvidia GeForce Now

Gears 5 is the first Xbox PC game on GeForce Now. | Image: Nvidia

Microsoft’s latest partnership with Nvidia kicks off today with the release of the first Xbox games for PC on GeForce Now. Gears 5 will be available for GeForce Now members today, following a deal between Microsoft and Nvidia earlier this year to bring Xbox PC games to GeForce Now.

Gears 5 might be the first release today, but many more Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda titles are on their way to GeForce Now soon. Deathloop, Grounded, and Pentiment will all arrive on Thursday, May 25th, and Nvidia says more games from Xbox will be added regularly.

While the first Xbox PC games will need to be purchased on Steam to be available on GeForce Now streaming, Microsoft and Nvidia are working on support for the Microsoft Store. It’s unclear if this...

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Nvidia announces a $299 RTX 4060 with the 4060 Ti arriving May 24th for $399

Nvidia’s RTX 4060 Ti arrives on May 24th. | Image: Nvidia

Nvidia has officially announced its RTX 4060 family of GPUs. This includes the RTX 4060 Ti, which will debut next week on May 24th starting at $399, and — perhaps the biggest news — the RTX 4060, which will be available in July for just $299, $30 less than the RTX 3060’s original retail price. A 16GB version of the RTX 4060 Ti is also due in July for $499.

Nvidia’s 60-class GPUs are the most popular among PC gamers on Steam, and the launch of the RTX 4060 family marks the first time we’ve seen Nvidia’s latest RTX 40-series cards available under the $500 price point, let alone under $300.

The $399 RTX 4060 Ti will ship on May 24th with just 8GB of VRAM, while a 16GB model is due in July priced at $499. There’s an ongoing debate over the...

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A history of metaphors for the internet

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From a series of tubes to the information superhighway.

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What is bio-oil, and why does Big Tech think it can fight climate change?

Waste that Charm Industrial turns into bio-oil | Image: Charm Industrial

Some of the biggest names in tech have inked a deal to turn corn stalks and tree trimmings into a barbecue sauce ingredient and then pump the stuff underground to try to fight climate change.

That sounds wild, so let’s break it down from the start. Alphabet, Meta, Stripe, Shopify, and McKinsey Sustainability launched a new climate initiative called Frontier about a year ago. The goal is to boost new technologies capable of sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by convincing other companies to buy into them.

Today, a San Francisco-based climate tech startup called Charm Industrial announced that Frontier’s founding members and a smattering of other companies have agreed to pay Charm a total of $53 million to capture and store...

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The Porsche Taycan is the second car to adopt Apple Maps’ EV Routing feature

Porsche also provides its own EV navigation service for folks that don’t use Apple CarPlay. | Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge

Apple is providing Porsche Taycan owners with more options for planning trips around EV charging locations. As announced on the Porsche website, Taycan models in the US can now make use of Apple Maps EV Routing, a feature within Apple CarPlay that allows drivers to plan routes that include charging stations and adjusts directions based on the vehicle’s remaining battery life.

Apple Maps EV Routing provides directions based on real-time traffic information while monitoring the vehicle’s charge levels and identifying appropriate charging stations during a journey. When the Taycan’s battery drops too low, the service will direct drivers to the nearest compatible charging station and provide estimated charging times.

The Taycon joins the...

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