The lead-up to Pluribus has been very secretive. The basic premise – miserable woman is stuck in a world where everyone is happy – was known early on, but that was followed by cryptic trailers that didn’t really reveal much else. But now we have a much better idea of what Pluribus is after the […]
CNN is revamping its app’s homepage with a feed dedicated to short-form videos. The new “Shorts” tab houses a stream of clips with stories from CNN, allowing you to swipe through them like you would with TikTok or Instagram Reels. The CNN app already had a section for short-form videos in its “Watch” tab, but […]
On October 31st, ESPN, ABC, Nat Geo, and over 20 other Disney-owned channels went dark on YouTube TV. As the two sides disagree about terms for a new content distribution contract, Google has accused Disney of trying to raise prices for its customers in an effort to boost its own Hulu + Live TV and […]
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 105, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope you’ve recovered from the clocks falling back, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about David Ellison and Common Crawl […]
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Apple’s run of excellent sci-fi looks to continue with Pluribus. The series has some strong pedigree; it’s helmed by Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan, who also has a history in the genre working on The X-Files. It’s also a show that requires a lot of trust from viewers, with a strange […]
Toward the end of the first episode of Pluribus, Carol (Rhea Seehorn), a woman put in a bizarre and impossible scenario, asks a very straightforward question: “What the fuck is happening?” It’s something you’ll likely be asking yourself a lot while watching. I certainly did. But that ongoing sense of mystery, and the measured pace […]
While Stranger Things’s upcoming fifth season will bring the Hawkins gang’s story to a close, Netflix’s new Stranger Things animated spinoff series is about to send the crew on a side quest set in the recent past. Today, Netflix dropped a teaser video for Stranger Things: Tales From ’85, a new spinoff that takes place […]
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. This week, JJ Watt finally had enough. The former NFL star, who played for the Houston Texans for close to a decade, took to X to declare that he was […]
ESPN Bet is winding down in favor of a new integration with DraftKings. In an announcement on Thursday, ESPN revealed that it will shutter the standalone betting app in December, while also cutting ties with Penn Entertainment, the company it worked with to develop ESPN Bet. In its place, ESPN will introduce DraftKings’ betting features […]