Spotify loosens its grip on exclusive podcasts
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Hello, Hot Podders! We’re kicking…
Fox and Dominion settle blockbuster defamation lawsuit for $787 million
Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images The Fox News defamation case was not, in fact, as entertaining as Succession. On the first day of trial, Fox settled…
Netflix delays its password-sharing crackdown to sometime before July
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix is pushing back its plans to crack down on password sharing in the US until sometime before July. In an earnings report…
Netflix’s ad-supported plan is getting better resolution at no extra cost
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Netflix is making its $6.99 per month ad-supported plan a much better value. The company is upping the video quality from 720p to…
Netflix is shutting down its original DVD business after 25 years
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix, which started as a company that shipped DVDs by mail, is winding down its DVD business. It will ship its final discs…
What’s really going on with ‘Ghostwriter’ and the AI Drake song?
Image: Ghostwriter / YouTube The generative AI music hype train only needed about 48 hours to go from “oh, that’s interesting” to full Balenciaga pope territory, and while it’s clear…
New Distro Makes Running Arch Linux Very ‘Cachy’
CachyOS is more than just a fun name to grab potential users’ attention. It reflects an effort to do what most Arch Linux distributions fail to achieve by turning its…
Republicans demand a ban on lawmakers using TikTok
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge A group of Republican lawmakers are calling on their colleagues to stop using TikTok as pressure mounts to ban the app nationwide. In…
Intel just killed its crypto chip after less than a year
Image: Intel Intel just shipped its first Bitcoin-mining chip last June, the Blockscale 100 ASIC, but it’s already dead — the company has discontinued it less than a year later,…
Apple’s VR headset might run tweaked versions of iPad apps
Illustration: The Verge Apple’s long-rumored VR / AR headset might run adapted versions of iPad apps, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The mixed reality device’s new interface will…
