Making human music in an AI world
Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge Ge Wang doesn’t use computers to make music the way most people use computers make music. He uses computers to make… computer music. Wang…
Sometimes you just need a straightforward, old-school RPG
Image: Square Enix We’re in a pretty good moment for sprawling, complex role-playing games. New releases like Metaphor: ReFantazio and Dragon Age Absolution, along with older titles like Elden Ring…
60 million households watched the Tyson vs. Paul fight on Netflix
Netflix had a very big night. | Photo: Al Bello / Getty Images for Netflix Netflix peaked at “65 million concurrent streams” during the boxing match between Mike Tyson and…
The FTC says spam call complaints are way down since 2021
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Complaints about unwanted telemarketing calls have dropped for the third straight year, the Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday. Reports of such calls…
Narwal’s Freo X Ultra, the best mopping robot available, is on sale for a new low price
The Freo X Ultra packs a lot of features for the price, including the ability to automatically remop your floors when necessary. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The…
Gabe Newell says Half-Life 2: Episode 3 didn’t happen because he was ‘stumped’
Concept art for Half-Life 2: Episode 3, from the Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Documentary. | Screenshot: YouTube Unsurprisingly, yesterday’s big Half-Life release wasn’t the sequel to Half-Life 2 or even…
NFL fans worry Netflix’s bad Tyson vs. Paul stream means it can’t handle football
Getty Images for Netflix © 2024 Netflix’s livestream of the Mike Tyson and Jake Paul boxing match was a mess. I’m not talking about the bout itself — although people…
Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky
Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge So, you’ve finally decided to give Bluesky a shot. The social network has come a long way since the early bare-bones days of invite-only…
The Rise of the Golden Idol makes a great puzzle game even better
Image: Playstack / Color Gray Games The Case of the Golden Idol was a rewarding series of point-and-click murder mysteries that became one of my favorite games of 2022. And…
18 states want the SEC to stop enforcing crypto regulation
In which various government bodies fight over “permissionless” assets | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The US Securities and Exchange Commission wants to “unilaterally wrest regulatory authority away…
