Pour one out for Roku City
By this time next year, Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch intends to have added Roku to his already expansive media empire. Should the acquisition g…
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Fox wants to take over your TV — and the tech inside it
Fox is about to take over the TVs in more than 100 million homes worldwide. On Monday, Fox announced that it's acquiring Roku, the streaming middleman…
X-Men ’97 has what Master of the Universe is missing
In 2026, Marvel and Mattel are both releasing projects designed to capitalize on people's love for iconic animated heroes from their childhoods. Maste…
YouTube is introducing DMs (again)
YouTube is reintroducing private messaging after testing new ways for users to share videos and "have conversations about them" last year. In an annou…
Google won’t just admit it’s feeding YouTube creators to its music AI
If you've uploaded a song to YouTube, Google almost certainly considers your video fair game for training its Lyria music AI, it just won't admit it r…
The next YouTube phenomenon hitting the big screen
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This is the James Bond game we’ve been waiting for
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 130, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, don't forget to hyd…
YouTube takes baby steps to being a real podcast app
New features coming to YouTube could make it better for listening to podcasts, rolling out to Premium subscribers starting today on Android and coming…
YouTube will let you ask AI to make a custom video feed
YouTube is launching a new AI feature that creates a personalized video feed based on descriptions of what you want to watch. In its announcement, You…
YouTube is putting AI labels where you’ll actually see them
In the wake of Google expanding its AI verification efforts at I/O, YouTube is now finally going to start taking AI labeling seriously. YouTube has an…
Spotify is narrating magazine articles now
Would you listen to magazine articles on Spotify? The streaming platform certainly hopes so, as it's launching a new format for narrated long-form art…
I have a new go-to browser
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Netflix’s next great sci-fi show is set in a retirement community
Four decades on, '80s-style science fiction adventures continue to exert their influence on modern film and TV. The idea of a group of kids teaming up…
You can now remix other people’s YouTube Shorts with AI
Google announced a new YouTube Shorts Remix feature that lets users restyle clips or even insert themselves into other people's videos using Gemini Om…
‘It’s in the air’: Apple TV’s hottest new shows explore different sides of OnlyFans
Apple TV is best known for its lineup of science fiction shows and feel-good sitcoms, but of late the streaming service has veered in a different dire…
Netflix is building an AI animation studio
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Joanna Stern is not a robot, but she lived with them
My guest today is longtime friend of the show Joanna Stern. You all know Joanna: she is the former senior personal technology columnist for The Wall S…
Amazon is adding a vertical video feed to Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video is joining Netflix and Disney Plus in adding a vertical feed of videos to its streaming app. The new "Clips" feed will offer a stre…
ABC and Disney accuse Trump admin of violating First Amendment rights
ABC is accusing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of violating its First Amendment rights by making "major shifts in policy and practice" th…
The things we’re building
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