Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s biggest twist is concealed in a tiny detail
Image: Square Enix I’m in awe of how smart the developers of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth are. After seeing a post comparing Cloud during the Nibelheim flashback and his arrival…
Users say Google’s VPN app “breaks” the Windows DNS settings
Enlarge (credit: Aurich / Thinkstock) Google offers a VPN via its “Google One” monthly subscription plan, and while it debuted on phones, a desktop app has been available for Windows…
Broadcom execs say VMware price, subscription complaints are unwarranted
Enlarge (credit: Broadcom) Broadcom has made controversial changes to VMware since closing its acquisition of the virtualization brand in late November. Broadcom executives are trying to convince VMware customers and…
Billie Eilish, Pearl Jam, 200 artists say AI poses existential threat to their livelihoods
Enlarge / Billie Eilish attends the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2024, in Beverly…
It’s time for a hard reset on notifications
Phones need to go to notification jail. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Feel that? Your phone buzzing in the pocket of your yoga pants? Better check it.…
Google’s final warning: Dropcam, Dropcam Pro, and Nest Secure support ends on April 8th
Illustration: The Verge Google just sent out its final reminder that Dropcam and Dropcam Pro cameras and Nest Secure home security systems will stop working next Monday, April 8th. Google…
New Catan game has overpopulation, pollution, fossil fuels, and clean energy
Enlarge / If you didn’t know what “New Energies” meant, this promotional image puts a windmill on it. (credit: Catan GmbH) In Klaus Teuber’s Catan (previously Settlers of Catan), the player…
Expedition uses small underwater drone to discover 100-year-old shipwreck
3D model of a 100-year-old shipwreck off the western coast of Australia. Credit: Daniel Adams, Curtin University HIVE. A small underwater drone called Hydrus has located the wreckage of a…
Apple wouldn’t let Jon Stewart interview FTC Chair Lina Khan, TV host claims
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart’s interview with FTC Chair Lina Khan. The conversation about Apple begins around 16:30 in the video. Before the cancellation of The Problem with Jon…
Environmental DNA Is Everywhere. Scientists Are Gathering It All.
In the late 1980s, at a federal research facility in Pensacola, Florida, Tamar Barkay used mud in a way that proved revolutionary in a manner she could never have imagined…