Marvel’s What If…? series to end with third season
Image: Marvel Studios The premise of Disney Plus’ What If…? made it seem like the animated Marvel series might run indefinitely as the studio keeps putting out live-action projects, but…
Paralyzed driver Robert Wickens tests Formula E car with hand controls
Enlarge / Robert Wickens looks out from the cockpit of the Formula E GenBeta test car in Portland, Oregon. (credit: Formula E) Formula E provided flights from Washington to Portland…
Millions of OnlyFans paywalls make it hard to detect child sex abuse, cops say
Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket) OnlyFans’ paywalls make it hard for police to detect child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) on the platform, Reuters reported—especially new CSAM that…
NASA selects SpaceX to launch a gamma-ray telescope into an unusual orbit
Enlarge / Artist’s illustration of the COSI spacecraft. (credit: Northrop Grumman/European Southern Observatory (background image)) A small research satellite designed to study the violent processes behind the creation and destruction…
Alphabet is abandoning its Mineral robo-agriculture startup
Mineral’s autonomous “plant buggies” could find a new home via licenses with former industry partnerships. | Image: Alphabet Alphabet is reportedly walking away from its Mineral robotic agriculture startup due…
A24’s MaXXXine flips the script to give you something fresh to scream about
Photo: A24 The latest installment of Ti West’s X franchise is a glamorously cutthroat send-up of Ronald Reagan-era excess and moral panic. Continue reading…
The Verge’s favorite board and video games
Screenshot: Steam Play is important — in fact, it can be as important to a grown-up as it is to a child. If you’ve spent the day concentrating on work,…
Perplexity’s ‘Pro Search’ AI upgrade makes it better at math and research
Illustration: The Verge Perplexity has launched a major upgrade to its Pro Search AI tool, which it says “understands when a question requires planning, works through goals step-by-step, and synthesizes…
Threads hits 175 million users after a year
Illustration: The Verge A year and a half ago, Threads was but a twinkle in Mark Zuckerberg’s eye. Now, the rival to Elon Musk’s X has reached more than 175…
How a musical indie game went against the grain to explore the Deaf experience
Image: That Odd Gentlemen Developing Harmonium: The Musical took a lot of time and a lot of resources, but according to its developers, that effort and expense was worth it.…