Month: April 2021
With Batman: Zero Point, Fortnite’s lore makes a lot more sense
Comics have never been bigger: with Marvel TV shows, DC movies, and indie adaptations growing by the day, comic books have never been more prominent in pop culture. This biweekly Verge column recommends comic series new and old, whether you’re a longtime fan or a newcomer. I’ve played a lot…
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Social media platforms become triage centers as India struggles with a COVID-19 surge
Doctors, hospital owners, journalists, and other Twitter users in India have been tweeting and amplifying pleas for oxygen supplies on social platforms out of desperation, as new coronavirus cases and deaths there hit record highs. Oxygen supplies are at critical low levels in India, and some hospitals are overwhelmed with…
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The isolation of grief in the pandemic
Many people adopted a pet during the COVID-19 pandemic. My wife and I just lost one. Gouda, our eight-and-a-half-year-old exotic shorthair cat, died on April 16th. We rushed him to the hospital the previous morning after he spent another night vomiting. The doctors weren’t sure what was wrong, but, over…
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Interview: Apple executives on the 2021 iPad Pro, stunting with the M1 and creating headroom
When the third minute of Apple’s first product event of 2021 ticked over and they had already made 3 announcements we knew it was going to be a packed one. In a tight single hour this week, Apple launched a ton of new product including AirTags, new Apple Card family…
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Here’s what Neymar looks like in Fortnite
We’ve known that Brazilian soccer star Neymar was coming to Fortnite since March, when he was teased as part of the battle royale’s latest season — and now we finally know what he’ll look like. Today, Epic revealed Neymar’s video game look, which, in traditional Fortnite fashion, gets pretty outlandish,…
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Some Google Assistant commands might soon work without "hey Google" Google Assistant
Since the very beginning, Google Assistant voice commands have been activated with a “hey Google” or “okay Google” line, but that could soon be changing for a select number of instructions, based on code in the latest version of the Google app for Android. According to some digging done by…
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