Month: May 2023
Netflix’s password crackdown has hit most markets: here’s what you need to know
It’s here: Netflix’s new password-sharing crackdown is finally coming to the US, UK, and Australia as the platform expands its controversial policy. According to a recent announcement, the streaming giant will be sending out emails to rule breakers caught sharing their Netflix password outside of their household. The letter starts…
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Netflix’s password crackdown has hit the US and UK – here’s what you need to know
It’s here: Netflix’s new password-sharing crackdown is finally coming to the US, UK, and Australia as the platform expands its controversial policy. According to a recent announcement, the streaming giant will be sending out emails to rule breakers caught sharing their Netflix password outside of their household. The letter starts…
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Why YouTube is a tough place for kids podcasts
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Hope everyone at The Podcast Show is enjoying the conference (and ignoring their jet lag). While I’m still very much across the pond (like, way across) in LA, this issue of Hot…
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Photoshop’s generative AI tool turned my vacation photos into nightmare fuel
If you’d like to visit a place where danger from the natural world is omnipresent and where lunch costs $60, I encourage you to visit Iceland. It is a beautiful and brutal landscape whose natural wonders (and terrors) make for incredible photographs. I took a bunch on a recent trip…
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Some HP printers are getting a ‘blue screen error’ and being rendered unusable
HP is dealing with a bad firmware update that has been bricking some OfficeJet printers. According to reporting from Bleeping Computer, the faulty firmware was released globally earlier this month, and affected customers are seeing a blue screen with the error code “83C0000B” on the printer’s touchscreen. In HP’s support…
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Here’s how ads might look in Google’s new AI-powered search experience
I’ve already expressed some concern over how much ads push things down in SGE based on what Google showed when it revealed the new experience at I/O. But those ads were only above and below SGE, and what Google showed on Tuesday were examples of ads within SGE. See for…
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