Month: July 2023
Paul McCartney’s new podcast had to make some tough choices
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. I’ve got a rather assorted issue of Hot Pod for you all today. First off, Paul McCartney is getting a podcast. I spoke to the executive producer of the new show to learn more about the…
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Capcom’s dino shooter Exoprimal is campy but clunky
When I first saw Exoprimal, I groaned because it looked like yet another game in which an interesting premise (fighting dinosaurs!) would be swallowed by the soul-sucking banality of being a third-person live-service multiplayer game in an era that sees such games released for a hot six months before they’re…
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Reddit’s only free iOS app icons are ugly now
If you’re not a fan of the new pixelated Reddit icon on your iPhone, I have some bad news: unless you want to switch to an icon themed around the Dogecoin dog or WallStreetBets, you’ll have to subscribe to Reddit Premium to be able to use an icon that just…
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YouTube is testing three big UI upgrades – here’s how to try them
YouTube is set to introduce a faster way to double the playback speed of videos as it tests several upcoming features. All people have to do, according to the platform, is long press anywhere on the video player, and after a few seconds, the content will double in speed. The…
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YouTube testing new double-speed video playback control for more video in less time
YouTube is set to introduce a faster way to double the playback speed of videos as it tests several upcoming features. All people have to do, according to the platform, is long press anywhere on the video player, and after a few seconds, the content will double in speed. The…
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This $49.99 wired Xbox controller has sticks that won’t drift
Stick drift can plague any controller still using wear-and-tear-prone potentiometers, and unfortunately for us, that includes all current first-party gamepads from Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. However, after years of notoriously drift-prone Joy-Cons, third-party accessory makers like 8BitDo and GuliKit have been slowly stepping up to offer alternatives that utilize drift-free…
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