Month: November 2023
YouTube’s non-solution for AI podcasts
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Today we have a look at how YouTube’s new AI rules will (and will not) affect podcasting, another late-night host ditching TV for audio, and a bunch of your recs on podcasts covering the Israel-Hamas war.…
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Pokémon Concierge’s first trailer has perfect stats
Set on a tropical island where pokémon travel for some much-needed downtime, Pokémon Concierge tells the story of Haru (Karen Fukuhara), a young woman working at resort that caters to the specific desires of its many pokémon guests. As new hires, there’s a lot about tending to the needs of…
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How to share large files over the web
There’s no shortage of ways to share files with other people, whether you want to send them in a group chat, attach them to an email, or ping them over via AirDrop or Nearby Share. These all work perfectly well, but they’re all best for smaller files. If you’ve got…
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Right-to-repair advocates are asking the FTC for stronger rules
Right-to-repair proponents are asking the FTC to introduce new rules for electronics manufacturers that aim to make it easier for consumers to fix their own devices. The repair guide site iFixit and the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) on Tuesday submitted a petition to the federal agency, with the…
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Threads might get DMs after all — but it’ll probably be through Instagram
The will-they-won’t-they of Threads direct messages has been going on for a while now. Last we heard, Instagram (and Threads) head Adam Mosseri said that Threads was not planning to build DMs. That still appears to be true — but it’s not the whole story. Mosseri said on Tuesday, in a…
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Social media giants must face child safety lawsuits, judge rules
Meta, ByteDance, Alphabet, and Snap must proceed with a lawsuit alleging their social platforms have adverse mental health effects on children, a federal court ruled on Tuesday. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected the social media giants’ motion to dismiss the dozens of lawsuits accusing the companies of running…
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