Month: December 2023
Hot Pod Summit is back
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. We’ve got a bunch of news in podcast world, but first, an announcement: Hot Pod Summit is BACK, baby! We have some really great stuff cooking that I can’t wait to share. Hot Pod Summit is…
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Netflix’s first engagement report reveals its most popular shows and movies
Netflix has published the first of a new twice-a-year engagement report called “What We Watched.” The first installment, launched Tuesday as a Microsoft Excel file, lists the hours viewed for every title (original and licensed) that has tallied more than 50,000 viewing hours. Although it’s an uneven performance comparison since…
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E3 was a concentrated dose of gaming — and I’m going miss it
Back at E3 2017, I had a plan. The annual convention always had a wide range of game developers in attendance, offering reporters like me the opportunity to talk to prominent folks from all over the world. I decided it would be the ideal place to chat with Japanese creatives…
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Sony is investigating an alleged ransomware attack on Insomniac
Sony is investigating claims by the Rhysida ransomware group that it stole sensitive data from Insomniac Games, including personal information for the voice actor who portrayed Peter Parker in Spider-Man 2. Australian outlet Cyber Daily reported today that the group had posted some of the data as proof of the…
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Game studio shuts down just days after launching anticipated MMO
The Day Before, an open-world zombie survival MMO, experienced a dramatic series of events resulting in its developer closing down four days after the game’s launch. Initial reviews were not great. Though billed as a survival MMO, players remarked that it was more like an extraction shooter but with mediocre…
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Meta’s AI for Ray-Ban smart glasses can identify objects and translate languages
Meta is finally going to let people try its splashiest AI features for the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses, though in an early access test to start. Today, Meta announced that it’s going to start rolling out its multimodal AI features that can tell you about things Meta’s AI assistant can…
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