Based on my years testing various VPN products, these are the most important factors to consider when choosing a VPN for streaming NFL games. Streaming capabilities Not all VPNs are equal when it comes to how adept they are at unblocking geo-restricted streaming content. To be fair, streaming is not a high priority for every
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AI models that understand videos as well as text can unlock powerful new applications. At least, that’s what Jae Lee, the co-founder of Twelve Labs, believes. Granted, Lee’s a little biased. Twelve Labs trains video-analyzing models for a range of use cases. But there may just be something to his assertion. Using Twelve Labs’ models,
Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands and Connections puzzles. The Mini Crossword pays homage to another New York Times puzzle today with — yes, a Wordle mention over at 8 Across. Hey, it’s all in the
SolarSquare has raised $40 million in what is the largest venture round in India’s solar sector. The Mumbai-based startup bootstrapped and was profitable selling to corporate customers for five years before switching to residential solar in 2021. Now it has scaled to powering over 20,000 homes and 200 housing societies across India, and is India’s
Black Ops 6, the latest entry in the Call of Duty series, contains some really bizarre and wacky cosmetics. And while some players hate them, it doesn’t seem like the developers behind the game are going to stop making them any time soon. Suggested Reading This Modern Warfare 3 Gameplay Feature Spices Up A Weak
Fortnite’s latest game mode, Ballistic, plays a lot like Valorant or Counter-Strike. The mode, currently labeled as being in “Early Access,” is rough around the edges and feels more like a demo than a full game. However, Ballistic is also proof that Epic can build first-person shooters that work in Fortnite, and that’s exciting. Suggested
With friends like Ridley Scott, who even needs a publicist? In a candid moment between directorial demigods Scott and Christopher Nolan at the Directors Guild of America, the Gladiator II director let it slip that his latest leading man, Paul Mescal, would be “doing the Beatles next,” in reference to the actor working on the
Show more (6 items) Overheating while trying to sleep can impact your ability to get the beauty rest you need. Whether you or your partner sleeps hot, you’ll be glad to know there’s a wide range of products designed to keep you cool at night, including sheets, blankets, mattresses and cooling mattress toppers. These not
Gotham’s biggest problem is now going to be giving Superman mallet-sized headaches. In the first trailer for the fifth season of Max Original Harley Quinn, the titular queen of mischief (Kaley Cuoco) and Poison Ivy (Lake Bell) have left the grimy streets of Gotham and make their way to Metropolis in a Batman/Superman mashup that’s
/ The new features will allow Android device owners to pause location updates and locate unfamiliar trackers. By Sheena Vasani, a writer covering commerce, e-readers, and tech news. She previously wrote about everything from web development to AI at Inside. Share this story Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is rolling out two
Late last year, Gou Rao and Vinod Jayaraman founded NeuBird to automate IT site reliability operations tasks with generative AI. Having sold their previous cloud-native storage startup, Portworx, to PureStorage for $370 million, the pair was well-versed in the IT challenges faced by today’s enterprises. “It’s very hard to find good site reliability engineers. There’s
Green ammonia startup Amogy has raised $11.2 million of a targeted $90 million round, an SEC filing reveals. The new round’s target is significantly smaller than its last round — a $139 million Series B-1 that was announced in March 2023 — highlighting the challenges that middle-stage climate startups face today when trying to attract
Lumen Orbit, a startup looking to build data centers in space, was able to close its recent seed round in mere days amid intense investor interest. The Redmond, Washington-based company closed on a $11 million seed round at a $40 million valuation, confirming prior TechCrunch reporting that the company had raised a competitive double-digit round
Getting rid of fossil fuels is relatively simple for some things. Housing? Replace furnaces with heat pumps. Cars and light trucks? Ditch internal combustion for batteries and electric motors. Yet for many industries like cement, steelmaking, and more, it’s hard to replace the heating power of fossil fuels. But Dan Stack thinks bricks have a
/ Project Astra is the future of AI at Google — and Astra demands smart glasses. Google might make some. By David Pierce, editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. Share this story Here’s what Google’s latest smart glasses prototype looks
/ The tech giant announced a new research prototype called Project Mariner along with updates for Project Astra. By Kylie Robison, a senior AI reporter working with The Verge’s policy and tech teams. She previously worked at Fortune Magazine and Business Insider. Share this story Project Astra is supposed to be more useful than ever
The moment you find yourself on a kill streak in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, slaying opposing forces with reckless abandon, tallying up kills to unlock a streak reward, is one of the greatest feelings in the competitive first-person shooter. You’re helping your team, sure. But who cares about them?! You’re about to drop
2024 has been a solid, if somewhat strange year for movies. This year saw the release of some great films across both streaming platforms and in theaters. Advertisement However, most of the highest-rated movies on reviewer aggregator Metacritic weren’t big movies with giant productions and massive budgets. Instead, 2024 was a year where smaller movies
Key Takeaways The best high-yield savings accounts still offer well over 4% APY, but some banks are already cutting rates. If the Fed lowers rates next week, savings rates may dip further as we head into the new year. Despite rate drops, experts recommend storing money for short-term goals in a high-yield savings account for
Apple released new Apple Intelligence features, including image playground, Genmoji, writing tool enhancements, and ChatGPT integration with iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2. The company also expanded language support for Apple Intelligence to localized English in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the U.K. Previously, the company supported only U.S. English
If startup funding rounds are any metric, generative AI is seeing ample adoption in the sciences. It makes sense: there’s a lot of trial and error involved in research and development, and any tool that can speed up the process for researchers is bound to be useful. The latest is Albert Invent, which offers an
Everything isn’t always holly jolly during the holidays, especially when it comes to sleep. A recent CNET survey found that roughly 42% of US adults face sleep-related issues during the holiday season. Gen Z and Millennials struggle the most to get quality sleep during the holiday season, with over 50% of each generation reporting sleep issues.
/ The YouTube Kids app also supports portrait mode now instead of only widescreen landscape viewing. By Quentyn Kennemer, a writer who helps The Verge’s readers save money by surfacing the best tech deals and presenting the latest product recommendations from our experts. He has covered tech and gaming for all of his 15-plus-year career
The holidays are great for revisiting classic festive flicks, but you don’t need to limit yourself to options from Christmases past. Streaming services are loading up the sleigh with merry movies about human-snowman romances, Santa Claus rescue missions and letters to the North Pole gone terribly wrong. With Jack Black, Danny DeVito, Dwayne Johnson, Lindsay
/ Google has a new strategy for building AI data centers. Illustration: The Verge In what it’s calling a “first-of-its-kind partnership,” Google will collaborate with developers to build data centers powered by renewable energy generated on-site. It’s partnering with energy company Intersect Power and investment firm TPG Rise Climate on a $20 billion initiative to
Electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle startup Joby Aviation has launched a public offering to sell up to $300 million of its shares of common stock, per a regulatory filing. Joby in October initially offered $200 million, but an amendment to the prospectus has increased the offering by $100 million. Joby said it will use
Marvel Rivals, NetEase’s shameless Overwatch-like featuring the heroes and villains that have captivated comic book readers and moviegoers for decades, is already at a crossroads. It’s less than a week old, but it’s clear even now that the decisions NetEase makes in the coming months will determine if it stays a chaotic, unbalanced blast or
The PlayStation 5 Pro has been out for a month now but still has some issues, with certain enhanced games like Dragon Age: The Veilgaurd and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor actually looking uglier in various ways due to resolution upscaling. Ubisoft is now the first game maker to announce an option to turn the feature
It looks like some more Call of Duty games might be making the leap to Xbox Game Pass, but likely only on PC. Suggested Reading The Best Reveals From The Game Awards 2023 Off English Suggested Reading In January 2023, Xbox announced its plans to purchase Activision Blizzard King for a total of $69 billion,
Back in 2022, Epic Games agreed to pay $245 million as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over “dark patterns” that may have tricked players into spending in-game currency on cosmetics, dance emotes, and other items they didn’t actually want. Two years later, the first payments are finally going out and
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