Apple Store employees in New Jersey are trying to unionize Illustration: The VergeAnother Apple Store is trying to unionize. This time, it’s a group of 104 employees in Short Hills, New Jersey, who filed a petition to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Tuesday, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. If the unionization efforts are successful, the Apple Store employees would join the C…

Meta says it’s fixing ‘HD’ photo sharing in Facebook Messenger Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeFacebook rolled out the ability for Messenger users to share 4K photos back in 2017. Now, Meta has announced that users can share HD photos in the app. Confused? We were, too, so we asked about it. The short answer is that, here, HD means 4K, and now 4K photos are… more 4K? Facebook Messenger comms team r…

Apple’s antitrust case is getting a new judge Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Getty ImagesThe Department of Justice’s massive antitrust case against Apple will unfold before a new judge. A court filing on Wednesday reveals that Judge Michael E. Farbiarz has determined his “recusal is necessary” under the code of conduct for US Judges. The filing says Farbiarz’s “disqual…

Two former execs of the company behind the Truth Social merger are caught up in a messy hacking lawsuit Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeTwo former executives of the firm that recently purchased Truth Social are embroiled in a lawsuit related to the acquisition of Trump’s social media company, Wired reports. The former CEO of the Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC) — the special purpose acquisition company that was created to purchase…

Amazon’s Fallout show gets the postapocalyptic vibes exactly right Image: Prime VideoIn making successful video game adaptations, it feels more important to strike the right tone rather than follow the source material to the letter. “Tone” in Fallout is Walton Goggins’ whiskey-soaked cowboy drawl ripped straight from the age of Gary Cooper and John Wayne extolling the virtues of bucolic Vault-Tec living with a …

Aqara’s new motion sensor works with Matter and Thread, but that means problems The Aqara Motion and Light Sensor P2 is the company’s first motion sensor that doesn’t require a Zigbee hub.Aqara’s Thread-based Motion and Light Sensor P2 ($33.99) has been on my smart home wish list since it was announced way back in 2022 — and now, it’s finally here. My home runs on motion sensors, and I’ve been using Aqara’s Zigbee-based one…

Google’s AI photo editing tools are expanding to a lot more phones The Pixel 8’s Magic Editor is exclusive no more. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeGoogle is making its AI photo editing features available to a lot more people. Starting May 15th, just about all Google Photos users will be able to access features previously limited to Pixel owners and Google One subscribers — a nifty upgrade if you were tired …

Ubisoft won’t say whether the Prince of Persia’s incredible actor has been replaced It’s looking like the troubled Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake has lost one of its most important assets: Yuri Lowenthal, the voice actor who played the prince, famously narrated the entirety of the original 2003 game, and is currently renowned for playing Peter Parker’s Spider-Man in the excellent Insomniac games. Yesterday, Tom Hen…

The best entertainment of 2024 Image: Prime VideoFinding something to watch or play can sometimes feel like work — there’s just so much out there vying for your free time. That’s true whether you’re heading to a theater, browsing the many streaming platforms, or looking for a new video game. It’s easy to get overwhelmed with choice. So, as we’ve done in years past, we’re coll…

Today is the last day to take advantage of Samsung’s buy one, get one free TV promo You can get a lower-end TU690T for free when you preorder Samsung’s glare-free QD-OLED S95D. | Photo by Chris Welch / The VergeWho doesn’t want a free TV? If you were eyeing Samsung’s new anti-glare OLED or one of the many models it announced back at CES, Samsung and Amazon are both still offering a free 65-inch TV when you preorder select 2024 …

AMC Theatres’ top brass has misgivings about the Dune popcorn bucket What? It’s just a sandworm. | Image: Saturday Night LiveDune: Part Two is a sprawling sci-fi epic that The Verge’s Charles Pulliam-Moore called “categorically breathtaking” in his March review. And for AMC moviegoers, the film came with an equally epic exclusive popcorn bucket — one that, apparently, the top brass at AMC Theatres wishes it had n…

The Internet Archive is now hosting Aruba’s history A Divi Divi tree, which always points southwest because of the island’s trade winds. | Image: Hans W. Hannau / Carol Burns and Jane Suter CollectionAruba is backing up its history on the Internet Archive, a first for the digital preservation site. The Archive announced on April 8th that it was opening the portal to Coleccion Aruba, giving worldw…

Texas is replacing thousands of human exam graders with AI The TEA expects to save between $15 and $20 million per year by using its new “automated scoring engine.” | Image: The VergeStudents in Texas taking their state-mandated exams this week are being used as guinea pigs for a new artificial intelligence-powered scoring system set to replace a majority of human graders in the region. The Texas Tribun…

Microsoft Build will detail ‘next generation’ of Windows on Arm and new AI features Microsoft’s Surface Pro X. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeMicrosoft’s annual developer conference, Microsoft Build, will focus heavily on Windows on Arm and new Windows AI features this year. The Verge revealed earlier this week that a special Surface and AI event a day before Microsoft Build will include a focus on beating Apple’s…

This luxury watch is about as thin as a strand of spaghetti Image: BulgariThe Italian luxury brand Bulgari has broken the record for the world’s thinnest mechanical watch yet again. Its new Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra COSC watch measures just 1.7mm thick — about the same thickness as your typical strand of spaghetti, as reported earlier by Dezeen. Bulgari has long held the record for the world’s thinnes…

The composers of X-Men ‘97 had to evolve the show’s sound to honor its roots Image: Disney Plus / MarvelTo create the X-Men ‘97 score, Andy Grush and Taylor Stewart had to work through their nostalgia and create new sounds from the future. Continue reading…

Meta’s new AI chips runs faster than before Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeMeta promises the next generation of its custom AI chips will be more powerful and able to train its ranking models much faster. The Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA) is designed to work best with Meta’s ranking and recommendation models. The chips can help make training more efficient and in…

I’m still trying to generate an AI Asian man and white woman Image: Cath Virginia / The VergeI inadvertently found myself on the AI-generated Asian people beat this past week. Last Wednesday, I found that Meta’s AI image generator built into Instagram messaging completely failed at creating an image of an Asian man and white woman using general prompts. Instead, it changed the woman’s race to Asian every …

Roku’s Pro Series TVs have low prices, 120Hz screens, and clever ideas Image: RokuRoku “announced” its Pro-tier series of TVs back at CES but provided little in the way of details at the time. But now, we’ve firmly entered the season when 2024 TVs begin actually shipping, so today, the company is sharing more on what sets these models apart from its self-branded budget TVs released last year — and the many Roku TVs…

How to find any file on macOS Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeFinding files on your Mac drive can get tricky — especially when you’re not sure exactly what it is you’re looking for. Apple being Apple, file management “just works” most of the time, but that’s not always the case if you need to hunt down something that’s buried deep. There are a couple of ways to look …