YouTube is bringing NFL-style multiview to Coachella 2024’s livestream YouTube’s Multiview will allow Coachella fans to stream four extra stages on one screen. | Image: YouTubeYouTube’s official livestream of this year’s Coachella music festival will feature a technology many football fans are familiar with. Multiview, which allows viewers to watch multiple livestreams on the same screen while tuning into one audio…

OpenAI’s ‘year of the enterprise’ includes new tools for increasing AI accuracy Illustration: The VergeOpenAI’s enterprise customers who want to use generative AI but prize accuracy might be able to get that with new customization options for the GPT-4 API. They include the ability to connect to third-party platforms to share information on fine-tuning, save fine-tuned models during additional training without retraining t…

Netflix’s live-action Avatar has lost its old showrunner and gained two new ones Image: NetflixThough Netflix just renewed its live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender adaptation, showrunner Albert Kim is parting ways with the show. Variety reports that Jabbar Raisani (Lost in Space) and Christine Boylan (Poker Face) have been tapped to executive produce the next two seasons of Netflix’s Avatar following former showrunner Albe…

Report: Israel used AI to identify bombing targets in Gaza Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty ImagesIsrael’s military has been using artificial intelligence to help choose its bombing targets in Gaza, sacrificing accuracy in favor of speed and killing thousands of civilians in the process, according to an investigation by Israel-based publications +972 Magazine and Local Call. The syste…

Star Wars’ next animated anthology explores the dark side Image: LucasfilmDisney Plus is on a run of turning Marvel and Star Wars stories into animated anthologies, and that’s not stopping anytime soon. The latest is Star Wars: Tales of the Empire, a follow-up to 2022’s Tales of the Jedi, which, naturally, explores the dark side of the Force. It starts streaming on Disney Plus on May 4th. The series wi…

The best robot vacuums The VergeFloor-sweeping robots are only getting better, with new mopping skills, better navigation chops, and more automation, so less work for you. We picked nine of the best bots you can buy right now. Continue reading…

The OnePlus Nord N30 5G, one of our favorite budget phones, is $50 off OnePlus’ budget-friendly phone is on sale for only $20 more than it was during Black Friday. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The VergeIt can be easy to forget affordable champs like the OnePlus Nord N30 5G when you’ve got iPhone 15s and Galaxy S24s dominating store shelves and circulars. It’s our favorite budget smartphone under $300, and today, yo…

The Disney Plus password-sharing crackdown starts in June Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeDisney Plus already has rules in place to prevent subscribers from sharing their passwords — but now we have an idea when it will start making users pay to share them. In an interview on CNBC, Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company plans on “launching our first real foray into password sharing” in June. Iger …

Avatar’s Paul Sun-Hyung Lee wants to geek out with the fans of the future Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Getty ImagesAs Paul Sun-Hyung Lee sees it, truly loving a genre franchise means wanting to share it and pass it along to the next generation of fans. Continue reading…

Tesla is dragging Apple into its upcoming fatal Autopilot crash trial Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeTesla is going to court next week over the role its Autopilot system played in a fatal crash in 2018 — and it wants Apple to testify in its defense. Tesla wants to prove that Apple engineer Wei “Walter” Huang was playing a video game on his phone at the time his Autopilot-enabled Model X smashed into a saf…

Google’s expanded Find My Device network might arrive in a few days Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeThe launch of Google’s long-awaited Find My Device network is seemingly almost here. In an email spotted by 9to5Google, Google tells users it will turn on the feature in three days, which uses data from millions of other Android devices to find the location of missing phones and accessories — similar to the track…

Ford is delaying its next-gen electric three-row SUV and truck Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeFord is delaying the release of its electric three-row SUV until 2027, the company announced in an update. It will also begin work on its next electric truck in 2026 and will offer hybrid options for every model it has in production. The unnamed SUV was supposed to go into production starting in 2025 at For…

Jeff VanderMeer is writing a fourth Southern Reach novel Image: Farrar, Straus and GirouxJust like Area X itself, the mindbending Southern Reach story is set to grow even larger. Jeff VanderMeer has confirmed that he’s working on a fourth entry in the series, which to date has included the books Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance. (The first was turned into a film by director Alex Garland.) In ke…

Garmin’s new heart rate tracker pairs nearly perfectly with sports bras Finally, a chest strap that doesn’t make me feel like a python is crushing my ribs. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeFinally, a chest strap that works with my sports bra — not against it. Continue reading…

3 Body Problem stars on the show’s big question: would you push the button? Image: Ed Miller / NetflixOne thing that confounds me after reading Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem and watching its Netflix adaptation is a simple button. Spoilers for 3 Body Problem to follow. I still haven’t been able to wrap my head around why Ye Wenjie, when faced with the choice to respond to or ignore transmissions from the San-Ti, an…

iRobot’s new Roomba vacuums start at just $250 Image: iRobotiRobot is adding two new budget-friendly robot vacuum cleaners to its lineup that aim to provide the best of the cleaning basics, offering both vacuum-only and 2-in-1 vacuum plus mop models for less than $300. Superseding the Roomba 694, iRobot claims the new $275 Roomba Combo Essential vacuum and mop model offers 20x more suction …

Microsoft Edge will let you control how much RAM it uses soon Image: The VergeMicrosoft is working on a new feature for its Edge browser that will let you limit the amount of RAM it uses. Leopeva64, who is one of the best at finding new Edge features, has spotted a new settings section in test builds of the browser that includes a slider so you can limit how much RAM Edge gets access to. The RAM slider app…

How to automate tasks in Windows Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeIf you find yourself repeating the same tasks in Windows over and over again, it’s likely you can automate the job, potentially saving you time and effort over weeks and months. These tasks might encompass starting the day with a certain selection of programs and websites, for example, or renaming batches …

Google sues alleged crypto scammers for luring people into investments they’d never get back Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeGoogle is suing two alleged crypto scammers, accusing them of using its Play Store to offer fraudulent cryptocurrency trading apps and investment platforms that instead simply took users’ money. These apps were used in a type of romance scam commonly called “pig butchering” in reference to fattening a pig b…

Amazon still has a serious plastic waste problem in the US Products on a conveyor belt are scanned at an Amazon fulfillment center, where they are being sorted and shipped out during Cyber Monday on November 27th, 2023, in Tampa, Florida. | Photo by Octavio Jones / Getty ImagesDespite making pledges to cut down on plastic packaging, a new report from the nonprofit conservation organization Oceana estima…