The musical at the end of the world Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon | NeonJoshua Oppenheimer’s The End is a musical about wicked people. But it’s very different from Wicked. Read the full story at The Verge.

For its next trick, Apple is reportedly preparing a Magic Mouse redesign The Magic Mouse with USB-C was the tiniest revision. | Photo by Nathan Edwards / The VergeApple is working on a redesigned successor to the Magic Mouse, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter. This new mouse would address complaints some users have had, including that pesky charging port. Gurman writes that Apple’s …

A worthy update to my favorite mobile game ever Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 64, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, get ready for some weird documentaries, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about raw milk and $HAWK and WhatsApp, watching A Man on the Inside and the …

Now ChromeOS can reset itself without erasing your laptop Illustration: The VergeThis week, Google announced it’s rolling out ChromeOS M131 to non-beta users, bringing with it a handy “Safety reset” feature that lets Chromebook users reset their laptops without totally wiping them. The update also introduced a new “Flash notifications” accessibility option to help those who might not otherwise easily h…

Windows warns Phone Link won’t show ‘sensitive’ Android 15 notifications Illustration: Alex Castro / The VergeMicrosoft’s Phone Link app is warning that Android smartphones using the latest version of Android 15 won’t display certain “sensitive” notifications, according to a post from Mishaal Rahman spotted by Windows Central. The warning is the result of an Android 15 privacy feature that automatically categorizes …

Infinity Nikki is a fashion-forward Zelda Image: Infold GamesBreath of the Styled. Read the full story at The Verge.

Rhode Island’s online benefits system shuts down after cyberattack Illustration: Beatrice SalaRhode Island took its RIBridges system for applying for public assistance programs like Medicaid offline Friday following a cyberattack that may have exposed the personal data of hundreds of thousands of people, reports CBS affiliate WPRI 12. With its RIBridges system offline, Rhode Islanders won’t be able to log into…

Amazon’s latest Kindle Paperwhite is nearly matching its Black Friday low There may be no setting that the new Paperwhite doesn’t look crisp in. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeIf you missed the first sale on the 2024 Kindle Paperwhite during Black Friday, now’s your chance to write your own redemption arc. Right now, you can get Amazon’s newest ad-supported ebook reader at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target fo…

HDMI 2.2 will be announced next month — and it may require a new cable Photo: Wes Davis / The VergeThe group behind the HDMI standard, HDMI Forum, says that it will detail a new spec release in a press conference on January 6th that will enable “a wide range of higher resolutions and refresh rates.” The new capabilities will be “supported with a new cable,” according to the HDMI Forum’s email to The Verge announci…

YouTube TV is letting some subscribers hold off that price hike Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeYouTube announced a hefty subscription price increase this week that will shoot the monthly cost up by $10 to $82.99 on January 13th for existing members (or now, if you sign up today). Some subscribers are staving off the hike using the time-honored tradition of threatening to cancel, as one Verge reader i…

L’Oréal Colorsonic review: shades of gray I wanted the Colorsonic to zap my grays. Instead, I got a lesson in tradeoffs. Read the full story at The Verge.

One of the year’s best movies was filmed in first person Actor Brandon Wilson dons the first-person camera rig. | Amazon MGM Studios and Orion PicturesWhen RaMell Ross signed on to direct the adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Nickel Boys, he wanted nearly the entire film to be shot from the first-person perspective. Here’s how he pulled off one of the year’s best and most ambitious movies. Read the f…

OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever says the way AI is built is about to change Ilya Sutskever. | Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty ImagesOpenAI’s cofounder and former chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever, made headlines earlier this year after he left to start his own AI lab called Safe Superintelligence Inc. He has avoided the limelight since his departure but made a rare public appearance in Vancouver on Friday at the Conferen…

Meta asks the US government to block OpenAI’s switch to a for-profit Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty ImagesMeta is asking California Attorney General Rob Bonta to block OpenAI’s planned transition from a non-profit to for-profit entity. In a letter sent to Bonta’s office this week, Meta says that OpenAI “should not be allowed to flout the law by taking and reappropriating assets it buil…

A Gemini-boosted Google Assistant is now available on some Nest speakers Google is slowly rolling out its Gemini-powered Google Assistant to some users of its smart speakers. | Photo: Dan Seifert / The VergeGoogle has slowly started rolling out a Gemini-powered Google Assistant to some Google Home users on select Nest smart speakers. The company first teased a smarter Google Assistant for the home in August and is st…

Texas sues New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills via telemedicine Illustration by William JoelTexas is suing a New York doctor for prescribing mifepristone and misoprostol — the pills used for medication abortion — to a Texas resident via telemedicine, an alleged violation of the state’s strict abortion law. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit against Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter, founder of the Abor…

Peak Design denies snitching on Luigi Mangione Everyday Backpack V1 | Image: Peak DesignWhen the first grainy images of the UnitedHealthcare shooting suspect emerged, some viewers noticed a seemingly small detail: he looked like he was wearing a Peak Design Everyday V1 backpack. Now, on platforms like Threads and TikTok, a recurring accusation has circulated: Peak Design “traced” the bag own…

ChatGPT Projects are fancy folders for your AI chats Image: The VergeOpenAI is rolling out a feature called “Projects” to ChatGPT. It’s basically a folder system that makes it easier to organize things you’re working on while using the AI chatbot. As shown in a demo video, your list of Projects will show up in the sidebar. If you make a new project, you can do things like edit the title, set a co…

The long-shot plan to save TikTok from a US ban Frank McCourt. | Getty Images / The VergeSo far, ByteDance has shown zero willingness to spin off TikTok in the US. The Chinese parent company seems to be banking on the Supreme Court or President-elect Donald Trump rescuing the app before it’s banned next month. The obvious names that would would buy TikTok if they could — Amazon, Google, Meta,…

Tim Cook is the latest tech CEO to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago Apple CEO Tim Cook will meet with President-elect Donald Trump for dinner on Friday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, according to The New York Times. It’s reportedly Cook’s first time meeting with Trump since the election. During Trump’s first term, Cook established a direct relationship with the president that other tech CEOs have wanted to…