Image: Spotify Have you ever wanted to know how in the hell a man like Hideo Kojima comes up with some of the outlandish stuff you see in his games? Well, you’re about to, as he’s coming soon to earholes near you. During Opening Night Live, otherwise known as Geoff Keighley’s European Adventure, the maestro…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Mini meets Pokémon in this unusual mashup. | Image: Mini / Pokemon Mini teamed up with Pokémon to develop a Pikachu-themed concept car that’s, fittingly, all-electric. The automaker showcased the car during the Gamescom Opening Night Live event, which lets you hook up your game console and project your gameplay from the front of the…
Samar Haddad / The Verge Bad stuff happens — and occasionally, it happens to your Google account. One nightmare for those who depend on their Gmail, Google Photos, and other Google apps is to lose access to all that data. This is what happened to a father who sent photos of his child to a…
Good night and good luck, MoviePass. Deposit Photos Against all odds, the MoviePass reboot is reportedly getting the green light. Despite a dramatic, years-long history full of scandals and financial woes, the subscription-based movie ticket service announced yesterday that it will restart once again over Labor Day weekend with a newly restructured, three-tiered system of…
We all knew this day was coming. With the film world hungry for failed tech fodder on the heels of titles like The Drop Out and WeCrashed, some producer was bound to hit upon BlackBerry on the way to the inevitable 20-part Juicero miniseries. The beloved and beleaguered smartphone firm formerly known as Research in…
TikTok is testing a new ‘Nearby’ feed that is designed to display local content to users. A spokesperson for the company told TechCrunch that the new feed is being tested with select users in Southeast Asia and that the test is currently limited in scope. Users who are part of the limited test will see…
Following the overturn of Roe v. Wade, companies have been bolstering efforts and navigating the legal landscape to provide care to birthing people. Yelp is now following suit. The company announced, in an exclusive first shared with Axios, that it will add a consumer notice to crisis pregnancy centers (CPC) to differentiate them from abortion…
Toyota has joined the growing list of automakers that have recognized the state of California’s authority to set vehicle emissions standards under the U.S. Clean Air Act. The move will make the Japanese automaker eligible for government fleet purchases by California. “Toyota continues to share the vision of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and carbon neutrality…
WhatsApp Communities, the messaging app’s anticipated expansion aimed at supporting larger discussion groups, has now rolled out to additional users as it nears a public launch. The company declined to share specific details as to how many users or which countries were seeing the new feature as testing expands, but confirmed that more users have…
Yelp, the go-to site for publicly-generated reviews and business suggestions, announced it’s expanding site features to help users get informed, medically-sound abortion care. The new consumer notice alert notifies visitors when they have accessed a Yelp business page for a Crisis Pregnancy Center (also known as a CPC). Such centers are branded as so-called “women’s…