Day: May 17, 2021

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Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Today, we learned that Apple’s ultra-premium $550 AirPods Max headphones aren’t ready for the new lossless audio catalog coming to Apple Music next month — and they’re not alone. Apple confirms to The Verge that the HomePod and HomePod mini won’t support lossless audio, either. (MacRumors confirmed the […]

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge When it comes to finding a device to use to read your ebooks, you have a few options to choose from. You can always buy a tablet or simply use your smartphone, but those devices are multipurpose and can be used for a ton of things, like […]

James Bond, The Handmaid’s Tale, Rocky, Stargate, Robocop, Legally Blonde, Vikings, a historic catalog of films dating back many decades, an array of production and distribution companies, and the content network Epix — these are the things that Amazon might own if it buys storied film giant MGM for billions of dollars in the very […]

Investigative filmmaker Jeremy Corbell joined Hill.TV on Monday to discuss footage of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) recently declassified by the U.S. government.Speaking with “Rising” co-hosts Saagar Enjeti and Krystal Ball, Corbell discussed…

Journalist Zaid Jilani said Monday on Hill.TV’s “Rising” that media in the U.S. and other Western nations only began really focusing on the rising tensions in Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories after violence began escalating…

Georgetown University professor Trita Parsi stopped by Hill.TV’s “Rising” on Monday to discuss how the U.S.’s efforts to shield its allies in the Middle East, including Israel, from criticism have contributed to turmoil in the Middle East….

Fossil A new tweet from the official Wear OS Twitter account is teasing an update tomorrow at I/O 2021 to Google’s frequently forgotten smartwatch operating system. Google has even suggested that the developer conference will feature an entirely new version of Wear OS on the I/O Adventure page, the “virtual sandbox” for trying the products […]

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Fox has announced its upcoming animated comedy Krapopolis, from Rick and Morty creator Dan Harmon, will be “the first-ever animated series curated entirely on the Blockchain.” The company plans to try to generate buzz for the show with its own brand-new NFT company dubbed Blockchain Creative Labs, THR […]

Electric scooters have become a common sight on London’s roads, even while their use has remained illegal. | Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images London’s long-awaited electric scooter trials will begin next month on June 7th, the city’s transport authority and local councils announced today. Three scooter companies have been selected to offer rentals for up […]