Someone Is Photoshopping Mr. Bean Onto the Faces of A-list Celebrities View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kingdom of Bean (@kingdom.of.bean) Someone behind the Instagram account Kingdom of Bean is trying to answer a simple question. “If everyone was Mr. Bean, what would the world look like?” The Instagrammer is […]
Day: September 22, 2022
Google’s new adventure game takes a top-down trip through ancient Mesoamerica
I love the cute characters in the game. | Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge Google’s Arts & Culture division has released a charming new educational game all about ancient Mesoamerica. The game, The Descent of the Serpent, is available to play right now in your browser or via the Google Arts & Culture […]
First Apple Watch Ultra and AirPods Pro 2 pre-orders begin arriving to buyers
Most of the Apple products announced at the company’s special event earlier this month are already available in stores. However, the official launch of the Apple Watch Ultra and AirPods Pro 2 has been delayed by a week, as both are set to hit stores on Friday, September 23. Now customers are finally getting their […]
Impressions: Shovel Knight Dig is my new roguelite gaming addiction
Enlarge / Dig deeply enough in Shovel Knight Dig, and you’ll find trippy treasure just like this. (credit: Yacht Club Games) Shovel Knight Dig has been on our radar since its announcement in 2019—back when games could be revealed and immediately demonstrated at physical gaming expos. That many years ago, Dig was one of a […]
People Are Sharing a Simple Trick to Get Quick Relief for Tinnitus
People Are Sharing a Simple Trick to Get Quick Relief for Tinnitus Photo: DarkBird/Depositphotos Have you ever felt like you had a constant ringing in one or both of your ears? This condition is known as tinnitus, and it can be enormously frustrating. Now, there’s quick internet trick that claims to stop the irritating sound […]
I briefly played with Logitech’s new G Cloud Gaming Handheld
When you’re in the Xbox Cloud Gaming app, the yellow Logitech button pulls up the Xbox shade as if you were playing on a console. | Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge Yesterday, Logitech announced its $349.99 G Cloud Gaming Handheld, which is coming out in the US on October 17th (until then, it’s […]
Amazon is tightening its ebook return policy to thwart BookTok
Amazon’s Logo. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon plans to limit automatic ebook returns to cases where people have read no more than 10 percent of the book, according to the Authors Guild. The change, which follows complaints that Kindle buyers were returning titles they’d fully read to get a refund, is […]
Jamf works with AWS to improve security of Amazon EC2 Mac instances
Jamf, the popular Apple device management platform for schools and businesses, announced Thursday that it is now working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to make Amazon EC2 Mac instances even more secure thanks to a new layer of protection. more… The post Jamf works with AWS to improve security of Amazon EC2 Mac instances appeared […]
The case of the murdered mummies: “virtual autopsy” reveals fatal injuries
Enlarge / Face and upper body of one of two South American mummies that were likely murdered, based on a recent “virtual autopsy.” (credit: A-M Begerock et al., 2022) An international team of scientists used CT scanning to conduct “virtual autopsies” of three South American mummies and found evidence of fatal trauma in two of […]
Valve overhauls Steam’s stats page with new real-time charts
Valve’s stats page for its Steam storefront now has real-time charts showing both the top-selling and most played games at any given moment. You can look at the new stats page right here. As I write this, the top-selling title is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II — which perhaps isn’t too shocking given that […]