The iPhone Duo and Galaxy Z Fold 8 have new aspect ratios for smartphones and it's challenging the status quo of how we consume video. Meanwhile, vertical video productions are heading to Hollywood. Can two ideas about mobile video co-exist or will one prevail? The Verge’s producer, Andru Marino, brings a foldable to the first ever microdrama festival in New York City to explore what these two sides think is the future shape of video.
Rare The Verge video (that isn't a podcast, and even rarer as not sponsored) and it's in 4:3! (My 5:4 at work is so close...)
"Previous-gen" foldables are not great to watch videos, especially when open, but passport-style foldables are making things a little bit weird/interesting.
Also, are microdramas actually doing well? I remember Blackpills doing vertical content, whose mobile app died like 3 years ago.
Officials said they wanted to search the phone of Samuel Tunick, a Stop Cop City activist, for child abuse material. It was actually because he was suspected of “terrorist activities.”
WTF, why this lie?
“Science fiction imagines the future. We build it.”
Since the competition won’t buy Deezer’s AI music detection tech, they’re bringing it directly to users.
According to director Jane Wagner, the executive producer and director of POV told her they were worried about the political repercussions of showing a film centered on a trans person after the recent threats to public media by legislators and the Trump administration.
This fucking sucks, but I'm so glad the director didn't back down.
After significant research and testing on dozens of actual SNES units, the TASBot team now thinks that a cheap ceramic resonator used in the system's Audio Processing Unit (APU) is to blame for much of this inconsistency.
Next a identifié plus de 1 000 sites d'information utilisant plus ou moins massivement l’intelligence artificielle pour générer des articles censés avoir été écrits par des journalistes, soulevant des questions quant à la qualité des informations. Pour vous donner un maximum de cartes en mains, nous vous proposons une extension pour Chrome et Firefox permettant d’être alertés lorsque vous visitez un tel site.
The best games of Awesome Games Done Quick 2025, a speedrunning marathon that raises money for charity, happen well outside the primetime hours.
La capsule Starliner de Boeing rentrera sur Terre sans Butch Wilmore et Suni Williams, a priori en septembre.
lol
While reporting this story, a 404 Media article about AI-generated porn was deleted by Facebook.
Yeah, happened twice for me. The last just a few minutes ago, which also deleted all app passwords and had me retype my password on my iPad to unlock.
"The LGBTQ+ advocacy group claims that the social media company fails to remove anti-trans content in violation of its own policies, leading to ‘well-documented real-world harms.’"
"If you’re looking for an anime that will force you to interrogate the inevitable passage of time and reconcile with the fact that one day you, too, will be forgotten, then boy do I have a show for you."
"Listen to me... do you want to use a computer that is always looking at your hands?"
"Last week, I turned on my PC, installed a Windows update, and rebooted to find Microsoft Edge automatically open with the Chrome tabs I was working on before the update."
Polygon surveyed more than 4,000 people to demystify anime’s reach within the world of pop culture.
But can your [product] do [task 1], [task 2] and [task 3]??
