Spotify’s new royalty scheme picks the winners
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Happy Thanksgiving week! I will be out tomorrow making twice baked potatoes,…
Breaking: Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI
Sam Altman will return as CEO of OpenAI, overcoming an attempted boardroom coup that sent the company into chaos over the past several days. Former president Greg Brockman, who quit…
Dave Filoni gets the keys to the Star Wars franchise
Dave Filoni just got rewarded for the success of Ahsoka, The Mandalorian, and other Star Wars shows with a promotion to chief creative officer of Lucasfilm. According to details in…
GameMaker ditches subscription model for indie developers
Starting today, GameMaker will be free to use for noncommercial, non-console projects, and the company is eliminating its indie / creator tier monthly subscription fee in favor of a one-time…
Flipboard is abandoning X for Mastodon
Flipboard is the latest company to end its presence on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. In a Medium post published Tuesday, the company said it would no longer…
OpenAI drops a big new ChatGPT feature with a joke about its CEO drama
ChatGPT’s voice feature is now available to all users for free. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), OpenAI announced users can now tap the headphones icon to use their…
10 best modern miniseries of all time, ranked
Great TV series can often span multiple seasons, demanding long-term commitments from viewers. On the other end of the spectrum are miniseries. Despite having only a handful of episodes, the…
Fortnite OG will end with a Big Bang
Fortnite is currently saturated in nostalgia, thanks to the backwards-looking Fortnite OG. But that’s about to change very soon: the battle royale’s next major live event promises “a new beginning”…
The Verge’s 2023 holiday gift guide for kids
Poetry for Neanderthals Good game is good. Fun time be had by all. Me think you enjoy. That may sound like word crimes, but it’s the gist of playing Poetry…
What’s on your desk, Nathan Edwards?
Nathan Edwards has been at The Verge for about a year and a half as senior reviews editor, editing reviews and managing part of the reviews team. He also works…