Amazon follows Fallout with live-action Tomb Raider show

Image: Crystal Dynamics In addition to announcing a second season of Mr. And Mrs. Smith and a fifth season of The Boys, Amazon is adding another new series to its television lineup: a live-action Tomb Raider series. The series will be produced in collaboration between Crystal Dynamics and Amazon MGM Studios, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge serving … Read more

Jeopardy! is making its first-ever streaming spinoff for Prime Video

Image: Sony Pictures The classic competitive game show Jeopardy! is getting a spinoff series on Prime Video. Sony Pictures Television is producing Pop Culture Jeopardy!, which turns the classic academic quiz show with three challengers into a team-based trivia game that touches on music, movies, culture, sports, celebrities, entertainment, and more. The new series marks … Read more

Ancient trees show how hot summers have gotten

The annual rings on the trunk of a conifer tree. | Photo: Getty Images A summer marked by deadly heatwaves across Asia, Europe, and North America last year turns out to have been the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in at least 2,000 years, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. Officially, … Read more

Dune: Part Two starts streaming on Max next week

Image: Warner Bros. Pictures The second chapter of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune saga is streaming very soon: Max announced that Dune: Part Two will be hitting the service on May 21st. The film originally premiered in March and — as the title implies — follows the first movie in telling the complete story of Frank Herbert’s … Read more

Amazon Web Services CEO to step down

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge AWS CEO Adam Selipsky is stepping down, effective June 3rd, according to a leaked email from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy viewed by The Verge. Matt Garman, the SVP of AWS sales, marketing, and global services at Amazon, will replace Selipsky as CEO. Amazon confirmed The Verge’s reporting in … Read more

XCOM developers start new studio to take on The Sims

The Sims 4. | Image: Electronic Arts Midsummer Studios is a new game studio founded by two former Firaxis developers, Jake Solomon and Will Miller. Before founding Midsummer, the two worked on XCOM, Civilization: Beyond Earth, and Marvel’s Midnight Suns. Today, the new studio has announced its first game: a next-gen life sim game with … Read more

Waymo’s robotaxis are under investigation for crashes and traffic law violations

Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Federal safety investigators have opened a preliminary investigation into dozens of incidents involving Waymo’s driverless vehicles, including several “single-party” crashes and possible traffic law violations. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation is looking into 22 incidents in which Waymo’s robotaxis were “the sole vehicle … Read more

Sony names new PlayStation leaders following Jim Ryan’s retirement

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Sony is appointing co-CEOs Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino to lead its PlayStation business from June 1st. Hermen Hulst, who currently serves as PlayStation studios chief, will be appointed as CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s (SIE) studio business group. Hideaki Nishino will be appointed CEO of SIE’s platform … Read more

The WashG1 is Dyson’s first mop

The Dyson WashG1 can wipe up wet messes. | Image: Dyson Dyson’s newest device for dealing with dirt in your home is a mechanical mop. Unlike the British engineering company’s flagship fans, hair dryers, and vacuums, the new Dyson WashG1 floor washing machine doesn’t use precision-engineered fans or a fine-tuned Hyperdymium motor. Instead, the mop … Read more

TikTok is testing AI-generated search results

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok is testing a more robust search results page, including using generative AI. The feature appears to be a new and is called “search highlights.” A snippet of AI results appear at the top of some search results pages, and clicking into the section opens a new page … Read more

Roku will start streaming live MLB games for free

Photo by Stacy Revere / Getty Images Roku will exclusively stream Major League Baseball Sunday Leadoff games starting with the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox on May 19th. The games will air live on The Roku Channel — no subscription or sign-up required. To watch the games, you’ll have to download The … Read more

RFK Jr. sues Meta for ‘election interference’ after it temporarily removed a campaign video

Photo by Lev Radin / Pacific Press / LightRocket via Getty Images Independent presidential candidate and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing Meta for allegedly violating the First Amendment and engaging in “election interference” because it removed a video about him. The lawsuit is not likely to advance far, considering that the First … Read more

Apple finally adds iPhone alerts for third-party Bluetooth trackers

Apple and Google collaborated on the new Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers industry standard. | Image: Apple A new industry specification devised by Apple and Google to address the safety risks of Bluetooth tracking devices is now live. Apple announced this week it has implemented alerts for unknown third-party Bluetooth trackers in iOS 17.5, following Google … Read more

Square Enix plans to ‘aggressively pursue’ multiplatform game releases

Image: Square Enix Everybody’s getting bitten by the multiplatform bug; now, it’s Square Enix. In its earnings report released earlier today, the publisher shared plans to increase profits, stating that it will “aggressively pursue a multiplatform strategy that includes Nintendo platforms, PlayStation, Xbox, and PCs.” Right now, Square Enix’s biggest games, like Final Fantasy XVI … Read more