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Henry Cavill knows exactly how you imagine him: bulging muscles, epic chin, movie star grin, sitting alone in his man-cave playing PC games all day because that’s what he told GQ he likes to do best. Yes, your Witcher (and Superman) is an avid PC gamer, and today he’s taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to prove it to fans by fulfilling … Continue reading Because you definitely want to watch Henry Cavill build a gaming PC Continue Reading →

Bungie has announced that it’s delaying its next major Destiny 2 expansion, Beyond Light, to November 10th due to the difficulties of development during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The expansion was originally set to release on September 22nd. “As always, our goal is to make the coolest, most entertaining expansion we can possibly make for our fans. To … Continue reading Bungie delays its next big Destiny 2 expansion to November 10th, citing the pandemic Continue Reading →

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google will ban ads promoting coronavirus conspiracy theories, remove ads from pages that promote these theories, and demonetize entire sites that frequently violate the policy starting on August 18th. CNBC reported the news earlier today, noting that it supplements an existing ban on monetizing harmful medical misinformation. A Google spokesperson … Continue reading Google will ban ads from coronavirus conspiracy pages Continue Reading →

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Samsung has announced that its latest Galaxy Book S is now available to purchase. It’s the first device to offer Intel’s new “Core processors with Intel Hybrid Technology.” Previous Galaxy Book S models have run on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon platform. The new Intel processors (referred to as “Lakefield”) are designed … Continue reading Samsung’s Galaxy Book S is the first laptop with Intel’s new Hybrid processor Continue Reading →

Image: NASA NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are tentatively scheduled to return to Earth inside SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon capsule on August 2nd. It’s the same Crew Dragon vehicle that launched the astronauts to space at the end of May— marking the first time a privately made spacecraft had carried people to orbit. For … Continue reading NASA astronauts set to return to Earth in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon on August 2nd Continue Reading →

Illustration by William Joel / The Verge This week on The Vergecast, Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Russell Brandom, and Julia Alexander discuss the unprecedented Twitter hack that occurred this week — who was affected, how this attack could have happened, and why this is so important for the future of regulating tech companies. In the second half of … Continue reading Vergecast: the significance of the Twitter hack, NBC’s Peacock, and the threat of a TikTok ban Continue Reading →

Paper Mario: The Origami King came out on July 17th, but user reviews won’t be available until July 18th Metacritic wants people to actually play a game before reviewing it, so the site now requires users to wait 36 hours from when a new game is released before leaving a score. The intention is to … Continue reading Metacritic stops letting you review games on the day they’re released Continue Reading →

Image: h0x0d (Twitter) All indications point to Samsung introducing its next set of true wireless earbuds at the company’s Unpacked event next month. We’ve already seen them, and they’ll reportedly be branded as the Galaxy Buds Live. (It’s truly foolish of Samsung to not just own the design and call them the Galaxy Beans, but I … Continue reading This is what Samsung’s bean-shaped Galaxy Buds Live will look like in your ears Continue Reading →

Image: Marvel / Disney The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was supposed to kick off Marvel Studios’ big television universe on Disney Plus in August, but the show’s debut has officially been delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The delay comes after the show was forced to pause production back in May because of the pandemic, The Verge has … Continue reading Disney Plus’ first big Marvel series, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, is officially delayed Continue Reading →

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Popular chat service Discord experienced widespread server outages today. The issues started at around 5PM ET, and lasted nearly an hour. Patreon, Deliveroo, GitLab, Zendesk, Medium, and many other sites were also down, and Cloudflare acknowledged issues with its network affected various apps and sites. “This afternoon we saw an … Continue reading Discord was down for nearly an hour due to Cloudflare issues Continue Reading →