Dieter Bohn / The Verge The public betas for iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 are rolling out today, and they bring a laundry list of new features, including the biggest changes to the iOS home screen that we’ve seen in years. This will be the first opportunity for anyone who’s not enrolled in Apple’s developer … Continue reading iOS 14’s public beta is rolling out today Continue Reading
Photo by Brent Rose for The Verge You might not be getting much use out of GoPro’s outdoor action cameras during the coronavirus pandemic, so GoPro is making it a lot easier for you to repurpose its flagship Hero 8 camera for use indoors as a macOS webcam. GoPro says support for Windows is currently in development. … Continue reading GoPro now lets you transform the Hero 8 into a webcam Continue Reading
iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 are now available in public beta, and you can download and install them. The process for installing each is similar. We’ll walk through what’s new and how to get the betas onto your devices. Unless you’re enrolled in Apple’s developer program, this is your first opportunity to try out the new … Continue reading How to install the iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 public betas Continue Reading
Image: Sony Sony revealed what the physical boxes for PlayStation 5 games will look like in a blog post on Thursday, using the upcoming Spider-Man: Miles Morales as an example. While they look a lot like, well, game boxes, there are still a few interesting design details to note. Sony will once again sell games in blue cases, … Continue reading Sony reveals the PS5 game box design Continue Reading
When Hamilton landed on Disney Plus last week, it seemed like everyone was clamoring to watch it. In a new company all-hands, CEO Bob Chapek stressed that Hamilton brought in a lot of new subscribers and played an important part in Disney Plus’ growth, according to an audio recording obtained by The Verge. Chapek didn’t give out numbers on how … Continue reading Disney CEO stresses Hamilton’s importance to Disney Plus in private all-hands meeting Continue Reading
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Sony has made a $250 million investment in Epic Games, the two companies announced on Thursday, giving Sony a minority interest in the game development studio. The investment lets the two companies “broaden their collaboration across Sony’s leading portfolio of entertainment assets and technology, and Epic’s social entertainment … Continue reading Sony buys $250 million stake in Fortnite creator Epic Games Continue Reading
Photo by MORRIS MAC MATZEN/AFP via Getty Images An advocacy group is urging lawmakers to make sure hospitals can repair their own equipment — citing a survey of over 200 medical professionals. The US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) has released a new report on how “right-to-repair” rules affect medical professionals, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. It … Continue reading Right-to-repair advocates say hospitals need new rules to keep equipment working Continue Reading
Image: Superhot Team The team behind time-bending first-person shooter Superhot has a pretty good proposition: buy or have bought the first game and you get the follow-up for free. Called Superhot: Mind Control Delete, the standalone expansion has been in early access on Steam since 2017. But it’s releasing in full on July 16th, and developer Superhot Team … Continue reading Superhot creators are giving away millions of free copies of Mind Control Delete expansion Continue Reading
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge For a few hours on Thursday afternoon, videos that appeared on TikTok user pages, following feeds, and the For You Page all displayed broken Like totals for some users across the globe. TikTok showed that these videos had zero likes. “Earlier today, some of our users experienced app … Continue reading TikTok’s likes briefly broke down at the worst possible time Continue Reading
Dünzl\ullstein bild via Getty Images Tens of thousands of people won’t be descending upon San Diego this summer for the annual Comic-Con International gathering, but the festival is still going ahead as a virtual event with a lineup that includes some heavy hitters. It’s a good year for streamers. Amazon, FX, HBO, Hulu, and ViacomCBS are just … Continue reading San Diego Comic-Con goes digital, but heavy hitters from Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. may be absent Continue Reading