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Image: Facebook Facebook is adding official music videos to its service in the US after partnering with major music companies including Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group, the company announced today. The videos can be found through Facebook Watch and via individual artists’ pages. They can be shared, reacted to, or commented … Continue reading Facebook adds official music videos in new challenge to YouTube. Continue Reading →

Lollapalooza moved online this year, and the music festival kicked off in an appropriately online way: with the debut of a new music video from virtual creator Miquela. The video is an entirely CG affair, created remotely, for the single “Hard Feelings.” It depicts Miquela and a dance crew on the back of a flatbed … Continue reading Virtual artist Miquela debuted a music video at Lollapalooza Continue Reading →

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has officially confirmed that it’s exploring the idea of a paid subscription model, and now the company has started to survey users about potential features that might be added as part of a prospective paid service, via reporter Andrew Roth on Twitter. Roth’s thread shows a variety of features that Twitter … Continue reading Twitter is surveying users on what features they’d want from a subscription Continue Reading →

General Motors is working with electric vehicle charging network EVgo to build more than 2,700 new fast chargers in cities and suburbs across the US over the next five years. That is more than triple the 800 fast chargers that EVgo currently has on its network, which is in 34 states and serves “more than … Continue reading GM will help EVgo triple its fast charger network in the US Continue Reading →

Chrome OS will run Android and Windows apps side by side Google revealed earlier this year that it’s planning to support Windows applications on Chromebooks thanks to a partnership with Parallels. It’s a collaboration that will see a full version of Windows boot inside Chrome OS, providing businesses the option to run existing desktop apps on … Continue reading How Google is bringing Windows apps to Chromebooks. Continue Reading →

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix is letting people choose the speed at which they want to watch something on their phone or tablet with new playback controls. Netflix will allow anyone on an Android mobile device to stream at either 0.5x or 0.75x speeds for slowed-down viewing and 1.25x or 1.5x speeds … Continue reading Netflix is letting people watch things faster or slower with new playback speed controls Continue Reading →

Amazon and WarnerMedia have struck a new temporary agreement that will allow HBO Now customers to continue streaming on Fire TV while the companies continue negotiations over HBO Max. Before we go any further, let’s break down this situation. In April, WarnerMedia launched its new crown jewel streaming service, HBO Max. The app was made available … Continue reading HBO Now subscribers can continue to stream on Amazon after all. Continue Reading →

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is rethinking its Cortana assistant, announcing that it will shut downthe current iOS and Android apps, end Cortana support for the Harman Kardon Invoke smart speaker, and remove the original Cortana functionality from the first-generation Surface Headphones starting in 2021. These changes are still a few months away, but it marks … Continue reading Microsoft is shutting down Cortana on multiple devices, including iOS and Android. Continue Reading →

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge President Donald Trump intends to sign an order that would direct ByteDance to sell its ownership of the US-based video-sharing app TikTok, according toBloomberg. The order, which could be announced as soon as Friday afternoon, would employ the Council on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to force ByteDance to … Continue reading President Trump plans to sever TikTok from its Chinese owner, Bloomberg reports Continue Reading →

Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge The Verge is a place where you can consider the future. So are movies. In Yesterday’s Future, we revisit a movie about the future and consider the things it tells us about today, tomorrow, and yesterday. The movie: V for Vendetta (2006) directed by James McTeigue The future: In V for … Continue reading V for Vendetta knew our future would be a bleak one Continue Reading →