This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers , a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Every year, TV makers flock to CES...
LG is adding a karaoke-focused party speaker to its lineup of Xboom devices, which is built in collaboration with Will.i.am. Announced this week, LG says the Stage 501 speaker comes with an "AI Karaok...
In just the past couple years, the art TV category that's been dominated by Samsung's The Frame has seen growth, with additions from both TCL and Hisense. Now LG has announced its own entry, the LG Ga...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Kim Kardashian skin is the most popular in Fortnite Chapter 7. ✓ Kim Kardashian, a media mogul, features in a new ski...
Kim Kardashian at the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Fashion missteps were notable at events in 2025, from awards shows to the Cannes Film Festival. Jamie Lee Curtis wo...
Gen Zers started going to the movies more this year. koldo studio/Getty Images Gen Z movie theater attendance jumped 25% in 2025; I was one of those Gen Zers at the movies. AMC A-List and similar prog...
There is a mysterious countdown timer on Amazon’s official website for its Fallout TV series that is set to unlock when the Season 2 finale comes out — but fans think it might also signal the shadowdr...
They’ll launch through Nintendo’s stores in New York and San Francisco. | Image: Nintendo After exclusively launching in Japan last August , Nintendo has announced its My Mario product line will be av...
It's been about 30 years since the Tamagotchi became the must-have toy for children around the globe. Now, 3 decades on, the humble tamagotchi is inspiring a new generation of electronic pets. France ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Teases for Nintendo's next Zelda game have begun. ✓ The game could be influenced by Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonm...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Disney's 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' achieved a domestic debut of $88 million ✓ Analysts expected an opening in th...
If you’re all caught up on Stranger Things , you’ll be aware of a plot thread left dangling in the Season 5 finale that has to do with a briefcase. It turns out this will be addressed in a live-action...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Timothée Chalamet is portraying the main character from Marty Supreme in a new ping pong movie. ✓ Chalamet is advised to ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ David Walliams was dropped from a children's book festival ✓ The drop followed claims of inappropriate behaviour ...
Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet at the 70th David di Donatello Awards in Rome. Elisabetta A. Villa/Getty Images Timothée Chalamet thanked Kylie Jenner onstage at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards. The...
Project Ava was software last year, and now it’s hardware this CES. Razer's Project Ava AI game coach from last year's CES is taking a new form for 2026: a tiny holographic anime girl in a capsule you...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Disney Imagineering debuted a next-generation robotic character named Olaf. ✓ The robotic Olaf marks a new era of Disney ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ James Cameron’s sci-fi epic Avatar: Fire and Ash earned $345 million globally in its opening. ✓ This represents a signifi...
Kaley Cuoco. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Kaley Cuoco says turning 40 has made her more empathetic and less judgmental. "I feel like my heart got 10 times bigger the older I got," the "B...
In recent years, Square Enix has made quite an effort to remaster or remake some of its most beloved games and bring them to modern platforms. We've seen the incredible Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remak...