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...
We finally have a release date for Poppy Playtime: Chapter 5 — February 18, 2026. We've got a subtitle too, making the full, official name of the latest instalment: Poppy Playtime: Chapter 5 — Broken ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Kim Kardashian skin is the most popular in Fortnite Chapter 7. ✓ Kim Kardashian, a media mogul, features in a new ski...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Disney's 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' achieved a domestic debut of $88 million ✓ Analysts expected an opening in th...
Ever since digital streaming was introduced as an alternative to cable, companies like Disney, Warner Bros, Netflix, and Amazon have been finding new ways to "revolutionize" monthly subscriptions, whi...
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...
The collaborative relationship between LEGO and Nintendo, two world leaders in family-friendly entertainment that operate in the adjacent realms of toys and games, began with the 1999 release of LEGO ...
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...
Star Wars superfans are still trying to convince Disney to make canceled movie The Hunt For Ben Solo a reality — and they’re putting their money where their mouths are. Last year, a ‘Ben Solo Missing’...
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...
The Xenomorph from the Alien film franchise is one of the coolest, most nefarious movie monsters ever hatched, with its acid blood, mouths-within-mouths, and diabolical claws. It pretty much single-ha...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Timothée Chalamet is portraying the main character from Marty Supreme in a new ping pong movie. ✓ Chalamet is advised to ...
Senada Greca. Courtesy of Senada Greca Kim Kardashian's trainer Senada Greca said strength training is the key to an athletic physique. Greca said exercise transformed her physical and mental health, ...
Buddyo is a smart base designed to add AI to figurines like Funko Pops using NFC tags. AI toys, companions, and robots have been everywhere at CES this year , but among the horde of waddling plushies ...
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...