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Andrew Webster

Venom and Eddie are on the run in The Last Dance’s first trailer

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The extraterrestrial bromance between Eddie Brock and Venom is set to conclude — and it looks like the trilogy is going out with a bang. Sony released the first trailer for The Last Dance, which will conclude the story, and it’s got everything: ultraviolence, one-liners, ballroom dancing, alien armies, and even a symbiote horse.

The movie follows Let There Be Carnage and puts Eddie (Tom Hardy) and Venom (also Hardy) in a tough spot. Not only are they fugitives being...

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Quentyn Kennemer

The Verge’s 2024 summer gift guide

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We’ve rounded up a collection of gadgets that are sure to make a splash this year, from MacBooks and musical frames to our favorite vlogging camera.

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Nilay Patel

The CEO of Zoom wants AI clones in meetings

Photo illustration by The Verge / Photo: Zoom

Zoom founder Eric Yuan has big ambitions in enterprise software, including letting your AI-powered ‘digital twins’ attend meetings for you.

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SBNation.com

Mark Schofield

Connor McDavid scored best goal of NHL Playoffs to put Oilers in Stanley Cup Final 

Connor McDavid’s spectacular goal looks even better on the slow-motion reverse angle.

The Edmonton Oilers are headed to the Stanley Cup Final.

And Connor McDavid is a huge reason why.

McDavid scored 32 goals and added another 100 assists during the regular season, notching a whopping plus-minus of +35 this year, a career-high. McDavid has been just as good in the playoffs, scoring five goals and adding another 26 assists in just 18 games, with a mark of +7 over Edmonton’s...

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Ricky O'Donnell

Jabari Parker’s tearful Barcelona interview shows disappointment of not sticking in NBA

Jabari Parker is back in the basketball world, but he’s not playing on the level he expected.

Jabari Parker seemed destined for a long and successful NBA career when he became the No. 2 overall pick in the 2014 draft. We detailed why Parker was such a special prospect coming out of Chicago’s Simeon Academy high school back in 2013, and he mostly lived up to the hype during his productive one-and-done season at Duke.

The Bucks took him with the second pick in the draft, one spot...

Mashable

Instagram is testing unskippable ads. Users hate it.

Meta's Instagram has concocted a new way to keep you from doomscrolling, but you're not going to like it.

Called "ad break," it's a new way of displaying ads on the platform, and it's apparently being tested with some users, with reports showing up on X and Reddit.

"Ad breaks are a new way of seeing ads on Instagram. Sometimes you may need to view an ad before you can keep browsing," the feature's description reads.

We've seen unskippable ads on other platforms, such as YouTube, where you'll...

Mashable

Spotify has increased subscription prices in the US. Yes, again.

Spotify has hiked its subscription prices in the U.S. again.

On Monday, the company announced the new pricing plans, starting at $11.99 for Individual subscribers. Spotify Duo now costs $16.99 per month, Family plan is $19.99, while Student plan costs $5.99 per month.

"So that we can continue to invest in and innovate on our product features and bring users the best experience, we occasionally update our prices," the company wrote in a blog post.

According to Spotify, existing subscribers in...

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Sonos Ace headphones review: Hands-on with the first headphones from the audio giant

When I got an invite to a Sonos briefing in New York City promising a “highly anticipated innovation,” I kept my fingers crossed it’d be a headphones announcement. The Sonos brand has more than 20 years in the audio industry and has finally released its first pair of headphones, which were three years in the making.

Sonos Ace are premium Bluetooth headphones, but they’re more than just a pair of headphones for listening to music or podcasts. They’re compatible with Sonos soundbars...

Fast Company

Michael Grothaus

Nvidia stock is splitting this week: Here’s what that means for NVDA investors

The 10-to-1 stock split will be completed by Friday, with the AI chip company’s shares trading at the post-split price on Monday, June 10.

The hottest tech stock of the past two years has no doubt been Nvidia Corp, the maker of chips that power the high-end servers that run AI platforms like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. At the end of May 2022, NVDA shares were trading at around $190 per share. But as of the time of writing this morning, shares are trading at over $1,125.

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Reuters

Toyota, Mazda, and Yamaha are ordered to suspend some vehicle shipments

3 Toyota models are affected in a safety test scandal.

A safety test scandal at Japanese automakers widened on Monday, with Toyota Motor and Mazda both halting shipments of some vehicles after Japan’s transport ministry found irregularities in applications to certify certain models.

Fast Company

Associated Press

Your next flight will probably be more expensive. Here’s why

Inflation and jet fuel costs are to blame.

The cost of your next flight is likely to go up.

That’s the word from the International Air Transport Association, which held its annual meeting Monday in Dubai, home to the long-haul carrier Emirates.

While carriers recover from the groundings worldwide from the coronavirus pandemic, industry leaders told journalists that there are several costs likely to push those ticket prices ever higher.

Part of that comes from worldwide inflation, an ongoing...

Fast Company

Michael Grothaus

Cucumber recall 2024: Salmonella fears impact produce products distributed to these 14 states

Florida-based Fresh Start Produce Sales has issued a recall of whole cucumbers shipped in bulk to states in the south, northeast, and midwest.

Select cucumbers are being recalled due to fears of Salmonella contamination. The recall is being voluntarily initiated by Florida-based Fresh Start Produce Sales Inc., which shipped the cucumbers to select states between May 17 and May 21, 2024.

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Parker Hall

Sonos Ace Review: The Most Comfortable Headphones for Travel

The king of whole-home audio is heading outside and already sits at the highest echelon of noise-canceling headphones.

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"[It's] An Overhyped Exercise": Fitness Professionals Are Sharing The Exercises They Would Never Do

Some of the most popular workout moves aren't just ineffective, they can be dangerous.

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People Are Divided After NFL Star Jason Kelce Tweeted His Seriously Controversial Opinion On How Frequently You Should Wash

I regret to inform you that the internet is arguing over personal hygiene again.

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The Verge

Chris Welch

Sonos Ace review: was it worth it?

The first headphones from Sonos deliver on comfort, sound, and more — with a unique TV Audio Swap feature that’s very convenient (when it works). But the ongoing app fiasco casts a cloud over the company’s big moment.

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Tom Warren

Windows AI feature that screenshots everything labeled a security ‘disaster’

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Microsoft is about to launch a new AI-powered Recall feature that screenshots everything you do on your PC. Recall is part of the new Copilot Plus PCs that are debuting on June 18th, but experts who have tested the feature are already warning that Recall could be a “disaster” for cybersecurity.

Recall is designed to use local AI models to screenshot everything you see or do on your computer and then give you the ability to search and retrieve anything in seconds....

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Mark Schofield

Canadian Grand Prix 2024: A true F1 title fight leads the storylines

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Is Red Bull really in trouble as the grid heads to Montreal?

This has become something of a familiar theme this Formula 1 season, but what a difference a year makes.

When the grid made the trip to Montreal a year ago, it was for the eighth race weekend of the 2023 F1 season. Red Bull arrived at the Canadian Grand Prix with a commanding 135-point lead over Mercedes in the Constructors’ Championship standings, with Max Verstappen and...

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Katie Heindl

How WNBA expansion will lead to better player development

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The WNBA is growing, and that should mean extra attention on development.

When the NBA’s G League started, it was with a handful of teams all based in the south. Nothing against Roanoke, Fort Worth, Fayetteville, Fort Myers or Little Rock (also: Albuquerque), but these were small cities and their outpost quality did nothing to stir up big attention and excitement for the teams that took up residence in them. Which is perhaps why four out of...

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