Amazon’s Matter Casting is shaping up so nicely, I want to use it everywhere

Matter Casting is now rolling out to all Fire TVs on FireOS 6 or higher. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge

If the Fire TV is your streaming stick of choice, I have good news. There’s now an easy way to cast content from your phone or tablet to your TV — as long as you’re watching Prime Video. Matter Casting, a new protocol for casting content from an app on your phone to an app on a TV or display, is rolling out now to compatible Fire TVs and could one day be available on...

Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile’s ‘unlimited’ plans just got a $10M slap on the wrist

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile will pay a combined $10.22 million to a group of states to settle claims that the carriers lied to customers about their “unlimited” plans and “free” phone offers. The settlement, which follows an investigation from a coalition of 50 attorneys general, requires the three companies to make their advertisements more transparent.

Under the terms of the agreement, Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T can only advertise...

GameStop will buy and sell rare Pokémon cards — but it doesn’t want to catch ‘em all

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GameStop, the used video game retailer that’s become increasingly associated with other kinds of speculative investments, wants to cash in on the resurgent card collecting craze — staffers have told Pokébeach, Polygon, and The Verge that stores will begin buying and selling rare Pokémon cards, and possibly other cards, as soon as next week.

GameStop apparently doesn’t want just any cards, though: employees across...

Algorithms can remove bias blind spots, study shows

Algorithms remove the bias blind spot because you see algorithms more like you see other people than yourself.

Algorithms are a staple of modern life. People rely on algorithmic recommendations to wade through deep catalogs and find the best movies, routes, information, products, people and investments. Because people train algorithms on their decisions – for example, algorithms that make recommendations on e-commerce and social media sites – algorithms learn and codify human biases.

Film and TV art crews are facing an unemployment crisis. Here’s what it’s like for workers

The Art Directors Guild just suspended its Production Design Initiative program due to high unemployment. For some workers, it confirmed what they already knew.

The Art Directors Guild (ADG) recently sent an email to aspiring film and television professionals with a bleak, shockingly candid message. Citing 75% unemployment among its 3,000-strong membership, the ADG not only announced in an email to prospective candidates a suspension of its Production Design Initiative (PDI)—which offers...

Tesla will spend $500 million on the Supercharger network after firing the team

EV makers have been adopting Tesla’s North American Charging Standard.

Tesla will spend more than $500 million this year to expand its fast-charging network, CEO Elon Musk said on Friday, days after abruptly laying off employees who were running the business.

Northern lights watch: How to see a rare aurora borealis across the U.S. this weekend

Thanks to a severe solar storm, you may be in for a spectacular show.

Depending on your location and the weather conditions, the night sky may be putting on a spectacular show for you this evening. It is predicted that a severe solar storm will supercharge the northern lights, creating magical displays as far south as Alabama.

Ex-Illinois star Shannon faces felony rape trial

Former Illinois star Terrence Shannon Jr. will stand trial on first-degree felony rape and felony sexual aggravated battery charges June 10, a Kansas judge ruled at his preliminary hearing Friday.

Ex-MLB IF Burroughs dies coaching Little League

Sean Burroughs, a winner of the Little League World Series, a 2000 Olympic gold medalist and a first-round pick in the MLB draft, has died at the age of 43.

“If You Say No, It’ll Be A No Forever:” Law Roach Named The Luxury Designers That Refused To Dress Zendaya, And I’m Seriously Shocked

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Judge Tells Michael Cohen, Key Witness in Trump’s Trial, to Stop Taunting the Defendant

Ahead of Michael D. Cohen’s testimony Monday, the judge told prosecutors to keep him quiet about Donald J. Trump’s criminal case.

Israel and Egypt Spar, Squeezing Gaza Aid Routes

With no resumption of deliveries in sight, officials fear the territory’s threadbare humanitarian relief effort could collapse altogether.

LPGA: Rose Zhang dunks on Cognizant Founders Cup field with stellar golf

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Rose followed up a fantastic opening round with another stellar 18, as she took command of the Cognizant Founders Cup.

Rose Zhang entered this week in search of her second win on the LPGA Tour. Thursday, Zhang dominated Upper Montclair Country Club in New Jersey for the Cognizant Founders Cup. Zhang recorded the lowest round of her professional career, a 9-under 63.

Her hot play continued Friday, as Zhang posted another strong round, carding a 4-under...

Cavan Sullivan’s a professional player, but at just 14 years old, expect Philadelphia to tread carefully

Source: MLS

The Union should be applauded for their careful approach to a generational talent.

Cavan Sullivan is a player that some have considered among the best in the world at his age, and on Thursday the Philadelphia Union made it official, inking him to a homegrown deal that includes the eventual transfer to Manchester City when he turns 18.

Cavan Sullivan. Number 6. Philadelphia Union.#DOOP pic.twitter.com/7T6wQQoWNQ

He’s the...

Bungie’s classic sci-fi shooter Marathon is now free on Steam

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Before there was Halo and Destiny, there was Marathon — and now Steam users can check out the classic sci-fi shooter for themselves. Bungie just announced that the first game in the original trilogy has surprise-dropped on Steam, and it’s available on both Mac and PC. Even better, you can play it for free.

The game is actually credited to Aleph One Developers, which is described as an “open source continuation of Bungie’s Marathon 2 game engine.” In fact, the...

Dear Apple, I want ‘Space Black’ on everything, including a 'dark mode' iPhone 16

"Space Black" looks badass — period. When Apple debuted the Space Black MacBook Pro at the "Scary Fast" Apple livestream event in October, I was salivating.

There's something mysterious, smoldering, and seductive about it.

If the Space Black MacBook Pro were personified, I'd imagine it'd be Morpheus from The Matrix or a mature Wednesday Addams. Or better yet, a film noir detective with a confident swagger, dressed in an onyx suit, sitting in a billow of smoke as he puffs his cigar in a...

OpenAI will reveal a mysterious AI product on Monday. What we know, how to watch.

OpenAI is hosting a live demo of updates on Monday, May 13. But it won't be about GPT-5 or a search engine.

The announcement came from OpenAI's X account. In typically evasive fashion, the post only said the livestream would be about ChatGPT and GPT-4. But OpenAI CEO Sam Altman retweeted the news, saying "not gpt-5, not a search engine, but we’ve been hard at work on some new stuff we think people will love! feels like magic to me."

President...

Source: Cardinals signing ex-Jaguars WR Jones

Wide receiver Zay Jones is signing with the Cardinals after being released by the Jaguars last month, a source told ESPN.

Roads can crack, rut and fail. Here’s how to build them well

The next time you’re on the road, remember that it takes a good amount of engineering and tremendous teamwork to create that smooth pavement surface you drive on.

While on the road, you’re probably thinking more about your destination than the pavement you’re driving over. But building roads requires a host of engineering feats, from developing the right pavement materials to using heavy equipment to lay them down. The better they’re built, the longer roads last and the fewer...

People Are Arguing About The Latest Controversial Home Design Trend: The Tub Inside The Shower Combo

That's like the size of my apartment.

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