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There comes a time in every Hustlers showing when audiences must lose their shit, collectively, completely, and with no hope of return. 
Yes, I'm talking about the moment when "motherfucking Usher" shows up at the club. 
Appearing as a 2008 version of himself, the singer-songwriter cameos in this Robin Hood-esque tale of strippers besting their clients. A deadly combination of nostalgia, bravado, and sex appeal (with thematic resonance to boot), Usher's brief Hustlers appearance is alr

Elon Musk’s bizarre feud with a British cave diver, who he called a “pedo guy,” took a strange turn as the eccentric billionaire seeks to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought against him.
In court documents filed on Monday, Elon Musk’s defense team argues that the suit filed by diver Vernon Unsworth should be thrown out as Musk’s tweet calling the diver a “pedo guy” does not constitute defamation.
Among his team's many arguments, Musk claims that he was

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for Clusterfest Saturday Night Live today fired comedian Shane Gillis after a series of racist and homophobic comments he made in the past surfaced last week. NBC released a statement, published via Vulture, that states that although the show first hired Gillis “on the strength of his talent as comedian and his impressive audition for SNL,” producers were “not aware of his prior remarks that have surfaced over the past few days.”
“The languag

Google appears to be planning a bunch of updates for Android TV over the next year, including new Assistant features, a major hardware release, and support for its upcoming game streaming service, Stadia.
According to XDA Developers, which saw a slide presented by Google at a recent conference, Google has already planned out the key upgrades for Android TV over the next two years. This year, it’s planning to begin allowing device makers to add custom phrases to the Assistant, test in-menu

Shane Gillis is no longer going to be on Saturday Night Live, a spokesperson for the show said in a statement on behalf of Lorne Michaels on Monday.
Gillis's parting with SNL came four days after the announcement first saying he'd be joining the show. Shortly after the news dropped, clips of Gillis began circulating online that showed him making racist and homophobic comments.
The spokesperson said that they did not properly vet Gillis and were unaware of these remarks.
"After talking with Shane

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft will host its 2020 Build developer conference in Seattle from Tuesday, May 19th to Thursday, May 21st, the company announced today. Microsoft didn’t say when tickets will go on sale, but does have a general mailing list you can sign up for to get information about the event.
Build is one of Microsoft’s biggest events of the year, and although the event is focused on developers, the company uses it to preview its latest Windows road m

Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge The federal government is requiring automakers to include artificial motor sounds in electric and hybrid cars when traveling at low speeds to alert pedestrians, but it wants to give vehicle owners the ability to choose which sounds they use.In a notice of proposed rule-making, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says drivers should be able to “select the sound they prefer from the set of sounds installed in the vehicle.” But N

When Jasmin, a 15-year-old high school student from Canada, created her Instagram account in July, she never expected to gain more than a few hundred followers. Now, she has just over 4,000. 
She doesn’t post selfies, she doesn’t post pictures of what she’s having for dinner. Rather, she uploads polls and asks her followers to respond to them. Her account @pollsarefun is public, but she asked for her last name not to be included in the story for privacy reasons. 
The

Image: Apple A few days ahead of its scheduled September 19th launch, Apple Arcade is now live and accepting subscriptions from those participating in Apple’s iOS 13 beta program. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman tweeted that Apple’s gaming service, which unlocks access to dozens of ad-free games for a monthly fee, was up and running. Many other people have gained access on devices enrolled in the iOS 13 public beta.Subscriptions appear to be processing successfully, including the one-

A state representative from Illinois who's trying to do something about an ongoing pigeon poop problem was pooped on by a pigeon, and the whole attack was caught on camera.
The unfortunately bombardment happened on live television, when CBS Chicago shot a follow-up story about the cleanliness of the Irving Park Blue Line station. The stop, also known as the "pigeon poop stop," has locals dodging falling feathers and flying excrement. 
State Rep. Jaime Andrade, who represents Chicago, was di

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon began making changes to its search results last year to prioritize profitability over relevance, according to The Wall Street Journal. Those changes were reportedly spurred on by demands from Amazon’s retail divisions and private label team, and they’re said to have the effect of often boosting Amazon’s own products in search listings.
To avoid antitrust concerns at a time when Amazon’s role as both a product maker and a pla

Today, Brad Pitt — who is set to play a gun-wielding, pirate-hunting astronaut in the upcoming film Ad Astra — got the chance to speak to someone who actually has the job of his on-screen character: an astronaut on board the International Space Station. While at NASA’s Space Operations Center in Washington DC, Pitt chatted with astronaut Nick Hague who has been living on the ISS since March.ISS astronauts are fairly accustomed to doing interviews with journalists and schoolchil

YouTuber Matt Stonie, a competitive eater who is currently ranked third according to Major League Eating, recently uploaded a video where he eats an entire barrel of cheese balls in just over 24 minutes.
The cheese ball barrel weighs in at an unimpressive 1.75 pounds, fooling many people into thinking they could chow down on this tub no problem. But they were wrong. The barrel comes in at a whopping 4,200 calories, making this snack extremely calorie-dense.
Accompanying Stonie in the video is hi

Netflix subscribers will be saying goodbye to The Office in 2021, but starting that same year they'll have a new legacy TV series to rewatch endlessly: Seinfeld.
All 180 episodes from the classic NBC series will arrive on the streaming platform just as The Office takes its leave. It's a loss for Hulu, which is the current streaming home for Seinfeld reruns on the internet.
Netflix confirmed the news in a Monday afternoon tweet.Jerry &
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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Lex Gillies loves Instagram. As a rosacea activist and beauty blogger, the app has become her primary tool for sharing her work and connecting with other people who live with skin differences.
“I didn’t know anybody with rosacea in my real life and it was the internet that gave me all of these people who I could speak to and they would understand,” Gillies told The Verge.But over the past few days, her relationship with Instagram has

Friends might be leaving Netflix next year, but the streaming service just landed another giant beloved series: Seinfeld.
Seinfeld will be available to stream on Netflix beginning in 2021, the company announced today. That’s when the show’s contract with Hulu (now owned by Disney) comes to an end. It’s unclear how much Netflix paid for the show, but it was rumored to be in the same wheelhouse as WarnerMedia’s Friends deal, which was reported at $425 million.“Seinfel

The school year is in full swing, but that doesn't mean that all of your school shopping has to be done already. Sometimes it pays to wait until the last minute, when retailers are overstocked and trying to get rid of leftover merchandise.
If you're feeling rushed to get all the school essentials, think instead about how savvy you are for getting good deals on everything you need. We poked around the internet to present you with the best sales on stuff like backpacks, laptops, notebooks, and mor

David Hasselhoff was once known for his legendary rockin' bod on Baywatch, but it's not as if the man has aged poorly — after all, he still looked pretty good when SpongeBob and Patrick rode him to Bikini Bottom. 
But with the recent advancements in deepfake technology, anyone with deft editing skills can literally turn back time on the Hoff. YouTuber VFXChris Ume did exactly that, using footage from a recent Access Live interview. 
Ume takes away the traditional signs of aging,

Google has invited media to a hardware event on October 15th in New York City. The company is expected to formally announce the Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL, and other devices, including a Pixelbook 2 and new Google Home speakers. The invite says “Come see a few new things Made by Google.”
Both the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL have been extensively leaked in recent weeks, with early hardware appearing in hands-on videos and a seemingly endless assortment of photos. Google’s latest phones will

Apple Arcade may not have gotten off to the most promising start at Apple’s iPhone 11 keynote — the company decided to show a minutes-long demo of... Frogger in Toy Town to showcase the service — but Apple has been steadily revealing a lot more interesting titles for Arcade, which gives us a better idea of the level of quality the company is hoping to achieve.Lackluster at first, until you look closer
The titles are an interesting mix of big-name game studios and indie develope

Image: Mophie Mophie’s latest wireless charging stand can be folded down to allow you to also use it as a compact wireless charging pad. The accessory is available now directly from Mophie, and will be available soon from Apple’s stores. Although it will work with all Qi-enabled wireless charging devices, the pad is optimized for Apple’s phones. 9to5Mac notes that it should be able to charge iPhones at a rate of 7.5W, and Mophie’s product page says that the stand will ch

Imagine trying to enjoy a nice barbecue dinner with your family when a couple of triceratops and a bloodthirsty T. rex suddenly upend it all by fighting in your front yard.That’s the basis of the new Jurassic World short, directed by Colin Trevorrow, who also helmed the first Jurassic World in 2015. The eight-minute short, Battle at Big Rock, takes place one year after Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and picks up where the last film ended: dinosaurs are now freely roaming around the world a

After months of leaks and teases, Vivo’s Nex 3 is finally official. As expected, the headline feature is its “Waterfall FullView” OLED display, which spills over the sides of the Nex 3 and which Vivo claims gives the device a screen-to-body ratio of 99.6 percent.The 6.89-inch 1080p screen’s curvature is so extreme that there’s no room for buttons on the side of the phone. Instead, Vivo is adding virtual buttons called Touch Sense that work alongside a haptic feedbac

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The OnePlus 7T series of phones will be revealed on September 26th in both India and North America, the company announced today. The series is expected to consist of two devices, the OnePlus 7T and 7T Pro, which will act as follow-ups to the two phones the company released earlier this year. Following the events at the end of September, OnePlus says it will hold a third event in London on October 10th, where it says there’s “much more to come.&rdquo

Photo by Nilay Patel / The Verge The next generation of Wi-Fi has been trickling out over the past year, but this week, its launch is going to accelerate. The Wi-Fi Alliance, the organization that oversees implementation of the Wi-Fi standard, is launching its official Wi-Fi 6 certification program. That might sound boring, but it means the Wi-Fi 6 standard is truly ready to go, and tech companies will soon be able to advertise their products — mostly brand new ones — as certified t

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge LastPass has patched a bug that would have allowed a malicious website to extract a previous password entered by the service’s browser extension. ZDNet reports that the bug was discovered by Tavis Ormandy, a researcher in Google’s Project Zero team, and was disclosed in a bug report dated August 29th. LastPass fixed the issue on September 13th, and deployed the update to all browsers where it should be applied automatically, something LastPass

Beekeeper, the Switzerland and U.S.-based startup that provides a mobile-first communications platform for employers that need to communicate with blue-collar and service-oriented workers, has raised $45 million in Series B funding.
The round was co-led by Thayer Venturesand Swisscanto Invest by Zürcher Kantonalbank, with participation from previous backers including Atomico, Alpana Ventures, Edenred Capital Partners, Fyrfly, Hammer Team, investiere, HighSage Ventures, Keen Venture Partners

Image: @EVLeaks Days before Huawei is due to reveal its new flagship Mate 30 lineup, launching without Google apps or services on September 19th, promotional images of four of the upcoming devices appear to have leaked online. The images were shared by leaker Evan Blass, and show off what he claims is the new Mate 30, Mate 30 Pro, Mate 30 Lite, and what appears to be a Porsche Design edition of one of the new handsets.
At the top of the lineup is the Mate 30 Pro. The images suggest the phone wi