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Anticipation for Dune: Part Two ran high here at Mashable, where my fellow staff members spent significant time traipsing around New York City in search of the film's NSFW popcorn bucket. Now we know much of North America is obsessed with the film too, to the tune of $32 million. That's how much the film earned on its opening day domestically, with Deadline estimating it could earn as much as $170 million across 71 additional international markets over the weekend.Tweet may have been deletedFolk

Photo by Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Waymo is now allowed to operate its self-driving robotaxis on highways in parts of Los Angeles and in the Bay Area following a California regulator’s approval of its expansion (PDF) plans on Friday. This means the company’s cars will now be allowed to drive at up to 65mph on local roads and highways in approved areas. In a statement to The Washington Post, Waymo spokesperson Julia Ilina said the company’s expansion

Waymo's robotaxis has been approved for expansion by the California Public Utilities Commission. The driverless taxis already operate in parts of Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. Now they'll be allowed to drive further outside the city centers into neighboring counties, including the heart of Silicon Valley.SEE ALSO:TikTokker shares her creepy ‘driverless Uber’ experience. Here’s how it works step-by-step.
Driverless cars have become a contentious issue in San Franci

The Apple-owned Beats Studio Pro support both iOS and Android devices. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Apple rarely discounts its own products, which is why I was pleasantly surprised to find Apple welcoming the weekend with some terrific deals on Beats headphones and earbuds. Both the Beats Studio Pro and Beats Studio Buds Plus are down to some of their best prices to date, with numerous third-party retailers matching Apple’s pricing. That means you can pick up the Beats Studio Pro for

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections &mdas

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Every time you install an app on your iPhone, it comes with permissions attached — permissions that determine what it can and can’t do. These permissions cover some pretty fundamental parts of iOS, including access to the iPhone camera, microphone, and current location. The permissions get asked for one by one as they’re needed, so you’ve got plenty of control over how your apps are behaving.But sometimes, especially when you&rsquo

Image: Adrienn Szabo / Paramount Plus When Halo season 2 finally covered the fall of the planet Reach — a foundational, emotional moment in Halo lore — I figured that I’d write a few words of praise about it. But then I saw the episode after, “Aleria,” and that episode, not “Reach,” is the one that truly delivers a Halo experience worthy of the games yet so wonderfully unlike them.
Spoilers for Halo season 2 to follow
One of the elements missing from Hal

A spacecraft on the moon is lying on its side. It snapped a leg while landing. And now it's lost power. But before the freezing, two-week lunar night swept over Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander, the robotic craft beamed back one final transmission from space. It shows the cratered grey surface spreading to the lunar horizon. And if you look closely, near top-left you can spot a crescent of shadowed Earth in the distance."Before its power was depleted, Odysseus completed a fitting farewel

Astronomers are excited about this one. Using a sprawling astronomical array in the lofty Chilean desert — the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) — scientists found huge volumes of water around a young, developing solar system (technically still in its "protoplanetary disk" phase). The star, HL Tauri, is located 450 light-years away in space. Yet in the disk around HL Tauri, the powerful observatory was able to spot at least three times the amount of water contained

The newest front-row fixture at Fashion Week? Fanwars.As luxury brands learn to leverage the star power of K-pop idols, their social media accounts have become a battleground for fandoms looking for new ways to quantify their influence. During Paris Fashion Week, fans created multiple Instagram accounts to boost engagement on posts by their favorite idol. Their goal? To drive up the star's media value and increase their desirability in the eyes of luxury fashion houses.SEE ALSO:A Eulogy for V Li

TL;DR: Satisfy your curiosity with Curiosity Stream, the documentary streaming platform that's always growing. A lifetime subscription is on sale for just $179.97 through March 3 — that's 55% in savings.Reading is great, but there's something special about sitting back and letting your interests fall over you in a stunning visual display, whether it's images of natural beauty, stories of historical significance, or cool technology poised to change the world. If you can't get enough qu

The beauty of science fiction is how it can take shape in endless ways on screen. When you look at the types of sci-fi narratives that filmmakers have explored in movies, it's hard to deny the fact that it’s one of the most unique, versatile, and exciting genres of all timeWhether you want to be transported to a world of futuristic innovations, a dystopia where the fate of the planet depends on an intergalactic mission, or a small town where a mysterious outbreak unleashes ghastly monsters

TL;DR: As of March 2, save 78% on these electric circuit courses, making them less than $5 each.While you might know that potatoes can power light bulbs, you may not realize that self-paced, online learning can be the foundation of a successful career. Take this electric circuits bundle as an example — it’s an excellent way to explore a career in electrical engineering without taking out a loan, since it’s only $29.99 (reg. $140).These courses might also be invaluable for

TL;DR: As of March 2, the AAXA L500 Bluetooth Projector is on sale for $169.97 instead of $199.99 — that's 15% in savings for a limited time.Movie night at home in front of the tv may be cozy, but there's a way to add a little authenticity and bring home that theater ambiance, and it might be cheaper than you think. Home theaters aren't just for people who can afford a dedicated screening room anymore. With the AAXa L500 WiFi Smart Projector, you can put your movies and shows on a big

TL;DR: For a limited time, get the Portable Handheld Pocket 4-inch Screen LCD Microscope for only $82 — that's an 18% discount.This isn't the average microscope you used in science class. The Portable Handheld Pocket LCD Microscope with a 4-inch Screen is designed to provide a clear display of the micro-world so you can easily view your subject.At the heart of this microscope, its impressive 4-inch LCD screen provides a clear display of the micro-world directly at your fingertips. Say good

The universe was once stuck in the Dark Ages.It was time when, even after the first stars formed, thick gases suffocated their light. Space was dark.Now, astronomers have used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope — an observatory orbiting 1 million miles from Earth — to reveal what may have ended the dark times and created the clear, observable universe we see today. They pointed the Webb telescope at a region of the cosmos called Pandora's Cluster, a group of galaxies so massive

TL;DR: This lifetime cloud storage plan is only $139.97 with coupon KOOFR until March 3.Keeping all your files in order is practically a job of its own, whether you're actually at work or just keeping up your files from school or managing your house. Important text documents, pictures, and videos all have to go somewhere, and if you don't have a large enough central file storage, that means spreading them out and potentially losing some of them. If you want to keep all your important files

With The X-Files, Chris Carter became a living legend of science fiction. Not only did he give television audiences the ultimate odd couple in pragmatic Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and spooky believer Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), but week after week the show creator unleashed a new and scary paranormal mystery for audiences to obsess over. The show ran for 11 seasons, won 16 Emmys, spawned two feature films, made global celebrities of its stars, and spurred a generation to want to believe. An

Sometimes real life is stranger than fiction, and sometimes it's just far more fascinating. If you're in the mood for a documentary that'll get your pulse pumping, your heart aching, or your mind running, you'll want to check out Prime Video. Now streaming on Prime Video is a wealth of mesmerizing true stories, ranging from personal tales of trials and triumph to harrowing crime investigations to quirky and heart-warming explorations of unique creative vision. Whether you're in the mood for some

A film that's as much about its own gimmick as what that gimmick represents, Aaron Schimberg's A Different Man casts Sebastian Stan as Edward, a man with pronounced facial differences that he eventually sheds through a miracle cure. However, when a now traditionally handsome Edward is cast in a play about his own life, the thorny question of artistic representation is broached in discomforting and hilarious ways.However, the film doesn't just draw attention to its decision to cast a pretty Holly

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TL;DR: A five-year subscription to AdGuard VPN is on sale for £39.57, saving you 86% on list price.Unless you're living completely off the grid, we all have an online presence. And with that presence, there comes risk and vulnerability. If you don't already have a virtual private network (VPN), it should shoot to the top of your list. Using a VPN helps keep you safer online and less vulnerable to the shady stuff that we all know happens there. For a limited time, you can get a five-year su

Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer.If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for March 2's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.Where did Wordle come from?Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to b

Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for March 2's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, kee

Image: The Verge Bad news for Roblox fans on Linux — the workarounds are dead. GamingOnLinux reports that the latest version of Roblox “forcefully blocks it from working with Wine,” throwing a “Wine is not supported” error message even when Roblox-specific tools like Vinegar and Grapejuice are added. Wine is the compatibility layer that lets many Windows games run on Linux systems.
But Roblox claims it’s not personal. “Confirming there has been no change

The Verge In a blog post, Microsoft gave users a sneak peek into Copilot for OneDrive, which it plans to release in late April. Copilot for OneDrive will take on the role of a research assistant of sorts, being able to both find, summarize, and extract information from a wide range of files. These include text documents (Word and rich text), presentations, spreadsheets, HTML pages, PDF files, and more. Users can ask Copilot to tailor summaries to their liking, such as only including key points o