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First dates are a near-universally stressful experience, but I can guarantee you've never had as bad of a first date as The White Lotus star Meghann Fahy has in the upcoming horror film Drop.SEE ALSO:2025 movie preview: All the films you'll want to know about
From director Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day) and Blumhouse (M3GAN, Five Nights at Freddy's), Drop introduces us to widowed mother Violet (Fahy) as she embarks on her first date in years. Her date in question is Henry (Brandon Sklenar,

The RTX 4090 is a lot thicker than the RTX 5090. | Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Nvidia has posted a new video showcasing a history of Founders Edition graphics card designs that explores the design of its new RTX 5090 and confirms a previously leaked prototype that used an unconventionally large four-slot design.As noted by VideoCardz, the prototype “Titan ADA” card first revealed by leaker Kopite7kimi included a triple-fan cooling system, and earlier this month, Gamers Nexus test

Image: Canon The megapixel race isn’t over if you ask Canon. Today, the company announced a new 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor with a resolution of 410 megapixels. That’s 24,592 x 16,704 pixels and a resolution that’s equivalent to 24K — or 12 times the resolution of 8K and 198 times the resolution of HD.
It’s the ”largest number of pixels ever achieved in a 35mm full-frame sensor,” according to Canon, but don’t expect the company to introduce it on i

Illustration: The Verge One of the most important changes in Samsung’s new phones is a simple one: when you long-press the side button on your phone, instead of activating Samsung’s own Bixby assistant by default, you’ll get Google Gemini.This is probably a good thing. Bixby was never a very good virtual assistant — Samsung originally built it primarily as a way to more simply navigate device settings, not to get information from the internet. It has gotten better since a

Samsung’s latest phones all look and feel very similar, but there are some key differences. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge During its latest Unpacked event, Samsung dished all the details on the Galaxy S25 lineup. The Galaxy S25 and S25 Plus start at $799.99 and $999.99, respectively, while the S25 Ultra runs a cool $1299.99 in its entry-level configuration. You can preorder the phones ahead of their launch on February 7th, but before you do, you’re probably wondering what’

The NFL is sticking to its guns about how its team members use social media — namely, by keeping teams off of X competitor Bluesky.This tidbit comes courtesy of the sports media site Awful Announcing, which caught an exchange on Patriots Unfiltered. In response to a fan suggestion that the team expand its social media footprint to Bluesky, Patriots VP of content Fred Kirsch revealed that "right now we’re not allowed to." SEE ALSO:Reddit sports mods, users calling for a ban on X links

Samsung spent the bulk of its Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event this year talking about its brand-new AI features. In fact, it took about 30 minutes into the presentation to get to the new S25 line of smartphones before the company once again pivoted to the new AI features packed into the phone. However, no matter how hard Samsung tried, the thing everyone is buzzing about from Unpacked isn't AI but a surprise Samsung tucked away at the very end of the event: the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge.We

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued executive orders that transgender rights activists described as "hateful." Invoking biological definitions of sex that are contested, one order effectively argues that "trans-ness is not real," and directs federal agencies to change their policies accordingly, said Chase Strangio, co-director of the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project, in a media briefing Tuesday. He noted that the State Department, which issues passports, had already re

PREORDER BONUS ALERT: As of Jan. 22, shoppers who preorder an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S25 series smartphone from Amazon or Best Buy (starting at $799.99) will receive a free gift card worth $50 to $200, depending on the model.Quick links:AmazonSamsung Galaxy S25 (128GB)$799.99 + free $100 Amazon gift cardPre-Order HereAmazonSamsung Galaxy S25+ (256GB)$999.99 + free $100 Amazon gift cardPre-Order HereAmazonSamsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (256GB)$1,299.99 + free $200 Amazon gift cardPre-Order HereBest Bu

A massive winter storm is blanketing large swaths of the Southern U.S. in snow and ice, leaving millions eager to track its path and prepare for what’s ahead. With warnings stretching across multiple states, from Florida to Texas, keeping tabs on the storm’s movement has become essential.SEE ALSO:Florida snow looks otherworldly. See the wildest photos on social media from the winter storm
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Just when you thought you could catch your breath after CES 2025, Samsung is gearing up for a major tech reveal at today's Galaxy Unpacked 2025. For its first Galaxy Unpacked event of the year, Samsung will unveil a first look at its new flagship mobile devices and a host of new AI features.Of course, the highlight of the event will be the debut of the Galaxy S25 series. Expect a trio of smartphones: the Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra. While the design will likely stay familiar with rounded edg

In the first 28 hours of Trump's second term, the president rescinded the climate conscious Green New Deal, shut down the vital CBP One app used by undocumented migrants, accidentally declared that all Americans are female, and removed all LGBTQ-related content and pages from the White House website. Representatives and advocates have pointed out another major casualty in Trump's executive-order driven, DOGE-led streamlining: The Office of Gun Violence Prevention. The inter-agency office's websi

Alright, Samsung fans. Strap on in because this year's Samsung Galaxy Unpacked was a ride.Samsung delivered at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025, with a multitude of big announcements. Of course, there were the mobile announcements regarding the next generation Galaxy S25 line of smartphones – but we also saw AI take the spotlight and even some surprises. Here's everything you need to know about this year's Samsung Galaxy Unpacked.Samsung Galaxy S25 seriesSay "hello" to the Samsung Galaxy

Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Samsung just teased the Galaxy S25 Edge — the new ultra-slim entry into the Galaxy S25 lineup. The phone isn’t out yet, and Samsung hasn’t provided any details, but now we know it’s real. And we have pictures.Like... pretty much every phone, it’s a thin silver slab with two cameras on the back. (Instead of the three cameras you’d get with other S25 phones.) The phone is rumored to measure just 6.4mm thick, but my colleague

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Xbox has a new beta software update rolling out today for Insiders in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring that enables Series X and S systems to support much larger external hard disks. Previously, the Xbox could only support up to 16TB of space on a single USB-connected drive.
With the new update, Xbox systems can now partition hard disks larger than 16TB into segments to use the full physical storage space. A single 24TB hard disk can now be formatted into multiple parti

The rumors are true. Samsung did have a few surprises in store at its Galaxy Unpacked 2025 event – and one of those surprises was its "Project Moohan" XR headset.However, the surprise was nothing more than a brief mention of a XR headset and a teaser photo, which I guess is better than nothing at all!Codenamed Project Moohan, Samsung's XR headset is a joint venture between Samsung, Google, and Qualcomm and it signals Samsung's intent to get into the currently booming immersive 3-D content

Samsung is charging ahead with its plan to pack AI into every nook and cranny of its devices. At Samsung Galaxy Unpacked on Wednesday, the tech giant unveiled a slew of AI-powered features for its Galaxy S25 lineup that are both user-facing and operate behind the scenes to automate various tasks. Notably, this includes a step further into agentic AI with features that can perform actions on the users behalf. The Galaxy S25 series weaves AI into practically every functionUnderpinning the Galaxy S

One in 10 game developers lost their job in 2024. That’s according to the results of the annual Game Developers Conference state of the video game survey. The survey sampled over 3,000 developers and covered a number of topics including industry layoffs and what kind of games developers are working on.
Prolific layoffs have ravaged the industry over the last two years making the question of their impact on developers one of the most important in the survey. In addition to 10 percent of de

Samsung has its Project Moohan headset on display at Galaxy Unpacked, and we’ve just taken a bunch of pictures of it.
This technically isn’t the first time we’ve seen Project Moohan, but it is the first time we’ve been allowed to photograph it. To me, it looks somewhat similar to Apple’s high-end Vision Pro headset with a hint of Meta’s discontinued Quest Pro.
The headset, which Samsung is developing in partnership with Google, runs Android XR, an OS designed

Image: The Verge Dozens of popular subreddits are banning links to X after Elon Musk made a gesture that historians and human rights groups have described as a Nazi salute. Communities that have instituted a ban on links to X include r/formula1, r/military, r/nursing, r/TwoXChromosomes, and r/nintendo.
The shift is spreading across Reddit after neo-Nazis celebrated Musk’s speech at a rally on Monday for Donald Trump’s inauguration. During the speech, Musk twice raised his arm in a sa

The Galaxy S25 lineup looks very similar to the S24 family. Go figure. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Samsung finally took the wraps off its new Galaxy S25 lineup during its Unpacked event on Wednesday, providing us with our first formal look at the forthcoming Galaxy S25, S25 Plus, and S25 Ultra. Available starting on February 7th, you can already preorder the S25 starting at $799.99, the S25 Plus starting at $999.99, and the S25 Ultra starting at $1,299.99.
On the hardware front, Samsung&r

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Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Will cracked screens actually become a thing of the past this decade? We’re definitely on an impressive trajectory! Just two years after Samsung’s Galaxy S23 adopted a new Corning Gorilla Glass that can survive waist-high drops of one meter directly onto concrete, the new Samsung S25 Ultra has a ceramic version that can apparently survive head-high drops of 2.2 meters (7.2 feet).
It’s called Corning Gorilla Armor 2, and you should know that ne

The Galaxy S25 Edge, deconstructed. | Screenshot: Samsung Samsung just teased the Galaxy S25 Edge at the end of its Unpacked event, where it announced its Galaxy S25 lineup. It didn’t offer any details beyond the quick naming of the phone.
Below are some screenshots from Samsung’s presentation. It was brief, but it’s a phone, alright.The Galaxy S25 Edge will come to the US, according to Android Authority, which cited a Samsung South Africa representative.
The outlet quotes the

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images for Netflix © 2024 Netflix’s big bet on live events is paying off. New data published by the analytics firm Antenna indicates that Netflix added 1.43 million subscribers in the days surrounding the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul boxing match, while 656,000 members signed up around its NFL Christmas Day games.
Those numbers may seem small in a sea of Netflix’s more than 300 million global subscribers, but the streamer has consistently maintained around 50

TL;DR: Live stream Celtic vs. Young Boys in the Champions League for free on RTÉ Player. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.The Champions League has been tough going for Young Boys. The Swiss team sit at the bottom of the standings with zero points from six games. Celtic have fared much better, and still have a strong chance of making the knockout rounds of the competition.If you want to watch Celtic vs. Young Boys in the Champions League for fr

Illustration: The Verge Google worked with the Israeli military in the immediate aftermath of its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, racing to beat out Amazon to provide AI services, according to company documents obtained by the Washington Post.In the weeks after Hamas’s October 7th attack on Israel, employees at Google’s cloud division worked directly with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) — even as the company told both the public and its own employees that Google only worked

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Samsung and Google are partnering up to build AR glasses, Samsung’s TM Roh told Bloomberg. But there aren’t many other specifics beyond the fact that they’re in development — there’s not even a specific release timeline, with Roh telling the publication that Samsung and Google “will try to reach the quality and readiness we want as soon as possible.”
The announcement follows Meta’s splashy reveal of Orion, it

Android users who use assistive devices can anticipate in a new era of connection and control, right on their phone. New to the Samsung Galaxy S25 and harnessing its wireless audio LE Audio tech, Android will be adding next generation Bluetooth connectivity compatible with GN Hearing and Oticon Intent hearing aid devices. According to the company, this enables users of such devices to more efficiently access controls like hands-free calling, settings presets, and lower latency Bluetooth connecti

Warner Bros. Pictures Ahead of Mickey 17’s debut in a few weeks, Warner Bros. has dropped a new trailer that really makes the film’s vision of terraforming alien planets look like absolute hell — at least for the working class.
Everyone has an important role to play in Mickey 17’s take on a future where humanity is trying to colonize other worlds. But in the new trailer, it’s clear that Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has no idea what he’s agreeing to when he

Stylus still included. The Galaxy S25 Ultra, announced today, sheds more of its Note roots this year with rounded corners and flat edges that align it more with the rest of the S series. It comes with Qualcomm’s latest chipset, an upgraded ultrawide camera, and not much else, hardware-wise. With no price increase over last year’s model — starting at $1,299 — it’s a light refresh of Samsung’s biggest phone, with a major emphasis on One UI 7.0’s AI upgrade

The Galaxy S25 (left) and the S25 Plus (right). If the Galaxy S24 series heralded the triumphant arrival of Galaxy AI, then the S25 and S25 Plus may be a bit of a comedown: they promise more AI that’s smarter and sometimes slightly faster. You’d better like it because that’s pretty much all you’re gonna get.
Samsung changed as little as it could on the Galaxy S25 and S25 Plus, announced today alongside the larger and redesigned Galaxy S25 Ultra. There’s the obligato

Samsung announced a new AI-powered ambient sensing technology for SmartThings designed to make your smart home be more helpful. | Image: SmartThings Samsung announced today that its connected appliances and smart home devices will soon be able to act as motion and sound sensors for its smart home platform SmartThings. This includes its televisions, Music Frame speaker, Family Hub fridge, and more. The company said the updates are slated for release in 2025 and 2026 but didn’t provide speci

The “Ultra” model in Samsung’s Galaxy S lineup is typically the phone crammed full of every feature the company could think of. But this year, the Galaxy S25 Ultra is actually taking a step backward with the S Pen. The motion gestures and useful remote camera shutter function have been removed, and the stylus is back to being just a stylus. You can still wave it around like a magic wand, but the phone won’t do anything.During a media briefing on the new S25 series last w

Looking for the biggest, most powerful smartphone you can get your hands on? Well, look no further than the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra – or the Apple's iPhone 16 Pro Max?With Samsung's Unpacked 2025 event now behind us, we now have two brand-new current generation powerhouse smartphones on the market: The new Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and Apple's iPhone 16 Pro Max.Should you finally leave the Apple ecosystem behind you? Or is sticking with iOS over Android still the way to go? Lets take a loo

At its Galaxy Unpacked event on Wednesday, Samsung lifted the lid on the Galaxy S25 lineup. As usual, there are three phones here: Galaxy S25, S25 Plus, and S25 Ultra. We all pretty much knew that's what would be featured at the show, and that's what we got. Just like last year, the prices start at $799, $999, and $1,299 for the Galaxy S25, S25 Plus, and S25 Ultra, respectively.Samsung Galaxy S25 base modelSamsung's $799 base model is going to be the least specced-out of the bunch, but not by mu

Google has announced a variety of new AI features at Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event. | Image: Google Google’s AI assistant Gemini is now able to carry out tasks across multiple apps in a single interaction, in an update announced today alongside the launch of Samsung’s new Galaxy S25 series. Those phones are also Samsung’s first to feature Gemini as the default on-device assistant, relegating Bixby to the app drawer. Those changes are part of a raft of other updates from

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Severance's Season 2 premiere introduced viewers to one of the show's strangest new characters: Miss Huang (Sarah Bock), the Severed floor's new, teenaged deputy manager.SEE ALSO:I went to the 'Severance' pop-up in Grand Central. It was wild.
Seeing a character this young at the heart of Lumon Industries immediately set off alarm bells in Severance fans' heads, especially when Miss Huang proved to be as coldly managerial — and frankly, uncanny — as Mr. Milchick (Tramell Tillman) hims

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We’re expecting the Galaxy S25, S25 Plus and S25 Ultra, and new AI features. Samsung is announcing its new Galaxy S25 phones. We’ll have all of the updates as they come in. You can also tune in to watch the event in the video below once everything gets started at 1PM ET / 10AM PT.Expect Samsung to talk about AI. It’s the thing tech companies love to talk about as much as possible. Probably because they’re all spending a lot of money on it. Google, Apple, Microsoft, and o