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As a Verizon subscriber for more than 20 years, when I hear a rumor that the carrier has a big announcement coming this week, I immediately hope that it has something to do with the carrier’s so-called rewards program. Much like Verizon’s 5G service, its rewards offerings severely trail what T-Mobile delivers to its subscribers. Verizon rep starts a rumor about an upcoming Verizon announcementHonestly, when you see that T-Mobile gives away in-season subscriptions to MLB.TV valued at $150, plus free Netflix, AAA, and all those T-Mobile Tuesdays perks, it makes you wonder what it is you are paying for. So…

Last week, Kotaku kept getting emails about a “raid” happening at the Electronic Arts Redwood City headquarters as part of a joint effort between concerned “gamers” and the Players Alliance, a group pushing back against corporate greed in the video game industry. We didn’t write anything ahead of time, but figured we’d see what happened the day of. Well, today, May 11, the group showed up and livestreamed their demonstration, and it was not so much an IRL raid of the type recently being inflicted upon the Church of Scientology so much as a modest gathering of concerned citizens with…

A new video game about President Donald Trump’s war in Iran features fights with the pope and New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani. It’s impossible to win, and that’s the point.The game, Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell, was developed by Secret Handshake, an anonymous group of artists behind a handful of satirical works mocking the Trump administration. The group previously installed a gold statue of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein on the National Mall; it portrayed Trump holding onto Epstein in a pose reminiscent of Jack and Rose from the movie Titanic.The game is available to play online, but three…

Rumors about an Apple Watch with Touch ID have been reappearing many times over the years. However, those rumors didn’t materialize in 2020, nor in 2022, and it appears they won’t be true in 2026 as well.Apple Watch Series 12 won’t get Touch IDApple is not planning to add Touch ID to the upcoming Apple Watch, and such claims are complete rumors, according to a new post (source in Chines) from leaker Instant Digital on Weibo. The company won’t add biometric authentication to its wearable, and it will continue to rely on unlocking through a connected smartphone.Part of the reason the…

The first new Star Wars movie in over six years means two things: We are getting a new cinematic adventure set in that galaxy, far, far away, and also different companies will have limited-time merch to celebrate the next big film. This time around, for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, Burger King and Lucasfilm have teamed up to create a whole new tie-in meal featuring a burger, chicken fries, loaded tots, a milkshake, and a cardboard crown designed for a child. I don’t have kids. But I still wanted to check out this new Bounty Bundle meal. This desire…

For decades, assessing cholesterol risk has been built around a simple idea: Lower “bad” cholesterol, lower your chance of a heart attack. The test at the center of that approach measures how much low-density lipoprotein, or LDL cholesterol, is circulating in part of the blood. It has shaped everything from clinical guidelines to the widespread use of statins, medications that reduce LDL.It works. Lowering LDL cholesterol reduces heart attacks, strokes, and early death. But it doesn’t tell the whole story.The LDL cholesterol test measures the amount of cholesterol inside the low-density lipoprotein particles circulating in the bloodstream. Those LDL particles…

The Vision Pro is among Apple’s most ambitious and less successful products in recent years, and the company appears aware of it. While the rumors about a low-cost version of the headset may never materialize, a new report claims the company hasn’t fully abandoned the idea.A new Vision Pro device won’t happen for at least a couple of yearsApple hasn’t fully abandoned its Vision Pro headset, but work on a major new enclosed headset is de-prioritized, according to a Bloomberg report. In the latest issue of his Power On newsletter, Apple insider Mark Gurman says that launching a new Vision…

May 10 was Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End’s 10-year anniversary. The PlayStation 4 sequel effectively caps off the saga of Nathan Drake, even as rumors of some kind of fifth game continue floating around. Less tidy was Uncharted 4‘s development, which entailed pretty significant changes after creative director Amy Hennig left Naughty Dog in 2014. We’ve known bits and pieces about the original vision for Uncharted 4 for many years, but YouTuber Thekempy has now posted a feature-length video compiling all sorts of files, behind-the-scenes videos, and early development footage that gives us our best look yet at what might…

Sad News For Those Who Depend On Retro Hardware To Show Off Their Elan So long Cyrix support, as Linux 7.2 continues winnowing away at support for decades old hardware.  Roughly a month ago Linux dropped support for i486 processors, first released back in 1989 and now the newest kernel does the same for i586 and i686.  If that nomenclature is a little confusing, you are likely only in your 30’s or 40’s as those instruction sets date back to 1995.   The i686 was also called Intel Pentium Pro and Celeron, once famous for being an overclocker’s dream; while it…

Even before Bad Bunny took to the field, his Super Bowl halftime performance drew controversy, especially from MAGA influencers upset over the Puerto Rican star’s comments against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the fact that he sings in Spanish.Following the performance, which was watched by more than 128 million people, those complaints continued—but they were largely focused on perceived vulgarity in the artist’s performance.Following a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from WIRED, the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates communications including broadcast, released 2,155 complaints the agency received about the Super Bowl, most of which were about the halftime show.…