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Pragmata is just okay, but it could’ve been great

Capcom’s new sci-fi game plays things too safe.

Andrew Webster
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Amazon’s online auto listings are expanding.

Since launching in 2024 with 48 Hyundai dealerships, we’ve seen Amazon Autos add used cars from Hertz and Ford, but now the Wall Street Journal says it’s active in over 130 cities with Kia, Mazda, Subaru, Chevrolet, and Jeep vehicles listed. According to the article, one benefit to Amazon, beyond the listing fee, is attracting carmakers and dealers as advertisers.

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Andrew J. Hawkins
Andrew J. Hawkins
Amazon’s Starlink competitor now has an airplane antenna.

The new Leo (formerly Project Kuiper) antenna will enable air travelers bandwidth of up to 1 gigabit per second for downloads and 400 megabits per second for uploads on Delta, JetBlue, and any other commercial airlines Amazon signs up.

Still, Amazon isn’t close to meeting its deadline from the FCC to launch 1,600 satellites by July 2026, having recently requested a two year extension.

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Can Puck reinvent the news business for the influencer age?
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CEO Sarah Personette’s big bet on the place where influencers and reporters might meet

Nilay Patel
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Hollywood actors, directors, and producers sign letter opposing Paramount’s Warner Bros. acquisition.

Ben Stiller, Joaquin Phoenix, Tiffany Haddish, Bryan Cranston, and Lin-Manuel Miranda are among the over 1,000 Hollywood professionals pushing back on the $110 billion deal that they say will “further consolidate an already concentrated media landscape:”

We are deeply concerned by indications of support for this merger that prioritize the interests of a small group of powerful stakeholders over the broader public good. The integrity, independence, and diversity of our industry would be grievously compromised.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
Some more streaming sci-fi.

If you’re missing Stranger Things, Netflix has a new series executive produced by the Duffer brothers, only this one skews slightly older. It follows some strange goings on at a retirement community, and if nothing else, it has an incredible cast with the likes of Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Denis O’Hare, Clarke Peters, and Bill Pullman.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
Hungry hungry prequels.

Another Hunger Games movie is on the way, and this one is possibly most notable for the cast: a whole bunch of stars are playing younger versions of characters from the original trilogy. The newcomers include the likes of Jesse Plemons, Ralph Fiennes, Kieran Culkin, and Elle Fanning. The movie hits theaters November 20th.

The Strait of Hormuz blockade is causing a slow-moving food crisis

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is choking off the world’s supply of fertilizer feedstock, triggering concerns about rising food prices and shortages.

Abigail Bassett
Roblox has games againRoblox has games again
Jay Peters
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Oppo’s new flagship is one of the best-looking phones of the year.

The Find X9 Ultra isn’t coming out for another week or so, but Oppo is ready to show off how it looks, and you can see why. Stay tuned for my full review, and let me know in the comments what you’d like me to test out — the 10x lens is a given.

<em>Oppo sent me the “tundra umber” version of the phone, though there’s an inevitable orange version too.</em>
<em>This version has orange accents too, like this shutter button, though in fairness orange is the classic Hasselblad color.</em>
<em>The curved hexagonal edge to the rear camera is the only design flourish I’m not a fan of. </em>
<em>But I love the two-tone vegan leather effect, and the joint landscape logos.</em>
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Oppo sent me the “tundra umber” version of the phone, though there’s an inevitable orange version too.
Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
T-maxxing.

I don’t make a habit of featuring Verge writers in the comment of the day, but since Nilay’s testosterone levels were the impetus for Victoria Song’s latest Optimizer column, on Whoop’s hunt for new health metrics, it only felt fair to air his response.

Nilay Patel:

Cmon everyone wants to see what I’m like jacked on literally 10x the testosterone

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