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Writers are fleeing the Substack Tax

A new wave of writers is porting their publications to rivals like Ghost and Beehiiv.

Emma Roth
Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Dua Lipa is suing Samsung for $15 million.

The British disco revivalist says the company was using her likeness to sell TVs by including her image on the box. She became aware of it last year and asked Samsung to remove her from the packaging, but according to the complaint, their response was “dismissive and callous.”

Netflix may have finally figured out games

The new TV-based games feel right.

Andrew Webster
Vivo’s X300 Ultra has the best cameras in any phone

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While rivals push experimental telephotos, Vivo’s phone simply has three equally excellent cameras.

Dominic Preston
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
“Blue dot fever.”

Over the last few days, a flood of reports used those words to describe a phenomenon of musicians suddenly canceling big tours, with people speculating that it’s because they couldn’t sell enough tickets, leaving the blue icons visible at venue after venue in Ticketmaster’s seating charts.

Is it really a new trend, is it because concert tickets cost too much, or is it because Post Malone, Meghan Trainor, and the Pussycat Dolls aren’t as big a draw as promoters expected in 2026? Who knows.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Musk v. Altman week two recap.

What happened in the second week of Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman? The Verge senior AI reporter, Hayden Field, can help you catch up.

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Andrew Webster
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Double Fine staffers have filed a petition to unionize.

All 42 “regular part-time and full-time employees” of the studio, behind games like Psychonauts and Kiln, will be part of the union, Aftermath reports.