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Archives for June 2023

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
New York City’s orange Wednesday, in pictures.

The Verge snapped some photos of the apocalyptic scene in the Big Apple yesterday — from amber skies to desolate streets. To stay updated, you can follow the EPA’s air quality monitoring tool AirNow. Its forecast for Thursday is still bad — not quite a Code Maroon (hopefully) but a Code Red for “unhealthy” air.

A biker at a street corner against an orange sky hazy with smoke.
Manhattan’s skyline, shrouded in smoke.
1/6Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge
What New York City looked like stifled in wildfire smokeWhat New York City looked like stifled in wildfire smoke
Amelia Holowaty Krales and Justine Calma
Ash Parrish
Ash Parrish
Diablo IV’s marketing has gotten out of control.

Blizzard, when you say “Welcome to Hell,” to advertise your demon killing game, you’re not supposed to actually recreate hell on earth like the one east coasters are currently experiencing due to devastating Canadian wildfires.

Victoria Song
Victoria Song
This wildfire did not care that I put on the mask.

Just did a short mini-testing session for the Dyson Zone now that New York City is an orange dystopian hellscape. I don’t recommend doing this, and I was only out there for about 10 minutes (with an N95 mask too). Ultimately, the air filtering feature worked, but the app consistently said the real-time air quality was good and battery drain was... not great Bob! Filmed some footage so keep an eye out for that on our social channels.