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Alex Cranz

Alex Cranz

Former Tech Editor

Former Tech Editor

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    Alex Cranz
    When people mention Lenovo’s transparent laptop I keep thinking of something like this.

    I was not thinking of cool laptops that look like props from the next season of For All Mankind. I was thinking of a laptop where you could see straight through to the guts of the thing like this laptop intended for use in prisons.

    The thread itself is a wild ride about the quest make the laptop actually usable outside. The BIOS resets the password when the power is reset, there’s a white list for hard drives, and getting it connected to USB involves significantly more than just plugging and playing.

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    Alex Cranz
    Amazon Prime Video has many skills,

    because Xena: Warrior Princess is now included if you have Prime. The show, like many syndicated television shows from the pre-streaming age, has had an inconsistent appearance on streaming service. Generally if you’ve wanted to binge the show properly you’ve either needed to plan your Tubi viewing meticulously or had to spend a lot of money on digital copies.

    But some eagle-eyed fans noticed it was streaming this week. Now anyone with a Prime subscription can watch the still deeply entertaining (if extremely goofy) show.

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    Alex Cranz
    If you’ve got a Vision Pro you can now play a giant Game Boy.

    To celebrate the anniversary of GBA4iOS its developer, Riley Testut, has released a new Game Boy emulator for the Vision Pro, GBA4vOS. It currently supports emulation for the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance.

    The emulator lets you control WarioWare mini games by just rotating the window. And if you always thought the buttons on the Game Boy Advance SP were too small? There’s a giant solution for that too.

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    Alex Cranz
    Apple might be making it easier to import playlists.

    Which is good! It’s currently super annoying to move to a new music streaming service because none of them have any business reason to make it easier to import and export that decade of carefully crafted playlists a lot of us have.

    Generally, to move playlists around you either need to track down third-party services that only half work or do it all by hand. But redditors noticed a new Apple Music on Android beta includes the ability to use SongShift natively. If that feature leaves beta it would make it a lot easier to move your Spotify playlists over to Apple Music.

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    Alex Cranz
    High winds over the Atlantic meant at least three planes went faster than the speed of sound.

    None of the planes actually broke the sound barrier—there was no sonic boom. Instead winds up to 250 mph gave the planes one helluva tailwind and allowed them to travel in excess of 800 mph.

    All three flights arrived safely, and early, at their destination, but those same high winds didn’t just move planes. They’re also to blame for D.C. getting less snow than originally forecasted over the weekend.

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    Alex Cranz
    Here’s a full-length Netflix movie on YouTube.

    Nimona is one of those films that just makes you grin when its over. It’s got charisma in spades and is an excellent, if long overdue, adaptation of graphic novel with the same name. Nimona comes from ND Stevenson, the cartoonist and creator of the similarly excellent She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.

    And now if you’re too lazy to log into your Netflix account, or don’t even have one to begin with, you can watch the whole movie on YouTube!

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    Alex Cranz
    Linda Hamilton is done with Terminator reboots.

    “It’s been done to death,” she told Business Insider.

    While Sarah Connor hasn’t had as many cinematic reboots as Batman, Linda Hamilton has appeared, either physically or in voice over, five separate times (including a theme park ride). Most recently she was in the surprisingly good Terminator: Dark Fate which attempted to reboot the franchise by killing off John Conner.

    Personally, I’m all for her handing the mother of the human resistance reigns off to Lena Headey. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was a great show.

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    Alex Cranz
    The final season of Star Trek: Discovery begins April 4.

    The show started mired in the past and has now journeyed to the far future where its characters peddle a brand of optimism that’s sorely needed. I’ll be bummed to see the show go.

    As with previous seasons it will air exclusively on Paramount Plus, and the first two episodes will air back to back. As for the plot of the final voyage of this ship and crew? It will involve taking on an “ancient power”.

    The fifth and final season will find Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. But there are others on the hunt as well…dangerous foes who are desperate to claim the prize for themselves and will stop at nothing to get it.

    Start guessing on which ancient evil will cameo in the comments.

    An image of the cast of season 5 of Star Trek: Discovery. L-R David Ajala as Book, Mary Wiseman as Tilly, Doug Jones as Saru, Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham, Wilson Cruz as Culber, Blu Del Barrio as Adira and Callum Keith Rennie as Raynor.
    The cast of the final season of Disco.
    Photo by James Dimmock/Paramount+
    Alex Cranz
    Alex Cranz
    Google’s latest doodle roasted me on Valentine’s Day.

    The doodle is a combination dating app and high school chemistry lesson. Answer a few questions and find out what element you are, then swipe left and right to bond or deny other elements.

    It’s an annoyingly good time. I love the chemistry jokes, but did it really have to do me like that?

    An image of quiz results. It says “CHLORINE: Swipe right if you have a passion for cleanliness. I have a very reactive personality, so chances are we’ll definitely find something to bond over, but be warned: you can have too much of a good thing (I’m best enjoyed in low doses).
    I’m great, but also I’ll turn your hair green and can be combined with other elements to make acid.
    Screenshot by Alex Cranz/The Verge
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    Alex Cranz
    What a frelling delight.

    Shout Studios is streaming all of Farscape, the excellent 90s science fiction show full of Jim Henson puppets. Sure, you can catch episodes on a few FAST services or Peacock, but there’s definitely something charming about watching the whole show with a bunch of other folks on YouTube.