Jay Peters
Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige is returning to theaters in 70mm film and on IMAX.
The re-release debuts on January 29th.
Jay Peters
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Jay Peters is a senior reporter at The Verge. He covers breaking news in technology, video games, and more. He’s also covered major tech and gaming events, interviewed CEOs like Steve Huffman and Tim Sweeney, appeared on broadcast outlets like CNBC and NPR, and reviewed a lot of indie games. Before The Verge, he worked at Techmeme and in technology public relations. He graduated from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication.
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Yelp’s AI can call a restaurant to check wait times for you and text you the answer.
Yelp’s new “Check for Me” feature is starting to roll out on iOS as part of Yelp’s fall product release. The launch also includes updates to Yelp AI’s assistant, including more personalized recommendations and the ability for it to book reservations on OpenTable.
Jay Peters
Netflix’s Ted Sarandos reportedly wants more focus on TV shows and movies.
The co-CEO has “complained internally for months that Americans were spending less time watching Netflix and that the service was short on new hit shows,” according to a big story from The Wall Street Journal.
Also in the report: apparently just 3.5 percent of subscribers play its games every month, which is below the company’s 2026 goals.
Netflix, America’s Dominant Streaming Service, Has Hit a Wall
[The Wall Street Journal]
Jay Peters
Apple acquired Samplab, which made AI-powered music production tools.
A European Commission page noting tech acquisitions has a listing under Apple dated June 17th for a company called Samplab GmbH, as reported by AppleInsider. An archived “About” page for Samplab notes that “AI will revolutionize the music industry.”
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This indie vampire game is keeping its playtest private because of AI clones.
Digital Sun thanked Steam players for signing up for a first playtest of an upcoming game called ReVamp, but said that:
As stated on our socials, we’ve been concerned by recent news of games being reverse-engineered, cloned and published before the original is even out. With launch still months away, sharing a build with tens of thousands of players felt like too big a risk for ReVamp.
The studio adds that “We’d also love to see platforms keep strengthening protections for original work, so studios of every size can keep sharing their games early.”
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About the ReVamp playtest
[Steam News]
Jay Peters
Pew Research: “40% of U.S. adults say they regularly get news on Facebook.”
34 percent say they regularly get news from YouTube, Pew Research says. As for other social media platforms:
Smaller shares of Americans regularly get news on Instagram (23%) and TikTok (20%). Fewer say they get news on X, formerly known as Twitter (10%), Reddit (9%), Nextdoor (8%), LinkedIn (6%), WhatsApp (5%), Rumble (2%), Truth Social (2%) or Bluesky (1%).
Jay Peters
Spotify is now asking some Premium Family plan members to verify with QR codes.
The idea is to verify that a plan member actually lives with the plan manager, according to a Spotify support page reported on by 9to5Google. Basically, it seems like a way to crack down on non-affiliated people from using a family plan to save money on Spotify.
Jay Peters
My favorite game from GDC 2025 just got a release date.
Faraway, a game where you play as a shooting star and slingshot around other stars, is launching on November 5th on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X / S. The game blew me away in just a 10-minute demo last year, and I can’t wait to check out the full release.
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