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    Max is finally about to start cracking down on password sharing.

    The long-in-the-works crackdown will begin next week with “some very early, gentle messaging,” WBD’s JB Perrette said at a conference today, according to TheWrap. Perrette says you’ll be able to add a member to your account in the first quarter of next year.

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    Jay Peters
    Extra XP.

    Fortnite’s new Japanese-themed season is excellent, but some players have expressed frustrations about changes to XP rewards that appear to make XP gains slower.

    In response, Epic Games just announced a few adjustments to boost how much XP you can get, and it’s promising to make “further adjustments as needed.”

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    Jay Peters
    NBA games, 2K style.

    TNT Sports is going to show some NBA 2K25 overlays over real-life 2024 Emirates NBA Cup quarterfinals and semifinals matches. Weird, but interesting.

    NBC Sports will similarly overlay elements of Madden NFL over the Houston Texans vs. Kansas City Chiefs NFL game that airs on Peacock on December 21st.

    Update: Added details of NFL game with Madden elements.

    A photo showing an example of the NBA 2K25 overlays on an NBA game.
    Image: TNT Sports
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    Jay Peters
    Threads has landscape video now.

    Saw this news on 9to5Mac. I honestly didn’t know landscape video wasn’t previously possible.

    A screenshot of posts confirming that Threads has videos and photos in landscape mode now.
    You can see these posts in context here.
    Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge
    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    One free Connections archive: gone.

    After receiving a cease and desist letter from The New York Times, the owner of a Connections creator that also had a full archive of the NYT’s puzzles has removed it. You can still make puzzles on the site and play other creations, if you want.

    A screenshot of a message about the Connections archive being taken down.
    That “Here’s why” link points to my piece from earlier this week.
    Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge