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Jess Weatherbed

Jess Weatherbed

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Jess Weatherbed is a news writer, and part of The Verge UK-based team. While passionate about the future of technology, she originally trained as a prosthetics makeup and wig-making technician, fuelled by a love of animatronics and practical movie effects. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews across computing, PC gaming and streaming. Additional bylines can be found at GamesRadar, PCGamer, Creative Bloq and Space.com.

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Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Fire your CEO — AI is better, faster, and cheaper.

That’s the premise of OverpAId, a satirical website proclaiming that AI is a more effective cost-cutting tool for replacing CEOs than other human employees. It’s a fun read that jabs at how the technology is impacting real workplaces and economics, and can’t be held accountable for making catastrophic decisions.

A screenshot from the OverpAId satirical website.
It’s not a real product, but if everyone is expendable in the name of boosting profits, then maybe it should be.
Image: OverpAId
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Ryan Gosling’s ‘La La Hand’ blunder is officially fixed.

The actor has expressed regret over the flat positioning of his hand in the La La Land poster over the years. Maybe he’s joking, but Lionsgate has now corrected it anyway, unveiling a tweaked design for the movie’s 10th anniversary that’s replacing the previous version “across every platform in the world.”

<em>Spot the difference. Here’s the updated version…</em>
<em>…compared with the original theatrical release poster. Gosling can finally rest easy.</em>
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Spot the difference. Here’s the updated version…
Image: Lionsgate
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Raspberry Pi now has a bigger touchscreen.

The 10-inch Touch Display 2 is available for $80, joining the existing 7-inch and 5-inch variants of Raspberry Pi’s refreshed display lineup. It has a pixel resolution of 1200×1920, support for ten-finger touch, and draws power from its host device , but it’s only compatible with Raspberry Pi 5 and Compute Modules.

<em>Here’s a size comparison between all three Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 models.</em>
<em>It comes with all the necessary cables, connectors, and mounting hardware you need to get it hooked up out of the box.</em>
<em>It can’t be used with the Raspberry Pi Zero series or Raspberry Pi 4 or earlier models because they don’t meet its requirment for four DSI lanes.</em>
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Here’s a size comparison between all three Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 models.
Image: Raspberry Pi
Meta made its own AI detection system. It should have just used Google’s

It’s early days for Content Seal, but the standard isn’t off to a good start.

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Disney lays off “several hundred” staffers.

The ESPN, National Geographic, and Pixar divisions are among the most impacted according to Deadline, making this the second round of cuts this year since Josh D’Amaro took over the Disney CEO role in March. That Pixar blow comes despite Toy Story 5 earning almost $1 billion so far.

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
This gaming mouse is equipped with a teeny Noctua fan.

The Feinmann F01 Noctua Edition is made in collaboration with peripheral maker Pulsar Gaming Gears, and like other fan-equipped mice, is designed to cool sweaty palms during intense gaming sessions. It’s available starting today for $179.95, providing customizable fan speeds and a 8,000Hz polling rate.

The Feinmann F01 Noctua Edition mouse besides a Noctua fan.
His palms are sweaty, team’s weak, ping is heavy.
Image: Pulsar Gaming Gears
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Samsung has a credit card now.

The Samsung Galaxy Card is issued on Visa by Barclays US Consumer Bank, with applications opening on July 22nd. Samsung says the card is available as both virtual and physical, metal cards, and that users can earn “a host of cash rewards and other benefits.” It’s essentially an Apple Card — launched seven years ago — but for people loyal to Samsung products.

Someone using a Samsung Galaxy credit card.
The Samsung branding makes this look like a brand new SIM card.
Image: Samsung