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Sean Hollister

Sean Hollister

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    DreamWorks has Marvel-ified its theatrical opener.

    The moon child isn’t going away, and neither is the music — but now, DreamWorks Animation wants to remind you that it has sharks, babies, dragons, trolls, pandas and Shrek in its pantheon of heroes.

    THR reports the studio actually had to dust off Shrek and fam! It’s been over a decade since their last outing.

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    Sean Hollister
    Black Friday, meet The Verge’s StoryStream.

    We’ve sorted the best Black Friday deals by category, retailer, and price — but did you know our editors are liveblogging some of the best individual items that catch our eye, too? Like, I just literally wrote about some Severance keycaps, there’s a deal on a rare Halo Nerf blaster, and even one of my favorite Lego sets.

    If you refresh our Black Friday storystream, you won’t miss a thing.

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    Sean Hollister
    I did it: I bought the Severance keycaps.

    Drop’s big Black Friday sale includes most of its coolest custom mechanical keyboard sets. I almost couldn’t decide: the two-tone blue Dasher for $79 (save $41) or the /dev/tty set for $89 (save $16)?

    I’ve had my eye on Dasher ever since Dan showed the world how they’re basically the keys from Severance, though of course their true inspiration dates back decades. Now, they are mine.

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    Sean Hollister
    The best deal we’ve ever seen on the best OLED TV for most people.

    LG’s 65-inch C1 OLED is $1,196.99 at Amazon right now for Black Friday. It usually costs at least $200 more than that even in the very best sales we’ve seen. Yes, it’s last year’s model but the excellent new C2 isn’t notably better — the C1 has all the flashy features like HDMI 2.1 with VRR and ALLM for the latest game consoles. For so many reasons, this is the sweet spot of TVs.

    If you’ve got Amazon’s credit card, it’ll give you 10 percent cashback, too.

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    Sean Hollister
    Did Sony just goof and reveal the PlayStation 6 is coming in 2028?

    Sony’s lawyers say the PS6 is “likely” to launch around REDACTED, and REDACTED is > 2027 if you read between the lines of their anti-acquisition argument below.

    But why do Sony’s lawyers think it’s “likely”? Do they have inside info — or just guessed based on the average life of a console? Also, any date greater than 2027 would fit that blank just fine. PS6 in 2032 confirmed!

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    Sean Hollister
    Tesla has a zombie frenemy.

    Remember when Umar pointed out that Tesla’s attempt to claim the “North American Charging Standard” was silly ‘cause most automakers use CCS instead? Well, Aptera — the zombie EV brand — claims it’ll use Tesla’s plug for its vehicle. Someday.

    Will that unlock hundreds of millions in federal funding for Tesla charging stations, since the law mandates “non-proprietary charging connectors” open to “motor vehicle operators from more than one company”? Not by itself: the Federal Highway Administration’s current plan says each station needs four CCS chargers as well.

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    Sean Hollister
    Twitter wanted encrypted DMs so bad, it licensed Signal’s tech.

    When Musk says he wants Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike to help add encrypted DMs to Twitter, the funny part is this’d be the third time they’ve asked him.

    He left Twitter in 2013 when it didn’t wind up letting him build that — and Platformer is now reporting Twitter wound up getting a license to use Signal’s tech in 2018 for attempt number two. By 2019, Twitter reportedly scrapped that second attempt as well. Third time’s the charm?

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    Sean Hollister
    Speaking of Marvel Snap giving players what they want...

    How about the ability to rewind and re-watch what happened, particularly on the last turn? Some of the coolest combos come out on Turn 6 — but the game is too eager to tally up points and declare a winner. I want to learn!