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	<title type="text">Thursday’s top tech news: December is here, and there are security lapses under the tree &#8211; The Verge</title>
	<subtitle type="text">The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.</subtitle>

	<updated>2022-12-20T00:18:20+00:00</updated>

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				<name>Sheena Vasani</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[The Verge’s 2022 fitness and wellness gift guide]]></title>
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			<updated>2022-12-19T19:18:20-05:00</updated>
			<published>2022-12-19T19:18:20-05:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Few things are more important in life than health and happiness. Fortunately, while neither can be bought, we can give our loved ones gifts that can help them improve both &#8212; which is why we&#8217;ve curated a guide to our favorite gadgets, services, books, and other items that focus on both mental and physical well-being.&#160; [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p>Few things are more important in life than health and happiness. Fortunately, while neither can be bought, we can give our loved ones gifts that can help them improve both &mdash; which is why we&rsquo;ve curated a guide to our favorite gadgets, services, books, and other items that focus on both mental and physical well-being.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Below, you&rsquo;ll find items we&rsquo;ve either tested or have personal experience with, so you can rest assured they live up to their promise. We&rsquo;ve included highly capable watches like the <a href="https://goto.target.com/c/1141873/1508808/2092?subId1=TheVergeFitnessGiftGuideNov1122&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.target.com%2Fp%2Fgoogle-pixel-watch-wifi-black-obsidian%2F-%2FA-87424817">Google Pixel Watch ($300)</a> and fitness-forward <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Cellular-Titanium-Precision-Extra-Long/dp/B0BDJK4G9C?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=theverge02-20&amp;linkId=1a1fae24eeb3bef84c99f7e976ff0eb0&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl">Apple Watch Ultra ($749)</a>, but you&rsquo;ll also find workout equipment like the <a href="https://go.skimresources.com?id=66960X1514734&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.onepeloton.com%2Fshop%2Ftread&amp;xcust=VergeFitnessGiftGuide2022">Peloton Tread ($3,495)</a>. And if you don&rsquo;t have a couple thousand lying around &mdash;&nbsp;or even $50 &mdash; we have a handful of budget-friendly suggestions, whether your giftee is into dancing, free weights, or just getting a better night&rsquo;s sleep.</p>

<p>Take a look through our guide and decide for yourself which present the health-conscious giftee in your life will love.</p>
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			<author>
				<name>Charles Pulliam-Moore</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Netflix is expanding its early feedback program to more subscribers]]></title>
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			<id>https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/1/23488906/netflix-preview-club-early-screening-expansion</id>
			<updated>2022-12-01T19:10:03-05:00</updated>
			<published>2022-12-01T19:10:03-05:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Netflix currently has a relatively small group of about 2,000 subscribers who it invites to preview upcoming projects and provide feedback about them ahead of release, but that number's about to grow significantly as the streamer looks to maximize its profits in an increasingly competitive streaming market. The Wall Street Journal reports that Netflix plans [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p>Netflix currently has a relatively small group of about 2,000 subscribers who it invites to preview upcoming projects and provide feedback about them ahead of release, but that number's about to grow significantly as the streamer looks to maximize its profits in an increasingly competitive streaming market.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/netflix-to-let-tens-of-thousands-of-subscribers-preview-content-11669851681?mod=djemalertNEWS"><em>The Wall Street Journal</em></a> reports that Netflix plans to open up its Preview Club program to "tens of thousands" more subscribers across the globe in order to glean reactions from people that might end up being used to make last-minute tweaks to the streamer's films and movies ahead of their broader release.</p>
<p>That's reportedly what happened …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/1/23488906/netflix-preview-club-early-screening-expansion">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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				<name>Charles Pulliam-Moore</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Amazon’s poached Mike Flanagan from Netflix with an exclusive TV production deal]]></title>
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			<updated>2022-12-01T17:53:59-05:00</updated>
			<published>2022-12-01T17:53:59-05:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[While Mike Flanagan's forthcoming The Fall of the House of Usher series based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe is still headed to Netflix, the Haunting of Hill House creator is getting ready to take his talents to another streaming platform that's likely looking to beef up its horror catalog. Deadline reports that Mike [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p>While Mike Flanagan's forthcoming <a href="https://www.polygon.com/22712562/midnight-mass-netflix-mike-flanagan-fall-house-usher"><em>The Fall of the House of Usher</em></a><em> </em>series based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe is still headed to Netflix, the <em>Haunting of Hill House </em>creator is getting ready to take his talents to another streaming platform that's likely looking to beef up its horror catalog.</p>
<p><a href="https://deadline.com/2022/12/mike-flanagan-amp-trevor-macy-overall-deal-with-amazon-studios-1235186302/">Deadline</a> reports that Mike Flanagan and<em> </em>Intrepid Pictures CEO Trevor Macy (who has also executive produced <a href="https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/midnight-club-cast-mike-flanagan-flanaverse">the whole of Netflix's "Flanaverse"</a>) have signed a new exclusive, multi-year overall TV production deal with Amazon Studios. Under the new deal, Intrepid Pictures will create new series and films for Amazon Prime similar to how the indie production …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/1/23488816/amazons-mike-flanagan-trevor-macy-intrepid-pictures-netflix">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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				<name>Mitchell Clark</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is coming to theaters on June 30th]]></title>
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			<updated>2022-12-01T16:24:40-05:00</updated>
			<published>2022-12-01T16:24:40-05:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is coming to theaters on June 30th, 2023, according to the film's first trailer released on Thursday. The movie will feature Harrison Ford returning for his fifth main film as the titular explorer, as well as Phoebe Waller-Bridge as his goddaughter. It'll be scored by John Williams, which [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p><em>Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny</em> is coming to theaters on June 30th, 2023, according to the <a href="https://youtu.be/ZfVYgWYaHmE">film's first trailer released on Thursday</a>. The movie will feature Harrison Ford returning for his fifth main film as the titular explorer, as well as Phoebe Waller-Bridge as his goddaughter. It'll be scored by John Williams, which is pretty obvious from the trailer.</p>
<p>It also seems like we'll get to see Jones rocking his iconic hat and whip, though the latter feels decidedly outclassed. In what feels like a throwback to one of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQKrmDLvijo">franchise's best scenes</a>, we see Indy face off against a room full of goons with his whip, only to discover that they'r …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/1/23488673/indiana-jones-5-the-dial-of-destiny-release-date-trailer">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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				<name>Jay Peters</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[The Mandalorian’s third season premieres on March 1st]]></title>
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			<updated>2022-12-01T15:52:53-05:00</updated>
			<published>2022-12-01T15:52:53-05:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Mandalorian's long-awaited third season debuts on Disney Plus on March 1st, Disney announced on Thursday. Disney had previously said it would be out in February, but it turns out that we're getting it just a little bit later than expected. Season 2 premiered in October 2020, so it's been some time since we've had [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p><em>The Mandalorian's</em> long-awaited third season debuts on Disney Plus on March 1st, <a href="https://twitter.com/DisneyPlus/status/1598418211485405184">Disney announced on Thursday</a>. Disney had previously said it would be <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/26/23073135/the-mandalorian-season-3-release-date-star-wars-celebration-disney-plus">out in February</a>, but it turns out that we're getting it just a little bit later than expected.</p>
<p>Season 2 premiered in October 2020, so it's been some time since we've had new episodes of the show starring the galaxy's favorite bounty hunter / baby alien duo. They made an appearance in a few episodes of <em>The Book of Boba Fett</em>, but soon, we'll be able to see the both of them together once again.</p>
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<p>The third season comes on the heels of the excellent <em>Andor</em>, which had its <a href="https://www.theverge.com/23475256/andor-season-one-finale-review-star-wars-disney-plus">season 1 finale air on Disney …</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/1/23488644/mandalorian-season-three-premiere-date-march-1-disney-plus">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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				<name>Umar Shakir</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Electric robot tractors powered by Nvidia AI chips are here]]></title>
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			<updated>2022-12-01T15:26:47-05:00</updated>
			<published>2022-12-01T15:26:47-05:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Monarch Tractor, an electric smart tractor company, says its first AI-powered farming vehicles, dubbed the MK-V, are rolling off the production line. It's the Livermore, California-based startup's first product, and it uses Nvidia's Jetson edge AI platform to perform agricultural tasks with or without a driver behind the wheel. "The NVIDIA Jetson enables the MK-V [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p>Monarch Tractor, an electric smart tractor company, says its first AI-powered farming vehicles, dubbed the MK-V, are rolling off the production line. It's the Livermore, California-based startup's first product, and <a href="https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2022/12/01/mondavi-monarch-smart-electric-jetson-tractor/">it uses Nvidia's Jetson edge AI platform</a> to perform agricultural tasks with or without a driver behind the wheel.</p>
<p>"The NVIDIA Jetson enables the MK-V to run low-latency, real-time AI applications while at the same time conserving energy for longer battery life and extended run time," said Monarch Tractor CEO Praveen Penmetsa.</p>
<img src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24248103/210525_MonarchManufacturing_Selects_19.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100" alt="" title="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" data-caption="&lt;em&gt;The Monarch MK-V being recharged.&lt;/em&gt; | Image: Monarch Tractor" data-portal-copyright="Image: Monarch Tractor">
<p>Each MK-V uses six of the Jetson Xavier NX system-on-modules that enable them to navigate fields using  …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/1/23487910/nvidia-jetson-mk-v-electric-autonomous-monarch-tractor-delivery">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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				<name>Charles Pulliam-Moore</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ first trailer is full of Maximal action]]></title>
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			<updated>2022-12-01T13:52:55-05:00</updated>
			<published>2022-12-01T13:52:55-05:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[After years of Paramount's live-action Transformers movies feeling like they were coasting on their good looks, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' first teaser trailer is here to remind everyone that Beast Wars has always been the superior chunk of the larger Transformers franchise. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, from director Steven Caple Jr., revolves around [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p>After years of <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/20/18144192/bumblebee-transformers-movie-review-travis-knight-hailee-steinfeld">Paramount's live-action <em>Transformers </em>movies</a> feeling like they were <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/20/15837398/transformers-the-last-knight-movie-review-michael-bay-autobots-decepticons">coasting on their good looks</a>, <em>Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' </em>first teaser trailer is here to remind everyone that <em>Beast Wars </em>has always been the superior chunk of the larger <em>Transformers </em>franchise.</p>
<p><em>Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,</em> from director Steven Caple Jr., revolves around ex-military gearhead Noah (Anthony Ramos) and museum researcher Elena (Dominique Fishback), two humans who accidentally become embroiled in yet another conflict between the Autobots and the Decepticons. </p>
<p>As tends to be the case with recent <em>Transformers </em>stories, neither Noah nor Ele …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/1/23488230/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-teaser-trailer">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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			<author>
				<name>Monica Chin</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[RDNA 2 quietly arrives in budget laptops]]></title>
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			<updated>2022-12-01T12:51:54-05:00</updated>
			<published>2022-12-01T12:51:54-05:00</published>
			<category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="AMD" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Gadgets" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Laptops" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Lenovo" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="News" /><category scheme="https://www.theverge.com" term="Tech" />
							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Back in September, AMD launched some of the first mobile chips from its upcoming Ryzen 7000 line, the budget-oriented "Mendocino" series. At launch, they were described as tailored to "the everyday laptop," combining last-gen Zen 2 CPU cores with high-end RDNA 2 graphics. That RDNA 2, generally seen powering much more expensive machines as well [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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	A very boring render of the IdeaPad 1 from Lenovo’s website. | Image: Lenovo	</figcaption>
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<p>Back in September, AMD launched some of the first mobile chips from its upcoming Ryzen 7000 line, the budget-oriented "<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/23/23137502/amd-mendocino-zen-2-rdna-2-6nm-battery-life-price-laptop">Mendocino</a>" series. At launch, they were described as tailored to <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/20/23361643/amd-ryzen-athlon-7020-mobile-processor-announcement">"the everyday laptop,"</a> combining last-gen Zen 2 CPU cores with high-end RDNA 2 graphics.</p>
<p>That RDNA 2, generally seen powering much more expensive machines as well as the PS5 and Xbox Series X / S consoles, could become widely available at a budget price point was an exciting prospect. But Mendocino only announced one partner at launch: Acer and its Aspire 3 series. Since then, we've basically heard… crickets about the Mendocino series.</p>
<p>That is, until today. K …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/1/23488036/amd-ryzen-7000-rdna2-lenovo-ideapad-1-pricing-release">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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				<name>Georgina Torbet</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[A black hole ripped apart a star and brought together astronomers from around the world]]></title>
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			<updated>2022-12-01T12:46:16-05:00</updated>
			<published>2022-12-01T12:46:16-05:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[It was an event not seen in more than a decade: a sudden flash of energy launched out from the center of a distant galaxy, bright enough to be visible from 8.5 billion light-years away. With a burst of light equivalent to more than 1,000 trillion suns, the flash was first detected by the Zwicky [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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	An artist’s impression of a tidal disruption event. | Image: Carl Knox – OzGrav, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Swinburne University of Technology	</figcaption>
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<p>It was an event not seen in more than a decade: a sudden flash of energy launched out from the center of a distant galaxy, bright enough to be visible from 8.5 billion light-years away. With a burst of light equivalent to more than 1,000 trillion suns, the flash was first detected by the Zwicky Transient Facility, a survey of the entire night sky conducted from the Palomar Observatory in California. </p>
<p>"On Valentine's Day this year, we found a source that was puzzling. It was just weird!" Igor Andreoni of the University of Maryland, lead author of <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05465-8">one</a> of <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-022-01820-x">two</a> papers about the event, told <em>The Verge</em>. "And weird is good in science. It means it's  …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/1/23487280/black-hole-jet-astronomy-telescopes-energy">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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				<name>Charles Pulliam-Moore</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Annapurna is launching its own animation division]]></title>
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			<updated>2022-12-01T12:41:11-05:00</updated>
			<published>2022-12-01T12:41:11-05:00</published>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[After co-producing a number of animated projects like Sausage Party and Missing Link with the help of other studios, Annapurna Pictures is gearing up to launch its own in-house animation arm with two Disney alums leading the division. Today, Annapurna announced that it has tapped former Walt Disney Animation Studios president Andrew Millstein and screenwriter [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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	Teaser art of Ballister Blackheart and Nimona from Annapurna’s upcoming Nimona feature. | Image: Netflix	</figcaption>
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<p>After co-producing a number of animated projects like <a href="https://www.polygon.com/23425144/sausage-party-tv-show-amazon-cast"><em>Sausage Party</em></a><em> </em>and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/9/18300854/missing-link-laika-animation-behind-the-scenes-stop-motion-process"><em>Missing Link</em></a><em> </em>with the help of other studios, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/29/21540676/annapurna-games-indie-publisher-development-studio">Annapurna Pictures</a> is gearing up to launch its own in-house animation arm with two <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/11/23016948/bob-chapek-disney-dont-say-gay-florida-lgbtqia">Disney</a> alums leading the division.</p>
<p>Today, Annapurna announced that it has tapped former Walt Disney Animation Studios president Andrew Millstein and screenwriter Robert Baird (<em>Monsters University</em>, <em>Big Hero 6</em>) to head up its animation production arm, which will release <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/11/23020263/nimona-movie-annapurna-netflix-nd-stevenson">the studio's forthcoming <em>Nimona </em>adaptation in 2023 with Netflix</a>. In a press release about the new studio, Annapurna founder and CEO Megan Ellison said that Millstein and Baird's c …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/1/23487911/annapurna-animation-nimona-andrew-millstein-robert-baird">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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