Entertainment | The VergeThe 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.2026-05-13T19:15:24+00:00https://centraltech.webbfinanceiro.com/rss/entertainment/index.xmlhttps://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1Charles Pulliam-Moore<![CDATA[Fighting Trump will make or break Disney’s new CEO]]>https://centraltech.webbfinanceiro.com/930009/fighting-trump-will-make-or-break-disneys-new-ceo2026-05-13T15:15:24-04:002026-05-13T15:15:21-04:00
A week ago, newly appointed Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro was busy regaling investors with plans to turn Disney Plus into the company's "digital centerpiece." By last Friday, though, his attention had presumably shifted to a fight with the Trump administration over free speech.
Disney-owned ABC has now accused the administration of violating its First Amendment rights with an ongoing investigation into The View. D'Amaro - the former head of Disney's parks division - might have wanted his legacy to be defined by corporate synergy and a souped-up version of Disney Plus. But this fight with Donald Trump and the Federal Communications Commission is l …
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Emma Roth<![CDATA[Netflix’s ad ambitions just keep growing]]>https://centraltech.webbfinanceiro.com/?p=9296272026-05-13T14:45:32-04:002026-05-13T14:45:32-04:00
For the second year in a row, Netflix's ad-supported tier more than doubled its monthly viewerbase. During its 2026 upfront presentation, Netflix revealed that its $8.99-per-month plan reaches more than 250 million people around the globe, a significant leap from 94 million users reported last year.
The streaming service reported earning $1.5 billion from ads in 2025, and now it's finding more areas to stick them across its service. Starting next year, Netflix will start showing ads in the vertical video feed it just launched on its mobile app, and in the lineup of podcasts it began adding to the platform late last year.
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Sheena Vasani<![CDATA[Everything at The Criterion Collection is 30 percent off right now]]>https://centraltech.webbfinanceiro.com/?p=9297602026-05-13T14:41:49-04:002026-05-13T14:41:49-04:00
Classics as well as newer films like Anora are on sale. | Image: Neon
If you’ve been meaning to grow your physical movie collection, now’s a good time to do it. Through May 25th, The Criterion Collection is taking 30 percent off every disc on its site, including standard Blu-rays, 4K releases, box sets, and even films that are currently only available to preorder. The sale spans every category Criterion is known for, from Hollywood classics and international cinema to indie favorites, documentaries, concert films, and arthouse movies.
In total, more than 1,000 titles from over 600 directors are discounted. You can browse the full sale here, but below, we’ve highlighted some of our favorites, including newer award winners like Anora, box sets like The Wes Anderson Archive, cult classics like The Breakfast Club, and international films like High and Low.
Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated film which follows a group of Japanese pet dogs that have been isolated on an island.
The Wes Anderson Archive collects all of his films from Bottle Rocket through The French Dispatch in a single box set. The 20-disc trove includes every film on Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray, plus over 25 hours of special features and 10 illustrated booklets containing essays and interviews.
Martin Scorsese’s gripping historical crime drama follows the Osage murders of 1920s Oklahoma, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone.
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Andrew Webster<![CDATA[Nintendo says it has more Switch 2 games in store for 2026]]>https://centraltech.webbfinanceiro.com/?p=9295272026-05-13T09:25:02-04:002026-05-13T09:25:02-04:00
With the Switch 2 getting a price hike in September, this holiday season will be pivotal for Nintendo. That increased cost means that the company will rely heavily on new games to sell its current console - but as of right now the lineup for the second half of the year is sparse. However, without getting into specifics, president Shuntaro Furukawa has made it clear the company still has a number of titles in the works for 2026.
Nintendo just released the translated English Q&A from its most recent financial results, and in it Furukawa notes the importance of big games for selling hardware. "The way that Pokémon Pokopia has contributed to ha …
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Emma Roth<![CDATA[George Clooney, Tom Hanks, and Meryl Streep back new ‘Human Consent Standard’ for AI licensing]]>https://centraltech.webbfinanceiro.com/?p=9285342026-05-12T12:06:19-04:002026-05-12T12:00:00-04:00
Hollywood actors and producers are standing behind a new AI licensing standard that will tell AI systems whether they'll need to pay to use a person's likeness, creative work, characters, and designs. With the Human Consent Standard, people can set terms for the use of their work or likeness, including giving AI systems full permission to use their content, allowing access with certain requirements, or restricting access entirely.
The Human Consent Standard builds upon the Really Simple Licensing (RSL) Standard, which launched last year as a way for websites to signal how AI systems use their work. RSL Media, a nonprofit cofounded by Cate B …
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Jess Weatherbed<![CDATA[Spotify’s latest ‘Wrapped’ covers your entire music history]]>https://centraltech.webbfinanceiro.com/?p=9283952026-05-12T05:10:09-04:002026-05-12T08:15:00-04:00
Its like a “Wrapped” but for your entire Spotify listening history. | Image by Spotify / The Verge
Spotify is celebrating its 20th anniversary by giving listeners a "fully personalized look at their entire music history." Starting today, Spotify mobile app users can access a new Wrapped-like experience that features "never-before-shared data" going back to when they first joined the service.
The "Spotify 20: Your Party of the Year(s)" experience will allow users to look back on their first day on Spotify, the first song they streamed, their most-listened to artist, and the total number of unique songs listened to since creating their account. Spotify is also putting together an All-Time Top Songs Playlist that includes the top 120 tracks …
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Mia Sato<![CDATA[Palantir’s true believers are wearing this jacket]]>https://centraltech.webbfinanceiro.com/?p=9280262026-05-12T08:27:13-04:002026-05-11T14:26:04-04:00
In late April, Palantir - the software company that, in recent years, has perhaps become best known for its defense industry contracts and work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement - announced that it would be adding new products to its merch store. The latest offering was a cotton chore coat.
At $239 and in bright blue and black options, the jacket looks like a standard offering that has, by way of photographer Bill Cunningham, trickled down into mainstream menswear for years. This jacket is a pastiche of 19th century French workwear that was worn by people actually doing physical labor; the only noticeable difference is that a dainty …
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Emma Roth<![CDATA[Texas sues Netflix for advertising ‘bait and switch’ and spying]]>https://centraltech.webbfinanceiro.com/?p=9280712026-05-11T17:13:16-04:002026-05-11T13:04:22-04:00
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Netflix, accusing the company of turning its back on its promise to remain ad-free and safe for kids. The lawsuit, filed on Monday, claims Netflix has "opened Texans' data for inspection by the same Big Ad Tech community it once criticized for exploiting users in this same way."
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Jay Peters<![CDATA[Wordle is turning into a primetime TV game show on NBC]]>https://centraltech.webbfinanceiro.com/?p=9275362026-05-11T08:54:19-04:002026-05-11T08:50:00-04:00
Wordle could be the next great game show. NBC has greenlit a game show version of The New York Times' popular puzzle game, and it's set to debut in 2027 with Savannah Guthrie as the host. The show will be produced by Universal Television Alternative Studio "in partnership with" Jimmy Fallon's production company and the NYT, according to a press release.
Here's an overview of how the new "fast-paced format" will work in game show form, from the NYT:
The series will feature teams of players competing to solve five-letter word puzzles in a high-energy, collaborative environment, translating the core elements of Wordle into a new kind of view …
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Tom Warren<![CDATA[Forza Horizon 6 has been leaked and cracked a week before its release]]>https://centraltech.webbfinanceiro.com/?p=9277042026-05-11T14:05:53-04:002026-05-11T06:21:17-04:00
The full version of Playground Games' upcoming Forza Horizon 6 game has leaked online over the weekend and has already been cracked by pirates. The download appeared on file sharing sites after some Steam users were allegedly able to obtain access to an unencrypted version of the game.
Forza Horizon 6 isn't supposed to launch until May 19th on Xbox Series S / X and PC, but cracks to bypass online checks in the game are already widely available. Reddit users first noticed that games files, totaling more than 150GB, had appeared online yesterday, before Reddit's legal operations team removed the post.
