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The 6 best anime openings of 2024

2024 was filled with an abundance of anime riches to choose from. From the long-anticipated debut of series like Dan Da Dan, Delicious in Dungeon, and Kaiju No. 8 to surprise favorites like The Apothecary Diaries and The Elusive Samurai, there was seldom a moment this year where there wasn’t a hilarious, pulse-pounding, or moving […]

Data center operator Vultr raised $333M led by LuminArx, with participation from AMD and others, at a $3.5B valuation, its first outside funding round (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)

Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal:
Data center operator Vultr raised $333M led by LuminArx, with participation from AMD and others, at a $3.5B valuation, its first outside funding round  —  AMD's investment is part of how the chip giant plans to make a dent in the artificial intelligence chip market dominated by Nvidia

iBuyPower’s Y40 will tear through 2025’s biggest PC games, and it’s $999 now

I love building PCs, but I get why pre-built gaming desktops are popular. They remove the guesswork of buying components and making sure they’re all compatible with each other, and you don’t need to go through the stressful process of installing them all. I’m also coming around on pre-built PCs largely because they’re sometimes available […]

The best action movies of the year

The action genre had a fantastic 2023, with strong new entries in banner franchises and exciting one-off movies from creators established and upcoming alike. 2024 picked up where its predecessor left off, with one notable exception: more original ideas, fewer franchise movies (although there were still a few standouts). Nations around the globe contributed stellar […]

Tech antitrust is about to get really weird

The Google logo on a shield surrounded by flying arrows.
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images

President-elect Donald Trump’s second term is a regulatory wild card hanging over Big Tech.

Read the full story at The Verge.