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How Titan X stole the show in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters' VFX director explains the inspiration behind the new Titan.

Sources: Peter Thiel's Founders Fund raised $6B for a fund to invest in later-stage companies, marking its largest haul ever; $4.5B comes from limited partners (Natasha Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)

Natasha Mascarenhas / Bloomberg:
Sources: Peter Thiel's Founders Fund raised $6B for a fund to invest in later-stage companies, marking its largest haul ever; $4.5B comes from limited partners  —  Peter Thiel's Founders Fund has raised $6 billion for a new fund to invest in later-stage companies, according to people familiar …

My $5K smart bed needs to shut the hell up

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. I take my beauty rest seriously. So seriously that, after months of testing, I bought my ludicrously expensive […]

Critical Role adds sneaky new spell from former D&D lead designer to Campaign 4

Former D&D lead game designer Christopher Perkins has devised a new spell for Critical Role's new adventure, campaign 4.

Elon Musk had a bad week in court

Elon Musk is the one who wanted this trial. He has spent months claiming OpenAI "stole a nonprofit," and saying he was the actual driving force behind one of the most important companies currently in tech. All indications are that he won't win his case against the company, but he's fighting it anyway. So you'd […]