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5 anti-AI sci-fi movies Tubi’s new chatbot would never recommend you

RoboCop and Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla couldn't be clearer about the dangers of AI

Cheap stuff that doesn’t suck, take 3

From fancy OLED TVs to robot vacuums with arms, we tend to cover a lot of cool stuff here at The Verge that, unfortunately, often costs as much as a month’s rent (or more). But with the ongoing tariff situation in the US and a global memory shortage pushing up the cost of, well, everything, we’re well aware that not […]

The Pitt: The Video Game parody will brighten up your weekend

The Pitt: The Video Game imagines what the HBO Max medical drama that just wrapped up its second season would look like as a retro video game

A profile of OpenTable CEO Debby Soo, who shifted its focus from diners to restaurants; it now seats ~2B diners a year across 65K restaurants, an all-time high (Brent Crane/Bloomberg)

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A profile of OpenTable CEO Debby Soo, who shifted its focus from diners to restaurants; it now seats ~2B diners a year across 65K restaurants, an all-time high  —  The pioneering reservation app was losing marquee restaurant groups before its chief executive made some big changes.

One Last Fight TTRPG drops players straight into a final boss battle

The terrific GM-less boxed one-shot TTRPG One Last Fight is built around the grand finale of a Dungeons & Dragons-style fantasy campaign.