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A brief history of pooping in Game of Thrones

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms raises an interesting question: Where do people poop in Westeros?

Sources: the US DOT plans to use Gemini to draft federal regulations, cutting the process to just 30 days; the DOT used it to draft a still-unpublished FAA rule (Jesse Coburn/ProPublica)

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Sources: the US DOT plans to use Gemini to draft federal regulations, cutting the process to just 30 days; the DOT used it to draft a still-unpublished FAA rule  —  The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations.

Invincible VS Roster Adds Viltrumites Anissa And Lucan

Game Informer

Invincible VS’ roster of playable Viltrumites has expanded with the additions of Anissa and Lucan. Acting as the game's 12th and 13th characters, the pair bring even more brutality to an already hyperviolent tag team fighter.

Like fellow Viltrumites Omni-Man and Thula, Anissa and Lucan are powerhouses whose immense strength is matched only by their ferocity. Both pummel opponents in their own unique and referential ways, from Anissa “educating” adversaries by slapping them senseless or Lucan breaking spines over his knee like an extraterrestrial Bane. Check them out in action in the trailer below. 

Anissa and Lucan join an announced roster of Invincible, Omni-Man, Atom Eve, Rex Splode, Monster Girl, Robot, Battle Beast, Thula, Cecil Stedman, Bulletproof, and original character Ella Mental. With a confirmed roster of 18 characters, only five slots remain open; who do you think will fill them?

Invincible VS will launch on April 30 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. You can learn more about the game by reading our first preview of the game from last June here

TikTok USA is broken

TikTok has suffered from extensive problems on its first weekend after completing a transaction that changed the ownership of its US arm. According to Downdetector, the issues initially spiked in the early hours of Sunday morning, but many users, including editors here at The Verge, are still reporting errors. On Monday morning, TikTok USDS head […]

2026 is the year of social media’s legal reckoning

Over the next year, top social media executives are expected to take the witness stand to defend their companies from an avalanche of claims about their failure to protect kids. The first of many trials is set to begin this month in California, when Meta, TikTok, and YouTube face claims that tech addiction harmed a […]