The Mandalorian, Loki, and WandaVision are headed to Blu-ray

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/21/23839994/disney-plus-mandalorian-loki-wandavision-blu-ray

YouTube is figuring out its AI strategy by working with music labels

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/21/23840026/youtube-ai-music-copyright-monetization-universal

Apple’s sci-fi drama Invasion ramps up the tension in season 2

https://www.theverge.com/23833132/invasion-season-2-review-apple-tv-plus

Amazon’s Fire TV Channels adds a sidebar and more free streaming content

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/21/23839875/amazon-fire-tv-channels-sidebar-free-streaming-content-fast

The voice of Mario is stepping away from the character

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/21/23839933/mario-voice-actor-martinet-nintendo-stepping-down

Here’s the first outdoor smart plug to work with Matter

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/21/23837585/leviton-matter-outdoor-smart-plug

Samsung announces the first game to support new HDR10 Plus Gaming standard

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/21/23839768/samsung-hdr10-plus-gaming-standard-the-first-descendant-nexon

USDA announces $667 million in rural broadband funding

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/21/23837593/biden-broadband-usda-reconnect-internet-rural-farms

Meta may launch a Threads web version early this week

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/20/23839495/meta-threads-web-version-coming-this-week

AI-generated art cannot be copyrighted, rules a US Federal Judge

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/19/23838458/ai-generated-art-no-copyright-district-court

Striking writers have been in consistent talks with studios for over a week

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/19/23838283/striking-writers-have-been-in-consistent-talks-with-studios-for-over-a-week

If you’re seeing glitchy audio in Madden 24, you’re not alone

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/19/23838186/madden-24-ps5-pc-audio-issues-popping-clicking-stereo-channel-dropping-ea-sports

How to set up parental controls on your Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S

https://www.theverge.com/23837134/xbox-series-x-series-s-parental-controls-how-to

Baldur’s Gate 3 on the Steam Deck plays better than it looks

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/18/23836236/baldurs-gate-3-steam-deck-looks-bad-plays-great

Bored Ape Yacht Club creator to block OpenSea in fight over payments

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/18/23837677/bayc-opensea-drops-support-creator-royalty-fees

Pornhub’s parent company is changing its name to total nonsense

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/18/23837670/pornhub-parent-company-mindgeek-rebrand-aylo

California is letting a lot more people get a digital ID

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/18/23837596/california-digital-ids-program-mdl-expansion

Senators want YouTube investigated over showing targeted ads to kids, again

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/18/23837530/youtube-ads-child-safety-tracking-coppa-senator-investigation

WD refused to answer our questions about its self-wiping SanDisk SSDs

https://www.theverge.com/23837513/western-digital-sandisk-ssd-corrupted-deleted-questions

Elon Musk says (yet again) that X will stop letting you block users

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/18/23837494/elon-musk-twitter-x-remove-blocking