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Photo by Michael Loccisano / Getty Images While HBO has yet to officially lock in a Hal Jordan for its upcoming Lanterns series based on DC’s comics, the network has found its John Stewart. Today, HBO announced that Rebel Ridge and Old star Aaron Pierre will play Lanterns’ John Stewart, a new recruit to the Green Lantern Corps. who partners up with veteran Lantern Hal Jordan to solve a “dark, earth-based” murder mystery that requires their expertise. As Deadline notes, Kyle Chandler has reportedly been in talks to join the series as Jordan, and Pierre narrowly edged out Homecoming’s Stephan James for the Stewart role. Lanterns, which doesn’t yet have a solid release date, is one of the more high-profile live-action projects set to kick off Warner Bros. and DC Studio’s new... Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Some YouTube users have observed the platform making it harder to skip ads in recent days. On Reddit, a user reported seeing black rectangles over the skip button on desktop instead of the expected countdown timer, and a few days later, Android Police reported not seeing a countdown to skip on mobile. But in statements to The Verge, YouTube says it isn’t removing the skip button — it’s just changing some elements of how ads are displayed. “YouTube is not hiding the skip button,” YouTube spokesperson Oluwa Falodun says in a statement to The Verge. “On skippable ads, the button appears after 5 seconds into playback, as always.” As for the changes, Falodun says that YouTube is “reducing elements on the ads player” so that “viewers can... Continue reading…

Illustration: The Verge After winning a fight to get Google’s search business declared an unlawful monopoly, the Department of Justice has released its initial proposal for how it’s thinking about limiting Google’s dominance — including breaking up the company. The government is asking Judge Amit Mehta for four different types of remedies to Google’s anticompetitive power in search engines. They include behavioral remedies, or changes to business practices, as well as structural remedies, which would break up Google. And they’re focused particularly on futureproofing the search industry for the rise of generative AI. While AI might not be a substitute for search engines, the DOJ warns, it “will likely become an important feature of the evolving search... Continue reading…

Game Pass Ultimate offers first-party games on day one and a rotating library of other titles. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If your Game Pass Ultimate subscription is in danger of expiring, Woot’s latest deal is a great opportunity to reset the clock. Now through 12:59AM ET on October 10th, you can save an extra 20 percent on top of Woot’s already-discounted codes when you use promo code SAVE20 at checkout. That drops the price of a three-month subscription to $29.19 (about $16 off) and a one-month subscription to $11.03 (about $6 off). Taking advantage of the current promo — which just so happens to also coincide with Amazon’s ongoing October Prime Day sale — is an easy way to nullify Microsoft’s recent price hike, which raised the price of an Ultimate subscription to $19.99 a month. Plus, unlike the 13-month limit associated with Xbox Game Pass Standard,... Continue reading…