Image: Pocketpair Palworld developer Pocketpair may be facing a lawsuit from Nintendo, but that’s not stopping it from pursuing a mobile version of the game. On Wednesday, Krafton — the publisher behind PUBG: Battlegrounds — announced that it acquired the license for Palworld and will optimize it for mobile gaming, as reported earlier by Polygon. According to a translated version of the post, Krafton says it aims to “faithfully reinterpret” Palworld’s “main fun elements to fit the mobile environment.” Krafton also created a mobile version of PUBG in 2018, and as The Verge pointed out at the time, it turned out better than expected. Dubbed “Pokémon with guns,” Palworld became an instant hit following its release on PC and Xbox in January, selling millions... Continue reading…

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images First, it was Spotify, then Verizon, then PlayStation, and now it’s apparently Bank of America’s turn to have an outage this week. Some customers have reported problems accessing their bank accounts on Wednesday, with the balances showing $0 or “—-” instead of what should be there. Reports spiked just before 1PM ET on Downdetector, with posts across X and Reddit from people reporting that their account balances don’t show anything (some mentioned that the amounts they owe, however, appear to be displaying accurately). We verified that the bank’s app is showing customers a notification that “Accounts temporarily unavailable” and that “Some accounts and/or balances are temporarily unavailable,” as reported previously by CNN. Some people... Continue reading…

“Duh-nuh-nuh-nuhhhhhh!” | Image: Nintendo Zelda’s first time out as a playable character in the lands of Hyrule launched less than a week ago, but you can already get her new game with a modest discount. The physical cartridge version of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is on sale at Woot for $51.99 ($8 off) through October 4th (or until it sells out, which happened briefly before an unexpected restock). Echoes of Wisdom is quite different from your typical Legend of Zelda game, and not just because it finally centers the character the series is named after. It borrows the chibi miniature-style art design from the Link’s Awakening remake of 2019 but remixes it into a new open world. Instead of relying solely on a sword, Zelda uses her new magical Tri Rod to create copies... Continue reading…

Image: Garmin Today, Garmin announced the Lily 2 Active, a sportier version of the fashion-forward Garmin Lily 2. For $50 more, you get buttons and built-in GPS, which addresses some of our main complaints with the original Lily 2. Built-in GPS is a particularly welcome update, as it means you can now accurately track outdoor activities like running and cycling without needing a smartphone. The wearable’s pair of side buttons are a nice touch, too, given the Lily 2’s touch display has always been finicky to use. Plus, Garmin promises nine days of battery life, which is nearly double the Lily 2’s. We’ve yet to test the wearable, but if that claim holds true in real life, that’d put it nearly on par with the $1,000 Garmin Epix Pro Sapphire Edition —... Continue reading…

With a few steps, you can put live sports scores on your iPhone lockscreen and stay on top of your team’s race to the playoffs. | Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge When it introduced iOS 16, Apple added a feature called Live Activities as part of a broader update to notifications and the lockscreen. Live Activities is a little different from a standard push notification or widget — it offers a way for apps to put real-time information in a persistent notification bubble on your lockscreen. It’s especially useful for sports scores if you want to keep tabs on a game without committing your full attention to it. (There are, after all, 162 games per team in a baseball season.) Better yet, if you have an iPhone 14 Pro, 14 Pro Max, or newer, you’ll see live scores in the Dynamic Island when you’re following a game. Enabling Live Activities to follow a game on your lockscreen isn’t hard, so you’re just a... Continue reading…

Security for America's election systems has become so robust that Russia, Iran or any other foreign adversary will not be able to alter the outcome of this year's presidential race, the head of the nation's cybersecurity agency said Wednesday.

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are deadlocked in every battleground state, according to new polling released Wednesday by the Cook Political Report.

A San Diego doctor charged in connection with Matthew Perry 's fatal overdose pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to distribute the surgical anesthetic ketamine.Dr. Mark Chavez, 54, entered the plea in federal court in Los Angeles, becoming the third person to admit...

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WASHINTON, DC — In an awkward turn of events, Presidential candidate Kamala Harris quietly canceled the release of wife-beater tank tops featuring her husband's image after revelations that he was, in fact, a woman-beater.