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Image: Google Google is bringing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds ( PUBG ) to Stadia today, and it’s promising to launch several EA games later this year. PUBG will be free for Stadia Pro members and will include the new Cold Front season pass. Stadia Free members will be able to purchase the base game for $29.99 or bundled with the season pass for $39.99. PUBG on Stadia will also support cross-play, so you can play against friends on console. Google appears to be launching one of its promised Stadia features with PUBG today: the ability to click a game link and instantly play. You can follow this l ink if you’re a Stadia Pro member, and it should instantly launch the game. It’s something we’ll likely see used a lot more in YouTube videos to promote Stadia... Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube will begin adding informational panels containing information from its network of fact-checkers to videos in the United States, the company said. The panels, which were introduced last year in Brazil and India, appear on searches for topics where fact-checkers have published relevant articles on the subject. The move comes at a time when platforms have seen a surge in misinformation related to COVID-19 and its origin, possible cures, and other subjects. “When users are searching on YouTube around a specific claim, we want to give an opportunity for those fact checks to show up right then and there, when our users are looking for information — especially around fast-moving. quickly changing topics like COVID-19,” said Neal Mohan,... Continue reading…

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Faze Clan is expanding beyond platforms like Twitch and YouTube. Today the esports and lifestyle company announced the launch of Faze Studios, alongside producer Michael Sugar’s Sugar23 platform, with the goal of producing original film and TV projects. No specific shows or movies were announced, but Faze says that “the original content will align with Faze Clan’s brand ethos as a powerful lifestyle and cultural driver.” Faze is best known as an esports and content brand, filled with some of the most popular YouTube stars and professional gamers around, while also making a name in the streetwear space with limited-edition drops. More recently, Faze has expanded in more mainstream directions. That includes the launch of a Quibi reality... Continue reading…

Affinity Serif’s Affinity Photo desktop application is $25 per license right now directly through Serif itself, B&H Photo (via Slickdeals ), and through the respective app stores on Windows 10, macOS, and iPadOS. It’s usually $50 ($20 in the case of the iPad), and if you’re in need of a comprehensive, affordable alternative to Adobe Photoshop, this deal is up your alley. In case you haven’t heard of Affinity Photo, it’s a fully featured photo manipulation app that offers many of the same tools found in Photoshop, including native support for .PSD files and Photoshop plugins. One of its most appealing traits is that the app is a one-time cost with no monthly fee. This $25 license purchased through Serif or B&H Photo can be redeemed on Windows 10 or... Continue reading…

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Photo by Cynthia Johnson/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images It’s been two weeks since Verge politics reporter Makena Kelly dove into the IT tangle that has taken down unemployment insurance systems across the country . Since then, another 4.4 million people have filed claims — bringing the total to more than 20 million people since mid-March — and the situation has hardly improved. Some people report having to call hundreds of times before getting through, keeping them in limbo for weeks. A lot of the blame has fallen on COBOL, a 1950s-era programming language that a lot of the systems still run on. But this isn’t like old hardware breaking down, and COBOL isn’t exactly broken. The problems with running a decades-old programming language are more subtle — so subtle that you can run for years... Continue reading…