The Verge  ## Metadata - Author: [[The Verge]] - Full Title: The Verge - Category: #articles - Summary: The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. - URL: https://www.theverge.com/ * [Tech](https://www.theverge.com/tech) * [Reviews](https://www.theverge.com/reviews) * [Science](https://www.theverge.com/science) * [Entertainment](https://www.theverge.com/entertainment) * Expand #### [Digital Eclipse is preserving classic games in the most entertaining way possible](https://www.theverge.com/23848883/karateka-making-of-digital-eclipse-game-preservation) With The Making of Karateka, the studio continues to refine its interactive documentaries, providing a video game-native way of presenting the classics. 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So, technically this feature has been floating around for a while in [developer channels](https://chromeunboxed.com/chrome-os-chromebook-custom-rgb-color-zones/) and such, but it’s been officially announced today with the release of Chrome OS 116. As of now, Chrome OS enables owners of RGB Chromebooks to customize the colors of each color zone. This is particularly interesting since customizable RGB is, stereotypically, a gaming laptop thing, and gaming Chromebooks are...well, they’re [not doing so hot](https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/17/23835797/google-chromebooks-nvidia-canceled) over at Google these days. 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The devastation officially marks the largest wildfire in the European Union since record keeping started in 2000, [according to the European Commission](https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories/news/wildfires-biggest-resceu-aerial-firefighting-operation-greece-2023-08-29_en). [Greece wildfire declared largest ever recorded in EU](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/29/greece-wildfire-declared-largest-ever-recorded-in-eu) [The Guardian] [Tech](https://www.theverge.com/tech) [Barbara Krasnoff](https://www.theverge.com/authors/barbara-krasnoff) Aug 28| Advertisement [Google](https://www.theverge.com/google) [Jess Weatherbed](https://www.theverge.com/authors/jess-weatherbed) 49 minutes ago| [Samsung](https://www.theverge.com/samsung) [Wes Davis](https://www.theverge.com/authors/wes-davis) 50 minutes ago| [Policy](https://www.theverge.com/policy) [Justine Calma](https://www.theverge.com/authors/justine-calma) An hour ago| If your mother says she loves you: check it. 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It’s a feature that’s made other hall effect keyboards like the [Wooting 60HE](https://youtu.be/glQNEbh79xg?t=178) so popular for gamers looking for the speediest response times. :format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24866011/apex_pro_tkl_wl_life_esport.jpg)Keyboards like the Apex Pro TKL are being updated with the new Rapid Trigger feature. Image: SteelSeries A [Alex Cranz](https://www.theverge.com/authors/alex-cranz)[Two hours ago](https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/29/23850395/firefoxs-email-relay-service-is-getting-a-little-easier-to-use) Firefox’s email relay service is getting a little easier to use. Starting today anyone with a Firefox account will have access to Firefox Relay—no second account necessary. The feature is rolling out to existing users over the next few weeks, but you’ll only get 5 email masks for free. If you want unlimited email masks to protect your primary email than you’ll need to spend at least $0.99 a month. Not bad, but Apple provides unlimited email masks through Hide My Email for free. [Firefox Relay](https://relay.firefox.com/) [firefox] Also in this week’s Installer: the coolest party-planning app on the planet, new Star Wars, and Mishaal Rahman’s homescreen. [David Pierce](https://www.theverge.com/authors/david-pierce) Aug 27| A [Ash Parrish](https://www.theverge.com/authors/ash-parrish)[Two hours ago](https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/29/23850356/save-your-show-for-another-day) Save your show for another day. Sam Levinson and The Weeknd’s [unfathomable, anti-sexy, HBO drama *The Idol*](https://www.theverge.com/23742342/max-the-idol-sam-levinson-trailer) has been canceled after only one season. The show, which concluded early with five episodes instead of six, was criticized for its [regressive, lurid depiction of sex and stardom](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/the-idol-hbo-next-euphoria-torture-porn-the-weeknd-sam-levinson-lily-rose-depp-blackpink-jennie-1234688754/). Back in June, it was rumored that the show [had been canceled mid-season](https://twitter.com/HBOPR/status/1669428435331190785). Now that rumor is official. [‘The Idol’ Canceled: Controversial Series From Sam Levinson and the Weeknd Won’t Get Season 2](https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-idol-canceled-the-weeknd-hbo-season-2-1235706540/) [Variety] [Film](https://www.theverge.com/film) [Charles Pulliam-Moore](https://www.theverge.com/authors/charles-pulliam-moore) Two hours ago| W [Wes Davis](https://www.theverge.com/authors/wes-davis)[Two hours ago](https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/29/23850307/you-can-pick-your-friends-and-you-can-pick-your-nose-but-you-might-get-covid) You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you might get covid. A peer-reviewed survey study published earlier this month in PLOS One found that, for healthcare workers, [nose-picking increases covid infection risk](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0288352), and the risk increases with frequency (go nose mining more, and infection is more likely) (via [*This Week in Virology*](https://youtu.be/ZEsP6j3B6Iw?t=501)). Nail-biting and other factors didn’t seem to affect risk. But we should note that only 219 people responded to the survey. Researchers also acknowledged that recall bias and “potential shifting of (nose picking) behavior” could influence the results. There was another caveat: > We did not ask whether HCW [healthcare workers] committed to nose picking and nail biting when on the work floor, or the specifics of inter variability between nose pickers, e.g. the depth of penetration and eating of boogers. > > [Why not to pick your nose: Association between nose picking and SARS-CoV-2 incidence, a cohort study in hospital health care workers](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0288352) [plosone] [Tech](https://www.theverge.com/tech) [Alex Heath](https://www.theverge.com/authors/alex-heath) Two hours ago| [Tech](https://www.theverge.com/tech) [Sheena Vasani](https://www.theverge.com/authors/sheena-vasani) Two hours ago| J [Justine Calma](https://www.theverge.com/authors/justine-calma)[12:41 PM UTC](https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/29/23850287/the-united-nations-recognized-kids-rights-to-sue-over-climate-change) The United Nations recognized kids’ rights to sue over climate change. Climate change threatens a child’s right to life and states are responsible for “providing a safe and enabling environment and a legal and institutional framework within which children can effectively exercise their rights,” the UN said in a 20-page [comment](https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CRC%2FC%2FGC%2F26&Lang=en) released this week. It’s based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a treaty that has been [ratified by every country except the US](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/climate/united-nations-children-climate-lawsuit.html?utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2023-08-29&utm_campaign=Daily+Briefing+29+08+2023). It comes after a group of young plaintiffs [won their suit](https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/14/23831679/youth-climate-change-trial-victory-held-v-montana) saying the state of Montana violated their right to a healthy environment. The Biden administration also faces a federal climate suit filed by young plaintiffs in 2015. [Children Have a Right to Sue Nations Over Climate, U.N. Panel Says](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/climate/united-nations-children-climate-lawsuit.html?utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2023-08-29&utm_campaign=Daily+Briefing+29+08+2023) [The New York Times] Speakers, smartphones, and a whole lot of smart home: what to expect from IFA — the world’s largest consumer electronics and home appliances show — taking place in Berlin next week. [Jennifer Pattison Tuohy](https://www.theverge.com/authors/jennifer-tuohy) Aug 26| [How to](https://www.theverge.com/how-to) [David Nield](https://www.theverge.com/authors/david-nield) 12:30 PM UTC| [Transpo](https://www.theverge.com/transportation) [Andrew J. Hawkins](https://www.theverge.com/authors/andrew-j-hawkins) 12:00 PM UTC| [Google](https://www.theverge.com/google) [David Pierce](https://www.theverge.com/authors/david-pierce) 12:00 PM UTC| [Google](https://www.theverge.com/google) [David Pierce](https://www.theverge.com/authors/david-pierce) 12:00 PM UTC| [Microsoft](https://www.theverge.com/microsoft) [Tom Warren](https://www.theverge.com/authors/tom-warren) 11:49 AM UTC| T [Thomas Ricker](https://www.theverge.com/authors/thomas-ricker)[10:24 AM UTC](https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/29/23850222/leicas-ultra-short-throw-4k-projector-has-a-us-price-and-date) Leica’s ultra-short throw 4K projector has a US price and date. Nearly a year after [we first saw a prototype](https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/1/23332775/leica-cine-1-ust-projector-price-specs-date) of the triple-RGB laser Cine 1 prototype in action, we now know it’ll cost $8,995 for the 100-inch model, and $9,495 for the 120-inch model when sales begin on September 6th. That’s not cheap, but [it sure is pretty](https://leica-camera.com/en-US/cinema-tv/glossar) compared to the alternative of erecting a monolithic black slab in your fancy living room. :format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24880834/Leica_Cine1_product_model_02_RGB.jpg)Don’t expect this projector’s 2400 ISO lumens to compete with giant exposed windows as well as it does in this render. 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