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Today’s The Verge Roundup
Mad Men’s special effects foreman hasn’t seen the infamous 4K remaster
6 Dec 2025, 3:00 pm by Charles Pulliam-Moore
Everyone had a good laugh at HBO Max this week when the new 4K Mad Men remaster debuted with a number of glaring errors that should have been caught before the show was uploaded to the streamer’s servers. Episodes went live with incorrect titles, and in one instance you could still see members of the show’s production crew who shouldn’t have been visible on-camera. The mistakes were reportedly the result of Lionsgate Television – Mad Men‘s original production company – sending over the incorrect set of exported files.
It is wild to think that no one at HBO noticed that the remastered “Red in the Face” episode still included a clear shot of …
AI ‘creators’ might just crash the influencer economy
6 Dec 2025, 2:30 pm by Terrence O’Brien
It was only in June that Jeremy Carrasco uploaded his first videos to TikTok and Instagram. In that short time, he’s amassed over 300,000 followers on each platform. No, it’s not exactly Charli D’Amelio numbers, but that does make him one of the biggest names in AI literacy on social media.
Jeremy told The Verge that he always wanted to try his hand at being a YouTuber. Instead, he found himself behind the camera, working as a producer and director on multicamera livestreams. But he finally decided to take the plunge after realizing that most of the dialogue around generative AI was being driven by the tech companies. “We need other people …
Horses deserves to be played, even if it’s not very good
6 Dec 2025, 2:00 pm by Ash Parrish
Horses has become the current face of the fight against video game censorship and what gets to be art. After getting banned from Steam and the Epic Game Store, the narrative horror game has become a bestseller on GOG.com, and has brought gamers of all stripes together in support of it. But as a game, Horses doesn’t deserve all this – neither its bans nor, after playing it myself, all the glowing praise.
Horses is a collaboration between indie studio Santa Ragione and Italian filmmaker Andrea Lucco Bolera. Bolera wrote the game and acted in and directed the FMV cutscenes that are interspersed throughout, while the developers at Santa Ragione …
The Verge’s 2025 holiday gift guide
6 Dec 2025, 12:08 am by Verge Staff
The holidays have a way of sneaking up on us. One minute you’re trick-or-treating with your kids, and the next you’re panic shopping in a Buc-ee’s gift aisle. But it doesn’t have to be that way. With the right cheat sheet, you can keep the holiday spirit high and stress levels low.
Fortunately, we did some planning on your behalf. As much as we love playing with the latest gadgets and gizmos here at The Verge, we also love recommending them. That’s why, after consulting with our expert team of writers and editors, we’ve compiled a medley of gift ideas that won’t be regifted come this time next year – from noise-canceling earbuds and e-reade …
End of today’s The Verge roundup.
