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Google’s annual revenue tops $400 billion for the first time
- Emma Roth
- Feb 4, 2026
Google's parent company, Alphabet, has earned more than $400 billion in annual revenue for the first time. The company announced the milestone as part...
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Senators grill Waymo and Tesla over robotaxi safety, liability, and China
- Andrew J. Hawkins
- Feb 4, 2026
During a two-hour hearing in the US Senate Wednesday, top executives from Waymo and Tesla urged lawmakers to take action on long-stalled legislation t...
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Nintendo’s new Virtual Boy is more fun to look at than to play
- Charles Pulliam-Moore
- Feb 4, 2026
Though the Virtual Boy was both a commercial and critical failure, the console's infamy is part of what has made it such a fascinating piece of Ninten...
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Bipartisan SCAM Act would require online platforms to crack down on fraudulent ads
- Will Shanklin
- Feb 4, 2026
Without meaningful deterrents, Big Tech companies will do what's profitable, regardless of the cost to consumers. But a new bipartisan bill could add...
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Sam Altman responds to Anthropic’s ‘funny’ Super Bowl ads
- Richard Lawler
- Feb 4, 2026
Sam Altman responded to Anthropic's new Super Bowl ad in an X post on Wednesday, saying the OpenAI competitor's campaign is "clearly dishonest," and c...
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This Town, 2.0
- Tina Nguyen
- Feb 4, 2026
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the most ambitious crossover event of all time: the infinity war between tech...
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Overwatch: all the news about Blizzard’s hit hero shooter
- Verge Staff
- Feb 4, 2026
Overwatch 2, the sequel to Activision Blizzard’s hit hero shooter Overwatch, was announced in 2019 but didn’t arrive for another three years, eventual...
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Games Done Quick's Back to Black 2026 event kicks off tomorrow
- Ian Carlos Campbell
- Feb 4, 2026
Hot on the heels of AGDQ in January, Games Done Quick is hosting its second speedrunning event of the year, Back to Black 2026, starting tomorrow, Feb...
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Ikea’s cheap new smart home gear is struggling to get connected
- Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
- Feb 4, 2026
I've spent the last couple of weeks trying - and mostly failing - to test Ikea's new Matter-over-Thread gear. These highly anticipated smart home devi...
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Roblox’s '4D' creation toolset is now available in open beta
- Lawrence Bonk
- Feb 4, 2026
Roblox launched an open-source AI model that generates 3D objects on the fly early last year and now that toolset is getting a massive boost. The plat...
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OpenClaw’s AI ‘skill’ extensions are a security nightmare
- Emma Roth
- Feb 4, 2026
OpenClaw, the AI agent that has exploded in popularity over the past week, is raising new security concerns after researchers uncovered malware in hun...
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Overwatch will drop the '2' as Jetpack Cat and four other heroes arrive on February 10
- Kris Holt
- Feb 4, 2026
Blizzard is running a series of showcases for several of its major franchises and on Wednesday, it was time for Overwatch to step up to the plate. Tha...