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Roblox has games again
Roblox is making a subtle but notable change. After swapping the word "game" for "experience" all over its website and mobile apps in 2021 while the Epic Games...
Roblox will need age verification to make sure you’re at least 9 years old
Roblox is about to make a big change to how you can access games on its platform: If you want to play any game that's intended for users nine or older, you will...
Did Neuralink make the wrong bet?
Elon Musk promised Neuralink would bring superhuman abilities and minds merged with AI. Then he fueled a runaway hype train for his brain implant technology, wh...
Microsoft’s new Xbox Gamepad Cursor adds a virtual mouse to handhelds
Microsoft has started testing its own virtual mouse cursor inside its Xbox mode for Windows-based handhelds. The new Gamepad Cursor option provides a quick way...
Sam Altman reportedly targeted in second attack
Sam Altman was seemingly targeted by a second attack on Sunday morning, with two suspects arrested following a shooting at his Russian Hill residence, The San F...
Huawei beats Apple and Samsung with new wide foldable
Apple and Samsung have both been strongly linked with plans for foldable phones in a boxy, wide aspect ratio, but it looks like another company will get there f...
Room for the Moon is thrillingly weird experimental pop
For obvious reasons, I've had Moon on the mind all week. So I was trying to figure out what I should recommend this week that would thematically fit. Brian Eno'...
Rockstar Games says hack will have ‘no impact’
Rockstar confirmed on Saturday that some of its data was compromised in a breach of a third-party provider. The group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility, sayin...
You can save $20 on the Super Mario Galaxy game bundle when you buy a Nintendo Switch 2
In celebration of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie coming to theaters, Nintendo is making it a little cheaper to get both Super Mario Galaxy games when you buy a $4...
You can grab a refurbished 2021 Kindle Paperwhite starting at just $49.99
We spend a lot of time at The Verge waxing poetic about the latest gadgets, but sometimes it’s the last-gen devices from several years ago that offer the better...
The Hisense UR9 is a great first shot against OLED’s bow
RGB LED TVs have been the talk of the TV world this year, with models coming from all the manufacturers, and the first one of 2026 is here - the Hisense UR9. It...
How AT&T created the most iconic phone ever
For years, even decades, virtually everyone in the United States had the same phone. Nobody really thought about it, it didn't even matter what it was called -...