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Roblox has games again

  • Technology
  • Jay Peters
  • Apr 13, 2026

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 v. Apple trial was taking place, Roblox...

Roblox will need age verification to make sure you’re at least 9 years old

  • Technology
  • Jay Peters
  • Apr 13, 2026

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 have to complete an age verification pr...

Did Neuralink make the wrong bet?

  • Technology
  • Elissa Welle
  • Apr 13, 2026

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, which ended up with a grisly record for im...

Microsoft’s new Xbox Gamepad Cursor adds a virtual mouse to handhelds

  • Technology
  • Tom Warren
  • Apr 13, 2026

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 to turn the left stick of a handheld lik...

Sam Altman reportedly targeted in second attack

  • Technology
  • Jess Weatherbed
  • Apr 13, 2026

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 Francisco Standard reports. The suspects...

Huawei beats Apple and Samsung with new wide foldable

  • Technology
  • Dominic Preston
  • Apr 13, 2026

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 first. Huawei has just revealed the desig...

Room for the Moon is thrillingly weird experimental pop

  • Technology
  • Terrence O’Brien
  • Apr 12, 2026

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's Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks is...

Rockstar Games says hack will have ‘no impact’

  • Technology
  • Terrence O’Brien
  • Apr 12, 2026

Rockstar confirmed on Saturday that some of its data was compromised in a breach of a third-party provider. The group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility, saying it had gained access to the company's...

You can save $20 on the Super Mario Galaxy game bundle when you buy a Nintendo Switch 2

  • Technology
  • Sheena Vasani
  • Apr 12, 2026

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 $449.99 Nintendo Switch 2 console. Now thr...

You can grab a refurbished 2021 Kindle Paperwhite starting at just $49.99

  • Technology
  • Brandon Widder
  • Apr 12, 2026

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 value. The 2021 Kindle Paperwhite is a...

The Hisense UR9 is a great first shot against OLED’s bow

  • Technology
  • John.Higgins
  • Apr 12, 2026

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's the first look at the viability of th...

How AT&T created the most iconic phone ever

  • Technology
  • David Pierce
  • Apr 12, 2026

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 - it was just The Phone. Well, The Phone w...