Image: The Verge Valve is now explicitly disclosing that you don’t own the games you buy from its Steam online store. The company has added a note on the payment checkout screen stating that “a purchase of a digital product grants a license for the product on Steam,” as reported earlier by Engadget. We confirmed … Read more
Illustration: The Verge Microsoft is planning to support the streaming of Xbox game libraries next month. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell The Verge that the company is getting ready to test the ability to stream games that you own that aren’t part of the existing Xbox Game Pass library. As part of a long-running … Read more
Panic’s Cabel Sasser at XOXO 2024. | Image: XOXO Fest I know there’s a lot to do on the internet, but you really should stop what you’re doing and watch this 19-minute talk about a bespoke mural that once lived inside a McDonald’s. The talk, given by Cabel Sasser of Panic at XOXO Fest 2024, … Read more
Image: Imgur Memes on the image-hosting service Imgur “containing references to adult humor” will no longer be considered mature, the company announced in a post addressing changes to its content moderation policies. Imgur has been an important part of meme history, with its creator making the service in 2009 as a “gift to Reddit.” At … Read more
Illustration: The Verge Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri is acknowledging recent mistakes in Meta’s moderation processes on Threads and Instagram. For example, Meta unexpectedly deleted my account this week because it thought I was underage, the company locked my colleague’s account because she joked about dying in a heatwave, and others have seen their posts … Read more
The Thrustmaster T598 features a Direct Axial Drive powered by an axial flux electric motor. | Image: Thrustmaster Thrustmaster has announced a new steering wheel base that makes the company’s direct drive technology available on consoles for the first time. It also introduces a new electric motor design — already in use on high-end hybrid … Read more
Image: MKBHD Marques Brownlee published a video on Friday addressing the criticisms around Panels, his new wallpaper app, saying that he and the team “failed on the price front” at launch. The app received an outpour of criticism from fans, both on the MKBHD YouTube channel and across social platforms. Discussing the app, Brownlee admitted … Read more
Image: The Verge X is dropping claims against Unilever in its lawsuit that accuses advertisers and brands of participating in an “illegal boycott” of the company. The claims against Unilever, which owns household names like Dove and Hellmann’s, were dismissed today. Last fall, X also sued the nonprofit Media Matters for America in an effort … Read more
Image: Apple Apple’s USB SuperDrive is showing up in Apple’s online stores as “sold out or unavailable in all countries,” MacRumors reports, which could indicate that Apple has discontinued the CD / DVD player. It’s not a huge surprise that Apple might be done with the SuperDrive. The product first launched with the original MacBook … Read more
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Of course it looks like a pill. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge We’re well past the Prime Day Redux now, but several standout deals from the sale are still hanging on. In fact, some are even better than they were during the two-day sale — even if only a smidge. The Beats … Read more
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Having to hand your iPhone over to someone can be a fairly common occurrence. Maybe your little nephew wants to play a game or your friend wants to check out the photos from your last vacation. Whatever the reason, no matter how much you trust that person, there … Read more
Stellantis is slow to release EVs, and its car prices are skyrocketing. | Image: Stellantis Stellantis is shaking up its leadership. The company announced today that CEO Carlos Tavares will retire at the end of his contract in 2026, and a host of other executives are being shuffled around immediately. The changes come as Stellantis … Read more
Spruce Pine, North Carolina, was hit with major flooding and power outages. | Photo by Steve Exum / Getty Images Sibelco, one of the companies mining high-purity quartz in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, has resumed operations. In an update on Thursday, the company said that production and shipments of the quartz, which is crucial to … Read more
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge Lawsuits take a long time, and so there’s no good reason to believe that Google as we know it will be gone anytime soon. But as the antitrust fight against the company continues, and Google’s losses mount, it’s also starting to seem like Google as we know also won’t … Read more
The 02 is Lynk & Co’s first all-electric car. | Image: Lynk & Co Lynk & Co just launched the 02, the company’s first fully-electric vehicle that’s designed from the ground up to be shared with family, friends, or anyone willing to pay for the privilege. The EV is interesting, but not nearly as interesting … Read more
Contractors gone wild. | Photo by Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images It really has been something to watch Elon Musk turn SpaceX into the MyPillow of rocket companies, hasn’t it? Christ, I guess I have to list off all the depressing stuff from the past few months: the Trump rally, the creepy assassination … Read more
The Bluesky app will now let users pin posts to the top of their profiles. | Image: Bluesky Bluesky will now let you pin posts, apply language filters, and customize fonts and text sizes. The decentralized short posting platform announced these and other new features via the Threads account it created yesterday, seizing the chance … Read more
The M3 Pro generation of MacBook Pros arrived about one year ago in October 2023. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Another round of Apple devices is about to arrive. After launching the iPhone 16 lineup, new Apple Watches, and the AirPods 4 in September, Apple appears to be gearing up to … Read more
Image: Tesla A bunch of Tesla’s humanoid Optimus robots walked out alongside the reveal of Tesla’s new Robovan vehicle at tonight’s Cybercab event. The robot is also seen in a video doing daily human tasks like bringing in a package off the porch. “The Optimus will walk amongst you,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk qips. He … Read more
Image: Tesla Tesla CEO Elon Musk surprised attendees of the “We, Robot” event by presenting a new, unexpected vehicle: a passenger van. Of course, it was far from a conventional van. The Tesla Robovan — Musk put the emphasis on the “bo” — looked like something out of an Art Deco fever dream, with a … Read more
Image: Tesla Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled a new electric vehicle dedicated to self-driving, a possible milestone after years of false promises and blown deadlines. The robotaxi is a purpose-built autonomous vehicle, lacking a steering wheel or pedals, meaning it will need approval from regulators before going into production. The design was futuristic, with doors … Read more
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Australians will finally be able to officially buy Valve’s Steam Deck in their home country — two and a half years after the handheld gaming PC first went on sale, and a year after it arrived in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Australians have been asking for … Read more
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge Today, Google filed its official notice of appeal against the district court ruling and jury verdict in Epic v. Google. Judge James Donato’s ruling earlier this week would force the company to distribute third-party app stores on Google Play and drop requirements that Google Play apps use its … Read more
Image: The Verge Microsoft is planning to update its Xbox mobile app on Android to allow US users to purchase and then play Xbox games on their mobile devices next month. Following a US court ruling earlier this week that forces Google to stop requiring Google Play Billing for apps in the Play Store on … Read more
Image: Ticketmaster Ticketmaster announced today that it will be the first ticketing company to use Apple’s upgraded Apple Wallet tickets for iOS 18. With the improved tickets, you’ll be able to see event information “such as a map of the venue and parking details, recommended playlists from Apple Music, local forecasts from Weather, and easy … Read more
Illustration: The Verge Google is testing yet another feature aimed at keeping users on search results pages — this time targeting the popular recipe blog industry. The company is testing a new feature called Quick View that appears for some cooking recipes. A search for “chocolate chip cookie recipe,” for example, shows a “quick view” … Read more
Image: Playstack The Rise of the Golden Idol, the sequel to the excellent point-and-click murder mystery game The Case of the Golden Idol, will be released on November 12th. The game, which was first announced last year, also has a new demo that you can try on Steam right now. The Rise of the Golden … Read more
Getty Images Federal Communications Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel rejected former President Donald Trump’s call to revoke CBS’s broadcast license on Thursday, calling it a familiar threat that “should not be ignored.” Trump called for the license to be revoked after the network shared two different edits of a recent 60 Minutes interview with Vice President … Read more
Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force search a flood-damaged area with a search canine in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene along the Swannanoa River on October 4th in Asheville, North Carolina. | Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images FEMA employees scrambling to respond to the devastation caused by hurricanes Milton … Read more