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When President Donald Trump began yesterdayas announcement of the White Houseas latest trade policy brandishing a novelty-sized cardboard sign labeled aReciprocal Tariffs,a the immediate and nearly unanimous response was bafflement. Trump slapped a 10 percent baseline tariff on all imports into the US, including from uninhabited islands, plus absurdly high rates on specific countries, supposedly [...]

Heart Machine, the studio behind games like Hyper Light Drifter, Solar Ash, and the upcoming platformer Possessor(s), launched a Patreon last December. Like many other developers, it has dealt with its share of struggles, including layoffs late last year. With the many challenges in the gaming industry right now, the studio is experimenting with using [...]

Though the last season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ended on a perilous note, when the Paramount Plus series returns, itas going to lean into the whimsical energy that made the original a60s show feel fun. Ahead of Strange New Worldsa season three premiere, Paramount Plus has dropped a new trailer teasing how the [...]

Shares of Apple, Amazon, and other tech stocks are getting walloped on Thursday as the markets digest the impact of President Donald Trump's new round of tariffs announced on Wednesday evening. Shares of Apple were down about 9 percent on Thursday morning, which would mark the biggest drop in about five years if it holds [...]

Five years after Nikon released its entry-level and more affordable alternative to its original Z7 and Z6 full-frame cameras, the company is finally updating its Z5 with improved autofocus and image stabilization, and a much brighter electronic viewfinder. Nikon says the new Z5 II is also its first camera that can capture video in its [...]

Microsoft's business-oriented Link" mini-desktop PC, which connects directly to the company's Windows 365 cloud service, is now available to buy for $349.99 in the US and in several other countries. Windows 365 Link, which was announced last November, is a device that is more easily manageable by IT departments than a typical computer while also [...]

The value proposition of the Nintendo Switch 2 may seem pretty clear, but itas much more obvious when you use one. Nintendoas new console is the Switch but slightly bigger and slightly better, and that has been apparent since the device was first revealed in January in a mostly detail-free presentation. Now, we finally have [...]

A new Mario Kart is usually built around some kind of notable feature. Double Dash added co-op play, while the DS iteration let you play other people online. With Mario Kart 8, it was gravity-defying tracks and, later, the idea of expanding the game through DLC courses. With Mario Kart World, perhaps the biggest launch [...]

One of the most exciting parts of Nintendoas new console is, well, an old console. GameCube games are coming to the Switch 2 for Nintendo Online subscribers, and itas starting off with a pretty killer trio of releases: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (which somehow was never ported to the Switch), Soulcalibur II [...]

Perhaps the most noticeable difference between the original Nintendo Switch and the Switch 2 a besides the more expensive price a is the new Joy-Con controller and its come-out-of-nowhere mouse functionality. I got the chance to demo them at a hands-on event, and damn are my shoulders and wrists sore.A There were several games at [...]

As the US government launches investigations and threatens to pull federal funding, some elite universities have decided to take the path of least resistance. Colleges across the country have responded to the Trump administrationas attacks on diversity programs and student protesters by complying with these aanti-wokea witch hunts. In recent weeks, university administrators at Columbia [...]

Verizon is announcing a new price lock policy today, and the timing is probably no coincidence. The company is extending a three-year price guarantee on certain plans, both for new and existing customers. The announcement comes a day after President Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs, and Verizon says it's hoping to give customers more predictability" in [...]

When you jump into a video on YouTube or Netflix, a lot happens very quickly behind the scenes. Video data is rapidly downloaded to your device, which then has to unpack and normalize that information into a smooth, hiccup-free stream. The process of encoding and decoding video data has changed greatly over the years, with [...]

Google has added a new feature to NotebookLM that lets the AI note-taking tool find its own web sources to summarize and narrate. Instead of manually uploading sources like documents or YouTube links, users can now tap the Discover" button and simply describe the topic they want to get a better understanding of, with the [...]

The first batch of 27 Project Kuiper space internet satellites are scheduled to launch next week. Amazon has secured 80 such launch missions that will each deliver dozens of satellites into low earth orbit (LEO) to create a constellation capable of competing with Elon Musk's Starlink juggernaut. Amazon says it expects to begin offering high-speed, [...]

Nintendo revealed its Switch 2 in full yesterday, just hours before Trump took to the White House Rose Garden for his own launch: his latest, and largest, round of tariffs yet. Unfortunately for Nintendo, the tariffs hit the countries where it builds its consoles, with new rates of up to 49 percent that it may [...]

Smartphone apps that track our driving behavior may be the key to safer road conditions. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety just published a study that found that using smartphone apps to monitor driver behavior, and then providing summaries of that behavior via text message or a data dashboard, leads to safer driving. Researchers borrowed [...]

Last week, Apple announced that lossless audio and ultra low latency would be coming to the AirPods Max with USB-C. It was a pleasant surprise for owners of Apple's over-ear headphones, which have fallen behind the AirPods Pro in recent years when it comes to offering new features. The company briefly hit a snag in [...]

Before this morning, I knew I was going to buy the Nintendo Switch 2 but I didn't know when. After watching Nintendo's Switch 2 Direct today, in which a purple block traced the GameCube's stylized G" logo, followed by high-res footage from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and F-Zero GX and an announcement [...]

The Switch 2 is here a well, almost. Nintendo took the wraps off its new console during its latest Direct event, providing us with a closer look at the $449.99 console ahead of its release on June 5th. In many ways, the sequel is a generational leap from the original console / handheld hybrid that [...]

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)is shutting down after more than 20 years of hosting its annual challenge for writers. In a video and an email sent to community members, the nonprofit organization explains that it can no longer continue after years of financial struggles." Before officially becoming a nonprofit in 2006, NaNoWriMo started out with [...]

It's perhaps no surprise that Nintendo opened its Switch 2 Direct with Mario Kart World, a Switch 2-exclusive launch title that's a sequel to the original Switch's most popular game. But it was more of a surprise that the Direct's second segment, instead of focusing on the console's specs, was all about Nintendo's Discord-like GameChat [...]

At an event in the Rose Garden on Wednesday, Donald Trump unveiled a new set of planned tariffs that are being described as short-sighted," and having no basis in logic," and being compared to Great Depression-era policies. Holding a giant poster board blowing in the wind, Trump announced staggering new taxes on products coming into [...]

Thunderbird's developers are planning to compete with Gmail and other email providers by offering paid pro" tier services, including @thundermail.com email addresses and new services such as an appointment scheduler, file sharing tools, and some Thunderbird Assist" AI features. You can join a beta waitlist by going to thundermail.com, which is the domain for the [...]

Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, is laying off about 16 percent of its workers. In a memo posted to the company's website, CEO Matt Mullenweg says he's making the change to protect Automattic's long-term future." Before the layoffs, Automattic's website listed the company as having 1,777 employees. The company has since decreased its employee [...]

While sharing screenshots and videos from the original Nintendo Switch has always been an excessively complicated process, itas going to be much easier for the Switch 2. During todayas Direct presentation, Nintendo spent a lot of time talking about the Switch 2as new built-in GameChat functionality that will give players a way to share their [...]

After President Donald Trump pushed back a deadline for banning TikTok in January, the 75-day delay will run out on April 5th, but there's still no word on a deal that could satisfy the law by shifting control of TikTok away from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. The Information reports that later today, Trump plans [...]

At least two of Nintendo's Switch 2 games are going to be more expensive than most games on the first Switch. Many Switch games cost $59.99, but Nintendo revealed today the Switch 2's Mario Kart World, a June 5th launch title, will cost $79.99, while Donkey Kong Bananza, releasing a little over a month later, [...]

Sonos is lowering the price of two products in an effort to boost hardware sales amid a continued slump. The company's Era 100 smart speaker and entry-level Ray soundbar now both cost $199. That's a $50 drop for the Era 100, which launched at $249. And it's an even more substantial $80 cut for the [...]

Nintendo has finally aired its big Switch 2 Direct, and now we know a whole lot about its next console. The Verge staff has a lot of feelings about the device, which will launch on June 5th, and we've collected our first impressions below. A soulless design Look, I love black. My entire wardrobe is [...]

Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson has refused to commit to resisting President Donald Trump if he ordered the agency to drop its antitrust suit against Meta, saying he would obey lawful orders" and calling the scenario a hypothetical." His comments, made at a tech policy event in Washington, DC, followed a session where Ferguson [...]

In its April 2nd Direct event, Nintendo revealed a lot of the Switch 2 details we've been waiting for, including the console's price ($449.99 in the US), its June 5th release date, and a slew of new games coming to it, like Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza. The video and details the company [...]

Nintendo didnat spend much time on the Switch 2as UI during todayas big Direct presentation, but the company has just given us a pretty good look at the new consoleas homescreen. At the bottom of Nintendoas webpage detailing how certain games are getting updated Switch 2 Editions, there is a small image of the Switch [...]

Sissie Hsaio, the Google exec who oversaw the launch of the company's AI chatbot, is stepping down as head of the Gemini app, according to a report from Semafor. A memo seen by the outlet reveals that Google Labs vice president Josh Woodward will take her place. In the memo, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis [...]

During today's big Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, Nintendo showed off a whole bunch of games coming to the system. Many will launch on June 5th alongside the Switch 2, including Mario Kart World, enhanced editions of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, and new chapters in Toby Fox's Deltarune. I think it's [...]

I have been recommending people buy whatever Brother laser printer is on sale for three years now, and no one has ever gotten mad at me about it. My own Brother laser printer, whose model number I no longer remember and do not care about, has been operating flawlessly for nearly 10 years now. We [...]

If you've dreaded entering the eShop for most of the original Switch's life because of how slow it is, well, Nintendo knows and won't make that mistake again. The Switch 2 will have a faster-performing eShop channel even when displaying a large number of games," Takuhiro Dohta, Nintendo's senior director for entertainment planning and development, [...]

Sony has a replacement for its current flagship QD-OLED TV, the extremely well-received A95L. That's the model that was crowned King of TV" at last year's Value Electronics TV Shootout, which Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel served on the judging panel for. The new model is called the Bravia 8 II. Sony claims that it has [...]

If you want to preorder a Switch directly from Nintendo, youall need to make sure you have at least 50 hours of gameplay on the original Switch as of April 2nd, 2025. Nintendo revealed the anti-scalper mechanism on its preorder registration page, where it says it will prioritize registrants who meet the gameplay requirements and [...]

At numerous points during today's Nintendo Switch 2 event stream, fine print at the bottom of the screen directed viewers to Nintendo's website for the full details on which original Switch titles will be supported by the new console. As it turns out, the company has put together a surprisingly detailed resource page that goes [...]

The Duskbloods, a new game by FromSoftware, is coming exclusively to the Nintendo Switch 2. The teaser trailer debuted during Nintendo's Switch 2 Direct video presentation, where it was revealed that it's set to launch in 2026 with famed Elden Ring and Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki at the helm. No other details were provided. [...]

Switch 2 is getting an unexpected sequel to GameCube racing game Kirby Air Ride, with Masahiro Sakurai - the original Air Ride's director, not to mention the creator of both Kirby and Super Smash Bros. - returning to lead development. Air Ride, launched in 2003, is a four-player racer in which players control different-colored versions [...]

Nintendo is releasing a new 3D Donkey Kong game that will be an exclusive for the Nintendo Switch 2. The game, Donkey Kong Bananza, will release on July 17th, which is a little more than a month after the June 5th launch of the Switch 2. Bananza is a 3D platformer that gives DK a [...]

We knew a Mario Kart game was coming to the Switch 2, and now Nintendo has finally shared some real details in its latest Nintendo Direct. It's called Mario Kart World, and it will be a day-one Switch 2 exclusive when the console launches on June 5th. It comes with a collar-tugging $79.99 price tag, [...]

It wouldn't be a new Nintendo console without a big Zelda release, and the franchise's next entry is sending the princess to war. During today's Switch 2 Direct, Nintendo announced the forthcoming arrival of Age of Imprisonment, a new installment of Koei Tecmo's Zelda-inspired Hyrule Warriors series. Like Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Age of [...]

Segway's Navimow X3 series is now available to buy in the US, adding to the limited number of robot lawnmowers capable of tackling larger yards. Joining the more affordable Navimow i series that launched in March 2024, the Navimow X3 has several models, ranging from the $2,299 X315 which can cover 0.4 acres, to the [...]

After a reveal that was light on details, Nintendo has finally announced key information about the Switch 2: most notably, when it will launch. The Switch 2 will be available on June 5th, but we're still waiting to hear the pricing for this new console. Nintendo has also revealed more hardware details about the Switch [...]

Nintendo has finally shared many of the key specs about the Nintendo Switch 2 as part of its Switch 2-focused Direct. The system launches on June 5th. The device has a 7.9-inch screen, but it's still 13.99mm thick, like the first Switch. The LCD screen has a 1080p resolution, and supports HDR and up to [...]