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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 04/19/2025 10:00 EDT

Google is in more danger than ever of being broken up

After half a decade fighting to keep its empire together, Google’s defenses are wearing thin. The company is facing a two-front war that could fundamentally reshape its business, and, the US Department of Justice argues, open new opportunities for its competitors. Last year a federal judge deemed Google an unlawful monopolist in the online search [
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Brandon Widder @ The Verge · 04/19/2025 10:00 EDT

The Apple Watch Series 10 is back on sale for a record low of $299

If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to pull the trigger on the Apple Watch Series 10, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better time than now. That’s because Apple’s latest flagship is on sale at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy right now in its 42mm base configuration starting at $299 ($100 off), matching its lowest price to [
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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 04/19/2025 10:00 EDT

In Haste, you gotta go fast

Haste: Broken Worlds takes the relaxing loop of sliding down and leaping off hills from iOS classic Tiny Wings and turns it into a thrilling, high-speed, and 3D roguelike. In Haste, you play as Zoe, a girl who typically delivers letters but has found herself mysteriously transported to the new worlds you run through. When [
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Chris Welch @ The Verge · 04/19/2025 09:00 EDT

Inside WWE’s divide-and-conquer YouTube strategy

With over 108 million subscribers, WWE has truly colossal reach on YouTube. The company currently sits just behind PewDiePie at number 11 on the list of most-subscribed channels across the entire platform. When youñ€™re at that level of popularity, thereñ€™s constant communication with YouTube about best practices, key viewership metrics, and the latest strategies for [
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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 04/19/2025 08:30 EDT

The creator of Papers, Please wants developers to make weirder, more personal games

Lucas Pope, the solo creator of games like Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn, received the Pioneer Award from the annual Game Developers Choice Awards this year. Itñ€™s a major achievement that puts him in a league with industry giants like Gabe Newell, Yu Suzuki, and Roberta Williams. ñ€œNow that I’m an official [
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David Zipper @ The Verge · 04/19/2025 08:00 EDT

Surge pricing, the scourge of ridehailing, is evolving for the robotaxi era

Itñ€™s a familiar frustration for ridehail users: you open the Uber or Lyft app, enter your destination, and discover that your intended trip costs several times more than expected. The culprit is surge pricing, one of ridehailñ€™s most important and controversial innovations. Customers grumble about higher fares, but Uber and Lyft executives have insisted that [
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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 04/19/2025 04:30 EDT

The new Star Wars strategy game launches in 2026

Star Wars Zero Company will release sometime in 2026, according to an announcement from Disney and EA. The game’s title was revealed earlier this week. Alongside the release year, the two companies also shared a bit more information about what you can expect from the game. “In Star Wars Zero Company, players will step into the shoes [
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Tina Nguyen @ The Verge · 04/18/2025 20:21 EDT

House Democrats: DOGE is building a “cross-agency master database” of Americans’ sensitive information

In a letter to the Social Security Administrationñ€™s Inspector Generalñ€™s office requesting an investigation into DOGE, Ranking Member Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-VA) alleged that the government entity created by Elon Musk supposedly to reduce the size of the federal government is now constructing a ñ€œcross-agency master databaseñ€ of sensitive personal information. Wired appeared to back [
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Alex Heath @ The Verge · 04/18/2025 18:37 EDT

The government doesn’t understand Meta

The government should be scrutinizing Metañ€™s power. Unfortunately, its legal attack isn’t cutting to the heart of what keeps Meta big. This week, I spent three days in a Washington, DC courtroom watching Mark Zuckerberg testify. He was there defending his company from being broken up by the Federal Trade Commission, which is seeking to [
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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 04/18/2025 18:37 EDT

Here’s how Nintendo Switch 2 preorders will work

After years of rumors, Nintendo has finally announced a release date for the Switch 2. The long-awaited successor to the Switch will be available on June 5th for $449.99, bringing a handful of games and accessories along with it. Nintendo initially announced the Switch 2 would be available for preorder in the US as both [
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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 04/18/2025 18:14 EDT

Tesla’s Cybertruck is getting deeper discounts and production cuts

Tesla has plenty of Cybertrucks listed on its website, and they’ve got some hefty discounts, including many for about $10,000 off, Electrek reports. Many are from the 2024 model year and include limited “Foundation Series” Cybertrucks that ended production in October, plus some lightly used “demo” ones we saw that have racked up around 300 [
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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 04/18/2025 18:00 EDT

GameStop, Target, and Walmart announce when their Switch 2 preorders start

Nintendo said today that Switch 2 preorders in the US will begin on April 24th ahead of the console’s June 5th launch day, and now GameStop, Target, and Walmart have shared exactly when you can try to snag a preorder. We’ve also asked Amazon if it will offer Switch 2 preorders and when they may [
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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 04/18/2025 17:58 EDT

The best instant cameras you can buy right now

Even with the ability to take excellent photos with our phones and instantly share them across the world, there’s something magical about the old-school instant camera. With just a click of a button, you can capture a moment in a photo that you can see and touch almost immediately. Images captured by an instant camera [
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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 04/18/2025 15:15 EDT

Cops can’t do cell tower mass surveillance ‘dumps,’ court rules

A federal judge in Nevada has ruled that it’s unconstitutional to obtain swaths of cellular records through “tower dumps” — but will still let police get away with using it as evidence, as reported earlier by 404 Media and Court Watch. With tower dumps, authorities can dig through the cell records that pinged off a [
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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 04/18/2025 14:40 EDT

Kia’s affordable EV4 will still be imported to the US

This week, Kia announced its affordable EV4 electric sedan will launch in the US early next year. While the US won’t get a hatchback edition of the EV4 that was mentioned when it was revealed in February, there will be two battery configurations: a 58.3kWh battery with a Kia-estimated range of 235 miles, and a [
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Cameron Faulkner @ The Verge · 04/18/2025 14:09 EDT

AMD’s Ryzen 7 7800X3D is the star of Micro Center’s discounted PC part bundle

Building (or rebuilding) a gaming PC can be difficult. It’s complex stuff, making sure everything’s compatible and whatnot. The next toughest part is finding a deal — and having the patience to wait for price drops without getting so antsy you buy everything at full price (shamefully raises hand). If you’re considering an AMD build, [
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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 04/18/2025 14:07 EDT

Target announces when its Switch 2 preorders will kick off

Target’s Nintendo Switch 2 preorders in the US will kick off on April 24th at 12AM ET, according to Target’s website. The preorder time applies to consoles, games, and accessories, the website says. The timing update follows Nintendo’s announcement this morning of the new April 24th date for Switch 2 preorders. The company originally planned [
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Adi Robertson @ The Verge · 04/18/2025 13:48 EDT

Judge pauses mass firing of consumer protection workers

A judge has paused the termination of nearly 1,500 employees from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) while she considers whether the Trump administration violated a court order to avoid mass layoffs. As CNN reports, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the mass reduction in force was “not going to happen” for now and scheduled an [
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David Nield @ The Verge · 04/18/2025 13:18 EDT

How to scan a QR code with your phone

The humble QR (or Quick Response) code has become ubiquitous. Invented back in the 1990s to scan car parts, the barcodes got a popularity boost during the pandemic when touchless tech became prioritized, and they’re now a regular part of daily life. You’ll find them deployed to help you order food, connect to Wi-Fi, shop [
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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 04/18/2025 12:18 EDT

Apple replaced Mythic Quest’s series finale after the show was cancelled

If you didnñ€™t catch Mythic Questñ€™s series finale when it first debuted last month, thereñ€™s a chance you may never be able to see the episode as it originally was. Shortly after Mythic Questñ€™s fourth season and its Side Quest spinoff hit Apple TV Plus, the streamer announced that it was cancelling the series. The [
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