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Tom Hawking @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 11:30 EDT

22 years later, modders are keeping SimCity 4 alive

Search for “SimCity 4” on YouTube, and you’ll see players constructing multilevel highway interchanges and intricate railroad networks, or maybe even a swooping flyby of a sprawling metropolis. None of these features came with the original game, which was released just after the turn of the millennium. They’ve been developed slowly and painstakingly over the […] Read more

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Cameron Faulkner @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 11:13 EDT

One of the best 4K QD-OLED gaming monitors is cheaper than ever

Alienware’s 27-inch 4K QD-OLED, the AW2725Q, hit shelves about a month ago. It was the first of several faster, better models to launch after being announced at CES 2025, with a 240Hz refresh rate, VRR, and a high 166 pixels per inch display. In short, it rules, so I’m tickled to find it already selling […] Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 10:18 EDT

Nintendo confirmed the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons don’t use Hall effect joysticks

After several days of not providing a direct answer about the technology used in the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons, Nintendo has finally confirmed that the new console’s controllers do not employ anti-drift Hall effect joysticks. When asked about the technology inside the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons that “feels so different to the original Switch’s analog stick” during […] Read more

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 10:15 EDT

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’s new trailer is one big leap of faith

After multiple delays, Chris McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is finally making its way into theaters this summer, and Ethan Hunt is giving his all in the movie’s new trailer. Though it’s filled with footage from previous movies, the new trailer teases a bit of how Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is about to […] Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 10:13 EDT

UK bans fake reviews and ‘sneaky’ fees for online products

The United Kingdom has banned “outrageous fake reviews and sneaky hidden fees” to make life easier for online shoppers. New measures under the Digital Markets, Competition, and Consumer Act 2024 came into force on Sunday that require online platforms to transparently include all mandatory fees within a product’s advertised price, including booking or admin charges. […] Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 10:10 EDT

WhatsApp tests letting you block people from exporting your chats

WhatsApp is testing a new “advanced chat privacy” option that lets you control whether others you’re chatting with can easily export your chats or automatically save media you send them, reports WABetaInfo. The feature appeared in a recent app beta on iOS, and WABetaInfo spotted the toggle in an Android beta on Friday as well. […] Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 10:00 EDT

Netflix is getting a Peppa Pig mobile game

Netflix is adding a Peppa Pig game to its roster of available titles for subscribers in June, the company announced on Monday. World of Peppa Pig will be available alongside new episodes of the popular children’s show in the US. “From spot the difference and interactive mini games to coloring books, dress up games and […] Read more

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Hanan Zaffar @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 10:00 EDT

The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair markets

In a dimly lit, cluttered workshop in Delhi’s Nehru Place, the air hums with the sound of whirring drills and the crackle of soldering irons. Sushil Prasad, a 35-year-old technician, wipes the sweat off his brow as he carefully pieces together the guts of an old laptop. It is a daily ritual — resurrecting machines […] Read more

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Nilay Patel @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 10:00 EDT

UiPath’s Daniel Dines on why he needed to become CEO again

Today, I’m talking with Daniel Dines, the cofounder and, once again, the CEO of UiPath, a software company that specializes in something called robotic process automation (RPA). We’ve been featuring a lot of what I like to call full-circle Decoder guests on the show lately, and Daniel is a perfect example. He was first on […] Read more

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Andrew Webster @ The Verge 3 place · 04/07/2025 09:04 EDT

Nintendo says tariffs aren’t the reason the Switch 2 costs $449.99

In addition to a new console and lineup of games, Nintendo also revealed some sticker shock at its Switch 2 event last week. The console will cost $449.99 — a big jump from the original Switch, which debuted at $299.99 in 2017. Some have speculated that the price hike was at least partly due to […] Read more

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Andrew Webster @ The Verge · 04/07/2025 09:00 EDT

Why some Switch 2 carts won’t have games on them

One of the stranger details that came out of last week’s big Nintendo Switch 2 event was the existence of game-key cards. They won’t be used for all releases, but essentially they’re Switch 2 cartridges that don’t actually contain a game, but instead feature a “key” that’s used for “downloading the full game to your […] Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 04/06/2025 18:48 EDT

DOGE plans now reportedly include an IRS ‘hackathon’

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is planning to hold a “hackathon” next week in order to create a “mega API” for accessing Internal Revenue Service data, reports Wired. The outlet says the API would be used to move the data into a cloud platform — potentially a third-party one — to serve as […] Read more

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Victoria Song @ The Verge · 04/06/2025 14:23 EDT

The best smartwatches for Android

After a long stretch of slim pickings, the last couple of years have been huge for Android smartwatches. Now there are more good options than ever. But the market is fragmented. Wear OS 5 is here for Samsung’s Galaxy Watches, Google’s Pixel Watch 3, and soon, the OnePlus Watch 3 when it ships later this […] Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 04/06/2025 12:29 EDT

More than 1,300 rallies worldwide protest Trump and Musk

People are gathering in cities all over the United States and globally to protest an “illegal, billionaire power grab” by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. They’re being put on by over 150 different organizations, including civil rights groups, labor unions, and LGBTQ+ advocates, and span more than 1,300 locations. Last weekend, “Tesla Takedown” protests […] Read more

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David Nield @ The Verge · 04/06/2025 12:00 EDT

How to use your phone as a hotspot

If you’re taking your laptop away from the safe environs of your home or office desk and still want to stay online, you’ve got a couple of choices (assuming it doesn’t have cellular connectivity built in): hunt around for a Wi-Fi network you can connect to or run a Wi-Fi hotspot from your phone. Running […] Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 04/06/2025 11:21 EDT

‘Millions’ may have protested Trump and Musk yesterday

Hundreds of thousands of people signed up to attend over 1,300 “Hands Off!” protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk yesterday. Today, estimates from groups involved in planning the protests suggest the protesters in the US and abroad may have actually numbered in the millions. Activist group MoveOn is “estimating millions of attendees” went […] Read more

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 04/06/2025 11:00 EDT

Wi-Fi is one of the great backward compatibility success stories

My home network is a small miracle of backward compatibility, slinging data across 60-plus devices that span five generations of Wi-Fi. Everything on it, from my iPhone 15 Pro all the way down to my Nintendo Wii, manages to connect to the internet, most of it wirelessly through my router, with shockingly few issues. That’s […] Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 04/06/2025 10:00 EDT

Quantum mechanics might have the solution to joystick drift

The Nintendo Switch may be remembered as much for repopularizing portable gaming as it will for a hardware issue that affected millions of gamers: joystick drift. Drifting is the most common term for an issue where joysticks detect false inputs — even when no one is touching a controller — causing unwanted movements to happen […] Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 04/06/2025 09:00 EDT

Your House is like a choose-your-own adventure mystery book

Your House is a visual novel that is the closest game I’ve played to reading an actual book. In Your House, you play as Debbie, a girl who receives a mysterious postcard on her birthday with an address and a key. The address leads to a mansion that’s filled with secrets and puzzles for you […] Read more

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge 2 place · 04/06/2025 09:00 EDT

‘Hands Off’: Protesters deliver a sweeping message to Trump and Musk at a DC rally

Surrounding the Washington Monument Saturday were thousands of signs with messages spanning innumerable topics. “Support Ukraine,” “Beware of DOGE,” “Protect Trans Lives,” were just a few of them. Others struck a note of exasperation: “Where do I start…” The nationwide Hands Off protests this weekend turned out millions of protesters across 1,300 different events, organizers […] Read more

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