After rolling out age verification last year, Roblox is aiming to grow the number of players over 18 on its platform. As noted in its 2025 year-end earnings report, 45 percent of Roblox's daily active users have completed an age check as of January 31st. Of those who have verified their age, 27 percent are […] Read more ›
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When Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos entered the Senate office building on Tuesday, he got thrown a curveball. What started as a standard antitrust hearing relating to the Warner Bros. merger quickly devolved into a performative Republican attack about the spread of "woke" ideology on the streaming service. At the same time, arguably a much more […] Read more ›
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As a movie, Iron Lung is occasionally thrilling but mostly forgettable. It's a small-budget horror flick that has some cool ideas and pulls them off in an extremely efficient way, creating a sense of tension that unfortunately never turns into outright scares. But the most important thing about it is what it represents. At a […] Read more ›
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On Thursday, Bitcoin's value fell over 10 percent in a single day, dropping to around $64,000, the lowest it has been since the 2024 Presidential election, as CNBC reports. After crossing $100,000 in November 2024 and peaking at over $122,000 in October 2025, the cryptocurrency has been in a steady decline for the last several […] Read more ›
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One day after The Wall Street Journal published a blockbuster story about Meta's own dismal findings about teen girls' mental health on Instagram, CEO Mark Zuckerberg wondered whether Meta should change how it studies its platforms' potential harms. "Recent events have made me consider whether we should change our approach to research and analytics around […] Read more ›
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If you often travel with your gadgets, a fast, reliable portable battery like Anker’s Laptop Power Bank is a worthwhile purchase. Right now, you can buy the silver model at its all-time low price of $87.99 ($47 off) from Anker via Newegg when you apply promo code ENCF232 at checkout. Alternatively, the black color scheme […] Read more ›
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You might find it kind of sad to put your hard-earned Switch 2 into a protective case. To me, it’s freeing. Sure, it can take away from the slick design. But using a case relieves me of the worry that the console will accumulate tons of little scratches, or worse. I’ve tested several types of […] Read more ›
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Super Bowl LX is nearly here, with the Seattle Seahawks taking on the New England Patriots. While Bad Bunny will be the star of the halftime show, AI could be the star of the commercial breaks, much like crypto was a few years ago. Last year’s Super Bowl featured a Google Gemini ad that fumbled […] Read more ›
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Anthropic's "smartest model" is getting a major boost, the company said in a blog post announcing Claude Opus 4.6. It called the new model a "direct upgrade" from its predecessor in a release, noting that it can better take on complex, multi-step tasks and get "much closer to production-ready quality on the first try than […] Read more ›
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Boris Cherny gets recognized in public relatively often. At the bar, at the airport, and in generally any public space, people want to take selfies with the creator and head of Claude Code. For the last couple of months, Anthropic's Claude and its coding platform have been having a moment - on social media, in […] Read more ›
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Each TV company has its own distinct personality and direction. These change over the years, with new technological breakthroughs or at least new business deals. New aspirations shake up the natural order. This year, for example, nearly every company has decided to make and heavily promote RGB LED TVs. Some of them, like Hisense, seem […] Read more ›
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For years, Alphabet-owned Waymo has tried to set itself apart from other self-driving startups by emphasizing a culture of caution and safety. Now, just ahead of major planned rollouts across the country, it is facing a recurring failure in one of the most sensitive places imaginable: school zones. In December, the National Highway Traffic Safety […] Read more ›
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Microsoft has a big year ahead for Xbox as it marks its 25-year milestone. After the tough decision to release more Xbox games on rival consoles two years ago, 2026 is a chance to refocus on the platform and celebrate some of Xbox's biggest franchises. It's also an opportunity for Microsoft to define its vision […] Read more ›
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The Super refresh to Nvidia's RTX 50-series GPUs was expected at CES 2026 in January, but it didn't make an appearance. The Information reports that in December, Nvidia managers decided not to release the new cards as scheduled, choosing to prioritize AI chips instead due to the limited supply of RAM currently available. On top […] Read more ›
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Sony is expanding its Horizon universe again with Horizon Hunters Gathering, a "cooperative action game" in development by franchise creator Guerrilla for PS5 and PC. Horizon Hunters Gathering lets "up to three players team up as heroic Hunters to protect a world under threat from deadly machines," according to a blog post. "Combat is tactical, […] Read more ›
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This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. It's been a rough couple of days for gamers who also love to binge their favorite TV shows with their consoles: At the beginning of the week, Netflix began informing […] Read more ›
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Last fall, new Peloton CEO Peter Stern made a bet. The company announced a complete refresh of its entire hardware lineup, complete with swivel screens and AI-powered features. Today, the initial results of Stern's bet are in. In its Q2 2026 earnings call, Stern noted that the hardware refresh hasn't landed with existing Peloton users, […] Read more ›
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Kamala Harris' social media strategy in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election was filled with Gen Z dog whistles: viral branding based on pop music, memes, camo hats that were a double entendre. It was an effective way to get attention and news coverage, as well as a mountain of user generated content online. […] Read more ›
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After a federal judge ruled that Meta was not an illegal monopolist in a blow against the Federal Trade Commission, the agency issued what was in part a typical statement of disappointment. Another part of the statement was anything but: a political attack on the judge himself. "The deck was always stacked against us with […] Read more ›
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JLab, a brand best known for its budget-friendly but well-featured wireless earbuds, has announced a new pair of headphones that are far less discreet. The oversized Blue XL Speaker Headphones look like an ill-timed April Fools' Day prank but are actually a pair of Bluetooth speakers cosplaying as wireless headphones. They're wearable, but for the […] Read more ›
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