Age verification is a mess but we’re doing it anyway
…But each of these methods comes with significant tradeoffs, even as new rules are forcing platforms to deploy them at scale. It’s 2026, and we’re living on an increasingly age…
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This could be Windows’ M1 moment — but expect it to cost a ton
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/Nvidia-Spark-Laptops.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] It should surprise no one that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang spent most of…
‘We Are Xbox’: read the memo defining Microsoft’s gaming future
…better tools, better insights, and a platform that helps them grow faster.” The answer isn’t the same model that got Xbox to where it is today, according to Sharma and…
Cryptocurrency
…Polymarket — the same platform someone made thousands of dollars betting on Nicolás Maduro’s arrest — has 48 hours to cease operations in Portugal after users wagered more than 103 million euros (~$120…
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Games Review Nintendo keeps finding new ways to reinvent platformers Andrew Webster 1:00 PM UTC Disco Elysium’s spiritual successor can’t escape its phantoms Zero Parades: For Dead Spies carries…
Would you let robots spend your money? Google is betting on it
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/Multi-merchant-cart-Ulta-and-Nike.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] Srinivasan envisions the cart almost like a personal shopper working…
Peloton, stay in your lane
…Again, that was followed by a cheeky Peloton commercial starring Chris Noth, the actor who portrays Mr. Big. That 2021 campaign ended up backfiring, as Noth was subsequently canceled over sexual harassment…
We just tried — and tore down — the Framework Laptop 13 Pro.
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Labor and worker’s rights in tech
…Most importantly, the movement will reach everyone who works in tech — and anyone who uses those platforms. The story of the tech industry over the next decade will be the reckoning brought…
Valve’s new Steam Controller isn’t perfect, but I’m buying one anyway
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/268455_Steam_Controller_AKrales_0131.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] For me, it all clicked into place when I habitually pressed…