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Hello there, world! Welcome to the second issue of Regulator, a newsletter about the collision between Big Tech and Washington. If you enjoy this, consider subscribing to get this newsletter weekly and everything The Verge has to offer.
Lobbying might be a dubious industry, but lobbyists themselves are often some of the best sources in Washington reporting: generally speaking, they're...
North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Presenter Geoff Keighley at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 | Photo Sascha Thelen / picture alliance via Getty Images
While it didn’t feature much of Silksong outside of a brief tease — though there’s plenty more coming very soon — the main event for Gamescom, Opening Night Live, did have plenty to show off during its two hour runtime.
Much of it was...
Photo by Erika Goldring/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
The Federal Trade Commission is suing a ticket broker for allegedly using “illegal means” to buy up hundreds of thousands of live event tickets, including for Taylor Swift’s Eras tour. Key Investment Group, which also does business as Epic Seats, TotalTickets.com, and Totally Tix, is accused of violating the Better Online...
In the last month, the war in Gaza has become an inescapable facet of the public consciousness as a new surge of images of Palestinian children - their faces impossibly sunken, their limbs reduced to skin and bone - flooded the internet. As the pictures became ubiquitous, the outcry became louder than ever.
These conditions of extreme deprivation are not new: in November 2024, the...
Are you in the zone? | Image: Sony
Sony is finally ready to take on the likes of SteelSeries, Razer, and Logitech with its InZone brand of PC gaming accessories. While InZone started with monitors and headsets in 2022, with a few new products since then (including its great InZone Buds and the sleek but pricey M10S OLED), Sony is making a concerted effort to take over your desk. It just...
One of the best ways to play Tetris is coming to ModRetro’s modernized version. | Image: ModRetro
ModRetro is bringing a new multiplayer mode to the modernized version of Tetris that has been shipping with its recreated Game Boy, the Chromatic, since its 2024 release. The game already features multiple head-to-head modes when two Chromatic handhelds are connected using an optional Link...
Prepare your best clown makeup: Team Cherry, the developers of Hollow Knight: Silksong, will be making a “special announcement” about the game on Thursday at 10:30AM ET. The announcement will be shown on Team Cherry’s YouTube channel, and the premiere link is already live.
It’s been a very long wait for solid Silksong news, so much so that the waiting spawned a clown meme. A release...
Google itself shared this image of a Pixel 10 phone, most likely the 10 Pro.
Google is gearing up to launch a new slate of Pixel devices at its Made by Google event this week, led by the flagship Pixel 10 phone line, with updated watches and earbuds expected to arrive, too.
This year’s Pixel line has been leaked extensively over the past few weeks, revealing just about everything we think...
Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Air is on sale for around $125 off. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
If you want a great laptop, you’re going to have to fork over a ton of money, right? Not necessarily. There are dozens of good laptops on the market at various price points. However, it can feel overwhelming to find the right one for your needs (some are better suited for, say, college students,...
Razer’s new headphones feature Gengar detailing all over. | Image: Razer
Razer has announced that one of its most popular PC gaming peripherals from a Pokémon collaboration that was exclusive to China will soon be available in the US. The Gengar Edition of the Razer Kraken Kitty V2 headphones, which trade cute cat ears for the Pokémon’s purple spikes, are now available through the company’s...