A guide to Microsoft’s Xbox game studios empire
Microsoft Corp. With the impending purchase of Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion dollars, Microsoft is now the third-largest video game publisher in the world by revenue. It owns several of…
How to look your best on a video call
As we approach the two-year mark for this pandemic, it is very clear that everyone could use a refresher course in looking their best on camera. Nice lighting and perfectly…
Philips Hue’s four-pack of white ambiance smart bulbs are half off
Philips Hue’s white smart bulbs have dropped to an all-time low. | Image: Signify If you’re looking to light up your home with smart home tech for less, Philips Hue…
A lone undersea internet cable connected Tonga to the world — a volcanic eruption broke it
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano(pictured here on January 6th) erupted on January 14th. | Photo by Maxar via Getty Images The effects of a colossal volcanic eruption in the Pacific…
FuboTV launches new FanView widgets alongside multi-view on Apple TV
Image: FuboTV Live streaming app FuboTV is bringing its FanView widgets to Apple TV users, allowing them to view stats alongside single or multi-view match streams. Multi-viewing, which allows sports…
Netflix’s newest game is a Hearthstone-style card battler
Screenshot: Arcanium: Rise of Akhan Netflix’s foray into the mobile gaming subscription market is showing no signs of slowing down. This week it added a pair of new titles to…
Samsung leaks new notched tablet on its own website
The image from Samsung’s website, showing the unannounced tablet. | Image: Samsung A Samsung support page for, of all things, Bixby, may have just given us our first official look…
Banjo-Kazooie returns to Nintendo hardware this week
Nintendo has announced the next game coming to its Switch Online service: Nintendo 64 platforming classic Banjo-Kazooie. The game is inextricably associated with the N64 — it’s a collect-a-thon with…
Looks like FedEx won’t be adding lasers to its airplanes
Photo by BENOIT DOPPAGNE/BELGA/AFP via Getty Images It looks like the FAA may have made a whoopsie. Remember when the US aviation authority suggested that FedEx might possibly potentially maybe…
Apple and Google split with startups over antitrust bill
Photo by Elizabeth Frantz-Pool / Getty Images As the Senate Judiciary Committee inches towards passing legislation that could loosen Big Tech’s grasp on consumers, Big Tech is expectedly outraged. Both…
Emirates, Air India, and others cancel flights due to AT&T and Verizon’s 5G rollout
Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images Emirates, Air India, ANA, and Japan Airlines have all announced they’re canceling some flights to the US due to this week’s rollout of…
Microsoft addresses last week’s buggy Windows Updates that broke VPNs and rebooted servers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft released an out-of-band (OOB) update yesterday to fix some Windows issues caused by last week’s monthly patching cycle on Patch Tuesday. The…
The US’s free COVID test website has more visitors than all other .gov sites combined
The site appears to be handling the traffic. | Image: USPS The US government’s site to claim free COVID tests, which has started accepting orders a day before it was…
White House warns ‘small percentage’ of people can’t order its rapid COVID-19 tests
Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Nearly a month after President Joe Biden first announced that Americans would be able to order rapid at-home COVID-19 tests for free from the government,…
How to order free rapid COVID tests from the US government
With the rise of the Omicron variant, we’ve been urged to use COVID-19 rapid antigen tests to make sure that we don’t spread the virus to friends and family. However,…
God of War for PC just got its first discount
The PlayStation epic God of War was released to PC a mere four days ago but is currently discounted to just $37.76 at Eneba, an excellent break on the regular…
Tesla owner is the first to face felony charges for deadly Autopilot crash
California prosecutors filed two felony charges against the owner of Tesla Model S for a deadly crash in 2019 that involved the vehicle’s Autopilot system, marking the first time that…
YouTube will stop making most original shows
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube will scale back a significant portion of YouTube Originals, which produced original content including scripted series, educational videos, and music and celebrity…
Democrats unveil bill to ban online ‘surveillance advertising’
Photo by Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images On Tuesday, Democrats introduced a new bill that would ban nearly all use of digital advertising targeting on ad markets hosted by platforms like Facebook,…
How to add legacy Advanced Boot Options to Windows 10 or Windows 11
Microsoft decided the Advanced Boot Options menu was no longer needed, but with the help of a command line prompt and BCDEdit, we can overrule that decision and add it…
The best laptop you can buy in 2022
Image: William Joel/The Verge The best laptops for you, from ultraportables to high-powered editing machines The best laptop of 2021 can come with a variety of brands, prices, and features.…
AT&T is limiting C-band 5G expansion around airports even more
The carrier says airlines “have not utilized the two years they’ve had to responsibly plan for this deployment.” | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge AT&T has announced it…
Microsoft’s Activision acquisition would instantly make it a force in mobile gaming
Photo Illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images With its pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft could soon add the likes of Diablo, Warcraft, and Call of Duty to its lineup of…
How to use the spill range in Excel
Excel’s spill range is a product of using dynamic array functions. Learn how the spill range fulfills these functions.
Coinbase will let you pay with Mastercard in its upcoming NFT marketplace
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Coinbase is partnering with Mastercard to allow card payments on its upcoming NFT marketplace. This means you’ll be able to directly purchase…
COVIDTests.gov is live now, letting you order four free rapid tests
COVIDTests.gov is now available. | Screenshot: COVIDTests.gov Last week, the White House announced COVIDTests.gov, a site that you can use to order four free at-home COVID-19 rapid antigen tests per…
US competition enforcers launch overhaul of merger approval process
Photo by Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images On Tuesday, the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission launched a joint effort to modernize antitrust enforcement, seeking comment on how the agencies can apply…
Librarians are coming for podcasts
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Well, hi, everyone! You’ve got Aria. Real excited to be here with y’all. As a reminder, Ashley’s out this week, so if you…
Read Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick’s email to employees about the Microsoft acquisition
Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images for Vanity Fair Since Activision Blizzard was sued in July by the state of California for a culture of “constant sexual harassment,” among many other…
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard: the latest news on the acquisition
A screenshot from Call of Duty: Warzone, Activision Blizzard’s free-to-play FPS game. | Image: Activision Everything you need to know about gaming’s biggest acquisition yet Microsoft announced that it intends…
New Prezi features make it easy to build a brand template for video conferences
Brand Kit works with all video templates to tailor presentations with watermarks, custom design and name and title display.
Netflix’s beautiful Cuphead show gets a new trailer and a February release date
It premieres soon. | Image: Netflix Netflix announced Tuesday that its years-in-the-making show based on the Cuphead video game premieres on February 18th, and it has debuted an action-packed new…
Read Microsoft Gaming CEO’s email to staff about the Activision Blizzard acquisition
As part of Microsoft’s plan to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, the software giant has created a Microsoft Gaming division. Phil Spencer, former head of Xbox, will now lead…
Making sense of new TV features in 2022
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Buying a TV can be a confusing ordeal, but it doesn’t need to be Every year after CES, there can be a new…
A new use for AI: summarizing scientific research for seven-year-olds
tl;dr papers shows AI’s potential to condense research Academic writing often has a reputation for being hard to follow, but what if you could use machine learning to summarize arguments…
The best free apps for video calling
Illustration by Samar Haddad / Photo by Becca Farsace Remember last summer, when things were starting to open up and Omicron was just a Greek letter you found in crossword…
Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
Microsoft is acquiring Activision, the troubled publisher of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Diablo. The deal will value Activision at $68.7 billion, far in excess of the $26…
Windows 11 SE laptops arrive to take on Chromebooks in schools
Image: Microsoft Microsoft’s Chrome OS competitor, Windows 11 SE, is making its way onto a handful of laptops. After detailing Windows 11 SE in November, Microsoft’s OEM partners are now…
Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass service grows to 25 million subscribers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass service now has 25 million subscribers. That’s up from the 18 million Microsoft previously reported in January last year.…
Garmin revamps its outdoorsy Fenix 7 and Epix smartwatches
Garmin’s new Fenix 7 series | Image: Garmin Despite being leaked to hell and back, the Garmin Fenix 7 series was a no-show at CES 2022. That’s because Garmin decided…
US airlines warn of ‘catastrophic disruption’ on Wednesday due to 5G activation
United Airlines was among those to issue a warning. | Photo by Daniel Karmann/picture alliance via Getty Images CEOs from major US airlines including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United…
Fortnite’s next update adds adorable monsters and brings back Tilted Towers
The next big update for Fortnite brings back something old and adds something new. As fans have long expected, the snow on the battle royale island has slowly melted, revealing…
Logitech’s Pen is a durable stylus made for Chromebooks in the classroom
The Logitech Pen doesn’t requiring pairing, thanks to its USI support. But, it won’t work on every Chromebook released. | Logitech Logitech has announced a new stylus called Pen, and…
Samsung announces first mobile chip with AMD ray tracing GPU
Samsung has announced the Exynos 2200, its new in-house mobile processor for smartphones. It’s the first mobile system-on-a-chip to include a GPU with AMD’s RDNA 2 graphics architecture, enabling features…
Wikitrivia is a web game that challenges your knowledge of historical dates
In this game you put events from Wikipedia in a timeline. If you’re a history buff, or are looking for a new web game to play, Wikitrivia may be worth…
Google changed the Assistant’s white noise sound, and many aren’t happy about it
Some Nest customers are unhappy with Google’s changes. | Photo: Dan Seifert / The Verge Google offers many ambient sounds from the Google Assistant, including one for white noise that…
Google changed the Assistant’s white noise sound, and many aren’t happy about it
Some Nest customers are unhappy with Google’s changes. | Photo: Dan Seifert / The Verge Google offers many ambient sounds from the Google Assistant, including one for white noise that…
Jared Kushner floated the idea of a federal cryptocurrency, documents reveal
Kushner acted as a presidential advisor in the Trump administration. | Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images Jared Kushner, former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law who acted as a senior…
What exactly is the Jodorowsky’s Dune crypto collective trying to make, anyway?
Spice DAO Last year, a collective of cryptocurrency fans pooled millions of dollars to buy a copy of the story bible for director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s legendary never-made adaptation of the…
Over 30 Activision Blizzard employees have ‘exited’ since July, WSJ reports
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge 37 Activision Blizzard employees have reportedly “exited” the company since July of last year as part of the company’s attempt to crack down…
Spain will regulate influencers promoting cryptocurrency
Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge Spain has announced new rules for how social media influencers and others can advertise cryptocurrency assets, Reuters reports. Starting next month, the Spanish…
Awesome Games Done Quick speedrun raises $3.4 million for charity
Mitchriz speedruns Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice while blindfolded at AGDQ 2022. | Screenshot: Games Done Quick via YouTube Games Done Quick has raised $3.4 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation…
How to pick a new monitor for working from home
Illustration by Samar Haddad / Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales You now interact with coworkers through a flat rectangle — let’s get you a larger, better one The shift to…
Roomba j7 Plus vs. Jet Bot AI Plus: can these robot vacuums pass the poop test?
Home robots are getting smarter Robot vacuums have come a long way since the days I used to babysit my original Roomba (circa 2006), following it around to make sure…
The Verge’s favorite tools to stay organized
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Life these days can be very complicated, and many of us — I’d guess that most of us — are constantly looking for…
Amazon reverses decision to ban Visa credit cards in the UK over fees
Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images Amazon says it will continue to accept payment in the UK from Visa credit cards, reversing a decision to ban the cards…
Microsoft lets you follow YouTube creators in Edge browser test
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft has started testing some deeper YouTube integration in its Edge browser. The latest Canary developer builds of Edge include a new “followable…
Start creating your own video games immediately with this software bundle
You can even sell the games you create with this drag-and-drop game development bundle, specifically designed for non-technical users.
PAN Full Form: What is the full form of PAN?
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BCOM Full Form: What is the full form of BCOM?
HomeFull FormsBCOM Full Form BCOM: Bachelor of Commerce What is the full form of BCOM? The meaning or full form of BCOM is “Bachelor of Commerce“. What others reading: •…
15+ Advantages of DBMS
Home DBMS Advantages of DBMS A database management system, or DBMS, is defined as a software system that helps users define, create and/or maintain a database, as well as manage…
Oppo’s next flagship leaks with OnePlus-esque Hasselblad branding
Details on Oppo’s upcoming flagship phone are starting to come together. Multiple leaks are suggesting it’ll be called the Find X5 Pro, with a similar design to last year’s Find…
Apple digital keys reportedly coming to some Hyundai cars this summer
Hyundai’s Genesis cars could soon get access to the feature. | Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Hyundai and its Genesis brand are reportedly close to adding support for Apple’s digital…
Walmart is getting serious about the metaverse
Walmart’s recent trademark applications suggest that it wants to break into the metaverse. | Photo by Yichuan Cao / NurPhoto via Getty Images Walmart appears to be getting ready for…
Safari 15 bug can leak your recent browsing activity and personal identifiers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A bug in Safari 15 can leak your browsing activity, and can also reveal some of the personal information attached to your Google…
Samsung’s next tablet lineup could include a 14.6-inch ‘Ultra’ model with a notch
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra may have a 14.6-inch display with a notch. | Image by WinFuture Samsung might be adding its first-ever “Ultra” model to its upcoming Galaxy…
Wordle! and Wardle team up to donate proceeds from an unrelated app’s popularity spike
Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images Wordle is a free browser game, and a browser game only — it has no accompanying apps, something that some people…
The trials and tribulations of turning a real camera into a webcam
This is not a Sony A7 III, but it will do. | Illustration by Samar Haddad A mirrorless camera should just work; it did not My colleague Dieter Bohn is…
Google might’ve accidentally approved an ad for a Target gift card scam
Photo by Michael Loccisano / Getty Images Most of us check our gift card balances online (because who actually keeps those receipts that tell us how much money we have…
AT&T, Dish, and T-Mobile spend billions on more 5G spectrum
Photo by George Frey/AFP via Getty Images AT&T, Dish, and T-Mobile dropped billions of dollars in a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) auction to acquire more 5G spectrum licenses in the…
Apple will now require employees to submit proof of COVID-19 booster shot
Apple now requires store and corporate employees to get a COVID-19 booster shot, the company announced in an internal email seen by The Verge. Once an employee is eligible to…
Apple will let dating apps offer third-party payment options in the Netherlands
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple will let dating app developers offer alternate payment options in the Netherlands in compliance with the Dutch regulator’s ruling, according to a…
Why you might want a secure file-sharing service now that you’re working from home
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge When we were all at the office, many of us were connected to the office network. We didn’t need to give sharing files…
Razer’s excellent Basilisk V3 mouse is selling for its best price ever
Razer’s Basilisk V3 is on sale at Amazon today for just $59.99. | Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge We’re starting the weekend with some exciting news for gamers:…
LPG Full Form: What is the full form of LPG?
HomeFull FormsLPG Full Form LPG: Liquefied Petroleum Gas What is the full form of LPG? The meaning or full form of LPG is “Liquefied Petroleum Gas“. What others reading: •…
MSC Full Form: What is the full form of MSC?
HomeFull FormsMSC Full Form M.Sc.: Master of Science What is the full form of M.Sc.? The meaning or full form of M.Sc. is “Master of Science“. What others reading: •…
10+ Disadvantages of DBMS
Home DBMS Disadvantages of DBMS Database Management System, abbreviated as DBMS, refers to a software system that enables the user to define, create and maintain a database and manage control…
7 Types Of Content You Can Download From The Internet Through File Sharing Apps
Online content sharing isn’t as difficult as it used to be a few years back. And that’s because technology and the internet have allowed content creators to have the right…
The best noise-canceling headphone deals
Sennheiser’s Momentum Wireless 3 headphones are just $241 instead of $399.99 at Adorama. With many people working from home than they used to, owning a good pair of noise-canceling headphones…
Nvidia’s AI-powered scaling makes old games look better without a huge performance hit
Nvidia says its AI-powered upscaling is more powerful than regular super-resolution. | Image: Nvidia Nvidia’s latest game-ready driver includes a tool that could let you improve the image quality of…
Google is now requiring office workers to get weekly molecular COVID-19 tests
The company is implementing new policies as COVID-19 cases rise across the US. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google will require anyone going to one of its…
Google’s critical Pixel 6 January update is here
The January update promises to fix numerous bugs reported by Pixel 6 owners. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales Google is in the process of releasing a much-anticipated update for…
AI training: Leverage your tech skills and send your career soaring
If you feel like your tech career is a little stalled, all you have to do is build on the skills you already have to move up in data science,…
Deloitte launches Dimension10 Studio to build metaverse experiences with AR, VR, IoT and 5G
Consulting firm will use lessons from running its own virtual space to help customers build training tools, apps and metaverse worlds.
3 things to consider before implementing business process automation
The COVID pandemic forced companies to automate business processes far faster than they had planned. How are they doing?
Netflix raises prices on all plans in US
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix is raising prices across all of its plans in the US today. The company’s standard plan will rise to $15.50 per month…
The FTC is reportedly investigating Meta’s VR division for antitrust violations
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The US Federal Trade Commission and at least three states are investigating Meta for antitrust violations in its virtual reality division, according to…
White House: COVIDTests.gov will distribute free rapid tests starting January 19th
The site is live, but you won’t be able to order tests until Wednesday. The White House has announced that people will be able to order free COVID-19 tests from…
Eero could be close to launching a Wi-Fi 6E mesh networking system
Eero might be upgrading its Pro line to support Wi-Fi 6E. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Amazon-owned Eero seems to be close to announcing new routers sometime…
5 event-driven architecture mistakes and how to avoid them
Forrester said it is noticing increased interest in EDA, which is in turn leading to five big mistakes it said need to be avoided.
Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai were involved in ad collusion plot, claims court filing
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On Friday, a coalition of state attorneys general led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released a new antitrust complaint (PDF) against Google,…
Google’s Sonos lawsuit dodge might let other phone makers do what Pixel cannot
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge You might think a Google phone would be the best choice to control your Google-branded speakers, but that’s not necessarily true: Google’s actions…
Apple, Google and other smartphone manufacturers are missing the point
Commentary: Jack Wallen has had enough of smartphone manufacturers producing devices that aren’t very “smart.” He reminds Google, Apple, Samsung and others: Don’t forget the real reason we buy phones.
5 augmented reality tools improving patient care
AR isn’t just for fun. Medical schools, hospitals and caregivers are using augmented reality tools to help improve the lives of patients.
The Parisian Garden Breakfast at Ritz Carlton Doha
Set in the beautiful gardens of @ritzcarltondoha, relax under the trees, enjoy the gentle breeze, listen to the birds and delicious PARISIAN BREAKFAST @selandmiel The perfect start to the weekend!…
Bethesda will follow up Fallout 4’s real-life Pip-Boy with this Starfield smartwatch
Starfield, Bethesda’s upcoming space-themed game, may feature an in-game smartwatch that you’ll be able to get and wear in real life, based on an early copy of a manual found…
Do you spend 30% of your week in meetings? Survey says many people do
Dialpad analyzed meeting data and found that standups are the shortest meetings, as long as there are fewer than 20 people attending.
Apple’s long-in-the-works VR / AR headset may not launch until 2023
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Rumors have swirled for years about Apple releasing some kind of virtual reality / augmented reality headset. While reports had pegged a possible…
Vergecast: Wordle’s App Store clones, FTC’s Meta lawsuit moves forward, and PC’s big year
Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where we discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories. This week on…
Russia’s FSB says it has taken down REvil hacker group at US request
Russia’s domestic security service, the FSB, has arrested numerous members of the REvil hacking group at the request of the US government, the FSB said on Friday. The move, which…