Microsoft’s next Xbox, Project Helix, won’t reach alpha until 2027

Ronald says the next Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, will have a custom AMD chip with “an order of magnitude increase in ...

Grammarly says it will stop using AI to clone experts without permission

Now it will ‘reimagine’ the Expert Review feature, and allow experts a choice about participating in future AI plans. is a ...

Would you look at that: the original Xbox prototype.

We’d heard it was at the Game Developers Conference and here it is: the original metal X prototype, which predated the Bill ...

You can’t replace the battery in Lego’s Smart Bricks — and many of its sensors aren’t active yet

The first Lego Smart Brick sets, based on Star Wars, aren’t quite what my kids and I hoped, and I suspect much of that’s down ...

iPhone Fold rumor: iPad-like multitasking, but no iPad apps and no Face ID

Even without the pill-shaped notch, Gurman reports that the folding iPhone will still include Apple’s Dynamic Island feature, which lets users keep tabs on real-time events. The device will also ...

Some of the best horror games ever made are included in Humble’s $15 bundle

Humble has teamed up with Frictional Games for a new bundle of PC games that pushed the horror genre forward. The bundle includes the Penumbra Collectors Pack, all four Amnesia ti ...

One of Grammarly’s ‘experts’ is suing the company over its identity-stealing AI feature

Angwin says she found out her identity was used by way of Casey Newton, who is also one of the experts that The Verge uncovered being used by Grammarly when we tested the feature this week. Several ...

Google will let developers sell both mobile and PC versions of a game for one price.

The feature, announced as part of various updates alongside the GDC Festival of Gaming, is rolling out to select games to start, including Brotato: Premium. Also: free 60-minute game demos, ones that ...

Valve says it will fight New York’s loot box lawsuit

New York AG Letitia James called loot boxes ‘quintessential gambling, but Valve says it’s more like Pokémon cards and Labubu. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, ...

Microsoft’s ‘Xbox mode’ is coming to every Windows 11 PC

Technically, you’ve been able to try the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) in preview since November 2025, if you were part of both the Windows Insider and Xbox Insider Programs. But it needed work, ...

Epic judge wants experts to weigh in on Google settlement.

Epic and Google are settling, but the US version of the plan still rests in Judge Donato’s hands. He’s asking for “friend of the court” briefs in early April, meaning it’ll be longer before he makes a ...

The Live Nation settlement has industry insiders baffled

Instead of moving forward with a jury trial against Live Nation-Ticketmaster as expected, the Justice Department announced a settlement Monday that omitted what used to be on the top of its wish list: ...