Everything we saw at Xbox’s Developer Direct 2025
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Though Nintendo can technically claim it had the first big gaming news event of the year, at least Xbox’s Developer Direct actually showed off…
Fitbit fined $12 million for Ionic smartwatches that burned 78 people
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Fitbit is paying a $12.25 million fine over its Ionic smartwatches, which the company recalled in 2022 after reports that the watches’ lithium-ion…
Google’s Identity Check for Android keeps phone thieves out of your digital accounts
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is officially launching a new Android security feature for Pixel devices with Android 15 to prevent phone thieves from accessing your digital…
Android 16’s first public beta adds Google’s more limited take on live lockscreen notifications
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Android 16’s first public beta will start rolling out later today, bringing with it dynamic lockscreen notifications for ride-sharing and food delivery, following yesterday’s…
Doom: The Dark Ages looks metal as hell and launches in May
Image: id Software After revealing its next Doom game last summer, id Software is almost ready to release it: the studio announced that Doom: The Dark Ages is launching on…
AOC: Private Prisons and Politicians Will Profit From Laken Riley Act
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) slammed the Laken Riley Act in a speech on the House floor on Wednesday, pointing out that some House members may have financial incentives to…
Trump’s Pick for Key EPA Role Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm
The man tapped by President Donald Trump to be second-in-command of the federal agency that protects the public from environmental dangers is a lawyer who has represented companies accused of…
Trump’s Exit From WHO Could Make Next Pandemic More Likely — and More Deadly
In one of his first executive orders after taking office, President Trump ordered the United States to withdraw from the U.N.’s World Health Organization, putting numerous WHO programs at risk,…
Ninja Gaiden 4 is coming to Xbox, PC, and PS5
Image: Microsoft Microsoft promised a new game announcement at its Xbox Developer Direct event, and that game turned out to be Ninja Gaiden 4. The new entry in the long-running…
Group Pushing Crypto Plan Is Tied to Project 2025, Fossil Fuel Operatives
A Bitcoin advocacy group pushing President-elect Donald Trump to stockpile massive amounts of cryptocurrency and state-level efforts to do the same is run by fossil fuel operatives fighting to eliminate…
