Valve adds credit card-based age checks for UK users to access “mature content” games on Steam; Discord and others are using selfies for verification
UK's Online Safety Act requires blocking minors from accessing mature content Asha Bardon / CBR : Steam Now Needs Your Age & ID Verified When You Buy Mature Video Games Richard Devine / Windows Centra...
Q&A with David Luan, head of Amazon's AGI research lab, on leaving Adept in a reverse acquihire deal, why he believes progress on AI models has slowed, and more
Why Amazon AGI Labs chief David Luan thinks solving agents is the next ‘S-curve’ for AI. Bluesky: @prietschka . Mastodon: @jukkan@mstdn.social . Threads: @alexheath . X: @rohitprasadai . LinkedIn: Ju...
Q&A with Sonos interim CEO Tom Conrad on the disastrous app redesign, the Ace headphones, subscriptions, the canceled video player, Google, and more
Proud of you my friend and g'luck on your next chapter <3 — www.theverge.com/speakers/664... Threads: Chris Welch / @chriswelch : And... fin. Couldn't have asked for a more fitting way to end this ...
After a backlash, Whoop says members with more than 12 months remaining are now automatically eligible for a free upgrade to 5.0
Your Gear News of the Week The Indian Express : Whoop faces backlash after cancelling free hardware upgrades Dana Wollman / Bloomberg : Whoop Faces Backlash After Charging Existing Users Upgrade Fee f...
Q&A with Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi on AI, tax, and more; in a follow-up, an exec said “at the very least the end portion of your interview should be deleted”
We declined. … Today's episode of Decoder, well — it's a ride. I'm talking to Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi … Threads: @reckless1280 . Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social . Forums: Hacker News , r/t...
In a California lawsuit, Epic accuses Samsung and Google of conspiring to deter users from rival app stores via Samsung's Auto Blocker, and plans to tell the EU
again — and now Samsung, too Matthew Broersma / Silicon UK : Epic Sues Google, Samsung Over App Store Barriers Jenny Darmody / Silicon Republic : Epic takes aim at Google again - and Samsung too Charl...
A US appeals court largely upholds a ruling blocking the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, finding parts of the law likely violate the First Amendment
making decisions based on evidence, not claims.https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Nora Benavidez / @attorneynora : Breaking news: the Ninth Circuit just ruled that California Age appropriate Design C...
How Russian design firm Art Lebedev's Optimus keyboards, with built-in OLED screens in each key, laid the foundations for Elgato's popular Stream Deck
Finding a good creative partnership, one that lasts the test of time, is hard to do. Threads: Jon Porter / @jonporteruk : this was a real labour of love for @seanhollister and myself, two people who s...
Documents detail Humane's $699 Ai Pin: a $24/month subscription, including a phone number, data, cloud storage, and access to Microsoft and OpenAI AI models
It's scheduled to launch the Pin on Thursday, but The Verge has obtained documents detailing practically everything about the device ahead of its official launch.
Microsoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisition after a 20-month battle with regulators in the UK and US; Bobby Kotick will remain CEO until the end of 2023
The Verge exclusively reported last week that Microsoft was planning to close today, and now it's official.