Super Mario Maker 64 exists, thanks to a new ROM hack (www.theverge.com)
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Discord is nuking Nintendo Switch emulator devs and their entire servers (www.theverge.com)
Sony is laying off 900 PlayStation employees (www.theverge.com)
The direct influence of Twin Peaks on Zelda (www.theverge.com)
The US government makes a $42 million bet on open cell networks (www.theverge.com)
Open RAN gets a boost to fight Huawei’s global cellular lead.
Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees (www.theverge.com)
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney: the post-trial interview (www.theverge.com)
Philips Hue will soon require an account to use its app — here’s what that means (www.theverge.com)
According to its current privacy policy, with an account, Hue gets access to the configuration of your system to provide the right software updates to the devices. It can only use your data for marketing or share it with third parties if you provide additional consent....
Court denies FTC’s last-ditch attempt to stop Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard (www.theverge.com)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has lost what may be its final attempt to block Microsoft from buying Activision Blizzard. It’s the second loss for the FTC after a US federal judge denied its request for a preliminary injunction earlier this week to block Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard until the conclusion of...
Microsoft considered acquiring Bungie and Sega to bolster Xbox Game Pass, internal emails show (www.theverge.com)
It’s not clear what happened with the Sega acquisition and whether Nadella ultimately approved talks. But in a Microsoft internal April 2021 merger review document, Sega was still listed as a key target. Microsoft had identified key areas for acquisitions in PC, mobile, and console across different markets, and Sega, Bungie,...
Meta’s new Quest Plus subscription gets you two free VR games per month (www.theverge.com)
Silvergate Bank didn’t adequately monitor $1 trillion in crypto transactions, SEC says (www.theverge.com)
EU chat control law proposes scanning your messages — even encrypted ones (www.theverge.com)
Starfield is finally getting a 60fps mode on Xbox (www.theverge.com)
Qualcomm quietly demos Baldur’s Gate 3 and Control on Snapdragon X Elite laptops (www.theverge.com)
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Limited Run gives digital games a physical legacy (www.theverge.com)
You should play Splatoon with your family: Why touch grass alone when you can pretend to be squids together? (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft is discontinuing Windows Mixed Reality (www.theverge.com)
Amazon slams Microsoft’s business practices in UK cloud industry probe (www.theverge.com)
YouTube is now getting into games (www.theverge.com)
Mythic Computer is trying to change the PC world one wood computer at a time. // Thought this was pretty interesting and not solely about the keyboard, but thock is mentioned. (www.theverge.com)
Would you buy a computer made of wood for the price of a used car? Maybe not. But you should be glad they exist.
Nintendo’s CEO says its online accounts are the key to its next console transition (www.theverge.com)
Roblox is ready to grow up (www.theverge.com)
YouTube rolls out its new Playables games to all users (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft announces the Proteus Controller, a gamepad for Xbox gamers with disabilities (www.theverge.com)
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