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...
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)
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/10871867...
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.
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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Asus’ next ROG Ally will be the ROG Ally X (www.theverge.com)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has been delayed again [to September 5th] (www.theverge.com)
Ayaneo’s Next Lite is a $299 Steam Deck competitor with unofficial SteamOS (www.theverge.com)
Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees (www.theverge.com)
Wolverine part of massive Insomniac Games leak after ransomware deadline passes (www.theverge.com)
Saudi Arabia’s plan to become the crown prince of gaming (www.theverge.com)
Xbox is making it easier to play keyboard-focused games on a controller (www.theverge.com)
It’s rolling out this week.
Lakers legend Rick Fox built a house that can suck CO2 out of the atmosphere - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Kevin Afghani is Mario's New Voice Actor (www.theverge.com)
Sony’s latest PS5 beta supports Dolby Atmos and up to 8TB of M.2 SSD storage (www.theverge.com)
Today’s release also includes UI improvements, haptic feedback for navigation, and emoji for reacting to messages.
