Tag: The Verge

Zelda is Finally Getting her Own Game!

After years of playing second fiddle to Link in her own franchise, Princess Zelda is finally getting a video game of her own this fall. As The Verge reports, Nintendo revealed Nintendo revealed The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom during Tuesday’s Direct presentation. This is the franchise’s first game to follow along as Princess Zelda herself […]

NASA says the stalwart Voyager 1 Probe is (Finally) Fully Back Online

Voyager 1, the farthest human-made craft from the Earth, is finally sending back data from all four of its scientific instruments, NASA said last week. That means the agency is once more receiving its readings on plasma waves, magnetic fields, and space-bound particles. As The Verge reports, Voyager 1 stopped sending back good data months ago, in November, […]

With iOS 18, Apple Finally lets You Choose Your Preferred Home Hub

Even though Apple barely mentioned its smart home platform during its WWDC 2024 keynote last week, Apple Home users can still rejoice over an update discovered in the first iOS 18 beta: they’re getting the option to choose a “Preferred Home Hub.” As The Verge reports, this fixes the problem of your smart home “deciding” to run […]

Nintendo joins Sony and Microsoft, officially Ending Gaming Console Integration with X

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As of June 10th, Nintendo has officially discontinued support for the Switch console’s integration with X (formerly Twitter), making it the last of the current-gen consoles to do so after Microsoft and Sony disabled their own access last year.  As The Verge reports, the integration was removed as part of the Nintendo Switch’s 18.1.0 update, taking away the ability for […]

Doom is coming to Xbox in 2024

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Microsoft’s big Xbox game showcase was back with a vengeance for summer 2024. The more than an hour-long showcase delivered plenty of release dates, and Xbox game announcements, including a 2025 release window for Fable and some new gameplay, alongside a November launch date for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, some more Indiana Jones and the Great Circle gameplay, and even a […]

Spotify is Increasing US prices… again

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A year after Spotify first increased the price of Spotify Premium in the US, it’s happening again. As The Verge reports, next month subscribers to Spotify in the US will start receiving an email detailing the price increases to Premium, Duo, and Family plans. So now Spotify Premium will now cost $11.99 a month, up from the […]

Google Confirms the Leaked Search Documents are Real

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A collection of 2,500 leaked internal documents from Google filled with details about data the company collects is authentic, the company confirmed late last week. Until now, Google had refused to comment on the materials. As The Verge reports, the documents in question detail data that Google is keeping track of, some of which may be used […]

Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit comes to Netflix Gaming Lineup in June

Spry Fox, the developers behind Cozy Grove, have announced that their first title after joining Netflix Games will be a sequel, Cozy Grove: Spirit Camp! With pre-registration open now, the sequel to Cozy Grove is set to hit storefronts on iOS and Android on June 26th. The original Cozy Grove takes place on an ever-changing […]

Here’s What went down at the Microsoft Surface Event

Microsoft just wrapped up its special event ahead of Build 2024, and it had a lot of exciting news to share. Along with updates to its Surface lineup, Microsoft made some major announcements related to AI and a new era of PCs in partnership with Lenovo, Asus, Dell, and others. The event wasn’t live streamed, […]

The latest iOS update Appears to be Allowing Deleted Photos to Resurface – including those iPhone Users would like to Forget

Apple appears to have a bug that’s dredging up data that iPhone owners thought was gone. Gone, but apparently not forgotten, and some iPhone users are not too happy about dredging up the past. As The Verge reports, some iPhone owners are reporting that, after updating their phones to iOS 17.5, their deleted photos — […]