Tag: The Verge

Sony finally reveals the PlayStation VR2’s design

The Verge reports that Sony has finally revealed the design of its next-generation PlayStation VR2 headset, after it announced it in February 2021, showed off the controllers last March, and confirmed it would be called PlayStation VR2 in January. The new design features a similar white-and-black color scheme as the PlayStation 5 (the company says […]

Capcom announces Street Fighter 6 and Fighting Collection coming in 2022

As The Verge reports, Capcom has announced Street Fighter 6, the next major entry in the iconic fighting game franchise, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. A brief teaser trailer was released following the season final of the Capcom Pro Tour, where Kawano defeated veteran Daigo Umehara. The trailer doesn’t show any actual […]

Call of Duty is getting a ‘new Warzone experience’ in 2022

Hands holding game controller with Call of Duty Warzone on screen

Activision is working on two big Call of Duty initiatives for 2022. The Verge reports that one is a sequel to 2019’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and the other is a “new Warzone experience,” both of which will be “designed together from the ground-up,” according to a blog post from the company. It’s unclear if the new Warzone experience is a full-on […]

MoviePass is officially coming back

Two years after the wildly popular subscription service MoviePass crashed and burned, its co-founder Stacy Spikes is determined to bring it back. Spikes says MoviePass will return this summer. As The Verge reported, the company, recently bought by Spikes after his unceremonious ouster from MoviePass in 2018, held its launch event last week at the Walter Reade […]

Coming to iOS 15.4: Face ID with a Mask, Biting Lip Emojis and MORE

iOS 15.4 is currently in beta, but when it rolls out, it should include a lot of fun (and useful) new features.  First, there will be a whopping 37 new emoji introduced, according to MacRumors. Some of the new emoji coming are a melting face, someone saluting, beans, and a slightly uncomfortable biting lip icon. […]

Appeals court upholds California’s Net Neutrality Law

The Verge reports that a federal appeals court has ruled that California’s net neutrality law can remain in place, upholding a lower court decision. California’s 2018 law is the toughest in the country, and was signed into law a year after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealed the federal Open Internet Order. That 2015 order […]

The NFT Feature is now Live on Twitter, for Twitter Blue Subscribers, that is

As The Verge reported, Twitter said in September that it would add a way for users to authenticate non-fungible tokens (NFT), and now the feature is live — if you pay for a $2.99 Twitter Blue subscription and are using an iOS device. On one hand, NFT profile pictures could be viewed as an incredible technology integration adding real utility for […]

Heads Up Students and Teachers: Apple is no longer Requiring Verification for Education Discounts – at least for now

At some point in the last month, Apple introduced a new verification process in the U.S. that tried to ensure customers who want to benefit from its discounted education pricing are actually involved in education. But now, Apple has removed the verification process, as confirmed in tests by The Verge, and backed up by reports from MacRumors and 9to5Mac. When […]

Samsung confirms February Unpacked, hints at Changes to Come

Row of Samsung Mobile Phones in store

Samsung will host an Unpacked event pm February 9 at 10am ET, the company has confirmed in a press release authored by president TM Roh. In so doing, the company inadvertently (?) revealed the time and date for the launch of the Galaxy S22 series and the Galaxy Tab S8 series, both of which are […]

With Project Iris, Google appears ready to go up against Microsoft, Meta and Apple in the coming headset wars

Exterior of Google Headquarters

Meta may be the loudest company building AR and VR hardware. Microsoft has HoloLens. Apple is working on something, too. But don’t count out Google. As The Verge reports, the tech giant has recently begun ramping up work on an AR headset, internally codenamed “Project Iris,” that it hopes to ship in 2024, according to two […]