July 31, 2020 The DeanBeat: Did gaming peak in Q2? Nope. Maybe it just got started. Electronic Arts reported one of its best quarters ever as tens of millions of new fans played its games. Maybe this is just the…
July 31, 2020 YouTube is ending its community captions feature and deaf creators aren’t happy about it Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube plans to discontinue its community captions feature, which allowed viewers to add subtitles to videos, because…
July 31, 2020 Vergecast: the Big Tech antitrust hearing episode Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On July 29th, the long-awaited Big Tech antitrust hearing from the House Judiciary’s antitrust subcommittee was held….
July 31, 2020 Nvidia is reportedly in ‘advanced talks’ to buy ARM for more than $32 billion SoftBank has been rumored to be exploring a sale of ARM — the British chip designer that powers nearly every major mobile processor from…
July 31, 2020 Battletoads will arrive on Xbox One and PC on August 20th Battletoads will make its way back to the Xbox One and PC. Rare is announcing today that Battletoads will be available on August 20th…
July 31, 2020 Amazon has a Marketplace problem Photo by Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images Massive tech companies may have been the focus of this week’s antitrust hearing, but one of the most arresting…
July 31, 2020 Here’s where you can buy a Nintendo Switch Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Nintendo Switch, like everything else that can lighten the mood during this incredibly tough time,…
July 31, 2020 Oppo’s new smartwatch runs Wear OS but with better health tracking Oppo officially unveiled its second smartwatch, simply called the Oppo Watch. Just like the original version which launched in China in March, this thing…
July 31, 2020 YouTube is removing its community captions feature in September YouTube users will have to say goodbye to Community Contributions soon. Google announced that it will be shutting down the feature on September 28th…
July 31, 2020 Bad Advice From Dictators: Gasoline Edition! Has anyone else noticed a strong correlation between “countries where Covid-19 misinformation proliferates readily” and “countries with strong autocratic tendencies”? Maybe it’s just the…