Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family plan ends in August
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is ending its Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family plan. The plan had already spread to eight countries as of February, allowing…
The Biden administration can talk to social media sites again — for now
Ten days after a federal judge in Missouri barred the Biden administration from contacting tech companies about posts protected by the First Amendment, the White House is temporarily no longer…
Court denies FTC’s last-ditch attempt to stop Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard
Image: Getty Images 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…
Nothing Phone 2 hands-on: Pro-repair styling without the functionality
The Nothing Phone 2 all lit up. [credit: Ron Amadeo ] After spending its first year being limited to Europe, the upstart Android manufacturer Nothing is coming to the US.…
Microsoft takes pains to obscure role in 0-days that caused email breach
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Aurich Lawson) On Friday, Microsoft attempted to explain the cause of a breach that gave hackers working for the Chinese government access to the email…
Viasat’s new broadband satellite could be a total loss
Enlarge / This artist’s illustration of the ViaSat-3 Americas satellites shows the spacecraft as it would appear with its large reflector antenna fully deployed. (credit: Viasat) A new Viasat communications…
X-rays reveal hidden “first drafts” of ancient Egyptian paintings at Theban Necropolis
Enlarge / Portrait of Ramesses II in Nakhtamun tomb, Chief of the Altar in the Ramesseum (possibly 20th Dynasty, circa 1100 BCE). (credit: Martinez et al./CC-BY 4.0) Researchers have discovered…
What countries will heat up the most in a 2°-warmer world?
Enlarge (credit: Yuga Kurita) One of the more threatening aspects of climate change is its potential to unleash feedbacks, or situations where warming induces changes that drive even more warming.…
The unions of Hollywood are trying to save it from itself
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge With both writers and actors on strike, the future of Hollywood is at stake. Continue reading…
Xbox’s Major Nelson is leaving Microsoft after 22 years
Image: Getty Images Larry Hryb, an Xbox employee perhaps better known by his “Major Nelson” alias, is leaving Microsoft, he announced on Friday. Hryb has been a major face for…