Epic’s Tim Sweeney calls Apple App Store changes ‘hot garbage’
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, has a lot to say about the changes Apple made to its App Store in the…
The Pokémon Company says it will ‘investigate’ Palworld
Image: Pocketpair You can all stop calling now — The Pokémon Company’s lawyers are on the case. In a statement posted on the company’s website, The Pokémon Company says it’s…
A Child Born Deaf Can Hear for the First Time Thanks to Pioneering Gene Therapy
When Aissam Dam had the strange device connected to his ear, he had no idea it was going to change his life. An 11-year-old boy, Aissam was born deaf due…
FTC investigating Microsoft, Amazon, and Google investments into OpenAI and Anthropic
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opened an inquiry into the investments of Big Tech companies that provide cloud services to smaller AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. The FTC sent…
Facebook suffers big loss in lawsuit against data-scraping company
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) One year after Meta sued a data-scraping company, a federal judge this week threw out Meta’s breach-of-contract claim because the defendant obtained only…
The Pixel 8 Pro can now read body temps, if you swipe it across your face
Step 1: get the phone as close to your face as possible. [credit: Google ] Most Pixel 8 Pro owners have probably forgotten that there’s an infrared temperature sensor on…
PlayStation has blocked hardware cheating device Cronus Zen, others may follow
Enlarge / Who doesn’t want less recoil? Unless, that is, you’re someone competing against the person getting this benefit with a $100 “emulation” device. (credit: Cronus) The Cronus Zen describes…
Apple is bringing sideloading and alternate app stores to the iPhone
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge The iPhone’s app ecosystem is about to go through its biggest shake-up since the App Store launched in 2008. Today, Apple announced how…
Apple opens App Store to game streaming services
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Starting today Apple is opening up its App Store to allow game streaming apps and services. This means that services like Xbox Cloud…
Apple is finally allowing full versions of Chrome and Firefox to run on the iPhone
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge With iOS 17.4, Apple is making a number of huge changes to the way its mobile operating system works in order to comply…