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• Lenovo’s SteamOS Legion Go S handheld will cost $50 more than expected (theverge.com)
  Lenovo shared with The Verge that its Legion Go S handheld gaming PC with SteamOS will start at $549.99, not $499.99, which is the price it…
• MrBeast co-wrote a book with James Patterson (theverge.com)
  MrBeast co-wrote a book with James Patterson that has already fetched eight-figure bids for the publishing rights, according to a report fr…
• The company that wants to mine battery minerals from the deep sea is turning to Donald Trump for (theverge.com)
  The company that wants to harvest battery minerals from the deep sea is turning to Trump for support.
• The Fitbit-to-Google account migration deadline moves to 2026 (theverge.com)
  After originally announcing a 2025 deadline to migrate Fitbit accounts to Google accounts, the company now says February 2nd, 2026, is the…
• Google debuted AI-enabled weather forecasts across Africa. (theverge.com)
  The short-term rain forecasts are now available in Search, the company announced today. AI isn’t going to replace traditional forecasting a…
• Microsoft tests Quick Machine Recovery to restore PCs that can’t boot (theverge.com)
  Microsoft is testing Quick Machine Recovery, a feature that allows IT professionals to remotely recover Windows 11 devices. It’s designed t…
• Google Photos adds dark mode on the web. (theverge.com)
  You can enable it by heading to Photos, clicking Settings > Appearance, and selecting Dark. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-conten…
• Elon Musk’s xAI buys X, the site formerly known as Twitter (theverge.com)
  Elon Musk announced xAI has acquired X, the company formerly known as Twitter, for $33 billion in an all-stock deal.
• Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account (theverge.com)
  Microsoft is blocking a loophole that lets you skip needing a Microsoft account and an internet connection during the Windows 11 setup.
• Judge temporarily saves the CFPB (theverge.com)
  Judge Amy Berman Jackson granted a preliminary injunction to keep the Trump administration from gutting the Consumer Financial Protection B…
• Amazon Photos puts Amazon shopping in your photo album. (theverge.com)
  Former Microsoft and now Amazon exec Panos Panay announced that Amazon has added the photo library feature everyone was asking for: shoppin…
• BougeRV’s telescopic lantern is ridiculously versatile (theverge.com)
  BougeRV’s Outdoor Portable Telescopic Camping Lantern is a long-lasting flashlight, a five-foot tall area lamp, a picnic table lamp, or flo…
• Assassin’s Creed Shadows lives up to the series’ name (theverge.com)
  Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows builds on past games in the series with improved stealth and assassinations.
• X + xAI = $113 billion. (theverge.com)
  As Wall Street Journal reporter Meghan Bobrowsky highlights, the valuations used for Elon Musk’s all-stock combo platter of X companies wer…
• Digital Foundry confirms ‘VRR stutter’ reports on PS5 and PS5 Pro. (theverge.com)
  The framerate counters over at Digital Foundry looked into reports of noticeable stutters every eight seconds for games like Elden Ring and…
• Samsung’s latest smart appliances are all about the screens. (theverge.com)
  Samsung’s new Bespoke Jet AI stick vacuum and washer-dryer combo can receive text messages and phone calls.
• We went to 10 anti-Tesla protests — and a couple counter protests, too (theverge.com)
  As it enters its third month, the Tesla Takedown movement shows no signs of slowing down.
• With The Studio and Side Quest, Apple TV Plus is on a hot streak (theverge.com)
  Plus: Images in ChatGPT, the Vivaldi browser, the Twelve South AirFly Pro 2, Atomfall, and more in this week’s Installer newsletter.
• Ghosts in the Kinect (theverge.com)
  Microsoft’s motion-sensing Kinect camera is popular in 2025 with ghost-hunting creators.
• This attempt at a first orbital launch from Europe lasted about 30 seconds. (theverge.com)
  Drone footage provided by Isar Aerospace (a startup incubated as part of the Bavaria One space program) shows the first test flight of its…
• Nokia wins another patent fight. (theverge.com)
  Amazon has agreed to license Nokia technologies for its video streaming services and devices, resolving a lawsuit initiated back in 2023 by…
• Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE looks just like last year’s flagship (theverge.com)
  The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE has appeared in renders created by OnLeaks, which reveal it won’t get the full-body cover screen coming to t…
• Nintendo has moved beyond specs (theverge.com)
  As Nintendo approaches the launch of the Switch 2, the company has moved past competing with Xbox and PlayStation based on specs.
• Movie studios are being financially rewarded for AI slop on YouTube (theverge.com)
  Some Hollywood studios are reportedly earning money from fake AI-generated movie trailers on YouTube, against the wishes of the union repre…
• Microsoft is redesigning the Windows BSOD, and it might change to black (theverge.com)
  Microsoft is overhauling its BSOD error message in Windows 11 with a new black color. It’s part of beta builds of Windows being tested with…
• When will physical video games go away? (theverge.com)
  Physical video games media has been in rapid decline, and it seems possible that Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo could eventually go all digi…
• Elon Musk and Taylor Swift can now hide details of their private jets (theverge.com)
  Private aircraft owners can now ask the FAA to keep their registration information private, which may disrupt efforts to track celebrity je…
• Razer Blade 16 with RTX 5090: early review impressions and thoughts (theverge.com)
  The Razer Blade 16 with Nvidia RTX 5090 offers a lot of graphics power for a very high price. It’s like a MacBook Pro for gaming, but does…
• The Verge’s favorite stuff with style (theverge.com)
  Sometimes you like something not only because it really works well but also because it looks good. We asked the staff of The Verge what the…
• The 50 best things Microsoft has ever made (theverge.com)
  Microsoft turns 50 on April 4th, 2025. Here are the company’s best products ranked, from Windows and DOS to Halo and HoloLens.
• TikTok, tariffs, and trials: Everything happening in tech policy in April (theverge.com)
  April will be a busy month for tech policy, with deadlines for Trump’s auto tariffs, the TikTok ban, and antitrust trials against Meta and…
• Oura’s AI chatbot is officially out of beta. (theverge.com)
  Dubbed Oura Advisor, the chatbot combines generative AI with your actual data so you can ask it about your long-term trends and patterns, a…
• Apple fined $162 million for hurting app developers with ‘excessively complex’ privacy options (theverge.com)
  France’s competition watchdog fined Apple $162 million over concerns that its App Tracking Transparency program allows the company to abuse…
• The 1TB Xbox Series X expansion card is back down to its best price yet (theverge.com)
  Whether you’re looking for World Backup Day deals or Amazon Big Spring Sale discounts, we’ve got you covered with sales on Xbox SSDs, OLEDs…
• Coyote vs. Acme is finally coming to theaters (theverge.com)
  Ketchup Entertainment has secured the rights to Coyote vs. Acme and plans to release the film in 2026.
• Unity CEO Matt Bromberg needed to end the ‘war’ against customers (theverge.com)
  After the runtime fee debacle and former CEO John Riccitiello’s resignation, Bromberg had to make big changes and get them right fast.
• Want to feel like a spy? Stick a smart chip in your manicure (theverge.com)
  The Jakcom N3 Smart Nail Chip is a tiny wearable NFC tag that can be embedded into a manicure. You can program it to do a variety of action…
• It’s almost Black Mirror time again. (theverge.com)
  We’re not far out from the next batch of Black Mirror episodes hitting Netflix on April 10th. And while we’ve already seen some of the new…
• Amazon Spring Sale deals on Verge staff favorites (theverge.com)
  Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is in full effect. To help you make sense of it all, we’ve rounded up some of The Verge’s favorite gadgets that ar…
• Alexa Plus just launched in early access, but it’s missing some features (theverge.com)
  Amazon has launched its upgraded AI assistant, Alexa Plus, to a small number of users with limited features, such as the ability to order a…
• Amazon’s new AI agent is designed to do your shopping (theverge.com)
  Amazon’s Nova Act AI agent launches, trained to carry out tasks in your browser — plus all the Nova AI models are now easier to use.
• Riot’s physical card game gets a new look and a new name. (theverge.com)
  The League of Legends trading card game (the physical one, not Legends of Runeterra) has brand new card art and a new name: Riftbound. The…
• Verdansk returns. (theverge.com)
  Call of Duty: Warzone is the next battle royale game to go back to its roots with a rebuilt version of its first map, Verdansk, coming to t…
• Max’s rebranded logo and colors look very HBO (theverge.com)
  Warner Bros. Discovery has quietly introduced a branding redesign for its Max streaming service that’s evocative of HBO’s iconic logo.
• Get a load of this smart manicure. (theverge.com)
  Last week I reviewed a smart nail chip that I saw on some trashy reality TV. This week, I give you a social video demonstrating how some of…
• Plex is rolling out its big app redesign (theverge.com)
  Plex is rolling out its big app redesign to Android and iOS devices, which offers better navigation and a tab for centralized media librari…
• iOS 18.4 is out now with Apple Intelligence-powered priority notifications (theverge.com)
  Apple has released iOS 18.4, and it adds features like Apple Intelligence-powered priority notifications, support for more languages with A…
• Nintendo teases Joy-Con mouse functionality again. (theverge.com)
  As reported by VGC, a new clip in the Nintendo Today app shows a Joy-Con controller laying down on its side... like a mouse. You can see th…
• The Cadillac Vistiq EV is already quietly on sale. (theverge.com)
  The three-row Cadillac Vistiq SUV was scheduled to arrive in “spring” as a 2026 model, which usually means late June, but they’re already p…
• April Fools’ 2025: “Zoomer gibberish.” (theverge.com)
  Razer’s April Fools’ prank is the “Razer Skibidi” headset, which it says is “the world’s first AI-powered brainrot translator headset.” Raz…