Byron Allen is coming to the Code Conference Allen Media Group CEO and founder Byron Allen. | Photo: Allen Media Group.Allen Media Group CEO and founder Byron Allen is coming to the Code Conference this month, where he’ll be talking about the state of the media industry with CNBC senior media and tech correspondent Julia Boorstin. Allen’s sprawling media company includes local broadcasters…

Dough doesn’t pass the smell test Image: EveEve, the monitor and tablet company that some accuse of walking away with their money, hasn’t fixed its reputation. Continue reading…

Google’s Bard chatbot can now find answers in your Gmail, Docs, Drive Image: GoogleGoogle’s Bard AI chatbot is no longer limited to pulling answers from just the web — it can now scan your Gmail, Docs, and Drive to help you find the information you’re looking for. With the new integration, you can ask Bard to do things like find and summarize the contents of an email or even highlight the most important points of …

Phil Spencer says acquiring Nintendo would be ‘a career moment’ Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer would really like to buy Nintendo someday. In an August 2020 email to two top Microsoft marketing executives, Spencer wrote that “Nintendo is THE prime asset for us in Gaming” and that “getting Nintendo would be a career moment and I honestly believe a good move for both companies.” The emails were revealed as p…

Microsoft’s next Xbox, coming 2028, envisions hybrid computing Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X is far from the only news that just leaked out of the FTC v. Microsoft case. The documents may also reveal Microsoft’s far future plans for 2028 — by which the company believed it could achieve “full convergence” of its cloud gaming platform and physical hardware to deliver “cloud hybrid games.” “Our visi…

Xbox leak: new Xbox Series X design, next-gen in 2028, and more Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeA huge amount of unredacted Microsoft emails and documents have leaked online. Continue reading…

Logitech’s Yeti GX is a new USB mic with RGB lighting The Yeti GX. | Image: LogitechLogitech is releasing a new set of products that will start shipping on September 24th and are aimed squarely at the likes of gamers, streamers, podcasters, and other creators. The big one is the $149.99 Logitech G Yeti GX, a “broadcast-style” USB microphone with a heavy stand and RGB lighting. The Yeti GX is a dyn…

Microsoft documents leak new Bethesda games, including an Oblivion remaster A screenshot from the original Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. | Image: Bethesda SoftworksBefore it was acquired by Microsoft, ZeniMax Media, the parent company of studios like Bethesda Game Studios and id Software, was working on remasters of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Fallout 3, and a new entry in the Doom franchise, according to new document…

This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a new controller The planned ‘Brooklin’ Xbox Series X. | Image: FTC vs. MicrosoftMicrosoft is planning to refresh its Xbox Series X console in 2024 with an all-new design and features. Codenamed Brooklin, the unannounced console refresh has been accidentally revealed in new FTC v. Microsoft documents this week. The new Xbox Series X design looks a lot more circu…

What’s next for Windows and Surface without Panos Panay? The Surface Pro 9. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergePanos Panay has always been the force behind Microsoft’s Surface line. He helped bring Surface to life as a secret project more than 10 years ago. He’s presented the new devices onstage at events, showed up at malls to promote Surface hardware, and has steered Microsoft’s Surface ta…

Netflix ends a three-year legal dispute over Squid Game traffic Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeNetflix and South Korean ISP SK Broadband have been locked in a legal tussle over network usage cost-sharing since 2020 when Netflix filed a lawsuit against the provider, and SK Broadband responded with its own suit. Now the fight is over, Netflix announced, as the companies drop their lawsuits and instead …

TMNT: Mutant Mayhem starts streaming on Paramount Plus on September 19th Mutant Mayhem comes to Paramount Plus on September 19th. | Image: ParamountParamount announced that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem will hit Paramount Plus tomorrow in the US and Canada. The CG-animated movie is now the seventh Turtles movie in a line that started with the better-than-it-should’ve-been 1990 live-action film. Mutant …

The cast of Baldur’s Gate 3 is doing a D&D one-shot as their in-game characters Later this week, you can watch many cast members from Baldur’s Gate 3, a game that is based heavily on the mechanics and universe of Dungeons & Dragons, play the tabletop version of Dungeons & Dragons as their characters from the video game. It sounds meta but awesome. The cast members will be appearing on High Rollers, a live-play D&D show that…

Court blocks California’s online child safety law California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the CAADCA last year. | Photo by Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesA federal judge has granted a request to block the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA), a law that requires special data safeguards for underage users online. In a ruling issued today, Judge Beth Freeman granted…

How to install watchOS 10 watchOS 10 is all about the widgets — and you can try them out for yourself by downloading the public beta. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeIf you were intrigued by the idea of widgets on your Apple Watch at this year’s WWDC, good news! Apple’s watchOS 10 is live and ready to download. That said, before I tell you how to install it, t…

Unity plans to change its disastrous new pricing program Image: UnityUnity plans to change its forthcoming pay-per-install program following widespread criticism from game developers. “We apologize for the confusion and angst the runtime fee policy we announced on Tuesday caused,” Unity posted on X (formerly Twitter). “We are listening, talking to our team members, community, customers, and partners, …

Virtual tickets to the Code Conference are now on sale Image: CodeIf you can’t make it out to attend this year’s Code Conference in person, here’s another option: virtual tickets are now available. Virtual ticket holders will be able to tune in for main-stage programming and get live access to the event’s biggest interviews, including sit-downs with X CEO Linda Yaccarino, GM CEO Mary Barra, and Max …

The smaller iPhone 16 Pro might get Apple’s new ‘tetraprism’ zoom lens The iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPhone 15 Pro. | Image: The VergeNext year’s Pro iPhones are both “expected” to have the “tetraprism” zoom lens Apple is using for the 5x telephoto camera in the iPhone 15 Pro Max, according to a new post from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. That tetraprism optical system, which is intended to replicate a 120mm lens of a fu…

Microsoft Paint is finally adding some of Photoshop’s best features Creating a simple image like this is much easier when you can work in layers. | Image: MicrosoftMicrosoft is on a slow-burn path to making Paint a useful tool for actual creators by finally implementing one of Photoshop’s core features: layers. As part of an update rolling out for testing by Windows Insiders (version 11.2308.18.0, available to s…

Meta is shutting down three Oculus games without explanation Dead and Buried is a Wild West arena shootout multiplayer VR game. | Image: Gunfire GamesHope you didn’t enjoy playing Dead and Buried, Dead and Buried II, or Bogo on your Rift or Quest headsets — because Meta’s shutting them all down with no explanation, just like it already did with Echo VR (aka Echo Arena). “We are reaching out to let you kno…