Google to face massive UK class action lawsuit over search dominance Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesGoogle must face a £7 billion (around $8.8 billion) class action lawsuit in the UK that accuses the company of harming consumers by abusing its dominance in search. On Friday, the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruled that the case can move forward, adding to the growing number of legal confli…

GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani on the enduring power of the website Photo illustration by The Verge / Photo: GoDaddyDespite everything, websites are still a pretty neat idea — but what if AI builds them? Continue reading…

Bluesky is breaking the rules in the EU Image: Cath Virginia / The VergeThe European Union says Twitter alternative Bluesky violates the EU Digital Services Act rules around information disclosure, reports Reuters. But since Bluesky isn’t yet big enough to be considered a “very large online platform” under the DSA, the regulator says it can’t regulate Bluesky the way it does X or Thre…

Instagram DMs add live location sharing and nicknames Instagram added new stickers and is letting you give friends nicknames and your location. | Image: InstagramInstagram is adding the ability to share your live location with friends in your DMs for up to one hour at a time so you can find each other when arriving at concerts, outings, and other gatherings. The feature works within Instagram’s dir…

Sony’s making a handheld console to compete with Nintendo and Microsoft The new console will build on the Playstation Portal (pictured) which was reportedly originally intended to work as a standalone device. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergeSony is currently making a new handheld gaming console that allows users to play PlayStation 5 games anywhere. According to Bloomberg, the console is being develope…

Trailers of the week: Minecraft, Elio, and Alien: Earth A still from the latest A Minecraft Movie trailer. | Screenshot: YouTubeThis week, I went to a theater to watch a showing of the black-and-white version of Johnny Mnemonic, starring Keanu Reeves. Old-heads like me may recall it as a bad mid-90s cyberpunk film (written by William Gibson!) about a data courier whose brain is the storage medium, bu…

Tech CEOs want to replicate Tim Cook’s Donald Trump playbook Tim Cook and then-President Donald Trump, speaking to the Press in Austin, Texas in 2019. | Photo: Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty ImagesApple CEO Tim Cook managed to forge a personal relationship with Donald Trump during his first Presidential term that other tech firms struggled to replicate. Now, others are trying to follow his template, says a W…

Apple’s movie theater beef with Hollywood is getting worse Image: AppleWolfs director Jon Watts told Collider on Friday that he didn’t think a sequel to the George Clooney and Brad Pitt movie, which Apple had already greenlit, would be happening. Yesterday, he revealed to Deadline that he had backed out of the project because he “no longer trusted as a creative partner” after the company made a …

Nintendo’s terrific Switch Pro Controller is $20 off through Black Friday Photo by James Bareham / The VergeNintendo recently announced a batch of Black Friday deals, all of which run through November 30th. This includes a steep discount on the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, which drops it to an all-time low of $49.99 ($20 off) at Best Buy, GameStop, and Target. This is one of the more notable Black Friday discounts …

Boox Palma 2 review: ain’t broke, not fixed There are so many things about the Palma 2 that could be better. But it’s still great at what it does. Continue reading…

Two new tech documentaries you really need to see Image: David Pierce / The VergeHi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 61, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy Hallmark season, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) I missed you all last week — thanks to everyone who told me you missed Installer, too! Warm…

Microsoft pauses Windows 11 updates for PCs with some Ubisoft games installed Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeMicrosoft has stopped offering updates to Windows 11 version 24H2 on PCs that have certain Ubisoft games installed, Bleeping Computer reports. The company made the move after complaints that Star Wars Outlaws and games in the Assassin’s Creed series were crashing after installing the new Windows update. Mic…

A fully electric Chrysler Pacifica is in the works The Chrysler Pacifica could come as a fully-electric minivan in a few years. | Image: ChryslerChrysler is working on a fully electric version of the Chrysler Pacifica minivan, according to Green Car Reports. The EV version reportedly would “likely” come a year after the company debuts a Pacifica design refresh that features elements of the Halcy…

You can save $10 on Google’s 4K-ready Chromecast before it’s gone for good Yes, the dongle dangles from your TV’s HDMI port. No, it’s not that big of a deal. | Image: The VergeIt’s clear the world is ready to go all in on streaming for premier live events. That’s evidenced most recently by massive deals brokered by the likes of Netflix, which will exclusively broadcast two NFL games on Christmas Day and weekly episodes…

The iMac M4 wasn’t built for this world Still beautiful. Still good. Still the wrong form factor for basically everybody. Continue reading…

Microsoft is testing a new in-game browser Microsoft’s new Game Assist browser overlay can automatically surface tips and tricks for you. | Image: MicrosoftMicrosoft has announced that Microsoft Edge Game Assist, a new Edge-powered in-game browser overlay, is available for beta testing in Windows 11. The “game-aware” overlay lives in the Microsoft Game Bar and is designed to automaticall…

Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky Kristen Radtke / The VergeBluesky feels like the big winner right now. I’ve been covering Bluesky ever since I got my invite in April 2023. I’ve felt the platform has always had promise, especially with features like feeds with custom algorithms and the ability to let users pick their own moderation filters. But for a long while, it didn’t have …

What’s on your desk, Kylie Robison? A cozy workspace full of character and characters — and a cat. Continue reading…

The Supreme Court will decide the fate of America’s low-income broadband fund Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos via Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on a case involving funding for a major broadband subsidy program, the Universal Service Fund (USF). SCOTUS granted cert in a pair of cases called Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research, and Schools, Health & Libraries…

Elon Musk is directing harassment toward individual federal workers Illustration by Lille Allen / The VergeElon Musk is, in addition to many other things, now the co-lead of the currently nonexistent Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) advisory group. Now, before it even gets rolling, he has begun singling out individual government employees he says are emblematic of the government’s bloat and posting abo…