Tom Warren
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Microsoft is opening up Xbox Cloud Gaming to anyone next month with a new pay-as-you-go option. It's part of an effort to tempt more people without an Xbox into the company's gaming ecosystem. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/989211/...
Microsoft opens up Xbox Cloud Gaming with new pay-as-you-go option
Microsoft is trying once again to tempt people without an Xbox into its ecosystem.
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🚨 Microsoft is slashing Xbox Cloud Gaming access down to just 15 hours a month for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. It's even less for other Game Pass tiers, and you'll have to pay extra for bundles of hours. Full details on these big xCloud changes 👇 www.theverge.com/news/989166/...
Microsoft slashes Xbox Cloud Gaming to just 15 hours a month for Ultimate subscribers
The new cloud gaming hourly restrictions come nearly a year after all Game Pass subscribers got cloud access.
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Nvidia’s new RTX Spark laptops launch in October with two different configs. While there were rumors of an N1 and N1X, Nvidia is launching with two different versions of the N1X in what I call a mini PC config and a laptop config. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/989133/...
Nvidia’s new RTX Spark laptops launch in October with two different configs
Nvidia’s N1X laptop will ship in two different configurations for laptops and mini PCs.
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Lego PlayStation 🙏 it has 1,911 bricks, Ape Escape and Gran Turismo dioramas inside, and arrives on October 1st for $179.99 / €159.99 / £139.99 www.theverge.com/news/989347/...
Nvidia is acquiring Hugging Face for $12.93 billion. The GitHub-like open-source AI repository was last valued at $4.5 billion in 2023 www.theverge.com/tech/985474/...
Nvidia is buying Hugging Face for almost $13 billion
It was already rumored, but now we know.
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Microsoft will disclose quarterly Azure revenue as part of a major overhaul of its financial reporting. The changes also split Microsoft's businesses into two segments, with Xbox, Windows, and devices holding up the consumer side. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/989102/...
Microsoft discloses Azure revenue as part of major financial reporting changes
Xbox and Windows are now part of a new Devices and Consumer segment.
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do you buy a gaming laptop or a handheld? Well, Acer’s latest concept device tries to combine both. The Project DualPlay Mini has a swiveling screen and a flip-out keyboard www.theverge.com/games/988029...
Acer’s new concept hardware is a gaming handheld with a keyboard
Get you a handheld that can do both.
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Alienware’s next OLED monitors are a 32-inch RGB stripe model and a 25-inch QD-OLED with a 560Hz refresh rate. The 32-inch model is arriving in the fall for $699.99, but we don't have a price on the 560Hz monitor yet www.theverge.com/tech/987944/...
Alienware’s next OLED monitors are a 32-inch RGB stripe model and a 25-inch QD-OLED with 560Hz refresh.
Alienware has been on a tear with its recent OLEDs. Now, its next big monitor is the AW3226Q, a 4K 32-inch tandem OLED with 165Hz refresh and RGB stripe subpixels for clearer text — expected this fall...
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Microsoft is enabling a Windows 11 security feature that can hurt gaming performance. Memory integrity is being enabled on more devices in October, but you might want to disable it for PC gaming. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/988056/...
Microsoft is enabling a Windows 11 security feature that can hurt gaming performance
Memory integrity could get enabled on your device next month, unless you’ve already disabled it.
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Nvidia’s DLSS 5 arrives on September 3rd, and we’ve got an early look at the performance impact of it and how this controversial “neural rendering” technique works www.theverge.com/games/986980...
Nvidia’s DLSS 5, explained
A show-and-tell with Nvidia’s controversial DLSS 5 neural rendering, launching this week.
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Dyson made a camera-equipped toothbrush that flosses for you. The $499 CameraJet is the first electric toothbrush to incorporate a camera into the brush head that triggers a blast of mouthwash to floss between your teeth when a gap is detected 🤯 www.theverge.com/tech/986737/...
Dyson made a camera-equipped toothbrush that flosses for you
Dyson’s first electric toothbrush has a camera, Wi-Fi, and a mouthwash sprayer.
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Xbox Project Helix is "a family of devices," according to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, not just a single console. "We’ve been hard at work on a great next generation and a great family of devices for Helix, and we’ll share more soon." 👀 www.theverge.com/games/986337...
Xbox CEO calls Project Helix a ‘family of devices’
Lots of Xboxes?
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DLSS 5 has leaked and modders are putting Nvidia’s AI effects on everything. Modders are applying an unofficial version of DLSS 5’s AI rendering to games like Control, Skyrim, GTA, and more. Some of the results are wild www.theverge.com/games/986197...
DLSS 5 leaked and modders are putting Nvidia’s AI effects on everything
Here comes another round of “yassified” memes.
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I’m starting to feel seriously old looking at my Microsoft lanyard collection 🥲
Xbox is officially announcing its new disc-to-digital feature today. It will let Xbox owners digitize their physical games, and Microsoft says thousands of games will be supported at launch. Xbox Insiders get access next week. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/tech/984936/...
Xbox announces disc-to-digital feature that digitizes your physical games
Xbox disc-to-digital arrives first for testers on August 31st
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t's official, the Xbox Series X25 translucent green console launches on November 13th, priced at $899.99. Preorders start tomorrow
the Xbox + McDonald's collab in the UK has some wild marketing 🫨
Ikea’s Xbox collection is official. The Yxstaby collection features a range of gaming-inspired furniture and decor, including a giant thumbstick stool, TV stand, laptop stand, side table, lounge chair, and multi-functional toolbox www.theverge.com/games/984869...
Ikea’s Xbox collection includes a giant thumbstick stool
And yes, it tilts.
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Microsoft just unveiled the “Designed for Xbox 25th Anniversary Collection,” which includes nostalgic translucent green accessories from Razer, 8BitDo, GameSir, and more news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
the OLED Xbox Ally X20 officially starts at $1,300. You can pre-order the handheld at Best Buy or Asus’s online store, shipping October 15th www.theverge.com/games/984139...
The OLED Xbox Ally X20 officially starts at $1,300
Is the best handheld screen worth an extra $300 to you?
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we’re a week into GTA 6 leaks and people are at the point of believing someone claiming Rockstar lawyers turned up at their house. They also have a crypto coin for “support.” Welcome to the internet in 2026 🥲
Sony emailing everyone about PlayStation terms of use during a backlash over the end of discs and a lack of digital ownership is certainly a choice
the hunt is on to find the GTA 6 leaker. Microsoft and Discord have been subpoenaed over the GTA 6 gameplay leaks, as Take-Two rushes to find who’s behind the footage www.theverge.com/games/983323...
Microsoft and Discord subpoenaed over GTA VI gameplay leaks
Apparent videos of GTA VI have recently hit the internet.
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the Xbox Series X25 anniversary console is rumored to be €899.99 (approx $899.99) www.dealabs.com/magazine/exc...
a co-designed Xbox and Ikea collection will be shown for the first time at the Xbox booth at gamescom next week. Here’s a sneak peek 👀 www.theverge.com/tech/982682/...
the latest GTA 6 leak proves that the leaker has a playable build, or at least part of it. They use bullets to spray "leek" onto a wall. Nightmare scenario for Rockstar Games. The leak shows off plane footage that looks like Microsoft Flight Simulator 🤯
