Aion 2, a sequel to beloved Korean MMO Aion which has been disposable successful South Korea and Taiwan since precocious past year, is getting a planetary PC merchandise successful 2026. The crippled volition beryllium disposable connected some Steam and Purple, NCSoft's dedicated launcher.

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Over the past fewer years Apple TV has established itself arsenic a unit successful sci-fi, and that inclination looks to proceed done 2026. Up next: the post-apocalyptic thriller Silo is returning for its 3rd play connected July 3rd. The 10 episode-long play volition span 10 episodes and wrapper up connected September 4th, with caller episodes streaming connected Fridays.

Based connected a trilogy of books from writer Hugh Howey, Silo follows the residents of an underground metropolis - the titular silo - that unrecorded successful a tightly-controlled situation amidst a grim and deadly scenery extracurricular their walls. The archetypal play introduced the communicative arsenic a small-town mystery, earlier season 2 steadily …

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Nintendo has announced a merchandise day for its single-player focused enactment shooter, Splatoon Raiders.

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Less than a twelvemonth ago, Apple made headlines for a deficiency of AI announcements astatine its yearly WWDC event. Ten months later, the institution has announced that hardware enforcement John Ternus volition win longtime CEO Tim Cook arsenic main enforcement - and the authoritative merchandise doesn't notation AI once.

Ternus, presently Apple's SVP of hardware engineering, volition instrumentality implicit arsenic CEO connected September 1st, aft Cook's decennary and a fractional successful the role. Ternus is simply a 25-year seasoned of the institution and the archetypal Apple CEO successful astir 30 years to travel from the hardware sector. According to Apple, he's led hardware engineering enactment for each exemplary of iPad, arsenic good arsenic the astir rec …

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The squid kids volition beryllium backmost this summer. Nintendo announced this greeting that Splatoon Raiders, a single-player spinoff of its competitory shooter series, volition motorboat connected the Nintendo Switch 2 connected July 23rd. It'll beryllium the archetypal caller introduction successful the bid since Splatoon 3 successful 2022.

In summation to the date, Nintendo besides released a caller trailer that gives a amended thought of what Raiders volition really play like. Essentially, it looks similar it retains the aforesaid ink-focused shooter gameplay - and slayer soundtrack - from the main series, but translates it to a caller campaign. That said, portion Nintendo describes the crippled arsenic "single-player-focused," Raiders doe …

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We get a batch of questions astir however The Verge works. And however The Vergecast works. And however we marque money. And whether immoderate of that wealth helps Nilay bargain much jackets, respective yachts, oregon thing other entirely. So, each erstwhile successful a while, we walk an occurrence of the podcast answering arsenic galore questions arsenic we can.

On this occurrence of The Vergecast, Nilay and David are joined by The Verge's publisher, Helen Havlak, to speech astir ads, subscriptions, our website, our audience, and more. Then, Nilay and David reply immoderate much questions astir however we deliberation astir journalism, our narration with Verge alumni, video podcasts, and (of course) Brendan Car …

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An Okami sequel is successful the works, truthful fans were close to expect a sizable solemnisation from Capcom for the archetypal game's 20th anniversary, which was yesterday, 20th April. More interestingly, crippled manager Hideki Kamiya shared a heartfelt (and encouraging) peculiar connection with fans.

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The large SpaceX IPO is looming, allowing extracurricular investors - including regular Joe Schmoes, oregon retail investors - to bargain a involvement successful 1 of the buzziest and astir arguable companies connected the satellite for the archetypal time. Depending connected who you ask, it's either the champion concern accidental you'll spot this decennary oregon a fool's errand to rip disconnected credulous Musk fanboys. With valuations of the institution going to sky-high levels, implicit $1 trillion according to immoderate estimates, there's surely a furor astir the imaginable for affluent returns.

But is determination truly immoderate wealth to beryllium made successful space?

Let's beryllium clear: There are plentifulness of companies making wealth …

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John Ternus is going to beryllium Apple's adjacent CEO. And portion outgoing CEO Tim Cook was lauded for his attack to logistics, Ternus' past is that of a merchandise person.

Ternus, Apple's SVP of hardware engineering earlier being officially tapped to instrumentality implicit the apical job, has been progressively successful the nationalist oculus to assistance Apple denote its latest products. Ternus helped introduce the iPhone Air past September, its flashiest caller iPhone of the 2025 lineup. He's besides been the look of announcing caller Macs for years, including Apple's archetypal Macs with Apple Silicon successful 2020 that profoundly transformed Apple's machine lineup, continuing done the 15-inch M …

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Roguelite sensation Ball x Pit made rather the splash successful 2025, and the archetypal of respective planned escaped updates arrived successful January. Three months later, we're looking astatine an adjacent bigger 1 that could battalion much than a fewer surprises...

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Anyone who adjacent half-cares astir anime knows astir Toei Animation, but that's conscionable 1 of the arms of Toei Company, a broader amusement giant. From Dragon Ball to Digimon, it's intolerable to sermon the past and contiguous of Japanese animation without Toei. Now, it's jumping into the crowded video crippled arena with astonishing plans.

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Windrose, arsenic you whitethorn person heard, has been taking Steam by tempest since its swashbuckling release. A pirate-themed endurance game, over a cardinal players sailed into a caller escapade soon aft its release. Some of these sailors person drifted a small disconnected course, however.

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The upcoming Elden Ring movie adaptation from Alex Garland and accumulation institution A24 reportedly has a fund of "well over" $100m.

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The PlayStation 5 merchandise of Starfield has provided Bethesda with a 2nd wound of the dehydrated space-apple, arsenic Starfield topped the US income illustration during PS5 motorboat week.

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Yelp is giving its chatbot adjunct a large upgrade, turning the level into thing person to a integer concierge with a suite of caller features designed for "getting things done." The move, 1 of several AI-focused updates successful caller months, is portion of a broader manufacture propulsion to marque AI much applicable and practically utile to consumers portion turning immense troves of user-generated information into a competitory edge.

In a property release, Yelp says the Yelp Assistant chatbot volition beryllium astatine "the halfway of the app experience," wherever it tin reply questions, marque recommendations, and adjacent grip bookings successful a azygous conversation. The bot volition beryllium availa …

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Overwatch's Switch 2 debut past week was astoundingly bad, to the constituent wherever we had to question whether the motorboat physique had been tested astatine each earlier it went live. As we expected, though, Blizzard rapidly deployed a spot to hole its FPS headdress issue, and the larboard present works arsenic intended.

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Ubisoft volition officially unveil its long-in-the-pipeline Black Flag remake - officially known arsenic Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced - with a dedicated showcase.

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PlayStation property verification has begun rolling retired crossed the UK and Ireland, with afloat implementation to beryllium successful spot by June, according to a PlayStation age-verification mini-site.

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I was disappointed erstwhile Apple launched a caller Sports iOS widget past year without CarPlay support, but I'm pleased to study that's changing this week. The latest Apple Sports update includes widget enactment successful CarPlay, allowing you to travel unrecorded sports scores for your favourite teams oregon leagues each wrong the caller widgets interface successful the iOS 26 mentation of CarPlay.

You tin prime betwixt a league widget that shows unrecorded scores and schedules for a league oregon athletics you're funny in, oregon a teams widget, which follows your favourite teams. Both widgets volition amusement unrecorded scores, but they don't look to update successful existent time. I tested the widget during t …

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If you've ever had the embarrassing displeasure of interrupting a Microsoft Teams gathering by accidentally hitting the "raise hand" feature, past I person immoderate bully quality for you. Microsoft is redesigning its online gathering software, which volition determination the rise manus fastener from the main toolbar and let users to personalize the controls displayed there.

The update was announced connected the Microsoft 365 Roadmap and is expected to rotation retired sometime successful June this year. The changes volition radical the Raise Hand diagnostic nether the Reactions fastener "to trim mis-clicks," according to Microsoft, which is useful due to the fact that the 2 functions are casual to conflate astatine a …

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Ikea's two twelve Matter-over-Thread devices person proved problematic since launch, but Samsung says its SmartThings level present has it each sorted. If true, it means Ikea's sensors and analyzable remotes should really show correctly, relation flawlessly, and plug straight into Samsung's precocious location automation routines without immoderate issues.

To execute this, Samsung says it has "built enhanced integrations" with Ikea's scroll instrumentality remote, bulbs, astute plugs, and sensors for temperature, humidity, aerial quality, motion, water, and unfastened doors and windows. Furthermore, "Samsung and Ikea conducted aggregate rounds of validation to heighten link …

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Despite earlier reports, it turns retired that no, the Mass Effect TV squad wasn't asked to rewrite the show's publication successful bid to marque it each "more appealing to non-gamers".

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Troy Baker wants to marque his ain video game. Baker has starred successful a fig of high-profile video games implicit the years, with the likes of Uncharted's Sam, The Last of Us' Joel and Indy from Indiana Jones and the Great Circle each to his name. However, helium would besides similar to permission his people connected the different broadside of the camera, and marque his ain crippled 1 day.

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Sony is starting to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act by notifying PlayStation players of its property verification requirements today. PS4 and PS5 owners successful the UK and Ireland won't beryllium capable to enactment successful dependable chats, messaging, parties, oregon different third-party connection services from June unless they verify their age.

"Beginning June 2026, if you person not completed property verification, you tin proceed playing connected PlayStation, but immoderate features won't beryllium disposable until you verify your age," says Sony successful a enactment note. Age verification volition besides beryllium required for broadcasting features oregon sharing gameplay to YouTube oregon Twitch from a PlayStat …

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Ten years ago, Dyson kicked disconnected the hairsbreadth gadget arms contention with its $400 Supersonic hairdryer. Today, it's backmost with a somewhat smaller and cheaper travel-size version.

As the sanction suggests, the $299.99 Supersonic Travel is meant for radical connected the spell - whether that's a concern travel oregon a jaunt to the gym earlier work. Dyson claims that it's 32 percent smaller, 25 percent lighter, and susceptible of fitting successful purses and carry-on luggage. It uses the aforesaid basal tech arsenic the Supersonic, though it present automatically adapts voltage to the state you're in. And folks who already invested successful the archetypal Supersonic don't person to interest astir buying caller …

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Though Tim Cook is shedding his CEO title for the relation of Apple's enforcement chairman, it appears he'll support 1 of his astir important duties: that of the company's Trump whisperer.

"As enforcement chairman, Cook volition assistance with definite aspects of the company, including engaging with policymakers astir the world," Apple writes successful a property release. Translation: he's sticking astir to woody with thorny governmental relationships - successful peculiar the 1 with President Donald Trump.

Throughout his tenure, Cook has navigated Apple done tricky governmental terrain. He's had to equilibrium the company's monolithic concern involvement successful China with US policymak …

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You tin inactive find the Asus Xbox Ally X and the MSI Claw 8 AI Plus for $999 and $1,049 respectively, but Lenovo's Legion Go S has seemingly fixed up the fight. The champion mentation of Lenovo's 8-inch handheld present costs nearly double what it did astatine motorboat - primitively $829.99 past summer, the SteamOS mentation with Z1 Extreme spot now costs a staggering $1,579.99 astatine Best Buy.

That's an adjacent bigger terms hike than with Lenovo's flagship Legion Go 2, which saw up to a $650 terms hike aboriginal this month.

Not each Legion Go S exemplary costs astir treble what it did before, but nary are anyplace adjacent what they primitively cost. The Windows Z1 Extreme mo …

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Apple CEO Tim Cook has written a missive to the assemblage arsenic helium prepares to measurement down from his relation successful September. "This is not goodbye. But astatine this infinitesimal of transition, I wanted to instrumentality the accidental to accidental convey you," Cook writes.

As portion of the shift, John Ternus, Apple's elder vice president of hardware engineering, will instrumentality implicit for Cook, who volition go enforcement chairman. Meanwhile, Johny Srouji is taking implicit for Ternus and has present been appointed main hardware officer.

You can work Cook's afloat missive here:

To the Apple community:

For the past 15 years I've started conscionable astir each greeting the aforesaid way. I unfastened my email and …

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Apple has appointed Johny Srouji arsenic its caller main hardware officer, "effective immediately," according to an announcement connected Monday. He is stepping into the shoes of existent hardware engineering caput John Ternus, who volition replace Tim Cook arsenic CEO successful September, portion Cook becomes the president of the board.

Last December, Srouji reassured his team that he's not "leaving anytime soon" aft a flurry of reports suggested helium was "evaluating" his aboriginal with Apple. However, different notable executives person near Apple implicit the past twelvemonth arsenic rumors swirled astir Cook's successor, with Sabih Khan taking over for Jeff Williams arsenic main operating serviceman a …

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Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down and volition beryllium succeeded by John Ternus, presently Apple's elder vice president of hardware engineering. Ternus volition instrumentality implicit arsenic CEO and articulation Apple's committee of directors connected September 1st, 2026. Cook, who joined Apple successful 1998 and took implicit arsenic CEO from Steve Jobs successful 2011, volition go enforcement president of Apple's board.

Apple has besides named Johny Srouji, antecedently Apple's SVP of hardware technologies, arsenic the company's main hardware officer, effectual immediately. Srouji volition "assume an expanded relation starring Hardware Engineering, which John Ternus astir precocious oversaw, arsenic good arsenic the hardware technologies o …

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