The Switch 2 era comes at a steep price
Nintendo has announced that there’ll be no preorders for the Switch 2 on April 9. This comes after US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on imported video game software and hardware. “We are delaying the launch of the Switch 2 because we want to make sure everyone has the opportunity to experience it,” a Nintendo spokesman told The Verge.
We checked back in with the billionaire who wants to save it
TikTok Co-founder Frank McCourt in an interview with The Verge said that Project Liberty’s goal is bigger than buying TikTok and moving 170 million people on the internet. “It’s trying to find a better way to use the internet. Purchasing TikTok and moving 170 million people on the internet would make that alternative a reality,” he added.
The third time was the charm for the reviewers of the watch
Google’s Pixel Watch 3 was reviewed by The Verge, which called it a “very good smartwatch”. “The watch is designed to be worn in the pocket so that it can be worn with its face closed, or you can wear it as an armband,” The Verge said. It said the Pixel Watch 3 got better battery life than the first two watches.
Apple, Anthropic, and other companies used videos on YouTube to train their machines
Over 100 videos from The Verge are included in an interactive dataset that helps users find content being used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. The dataset includes videos from the likes of YouTubers PewDiePie, MrBeast and Jacksepticeye among others. It is available on The Verge’s website, where users can use its search feature to find their content.
A review of a big phone
Taiwanese phone maker Asus’ Zenfone 11Ultra smartphone has been reviewed by The Verge. “It’s one more big phone. It does plenty of thingswell but isn’t great in any one way. As it is, it’s just another big phone,” wrote The Verge. It features a 13MP camera, a 6.1″ display, 2GB RAM, 32GB storage, 3,200mAh battery and Android 9.0 Pie operating system.
The Verge has a holiday gift guide
A compact smart speaker that supports both Bluetooth and Line-inaudio, a video doorbell with magnets, plugs and cups, and robot vacuums are some of the gifts that have been included in The Verge’s 2023 Holiday Gift Guide. The speaker also features an auto-unlock feature. It can be used to play music from across the home, and can be controlled using apps like Apple’s Siri.
Instead of permanently banning, the website is going to give warnings
Discord’s Vice President of trust and safety John Redgrave told The Verge that it wouldn’t feel like a violation of privacy to use technology to identify problematic content. He added that the platform is working on a grooming model to detect sexual exploitation on its service. Redgrave co-founded Sentropy in 2014 to work on AI tools to detect harassment online.
It is getting worse for the US Congress to have trust issues
US Senator Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday criticised the AI Insight Forum that was held in private by the US Senate. Warren said it was a way for tech giants to influence policies. Ramayya Krishnan, dean of the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, told The Verge that other AI Insight Forums have to be public.
It is easy to get lost in space
Bethesda’s sci-fi shooter Starfield, which is the studio’s first entry in the series, has been rated “E 10+” by The Verge. According to Gamerscore, the game is rated “A (Good)” by GameTrailers and “A (Excellent) by IGN and PC Gamer.” “Starfield is…very polished game that the studio has ever made,” said Gamasutra. The game is available on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.