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Virtual Boy games are coming to Nintendo Switch Online

is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Nintendo’s oft-maligned VR headset the Virtual Boy is getting a new life on modern hardware. Nintendo announced that the platform will be coming to its collection of retro games available to Switch Online subscribers, and will be available on both t

Apple's Live Translation Tool Won't Be Available to EU-Based AirPods Owners

Apple's new Live Translation tool for AirPods was one of many announcements that piqued our excitement during the iPhone 17 launch event earlier this week. But if you're based in the EU, you should temper your expectations about its imminent availability. It seems that European users, despite living in a region of rich linguistic diversity, will not have access to this feature. According to Apple's feature accessibility listings, first spotted by MacRumors: "Live Translation with AirPods is not

Fortnite will soon let you buy exactly the V-bucks you need

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you want to buy a skin or virtual gear from the Fortnite item shop but don’t have enough V-Bucks, Epic Games is going to add a way to “top up” your V-Bucks balance so that you can buy just the V-Bucks you need to afford your purchase. Epic is calling this feature the “Exact Amount”

Apple’s faster MagSafe Charger can now charge other phones at 25W

The new charger, which was first leaked last June through Taiwan’s National Communications Commission’s website, is now available through Apple’s online store with a 1-meter USB-C cable for $39, or a 2-meter cable for $49. Apple introduced 25W wireless charging with the iPhone 16 ahead of the Qi2.2 specification being officially introduced early this year, which is why the faster rate was only available when using Apple’s own wireless charger. Now that the iPhone 17 lineup is Qi 2.2 compatible

Grammarly's AI writing assistance tools now work in five new languages

Since its debut in 2009, Grammarly has only been available in one language: English. Sure, you could switch between dialects, including Canadian and Indian English, but if you wrote in any other language, you were out of luck. That's changing today with Grammarly rolling out beta support for five additional languages: French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The update is available to all Grammarly customers — whether you live in a country that speaks the language you want to write in o

A bombshell child safety leak changed Meta — for the worse

is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. In 2021, when former Meta employee Frances Haugen blew the whistle on dangers that the company’s platforms posed to kids, Meta realized it needed to change. “I’m here to tell you today that Meta has changed,” said one of a new set of whistleblowers — former Meta user experience re

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