Grammarly says it will stop using AI to clone experts without permission

Now it will ‘reimagine’ the Expert Review feature, and allow experts a choice about participating in future AI plans. is a ...

Would you look at that: the original Xbox prototype.

We’d heard it was at the Game Developers Conference and here it is: the original metal X prototype, which predated the Bill ...

You can’t replace the battery in Lego’s Smart Bricks — and many of its sensors aren’t active yet

The first Lego Smart Brick sets, based on Star Wars, aren’t quite what my kids and I hoped, and I suspect much of that’s down ...
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Epic judge wants experts to weigh in on Google settlement.

Epic and Google are settling, but the US version of the plan still rests in Judge Donato’s hands. He’s asking for “friend of the court” briefs in early April, meaning it’ll be longer before he makes a ...

Bitwig Studio 6 officially launches with major automation and interface improvements.

Bitwig teased its latest version back in August, and it’s finally here. There are tons of new editing features, like automation clips, which make it easy to create repeating patterns for any parameter ...

One of Grammarly’s ‘experts’ is suing the company over its identity-stealing AI feature

Angwin says she found out her identity was used by way of Casey Newton, who is also one of the experts that The Verge uncovered being used by Grammarly when we tested the feature this week. Several ...

iPhone Fold rumor: iPad-like multitasking, but no iPad apps and no Face ID

Even without the pill-shaped notch, Gurman reports that the folding iPhone will still include Apple’s Dynamic Island feature, which lets users keep tabs on real-time events. The device will also ...

Google will let developers sell both mobile and PC versions of a game for one price.

The feature, announced as part of various updates alongside the GDC Festival of Gaming, is rolling out to select games to start, including Brotato: Premium. Also: free 60-minute game demos, ones that ...

Valve says it will fight New York’s loot box lawsuit

New York AG Letitia James called loot boxes ‘quintessential gambling, but Valve says it’s more like Pokémon cards and Labubu.

Microsoft’s next Xbox, Project Helix, won’t reach alpha until 2027

Ronald says the next Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, will have a custom AMD chip with “an order of magnitude increase in raytracing performance” up to and including path tracing. It will also include a ...

Live Nation and state plaintiffs will give an update on their settlement talks Friday.

The judge just scheduled a 3 PM hearing ordering “principal decisionmakers” for the states and Live Nation to attend. I expect we’ll hear about the status of their settlement talks, and whether at ...

Did Microsoft just announce classic Xbox games are coming to PC?

It’s not clear, and Microsoft VP Jason Ronald wouldn’t tell us in person, saying more info about its Game Preservation program is on the way. But his written remarks include the phrase: “we’ll be ...