The Verge

Gabe Newell says Half-Life 2: Episode 3 didn’t happen because he was ‘stumped’
NFL fans worry Netflix’s bad Tyson vs. Paul stream means it can’t handle football
Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky
The Rise of the Golden Idol makes a great puzzle game even better
18 states want the SEC to stop enforcing crypto regulation
WhatsApp now lets you save message drafts
Half-Life 2 is getting a huge 20th anniversary update
ESPN is testing a generative AI avatar called ‘FACTS’
Google will let you make AI clip art for your documents
Disney has reportedly pulled a Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode for telling a trans-inclusive story
The M4 MacBook Pro features a quantum dot display
Bluesky says it won’t train AI on your posts
Senator to Valve: what’s with all the Nazis on Steam?
Here are the best AirPods deals you can get right now
The new Mac Mini is great — now do the iPhone SE
Casio’s first smart ring has innovative features like a stopwatch and flashing alarm
Cruise fined $500k for submitting a false report after last year’s pedestrian crash
The best robot vacuums
Facebook is changing its primary metric to ‘views’
Threads is testing custom feeds for your favorite topics