Nintendo recently announced a new pricing policy, which knocks $10 off the cost of digital versions of future first-party titles exclusive to the Nintendo Switch 2. Splatoon Raiders, for instance, is available for preorder ahead of its July 23rd release for $49.99 digitally or $59.99 for the physical edition. However, Walmart is the exception in how it’s pricing preorders for the cartridge version. Right now, you can reserve the upcoming for $49.94 — just a few cents cheaper than the digital version. Raiders isn’t a sequel to Splatoon 3, but rather a spinoff that has similar third-person, paint-splatting gameplay set in new locales.Splatoon RaidersWhere to Buy: $59.99 $49.94 at Walmart (physical) $59.99 at Amazon (physical)The same $10 discount is in effect for Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, a side-scrolling adventure with a gorgeous storybook art style that comes out on May 21st. The price of the physical version is $69.99, but Walmart is currently offering it for $59.88, which is similar to the digital edition’s price. Given that prices on many tech and gaming-related products are increasing, it’s nice to see notable discounts on physical Switch 2 games. If you’re looking for other gaming deals, we’ve pulled together the best discounts from Amazon’s weeklong Gaming Week sale.Yoshi and the Mysterious BookWhere to Buy: $69.99 $59.88 at Walmart (physical) $69.99 at Amazon (physical)

I got into local LLMs because it seemed interesting, if I’m being completely honest. Running my own AI on my own hardware just felt like something worth trying, and not because I had a specific gap to fill or super strong feelings about data privacy at the time. The novelty was the whole draw at first.

Windows 11 can be a pest, reminding you to link your phone to the OS using Phone Link, but I gave up on that utility years ago. It's built on a solid premise: if the basic bits of your handheld were accessible on your PC, you wouldn't need to interrupt your focus flow by switching to the phone. Moreover, using the phone starts with the innocent intention of reading a 2FA code or dismissing a rogue email notification, but quickly spirals into unrelated distractions.

TVs are still absurdly slow, even in 2026. If you've used a Google TV, LG webOS, or Samsung Tizen TV, you already know how painful the experience is. When you first turn on the TV, it takes close to a minute to boot up, and even after that, navigating through apps is slow. Opening Netflix takes time, and basic things like going into settings or changing Wi-Fi feel like a chore.

If you've been looking for a monitor that delivers impressive sharpness and color accuracy, the Asus ProArt PA329CV monitor is going to be right up your alley. This 32-inch 6K monitor features an IPS panel with a resolution of 6016 x 3384, 98% DCI-P3 color coverage, and 100% sRGB wide color gamut.

When most people hear "vibe coding," their minds jump straight to building full-fledged apps, websites, and landing pages using nothing but natural language prompts. And fair enough. That's the most visible version of it. For the longest time, that was my perception too. I actually started my own vibe-coding journey by building a simple Chrome extension to solve a personal annoyance.

Microsoft's Xbox hardware revenue continues to tumble, with the company revealing a 33 percent decline as part of its earnings report released on Wednesday. Even though the rest of Microsoft's consumer-focused division took a dip, the company's cloud and productivity businesses continue to soar, driving the company toward $82.9 billion in revenue.Along with declining Xbox hardware revenue, Microsoft reported a 5 percent drop in Xbox content and services as well. Microsoft has seen a significant amount of executive turnover over the past few months, with the retirement of Xbox chief CEO Phil Spencer and the departure of former Xbox presiden …Read the full story at The Verge.

General atmosphere during Grindr White House Correspondents' Dinner Weekend Party 2026 at LXIV DC on April 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Grindr Inc. Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about technology, politics, and technology learning how to politick. If you're not a subscriber but would like to support our work, please subscribe here. I promise that your money will not go toward paying for a drone-proof ballroom for The Verge staff, no matter how much fun we'd have throwing parties there.Speaking of parties: The Verge normally wouldn't do a party report from the White House Correspondents' Dinner week, also known as "Nerd Prom," because it's a bit too much Washington insider circle-jerking for normal people to stomach. (This year was weirder than most, …Read the full story at The Verge.

Bambu Studio looks simple when you first open it, but a lot of its best tricks are tucked away behind right-click menus, advanced toggles, and settings that don’t announce themselves very loudly. That’s part of what makes the slicer so good once you start digging into it. You can still hit slice and print without thinking too hard, but the hidden tools are where you start solving the little problems that separate a decent print from one that feels dialed in. The defaults are good enough to make Bambu printers feel almost automatic, but the best results usually come from knowing when to step in and take control.

Google Search queries hit an "all time high" in the first quarter of 2026, according to a statement from CEO Sundar Pichai published as part of Alphabet's earnings on Wednesday."Our AI investments and full stack approach are lighting up every part of the business," Pichai says. "Search had a strong quarter with AI experiences driving usage, queries at an all time high, and 19% revenue growth." He also notes that Q1 was "our strongest quarter ever for our consumer AI plans, driven by the Gemini App" and that the company now has more than 350 million paid subscriptions, with "YouTube and Google One being the key drivers."Alphabet also anno …Read the full story at The Verge.

Most people might get an Ender 3 or a Bambu Labs A1, print a handful of low-poly figures, maybe a headphone stand, and eventually relegate the printer to a corner of the room. There's a persistent myth in the tech and maker spaces that desktop FDM printers are inherently limited, as though there's a cap on what you can and cannot print. Most potential buyers presume they are strictly for prototyping rough, blocky shapes, and if you want real precision or a professional finish, you need to shell out for a messy resin setup or outsource the job to a commercial service with DMLS machines.

Just a simple country CEO who was being tricked by that sophisticated lawyer. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images About five hours into Elon Musk's testimony, I typed the following sentence into my notes: "I have never been more sympathetic to Sam Altman in my life."Musk's direct testimony was an improvement over yesterday - even if his lawyer kept asking leading questions to cue him in how to answer. But that memory was immediately obliterated by an absolutely miserable cross-examination. For hours, Musk refused to answer yes or no questions with yes or no, occasionally "forgot" things he'd testified to in the morning, and scolded defense lawyer William Savitt. I watched a few jury members glance at each other. During one testy exchange, one woman wa …Read the full story at The Verge.