Amazon's crackdown on piracy and the once very open nature of its Fire TV platform doesn't seem like it's going away any time soon.

The GPU market in 2026 has changed so drastically from what it once was 20 years ago. NVIDIA is currently chasing AI trillions, and AMD is slowly moving upmarket. However, the sub-$300 gaming tier has been effectively abandoned by the big two.

The original Switch is officially Nintendo's best-selling console of all time after surpassing the DS handheld in lifetime sales. In its latest earnings release, Nintendo reports that the Nintendo Switch has, as of December 31, 2025, sold 155.37 million units since its launch in 2017, compared to 154.02 million units for the 2004 Nintendo DS.In November, Nintendo reported that the Switch and DS were neck and neck. We expected the holiday sales period would see the Switch surpass the DS, even with Nintendo announcing that primary development would focus on the Switch 2. Nintendo previously said that it would continue to sell the original Sw …Read the full story at The Verge.

When a creative company creates apps that become an integral part of workflows everywhere, things get a little choppy if it wants to edit, tweak, or even terminate one of its services. Doing so will inevitably change or ruin how businesses do what they do best, and run the risk of damaging the creative company's brand as unreliable. Unfortunately, it seems that Adobe has made the decision to stop supporting its Animate program, and the decision may have been influenced by a shift to AI.

The day after the second general strike in Minneapolis, the labor unions of Portland, Oregon, marched in solidarity. It was the warmest day that Portland had seen in a while, with sun peeking out from the clouds here and there. Many people had brought their entire families; not just older children, but toddlers in strollers and wagons, too. Some brought their dogs. The chants were typical: "ICE out of Portland" and "No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here." But the children were so visible that City Councilor Mitch Green felt a slight twinge of awkwardness. "There's some other folks saying, you know, 'Fuck ICE,' but, like, there's chil …Read the full story at The Verge.

We are constantly forced to choose between the convenience of the cloud and the absolute control of self-hosting. Clipperz emerges as a compelling middle ground. This open-source password manager offers the seamless accessibility of a web-based service while ensuring that your sensitive data remains encrypted and unreadable to everyone.

There are hundreds of laptops to choose from if you're shopping at Best Buy, Walmart, and Amazon. But with so many choices, it can be hard to filter out the noise and find the right one for you. Luckily, most people just want their laptop to be able to surf the internet, watch videos, author some documents, and maybe play some games occasionally.

Sometimes, when I dig through my old collection of USB sticks, I'll find one that I purchased in 2008. It's an old Cruzer Micro that clocks in at 8 GB, with a head that can slide out and a plastic window that glows orange while it's being read. I paid about $20 for that back then, and it felt like a real futuristic piece of tech. These days, I can spend the same amount of money and get a stick that has 16x the memory of my Cruzer Micro. I don't want to imagine what 128 GB would have cost me back in the late 2000s.

Adobe is pulling the plug on Adobe Animate. In a FAQ posted to Adobe's website, the company says it will stop selling the animation software on March 1st, citing the emergence of new platforms "that better serve the needs of the users."Users have until March 1st, 2027 (or March 1st, 2029 for enterprise customers) to access and download files from Animate, as they'll no longer be available after this time. The app will be available to download until those deadlines, and Adobe will continue providing support during that period.Adobe Animate's history dates back to 1996, when FutureWave Software launched the vector graphics application, ori …Read the full story at The Verge.

Webcams are important if you're someone that's on video calls all day, or trying to break into a new hobby like live-streaming. Of course, you can go all out by buying a digital camera, but that just might be a bit outside your budget, especially if you're just someone that needs something a little better than what your average webcam can deliver.

While it might feel like Google Pixels are the stock Android option and come completely bloat-free, this isn't always the case. The moment you finish setting up, it feels like your app drawer is filled with Google services that you never asked for.

Waymo announced a $16 billion investment round aimed at bringing its robotaxi business to more US cities, as well as some overseas markets. The funding round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group, a "crossover" firm known for investing in late-stage tech companies before they go public. Waymo's co-CEOs said in a blog post they would use some of the money to buy more vehicles to grow its fleets size, a crucial step as it seeks to launch in at least 20 new cities in 2026. The company currently operates more than 2,500 robotaxis in six US cities. The new funding values Waymo at $126 billion. Waymo's latest funding round attracted several ne …Read the full story at The Verge.