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AI Summary

  • Artificial intelligence is seeing substantial investment and integration, powering everything from manufacturing automation and software development to consumer services and advanced autonomous systems.
  • The gaming industry is highly active with a wave of new game announcements, remasters, and content expansions, though it also faces labor disputes and studio layoffs.
  • Major tech companies are under increasing government and regulatory scrutiny in the US and Europe concerning antitrust issues, data privacy, and content control.
  • The electric vehicle and autonomous transportation sectors are advancing rapidly, marked by significant software innovations, new market entrants, and progress in driverless capabilities.
  • Apple is rolling out various software updates and expanding its app ecosystem, including for new hardware, but its significant AI initiatives are reportedly facing delays.

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  • The PS Plus Game Catalog additions for February include Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 2 hours ago by Matt Tate,Kris Holt
    Media, Video Games, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Matt Tate

    During its State of Play livestream on Thursday, Sony revealed the first PlayStation Plus Game Catalog addition for February and it's a doozy. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (PS5) will finally websling its way onto the Game Catalog on February 17. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was released in October 2023, and Insomniac's third Spidey game is the the best of the bunch. You can play as both Peter Parker and his protégé Miles Morales. Each Spidey has his own skill tree and moveset to master. Traversing New York (with a lot more of it explorable than in previous entries) has never felt better thanks to

  • God of War is getting a remake trilogy, and a new retro-inspired action game is out today 2 hours ago by Nathan Ingraham
    Media, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Nathan Ingraham

    Last year marked 20 years since God of War hit the PlayStation 2 and kicked off one of gaming biggest franchises. Now, at the tail end of that 20th anniversary celebration, Sony’s Santa Monica Studio has announced two new project. First, and most significantly, the original God of War trilogy from the PS2 and PS3 is being remade for the modern era. There’s no footage of it yet — the developer says that they’re “very early in development,” so we likely won’t see or hear much about this for a while. But given renewed interest in God of War thanks to

  • Silent Hill: Townfall takes the series' trademark fog to an eerie coastal community 2 hours ago by Ian Carlos Campbell
    Video Games, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Ian Carlos Campbell

    Coming off the success of Slient Hill f, which moved the series’ psychological horror to the Japanese countryside, Konami, Annapurna Interactive and developer Screen Burn Interactive have chosen a foggy island as the setting for Silent Hill: Townfall. The first gameplay trailer for Townfall, introduced during Sony’s latest State of Play, follows Simon Ordell, a man who keeps mysteriously waking up in the water off the coast of the empty island town of St. Amelia. In the trailer, Simon hides from monsters, peers at a portable television, swings a fire axe, and deals with the psychological turmoil typical of a Silent

  • The next Metal Gear Solid remaster collection arrives this summer 2 hours ago by Igor Bonifacic
    Game Consoles, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Igor Bonifacic

    Volume two of the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection will arrive on August 27, publisher Konami announced today during Sony’s latest State of Play presentation. The bundle will feature 2008’s Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the HD remaster of 2010’s Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and a selection of bonus content, including Metal Gear: Ghost Babel, which was originally released for Game Boy Color in 2000. All told, that’s a smaller selection of games than Konami made available with Vol. 1 of the Master Collection, but Metal Gear fans will be excited nonetheless, if only for the

  • The first Control Resonant gameplay trailer shows Dylan defying physics in a sideways NYC 3 hours ago by Nathan Ingraham
    Video Games, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Nathan Ingraham

    It’s been less than three months since we got our first look at Control Resonant, the sequel to Remedy’s mind-bending, third-person adventure that introduced us to Jesse Faden and the Federal Bureau of Control. At today’s State of Play event, we got to see the first extended bit of gameplay from Control Resonant — and the combat looks as inspired as ever, though the setting is completely new. As we learned in December, the next Control games doesn’t focus on Jesse Faden; instead, you’ll primarily play as her brother Dylan who Jesse was trying to find for much of the first


The Verge

  • A surprise God of War prequel is out on the PS5 right now 2 hours ago by Jay Peters
    Entertainment, Gaming, News, PlayStation

    To close out its February 2026 State of Play presentation, Sony revealed God of War Sons of Sparta, a new prequel 2D side scroller in the God of War franchise, and announced that it's out right now on PlayStation 5. "God of War Sons of Sparta is a 2D action platformer with a canon story set in Kratos' youth during his harsh training at the Agoge alongside his brother Deimos," Sony says. Over the course of the game, Kratos will "learn deadly skills using his spear and shield, as well as harness powerful divine artifacts known as the Gifts of Olympus

  • Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash 3 hours ago by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Amazon, Exclusive, News, Report, Smart Home, Tech

    Following intense backlash to its partnership with Flock Safety, a surveillance technology company that works with law enforcement agencies, Ring has announced it is canceling the integration. In a statement published on Ring's blog and provided to The Verge ahead of publication, the company said: "Following a comprehensive review, we determined the planned Flock Safety integration would require significantly more time and resources than anticipated. We therefore made the joint decision to cancel the integration and continue with our current partners … The integration never launched, so no Ring customer videos were ever sent to Flock Safet … Read the full story

  • PlayStation State of Play February 2026: all the news and trailers 4 hours ago by Andrew Webster
    Entertainment, Gaming, News, PlayStation

    Strap in, because the next PlayStation event is going to be a long one. Sony’s latest State of Play — a showcase event for upcoming PS5 games — kicks off on February 12th at 5PM ET and it’ll last more than an hour. We don’t know what exactly will be shown. Sony says that the event will include “news, gameplay updates, and announcements from game studios across the globe.” However, it sounds like one of the biggest upcoming PS5 games, Insomniac’s bloody take on Wolverine, might not make an appearance. Most likely the event will feature a mixture of some of

  • In one swoop, Trump kills US greenhouse gas regulations 6 hours ago by Justine Calma
    Climate, Environment, News, Policy, Politics, Regulation, Science, Transportation

    Exhaust billows out of a car tailpipe on January 2nd, 2008, in San Francisco. | Photo: Getty Images The Trump administration just eliminated the landmark finding that has underpinned federal regulations on planet-heating pollution since 2009. For nearly the past two decades, the "endangerment finding" has allowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to craft rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Rather than repealing those rules individually, the Trump administration can undermine them all at once by attacking the endangerment finding. Today, the EPA finalized its plans to overturn the endangerment finding as part of its attempts to overhaul tailpipe

  • Two powerful, OLED-equipped gaming laptops are hundreds off 6 hours ago by Cameron Faulkner
    Deals, Gadgets, Gaming, PC Gaming, Verge Shopping

    Whether you’re considering a 16-inch gaming laptop, or a more compact 14-inch model, there’s a deal with your name on it happening right now at Best Buy. The 2025 models of Acer’s Predator Helios Neo 16S and the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 are hundreds off, although it’s the model with the bigger screen that is currently the cheaper of the two. The sale on the Neo 16S will expire at the end of the day, while the Zephyrus G14 discount will likely be available through President’s Day. Starting with the popular Zephyrus G14, which has a 3K resolution Pantone-validated OLED that


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