Month: September 2022

Fortnite’s new season adds Spider-Gwen and goopy chrome

Developers are already spicing up the iPhone 14’s Dynamic Island in ways I didn’t expect. One developer, Kriss Smolka created a Pong-style game, called Hit the Island, that challenges you to bounce a ball between your paddle and the Dynamic Island to earn points. Meanwhile, Christian Selig, the dev behind…

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New Android phones could be more powerful than iPhone 14 Pro, leak suggests

Audio player loading… Many flagship Android phones of 2022 have been using Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipsets (or the Plus upgrade), and the rumor is that its successor could be out before the end of the year – bringing a significant performance upgrade along with it. This is according…

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Pixel 7 Pro chip might be ‘way slower’ than competition – but that’s not a worry

Audio player loading… Google has announced that the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro handsets are on the way, and has set a date of October 6 for the big reveal – but there’s still plenty we don’t know about these phones. A new benchmark that’s leaked out on the…

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Elden Ring is getting its own board game

Developers are already spicing up the iPhone 14’s Dynamic Island in ways I didn’t expect. One developer, Kriss Smolka created a Pong-style game, called Hit the Island, that challenges you to bounce a ball between your paddle and the Dynamic Island to earn points. Meanwhile, Christian Selig, the dev behind…

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In defense of the RGB mouse pad

Recently, The Verge’s reviews team has been making an effort to get rid of some of the ancient products we have lying around our office. We have donated or thrown away some truly prehistoric gadgets. But there was one device that, the second I laid eyes on it, I knew…

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Constantine sequel brings back Keanu Reeves for more occult detective work

We’re so excited the new Verge is here. Hi, I’m Will, the senior creative director of The Verge. We’re already working on the next set of improvements and new features for the site, and we hear you on legibility. The new site meets the same accessibility standards set by our…

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