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Google will reduce Play Store cut to 15 percent for a developer’s first $1M in annual revenue

Google is reducing its long-standing 30 percent cut, which it takes from each Play Store digital purchase for all Android developers around the world, on the first $1 million they make on the digital storefront each year, starting on July 1st. According to Google, that change means the 99 percent of Android developers that make… Read more

GoPro relaunches its smartphone app as Quik, adds private feed

GoPro is releasing a new version of its main smartphone app that will now be called “Quik.” The new app will remain the main interface for connecting to and controlling GoPro cameras, but it is also getting new features, including one called “mural” that’s sort of like a private Instagram feed meant to help people… Read more

Corsair K65 RGB Mini Gaming Keyboard Review: 60% Is Going Mainstream

Our Verdict The Corsair K65 RGB Mini is a well-performing highly customizable keyboard that should help raise awareness for the 60% form factor despite a few (mostly cosmetic) flaws. For + Bounty of customization options + Polling rates up to 8,000 Hz + Doubleshot PBT keycaps + Custom spacebar, Esc key Against – Pinging on… Read more

California bans ‘dark patterns’ that trick users into giving away their personal data

If you’ve ever struggled through a maze of online customer service to cancel a subscription or delete an account, you’ve likely encountered “dark patterns” — user interfaces that are designed to trick and frustrate users. The concept was coined in 2010 but is slowly being addressed in US legislation, with California this week announcing that… Read more

Microsoft Teams is down

Microsoft Teams is currently down worldwide. Microsoft says it’s attempting to bring the service back online after “a recent change to an authentication system” took some Microsoft 365 services down. “We’re rolling back the update to mitigate impact,” says Microsoft’s 365 status account, but the roll back is “taking longer than expected.” The issues started… Read more

Hackers stole NFTs from Nifty Gateway users

Over the weekend, some users of NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway said hackers stole digital artwork worth thousands of dollars from their accounts. Some people who were hacked also said their credit cards on file were used to purchase additional NFTs, also costing thousands of dollars, which were then transferred away to a hacker’s account. Nifty… Read more

Twitch and Facebook Gaming exploded during the pandemic — and they’re even bigger a year later

Today, StreamElements and its partner, analytics company Rainmaker.gg, have put out the February issue of their “State of the Stream” report. It’s something of a fascinating document because, as the end of the pandemic draws near, it’s another piece of evidence that live-streaming platforms were one of the winners of the crisis. (You know, assuming… Read more

People aren’t missing their second COVID-19 vaccine dose, CDC data says

Nearly everyone who got their first dose of a two-shot COVID-19 vaccine got their second dose within the recommended window, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During the first two months of the United States COVID-19 vaccination campaign, around 12 million people got their first dose and were also… Read more

A secretive metaverse creator bought the $69 million Beeple NFT

MetaKovan, the pseudonymous founder of MetaPurse, is the buyer behind the $69 million winning bid for a Beeple NFT at Christie’s yesterday. It was the third-highest sale price ever for a work from a living artist. “When you think of high-valued NFTs, this one is going to be pretty hard to beat,” MetaKovan said in… Read more

Facebook’s next big AI project is training its machines on users’ public videos

Teaching AI systems to understand what’s happening in videos as completely as a human can is one of the hardest challenges — and biggest potential breakthroughs — in the world of machine learning. Today, Facebook announced a new initiative that it hopes will give it an edge in this consequential work: training its AI on… Read more

Vergecast: NFT mania, the Sonos Roam, and the next Android phones

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast The Vergecast, our chat show discussing the week in tech news featuring our reporters and editors. This week, co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn talk to Verge deputy editor Elizabeth Lopatto about the rise in interest of NFTs. Elizabeth explains… Read more

HBO Max will debut its cheaper, ad-supported tier in June

WarnerMedia is set to launch an ad-supported tier for its HBO Max streaming service this June, and executives are hoping that having a cheaper option will help boost subscriber growth. AT&T didn’t provide additional information in a press release sent out, including price or exact launch date, but noted that HBO Max will also launch… Read more

Netflix trials restrictions on password sharing to those you live with

Home News (Image credit: Future) Perhaps inevitably, Netflix has begun testing new tools to prevent account sharing, the BBC reports. In the trial, which currently affects a small sample of accounts, viewers are shown a screen saying: ‘If you don’t live with the owner of this account, you need your own account to keep watching’…. Read more

These LED dice could electrify your next DnD campaign

Sometimes it’s nice to get away from technology for a bit, settle down with some friends, and play an entire role-playing game using just pen, paper, and lots of dice. But if that’s a little low-fi for you, then there’s always Pixels, a new set of electronic dice with built in Bluetooth and RGB LED… Read more

Grassroots online efforts are forming a new queer network of care

Almost exactly one year ago, Theo Hendrie thought he might have to drop out of school. His partner had lost his job, and they were struggling to pay bills and make ends meet. He worried that X Marks The Spot, his newly released anthology, might be the only creative project that he’d ever be able… Read more