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The Blood of Dawnwalker's protagonist is giving me Witcher déjà vu

Is there such a thing as being too similar to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?

Reacting to the 2025 GOTY nominations

Matt Patches and Simone de Rochefort discuss the top 6 games at this year's Game Awards.

AR startup Viture is stealthily working on new AI glasses

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Meta is about to get some new competition in the AR-powered smart glasses space: A little-known company called Vonderful Inc. is gearing up to launch its first pair of AI […]

The 32 best gifts that your teen will actually use

Between keeping up with TikTok trends and whatever new gadget just dropped, it's tough to know exactly what teens are into these days. Luckily, we can help. We may be older than teenagers, but many of us here at The Verge are kids at heart. Plus, we've also got a few staffers with older kids. […]

Paradromics says it received FDA approval for a human trial of its Connexus brain implant, aimed at restoring speech to those with severe motor impairments (Emily Mullin/Wired)

Emily Mullin / Wired:
Paradromics says it received FDA approval for a human trial of its Connexus brain implant, aimed at restoring speech to those with severe motor impairments  —  The Austin-based startup will test its high-bandwidth device to help restore speech in people with extremely limited movement.