The crypto bill is falling apart in Congress Hello and welcome to Regulator, the Verge newsletter about the technology politics happening in our nation's capital. I hope our snowstorm-affected readers are safe, warm, and haven't reenacted The Shining at home yet. Do you know what prevents that? Subscribing to The Verge. Last week, when I was tracking Coinbase's opposition to the Clarity Act, […] https://www.theverge.com/column/868941/clarity-act-congress-shutdown

Chromebooks train schoolkids to be loyal customers, internal Google document suggests Internal documents revealed as part of a child safety lawsuit hint at Google's plan to "onboard kids" into its ecosystem by investing in schools. In this November 2020 presentation, Google writes that getting kids into its ecosystem "leads to brand trust and loyalty over their lifetime," as reported earlier by NBC News. The heavily-redacted documents, […] https://www.theverge.com/news/867138/google-chromebook-education-expansion-court-filings

Fortnite blocks creators from selling prize wheel spins Epic Games is making a big change to the rules for Fortnite creators just days after allowing them to publish experiences with in-game transactions. Beginning January 20th, experiences - which Epic Games calls "islands" - will not be able to offer in-island transactions as "a 'spin' or 'increased luck' for a prize wheel," according to […] https://www.theverge.com/news/863597/fortnite-creators-steal-the-brainrot-prize-wheel-spins-block

Wikipedia turns 25 and shares a glimpse into the lives of its volunteer editors It's been 25 years since the launch of Wikipedia on January 15th, 2001, and it's come a long way from housing just 100 pages to becoming a behemoth of online knowledge with more than 65 million articles that get almost 15 billion views each month. To celebrate, the Wikimedia Foundation - the nonprofit that backs […] https://www.theverge.com/news/861935/wikipedia-25th-anniversary-2026

Nvidia’s GeForce Now is getting native Linux and Fire TV apps Nvidia's RTX 5080 rollout for its GeForce Now cloud gaming service is now complete, so it's ready to announce some additional features for subscribers. In the coming months, Nvidia is planning to launch native GeForce Now apps for Linux and Amazon's Fire TV devices, alongside flight control support for its cloud gaming service. The native […] https://www.theverge.com/tech/854688/nvidias-geforce-now-is-getting-native-linux-and-fire-tv-apps