Sean Hollister

This Cyberpunk 2077 -themed Commodore 64 Ultimate looks too good to be true. (We wound up asking if the paintjob was AI ; exec Jim Squires says it's all real.) It's up for preorder for $377, shipping 2027, bundled with an exclusive “Arasaka” cartridge with an original demo from C64 demoscene group Arise and a chiptune OST from LukHash

[Image: Some of the actual items in the giveaway. https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/verge-titw-giveaway-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] The ninth Today I’m Toying With giveaway is live. Each week, I give away gadgets from my TITW videos, because I can’t ethically keep them! You can enter each new giveaway at theverge/TITW (or by email, see the rules) starting 9AM each Wednesday; I draw a winner a week later.

[Media: https://www.tiktok/@verge/video/7679113295424474381] Ever seen an Xbox handheld play real Super Nintendo cartridges? Today I’m toying with the $60 SN Operator and $50 GB Operator, which turn your PC, Mac, and Linux devices into classic cart-playing consoles and backup your old games and saves. I’ll have a bigger writeup in the next few days!

How can Xbox possibly get to a billion users per day while cutting studios ? Oh, just by obtaining three more hits as big as Minecraft, Call of Duty and Candy Crush . “We've got three billion-dollar annual franchises every year. I think we should have six to eight in the coming years,” she tells

How is Amazon getting away with this? This isn’t a third-party seller; they’re shipped and sold by Amazon Germany. Even DJI knows the DJI Pocket 4P isn’t legal to import, but Amazon’s been offering one of the best prices to US buyers for over a week now. [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/firefox_Um05BsUCii.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/firefox_Bbn27BiuTd.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]

I guest-starred on the Expedition: Handheld podcast this week and brought LOTS of show-and-tell. It’s almost like an extended version of Today I’m Toying With, though it’s on audio podcast platforms as well! Let me know what you think? [Media: https://youtu.be/SEZgUoG1g3g?is=-us6A2NqmFuVNp3h]

You can certainly find other cordless 4-in-1 staple guns for the $80 pricetag , but how many have an integrated digital ammo countdown? Thankfully, it resembles a Star Trek phaser rather than a gun — also see Hoto's flagship screwdriver and power drill

A show-and-tell with Nvidia's controversial DLSS 5 neural rendering, launching this week.

[Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/1WEyfQ2GGf.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/assets_2026_08_1788195651_nba-2k27-nvidia-dlss-5-comparison-001-off.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/assets_2026_08_1788195651_nba-2k27-nvidia-dlss-5-comparison-001-on.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/assets_2026_08_1788195652_nba-2k27-nvidia-dlss-5-comparison-002-off.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/assets_2026_08_1788195652_nba-2k27-nvidia-dlss-5-comparison-002-on.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/assets_2026_08_1788195652_nba-2k27-nvidia-dlss-5-comparison-003-off.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/assets_2026_08_1788195653_nba-2k27-nvidia-dlss-5-comparison-003-on.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] Nvidia originally announced DLSS 5 would come to as many as 16 specific games from a wide variety of studios… but at its September 3rd launch, 2K Games’ NBA 2K27 is going it alone. Probably a smart idea to see how gamers react first? These do look better than before.

27 pts GoPro suddenly looks like a very different company than it did just last week. First, YouTuber Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach became the company's single largest shareholder, without disclosing that in a sponsored review that came out a week later. Now, almost the entire company has been bought by Starman Holding…