Cameron Faulkner is a commerce editor at The Verge. Part of my role is to find and write about deals happening on products that I and our team think are worth your money. I spend just as much time digging into new gaming hardware and accessories. I’ve technically been hired by The Verge twice: first in 2018, then again in May 2025 when Vox Media sold Polygon (where I’d been working as commerce editor since 2023).
Valve has made improvements to its gifting processes in Steam, particularly for guest shoppers without an account. You can buy games, not just gift cards or hardware. You can also gift games to an email address, even if it’s not associated with the giftee’s account. Easier cross-region gifting, too. Good stuff.
Best Buy has a great price on the unlocked iPhone Air that launched last September. It’s $839.99 (originally $999.99) in all colors for the thin phone with 256GB of storage. Pair that with the phone’s MagSafe Battery for $59.99 ($40 off) at Amazon, and you’ll see why Allison Johnson got hooked on the Air.
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Bungie’s online extraction shooter, Marathon, is having a leadership change as game director Joe Ziegler announced on X that today is his final day with the company. Ziegler, former game director of Valorant, took on the role following former Marathon director Chris Barrett’s firing in August 2024.
It used to be easy to tell which photos you took on a certain day in Google Photos. I didn’t realize how much I appreciated those little visual gaps breaking up time until a new update removed them, smashburgering my photos and videos, in favor of a persistent bar hovering at the top of the screen. Thankfully, you can reinsert them by clicking the three vertical dots to the right of that floating bar, then select “Show dates in grid.”
Online movie seller Gruv (operated by Universal Pictures, if you didn’t know) is capitalizing on The Odyssey hitting theaters by discounting many classic Ancient Rome films and Christopher Nolan movies. Dune also made the cut for some reason, giving you plenty of options if you want to hear that signature Hans Zimmer “BWAAAAAH” sound. First-time customers can save 15 percent off your order with code FIRSTGRUV15 at checkout.
