is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. The company behind the hit kids game Roblox is going public after soaring use during the pandemic.

This block-based game creator, which is planning an IPO, could disrupt the video game industry. Roblox, which lets users program games and play other user-created games on its platform, initially ...

In early March, Robby Scianna was supposed to take 10 friends to an escape room to celebrate his 10th birthday. Then his school closed, and his home town of Campbell, California, went into lockdown ...