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Have you ever waded in a hot tub for a long while before realizing that your smartphone was in the pocket of your swimming trunks the whole time? Just me, then? That's cool, but I'm certainly not alone in having subjected a smartphone to water damage. One of the prevailing tips for such incidents is to plop a wet...
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There were rumors circulating about an Xbox exclusive title being destined for the PlayStation 5, with several games being thrown around as potential candidates. This rumor was confirmed at Gamescoms Opening Night Light event when Xbox and Bethesda revealed that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is headed for Sonys...
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Sonos has laid off approximately 100 of its employees, which is a mere 14 months after the beleaguered smart home audio company dropped roughly 150 of its 1,800 workforce. The timing of this comes after product delays plus the well-documented (and disastrous) rollout of the Sonos app, not to mention the company's...
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Logitech appears to be backtracking on the idea of a forever mouse that its CEO, Hanneke Faber, spoke about during an interview on the Decoder podcast. The idea is that the company could work toward releasing a mouse that is made to last much longer than mice currently available on the market, and would be...
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Reddit has grown to become one of the most popular websites in the world, and the company is leveraging that position to change the way online search operates. After forging deals with Google and OpenAI for access to its data, the site now wants other companies to pay up as well. Until they do, you won't see very much...
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During an interview on the Decoder podcast, Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber envisions a future where the company sells a forever mouse. A mouse that a customer can keep for much longer than mice sold today, and perhaps one that can be improved through pay-as-you-go software updates that include AI. Floating this idea...
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Intel saying it discovered the root cause of instability issues on its 14th Gen and 13th Gen Core processors and promising a firmware fix came as good news to affected owners last week. That said, the issue could affect more than just the top processor models. Intel said as much in an interview with The Verge, in...
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As the world churns, a new update from Roku, meant to smooth things over, has instead sparked ire among its customers. The update has imposed motion smoothing onto customers using the service, leaving them feeling as if they are watching the latest soap opera instead of a Hollywood film.
When one thinks of frame...
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After teasing a refresh to its ROG Ally gaming handheld, ASUS at Computex officially unveiled the ROG Ally X, an upgraded console with more storage, faster RAM, longer battery life, and better cooling, to name some of the highlights. What hasn't changed is the AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor, though that was never a...
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Exactly how hot is the modern handheld gaming market that Nintendo and later Valve helped popularize? So hot that manufacturers are releasing iterative upgrades in between major new handheld console launches. We saw it with the Switch (Switch OLED) and Steam Deck (Steam Deck OLED), and now ASUS has announced plans to...
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Sony's PlayStation 5 came during an intense time for electronics, where it remained sold out due to demand for what seemed like an eternity. Now that the dust has settled, the PS5 is panning out to be one of the most significant consoles of recent generations. That only means that Sony is more than willing to give it...
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Google is rolling out a new AI-powered video creation tool for work related projects, called Google Vids. The new AI tool can generate a storyboard that can be edited, and after choosing a style, it can piece together a first draft with suggested scenes, images, and background music.
It is no secret that companies...
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Artificial intelligence chatbots are coming to all the things, it seems, and evidently that includes your Xbox game console. While nothing has been announced, Microsoft revealed that it is indeed in the process of testing an AI chatbot for Xbox game consoles, with the focus so far on supporting gamers in a number of...
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The historical trend is for physical items to transform into streaming services, such as movies and music. Gaming as the next logical step. While gamers are accustomed to downloading digital games, game streaming has only recently began to hit its stride, with still a lot of room for user acquisition. NVIDIA's GeForce...
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Xbox CEO Phil Spencer got to talk about the future of Xbox in a wide-ranging interview with The Verge. The discussion included Xbox titles making their way to Sonys PlayStation 5 console, the future of Xbox Cloud Gaming on iOS, and the possibility of an Xbox handheld. The interview comes on the heels of a turbulent...
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Reports of the Xbox console's demise have not only been exaggerated, they're flat out wrong. If there was any doubt that the Microsoft still intends on releasing future generation consoles, it was put to rest in a recent podcast in which Xbox president Sarah Bond put gamers on notice: the next-gen Xbox will deliver...
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Mark Zuckerberg is joining a legion of CEOs who are less-than enthused about the opening up of iOS to third-party app stores. Zuckerberg gave his opinion on Apples new policies, as they relate to Meta, while speaking to shareholders during an earnings call. Zuckerberg said that I dont think that the Apple thing is...
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Apple has maintained an iron grip on iPhone apps since it first rolled out the App Store in 2008, but the EU aims to change that. The European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) is forcing Apple to open up iOS software, but it's doing so in possibly the most obnoxious way it can. Some major tech firms, including...
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Fossil, one of the few prominent Wear OS smartwatch makers, is over and done with the smartwatch business altogether. The company has officially bowed out to refocus on its traditional watch and jewelry products, which means hardcore fans who were looking forward to the Fossil Gen 7 will be left disappointed.
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Microsoft is laying off 1,900 employees from its gaming division, or roughly 9% of its workforce, mere months after finalizing its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Microsoft isnt only limiting its maneuvering to personnel, as its also cancelling a survival game project that Blizzard had been working on...
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We've reported on handheld gaming systems quite a bit recently thanks to the boom in the market spurred by the success of the Steam Deck. Products from pre-existing vendors like Ayaneo, GPD, and OneNotebook have been battling with newer machines from larger OEMs like Asus, Lenovo, and most recently, MSI. Today's...
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It is unclear if the tech bubble is slowly deflating or if it is just a sign of the broader economy, but layoffs are seemingly the thing to do at the top of 2024. We haveseen this with Google across several business units as well as Amazon, specifically with Twitch. Now, popular gaming and community social media...
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