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Before you start posting angry comments, we know—it's not actually called the "PS5 Slim". In fact, Sony simply refers to it as a "new look for the PS5 console." However, it is a bit smaller than the original release, and the timing is right, so people are still calling it "PS5 Slim." You'll just have to accept that...
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The OnePlus 12 will come with a newfangled Sony LYTIA image sensor that's expected to move the needle beyond the already fantastic camera on the OnePlus 11. Do the Pixel 8 Pro or Galaxy S23 Ultra have anything to worry about?
Last year's OnePlus 11 brought the company back into the flagship game with plenty of...
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It finally happened—Sony took the wraps off a new PlayStation console, though it's not a more powerful PlayStation 5 Pro. Instead, Sony launched the inevitable PlayStation 5 Slim refresh in both Blu-ray and Digital (disc-less) form, both of which are built around a thinner and lighter form factor while retaining the...
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Recently, hackers have been going after juicy targets like Caesars Entertainment out of Las Vegas. Now, adding to that list, is RansomedVC, who has reportedly breached Sony and is selling the international Japan-based company’s data online. While it is unclear exactly what data may have been compromised, there are...
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If you're subscribed to one of Sony's PlayStation Plus subscription plans, here's a heads up that you're about to pay more for the same service. Sony casually revealed the updated pricing structure at the bottom of a blog post, in which it also unveiled three new games that are headed to the subscription service in...
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With Football season getting ready for kickoff, it may be time to upgrade your aging TV. There are a number of tremendous deals on big screens happening right now, starting with the mammoth TCL 98" 4K UHD QLED smart TV leading the charge at a very tempting 32% off.
TCL 98" 4K UHD QLED TV Deal - 32% Off
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People sometimes think of local game streaming as a relatively novel idea, but Sony's been offering this feature since 2008 with the PlayStation Portable. That machine could link up wirelessly to a PlayStation 3 after its 2.80 firmware update and as long as the game was playable with the inputs offered on the...
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On Thursday, the RPCS3 Sony PlayStation 3 emulator team showcased a pair of screenshots which help encapsulate the performance benefits delivered within 2023. Playing the iconic God of War III on the same PC system, comparing emulator builds from Feb and August this year shows an impressive 20%+ performance...
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A self-proclaimed cybersecurity expert with a side hustle in repairing PlayStation consoles has posted a video purporting to show Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 5 Slim refresh. That’s all well and good, but if what’s highlighted in the video turns out to be the final design, then the PS5 Slim might not actually be all...
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Sony has confirmed pricing and preorder availability for its highly anticipated Bravia XR A95L television lineup, which the company says will offer the "brightest and widest range of colors and hues" of any OLED TV it has released to date. Buyers willing to splurge on a flagship TV will able to choose between 55-inch...
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Sony is doubling the expanded storage capacity support of its PlayStation 5 console to accommodate 8 terabyte (TB) M.2 form factor solid state drives (SSDs). It's one of several features currently being tested in the latest beta software update. The beta update is an invite-only affair for the time being, though Sony...
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Despite the vague name, Sony's Project Q is much more than just a concept or rumor at this point. The company has already announced its existence—if not much more than that—and we know it's on the way. It's a streaming handheld, intended to use in-home streaming to play PlayStation 5 games from anywhere in your home...
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Sony can no longer claim its popular WF-1000XM4 wireless earbuds offer the best active noise cancellation (ANC) around. Why is that? Simply put, they've been usurped by its newest flagship offering, the WF-1000XM5, and according to Sony, "[active] noise cancellation does not get any better" than it does with its...
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Sony recently unveiled another PlayStation 5 console that is on the horizon, but it's not a thinner PlayStation 5 Slim model or an upgraded PlayStation 5 Pro variant. It's the same PS5 system that's already on the market, but with a nifty Spider-Man 2 / Venom theme to coincide with the launch of Marvel's Spider-Man 2...
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It's getting to be about that time that Sony inevitably refreshes its latest-generation game console, which in this case is the PlayStation 5. The widely held assumption is that Sony will introduce a thinner and sleeker PS5 Slim model with upgraded hardware. That's what it had chosen to do in past generations, but...
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Microsoft has signed a "binding agreement" with rival Sony to ensure that the Call of Duty franchise will remain available on PlayStation game consoles for the foreseeable future, Xbox boss Phil Spencer announced in a Twitter post. The agreement follows the near conclusion of Microsoft's controversial attempt to...
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Sony has never gone on record saying it plans to release a PlayStation 5 Slim console at any point, though we've been around long enough to know a thinner iteration is inevitably on the horizon, given past trends. A couple of the main questions are, when will it launch and how much will it cost? Well, it appears...
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Sony’s Tech Center in Pencoed, Wales, is the facility where nearly 50 million Raspberry Pis have been produced over the last decade. Now, for the first time, we get to see the high-tech production line for Raspberry Pi 4B devices on video, thanks to YouTuber and RasPi enthusiast Jeff Geerling. His behind-the-scenes...
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Cloud gaming has been an option for more than a decade, but only recently have companies like NVIDIA and Microsoft hit their stride as faster network speeds unlocked cloud gaming for more players. Sony, however, isn't pushing its cloud gaming service very hard, and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida says that's intentional...
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Sony never got deep into the metaverse, a supposed VR-based successor to the internet that was all anyone could talk about in 2022. The metaverse has since cooled, leaving gaming as the primary use case for virtual reality. Sony is reporting some surprising success there. After weeks of conflicting reports about...
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Samsung's foray back into OLED television territory began last year after the display maker abandoned the technology for its big screen TV lineup a decade ago. Its return was not without drama, however, with LG throwing shade at Samsung's modern OLED TVs, claiming they're more prone to burn-in issues. We don't suspect...
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For those of you who have been keeping count, prior to this week there had been eight patches for the PC version of The Last of Us Part I, a game that got off to a rocky start to say the least. Developer Naughty Dog is now pushing out a ninth patch for the PC port, version 1.0.5.0, and with it comes a bunch more...
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