Nintendo’s 2024 Switch holiday bundle now includes OLED

From The Verge: The incoming holiday season has some reliable signs, with Christmas songs on the radio, football back on television, and Nintendo Switch bundles with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. If you somehow have avoided the convertible console so far, then this is your chance to get not only the system...

Epomaker P75 Review (Page 1 of 4)

It was a couple of weeks ago when I was up late at night and heard murmurs on the internet about the passing of a hockey player and his brother. Dismissing this as fake news, whether out of incredulity or hoping it was not true, I went to sleep. Unfortunately, these events did end up transpiring, as former Calgary Flame John Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were hit by a drunk driver while they were cycling. As a Flames fan myself, I grew up...

Epomaker Shadow-S Review (Page 1 of 4)

As of late, I have been really interested in the history of speedrunning. This includes the development of different speedrunning techniques and the cheaters. I find it interesting how much work is put into finding loopholes and bugs that can help with speeding up sections of a game or even completely skipping it. Recently, I watched a video about The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and the infamous barrier skip. For those who do not know, this...

United Airlines Will Add Free Starlink Wi-Fi Across Entire Fleet

From PC Mag: The Chicago-based carrier announced Friday morning that it will add SpaceX’s satellite-delivered broadband to its entire fleet of more than a thousand aircraft, including both mainline and regional planes, starting in 2025.

The service will be free and available gate to gate, similar...

Valve’s useful Steam Families feature is now available to everyone

From PC World: Back in March, Valve launched a new feature for Steam Beta users called Steam Families, a collection of features that can come in handy if you aren’t the only gamer in your family. Today, Steam Families is now out of beta and available to all Steam users.

Steam Families combines and...

Phantom V Fold 2 Has a Giant Battery but Also a 2-Year-Old Processor

From CNET: With more phone-makers entering the foldable market, standing out is increasingly difficult. However, the Phantom V Fold 2 sets itself apart with a standout feature: possibly the largest battery on any book-style foldable.

Inside the Phantom V Fold 2 is a 5,750-mAh battery, with Tecno...

After ditching August, Assa Abloy snaps up another smart lock startup

From The Verge: Smart locks may still be a niche product, but lock behemoth Assa Abloy is clearly betting on a digital future for our doors. Despite being sued by the US Department of Justice for trying to buy too many smart lock manufacturers, the Swedish-based company just bought another one...

Microsoft Lays Off Hundreds in Gaming Division for 'Long-Term Success'

From PC Mag: Nearly a year after it finished its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft is making another round of cuts to its gaming division. This time, it's laying off 650 employees, Microsoft Gaming CEO and Xbox chief Phil Spencer said in a memo to staff Thursday.

"For the past year, our...

AMD’s AFMF 2 gives you more frames for free on Ryzen AI 300 laptops

From PC World: AMD is offering gamers an early version of what it calls AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 (AFMF2), an AI-powered technology that creates additional frames per second for those gamers with laptops powered by AMD Ryzen AI 300 processors. The improvements appear significant: about 30 to 40...

Samsung Laying Off Thousands in Global Cuts Despite AI Chip Boom

From PC Mag: Samsung is starting to lay off staff globally, impacting up to 30% of employees in some divisions by the end of this year, according to three sources familiar with the scope of the layoffs, Reuters reports Wednesday.

Sales and marketing departments are reportedly being reduced by 15%...

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