Americas News
Amazon’s new ‘getitfast’ delivery page lists items you can have in 1 hour
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- Mar 17, 2026
Amazon announced on Tuesday that it's making it easier for users to find products eligible for its 1-hour and 3-hour delivery options with a new "getitfast" page for same-day delivery products availab...
Nintendo Switch 2 update adds ‘Handheld Boost Mode’ for original Switch games
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Mar 17, 2026
Nintendo's latest update for the Switch 2 will upgrade the performance of original Switch games played in handheld mode, as reported earlier by IGN. When you turn on the new Handheld Boost Mode, the S...
Why Project Hail Mary’s creators were ‘scared’ about making the sci-fi adaptation
- Technology
- Andrew Webster
- Mar 17, 2026
Project Hail Mary is a natural follow-up to The Martian. Both movies are based on sci-fi novels by Andy Weir, and both have bankable stars in the lead role (Matt Damon for The Martian, Ryan Gosling fo...
Poco’s first Pro Max phone earns the name with an 8,500mAh battery
- Technology
- Dominic Preston
- Mar 17, 2026
Xiaomi subsidiary Poco has launched the X8 Pro and X8 Pro Max phones, both of which feature large silicon-carbon batteries, powerful chipsets, and 256GB of storage as standard, with stronger specs on...
Oppo’s nearly creaseless foldable isn’t launching in Europe after all
- Technology
- Dominic Preston
- Mar 17, 2026
Oppo has launched its "zero-feel crease" foldable, the Find N6, but while we knew it was unlikely to launch in the US, it's a shame to discover that the promised "global" launch is also leaving Europe...
Samsung discontinues its Galaxy Z TriFold after just three months
- Technology
- Jess Weatherbed
- Mar 17, 2026
Samsung is preparing to axe its first three-panel foldable phone less than three months after launching the device in the US. Sales of the $2,899 Galaxy Z TriFold will first be wound down in Korea and...
Is there a more fair way to sell World Cup tickets?
- Business
- Alex Mayyasi
- Mar 17, 2026
- US
World Cup tickets are expensive, and buying them has been frustrating and confusing. But this is what economics is for: figuring out the best ways to allocate scarce resources. FIFA, steal these ideas...
Leaving civilization is now easier with this ‘off-grid utility core’
- Technology
- Thomas Ricker
- Mar 17, 2026
Klumpen isn't an off-grid cabin, but it does provide all the utilities needed to live away from civilization comfortably. The seven-square-meter teepee is an "off-grid utility core" that provides sola...
Hands on with Aqara’s new Matter-compatible camera
- Technology
- Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
- Mar 17, 2026
The first Matter camera is here - sort of. Camera support came to the smart home standard last year, and Aqara's Camera Hub G350 is the first to support it. The G350, which was announced at CES, launc...
The Live Nation trial restarts with a ‘velvet hammer’
- Technology
- Lauren Feiner
- Mar 17, 2026
After a chaotic week following the Justice Department's mid-trial settlement with Live Nation-Ticketmaster, the antitrust trial picked back up surprisingly smoothly on Monday - this time, with dozens...
DLSS 5 looks like a real-time generative AI filter for video games
- Technology
- Cameron Faulkner
- Mar 16, 2026
Nvidia announced DLSS 5 on Monday during its GTC conference, and based on early reactions, it's going to be a divisive update, with some reactions calling it "slop" that unacceptably alters artistic i...
Teens sue Elon Musk’s xAI over Grok’s AI-generated CSAM
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Mar 16, 2026
Three Tennessee teens are suing Elon Musk's xAI over claims that the company's Grok AI chatbot generated sexualized images and videos of themselves as minors, as reported earlier by The Washington Pos...