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How MLB can make baseball relevant on a fast-changing internet
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the contemporary attention economy, follow Mia Sato...
Resident Evil Requiem leans too much on the series’ past
Resident Evil turns 30 this year. The series is full of history - the new Resident Evil Requiem is technically the ninth mainline game, but there are a bunch of...
How to share your location via satellite on iPhone
Apple’s satellite features are designed for situations where cellular and Wi-Fi coverage are unavailable. In supported regions, compatible iPhone 14 or later mo...
Polymarket defends its decision to allow betting on war as ‘invaluable’
Polymarket has been allowing people to bet on when the US would strike Iran next. Obviously, now that it's actually happened and people have died, the predictio...
This retro-inspired handheld comes with Banjo-Kazooie and Battletoads built in
Who would've guessed we'd get to play the original Banjo-Kazooie on a handheld with just a D-pad in 2026. HyperMegaTech!'s latest release is a collaboration wit...
The Rubin Observatory’s alert system sent 800,000 pings on its first night
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's automated alert system is online and already bombarding astronomers with things to look at in the night sky. The system went liv...
Alaska could be the next state to crack down on AI-generated CSAM and restrict kids' social media use
Alaska's House of Representatives unanimously passed HB47, a bill that imposes sweeping limits on when and how minors use social media apps, along with bans on...
Shuttered studio Bluepoint reportedly pitched a Bloodborne remake, but it got shot down by FromSoftware
Bloodborne fans may not be happy to hear that a remake was reportedly rejected, but that doesn't mean it's completely off the table. Bluepoint Games, Sony's clo...
Everything announced at MWC 2026: The new Leica Leitzphone by Xiaomi, Honor's ultra-thin MagicPad 4 and more
MWC 2026 officially gets underway on March 2 and will continue through March 5, but the announcements are already coming ahead of its start. We can always count...
You can still grab great deals on Bose headphones and Astro Bot this weekend
Welcome to the weekend, friends! While the rest of our team was checking out Samsung’s forthcoming Galaxy S26 lineup and prepping for Apple’s “special experienc...
Xiaomi 17 Ultra hands-on: Incredible cameras, but maybe hard to get
China’s biggest phone makers continue to relentlessly forge ahead with high-spec phones that you may never see in the US. With the Xiaomi 17 Ultra this year, th...
Xiaomi 17 is a small(ish) phone with a big(ish) battery
Xiaomi has just given a global launch to two of its latest flagship phones, the Xiaomi 17 and 17 Ultra, along with a Leica-branded Leitzphone edition of the Ult...