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Nintendo Switch 2 update adds ‘Handheld Boost Mode’ for original Switch games
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 tu...
Why Project Hail Mary’s creators were ‘scared’ about making the sci-fi adaptation
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 (Mat...
Poco’s first Pro Max phone earns the name with an 8,500mAh battery
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 stor...
Oppo’s nearly creaseless foldable isn’t launching in Europe after all
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 promise...
Samsung discontinues its Galaxy Z TriFold after just three months
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 TriFo...
Is there a more fair way to sell World Cup tickets?
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 s...
Leaving civilization is now easier with this ‘off-grid utility core’
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 "o...
Hands on with Aqara’s new Matter-compatible camera
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...
The Live Nation trial restarts with a ‘velvet hammer’
After a chaotic week following the Justice Department's mid-trial settlement with Live Nation-Ticketmaster, the antitrust trial picked back up surprisingly smoo...
DLSS 5 looks like a real-time generative AI filter for video games
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 "s...
Teens sue Elon Musk’s xAI over Grok’s AI-generated CSAM
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, a...
Ecovacs’ Deebot X8 and X9 Pro Omni robovacs are nearly 50 percent off
If you like the idea of spring cleaning but not the part where you actually have to clean, both the Ecovacs Deebot X8 Pro Omni and newer X9 Pro Omni have droppe...