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Linux is having a very busy year.

This marks Amazon's first streaming deal with a college team.

The option is part of a collection of updates Microsoft is making to consoles and the Xbox PC app.

An SDK will allow developers to start building non-commercial tools soon.

Extremely OK Games is publishing the project.

The RG Rotate starts at just $88.

The monitor uses a Mini LED screen and supports AI upscaling for lower resolution content.

Asobo Studio says it also improved the game's performance with the latest update.

It's a rare moment of working across the aisle.

The hotly anticipated sequel has been the subject of all kinds of drama.

Wololo.

It's an expansion of the mobile app's Hear the Highlights feature.

The extremely British action RPG should translate well to an episodic format.

Xbox Insiders can preview the new tech today.

A warning for all you nerds out there.

Zach Cregger's take on the video game source material hits theaters on September 18.

A $160 physical collector's edition includes a rad-looking landspeeder model.

It's designed to keep you appraised of what your coding agent is doing, even when you're not at your desk.

It features a bunch of hot-swappable components inside its bundled case and it's even Xbox-certified.

Verified by Spotify will start rolling out over the coming weeks.

It will be available to everyone, not just Premium users.

Rumors that Sony's new digital rights management (DRM) system might check PlayStation game licenses every 30 days appear not to be true.

The CEO wants to make an agent so easy even his mom can use it.

No need to copy and paste Gemini's outputs anymore.

Has nobody watched Terminator?

Sam Altman apologized for not notifying local authorities last week.

Texas Instruments graphing calculators have helped many a student with algebra, pre-calculus and upside-down anatomical slang. Now, the company is back with an upgrade for the modern world, the TI-84 Evo . The new device lets you get your math on with a faster processor, a new icon-based home screen and a redesigned keypad. TI is marketing it as something akin to the Light Phone of calculators. Unlike calculator apps on phones or computers, the distraction-free TI-84 Evo is a single-purpose devi

Apple reportedly plans to fix bugs and expand the capabilities of Apple Intelligence with the release of iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 year, and it seems like tweaks to the company's AI could go beyond a more functional version of its Siri assistant. Bloomberg reports that this year's software updates will also include new AI-powered photo editing tools that will let users change things like the background and framing of images, too. You can currently use the Photos app across Apple's operating

NVIDIA is releasing a new variant of its 5070 GPU for laptops. Nestled in a blog post about the latest version of its Game Ready Drivers, the company notes its partners will soon start selling 5070 laptops with 12GB of VRAM, alongside the 8GB model that NVIDIA has offered since the launch of the 50-series. Demand for GeForce RTX remains strong, and memory supply is contrastrained. In order to maximize memory availability, we are releasing the GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU 12GB configuration with 2

Games Done Quick, the charity video game speedrunning series, is making its European debut in a live event at Germanys Gamescom this summer. GDQs marathon event will run for the duration of the three-day show in Cologne, starting August 28-30, and will feature popular runners and an on-site live audience. The event will be broadcast on Twitch and YouTube, with programming kicking off at 4am ET (one for all you early risers) daily and running until 2pm. Were thrilled to expand Games Done Quick gl

Google is celebrating Translates 20th birthday by launching pronunciation practice, which the company says is one of the most requested features for the product. The feature is only rolling out on Android at the moment for English, Spanish and Hindi in the US and India. If its available for you, youll see a button at the bottom of the app that says Practice, which gives you the option to either pronounce what youve translated or to listen to how its actually pronounced by native speakers. If you

Google has signed a deal that allows the US Department of Defense to use its AI models for any lawful government purpose. This is according to a report by The Information , which also notes that the full details of the contract are classified. An anonymous source within the company has suggested that the two entities have agreed that the search giant's AI tech shouldn't be used for domestic mass surveillance or autonomous weapons without appropriate human oversight and control. However, the cont

Americans lost at least $2.1 billion in 2025 to scams that originated on social media, according to the Federal Trade Commission . That figure marks an eightfold increase since 2020. The FTC said Americans reported losing $1.1 billion last year to investment scams that started on social media. These often began with a post or ad offering a program that claimed to help people learn how to invest. More than 40 percent of Americans who lost money through a social media scam last year blamed shoppin

It turns out you can go back again, especially if you win a pile of awards, mint a crop of stars and turn a potentially obscure sitcom into Apples biggest hit. The iPhone maker has today announced Ted Lasso season four will debut August 5, with new episodes arriving every Wednesday through October 7. This time out, Ted and Beard have returned to Richmond to take over coaching its womens team as it languishes in the second division. Ted Lasso wrapped up its initial three-season arc back in 2023 ,

The Trump Administration has signed deals with two major energy companies to abandon their respective offshore wind farms, with both firms agreeing to invest in oil and gas projects instead. The separate agreements were detailed in a press release from the Interior Department, which named Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind as the companies that have voluntarily agreed to end their current leases for a combined $885 million. Both firms have also said they dont intend to pursue any new offshore

Traegers first non-pellet grills debuted in 2023. Jumping into the griddle craze, the company introduced the Flatrock series in a three-burner model later adding the smaller, two-burner option . Now Traeger is back with two new griddles, the two- and four-burner Irontop, which actually offer more cooking area than their predecessors. Plus, these new griddles are more affordable, too. Traeger promises the Irontop models will offer fast preheating, precise temperature control, edge-to-edge heatin

Amazon has today announced a software update for both the Kindle Colorsoft and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft which will bring dark mode to both e-readers. Even better, users will be able to toggle the settings for specific menus on both devices, so if they want their library dark and their notebook light, they can. Given the option is available on plenty of other Kindle devices, its omission here always felt like something Amazon was just getting around to addressing. In addition, the update brings Sm

ASUS is often best when it's weird, and this year at CES 2026 the company decided to resurrect one of its weirdest laptops ever: the ROG Zephyrus Duo . Unlike the last model from 2023 that had a smallish, tilting second screen, the 2026 model rocks massive dual 16-inch OLED displays that should make it an ideal content creation and gaming machine. ASUS has now opened up pre-orders for the Zephyrus Duo and revealed that pricing will start at a breathtaking $4,500. The Zephyrus Duo is the world's

Not long ago, high-quality wireless mic systems cost over $500 and required a bulky transmitter and lav mic wire tucked under the subjects shirt. DJIs Mic Mini showed how unnecessary all of that was, combining mic and transmitter into a 0.35-ounce device that delivered high quality sound for under $100. Now, DJI has released the Mic Mini 2 (around $100) as a mild update to the original at a much lower price. Its more fashion forward thanks to the colorful new magnetic covers and offers an audio

Magic: The Gathering Arena developers at Hasbro subsidiary Wizards of the Coast are set to join the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the union announced . The CWA says it has secured a supermajority among workers in favor of unionization for the chapter, called United Wizards of the Coast (UWOTC-CWA). The CWA has filed for a formal election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), but that will be withdrawn if Hasbro voluntarily recognizes the union by May 1st. At Wizards, were or

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union has accused Apple of unlawfully discriminating against the unionized employees of the companys Towson, Maryland retail store. IAM has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Apple with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) after the company announced on April 9 that it was shutting down three of its US stores. One of those locations was the Towson retail outlet, which employed nearly 90 workers and became the

Google is determined to impose AI search onto as many of its products as possible, and the latest, er, victim is YouTube. A new feature called Ask YouTube will let you pose complex questions and receive comprehensive results that include video and text, then ask follow ups to dive deeper, Google explained on its YouTube Labs page . The experimental feature is available starting today until June 8 for Premium US subscribers 18 and older. To use it, first, enable the feature in your account. Then,

Thanks to the adoption of features like rapid triggers, analog switches and TMR sensors, the tech in fancy gaming keyboards has changed surprisingly quickly in the past few years. So to keep up with the pace of development, Logitech is putting a bunch of advanced components in its latest flagship offering the G512 X to create what may be its most configurable keyboard to date. Available in both 75 and 98 percent layouts, the G512 X is based on a novel design that supports both mechanical and a

Images and details about Samsung's upcoming smart glasses have leaked, according to a report by Android Headlines . We knew these were coming at some point , but we now have what could be actual photos and they look pretty nifty. The glasses are reportedly being developed under the codename Jinju and could cost anywhere from $380 to $500. These are the first smart glasses from Samsung and look to offer a similar feature set to stuff like Meta Ray-Bans and the forthcoming Google Gemini glasses .

Joby Aviation is kicking off 10 days of electric air taxi demo flights in New York City. Before you try to book one to bypass the city's awful traffic, Joby's aircrafts aren't taking customers yet. Instead, the company is trialing the air taxis in eal flight routes and real environments, as indicated in its press release . With the first point-to-point flight of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft completed, Joby said that one of its electric air taxis made it from John F

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns for its fourth season via Paramount Plus on July 23. The ten episodes air weekly until September 24. This is actually the second-to-last batch of episodes, as the show was recently renewed for a fifth and final season . The streamer has dropped a trailer for season four and it looks promising. The tone looks slightly darker when compared to season three, which was maligned for being a bit too silly and uneven . The trailer is narrated by Anson Mount's Captai

Valve's Steam Controller will hit the market on Monday, May 4, for a going price of $99 in the United States. The Steam Controller does precisely what it says: It communicates with anything running Steam or the Steam Link app, so this includes PCs, Macs, mobile devices and the Steam Deck. Eventually, the Steam Controller will connect to the new Steam Machine console and Steam Frame VR headset, but neither of these products have solid release dates just yet. They were originally slated to come ou

Dont mistake the Steam Controller for a PC controller. Even though its main function is to play PC games, Valves new gamepad communicates with Steam, and only Steam. This is not a general controller for your PC, Android or iOS devices, and its certainly not compatible with any console on the market today, unless you count the handheld Steam Deck. In order to play a game with the Steam Controller, you have to boot it up through Steam. (More on this later). Valves end goal for the Steam Controller

In its quest to become an all-in-one app, Spotify is now breaking into the fitness app world by offering guided workout experiences and on-demand Peloton classes. Premium subscribers will get access to Peloton 's library of more than 1,400 classes in the app, while both Free and Premium can browse curated playlists (they're listed under the genre fitness.) Spotify Spotify said the classes are primarily in English, but there are some options in Spanish and German. Like music and podcasts, Spotify