Nintendo is nearing its big event to usher in the Switch 2 era, but the company wanted to host one final Direct showcase for the original Switch. As expected, most of the games shown off were smaller experiences because the company wants to hold off on any big reveals until the Switch 2’s Direct event. However, Nintendo still brought a new

Sonos Arc Ultra: $999 MSRP The Sonos Arc Ultra is a big upgrade over built-in TV speakers, that offers premium sound quality and a number of enhancements over its predecessor.   Excellent sound quality More balanced and better bass Improved speech clarity Dolby Atmos works well Sonos Ace headphones integration No HDMI passthrough No DTS…

Amazon is in the midst of its Big Spring Sale event, which started earlier this week on Tuesday, March 25 and runs through Monday, March 31. There are some tantalizing deals to be had, including record low prices for things like the latest-generation PC processors and gaming monitors with reasonably fast refresh rates, along with a wide assortment

Micro Center, a popular US retailer for PC hardware, apparently received a decent shipment of new high-end NVIDIA GPUs. While store restocking is typically not newsworthy, the elusive GeForce RTX 5090 GPU certainly deserves a mention. Since its release in January, it has been consistently difficult to acquire for gamers, and its pricing has

Intel’s newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lip-Bu Tan, isn’t wasting any time ingratiating himself with shareholders and the public at large. In an open letter to investors as part of Intel’s 2024 Annual Report, Tan offered up a blunt assessment of the company’s past performance and outlined focal points going forward, which includes

A Texas UPS employee has been arrested and charged for stealing more than $200,000 of high-value merchandise during his five-year tenure with the company. The Cameron Country Attorney’s Office (CCDA) in Brownsville, TX, made the arrest at the suspect’s home, along with the help from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), UPS Security,

The weekend is when most Americans like to sleep in (at least who work a typical 9-5 shift Monday through Friday), but if you fancy yourself a stargazer who enjoys celestial events, you’ll want to set your Nintendo Alarmo clock (or smartphone’s alarm) to go off early tomorrow morning. That’s because there is going to be a partial solar eclipse,

If you are a skilled cybersecurity expert, able to discover security threats and software vulnerabilities, you may soon be eligible for a $100,000 payday. OpenAI announced that it has expanded its maximum security bug bounty program to $100,000, to compensate researchers who discover extremely severe or unique vulnerabilities.

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Google is making a big shift in how it manages the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), which it has been maintaining for over a decade, alongside its internal branch. AOSP has allowed for a lot of flexibility with how third parties could make use of the operating system. Moreover, it took in code from outside developers that would eventually

Ever since at least the Ryzen 3000 series, AMD’s release schedule for its Ryzen desktop processors has been to launch the enthusiast-focused “X” processors first, and then release the very-slightly neutered “non-X” versions after. The standard model Ryzen chips usually differ from their “X”-branded brethren only in that they have a lower power

While GPUs have been all the rage lately, CPUs deserve proper attention as they’re vital to the gaming experience. XPG has unveiled its latest CPU cooler, the Ultimate LEVANTE II 360. This all-in-one liquid cooler is able to handle CPUs up to 320W TPD, which is quite the overhead for many products. AMD’s popular Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a TDP of

Find me a scammer with scruples and I’ll show you where to buy ocean front property in Arizona. Neither exists and I was reminded of this after selling a graphics card on eBay. Selling anything online, be it through eBay, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, or wherever else is always a headache (or series of headaches) in my experience, and

Samsung has just announced a load of new Neo QLED 8K and 4K televisions, all of which promise improved visuals and sound, glare-free screens, plus the introduction of Samsung Vision AI. The latter is touted to enhance A/V processing, real-time translation based on your preferred subtitle language, “Click to Search,” and even gesture control

It only took some 417 years since the invention (if going by patent filings) of the telescope to finally see Neptune’s auroras, and it’s thanks to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST (the same telescope that provided a crystal clear view of Neptune’s rings in 2022). Webb is much more powerful than the handheld refracting telescope patented

What look to be genuine marketing images of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S25 Edge have emerged. They show off at least three colorways of the skinny phone’s Titanium variant, namely Jet Black, Icy Blue, and Silver. Samsung has yet to confirm or deny the authenticity of these images, but—at least with the Silver model—they mirror what’s been seen

Qualcomm is reportedly urging multiple antitrust agencies around the globe to intervene in its dispute with Arm, with the former privately alleging in meetings and secret filings that the latter is engaging in unfair business practices. It’s said Qualcomm has filed confidential complaints with the United States Federal Commission, European

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU: Laptops Starting At $2,899 NVIDIA is blitzing the laptop gaming market with an array of Blackwell RTX 50 GPUs, starting with its flagship GeForce RTX 5090. It’s the fastest mobile GPU we’ve ever tested.   Fastest Mobile GPU Ever Latest Architecture And Feature Set Upgraded Media Engine DLSS 4 And Neural…

If you are familiar with generating images with AI models, it’s possible you already know that these models sometimes lack the ability to create images that reflect specific directions given in your prompt. Well, this might be changing as Open AI has announced a significant upgrade to ChatGPT’s image-generating capabilities, which will help

The amount of harmful content on the internet poses serious threats to impressionable teens, which is why parents strive to have greater access and control over the kind of content their underage children consume online. AI chatbot, Character.AI is facing severe criticisms and multiple lawsuits from parents who accuse the company of failing

The launch of Grand Theft Auto VI is going to be a huge event for the games industry, and even perhaps culture at large. Hype levels are stratospheric, and there’s no question that the release of Rockstar’s magnum opus will be a “canon event” for the game industry at large, no matter how good the actual game is. One senior executive purportedly