One of the most infamous game glitches of all time is arguably the Minus World glitch in the original Super Mario Bros. on NES, which allowed gamers to access glitched levels not meant for end users. Now, almost four decades later, an equivalent has been found in both the Japanese release of Super Mario Bros. 2 and its American Lost Levels equivalent.

Home automation is one of those things that’s both much older than people think—the foundations were laid in 1966—and yet still quite controversial in the era of cloud-based everything. Typically, your response to modern smart home features is either “absolutely not” or “more please, and thank you!” If you’re in the latter category, you’ll

Amazon just announced a slew of new devices designed to tap into the company’s Alexa+ AI subscription service, thanks to the power of the company’s AZ3 and AZ3 Pro processors. This new hardware includes fresh entries into the Echo lineup, new Fire TV television sets, and an addition to the Fire Stick series of devices that continues the tradition

A new and unique crowdfunded mini PC project is making waves thanks to its desktop-class components and fishtank-style design—meet the Wee Beastie Super Mini Gaming PC. Its “Super Mini” fishtank design comes in at a footprint of just 4.75 liters, or total dimensions of 200 x 110 x 217 millimeters. That’s pretty compact (though not as small

Back in the day, The Jetsons set up expectations of one day owning flying cars for quick and easy travel, and robot maids to make housework a thing of the past. Fast forward to 2025 and we still don’t have flying cars or robot maids, but we do have robot vacuums, including models that tap into AI to intelligently sweep your living space. Ahead

Micron is taking its Crucial LPCAMM2 memory modules to new heights in terms of speed. Designed for thin, high performance laptops, LPCAMM2 (Low-Power Compression-Attached Memory Module 2) is a relatively new form factor in the realm of system RAM, and Micron’s Crucial-branded modules are now available in speeds up to 8,533 MT/s.

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NVIDIA has rapid-fire released a pair of GeForce GPU drivers in quick succession, including a regularly scheduled ‘Game Ready’ driver (version 581.42) that is optimized for Battlefield 6, and an out-of-band hotfix driver (version 581.47) to stomp out an odd bug that is crashing games in some specific instances. Which one should install? Let’s

Intel’s graphics division has been busy shaking up its driver strategy over the past month, and the news cuts both ways. On the one hand, Intel has pulled the plug on day-to-day support for the integrated graphics in several recent Core CPU generations, but on the other, recent Arc driver updates deliver a surprisingly big win for gamers still

AMD’s chiplet architecture has not really changed in a fundamental way since the introduction of the Ryzen 3000 processors based on the Zen 2 architecture back in 2019. The move to Socket AM5 necessitated a new cIOD or “client I/O die”, but it’s still connected to the CCDs, or Core Complex Chiplets, through a common organic substrate using

Earlier today, LG introduced its latest and greatest high-res pro display will be available for pre-orders in the US starting October 10th. That’s the LG UltraFine Evo 32U990A, a 32-inch 6K Nano IPS monitor with full support for Thunderbolt 5, DisplayPort 2.1, and HDMI 2.1. The LG UltraFine Evo 32U990A is targeted squarely at the professional

No celebrities were harmed in the making of Battlefield 6 or the recent Call of Duty games—but COD gameplay has had a strangely high concentration of immersion-breaking celebrity skins lately, and Battlefield 6’s live action launch trailer chose to make a pastiche of that decision. At least, before quickly and abruptly shifting to the serious

The rise of AI has led to new phrases to describe the ways people work with it, including the popular term ‘vibe coding’. Now, Microsoft is looking to add a new phrase to the lexicon with ‘vibe working’ that will be the “the new pattern of work for human-agent collaboration.” To that end, Microsoft is integrating AI agents into various parts

Amazon is getting a jump on its upcoming Prime Big Deal Days sales event with some early discounts on its Echo Pop, Echo Dot, Echo Spot, and Echo Show smart speakers and displays. The event kicks off Tuesday, October 7 at 12:01 a.m. PDT and runs through October 8, but deals on hardware and other products are arriving early, in case you don’t

Logitech has launched its first MX series mouse to feature a built-in motor for haptic vibrations. Called the MX Master 4, Logitech’s latest rodent takes direct aim at creatives, professionals, developers, and business users rather than gamers, with most of the features directed towards enhancing productivity chores, including an Action Rings

Maingear is rolling out a couple of no-compromise, jaw-dropping Apex desktops for gamers with healthy budgets, or who are willing to finance their dream machine. The systems include the Apex Force, a rig with a tagline that reads, “There’s no replacement for displacement,” and an upgraded Apex Rush for buyers looking to “make a statement.”
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At FMS 2025, Samsung has debuted its next generation of server-grade PCIe storage with the Samsung MVP PCIe 6 SSD, available in capacities of 256TB and 512TB. That’s no typo, either—we’re looking at up to 512 terabytes of storage per drive, or half an entire petabyte. While we don’t yet know the final storage speed specification of these PCIe

At Tokyo Game Show 2025 last week, MSI was proudly showcasing a new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Ventus model with a unique feature: a rear-mounted 12V-2×6 connector that’s inverted, facing downward, to minimize cable flex caused by the side of your case. This could, in theory, prevent the poor connections that cause melted graphics cards.

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Amazon’s Fire TV devices have been running a fork of Android since the company began offering these products in 2014, but it’s now ready to move to its own operating system, at least according to a new report from The Verge. This is a move the company has been plotting over several years and looks ready to finally debut on Fire TV devices

Earlier today, OnePlus finally announced the highly anticipated OnePlus 15, which is also debuting in a dune-colored “Sand Storm” skin made of an aerospace-grade “micro-arc oxidation ceramic coating”. This should result in the OnePlus 15 being one of, if not the most durable smartphones ever made, with a mid frame stated to be “3.4 times harder

Google announced policy changes that place more requirements on Android developers last month, which are supposed to make the Android ecosystem a more safe and secure platform. Some say these new rules mean the company is moving its mobile OS to a more locked-down experience, closer to what Apple offers with iOS. Now, F-Droid, a repository