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Meta wants its metaverse everywhere
Horizon Central, the town square of Meta’s metaverse, already runs on the new Meta Horizon game engine. This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and...
Sony teases new GPU tech for the PS6
This is a PS5 Pro, Sony’s $750 console that won’t get all of these new features. Sony’s next console (presumably the PS6) is coming in “a few years time,” according to someone who I’d believe to...
Battlefield 6 is a pivotal moment for the series — and EA
Battlefield 6 is one of EA's most important launches in years. As the company becomes laser-focused on big, bankable franchises and looks to compete with the beast that is Activision's Call of Duty,...
The 19 best Amazon Prime Day deals under $50 still available from Anker, Roku, UGreen and others
It's true: October Prime Day 2025 is over. But you can't expect a site like Amazon to shut down every deal — the company was built on the discount. Today, we hunted down the tech deals under $50...
Leak details Samsung’s Android XR headset weeks before expected launch
Samsung showed off its Project Moohan headset at its Unpacked event in January. Samsung is expected to launch its Project Moohan XR headset as soon as this month, but a leak shared by Android...
This $299 Rubik’s Cube swaps colored squares for LCD screens
The Rubik’s WOWCube introduces gameplay mechanics that are not possible on a smartphone. | Image: Spin Master and Cubios One of the most iconic puzzle toys of the last 50 years has evolved to become...
Nintendo's Pikmin shorts were about showing off its animation studio's chops
Nintendo has cleared up the biggest mystery since Arthur Conan Doyle’s last Sherlock Holmes story by revealing what the two animated shorts it released this week were all about. The company says...
NHTSA launches probe into Tesla’s ‘full self driving’ tech
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a probe into 2.88 million Tesla electric vehicles currently equipped with the company's "Full Self-Driving"...
Nintendo’s weird Pikmin videos were short films, not announcement teasers
When Nintendo unexpectedly dropped a cute cartoon about a baby learning how to walk earlier this week, people understandably thought that the game studio might have been teasing a new or animated...
We took viral TikTok gadgets on the road
A single-second pause over a social video can dismantle your algorithm. Even at my best, I can still hesitate over a poorly shot video demonstrating the "latest tech" that I simply "can't live...