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While Bungie is obviously quite busy presumably stressing over lukewarm responses to its next game Marathon, they're still working on a bunch of Destiny 2 stuff. The studio revealed a plethora of expansions today, all of which are building up a new "multi-year saga" called the Fate Saga. We'll get to it in a moment, but one of these expansions might raise an eyebrow, as it is quite literally a Star Wars crossover, but is also described by narrative designer Alison Luhrs as one that will push the...

The Trump administration has announced plans to eliminate the Energy Star program, as originally reported by The Washington Post. This announcement occurred during an all-hands meeting of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Atmospheric Protection, in which the department was shuttered.  As for Energy Star, this program started all the way back in 1992 under the first Bush administration. This is the department that’s responsible for the iconic yellow stickers on home appliances. The ...

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Microsoft announced a series of upcoming new features for Copilot+ PCs and Windows 11. One of the most compelling updates for Copilot+ PCs is agent, which provides on-device AI assistance for adjusting a PC's settings. Some of the example tweaks Microsoft gave for this application are issues such as "how to control my PC by voice" and "my mouse pointer is too small." Not only can the agent answer these types of queries, but if the necessary permissions are granted, the AI can also make the reque...

Looks like Humble Choice for May 2025 is actually pretty good, stacked with some great looking titles. Here's your usual monthly overview of what's in it and how they might run on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck.

Apple today added refurbished iPhone 15, ‌iPhone 15‌ Plus, ‌iPhone 15‌ Pro, ‌iPhone 15‌ Pro Max models to its online store in the United States and Canada, offering the smartphones at a discounted price. The ‌iPhone 15‌ is priced starting at $619 in the United States, while the ‌iPhone 15‌ Plus is priced starting at $699. The ‌iPhone 15‌ Pro is priced starting at $759, and the ‌iPhone 15‌ Pro Max is priced starting at $929. Prices are discounted about 15 percent compared to brand new models. Mul...

Koroks and Inklings and 'mon, oh my! The Nintendo Today! app is back with another tasty little nugget of Switch 2 news, this time showcasing the launch line-up for the console's profile icons — and it's a pretty beefy list. According to the app, Switch 2 will launch with an impressive 258 user profile icons, with series like Zelda, Mario and Pokémon all getting a healthy boost in the avatar department. Highlights will differ depending on your favourite franchises, but we'll give a shoutout to th...

Destiny 2 has been around for a long time now. First launched all the way back in 2017, the online FPS has become something of an institution in multiplayer videogames, despite ebbing and flowing enthusiasm for the game among its player base. Even as creator Bungie works on its upcoming remake of the classic Marathon, though, it doesn't seem to be slowing down on supporting D2 in the near future. Just today, the studio showed off what's coming in the next year of Destiny 2, including the announc...

Back in 2022, Bloomberg reported that “Rockstar Games cleaned up its frat-boy culture – and Grand Theft Auto, too.” The changes took shape in different ways, from less crunch to a narrowing of the gender pay gap for workers at the studio, and to the introduction of the game’s first playable female character, a Latina...

Ravensburger has released a Disney Lorcana preview. This preview includes details on the upcoming Reign of Jafar and Fabled sets.

May is here, and with it comes a fresh batch of additions to Xbox Games Pass' catalogue for Ultimate and Standard tier subscribers. It's quite a busy month too, bringing a number of day-one big-hitters including Doom: The Dark Ages and Revenge of the Savage Planet.

As Payday 3 continues to struggle, Starbreeze is looking ahead to "broader strategic opportunities for the Payday franchise as a whole."

The Edge of Fate is out July 15, but it's the expansion in December that's bringing a lightsaber to the game.

You can save today on our top security camera pick for Alexa users. Amazon has the Blink Outdoor 4 for half price. A single camera (usually $100) only costs $50, which is only $10 more than its all-time low for Black Friday. And the half-off savings also apply to multi-camera bundles. The Blink Outdoor 4's name is somewhat deceiving because it works just as well for indoor use. The weather-resistant camera records in up to 1080p and supports black-and-white infrared for nighttime recording. The ...

The iOS 18.5 update that Apple plans to release next week will enable carrier-provided satellite features on iPhone 13 models, adding satellite connectivity to iPhones that do not support Apple's built-in satellite functionality through Globalstar. Apple says that satellite connectivity provided by carriers will be enabled on all ‌iPhone‌ 13 models, including the ‌iPhone‌ 13, ‌iPhone‌ 13 mini, ‌iPhone‌ 13 Pro, and ‌iPhone‌ 13 Pro Max. To use the feature, ‌iPhone‌ 13 users will need cellular serv...

"The right thing to do was to have it out on the cartridge.". Of all of the Nintendo Switch 2 third-party ports, Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition is probably the most impressive for a number of reasons. Not only is this absolutely massive game looking and running pretty darn good, an achievement given the scope of the game, but it's also launching entirely on the cartridge day one — no Game-Key Card, no download codes, it's all there. And it sounds like Cyberpunk and The Witcher developer CD Pr...

Apple today shared release notes for iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5, ahead of the updates being released to the general public next week. The updates are minor overall, but they do include a useful change for the Screen Time feature on iPhones and iPads. Specifically, Apple says that parents will now receive a notification when their Screen Time passcode is successfully entered on their child's device. This change will allow parents to be alerted immediately if their child has correctly guessed or fig...

You might know the story by now: Framework makes repairable, modular laptops where you can sub in new components for old or broken ones. It’s been two years since the company debuted an AMD mainboard for the Laptop 13 and so it’s time for the first replacement to arrive. The new model gets AMD’s Ryzen AI 300, a series of power-efficient chips for notebooks that can do all the Copilot+ AI nonsense the industry insists people need and want. Framework sent me the new AMD mainboard to slot into the ...

Players looking for a sprawling open-world RPG game to get lost in have plenty of options right now, especially with both Clair Obscur Expedition 33 and a remaster of The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion having launched very recently. Those looking for even more from Bethesda Game Studios, creator of the latter game, just received some surprising good news as well, since the studio has launched a big new update to its 2023 space game Starfield that provides a host of fixes to ongoing technical issues.

Apple today seeded the release candidate version of an upcoming macOS Sequoia 15.5 update to developers and public beta testers, with the software coming a week after Apple released the fourth ‌macOS Sequoia‌ 15.5 beta. Registered developers can opt-in to the ‌macOS Sequoia‌ beta through the Software Update section of the System Settings app. An Apple ID associated with an Apple Developer account is required to get the beta. ‌macOS Sequoia‌ 15.5 appears to be a minor update so far, and no notabl...

Apple today seeded the release candidate versions of upcoming iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 updates to developers and public beta testers, with the software coming a week after Apple released the fourth betas. The release candidate represents the final version of iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 that will be released to the public should no bugs be found. iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 can be downloaded from the Settings app on a compatible device by going to General > Software Update. So far, iOS 18.5 and iPadOS ...

For Guardians, there are always new corners of the cosmos to explore, new stories to immerse themselves in, and new adventures to conquer. Today, the Bungie development team behind Destiny 2 gave the world a first look at what comes next: the epic start of a brand-new Destiny saga! During the reveal event, Destiny 2...

Apple today provided developers and public beta testers with the release candidate versions of upcoming visionOS 2.5, tvOS 18.5, and watchOS 11.5 updates for testing purposes. The software is available a week after Apple seeded the fourth betas. The betas are available to registered developers, and can be downloaded from the Settings app on each device. No notable new features have been found in any of the software updates so far, suggesting Apple is focusing on under-the-hood performance improv...

I'm a bit of a sucker for weird genre combos. With the amount of games getting released every single day that often combine the same kinds of genres, you start to get hungry for mashups that make you go, "hang on, would that even work?" So when I saw Drop Duchy release yesterday, which mixes Tetris, land-grabbing strategy, deckbuilding and roguelite gameplay, I asked that exact question. Turns out the answer is yes!

ServiceNow is accelerating enterprise AI with a new reasoning model built in partnership with NVIDIA — enabling AI agents that respond in real time, handle complex workflows and scale functions like IT, HR and customer service teams worldwide. Unveiled today at ServiceNow’s Knowledge 2025 — where NVIDIA CEO and founder Jensen Huang joined ServiceNow chairman Read Article

Feeling the squeeze. If there’s one thing we can all agree on in 2025, it’s that gaming is becoming a pretty expensive hobby. Not that it was ever ‘cheap’, of course, but recent price hikes have caused quite a stir within the community, perhaps most notably that of Mario Kart World on the upcoming Switch 2. With the physical edition set at $80 in the US, £75 in the UK, and €80 in the EU, it’s certainly on the higher end of the scale when it comes to game pricing. It’s not just Mario Kart World, ...

I love a good trek across space, and satirical sci-fi sequel Revenge of the Savage Planet is here to deliver just that. The co-op third-person exploration and crafting game is a snappy, structured, story-driven alternative to the broader spectrum offered by the likes of No Man’s Sky. Discover fantastical worlds, study their plants and wildlife, research upgrades, and unlock new ways to traverse the landscape - if you’re eager to give this plucky newcomer a try, you could be in with a chance of s...

High-end Danish audio brand Bang & Olufsen has announced the third generation of its Beosound A1 Bluetooth speaker. The updated A1 remains as portable as its predecessor, retaining its puck-shaped design and minimalist appearance, but there are some key upgrades under its pearl-blasted aluminum shell. Arguably the most important of these is the larger woofer, which delivers a bass of 64dB, a 2dB improvement on the second-generation model. While that admittedly sounds modest on paper, B&O claims ...

What, no more drilling down into submenus that date from the late 1990s?

Valve have released the latest stable version of SteamVR with 2.10 bringing a few fixes and a couple of new features to improve the experience.

Payday 3 hasn't been quite the success its maker and players might've hoped it would be. As the third entry to one of the most popular series of co-op games to date, expectations were high for the latest from creator Starbreeze Studios. Unfortunately, the FPS has struggled to meet those expectations, failing to grab attention from players content with multiplayer competitors like Helldivers 2, GTFO, or even Payday 2. While Starbreeze has continued to work on the game, issuing fairly regular upda...

Recteq makes pellet grills, but those can’t do it all when it comes to backyard cooking. So when the company sought to create an alternative for gas grillers, without making an actual gas grill, it needed to do something radically different. With its newly launched X-Fire Pro, Recteq may have done that. The company says that its Dual Mode Cooking combines the best of wood pellets and gas, offering a temperature range between 225 and 1,250 degrees Fahrenheit. But it wasn't just about getting to t...

Who are the confirmed characters in GTA 6? Though GTA 6 has been delayed to next year, a second trailer and all new details for the open-world game is keeping us excited about what's to come. So far, Rockstar has confirmed six GTA 6 characters, though we also saw a few other smaller characters in the first and second trailer, such as Lucia's correctional social worker, and Jason's boss, Brian. We do know that Jason and Lucia are the two main, playable characters, but here are the key players in ...

You don’t want to take on a Creeper with a sword if you can help it. You’re better off going into battle with a bow and arrow, creating distance between yourself and your target to ensure any residual damage doesn’t wreck the world you’ve spent countless hours trying to perfect. This is one of the earliest lessons you learn in Minecraft, and with Mojang’s latest snapshot, called 25w19a, it’s about to get much easier to pull off those vital ranged shots.

It took two trailers for me to fall in love with GTA 6's version of Bonnie and Clyde.