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Do even a cursory search online for reactions to A24’s new thriller Opus, starring Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich, and you’ll find many comments and reviews — dismissive or otherwise — referencing a slew of intellectualized, social-satire horror: movies like Midsommar, Blink Twice, and The Menu, to name just three of the dozens if not...

War Thunder has been updated with the first major expansion of 2025, titled Hornet’s Sting it adds in Ray Tracing support for AMD and Intel GPUs. There's but coming though.

In a research note with investment firm GF Securities on Monday, analyst Jeff Pu said both the iPhone 17 Pro and the iPhone 17 Pro Max will feature a 48-megapixel Telephoto rear camera, up from a 12-megapixel Telephoto camera on iPhone 16 Pro models. This means all three Fusion, Ultra Wide, and Telephoto cameras on the iPhone 17 Pro models would be 48 megapixels. The devices are expected to have a new rectangular camera bump. He also expects the iPhone 17 Pro models to be equipped with 12GB of R...

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Sure, you can still watch Batman: The Animated Series on Max, but for how much longer? Considering the recent removal of Looney Toons from the Max library, there’s no telling what existential threats could face the Dark Knight in the future. If you’d like to ensure that this essential animated series has a permanent place...

In an announcement set to send shockwaves through wallets everywhere, Lego has announced it will launch Pokémon-themed sets in 2026.

Several Department of Commerce bureaus are said to have told staff not to use DeepSeek's AI chatbot on government devices. "To help keep Department of Commerce information systems safe, access to the new Chinese based AI DeepSeek is broadly prohibited on all [government-furnished equipment]," one bureau told staff in an email, Reuters reports. "Do not download, view, access any applications, desktop apps or websites related to DeepSeek." The extent of any DeepSeek ban within the government as a ...

Samsung has turned up fashionably late to the PCIe 5.0 SSD party, but it’s largely been worth the wait. Rather than rushing out a new drive as soon as the first motherboards came on the scene, the company has been able to see where other drives have failed, and refine its PCIe 5.0 SSD formula. Meet the Samsung 9100 Pro, the fastest SSD on the block. This new Samsung drive isn’t just the quickest M.2 SSD I’ve ever tested, but it also doesn’t run ridiculously hot. You still need a heatsink for it,...

If you’re looking for a great deal on a premium pair of wireless headphones, you can take advantage of a massive $100 saving on the Bose QuietComfort headphones in the Amazon Spring Sale. For a limited time, these can be yours for $249, reduced from their usual price of $349, and this deal applies to all seven colorways. Although we have seen the price drop to $199 previously, this is still an excellent deal. This feature-rich headset combines active noise cancellation (ANC) with high-fidelity a...

Sliding continuously in Fortnite requires a lot of speed, but there are a few ways to get around it. As part of a Week 4 quest in Battle Royale, you need to “travel 59 units of distance while continuously sliding,” which isn’t possible if you don’t have enough speed heading into your slide. However, you...

Netflix has a pretty vast collection of good action movies, but it can be hard to sort through the deluge of new titles regularly dropped onto the platform. That’s what we’re here for. We’ve collected a list of great action movies that span eras, subgenres, and nations, all of which you can watch on Netflix...

Is the horde mode city builder a towering achievement?

Apple has worked to increase the power efficiency of its first foldable display, a new rumor claims. According to the latest post from the Weibo user known as "Phone Chip Expert," Apple's first foldable display prioritizes power efficiency. To achieve this, the company has successfully reduced the display driver integrated circuit (IC) from 28nm to 16nm—a significant advancement. This may help prolong battery life. According to analyst Jeff Pu, Apple's first foldable recently entered the New Pro...

Apple's iconic Fifth Avenue store in New York City is normally open 24/7, but it will be closed overnight on some days this week. According to Apple's website, the store will be closed between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. local time starting Wednesday evening until Saturday morning. The store already closed briefly on Monday. Apple is closing the store to complete maintenance on the store's glass cube entrance, according to a source familiar with the matter. Apple's official explanation is "c...

Sony and Arrowhead have announced the new Helldivers 2 Borderline Justice Warbond, which introduces Wild West-themed weapons and more this week.

The Lego Group and The Pokémon Company are teaming up for Lego Pokémon sets coming in 2026, according to a leaked video that revealed the collaboration on Tuesday. A brief teaser for the partnership points to, at the very least, a Lego set based on Pikachu — but if the Lego Pokémon collab is anything...

Two levels are available to play in Half-Life RTX right now: Ravenholm and Nova Prospekt.

Half-Life 2 RTX now has a demo available on Steam for those of you who want to check out what Orbifold Studios have done to the Valve classic with ray tracing.

Levoit's Core 400S air purifier is down to $187 from its usual $220 price, thanks to the Amazon Spring Sale. While it’s not the lowest price we’ve seen — the air purifier briefly hit $177 last year — it’s still a solid discount on one of the most convenient air purifiers for large spaces. We’ve featured Levoit in our list of the best air purifiers for its strong performance and smart features. The Core 400S can cover rooms up to 1,980 square feet using a three-stage filtration system to capture ...

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Mega(blok) Evolution. After many years of exclusivity with MEGA Bloks, it looks like The Pokémon Company might finally be teaming up with LEGO in 2026. That is, if a recent leak is to be believed. According to a post on the fittingly-named r/Legoleak Reddit forum, the LEGO Mexico Facebook page uploaded a short video teasing the Pokémon collaboration. The original upload has since been removed, but the footage uploaded to Reddit shows a bricky Pikachu tail shocking the two company logos to life.

Microsoft has announced its next wave of Game Pass titles available in March 2025, including promising-looking new British survival game Atomfall - well, if you're a PC or Ultimate subscriber.

Call of Duty veteran Jason Blundell has announced that he's founded a new studio, Dark Outlaw, under the auspices of PlayStation.

With $100 tacked onto the initial $549 price tag—at least—the RX 9070 becomes a hard card to love.

This week on Polygon, we’re looking at games that feel like vacations for your brain. When you don’t want to worry about strategy or challenge or complex narratives, and you’re just in it for the experience. A sunny beach. A snowy cabin. A meditative drive. A… foggy small town designed to scare you? We’re celebrating...

World of Warcraft is a game synonymous with large faction conflicts and over-the-top, near-world-ending events. But even as the world of Azeroth moves from one conflict to the next, players take it upon themselves to embrace more mundane slice-of-life experiences like dedicated beach days, player-run markets, and tavern visits where they meet characters that range...

Christian Zeva acknowledges how strange it sounds to call Silent Hill games “cozy,” especially to people who haven’t played one before. His introduction to the horror series, however, wasn’t in front of a TV. During a rainy train ride one day, he heard the ethereal sound of “The Day of Night” in the background of...

If someone asked you about your favorite place in a Pokémon game, you likely wouldn’t tell them the name of a route. After all, what is a route but a tiring link between cooler stuff? However, for Polygon’s Retreat Week, I decided to take the time to focus on an aspect of the Pokémon world...

I’d just gotten out of prison, eager to return to normal life, when my business associates insisted I take a vacation. Some time away. They probably just wanted me out of their hair, but I didn’t fight them over a free beach trip. After all, the sights sure beat staring at the bars of my...

It was around the time the sigil-ridden corpse hooked up to a breathing tube pooped out a slithering, smiling garden gnome, and shortly after I had to sacrifice my arms, legs, colours and voice to a bunch of hideous trees that I realised that, hang on, this isn't my current lunchtime favourite Bracket City. This is the demo for Moroi, a top-down "dark fairytale" from Violet Saint and publishers Good Shepherd, in which you are a horrible little man in a world of talking meat grinders, plughole ma...

We're still a few months out from the big Amazon Prime Day that typically happens in July, but the online retail giant is having yet another big sale to usher in spring. The Amazon Spring Sale is officially on the books for 2025, starting on March 25 and running through March 31. Considering the time of year, it's not surprising to see that Amazon is billing this as a sale for all things spring cleaning, home and fashion.We don't expect the Amazon Spring Sale to be as fruitful for tech deals as,...

The team at Nexus Mods have released a new version of their open source and cross-platform Nexus Mods app, with Stardew Valley modding now considered close to being ready for everyone.

Apple’s iPads get all the headlines, and with good reason: They’ve long been considered the best tablets for most people. But none of them come cheap. For folks on a tighter budget, I’ve spent the last few weeks testing a couple of 8-inch slates on the dirt-cheap end of the price spectrum: the $100 (but frequently discounted) Amazon Fire HD 8 and the $79 Walmart Onn 8”. They aren’t the only tablets available in this price range, but they’re pushed directly by the world’s two largest retailers, s...

Playing 33 Immortals for the first time is like going to a party at a coworker’s friend’s house. The first few minutes are marked by curiosity, light suspicion and a constant hum of awkwardness, but as you mingle, the strangers become less intimidating and you start to feel like you’re a part of the flow of the night. You might even make some friends of your own. The main difference is that, with 33 Immortals, you never have to take off your fuzzy slippers. I’m not kidding about flow when it com...

At GDC 2025, Nvidia shared a progress update on the Half-Life 2 RTX mod, and part of that was an announcement that a free demo of the visually-overhauled title was coming on March 18. That day has arrived, so owners of Half-Life 2 on Steam can snag the free demo. The in-progress mod overhauls the...