Apple today shared a new ad that highlights a key advantage that iPhone 16 models have over Android smartphones: the Ceramic Shield. Apple says the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max displays are all protected by the latest-generation Ceramic Shield material, which is advertised as being "2x tougher than glass on any other smartphone." In the new "Trust Issues" ad, a father hands his iPhone to a stranger and asks them to take a photo of his family at a carnival. Unfo...
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Fortnite's second wave of physical Lego sets will include codes for in-game character skins.
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Pokémon Go’s “Sweet Discoveries” event focuses on sweet Pokémon and Pokémon that love to snack. It runs from April 24-29. Notably the event features the debut of Applin, alongside its first two evolutions, Flapple and Appletun. “Sweet Discovers” also features doubled catch candy, increased shiny chances for a few random Pokémon (Delibird, Skwovet, and Cherubi),...
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Retailers opened pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 consoles on Thursday, and it was… chaotic. No one was surprised because console releases are always like this: People flood websites for Best Buy, Walmart, Target, and GameStop and are met with broken pages and slow loading times. Many people did secure pre-orders for the consoles, but a...
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What better way to pass the time waiting for Doom: The Dark Ages than playing through all the mainline Doom games? Well, Humble's latest bundle offers you the chance to do just that – at a major discount. Humble's The id and Friends bundle packs in every mainline Doom game, three Wolfenstein games, and discount coupons for Doom: The Dark Ages for as little as $28 / £21.16. Battling through hordes of demons has never sounded so appealing.
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Don't expect any more multi-million dollar Kickstarter campaigns this year.
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In the wake of Oblivion Remastered, it’s only fair that old-school fans of The Elder Scrolls wonder if we’ll ever see something similar for the game that laid the groundwork for its success. While an official Morrowind remaster is yet to be seen, several colossal mod projects are in the works, planning to expand and enhance Bethesda’s iconic open-world RPG. Now, one of the most ambitious, Tamriel Rebuilt, has a date for its colossal new expansion, Grasping Fortune.
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Picking your class is the finishing touch to your build during character creation.
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A movie based on horror work sim The Mortuary Assistant is in the works, with Arrow star Willa Holland and House of Cards' Paul Sparks attached.
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As proven by science. Here's a discovery that it brings us no joy to report: nobody likes Monty Mole. Now, we know what you might be thinking, "Wait a second, I love that guy!" (heck, he's this writer's Mario Party main), but we're afraid that no, actually, you don't. Play Nintendo has made it quite clear.
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What are the best Oblivion Remastered settings for PC and Steam Deck? This long-awaited remaster has finally arrived, and it's quite refreshing to see just how far PC gaming has come since the original was released in 2006. Plenty has changed, including what the game demands of your gaming PC, and this is where we can help you find the best settings for your setup. The Oblivion Remastered system requirements aren't favorable for anyone with an older gaming PC, but the situation is even worse for...
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Little to big, this budget QLC drive certainly delivers.
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Top-quality drive with a confusing price tag.
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Once the world's fastest sequential SSD, this plucky stick still holds its own.
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Google is offering free repairs and (in some countries) payments to remedy Pixel 7a battery issues. 9to5Google spotted a Google support page detailing an extended repair program in 40 countries. If your Pixel 7a is visibly swelling or its battery drains faster than usual, you may get a battery replacement on the house. The company says it's "determined that certain Pixel 7a phones may experience unexpected battery swelling." Telltale signs include the phone appearing thicker than usual, a bulgin...
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Like some kind of Schrödinger’s cat experiment where both options are “kitty’s dead,” the GameStop website can’t decide how to tell us we’re not able to pre-order the Nintendo Switch 2. At the time of publication, the site waffled between two responses: a grayed out purchase button labeled “Not Available” and two completely different bits...
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NVIDIA sent out a security bulletin today to reveal a fresh security flaw found in their Linux GPU drivers. So it’s time to get updating again to be safe.
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The weekly GTA Online update for April 24, 2025, is live with reward events, discounts, prizes, and Acid Lab bonuses. Our GTA Online weekly update guide will tell you everything happening in Los Santos this week. GTA Online special events On the heels of 4/20, this week’s theme continues in the world of illicit substances....
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Here's how you can prepare for the arrival of the Cheshire Cat.
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How do you join the Oblivion Remastered Fighters Guild? If you want to try your hand at becoming the head of the organization, you need to start at the very bottom. Here's who to speak to, where you'll find them, and what to do when you accidentally punch your horse in view of your master. If you're fresh out of the Cyrodiil jail, check out how to get a horse in Oblivion without getting arrested, or how to start the Shivering Isles DLC if you played the base game to death back in the day. If you...
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Magic: The Gathering is already off to an incredible start in 2025, and that success appears to be helping shield its owner, game and toy maker Hasbro, from the immediate impact of United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Chief executive Chris Cocks told investors Thursday that the outlook for the year remains the same as...
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Olá, gamers.
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Up, up, and away.
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It appears the cost of upgrading games for the original Switch to their Switch 2 Editions is going to vary — in the U.K. and Europe, at least. Listings on the official U.K. and Ireland Nintendo websites show upgrades for Super Mario Party Jamboree and Kirby and the Forgotten Land costing twice as much as...
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Reel 'em in with puns, then hit 'em with climate grief.
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It was literally only last week that 11 bit studios announced a new Frostpunk was on the way, even saying that it could have a release date "as early as 2027." Yet, here we are now, with the reveal of what it actually is. It's not Frostpunk 3, it's not a spinoff, it's Frostpunk 1886, a "reimagined" version of the original game. Yes, that basically just means that it's a remake, though it does sound like it's got a bit more going on from it than the original.
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The Alola starters are finally coming to Pokémon TCG Pocket. And that’s not all: In addition to Rowlet, Litten, and Popplion, the newest Pokémon TCG Pocket expansion brings additional Alolan Pokémon, including the Legendary Pokémon, Solgaleo and Lunala. The new Celestial Guardians expansion includes over 200 cards, focused on the tropical region in the Pokémon...
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As part of the launch of its new "Moto Things" line of accessories, Motorola is introducing the Moto Buds Loop, the company's first take on wireless open-ear earbuds. Rather than completely cover your ear, the Moto Buds Loops cuff the outside, almost like a piercing, blocking out less of the world around you, while still letting you hear your music. The Moto Buds Loop are, as their name suggests, large loop-shaped earbuds that come in either a dark "Trekking Green" or a light (and fairly gaudy) ...
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The Razr is almost certainly the most beloved flip phone of all time. But for 2025, Motorola is expanding its iconic flexible phone line to a total of three devices starting at just $699 while leaning even further into the handset's status as a fashion symbol. The new Razrs feature a very familiar clamshell design to last year's models, with all three packing similarly sized OLED displays, the same titanium hinge and front-mounted exterior screens with two embedded cameras. Motorola partnered wi...
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Motorola has introduced a new smartwatch to its Moto Things branded lifestyle collection. The Moto Watch Fit is due to become available in North America in the coming months, but the company has not released specific dates or pricing information yet. The smartwatch has a 1.9-inch OLED display that reaches up to 1,000 nits of brightness, while the rest of the frame is made of aluminum. Motorola promises an impressive "16-day battery life on just one single charge." The watch also has solid durabi...
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Leaked photos have emerged online that suggest a new AMD Radeon RX 9070 GPU is coming, with a cut-down spec and a cheaper price. Reportedly based on the same RDNA 4 architecture as AMD’s acclaimed new GPUs, the new Radeon RX 9070 GRE looks set to come with less VRAM and fewer stream processors. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard Radeon RX 9070 GRE rumors, as leaks about this unannounced AMD GPU have been swirling for a few weeks now. This is the first time we’ve seen pictures of a graphics ca...
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These days, practically every technology employs artificial intelligence in one way or another, from the hodgepodge summaries at the top of Google search results to email programs auto-summarizing incoming messages and offering to compose outgoing ones. In Hollywood, machine learning tools and generative AI have been folded together under the same umbrella, causing arguably overstated...
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Evercade maker Funstock has become the first hardware manufacture to freeze orders for US customers due to the country's ongoing trade war with China.
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I wonder what the GPU market will be like in 2028...
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