LG will present a home robot named CLOiD at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. With humanoid robotics sure to feature heavily at this year's tech conference, LG has teased its home assistant before a full unveiling in January. The company says CLOiD's two articulated arms with five individually actuated fingers are designed to help with a variety of household tasks. However, LG has not yet given a specific example of a task CLOiD can handle. We're also not sure what it looks like, because aside from a coupl...
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Kinetic Games has revealed some of what's coming to Phasmophobia in 2026, and the long-awaited 1.0 release is finally set for this year, along with a new character creator and more.
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Tears of the Kingdom's improvement on Switch 2 made it easier to appreciate what the open-world game does right
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Best 'squirrel with a gun' game, most 'Huh?' Nintendo moment, and more! Hello, well met stranger, and welcome to Jurassic Park! Nintendo Life's Alternative Awards 2025! It's been...well...it's been a year in which we have all existed, that's for sure, and as a result games happened. Loads of them, in fact. Of course, and as is tradition at this time of year (it's Christmas, mate, wake up), you've got your usual shoe-ins for Game of the Year, your fancy writing awards, nice acting, and good gamep...
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Clocking out of my 9-5 and clocking into my 5-9.
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I see three SSD queens before me—but which one will take the crown home?
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Brazilian regulators have reached a settlement with Apple after a yearslong investigation into the company's App Store fee practices as well as its policies against third-party app stores. As first reported by Brazilian tech site tecnoblog, the nation's Administrative Council of Economic Defense (CADE) said it has accepted Apple's proposed agreement that will address claims of anticompetitive practices. The agreement will allow for third-party payment processing methods for in-app purchases and ...
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The show's creators walked a delicate tightrope when planning season 5 and Stranger Things: The First Shadow
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Bugonia arrives on Peacock, The Jester 2 appears on Shudder, and Eternity is available to rent
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Losing AirPods happens to the best of us. They’re small, they slide into couch cushions and they love disappearing into bags or pockets when you least expect it. Luckily, Apple’s Find My system makes it easy to track down misplaced AirPods, whether you dropped the case somewhere or can’t find one of the individual earbuds. With the right settings enabled, your iPhone can show the last place they were connected, play a sound to help you hunt them down or even guide you with on-screen directions. ...
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Apple's iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max have been available to buy since September, and a fair few will have been gifted over the holidays. If you're the proud owner of one of Apple's latest models, then keep reading. Whether you're upgrading from an older iPhone or completely new to the devices, this article will help you get the most out your new iPhone. MacRumors has put together the following series of iPhone 17 how-to articles explaining all the new feature...
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In a loud world where everyone is battling to be heard, it's easy to forget that the quiet and smaller moments of kindness hold the most power. A lot of the time, it's easy to think that keeping to yourself is the easiest way to deal with things, whether you're dealing with your own pain or trying to find the right way to navigate someone else's. It's never easy to know what to do, we're all trying our best - after all this is all our first time being human. But one truth remains:a little kindne...
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It's been a varied year for handhelds, with all three of the top models being from different manufacturers.
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Clair Obsur Expedition 33 claimed GOTY at The Game Awards, so I ask Gears of War and Painkiller veteran Adrian Chmielarz for his thoughts on it.
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Xiaomi just launched its flagship 17 Ultra by Leica phone that may make you feel bad about your current device's cameras. Naturally it's a spec monster, with a 1-inch sensor 50MP f/1.67 main camera and 1/1.4-inch 200MP periscope telephoto camera. But it also offers an interesting new mechanical feature: a manual zoom ring that also activates the camera automatically when you rotate it. Both the regular Xiaomi 17 Ultra and Leica edition come with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC with up to 16GB of ...
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The difference between D&D spellcasters explains the powers being used in the show's final season.
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What's the Abyss in Dungeons and Dragons and what does it mean for Stranger Things' finale? An explainer of the D&D lore behind Vecna's realm.
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Revisiting The Revenant: Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar-winning performance and the film's breathtaking cinematography deserve more recognition 10 years later.
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Windows, sadly, still offers some things that Linux cannot.
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The Nintendo Switch 2's maiden voyage in 2025 didn't exactly go as many predicted thanks to a surprising list of games that we're still talking about.
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Setting up a PS5 for a child means you can offer an age-appropriate and safe platform for them to play. Sony made its parental control tools more comprehensive in recent years and they allow families to manage screen time, block unsuitable content, guide online interactions and approve purchases. The process is straightforward once the right menus are in view, but it helps to understand how each feature works before handing over the controller. The system uses individual accounts for each family...
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Rolling a d979 led one player to claim a weapon that became hugely important in ways I never could have dreamed of. Now it means everything.
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Let's give it up for affordable all-in-one liquid coolers.
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Don’t talk to strangers. Stray Children launched on the Japanese eShop on 26th December 2024. We weren't able to review it back in October when it arrived in the West, but we've now managed to catch up with Onion Games' latest...Your dad’s missing and some weird “uncle” is at the door, claiming to know you. Stray Children just chucks you straight into things with barely a title screen – but perhaps that sort of stylistic confidence is unsurprising coming from people behind Moon: Remix RPG Advent...
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Director Tom Gormican and the cast of the 2025 horror-comedy Anaconda break down a laugh-out-loud moment
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More Dawnguard than Dragonborn, but still.
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Roberts Space Industries' sim keeps raking in the cash.
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No, really: Look at you, hacker.
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Holiday lights are twinkling, hot cocoa’s on the stove and gamers are settling in for a well-earned break. Whether staying in or heading on a winter getaway, GeForce NOW makes it easy to keep gaming from anywhere. Stream the 13 new games joining GeForce NOW this week across devices — including laptops, tablets and mobile Read Article
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From Silent Hill f's Ebisugaoka to Tiny Bookshop's Bookstonbury, these are the 2025 games we wish we could live in
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The 2000 cash-grab video game is one of the most unnerving examples of the Grinch industrial complex
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Two 4K and one 1440p monitor take the nominations this year, with one being a potential dark horse.
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Where everybody knows your name.
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Upgrading to the Switch 2 is a big step forward, thanks to the larger screen, new features and improved performance. But shifting to a new console naturally raises the question of what happens to all your games and save data on the one you already have. Thankfully, Nintendo has built a clear System Transfer process that lets you move your account, digital purchases, save files and other key data from your original Switch to the Switch 2. If you prepare ahead of time, you can be back to playing y...
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