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Disney+ gets its own time-sucking vertical video section

Engadget icon 154 days, 14 hours, 17 minutes ago by Daniel Cooper

Disney+ gets its own time-sucking vertical video section

It’s not just the major social platforms that know how effective an endless scroll of short videos is at hijacking your dopamine system. Disney+ is adding Verts, a selection of short vertical clips you can scroll through to keep your brain chemistry happy when you are in the bathroom so inclined. The company says it’s a “dynamic feed” to help users “quickly find their next favorite watch,” letting you jump straight in to see the full movie or TV show the clip hails from. Not to mention the side ...

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John Carpenter's Toxic Commando is great B-movie fun

Polygon icon 154 days, 14 hours, 20 minutes ago by Michael McWhertor

John Carpenter's Toxic Commando is great B-movie fun

Toxic Commando may not have much John Carpenter in it, but the dev behind World War Z and MudRunner made another solid co-op zombie shooter.

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Texture pop-in may be about to pop-out of existence thanks to even faster asset streaming ushered in by new Zstandard support in DirectStorage

PC Gamer icon 154 days, 14 hours, 20 minutes ago by Jess Kinghorn

Texture pop-in may be about to pop-out of existence thanks to even faster asset streaming ushered in by new Zstandard support in DirectStorage

Racing ahead.

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Starfleet Academy is the best first season of as Star Trek show ever

Engadget icon 154 days, 14 hours, 21 minutes ago by Kris Naudus

Starfleet Academy is the best first season of as Star Trek show ever

The first season of a TV show is a tricky thing. It has to convince people to watch it and justify the show’s existence to the network (or streaming service) execs. It has to deal with actors and writers who may not have fully dialed into the characters and world yet. There are some shows with absolutely stellar first seasons — Stranger Things, Veronica Mars and Ted Lasso are a few — but many other hit shows stumbled out of the gate, like The Office and Supernatural. Star Trek is not immune to t...

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MacBook Neo's Keyboard Can Be Replaced Individually in Major Change

MacRumors icon 154 days, 14 hours, 22 minutes ago by Joe Rossignol

MacBook Neo's Keyboard Can Be Replaced Individually in Major Change

Apple has published its MacBook Neo repair manual, and it reveals some big repairability news: the keyboard can be replaced individually. For many years, replacing the keyboard in a MacBook has required replacing the entire Top Case, which refers to the top half of the aluminum shell surrounding the keyboard. For example, the latest MacBook Air has a "Top Case with Keyboard" part, and the latest MacBook Pro models have a "Top Case with Battery and Keyboard" part. For the MacBook Neo, there are s...

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Google’s GFiber internet business is merging with Astound Broadband

Engadget icon 154 days, 14 hours, 22 minutes ago by Matt Tate

Google’s GFiber internet business is merging with Astound Broadband

Google has announced that GFiber is merging with Astound Broadband, in an agreement that sees Astound’s parent company Stonepeak become the majority owner, with Alphabet retaining a minority stake. No financial specifics were detailed in a press release, but the new combined business will be an independent provider led by GFiber’s executive team, who Google says will use its "expertise in high-speed fiber innovation to manage the combined network footprint." Astound already serves over one milli...

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Modder behind cancelled Star Wars game's unofficial revival has 'no concern at all' about Disney reprisal: 'We pose little to no threat to any upcoming or ongoing titles'

PC Gamer icon 154 days, 14 hours, 23 minutes ago by Nic Reuben

Modder behind cancelled Star Wars game's unofficial revival has 'no concern at all' about Disney reprisal: 'We pose little to no threat to any upcoming or ongoing titles'

"Ultimately any Star Wars game more than deserves preservation and restoration."

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PEGI Rating Changes Will See Loot Box Games Classified Much Higher

154 days, 14 hours, 34 minutes ago by Joseph Allen

Things are about to change when it comes to European ratings board PEGI, and any company that makes games with loot boxes should probably pay attention.

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Apple Announces 50th Anniversary Plans

MacRumors icon 154 days, 14 hours, 40 minutes ago by Joe Rossignol

Apple Announces 50th Anniversary Plans

Apple today announced that it plans to celebrate its 50th anniversary, which is on April 1. In addition, Apple CEO Tim Cook shared a "50 Years of Thinking Different" letter. "While Apple is known for looking forward, this milestone offers a special moment to reflect on the journey that has brought the company here, to celebrate the people and communities who have thought different with us, and to honor the enduring values that continue to guide our work," said Apple, in a press release. In the c...

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Shares '50 Years of Thinking Different' Letter

MacRumors icon 154 days, 14 hours, 46 minutes ago by Joe Rossignol

Apple CEO Tim Cook today shared a "50 Years of Thinking Different" letter, ahead of the company's 50th anniversary on April 1, 2026. Here is the full letter:Fifty years ago in a small garage, a big idea was born. Apple was founded on the simple notion that technology should be personal, and that belief — radical at the time — changed everything. April 1st marks 50 years of Apple. From the first Apple computer to the Mac, from iPod to iPhone, iPad to Apple Watch and AirPods, as well as the servic...

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GeForce NOW Raises the Game at the Game Developers Conference

NVIDIA Blog icon 154 days, 14 hours, 50 minutes ago by GeForce NOW Community

GeForce NOW Raises the Game at the Game Developers Conference

GeForce NOW is bringing the game to the Game Developers Conference (GDC), running this week in San Francisco. While developers build the future of gaming, GeForce NOW is delivering it to gamers. The latest updates bring smoother performance, easier game discovery and a fresh lineup of blockbuster titles to the cloud. Game discoverability gets a...

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Elden Ring Switch 2 preview shows a port that's actually pretty good

Polygon icon 154 days, 14 hours, 50 minutes ago by Giovanni Colantonio

Elden Ring Switch 2 preview shows a port that's actually pretty good

Elden Ring Tarnished Edition was a worrying project for a while, but the Elden Ring Switch 2 port is in good shape, according to our recent preview.

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Microsoft confirms 'Xbox Mode' rollout for Windows 11 and reveals more plans for PC-console hybrid Project Helix

PCGamesN icon 154 days, 14 hours, 54 minutes ago by Aaron Down

Microsoft confirms 'Xbox Mode' rollout for Windows 11 and reveals more plans for PC-console hybrid Project Helix

Microsoft is bringing its Xbox Mode gaming layer to Windows 11 next month, and confirms devs will get hands-on with Project Helix in 2027.

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Pokemon Pokopia Sales Surpass 2m in First Four Days

154 days, 14 hours, 56 minutes ago by Joseph Allen

Pokemon Pokopia, the cozy life sim set in the world of Pokemon, has sold pretty well so far. Who'd have thunk it?

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AMD announces next-gen 'FSR Diamond' AI-enhanced upscaling for future Xbox consoles, but the question is whether it's coming to PC and which GPUs will support it

PC Gamer icon 154 days, 15 hours, 1 minute ago by Jeremy Laird

AMD announces next-gen 'FSR Diamond' AI-enhanced upscaling for future Xbox consoles, but the question is whether it's coming to PC and which GPUs will support it

And will it be limited to next-gen RDNA 5 GPUs?

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Valve has "serious concerns" with New York Attorney General's loot box lawsuit

PCGamesN icon 154 days, 15 hours, 1 minute ago by Jamie Hore

Valve has "serious concerns" with New York Attorney General's loot box lawsuit

After being accused of “promoting illegal gambling” through loot boxes and item trading, Valve has hit back against its New York lawsuit.

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Amazon Introduces First Cash Discounts on New MacBook Air and MacBook Pro

MacRumors icon 154 days, 15 hours, 5 minutes ago by Mitchel Broussard

Amazon Introduces First Cash Discounts on New MacBook Air and MacBook Pro

Apple's new M5 MacBook Air and M5 Pro/M5 Max MacBook Pro just launched yesterday, and now Amazon has the first cash discounts on these models. You'll find $49 off nearly every new MacBook model on Amazon, without the need of a membership or clipping a coupon. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. Before today, the only offers we were tracking were Best Buy gift cards wi...

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Mesa 26.0.2 arrives with more bug-fixes for Linux graphics drivers

GamingOnLinux icon 154 days, 15 hours, 13 minutes ago by Liam Dawe

Mesa 26.0.2 arrives with more bug-fixes for Linux graphics drivers

Available now in Mesa 26.0.2, the latest bug-fix release for the current main stable version of open source graphics drivers for Linux

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After a successful launch weekend, Pokopia has become one of the best-selling Pokémon spin-offs ever

Eurogamer icon 154 days, 15 hours, 15 minutes ago by Victoria Phillips Kennedy

After a successful launch weekend, Pokopia has become one of the best-selling Pokémon spin-offs ever

It is fair to say Nintendo's new Animal Crossing-like Pokémon Pokopia has had a pretty darn successful launch.

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Dave the Diver's jungle DLC release date confirmed for summer, so you'd better start learning how to outrun piranhas

Rock Paper Shotgun icon 154 days, 15 hours, 21 minutes ago by Mark Warren

Dave the Diver's jungle DLC release date confirmed for summer, so you'd better start learning how to outrun piranhas

Wahey, Dave The Diver's jungle DLC finally has a release date. Mintrocket's waiter/swimmer of the murky depths sim will send its crew off to do some grilling and crocodile hunting in a village far from civilisation this June.

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Google Maps brings a 3D map to your driving directions

Engadget icon 154 days, 15 hours, 21 minutes ago by Igor Bonifacic

Google Maps brings a 3D map to your driving directions

In recent weeks, Google has been busy adding AI features to all of its most popular apps. Following Gmail and Chrome, Maps is now the latest service to get a Gemini makeover, with a redesign of the driving experience headlining the update.        Google is billing the new "Immersive Navigation" mode as the most significant update to driving directions in Maps in about a decade. Now instead of displaying a 2D map of the area around your car, Maps will render the surroundings in 3D. Google believe...

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"We're going to lay off 1,000 people and that's going to be on you": Ex-Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan says redundancy ultimatum led to his Blizzard exit

Rock Paper Shotgun icon 154 days, 15 hours, 26 minutes ago by Mark Warren

"We're going to lay off 1,000 people and that's going to be on you": Ex-Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan says redundancy ultimatum led to his Blizzard exit

Former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan has said his 2021 departure from Blizzard followed an ultimatum about redundancies which "ultimately broke" his resolve and led him towards the exit door. The developer frames that moment as the culmination of a number of tough years working on the hero shooter, which included a 2018 push into esports with the Overwatch League serving as a drain on resources for a team who were also trying to get Overwatch 2 off the ground.

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PlayerUnknown reckons he can take back the term 'metaverse' because 'It's just been co-opted by certain people… like, I still use Twitter because f**k [Elon Musk]'

PC Gamer icon 154 days, 15 hours, 32 minutes ago by Joshua Wolens

PlayerUnknown reckons he can take back the term 'metaverse' because 'It's just been co-opted by certain people… like, I still use Twitter because f**k [Elon Musk]'

Them's fighting words.

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RWR 2 (RUNNING WITH RIFLES 2) announced with a teaser trailer

GamingOnLinux icon 154 days, 15 hours, 37 minutes ago by Liam Dawe

RWR 2 (RUNNING WITH RIFLES 2) announced with a teaser trailer

The popular top-down tactical shooter RUNNING WITH RIFLES is returning with RWR 2 (RUNNING WITH RIFLES 2) just announced

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Microsoft is paving more PC roads to Project Helix, releasing a Windows 11 Xbox Mode in April for laptops and desktops

PC Gamer icon 154 days, 15 hours, 47 minutes ago by James Bentley

Microsoft is paving more PC roads to Project Helix, releasing a Windows 11 Xbox Mode in April for laptops and desktops

This should make navigating Windows on controller easier.

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JBL's two new Live headphones offer 80 hours of battery each

Engadget icon 154 days, 15 hours, 50 minutes ago by Lawrence Bonk

JBL's two new Live headphones offer 80 hours of battery each

JBL just released two new pairs of headphones in its pre-existing Live line. There's the over-ear Live 780NC and the on-ear Live 680NC. Both sets of headphones have similar specs, despite the difference in design. The biggest news here is likely the battery life. They max out at 80 hours per charge with regular use, which is a fantastic metric. This shrinks to 50 hours when using ANC, but that's still fairly remarkable. We truly live in a golden age of wireless headphone batteries. JBL's new hea...

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55 years ago, The Andromeda Strain put the science in science fiction

Polygon icon 154 days, 15 hours, 50 minutes ago by Debopriyaa Dutta

55 years ago, The Andromeda Strain put the science in science fiction

Robert Wise's 1971 sci-fi thriller raises pertinent questions about human fragility.

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Foldable iPhone's 12GB RAM to Be Supplied by Samsung

MacRumors icon 154 days, 15 hours, 53 minutes ago by Tim Hardwick

Foldable iPhone's 12GB RAM to Be Supplied by Samsung

Apple's first foldable iPhone will feature 12GB of RAM supplied by Samsung, with the latter set to begin DRAM shipments in the second quarter of this year in line with Apple's production schedule. Korea-based media outlet The Bell reports that Samsung was able to negotiate a substantially higher price than previous memory contracts with Apple, owing to tightening global memory supply amid the AI server build-out. The price of a 12GB LPDDR5X module, which is already used in the iPhone Air and iPh...

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WoW's Horde/Alliance split was 'really controversial', says Jeff Kaplan, to the point where it was only locked in 9-12 months before the game's launch

PC Gamer icon 154 days, 16 hours, 9 minutes ago by Harvey Randall

WoW's Horde/Alliance split was 'really controversial', says Jeff Kaplan, to the point where it was only locked in 9-12 months before the game's launch

"He liked the fact you were instantly on a team."

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"UESC is still a menace, don't worry" - Marathon community debates PvE nerfs following game's first major balance patch

Eurogamer icon 154 days, 16 hours, 10 minutes ago by Connor Makar

"UESC is still a menace, don't worry" - Marathon community debates PvE nerfs following game's first major balance patch

Marathon players are debating the merits of a recent balance patch which has, among other things, made UESC enemies easier to kill.

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Ex-Overwatch dev reveals new game: The Legend of California

Polygon icon 154 days, 16 hours, 15 minutes ago by Aimee Hart

Ex-Overwatch dev reveals new game: The Legend of California

Discover a mythical wild west in The Legend of California, an indie multiplayer action-survival FPS led by ex-Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan.

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Uber is piloting a robotaxi service in Tokyo

Engadget icon 154 days, 16 hours, 29 minutes ago by Mariella Moon

Uber is piloting a robotaxi service in Tokyo

Uber has teamed up with UK self-driving car startup Wayve and Nissan to launch a pilot program for a robotaxi service in Tokyo in late 2026. The program will use Nissan Leaf EVs powered by Wayve’s AI Driver automated vehicle technology, which will then be connected to Uber’s platform. Trained drivers will be behind the wheel at first, as the deployed vehicles gather real-world data to be able to navigate Tokyo’s driving conditions and complex streets that are also a lot narrower than the roads i...

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Mewgenics will have 'at least two' DLCs, and the 'small' one is almost a third as big as the base game

PC Gamer icon 154 days, 16 hours, 43 minutes ago by Nic Reuben

Mewgenics will have 'at least two' DLCs, and the 'small' one is almost a third as big as the base game

Never hitting paws.

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Jujutsu Randomizer codes March 2026

PCGamesN icon 154 days, 16 hours, 46 minutes ago by Joshua Brown

Jujutsu Randomizer codes March 2026

By redeeming these new Jujutsu Randomizer codes, you’ll keep free Yen flowing in to unlock cool new skins, finishers, and… more skins.

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Microsoft confirm their PC game-running Project Helix should be in devs' hands by 2027, and packs next-gen AMD innards

Rock Paper Shotgun icon 154 days, 16 hours, 51 minutes ago by Mark Warren

Microsoft confirm their PC game-running Project Helix should be in devs' hands by 2027, and packs next-gen AMD innards

Microsoft have shared some more details about the hardware Xbox's next-gen console - the PC game-running Project Helix - will be packing. The new box is set to run on AMD-built tech with support for FSR upscaling, and should start to rock up on developers' desks as of 2027. That last bit means it'll likely release in 2028 at the very earliest.

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