Category: Gaming

Introduction Elon Musk sent a mass email to federal employees on February 22nd. He told them to respond by the end of the day with “5 bullets of what you accomplished last week,” and that “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation” Some agencies have apparently ordered compliance, others have called the email […]

Introduction The Nintendo-branded Alarmo will yell at you for sleeping in if Mario’s leer of disapproval isn’t enough. The alarm clock will attempt to wake you each morning with scenes and sounds from several iconic franchises. Key Insights What is Nintendo’s alarm? The Nintendo-branded Alarmo will yell at you for sleeping in if Mario’s leer […]

Introduction After briefly going dark in the US to comply with the divest-or-ban law targeting ByteDance that went into effect on January 19th, TikTok quickly came back online, but it was still missing from app stores. That persisted even after Donald Trump issued an executive order “instructing the Attorney General not to take any action […]

Introduction After months of preparation, Epic Games will finally take on Apple in court in a trial that could fundamentally change the makeup of the App Store. The fight dates back to August, when Epic added a direct payment mechanism to its hit battle royale game Fortnite in violation of Apple’s rules. The iPhone maker […]

Introduction Valve’s Steam Deck and its carrying case. | Image: Valve In July 2021, Valve revealed the Steam Deck, a Switch-like handheld device packed with features including a huge variety of control options, a 7-inch touchscreen, the ability to connect to external displays, and a quick suspend / resume feature. The device began shipping in […]

Introduction N Nvidia has confirmed that some of its new RTX 50-series graphics cards had a “rare” manufacturing issue that left them missing some promised render units and a slight amount of performance as a result. Originally, the company only named three affected cards: the RTX 5090, 5090D, and 5070 Ti. But now, it has […]

Introduction N Nvidia has confirmed that some of its new RTX 50-series graphics cards had a “rare” manufacturing issue. The Key Insights What is Nvidia admits? N Nvidia has confirmed that some of its new RTX 50-series graphics cards had a “rare” manufacturing issue that left them missing some promised render units and a slight […]

Introduction Here’s everything you need to know about Tesla’s first pickup truck, which Elon Musk has called “heart-stopping” and his “personal favorite” of Tesla’s vehicles. Pickups have become more popular lately — their share of the US light vehicle market increased to 17.5 percent in 2019, from just under 13 percent in 2012. They’re also […]

Verizon and – Introduction Verizon and AT&T have each announced milestones in making cellphone-to-satellite video calls in partnership with satellite company AST SpaceMobile. There’s lining up competition to T-Mobile’s arrangement with SpaceX and Starlink on satellite- to-cell service which launched a public beta for messaging via satellite earlier this month. Verizon pulled off “a live […]