Destiny 2 player count doubles overnight after Into the Light, The Final Shape’s Prismatic subclass reveal

What you need to know After the launch of Destiny 2’s new Into the Light update, the game’s player count on Steam has risen from around ~40-50,000 up to about 80,000, essentially doubling overnight. The update features a brand new PvE horde mode called Onslaught with highly desirable returning fan-favorite weapons, along with a tweaked […]

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Microsoft launches new AI hub in London after investing £2.5 billion to upskill the UK’s workforce for the AI era

What you need to know Microsoft recently announced the launch of a new AI hub in London. The facility will “will drive pioneering work to advance state-of-the-art language models and their supporting infrastructure, and to create world-class tooling for foundation models.” Jordan Hoffmann, an AI scientist and engineer, will be joining Microsoft’s AI team to […]

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Apple TV With Camera Again Rumored After tvOS 17 Added FaceTime

A future Apple TV box could have a built-in camera for FaceTime and other video calling apps, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. tvOS 17 added a FaceTime app to the Apple TV, allowing for users to have video calls by using the rear camera on a connected iPhone or iPad. If the Apple TV gained […]

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Galaxy Z Fold 6 might not have a bigger battery after all

Samsung’s current flagship foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Z Fold 5, features a 4,400mAh battery. While the phone provides an excellent battery backup, it offers the same battery capacity as the previous two devices in the lineup, the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and the Galaxy Z Fold 3. So, the company is long overdue to provide […]

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Apple Lays Off 600+ Employees After Canceling Car Project

Apple this week filed a required notice with the state of California, confirming plans to permanently lay off more than 600 employees. Under California law, employers must give employees and state representatives a 60-day notice before a mass layoff event. The employees listed are located in several Apple-occupied buildings around Santa Clara, California, which is […]

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Apple Lays Off 600+ Employees After Canceling Car Project

Apple this week filed a required notice with the state of California, confirming plans to permanently lay off more than 600 employees. Under California law, employers must give employees and state representatives a 60-day notice before a mass layoff event. The employees listed are located in several Apple-occupied buildings around Santa Clara, California, which is […]

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Google to Launch Android Find My Network After Apple Adds Third-Party Tracker Alerts to iPhone

Google today began letting Android customers know that it will soon launch a promised Android-based Find My Device network, reports 9to5Google. Google announced the upcoming ‌Find My‌ feature last year, but it has not yet debuted because Apple and Google were working to develop a cross-platform solution for unwanted tracking alerts. Code in iOS 17.5 […]

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Galaxy S23 users complain of touchscreen issues after One UI 6.1

Samsung started rolling out the highly anticipated One UI 6.1 update for the Galaxy S23 series last week, but it hasn’t been all roses for all users. We’ve heard complaints from Galaxy S23, S23+, and S23 Ultra users about various issues plaguing their devices after the One UI 6.1 update. A new one is now […]

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Samsung market cap crosses $370 billion after three years

It’s no secret that Samsung Electronics has been having a hard time turning the kind of profits that it has been used to. That’s largely been due to the global downturn in the semiconductor industry which hit Samsung’s profitability hard. However, amid signs of a recovery in the memory market and the rising demand for […]

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Reports claim Galaxy S23 running warmer after One UI 6.1 update

Last week, Samsung rolled out One UI 6.1 to many high-end smartphones and tablets, including the Galaxy S23 series devices. While the new software customization brought a lot of new and useful features to last year’s flagship smartphones, it also seems to have brought a bunch of issues. Right after Samsung rolled out the update, […]

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Samsung Galaxy S25 may not go fully Exynos after all

Samsung’s decision to bring back the Exynos chipset for its Galaxy S24 series was met with much concern this year. It went Snapdragon-only for the Galaxy S23 lineup and that was very well received. This year, Samsung has kept an Exynos and Snapdragon split for the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+, while the Galaxy S24 […]

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Google Pixel 8 will get on-device Gemini Nano AI after all

When it announced Gemini, Google also revealed its tiers, one of which is called Nano and runs entirely on-device. The company initially wanted to gatekeep Gemini Nano and only make it available for the Pixel 8 Pro, even though the ‘vanilla’ Pixel 8 has the same chipset. A lot of online backlash ensued, and what […]

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Over 100 million people will get Galaxy AI after the current rollout is complete

Samsung just started the next step of its Galaxy AI suite rollout through the One UI 6.1 update coming to the Galaxy S23 family (including the S23 FE), Galaxy Z Fold5, Galaxy Z Flip5, and Galaxy Tab S9 series starting on March 28, aka today. Those devices will get the Galaxy AI features that launched […]

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After the US, Galaxy S23 One UI 6.1 update is live in Europe

Just a few hours after the Galaxy S23 One UI 6.1 update went live in the USA, Samsung has started rolling it out in Europe. Galaxy S23, S23+, and S23 Ultra owners should be able to download the update in most countries in the region by the end of the day. The Galaxy S23 FE […]

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Square Enix’s Yoshi-P hints that ‘Final Fantasy XVI’ could come to Xbox after the Windows PC version is done

What you need to know Final Fantasy XVI’s developers, Naoki Yoshida and Takeo Kujiraoka, were recently interviewed by Noisy Pixel at this year’s Pax East gaming convention.  During the interview, Naoki Yoshida mentioned the possibility of bringing Final Fantasy XVI to other gaming platforms once the PC version has been completed and released. Final Fantasy […]

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Two things I miss about my Galaxy S22+ after upgrading to S24+

It’s been a month since I upgraded from the Galaxy S22+ to Samsung’s new Galaxy S24+ flagship. I haven’t sold the S22+, nor do I intend to. The phone sits on my desk, and I’ve occasionally gone back to using it briefly to compare things between the old and the new. And I must say, […]

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Dragon’s Dogma 2 mod adds 99 cheap AF appearance change items, completely undercutting Capcom’s microtransactions less than 24 hours after launch

What you need to know Capcom is selling Dragon’s Dogma 2 Art of Metamorphosis items for $2 apiece in the game’s online store. These are needed for changing your character appearance and are only available through gameplay in limited quantities, so their sale in microtransactions has sparked controversy. Less than 24 hours after the game’s […]

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Dragon’s Dogma 2 launches to “Mostly Negative” review bombing after microtransactions reveal, and man, what a bummer

As I write this, Capcom’s new ARPG Dragon’s Dogma 2 is now officially playable on PC through Steam, with the game slated to go live on Xbox and PlayStation consoles in just a few hours. What was supposed to be an exciting and celebratory launch of a sequel that fans have been waiting for for […]

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Samsung Galaxy S22 family may get Galaxy AI features after all

Samsung’s Galaxy S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra launched this year infused with Galaxy AI features, and the company has since promised these will arrive on the S23 family (including the S23 FE) through the update to One UI 6.1 which is due to be released for them at the end of this month. But the […]

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Apex Legends players warned to be careful after major hack during pro tournament

What you need to know Apex Legends was hit with a major hack during the finals of a pro tournament over the weekend.  Despite being a private lobby, someone hacked the game and gave participants cheats, including wallhacks and aimbots.  There’s currently no confirmed information on how the breach occurred, but given the serious nature, […]

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