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PS5 Still Outselling the Switch 2 in the U.S.

Both the PlayStation 5 and the Switch 2 are selling well, but one is five years old and the other has been on sale for nine months after years of anticipation. Circana Senior Director Mat Piscatella reports that the PS5 led U.S. hardware sales in January 2026, even though

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iOS 26.4 beta 2: Everything new, how to try it now

iOS 26.4 beta 2 has launched for developers, and early adopters can test several new features and changes. Apple has added encryption for RCS messaging between iPhone and Android devices, a notable step for security-minded users. Apple wrote in its release notes: "In this beta, RCS end-to-end encryption

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50 mpg in a Nissan crossover? Testing the new E-Power hybrid system

I noticed the engine run only twice during the drive: once at wide-open throttle and again when it likely spun up at higher rpm to help charge the battery. That latter moment produced the most harshness, though overall it’s among the smoothest gasoline-supported powertrains I’ve driven. The E-Power

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Conduent data breach grows, affecting at least 25M people

More than 25 million people have had personal data stolen in a spillover from a January 2025 ransomware attack on Conduent, a company that provides printing, mailroom and document and payment processing for state benefit programs and corporate workforce services. Conduent says its technology and operational support reach more than

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ROG Flow Z13-KJP embodies Kojima Productions' approach to creation

The ROG Flow Z13-KJP is a limited-edition Asus machine made with Kojima Productions. Functionally it mirrors the regular Flow Z13 — a 13.4-inch tablet-laptop hybrid with a detachable keyboard and a built-in kickstand — but its styling is unmistakably Kojima, with sci-fi accents and black lines that don’t read as

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ASML claims EUV upgrade could raise chip production by 50%

ASML makes the machines that most chipmakers use, and its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tools are central to modern chip production. In the EUV process, patterned light is shone onto silicon wafers to etch chip layouts, and reflecting EUV light causes significant losses that require very powerful light sources. The

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Blizzard announces Overwatch Rush, a mobile Overwatch spinoff

Blizzard is developing Overwatch Rush, a mobile spinoff of Overwatch it calls "an entirely new game – not a port." The project is being built internally by a team separate from Team 4; Blizzard says a new, dedicated international team with extensive mobile experience is focused exclusively on the

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Ex Activision Blizzard exec defends new Xbox CEO: It IS learnable

One former Activision Blizzard executive has defended new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, saying “even though there is a LOT to learn for someone without a gaming background, it IS learnable.” Sharma is replacing former Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer as Xbox president Sarah Bond resigns, creating an enormous leadership shakeup;

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Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Top eShop Despite $20 Price Backlash

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen arrive on Nintendo Switch Friday, February 27, as ports of the 22-year-old Game Boy Advance remakes. Those editions are widely regarded as the definitive versions of the originals thanks to quality-of-life changes and added areas and quest lines, but the $20 price tag drew criticism from

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Assassin’s Creed led by Black Flag and Origins veterans

On February 23, Ubisoft named Martin Schelling, Jean Guesdon and François de Billy to lead the Assassin’s Creed franchise inside Vantage Studios, the Tencent-backed subsidiary now overseeing the series. The trio have long worked on flagship entries including Black Flag, Origins, Revelations and Valhalla. Schelling becomes head of the

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Final Fantasy VII Remake Director Explains Why Cloud's Hair Looks Rough on Switch 2

Last month Square Enix released Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade on Nintendo Switch 2. The port was well-received for its clarity and performance, but some players noticed Cloud’s hair could appear fuzzy or pixelated. In a February 23 interview with Automaton, director Naoki Hamaguchi outlined the technical cause. The

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Indie Games Shift Release Dates Around Slay the Spire 2 Launch

Mega Crit announced Slay the Spire 2 will launch on March 5, and the timing has prompted several smaller studios to rethink their release plans. Handmancers, a roguelike deckbuilder from 58BLADES, pulled its launch from the Turn‑Based Thursday Fest that begins March 6, saying, “Yea…we’d get absolutely

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Skull and Bones recycled Black Flag ideas after a decade of delays

Skull and Bones stands out among Ubisoft's missteps: it took the best parts of Assassin's Creed 3 and Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag and dropped them into a shaky live-service framework. The project spent a decade in development, was repeatedly delayed, and kept changing

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YouTuber builds CRT-based homebrew VR headset

A YouTuber known as dooglehead built a homebrew VR headset using mini CRTs to tackle the screen-door effect. He repurposed a couple of 1990s Sony Watchman units with 2.7-inch, black-and-white CRTs that run at 640 by 480 resolution, interlaced. Starting from an open-source VR headset project, he used an

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Google’s Pokémon game is back with a vengeance

While looking up the release date for Legends: Arceus, I was greeted by a large Poké Ball at the bottom of my screen and an immediate urge to play. The Pokémon franchise has surprised me before, but this was the first time a search result felt like an active jump

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Yet Another Live-Service Game Is Shutting Down And Refunding Players

King of Meat, an online-only live-service co-op game from Glowmade, launched last fall for $30 and announced it will shut down in April. The studio and publisher said the servers will close on April 9, 2026, and players can access existing content until then. The game arrived after a high-profile

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Marathon Is Already Improving On Arc Raiders In One Key Area

Marathon has been playing catch-up to Arc Raiders since both games debuted their first player tests, but Bungie’s extraction shooter is taking a firmer stance on cheating. The developer announced a strict one-strike ban policy: "Anyone found to be cheating will be permabanned from playing Marathon forever, no

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Roborock's first self-cleaning roller mop delivered on hardwood floors

The Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow is now available with an introductory price of $849 and a regular price of $999. It pairs 20,000Pa of suction with dual roller brushes and introduces SpiralFlow mopping alongside a self‑washing roller mop, plus a shield that covers the mop when the

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Marathon cheaters will be permanently banned by Bungie

Bungie has said anyone found cheating in Marathon "will be permanently banned forever, no second chances." The announcement appears in a blog post titled "networking and security," and the Marathon account reiterated the line on X. Bungie has not clarified whether a permanent ban means the

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Nothing About The Big Xbox Shakeup Makes Sense

The retirement of Phil Spencer was announced on a Friday afternoon through memos and media exclusives, catching many off guard. The announcement had been scheduled for Monday, February 23, but reporting from IGN moved up the timeline and many employees learned the news via social media. Spencer has reportedly been

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Slay the Spire 2 forces some deckbuilders to delay, others to stand firm

In mid-February, Mega Crit announced a sequel to Slay the Spire, which will hit early access on Steam on March 5. Fans of the original are thrilled, and studios crafting Spire-like games have reason to feel anxious. Handmancers, a first-person roguelike deckbuilder built on a rock-paper-scissors design, had aimed for

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Try this tiny Linux distro when nothing else will fit

Tiny Core Linux is an extremely small, modular distribution with three editions: Core, a 17MB terminal-only image; TinyCore, a 23MB desktop using the FLTK/FLWM environment; and CorePlus, a 248MB desktop that includes seven desktop choices. It can run entirely in RAM when used as a live system, and modules

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Canva acquires animation and ad-tech startups

Canva announced the dual acquisition of Cavalry, a UK-based startup focused on 2D motion animation for advertising, marketing, gaming and generative art, and MangoAI, a stealth startup building reinforcement learning systems to improve video ad performance. Canva said Cavalry’s tooling will augment Affinity, the professional creative editing suite for

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Silicon Valley’s dependence on Taiwan chips poses a major risk

Federal officials have long warned tech executives that Taiwan, a democracy roughly the size of Maryland that makes 90 percent of the world’s high-end computer chips, is a single point of failure for the global economy. In secret briefings in Washington and Silicon Valley, national security officials told leaders

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Intel rumoured to move from hybrid P-core and E-core design to unified core

Intel's recent processors use a hybrid arrangement of Performance and Efficient cores. The Core Ultra 9 285K, for example, is a 24-core chip with eight high-powered Performance cores and 16 Efficient cores; this segmentation dates back to Alder Lake, Intel's 12th generation. Rumours are resurfacing that