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If your car still has the factory stereo that feels stuck in 2014, this is one of the cleanest quality-of-life upgrades you can make. The Kenwood DMX4710S 6.8-inch multimedia receiver is $299.99, which is $100 off the $399.99 compared value. The main draw is simple: wired Apple CarPlay and Android Auto so you can get modern navigation, calls, texts, and music in a way that feels like your phone—but safer and easier to use while driving. What you’re getting This is a 6.8-inch touchscreen multimedia receiver designed to replace an older head unit. With wired CarPlay/Android Auto, you plug your…

Mio is a tiny robot who awakens on a vast spacefaring vessel that is rapidly deteriorating. You must guide her on a path to save all that she knows, even without any memory of who or what she is, and as both the ship and Mio herself are gradually falling apart. Following in the footsteps of challenging, artistic, and sprawling search action games like the Ori and Hollow Knight series, Mio is a study in meticulous design decisions, subdued but gorgeous audio and visual aesthetics, and an approach to difficulty that is best expressed in words you wouldn’t say in…

Let’s get the hard truth out of the way immediately: The RTX 5090 in a laptop is not the same silicon beast as the brick-sized card you shove into a desktop tower. The laws of thermodynamics still apply, and you can’t push 500 watts through a 16-inch chassis without melting the keyboard. But looking at the benchmarks coming out this week, fixating on that gap misses the point entirely. Quick links Acer – Predator Helios Neo 16 AI RTX 5070 Ti (~$1,540) HP – OMEN MAX 16 RTX 5080(~$2,700) Lenovo – Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 RTX 5090 (~$3,160) The…

Last year, Ubisoft released a 60 FPS update for Far Cry 4 on current consoles, and now it’s applying the same magic to three earlier entries. Far Cry 3: Classic Edition, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Classic Edition, and Far Cry Primal will receive the same update this week.The news was first announced via a cryptic X post featuring three math equations using emojis to spell out the games and the 60 FPS update. These updates will be available this Wednesday, January 21, and apply when playing the games on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Individual trailers showcase the improved…

A popular fan-made VR mod of Cyberpunk 2077 is no longer available, sparking a familiar debate around paid mods and publisher control. CD Projekt Red has issued a DMCA takedown against the Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod created by well-known VR modder Luke Ross, effectively forcing it offline after being available for nearly four years. The mod, first released in early 2022, allowed players to explore Night City in full VR, dramatically boosting immersion for headset users. It was widely praised in the VR community and became one of Ross’s most popular projects. What led to the takedown The mod itself…

The OnePlus 15 has turned quite a few heads for its performance and battery life, but if there’s one thing that keeps users and reviewers longing for more, it’s the cameras. After ending its partnership with Hasselblad, OnePlus downgraded the cameras on its recent flagship, but its successor might be able to turn things around. According to the Indian tipster Yogesh Brar, the “next OnePlus flagship,” likely the OnePlus 16, could feature an improved primary camera. Per the tipster’s X post, the purported flagship could feature a 200MP primary sensor, a major step up from the 50MP sensor on the…

YouTube TV is making major moves to win over subscribers. After announcing plans to roll out new genre-specific bundles in 2026 that will let users tailor their subscriptions and potentially cut monthly costs, the platform is now offering new subscribers a longer trial period and a hefty discount for the first two months. Typically, YouTube TV offers a 7-day free trial, after which subscribers pay $82.99 per month for the streaming service. Under the new promotion, subscribers can enjoy a 10-day free trial and pay just $59.99 per month for the first two months. According to 9to5Google, this promotion is…

The Trump administration is turning up the heat on memory chip supply, invest in US production or face duties that can run as high as 100%. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick delivered the warning after a groundbreaking for Micron’s new plant near Syracuse, New York, calling it industrial policy aimed at pulling more chipmaking stateside, Bloomberg reports. That matters for your wallet, as memory is baked into the upgrades people buy most, and pricing moves fast when the market gets rattled. A big missing piece is timing. The White House has said new tariffs and an offset program to encourage domestic…

Google is testing a new Chrome Canary feature that makes it easier to ask AI about a webpage, no highlighting required. If it ships more broadly, it turns a familiar question into a quick action that works anywhere you click. The change appears when you right-click a page and choose Search with Google Lens. Instead of pushing you into the older Lens flow that required selecting text or images, Chrome now drops a small floating bar at the top with an Ask about this page prompt and a preview of what you’re viewing. Windows Report describes it as a lighter…

Microsoft’s first Windows 11 security update of 2026 caused two nasty failures, some PCs couldn’t finish a shutdown, and some users couldn’t sign in over Remote Desktop. Microsoft has now shipped emergency updates to fix both. The updates are out-of-band, meaning they landed outside the normal schedule, and they’re already showing up in Windows Update. If your PC started hanging during shutdown, failing to hibernate, or refusing remote sign-ins after the latest security patch, installing the emergency fix is the fastest path back to a stable machine. The emergency patches to install Microsoft has released two out-of-band updates, KB5077744 and…