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Konami has announced a new Silent Hill Transmission that will air on Thursday, February 12. The broadcast will share new updates on upcoming titles, including the mysterious Silent Hill: Townfall, which was first announced in 2022.The broadcast will begin at 4:00 p.m. PT/7:00 p.m. ET and will likely be streamed to YouTube and Twitch (though Konami has not yet confirmed how to watch). Although Konami confirms that Silent Hill: Townfall will be a topic of discussion, it does not specify what else the Transmission has in store other than sharing “the latest updates from the Silent Hill series.”Silent Hill: Townfall…
TikTok recently launched an app called PineDrama to cash in on the rising popularity of vertical, short-form scripted dramas. Now, Instagram appears to be preparing to follow suit. Unlike TikTok, however, the Meta-owned platform may integrate the feature directly into its main app. According to a recent post from leaker Alessandro Paluzzi on X, Instagram may soon introduce a new feature that will allow creators to publish short dramas on the platform. A screenshot of the in-development feature suggests these episodes would appear in a new tab on a creator’s profile page, alongside the grid, Reels, reposts, and mentions tabs.…
Pokémon Pokopia is an easy sell – befriend a wide roster of beloved pocket monsters, build them homes, and spend some quality time with them. It’s such an easy sell, in fact, that it would be very easy for the teams involved to phone it in, coasting on the cozy premise and the powerful brand identity. After playing it myself, I’m delighted to learn this isn’t the case.I visited New York City in late January to preview some upcoming Switch 2 games, and while I’ve already written about Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the Virtual Boy, Resident Evil Requiem, and Pragmata,…
Researchers in China seem to have given batteries a serious upgrade that not only enables them to survive but also retain performance in freezing weather (via Global Times). A team at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has unveiled a new “liquid-solid” lithium battery that retains more than 85% of its capacity after operating for over eight hours at bone-chilling -34°C (−29°F). What the new battery tech does differently All of that, and the new battery tech doesn’t even require external insulation to keep the temperature under control. That’s a big feat, as…
Oceanhorn 3, Legend of the Shadow Sea lands on Apple Arcade on March 5, and Apple is calling it an exclusive. If you want to play at launch, you’ll need an active Apple Arcade subscription, there’s no separate purchase option mentioned for other platforms. That matters if you usually buy once and move on. Here, the decision is whether Apple Arcade fits your month, or your household. The story is set nearly 1,000 years after Oceanhorn 2, and it’s meant to work for newcomers as well as longtime fans. Apple also highlights wide device support. Oceanhorn 3 is set to…
Amazon is reportedly planning a big new move in the AI world. According to recent reports, the company is talking to publishers about launching a marketplace where media sites can sell their content directly to companies building AI tools. The idea is to create a central hub where media outlets can license articles, data, and other content to AI companies. At the moment, many AI models use information scraped from the web without clear agreements or compensation. This has sparked legal disputes and raised questions about ownership and how publishers should be fairly compensated. Amazon hasn’t officially confirmed the plan…
Remember that AI personal health coach that promised to act as a trainer and wellness advisor called Fitbit AI Health Coach? Well, Google just took it global. Launched in October 2025 as a public preview for the U.S. Fitbit Premium users, the AI-powered personal health coach is now expanding to more countries, including the U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. From U.S. exclusivity to global coverage The rollout is still in English and remains in “public preview” status, implying that Google is collecting data and feedback to improve the feature before a broader release. So, if you’re willing to…
ChatGPT deep research is getting easier to use when you care about sourcing as much as answers. OpenAI is rolling out tighter controls that let you steer a research run toward specific websites, pull in connected apps as inputs, and read the finished work in a dedicated report viewer. The upgrade is really about reducing noise and speeding up review. Instead of casting a wide net, you can keep the run inside a shortlist of domains you already depend on, then blend in app data when it helps. The viewer is meant to make long reports feel less like a…
The Korean tech giant Samsung has finally confirmed the Galaxy Unpacked 2026 event, and it’s going to be, no surprises here, February 25, 2026. The in-person event will take place in San Francisco, California, commencing from 10 AM PT or 1 PM ET. Its livestream will be available on the company’s official YouTube channel. Galaxy S26 pre-orders go live with early incentives “The new Galaxy S series is coming – built to simplify everyday interactions, inspire confidence, and make Galaxy AI feel seamlessly integrated from the moment it’s in hand,” says Samsung. While the event is scheduled for about two…
It seems that in the world of smartphone technology, time is a flat circle. Just when we thought we had moved on to a future dominated entirely by AI and software tricks, Samsung is reportedly reaching back into its archives to revive a hardware feature it killed off years ago. According to new reports coming out of South Korea’s supply chain, the tech giant is seriously looking into bringing back variable aperture cameras for its future flagship phones. If you have been following the Galaxy lineup for a while, you might remember this feature from the Galaxy S9 and S10…