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A baby seal robot for mental health care might sound like something out of a sci-fi movie, but Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust is actually piloting one in its outpatient clinics, and the idea makes a lot of sense when you dig into it. It’s a PARO robot (a personal robot designed for therapeutic purposes) which looks and behaves like a baby seal. It responds to touch, sound, light, and temperature with gentle movements and soft sounds. Think of it like a therapy animal, but without the unpredictability of a real animal. You can hold it, interact with…

AMD just did something that should excite anyone running a professional workstation, and probably annoy anyone who believed 3D V-Cache was exclusively for gamers.  The chip maker has announced six new Ryzen Pro 9000 Series desktop processors built on Zen 5 architecture. And, for the very first time, these processors bring 3D V-Cache technology to the commercial desktop market. What makes the X3D models special? Among the six, the headline chip is the Ryzen 9 Pro 9965X3D, which comprises 16 cores, 32 threads, up to 5.5 GHz peak clock speed (with boost), and 128 MB of total L3 cache. While everything…

First-generation products usually come with an invisible warning label, which is especially true for foldable devices. They can look exciting and ambitious, but there is often a rough edge somewhere. It could be the distracting crease on the flexing screen or a hinge that feels unsure. Even the design can feel fragile while giving off a premium look. So, it’s pretty impressive that the Motorola Razr Fold does not give off that vibe. This is Motorola’s first-ever book-style foldable, after years of building its foldable identity with its recognizable Razr series of flip phones. Naturally, you would expect some first-gen…

Alienware is expanding into a more affordable segment of the gaming laptop market with the launch of the new Alienware 15, which comes equipped with a five-year-old RTX 3050 GPU to bring the price down. This launch points towards Dell’s broader strategy to make Alienware systems accessible to more gamers, even if that means stepping away from the absolute latest flagship hardware in some configurations. Dell now appears to be restructuring Alienware into multiple tiers. The Alienware 15 serves as the “core” gaming option, Aurora systems cover more versatile mid-range users, while Area-51 remains the flagship category for enthusiasts seeking…

Sony has a camera legacy that most brands, regardless of whether they make cameras or smartphones, dream of. The company rewrote what full-frame sensors could do with its Alpha series.  That particular rendering of skin tones, that restraint with saturation, the commitment to accurate white balance; the company’s color science is precisely why cinematographers, videographers, and photographers like me, in the consumer tech space, swear by its color science and camera hardware.  So when the official Sony Xperia X account posted “Origin vs. AI Camera Assistant” side-by-side comparisons, particularly to promote the Xperia Intelligence on the company’s new Xperia 1…

Chrome is still the default browser for many smartphone users, but Microsoft’s latest Edge update gives them a practical reason to try something else. Microsoft has announced a major Copilot update for Edge across desktop and mobile. The rollout comes ahead of Google’s Gemini-powered Chrome upgrade for Android, which is expected in June, giving Edge a chance to stand out on phones before Chrome’s next big AI push. The update is also arriving on Edge desktop, where Copilot can help across open tabs and browsing history. But the mobile rollout may be more useful day to day, simply because tab…

Google has quietly altered one of the most reliable promises in consumer tech: 15GB of free cloud storage. For years, signing up for a Google account meant getting 15GB of free storage, shared across Gmail, Drive, and Photos. However, that’s changed.  New accounts are now defaulting to 5GB (same as iCloud), with the full 15GB available only if you have entered your phone number during setup. The prompt users are seeing reads: “Your account includes 5GB of storage. Now get even more storage space with your phone number.” What exactly changed? The policy change took effect sometime around March 18, 2026…

Netflix has spent years using AI to make sure you never leave the couch. Making AI-based content is the next step, I guess. The streaming giant is staffing up a new internal studio called INKubator to produce animated short films and specials using generative AI (via TheVerge). The project never got an official announcement from Netflix. Instead, it surfaced through a series of recently published job listings seeking producers and CGI artists. These listings paint a pretty clear picture of where the company is headed. What exactly is INKubator, and who is running it? Based on LinkedIn profiles, INKubator quietly…

The Witness and Braid director Jonathan Blow revealed Order of the Sinking Star, a massive puzzle mash-up game, at The Game Awards back in December for PC. Now, Blow has announced that Order of the Sinking Star will also launch on Nintendo Switch 2 sometime this year alongside the PC release. Unfortunately, despite the platform update, Blow and his team at developer Thekla haven’t revealed the game’s release date, sticking to the vague “2026” for now. Nonetheless, Order of the Sinking Star looks like a great game for Switch 2. Check out the Switch 2 trailer for Order of the Sinking Star…

If you have been eyeing a Framework laptop upgrade, the window for cheaper storage is officially closing. The company posted its latest monthly price update on May 12th, and while the RAM situation is relatively stable, SSD prices are heading in the upward direction. What happened to storage prices? According to the Framework, the company had been selling SSD modules well below market rate, thanks to a stockpile of cheaper inventory it had brought in back in 2025. But that’s ending now.  Framework has stated that the stock is now largely depleted across multiple capacities, and the new inventory coming…