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Resident Evil Requiem is right around the corner, launching next month on February 27 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and PC. Ahead of that, Game Informer went hands-on with the horror game for three hours, and you can read that preview here. However, as part of this preview, I interviewed Requiem director Koshi Nakanishi about what I had played. I’ll be publishing a full Q/A of that interview later today, but curiously, Nakanishi closed out our interview asking to address something I didn’t specifically talk about: the game’s world and exploration, specifically as it relates to rumors of…
Apple’s new AirTag is a rare kind of upgrade, it doesn’t ask you to pay more, it just tries to help you find your stuff faster. The biggest changes target the two moments that waste time: When your phone knows the tag is nearby but can’t guide you soon enough, and when you can’t hear it over everyday noise. Apple says the updated tracker improves both its basic locating range and its Precision Finding guidance, and it adds a louder speaker with a new chime. Privacy protections remain part of the pitch, with Apple framing AirTag as an object tracker…
Resident Evil Requiem will soon be upon us, launching February 27 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and PC. Ahead of its launch, I went hands-on with the upcoming survival horror game to play an hour as Leon S. Kennedy and two hours as Grace Ashcroft, and you can read my thoughts here. Following that gameplay session, though, I interviewed Requiem director Koshi Nakanishi, who addressed rumors surrounding the game’s exploration, making clear that it is not an open world game. I also spoke to Nakanishi about giving Leon a chainsaw, this game’s take on Resident Evil zombies, nostalgia,…
Microsoft has pushed out another emergency update for Windows 11 after its latest monthly patch caused unexpected app crashes and system issues for users. What was meant to be a routine January security update quickly turned into a problem, with reports piling up about apps freezing, Outlook breaking, and cloud-synced files refusing to behave. Some of the problems were serious enough that Microsoft even advised certain users to uninstall the update altogether. Now, Microsoft has stepped in again with a second out-of-band update, aiming to finally steady the ship. Why Microsoft had to step in again The trouble began with…
Last March, Nintendo fans were ravenous for news about the Switch 2, speculating wildly and hoping for updates from any source. In this state of heightened anticipation, Nintendo did what it does best and did something no one expected; it announced Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, a sequel to a 2014 3DS game the company hadn’t touched in years. Outside of a couple of brief trailers, however, we haven’t had any more news on what the game will include, but that changes this week. Nintendo has announced a Nintendo Direct entirely focused on Tomodachi Life’s sequel for this coming Thursday. The…
Smartwatches are incredible tools, but they are demanding. They buzz during meetings, light up in movie theaters, and need to be charged almost as often as your phone. For many of us, the friction of wearing a computer on our wrist is starting to outweigh the benefit of closing digital rings. This has paved the way for a new category of “ambient” health tech. These devices trade screens for sensors, prioritizing comfort and continuous data over notifications and apps. They are designed to be worn 24/7: even in the shower or to bed—without you noticing them. If you want the…
Displays have evolved steadily for years. Specs got sharper, refresh rates got higher, and bezels got thinner, but we’re now entering a new chapter where screen is no longer just a window into content. Displays are becoming intelligent, intuitive companions that adjust to how we work, play, and interact through the day. “If you look at the history of displays, they have always been passive surfaces that simply rendered whatever the device sent to them,” says George Toh, Vice President and General Manager of Lenovo’s Visual Business Unit. “What is changing now is that screens are becoming adaptive interfaces that…
If you checked Gmail over the weekend and saw your inbox suddenly overflowing with promotional email, you weren’t imagining things. Millions of users worldwide ran into the same issue, but thankfully it has now been fixed. Gmail features a sorting system that automatically moves fluff like newsletters, promos, and non-urgent updates into separate tabs, keeping your Primary inbox clean and focused on what matters. On Saturday morning, this system stopped working as expected. Instead of organizing emails, Gmail dumped all incoming emails into the main inbox, and some users even saw warnings that certain emails had not been scanned for…
Google’s AI Overviews are starting to look like a shortcut for symptom questions, but the sources behind those summaries may surprise you. In a December 2025 snapshot of 50,807 German-language health searches, YouTube was the most-cited domain inside AI Overviews. Google AI health advice can feel definitive even when it’s built on a mix of links that don’t share the same medical standards, but if you’re using the overview for reassurance, treat the citations as the real product, not the paragraph at the top. YouTube is the top citation In the analysis, YouTube made up 4.43% of all sources cited…
Meta is facing a new lawsuit that takes direct aim at one of WhatsApp‘s biggest selling points: end-to-end encryption. Filed by a group of petitioners from multiple countries, the lawsuit alleges that Meta has made false claims about the privacy and security of WhatsApp chats, claiming the company can “store, analyze, and can access virtually all of WhatsApp users’ purported ‘private’ communications.” WhatsApp implemented end-to-end encryption for all communication back in 2016, and it has since been one of the key components of the platform’s pitch. The messaging app frequently reassures users that it doesn’t have access to the contents…