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Sony has announced it is raising the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles and the PlayStation Portal. The changes will take effect starting next week on April 2, marking the second price increase for the PlayStation 5 in less than a year.In a PlayStation Blog post, Sony states that “with continued pressures in the global economic landscape, we’ve made the decision to increase the prices of PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal remote player globally. We know that price changes impact our community, and after careful evaluation, we found this was a necessary step to ensure we can continue delivering…

Owning a pool has always been a symbol of comfort and lifestyle. It promises slow summer afternoons, weekend gatherings, and a personal retreat just steps away from home. Yet behind that promise lies a familiar reality – maintenance. From debris buildup to inefficient cleaning systems, keeping a pool in pristine condition often demands time, effort, and ongoing cost. In 2026, that equation is changing. Smart outdoor technology is rapidly transforming how homeowners interact with their spaces, and pool maintenance is finally catching up. At the center of this shift is iGarden, a brand that has spent decades refining the intersection…

Android 17 is shaping up to be quite an important update, especially if you care about camera quality across apps. Google is introducing a new way for phone makers to extend their custom camera features system-wide, which could finally close the gap between stock camera apps and third-party ones. How is Android changing camera access for apps? Up until now, Android has offered a limited set of standard camera extensions like HDR and Night mode to third-party apps. While useful, they barely scratch the surface of what modern smartphone cameras can actually do. With Android 17 Beta 3, Google has…

Android 17 has a cool new trick to keep AI assistants from screaming in your ears, and it fixes a problem that becomes obvious the moment it happens. You turn up your music on headphones, then a voice reply hits at the same level and cuts through everything. The latest beta changes that behavior. Assistant audio no longer rises and falls with your media, so increasing volume for a song or video won’t suddenly make Gemini or another assistant louder too. The effect is immediate in daily use, as voice replies stay at a steady level even when your media…

Even Realities rolled out its biggest software update since the G2 smart glasses launched, and it’s an update that makes the smart glasses useful and indispensable. The big new feature is Prep Notes, a redesigned version of the company’s Conversate AI feature. Before any meeting, call, or job interview, you can now upload a PDF, a document, or type in notes directly from your phone. Once the conversation starts, it surfaces relevant information on the glasses’ HUD, giving you suggested responses and key facts. CEO Will Wang describes the thinking behind it: “A lot of users are asking, yeah, it’s…

Android 17 is fixing one of the most irritating parts of using your phone, its internet controls. If you’ve ever tried to switch off Wi-Fi quickly and got pulled into an extra menu instead, this update is aimed right at that moment. In Android 17 Beta 3, Google is changing how those toggles work in Quick Settings. Instead of grouping everything under a single tile, the system now separates Wi-Fi and mobile data, so you can manage each one without going through another screen. It’s a small interface tweak, but it clears up a long-standing usability issue that’s been slowing…

Apple has officially discontinued the Mac Pro. It’s been removed from Apple’s website, and Apple has confirmed to 9to5Mac that there are no plans to release a future version. The buy page now redirects to Apple’s Mac homepage, where the Mac Pro no longer exists. Why did Apple kill the Mac Pro? The Mac Pro has had a complicated life. It’s hard to forget the infamous “trashcan” era. In 2013, Apple unveiled a radical cylindrical redesign at WWDC, with Phil Schiller cheekily declaring, “Can’t innovate anymore, my ass.”  It was bold, it was beautiful, but it completely failed to meet…

AMD has unveiled what might be its most extreme desktop CPU yet, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2. And it’s going all-in on one thing: cache. 💥 We pushed the limits of desktop performance with X3D. Then we pushed them further.I’ve been testing the new unreleased Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition in the lab firsthand and it is incredible.The world’s first desktop CPU with dual @AMD 3D V-Cache delivers 208MB of total… pic.twitter.com/Cm5mfSkeQm— Jack Huynh (@jackhuynh) March 26, 2026 Building on the existing AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, the new chip introduces a dual 3D V-Cache design, meaning both core chiplets (CCDs) now…

Apple is reportedly preparing one of the most significant changes to Siri in years, with plans to open its voice assistant to third-party AI services as part of the upcoming iOS 27 update. The move signals a major shift in Apple’s artificial intelligence strategy, transforming Siri from a closed assistant into a broader AI platform that can integrate with competing technologies. A Shift Toward An Open AI Ecosystem According to a Bloomberg report by Gurman, Apple intends to allow Siri to route user queries to external AI assistants beyond its current ChatGPT integration, potentially including services like Google’s Gemini or…

Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish is a first-person action game set in the World of Darkness universe, which also includes franchises like Vampire: The Masquerade. Microsoft opened today’s Xbox Partner Preview with this announcement, revealing Deathwish will hit Xbox Series X/S, Xbox on PC, and Xbox Cloud in the Summer of 2027. This first trailer follows a team of hunters out to take down a dangerous vampire masquerading (wink wink) as a police officer while also teasing some of the other locations you’ll explore in the game. If you’ve been gaming for a minute, you might recognize Hunter: The Reckoning, as…