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If you’ve spent any time following gaming news in early 2026, you might think the end of Xbox is right around the corner. Between reports of a 32% year-over-year drop in hardware revenue, the sudden departure of longtime Xbox boss Phil Spencer, and wild speculation that Microsoft might pivot the entire gaming division toward AI, the internet has been flooded with dramatic takes about the “death of Xbox.” But the eulogies are premature. Despite the noise, Xbox still sits on one of the most powerful portfolios in gaming, including Halo, Forza, Gears of War, Call of Duty, Minecraft, and more.…

Apple’s new MacBook Neo was designed as an entry-level Mac, but early benchmark results suggest that it might be more capable than many expected. The Apple A18 Pro chip-powered laptop has surprisingly managed to beat older-gen MacBook Air and even match certain models in synthetic performance. MacBook Neo surprises in first benchmarks The first Geekbench results for the MacBook Neo have appeared online, giving us an early look at how Apple’s new budget-friendly Mac performs. According to the benchmark listing, the laptop scored 3,461 points in single-core and 8,668 points in multi-core tests. It also got a Metal score of…

I’m what you would call a lapsed Pokémon fan. I was 10 when Pokémon Red and Blue first hit the U.S., and I was absolutely obsessed with the franchise during that magical first generation as a kid who also wanted to be the very best. However, I fell off the franchise hard during Gen 2 (partially because my GBA with my in-progress copy of Gold was stolen) and never fully got back into it, save for sporadic check-ins like the 2016 Pokémon Go craze. Still, I’ve retained a soft spot for the franchise despite watching it grow from afar and…

Microsoft has quietly killed off Copilot’s Real Talk mode, roughly four months after its initial US launch and just weeks after rolling it out globally (via Windows Latest). All existing conversations have been archived, new sessions are no longer possible, and Microsoft is framing the whole thing as a learning exercise. The official statement describes Real Talk as “always an experiment,” with plans to absorb whatever worked into the main Copilot product. Reading between the lines: it was interesting enough to mine for data, not interesting enough to stick around. An experiment that didn’t last And there was genuinely something…

Processors today pack billions of transistors onto a single chip, and while that enables incredible performance, it also creates one persistent problem, which is heat. Rising temperatures can slow down a processor or force performance throttling. Now, researchers may have found a solution with something incredibly tiny, a new microscopic temperature sensor that’s nearly impossible to see with the naked eye. A thermometer smaller than a human hair Researchers at Penn State have developed an ultra-miniature thermometer that can be built directly onto computer chips. The sensor is super small, measuring just one square micrometer, which is several thousand times…

Invincible has a long history in comics, as do its co-creators Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker. We talked with the makers of Invincible Vs. about how the series finally got its own fighting game as part of our cover story on Quarter Up’s new tag fighter. 

Motorola hasn’t said a word officially, but China’s TENAA certification database (via Gadgets360) has done the talking anyway. The Motorola Razr 70 has appeared on TENAA under model number XT2657-2, and the listing is packed with enough detail to paint a fairly clear picture of what’s coming — assuming you enjoy reading certification databases at breakfast. Razr 70’s ultrawide camera could get a resolution bump Cameras are where the Razr 70 makes its clearest argument for an upgrade. The Razr 60 got by with a 50MP main lens and a 13MP ultrawide that, frankly, belonged in a different price bracket.…

For Android app developers relying on AI to code, picking the right model can be tricky. Not all models are built the same, and many are not specifically trained for Android development workflows. To address this, Google has introduced a new benchmark to help developers understand how well different AI models perform on real-world Android coding tasks. Dubbed Android Bench, the new benchmark is designed to evaluate how well large language models (LLMs) handle typical Android development tasks. Google explains that the benchmark evaluates models using real-world tasks from public projects on GitHub and asks models to recreate actual pull…

Nintendo has announced that the final trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will air on Monday as part of a special Direct presentation. This last look at the film comes ahead of its April 1 premiere.The Direct airs Monday, March 9, starting at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET on Nintendo’s YouTube channel and the Nintendo Today app. Nintendo also revealed a new poster for the film that shows off the main cast and newcomers, including Birdo and Wart(!) from Super Mario Bros. 2 (the US version).  The Super Mario Galaxy Movie features returning stars like Chris Pratt (Mario), Charlie…

Vivo’s product manager Han Boxiao took to Weibo this week to talk telephoto cameras, and what he described sounds less like a smartphone spec sheet and more like a pitch for a professional cinema rig. The subject: the fifth-generation Zeiss 200-megapixel “Thanos” periscope telephoto lens coming to the Vivo X300 Ultra — and if even half of it holds up, the iPhone 17 Pro and Galaxy S26 Ultra have a real problem on their hands. New zoom sensor with some serious resolution and stabilization muscle The centerpiece is a new Samsung HPE sensor sitting behind Zeiss’ fifth-gen 200MP Thanos telephoto…