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On April 1, 2026, Apple turns 50. And while most celebrations will focus on the iPhone and Mac, there’s one chapter that’s hard to ignore: gaming. Not today’s polished, AAA-on-your-phone moment, but a far messier experiment from 30 years ago. Back in 1996, Apple wasn’t the giant it is now. Instead, it was struggling, experimenting, and occasionally missing the mark. Enter the Pippin. A console so badly misjudged that it became a lesson in how not to do gaming. And yet, in 2026, it feels less like a mistake and more like an idea that simply showed up too early.…

Switching phones is always a gamble. You expect something new, something exciting – maybe even something better. And to be fair, the Galaxy S26 Ultra delivers on that promise in many ways. It is one of the most technically impressive smartphones available today, packing a 6.85-inch 2K LTPO AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, peak brightness reaching up to 2,600 nits, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, which offers roughly a 10–15% performance boost over its predecessor. But after spending time with it, I found myself in a strange position. The more I appreciated what Samsung had…

Humans are heading to the moon for the first time in 53 years after NASA successfully launched four astronauts on its SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft on Wednesday. Generating a colossal 8.8 million pounds of thrust as it left the launchpad, the rocket blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin the 10-day Artemis II mission that will take crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen around the moon and back to Earth. Watch the video below to see the rocket roaring away from the Space Coast at 6:35 p.m. ET. You can…

For years, accessing Google Photos on a TV has been… unnecessarily complicated. You either had to cast from your phone, rely on screensavers, or just give up entirely. But that’s finally changing. Having previously teased, Google has announced on the official support channel that Google Photos is now officially making its way to Samsung TVs. It’s bringing native access to your photo library right on the big screen, without any workarounds needed. How does Google Photos work on Samsung TVs? This isn’t just a basic gallery app, but a deeper integration. The rollout starts with a feature called “Memories,” which…

Sony’s upcoming flagship might finally be getting a redesign, but not everyone is impressed. Leaked renders of the Xperia 1 VIII, shared by Weibo user Super_Freak_, suggest a noticeable shift in design, especially around the camera. The biggest change is a move away from Sony’s signature vertical camera strip to a square-shaped camera island, housing three sensors. There’s also a new centered punch-hole selfie camera, replacing Sony’s long-standing bezel-based front camera approach. On paper, these are big changes. But in reality… It’s not quite hitting the mark. Why does it feel a bit… meh? Let’s be honest, it doesn’t really feel…

AI bias is usually talked about in terms of algorithms: skewed datasets, flawed outputs, and stereotypes baked into models. But new research suggests there’s another, more subtle problem about who gets to use AI in the first place. According to a recent report by Lean In, women are less likely than men to use AI tools at work, and even when they do, they’re less likely to get recognition or support for it. The numbers paint a clear picture. Men are more likely to use AI regularly (33% vs 27%), more likely to have ever used it at work, and…

For years, location permissions have been a bit of a mess on Android. You open an app, it asks for your location, and you’re suddenly making a decision: While using the app? Always? Precise? Approximate? Most of us just tap something and move on, half-aware that we might be sharing more than we need to. With Android 17, that finally changes. It shifts the decision to the exact moment you actually need it. This actually changes everything. The new location button keeps things simple The new feature is called the location button. Instead of handing over your location to an app…

Just weeks after launch, Apple has quietly done something it rarely does this quickly: it’s cut the price of its brand-new Studio Display XDR. And not by a token amount either. We’re looking at a solid $400 drop, depending on how you configure it. It was done subtly on the website that many users probably wouldn’t notice unless they were already eyeing the display. Classic Apple, but also… surprisingly self-aware. This sits much better with the wallet gods (only for some) At launch, the Studio Display XDR raised a few eyebrows for its pricing structure. Whether you picked the VESA…

Google could soon make it a lot harder for Pixel owners to downgrade to older Android builds. A new report suggests that a new change may roll out soon, expanding the anti-rollback protection feature, which is a security measure designed to stop devices from being flashed with older software. The main idea is to protect the devices against older software iterations that may contain known vulnerabilities. That is the useful version of the story. The less fun version is that it could also remove a bit of flexibility from Pixel phones, especially for enthusiasts who like flashing older builds for…

Happy April Fools’ Day! Exciting for some and stressful for others, today is one of the most fun (and treacherous) days to be on the internet, as people and companies on every social media site set out to bamboozle one another. Luckily for the video game community, most developers and publishers are aiming for silly jokes this year most of which are pretty transparently not real. We’ve gathered some of the biggest gags below, and we’ll be updating the list throughout the day, so be sure to check back in as the hours go on for more updates.The Witcher: Project…