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When I was in high school, few games captivated me the way NBA Street Vol. 2 did. I loved the evolution from what NBA Jam and NBA Hangtime accomplished, bringing forward the gravity-defying, rim-rattling dunks and no-rules defensive play, and recontextualizing it through the then-current streetball craze. The result was a smash hit that bridged the gap between die-hard sports gamers and the wider mainstream audience. Both sides of that aisle ate it up. However, after Electronic Arts shuttered the EA Sports BIG label and companies like Midway went under, arcade-style sports games became fewer and further between. Enter Play by…

AI chatbots have spent the past few years handling refunds, tracking orders, resetting passwords, answering banking questions, booking appointments, and helping brands trim support teams. Now, Snapchat’s AI Sponsored Snaps suggest their next stop could be sales. Snap has introduced AI Sponsored Snaps, a new ad format that brings brand-run AI agents into Snapchat Chat. Users can open these ads, ask questions, get suggestions, explore services, and move toward actions such as app installs or purchases without leaving the conversation. For the alpha phase, Snap has partnered with Experian. Its AI Sponsored Snap appears in the Chat tab and opens…

Thanks to AI’s content generation capabilities, scams are getting harder to detect. According to Malwarebytes’ research, 66% of people say it’s hard to tell a scam from the real thing. AI-generated scams are becoming so good that even tech-savvy people are getting caught off guard. The problem is compounded as more and more people start relying on AI for the answers to all their questions. People are increasingly turning to AI browsers and tools like Claude for everyday questions, from what to wear to a function, to which restaurant to try on a trip. It won’t be long before those…

Developer OtherSide Entertainment, the studio led by Deus Ex and Thief: The Dark Project creator Warren Spector, has revealed that its upcoming stealth adventure game, Thick As Thieves, will only cost $4.99 when it launches on Steam on May 20. Alongside this pricing news, OtherSide has detailed its plans for the game, highlighting that the initial content offering at launch will be an “introductory campaign.” This introductory campaign will feature 16 missions set across two replayable maps and six pieces of gear to unlock. OtherSide says the campaign will run at least four hours, but is just the beginning of the…

Thanks to Apple’s long-term supply chain contracts, your iPhone and MacBook have not seen any price increase at a time when all its competitors continue to raise theirs. However, that might be about to end.  According to a Financial Times report, memory costs for iPhones could jump from around 10% of the total component cost today to as much as 45% by next year, a rise of over 400%. Naturally, this will result in price hikes across Apple’s product lineup, especially the iPhone. So why is this happening? As it seems to be the answer for everything from past year,…

Google’s next Tensor chip has just surfaced in a fresh leak, and the early details are painting a mixed picture. The details shared by Mystic Leaks of the upcoming Pixel 11 point to a redesigned CPU, which is built around ARM’s newer C1-series cores. The rumour also hints at a high-performance “Ultra” core clocked at around 4.11GHz, paired with multiple “Pro” cores clocked at 3.38GHz for better performance overall. But it’s not all good news. How the Tensor G6 is improving Google’s Tensor chips have historically lagged behind Qualcomm and Apple in pure CPU horsepower. So the focus on performance…

Perplexity’s Comet browser is starting to make a lot more sense on the iPad. After bringing Comet to iOS users last month, the company is now adding proper iPadOS support, including multiple windows and Split View. The update is available now on the App Store, and it fixes one of the biggest gaps from the browser’s tablet launch. Is Comet now practical enough for everyday iPad use? Comet’s main draw is its built-in AI assistant, which lets users search, ask questions, summarize pages, and manage some web tasks inside the browser. The feature was useful for quick lookups on mobile,…

A new DRM-related change on PlayStation is setting off alarm bells across the gaming community. Recent reports have suggested that some digital games on Sony’s PlayStation consoles may require an online check-in every 30 days to remain playable. Meaning, the company can temporarily block you from playing games you own if the system can’t verify your license. What’s actually happening The issue appears to affect certain recently released digital titles, with users noticing a kind of “timer” tied to license validation. If the console stays offline beyond that period, the games may refuse to launch until a fresh online check…

Many streamers and YouTubers use small mics attached to their clothes for better audio, and a black mic looks out of place in most colorful outfits. DJI wants to change that with its Mic Mini 2. Hot on the heels of the Osmo Pocket 4 launch, the company has launched the Mic Mini 2, a follow-up to the original Mic Mini that launched in November 2024. The big headline? You can now customize the look of your microphone with swappable magnetic covers. The covers come in obsidian black and glaze white right out of the box, with 12 more colorful…

Nearly 3 million Americans suffer from treatment-resistant depression, meaning antidepressants simply don’t work for them. Motif Neurotech wants to change that with a tiny brain implant, and the FDA has just greenlighted a human trial to test it. As reported by Wired, the Houston-based startup has developed a tiny device that sits in the skull, just above the brain’s protective membrane. It targets the part of the brain responsible for high-level thinking that tends to go quiet in people with major depressive disorder. The implant delivers precise electrical pulses to wake that network back up. The best part? The whole…