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Google’s Pixel Watch 5 may be an even smaller hardware upgrade than previous reports suggested. Marketing material and a technical document obtained by MyMobiles (in collaboration with @OnLeaks) reportedly show the same Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 processor, 3,000-nit display, charging speeds, and battery-life estimates as the Pixel Watch 4. The main hardware change appears to be 64GB of storage, twice as much as last year. Google is also expected to ship the watch with Wear OS 7 and slightly larger batteries. Gemini and updated health features could end up doing most of the heavy lifting on the upcoming smartwatch. Most…

I didn’t expect Samsung to be the one crossing the finish line first here, given how much noise Dolby Vision 2 made when it was announced (September 2025).  The company has confirmed its next HDR format, and it’s arriving on a popular OTT platform this month, beating Dolby Vision 2 to the punch.   So what exactly is Samsung launching? Called HDR10+ Advanced, Samsung’s new HDR format is arriving on Prime Video this month, and the company’s 2026 TV models should support it. The genuinely surprising part for me is that this format only got announced back in November, months after…

The September release calendar already looks overwhelming, but if you’re a fan of action RPGs, there’s now one more to consider. Crimson Moon, the next game from ProbablyMonsters, is set to release on September 1 at the $20 price point. Crimson Moon looks to take many of the core tenets of the Soulslike genre and apply it to a run-based action RPG more focused on replayable missions. Stepping into the role of a half-human, half-angel protagonist, you battle through Gildenarch, a city under siege, using the kind of precise combat and character progression players have come to expect from the genre.…

Every time a carrier says “no upfront cost,” I brace myself for the asterisk buried in the fine print. T-Mobile’s newest 36-month financing plan has one too, though it’s dressed up quite nicely.  T-Mobile, the second largest wireless carrier in the United States, just rolled out a financing option called EIP Flex 36. As the name suggests, it stretches device payments across three full years instead of the usual two. The real hook, however, is what it lets you skip at checkout.  So what exactly does T-Mobile’s EIP Flex 36 change? Normally, even when a carrier spreads out the cost…

Onimusha: Way of the Sword is the latest game to grace the cover of Game Informer. As part of my cover story trip to Capcom’s Osaka HQ, where I played the game and interviewed the team making it, I also got to speak to Motohide Eshiro, the planner of Onimusha: Warlords and director of Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny (and its recent remaster). I published an in-depth retrospective about Onimusha’s success, its “Sengoku Biohazard” origins, and more based on my interview with Eshiro, and you can read that right here, but I also spoke to him about watching this series return after a 20-year hiatus. Though he’s not…

Two fresh OnePlus 16 leaks just landed within days of each other. Together, they point to a flagship that could outlast its competition with its massive battery, and one that ships with genuinely better camera hardware than the OnePlus 15.  So what’s happening with the cameras? According to an X post from OnePlusClub, the OnePlus 16 is set to debut the company’s first 200MP primary camera sensor, which could be a significant upgrade from the current 50MP sensor.  Earlier rumors also hinted toward the presence of a 200MP periscope telephoto lens. To put it all together, this could be the…

CMF just stepped into one of the most crowded corners of the earbud market, and it’s doing it with a case that steals the spotlight. The Nothing sub-brand launched the Clip Pro, its first open-ear earbuds, designed to let you hear your surroundings without sacrificing sound quality. The CMF Clip Pro arrives in the US, UK, and Japan on August 15, priced at $99, with a wider global rollout following on September 15. What’s different about Nothing’s CMF Clip Pro earbuds? Each earbud weighs just 5.9 grams and wraps around your ear with a flexible titanium wire core, distributing pressure…

This morning’s Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Nintendo Direct featured a 20-minute gameplay deep dive into the upcoming strategy RPG. The presentation broke down classes and non-combat activities and revealed the game’s true structure.As previously detailed, Fortune’s Weave centers on four playable protagonists who enter the Heroic Games, a gladiator-style arena tournament, to have their wish granted: Cai, Dietrich, Theodora, and Leda. You can switch between playing each one at any time, with progress for each one saved, allowing you to experience each character’s narrative in parallel. This plays into the game’s main theme of multiple fortunes intertwining. However, the twist is…

A leaked internal memo suggests the next Xbox console, codenamed Project Helix, could play games from every generation the company has ever released. If true, that would make it the largest game library on any console, especially since it’s also said to support PC games. Backward compatibility for four console generations The Verge‘s Tom Warren has obtained a document that Microsoft reportedly sent to publishers, outlining its plans for Helix to run games spanning every past Xbox generation. It states that Helix could support games for the original Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Xbox Series consoles, on top of…

TCL has refreshed its budget Tab A1 Plus tablet, and the new model comes with two significant upgrades. As its name suggests, the new Tab A1 Plus NXTPAPER features TCL’s in-house paper-like display tech that emulates an e-ink display on an LCD. In addition, the tablet now packs a substantially larger battery. What’s new on TCL’s latest budget tablet The Tab A1 Plus NXTPAPER retains the same 12.2-inch IPS display as the original model, with a 2,400 x 1600 resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, and 500 nits of brightness. TCL has added its NXTPAPER tech on top, which lets users…