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I went into the opening chapters of Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave with close to zero expectations. I knew there was a colosseum and that fights would happen there… and that’s about it. Now, hours into the game, I never could have expected what’s played out thus far. Fortune’s Weave looks back at the series, bringing forward systems from the past like Fire Emblem Gaiden’s dungeon crawling (which Japanese players experienced in 1992 before it was remade in 2017’s Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia); but it also looks forward, literally, with a sci-fi future where magic can be shot out…
Color has a funny way of grabbing my attention. It could be a bright bunch of flowers, a colorful bottle sitting on a shelf, a funky piece of home decor, or even something as small as a pair of earbuds. And when it comes to phones, I’m the same. Give me an interesting color, and I’m probably going to notice it before anything else. Phone makers clearly know this, too. Apple has been playing with colorful iPhones for years, with the iPhone 5c being one of the earliest and most obvious examples. Google has embraced color with its Pixel lineup…
Half-Mermaid, the studio led by Sam Barlow, the mind behind games such as Immortality, Her Story, and Telling Lies, has announced its next project, Precognition. Described as a sci-fi horror adventure, the game is being made in collaboration with horror filmmaker Branden Cronenberg.Like previous Half-Mermaid titles, Precognition is a non-linear FMV adventure, meaning it features live-action scenes. The story centers on Diana, a woman who is implanted with an experimental brain implant that allows her to receive visions of the future. Diana is tasked with exploring these visions, focusing on specific moments, and committing them to her present-day memory, which…
Honor first teased the Robot Phone in October last year with a video showing a robotic arm unfolding from the back of the phone. This January, we got an early look at a prototype at CES, although the gimbal arm wasn’t functional and had to be unfolded manually. Honor gave us a full look at the phone in March at MWC Barcelona, where it also announced a new imaging partnership with cinema camera company ARRI. The company later demonstrated the Robot Phone’s stabilized tracking shots at the Cannes Film Festival and the Shanghai International Film Festival. Now, almost a year…
I went into the opening chapters of Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave with close to zero expectations. I knew there was a colosseum and that fights would happen there… and that’s about it. Now, hours into the game, I never could have expected what’s played out thus far. Fortune’s Weave looks back at the series, bringing forward systems from the past like Fire Emblem Gaiden’s dungeon crawling (which Japanese players experienced in 1992 before it was remade in 2017’s Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia); but it also looks forward, literally, with a sci-fi future where magic can be shot out…
The standard iPhone 18 may get a bigger memory upgrade than previously expected, and it could solve one of the biggest limitations the phone was expected to have. According to analyst Jeff Pu in a research note seen by 9to5Mac, Apple is expected to equip the iPhone 18 with 12GB of RAM, up from 8GB on the iPhone 17. That’s also considerably more than the 9GB previously predicted by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. 12GB could unlock more of Apple’s AI features The extra 3GB could prove particularly important for iOS 27. Apple’s AFM Core Advanced model, which powers Advanced Dictation Preview…
AI voice recorders that can capture meetings, transcribe conversations, and generate summaries are becoming increasingly common. Flowtica’s Scribe, for example, puts those capabilities inside a pen that can also be used for handwritten notes. Comu, formerly known as Comulytic, is taking the concept a step further with the Action Pro, which is a pocket-sized AI recorder capable of turning recorded conversations into editable presentations, follow-up emails, meeting briefs, documents, and action plans. The device has a dedicated AI button that lets users request these materials using voice commands. It can turn a conversation into a presentation Once a conversation has…
Google and Samsung aren’t just creating flagship smartphones. They’re building different philosophies for what “flagship” means, how “smart” a smartphone should actually be, and what cost you should pay for a top-tier experience. That would be the major theme in this comparison between the newly-launched Pixel 11 Pro XL, which goes on sale from August 20, 2026, and Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra, which is already available in the market. While Google’s new software and AI-based features seem all about killing third-party apps for specific use cases, the Galaxy S26 Ultra leans into raw hardware power and productivity tools to assert…
Microsoft’s legal threats clearly didn’t scare off security researcher Nightmare Eclipse. Just weeks after the company warned it might pursue researchers who release undisclosed bugs outside its official channels, Nightmare Eclipse published a fresh Windows vulnerability, and it’s a nasty one. What exactly does ShieldBreak do? The new bug, called ShieldBreak, targets Windows Defender, the built-in anti-malware engine that ships with every copy of Windows. When exploited successfully, it lets an attacker jump from a low-level user account to full system access, essentially handing over the keys to your entire device. Nightmare Eclipse released the proof of concept as a…
Microsoft just sent a warning to IT admins, and it’s a big one. The company wants everyone to stop using SMS and voice-based authentication, and it’s citing AI-powered phishing as the main reason. Why is Microsoft killing SMS authentication? In an email spotted by Windows Latest, Microsoft explained that the AI era calls for stronger, phishing-resistant authentication. Basically, AI has made it far easier for attackers, even the less skilled ones, to manipulate SMS and voice channels. SIM swapping has also become easier with AI, allowing bad actors to move your number to a SIM card they control without much…