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Russia‘s mysterious ‘Doomsday Radio’ came to life on Monday, sending out two cryptic voice messages to unknown listeners. The Cold War-era shortwave station has been broadcasting a continuous, monotonous buzzing sound since the 1970s. Located about 18 miles from Moscow, it is believed to be part of a secret military communications network, possibly even a failsafe linked to Russia’s nuclear …

One of the biggest things tech giant Microsoft (MSFT) has brought out in some time is the Xbox Game Pass. A kind of cloud-based gaming service that offers access to a range of titles for a monthly fee, Xbox Game Pass has met with almost as much controversy as praise. A recent report noted that this controversy is even happening …

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Ookla, the network intelligence company known for its Speedtest tool, today published the results of its second iPhone 16e cellular speed test. In short, Ookla found that the iPhone 16e with Apple’s custom-designed C1 modem “performs similarly” to the standard iPhone 16 with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X71 modem in the “vast majority of markets” that it examined. However, results sometimes varied …

I have some good news and some bad news for retro gamers. The good news is that LEGO has released an awesome set that re-creates the classic SEGA Genesis controller (see it at LEGO Store). It even houses an incredibly cool Sonic the Hedgehog easter egg. That’s the good news. The bad news is, it’s only available between now and …

Former Bethesda executive Pete Hines recently stirred up a new discussion around subscription services like Xbox Game Pass and their impact on the video game industry. Now, two more industry veterans have chimed in, including former executives at Sony and even Xbox itself. Shannon Loftis, the former VP of Xbox Games Studios, said (via TweakTown) she agreed with Hines’ assessment …

Apple is hosting its new hardware event on September 9 at 10 a.m. PT. The company is expected to release its iPhone 17 lineup, along with updates for the Apple Watch and AirPods.  As always, there are many rumors circulating, including bigger screens and improved cameras for the iPhone 17 models and the introduction of an ultra-thin iPhone Air that …

Last year, we reported on the efforts of classic iPod fans to preserve playable copies of the downloadable clickwheel games that Apple sold for a brief period in the late ’00s. The community was working to get around Apple’s onerous FairPlay DRM by having people who still owned original copies of those (now unavailable) games sync their accounts to a …

After nearly everyone working on the Nova Launcher, one of the most recognizable names in Android launchers, was laid off last year, founder Kevin Barry, Nova’s sole remaining developer, said this weekend that he has left Nova’s parent company after being asked to stop working on the launcher and an effort to open-source it. Nova Launcher’s website currently shows a …