Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube833k Switch Online’s ‘Nintendo Classics’ library has this week been expanded with Forsaken 64 and the Japan-only release, Magical Vacation. Although the GBA title hasn’t been made available locally, the app here has received an update, bumping it up to Version 3.0.0. Firstly, the official banner and icon for this app have …
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Galaxy Note 20 updates: Time to say goodbye
It’s well and truly over for Samsung’s iconic Galaxy Note lineup: the last Note smartphones, the Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra, will no longer receive any software updates. Support has ended exactly five years later, and Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra owners will need to upgrade to a newer device if they don’t want to use …
Read More »How ‘Hollow Knight: Silksong’ Fans Turned Waiting for Its Release Into a Game
Initially, Silksong was planned as downloadable content for the original game, before its creators expanded it into a full-fledged sequel. In August, when developers surprise-announced that the game would launch in just two weeks, at least half a dozen other indie developers immediately delayed their own games to clear the way. “Dropping the GTA of indie games with 2 weeks …
Read More »The Google Pixel 10 costs hundreds less than the iPhone 16 Pro Max, but its photography is almost as good
Let’s get this out of the way: the $1,199 iPhone 16 Pro Max takes better photos than the $799 Google Pixel 10. The differences, though, are not nearly as great as you might think, at least that’s what I learned when I took the two phones on my staycation and started shooting the same image with each phone. Google Pixel …
Read More »AI chatbots are not your friends – Computerworld
It’s not just young people. Even boomers and earlier generations are finding AI conversations to be helpful. Indeed, there is a simple desktop robot with a complex AI chatbot called ElliQ that’s made just for the elderly. There’s only one problem with this. AI chatbots are not our friends. They’re not even safe. They’re great at imitating people, but at …
Read More »Xiaomi’s XRING 02 Rumored To Arrive In 2026, Will Continue Using TSMC’s 3nm Process But Will Be Found In More Products
The success of the XRING 01 and how Xiaomi’s first in-house 3nm chipset stood up to the competition always meant that a successor was in the works. However, as TSMC reportedly begins the mass production of 2nm wafers in the fourth quarter of 2025, a lot of the Chinese firm’s competitors will gravitate to this technology, meaning that to maintain pace with …
Read More »Apple Patents Next-Generation Taptic Engine
Apple has been granted a patent for a shock-resistant haptic engine design that aims to significantly improve the durability of future iPhones, Apple Watches, and other devices. The iPhone 14 Pro’s Taptic Engine (via iFixit). The patent is titled “Electronic device having a shock-resistant haptic engine” and was granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office earlier this week (via …
Read More »Last-minute leak spoils Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S11 surprise
Ryan Whitwam / Android Authority TL;DR A last-minute leak has revealed images and features of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 series. It looks like Samsung is skipping the Plus model this year in favor of the base and Ultra variants. Samsung is expected to launch the new tablets at its upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event. It’s that time of the year …
Read More »Samsung’s New Sound Tower Speaker Is for Party Animals Only
IFA 2025 has already brought us a lot of gadgets, including AirPods Max chargers, Whoop-killing fitness bands, business laptops that can game, and even a cassette-playing Bluetooth boombox, but it’s been a fruitful event for one demographic in particular: party people. First, JBL announced its first battery-powered party speaker, the PartyBox 720, and now Samsung is getting in on the …
Read More »All-New Philips Hue Smart Home Products Apparently Leak on Amazon
While the consumer tech expo Innovation for All (IFA) hasn’t quite started, an early release on Amazon’s UK site has apparently unveiled a number of new Philips Hue products that look ripe for announcement in the coming days. Notably, the leak revealed a new Philips Hue Doorbell, sporting two-way audio, package detection and plenty of integration with Philips Hue smart …
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