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Nintendo Switch 2 set a U.S. sales record in June, as it achieved the highest launch month unit sales for any video game hardware in history. It’s also the fastest-selling platform in the country. The new device sold 1.6 million units last month, according to the latest data from Circana. PlayStation 4 was previously the record holder at 1.1 million …

TL;DR Escobar Fold phone creator Olof Gustafsson has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of fraud and money laundering. Customers were sent certificates or merch instead of the foldables, flamethrowers, or gold iPhones they paid for, making refunds harder to claim. Gustafsson could face many years in prison and will pay up to $1.3 million in restitution. It looked like an …

Microsoft is again throwing AI at Windows 11 to see what sticks, releasing features including the even more eyebrow-raising successor to its controversial Recall, a screen-streaming remotely processed backseat driver dubbed Copilot Vision. “AI is changing the way we use our PCs,” Microsoft claims, and while some may agree, not all would say it’s a change for the better. “Windows …

Three things in life are inevitable: death, taxes, and price increases. Although that last one comes with caveats, for once. A few weeks ago, Microsoft announced that the base price of its Xbox games at retail would hit frankly staggering $80, underpinning what has been an incredibly tough year for consumers and businesses alike with regards to spiralling costs. Whether …

Rainbow Six Siege has seemingly underperformed, according to a recent Ubisoft quarterly financial report. This is blamed on a “pricing exploit” allowing players to inflate in-game wallets with more currency than they should have had. Overall, the company has earned 2.2 percent less than it did this time last year. This drop was blamed on issues tied to Rainbow Six …

Meta Unveils Wristband For Controlling Computers With Hand Gestures  The New York Times A generic non-invasive neuromotor interface for human-computer interaction  Nature Meta wants to replace your mouse and keyboard with this bracelet  New Atlas Meta designs gesture-control wristband for computers, NYT reports  TipRanks Source link

Forza Horizon 5 is the highest-selling game on PS5 this year so far, surpassing 3m copies sold. That’s according to analyst firm Alinea Analytics, which has estimates on the top selling games of the year. Forza Horizon 5 was previously an Xbox-exclusive, but released on Sony’s rival platform at the end of April. By comparison, Forza Horizon 5 has been …

Prior to launching next month, the first few leaked images of Google’s Pixel 10 Pro Fold have surfaced online, making an appearance in two of Google’s more appealing colorways that have already been seen on the non-folding version’s renders. Google’s Pixel 10 Pro lineup has already succumb to the internet, making appearances in all four colorways expected this year. That …

Destiny 2 Bungie I don’t quite know why, but when Bungie does something very good when it comes to responding to player requests in Destiny 2, they often don’t broadcast it well enough, but here we are again. A new patch yesterday fixed some bugs like PS5 audio issues, nerfed some guns, and introduced a new problem with the Encore …

The Wireless Power Consortium has today announced the next evolution of Qi charging with “Qi2 25W,” a faster charging option that will soon include some “major Android smartphones.” As of today, the Qi 2.2.1 spec has been announced, with the update introducing “Qi2 25W.” The new deviation from Qi2 – which itself was introduced about two years ago – does …