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Last night, one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded on Earth occurred off the coast of Russia. Extraordinarily, so far, no one has died nor even been seriously injured, although millions are being evacuated from coastal areas in Hawaii, California, and Japan for fear of incoming tsunamis. A bizarre knock-on effect of this event is that, well, Duo Expedition for …

Nintendo has announced a Direct, which is set for tomorrow. The Direct will take place on 31st July, at 2pm UK time. It will be roughly 25 minutes long, and include information about games from Nintendo’s publishing partners. This will include titles coming to both Switch and Switch 2. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings …

After kicking off its PS Plus 15th anniversary celebrations , Sony has the PS Plus Monthly games for August. From August 5, members of all of the service’s tiers will be able to add Lies of P (PS5, PS4), DayZ (PS4) and My Hero One’s Justice 2 (PS4) to their libraries. The headliner is undoubtedly , the surprisingly great Pinocchio-flavored …

Image: Aggro Crab / Landfall / Kotaku Peak is a climbing crew-like that took over Steam earlier this season and plays like you took a kids summer camp and crash landed it on a dangerous island in the middle of the Pacific. Whether you survive or slip and fall has to do with how much stamina you have, which can …

A new analyst report suggests that Apple will increase prices for three iPhone 17 models, when compared to iPhone 16 pricing. The report suggests two reasons for the increase, and indicates that the price of the base model will remain unchanged, with a starting price of $799 … iPhone 17 prices It’s been widely speculated that Apple will increase prices …

Now that the Switch 2 is out, and the console’s biggest exclusives — Mario Kart World, and Donkey Kong Bananza — are delighting fans, it’s time to see what else this thing can do. Nintendo’s hosting its next Direct presentation on Thursday July 31st bright and early at 9 AM ET. You can watch the direct on YouTube here and, …

If you’re at all familiar with Meta’s Ray-Ban-branded smart glasses, there won’t be many surprises when it comes to its latest Oakley frames. The Oakley Meta glasses rely heavily on what’s already been a successful playbook for the company: the style of a popular eyewear brand mixed with juuust enough tech to let you keep your phone in your pocket …

Tom MacDougall BBC News, Yorkshire Tom MacDougall/BBC Sheffield start-up company earth4Earth has developed a range of bricks designed to reduce carbon emissions A start-up company in Sheffield has launched environmentally-friendly bricks which absorb and permanently store greenhouse gases. Materials developer earth4Earth, based at Sheffield Technology Parks, said the bricks capture carbon dioxide from the air around them but are also …

In the last two weeks, thousands of “adult only” and “not safe for work” games have disappeared from Steam and itch.io – two of the most prominent distribution platforms for PC video games – as they scrambled to comply with stricter rules mandated by payment processors such as MasterCard, Visa, and PayPal. These rules were established after a campaign by …

If last year’s Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 was tried and true, this year’s Galaxy Watch 8 is a bit more like tried and fine. This isn’t overtly bad. Most smartwatch newbies will be delighted by the $349.99 Galaxy Watch 8 — provided they can stomach the new squircle design. It’s more that if you’ve been a fan of Samsung smartwatches, …