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Image: Nintendo Super Mario’s 40th anniversary celebrations are now officially underway, and apart from all the exciting announcements during last week’s Direct broadcast, Nintendo’s official websites have also been updated with the series’ timeline. It documents “The History of Super Mario Bros.” on Nintendo platforms (and even other devices over the years) – covering the major entries, starting from Super …

In the market for a new macOS-based desktop, but don’t have a lot of space to spare? Amazon is currently offering discounts on both the 256-GB and 512-GB model of the late 2024 Apple Mac Mini (8/10, WIRED Recommends) with the M4 chip. Photograph: Brenda Stolyar Apple’s M4 CPU is at the heart of both versions of this miniaturized desktop, …

Google today is rolling out another September 2025 OTA update for the Pixel 10, 10 Pro, and 10 Pro XL. Out of the box, the Pixel 10 series got a day one update. The new phones were already on Android 16 QPR1 (August patch).  When the big quarterly update was released for all other devices two weeks ago, the Pixel …

Apple has officially launched its new macOS Tahoe operating system as a free update for all supported Macs, and after using it for months I’m pretty excited for the general public to start playing with the full version. If your Mac supports it I recommend upgrading to macOS Tahoe for a few reasons, not least because it’s free and adds …

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Randy Pitchford has continued his social media push to address complaints about the performance of the PC version of Borderlands 4, telling some disgruntled players they can get a Steam refund if they’re unhappy with the game. Since Borderlands 4’s huge Steam launch last week, Pitchford has issued confusing comments on why the console version of Borderlands 4 lacks a …

Music streaming service Spotify is rolling out improvements to its free music tier, including the new ability to listen to any song you want, and this follows the company granting Premium users access to lossless streams. The company outlined three new ways ad-supported users can now access the specific song they want to listen to without shuffling: Pick & Play to …

Gemini’s mobile adoption has been soaring since the August launch of its Nano Banana image editor model, which has received positive reviews, particularly from users who say they can now more easily perform complex edits and create realistic images. The app has climbed to the top of global app stores’ charts and has seen a 45% month-over-month increase in downloads …

EA’s new Skate game–the first in 15 years–launched today into early access, and the free-to-play game is proving popular enough that players are facing server queues due to the player load. Developer Full Circle has now reacted to player complaints about server queues. At the same time, people are logging into the game to find it requires a constant internet …

Xiaomi has big plans for its upcoming Xiaomi 17 Pro flagship. The sheer fact that the company skipped the Xiaomi 16 Pro altogether and went from number 15 to 17 shows that Xiaomi’s ambitions are to compete with Apple’s iPhone 17. However, while the name change is all too predictable, the phone itself will be quite different from most phones …