Tolerable. That’s the word I would use to describe living with the XPS 13 and its meager 8GB of RAM. By the time I started Windows, it already had 80 percent of its memory committed to invisible processes, such as “Antimalware Service Executable” and “Secure Biometrics.” Once I started launching web browsers and filling them … Read more
Workers at Bethesda’s office in Rockville, Maryland, decided to commemorate a visit from Microsoft leadership in a unique way. To protest the mass layoffs that have seen 1,600 people lose their jobs, and another 1,600 people to be laid off over the rest of the year, the developers put up a giant inflatable rat, known … Read more
Last year’s Made by Google event for the Pixel 10 felt like a late-night talk show, with Jimmy Fallon as host, and aired an hour after the phones were revealed. Tech dives and executive appearances were replaced by celebrity cameos and awkward skits, to the confusion of many die-hard Pixel fans. But it served its … Read more
Nintendo is set to launch a new Switch 2 and Pro Controller system to celebrate the upcoming Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, it has been revealed. While there has been some speculation about these products before, the first images apparently leaked online today. We not only take a look at the system, but also at … Read more
As of right now, all the complaints I have with this device stem from the fact that the Moto Watch doesn’t run Google’s Wear OS. It sure looks like it, and the user interface is close enough that you might be fooled into thinking “Motorola” just skinned it. But it’s not, and Real Time OS … Read more
Last week, I started Fields of Mistria, a game my friends have been raving about for years while it was in early access, but which has just entered its full 1.0 release. And man, my friends were right. This game rules. It’s like Stardew Valley with a ton of quality of life improvements and some … Read more
Apple is working on “Apple Reference Image,” a photo provenance system that will verify whether an image was captured with an iPhone. References to the feature were found in a privacy disclosure included in iOS 27 beta 5, but it is not yet available. According to the text, there will be a “Reference” mode option … Read more
Grand Theft Auto 6 fans are pre-ordering the Ultimate Edition for $100 more than the standard edition of the game. In an interview with CNBC, Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Rockstar’s parent company Take-Two Interactive, revealed that people are buying the Ultimate Edition of GTA 6 more than the cheaper standard edition. However, he noted that … Read more
We’ve already seen rumors that iPhone 18 Pro availability may be limited at launch due to the ongoing global memory chip shortage and a new report from TrendForce now offers an estimate of how much more expensive the next iPhone 18 Pro could end up being. The iPhone 18 Pro’s bill of materials (BOM) is … Read more
Esolex/Getty Images We may receive a commission for purchases made through links. The Xbox Series X is an impressive gaming console, but its custom chip is no longer the high-end offering it once was. The console features a custom RDNA 2 GPU with 52 compute units running at a locked 1.825 GHz, producing 12,155 teraflops … Read more