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October 15, 2026
The best reason to care about Nvidia’s RTX Spark: ‘everything’ will run on Arm
Fourteen years ago this month, Microsoft released an Nvidia-powered Windows PC that would become one of the greatest tech flops in modern history. The original Microsoft Surface, which ran a stripp...
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October 15, 2026
Your secrets aren’t safe with this cute robot toy — they’re on Chinese servers ready to be hacked
There's a new digital pet in town - a cute little marshmallow of a robot that can change its cartoony expressions to match your mood. But if you or your kids talk to "Eiliko" over Wi-Fi, it'll phon...
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October 8, 2026
AMD will bring FSR 4 to handhelds by the end of 2026
It's already possible to get AMD's framerate-enhancing FSR 4 boost on handhelds as old as the Steam Deck - but in June, AMD reserved the right to disappoint handheld gamers by not officially bringi...
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October 7, 2026
A free mod for Titanfall 2 makes it one of the best VR games ever
Titanfall has a special place in my heart. I've never felt such a rush in gaming since - leaping into the air with a jump pack, running on walls, summoning a giant mechanized battle suit that falls...
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October 7, 2026
At $1,279, Google’s Xreal Aura will go head-to-head with Meta’s VR Glasses
Two weeks ago, journalists in the San Francisco Bay Area got to try two hot new wearables that weigh only around 100 grams: the just-revealed Meta VR Glasses, and the long-awaited transparent Googl...
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October 5, 2026
The Matic is the first robovac to get an FCC ban waiver, not that it needs it
The Matic is our favorite robot vacuum and robo-mop, and it's also now the first to escape the FCC's Roomba ban. Well, sort of - because the Matic wasn't banned to begin with. Here's what's actuall...
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October 4, 2026
This toolless modular lever-action wallet is the coolest I’ve stuck to my phone
This toolless modular lever-action wallet is the coolest I've stuck to my phone. Remember when I tested the ultra-thin and convenient OhSnap Snap Grip Stand and liked it so much I bought my own? No...
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October 3, 2026
3D movies are finally worth watching
Why am I suddenly buying up every 3D Blu-ray I can find after 3D became one of the biggest tech flops of all time? The technology's finally ready for 3D movies to shine, more than 15 years since Ja...
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October 1, 2026
Steam Deck 2: Is AMD Gainsborough the chip Valve’s been waiting for?
The Steam Deck is four and a half years old, and handheld gamers are eagerly awaiting a Steam Deck 2 - but Valve has consistently said it needs a new chip with a "generational leap" in performance ...
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October 1, 2026
Can VR glasses save VR?
I'm pretty sure I won't be buying the $1,299 Meta VR Glasses. That's too rich for my blood in today's economy, and my feelings about Meta are… conflicted. But I want you to understand that Meta jus...
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September 30, 2026
Asus won’t say how it escaped the US router ban
This spring, the United States banned all future foreign-made consumer routers - effectively all future routers - unless their makers could 1) convince the US government that they weren't a nationa...
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September 25, 2026
Insta360 conquered 360 cameras — now it’s eyeing glasses
It's right there in the name: "Insta360" makes 360-degree cameras, ones that film every angle simultaneously so you can shoot first and frame later. It didn't invent the idea, but Insta360 has beco...
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September 25, 2026
Microsoft is killing off the ‘Copilot Plus PC’ brand
Remember when Microsoft wanted everyone to know that "Copilot Plus PCs" were the ones to get, because those were the PCs that that'd have enough built-in AI muscle to get things done? Two and a hal...
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September 24, 2026
Qualcomm’s new ‘Elite’ sound chip might finally deliver the Wi-Fi earbud dream
What if your wireless earbuds - or audio glasses - could stream high-quality lossless audio that doesn't cut out when you leave your phone on the bedside charger or buried in the couch? Qualcomm's ...
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September 17, 2026
The AI Superintelligence Slowdown
Remember when tech leaders would tell their employees to “move fast and break things”? It seemed that would be the way of AI too. But after a summer where rogue AI agents became reality, and resear...
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September 16, 2026
A brief history of AI executives calling for regulation
Over the past few days, a lot of people who stand to make a lot of money from AI all publicly agreed that it's time to make everyone slow down before we lose control - including OpenAI CEO Sam Altm...
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September 15, 2026
Valve is still figuring out ‘how and when’ to do Steam Deck 2
Now that Valve has finally launched its entire 2026 hardware lineup - the Steam Controller, the Steam Machine, and today's Steam Frame - are we any closer to a next-gen Steam Deck handheld? Valve i...
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September 14, 2026
Valve’s virtual reality plans hit actual reality
The Steam Frame headset is here, and it may not surprise you: it was supposed to cost less than $1,059. "We set out to come out with a device that would have been far more affordable, but the globa...
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September 14, 2026
The Steam Frame is made for irresponsible hardware nerds like me
For nearly three weeks, I've been testing the limits of Valve's Steam Frame, the company's new wearable PC. At first glance, it's easy to write it off as a pricey headset that missed the VR craze. ...
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September 14, 2026
Valve has ported Half-Life: Alyx to ARM, and it’s free with Steam Frame
Today, Valve is launching its first headset since 2019 - the new Steam Frame - while dodging our questions about whether it'll ever make another VR game to go with it. But buyers of the $1,059 gadg...
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September 14, 2026
I reviewed Valve’s Steam Frame, ask me anything
Hey! I'm Sean Hollister, you might have seen me around this place a few times, and I just spent three weeks beta-testing the Steam Frame, Valve's hotly anticipated new don't-call-it-a-VR-headset th...
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September 8, 2026
Sony isn’t phasing out discs quite as quickly as we thought
Sony isn't backing away from its decision to kill the video game disc in January 2028. But Sony isn't shutting down production as quickly as we thought, either. Two months after reports that Sony's...
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September 8, 2026
First Xiaomi, then the world: why Arm might give phone gaming a huge graphics boost
China is getting first crack at a British technology that might change how mobile games are made and played. Today, the Xiaomi 18 Fold launches in mainland China with an Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX graphi...
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September 4, 2026
Nvidia will officially bring DLSS 5 to older GPUs — but won’t give gamers full control
Officially, Nvidia's controversial DLSS 5 AI rendering was supposed to launch this evening with only a single game, only on Nvidia's latest RTX 50 GPUs, and with developers in full control of their...
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September 2, 2026
The amazing USB-C gadgets that play old Nintendo cartridges
Last week, I powered on a 26-year-old copy of Pokémon Pinball, one of the best Game Boy games ever made. My save file was no more. The Charmander I'd caught for my daughter, the high scores we'd se...
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September 1, 2026
GoPro has been acquired and is getting into ‘defense, government, robotics and aerospace’
GoPro suddenly looks like a very different company than it did just last week. First, YouTuber Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach became the company's single largest shareholder, without disclosing that i...
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September 1, 2026
Nvidia’s DLSS 5, explained
Nvidia knows that DLSS 5 left a bad first impression. In March, many gamers took one look at Resident Evil Requiem protagonist Grace Ashcroft's DLSS 5-ified face and declared it AI slop. So this we...
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August 25, 2026
The OLED Xbox Ally X20 officially starts at $1,300
The Asus Xbox Ally X20 looked like it could be one of the best handheld gaming PCs yet made - but originally, Asus wanted you to buy a bundle pairing it with pricy AR glasses. In July, we told you ...
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August 24, 2026
Lenovo confirms Legion Go issues after gamers report bricked devices
When a company's software update turns your computer into a useless brick, should fixes be free? Framework, the modular computer startup, apparently thinks so. But it's not clear that computing gia...
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August 21, 2026
HoverAir’s transforming modular drone has already been halted in the US
I am so sorry, fellow US gadget fans: the FCC's drone ban appears to have struck again. The HoverAir Versa - a baby steadycam with snap-on propeller wings that transform it into a drone - has alrea...
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