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What just happened? Ever since Valve first unveiled the Steam Deck, some have wondered about its potential to utilize Microsoft’s Game Pass service on the go. Now, Steam Deck owners can at least access Xbox Cloud Gaming similarly to how it’s done on mobile devices. On Friday, Microsoft announced that it got its cloud gaming…

Facepalm: Meta made some recent changes regarding certain Facebook account holders. To notify those who needed to take action, Meta composed a suspiciously worded email and spammed it out to relevant users. Naturally, recipients treated the spam as such and are finding themselves locked out of their accounts for not taking the sketchy-looking email seriously.…

Forward-looking: As promised, Samsung unveiled the new Galaxy A series phones, revealing three models: A73 5G, A53 5G, and A33 5G. All three feature Super AMOLED displays of different sizes, 5G connectivity, four rear cameras, and a massive 5,000mAh capacity, offering up to two days of battery life. Starting from the top, the Galaxy A73…

Adam Patrick Murray/IDG Role-playing video games are a timeless staple of the medium, but if you’ve ever owned a Game Boy, you know they’re particularly great on portable devices. Which brings us to the portable game player of the moment: Valve’s Steam Deck. With a typical focus on story and strategy over visuals, RPGs might…

Lenovo Are you in the market for an inexpensive Windows laptop? Well, today is your lucky day. Office Depot is currently selling a version of the Lenovo IdeaPad 3i with a Tiger Lake Intel Core i3 and 1TB of storage for just $300. That’s a savings of $100. This IdeaPad 3i would be a nice…

Valve The Steam Deck is allegedly tearing up the sales charts, but that doesn’t mean Valve is resting on its laurels. Today the company is releasing the first major software and firmware update for the portable gaming machine, adding a host of improvements to its unique Linux-based gaming OS. The update is rolling out to…

At a glanceExpert’s Rating ProsFast 10Gbps storageRugged outer skin for IP65 ratingUp to 2TB in capacitySvelte stylingConsNo 20GbpsNot full immersion ratedOur VerdictFaster than its Touch predecessor, the T7 Shield is also more rugged. It lacks fingerprint scanning, but is otherwise a faster, more durable external SSD. Price When ReviewedSamsung T7 Shield: $160 for 1TB |…

SK Hynix If you want some seriously speedy NVMe storage at a good price, you’ve got until Sunday to point your browser at Amazon. The online retailer is selling the 1TB SK Hynix Gold P31 for $92.58. That’s better than the usual $110. In our review of the Gold P31, we gave it 4.5 out…

Netflix users now have the ability to rate content on its service with a new two-thumbs-up feature. It’s the first major shift in user ratings since 2017, when a more binary thumbs up/thumbs down replaced the previous five-star rating.According to Protocol, who was among the first to report on this change in Netflix’s interface, the…

Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium has been officially revealed and will feature another collection of 32 arcade classics. After being leaked early by the Korean ratings board, Capcom made the announcement and confirmed that the 1984 title SonSon will be a free download for this edition.Preorders and purchases of the Capcom Fighting Collection will also secure…