Rumor mill: Rumor has it that Google is currently working on a new model of its Nest Hub with a detachable screen. Such a form factor could launch the company’s smart home system into the tablet sector. It appears that a new Nest Hub is coming this year. According to anonymous sources speaking with 9to5Google,…
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When it rains, it pours: Activision Blizzard just can’t seem to shake the scandals. Still reeling from a bevy of sexual harassment/discrimination lawsuits last year, the company is looking down the barrel of another one less than three months into the new year. This one lists more than 30 defendants. The Bloom Firm filed a…
Rumor mill: According to industry sources, Nvidia has shared its reference boards for the flagship RTX 4000-series GPUs, which might be called the RTX 4080, 4080 Ti, 4090, or 4090 Ti, with its OEM partners. It hasn’t delivered the GPUs themselves yet, but the boards are geared to consume 600W of power. Several leakers with…
Recap: Polyphony Digital made some blunders recently that stirred up a lot of emotion among fans. A rebalancing patch that tilted the scale in favor of microtransactions and the game being shut down for 24 hours generated so much blowback that Kazunori Yamauchi apologized to fans. Last week’s Gran Turismo 7 patch and outage left…
What just happened? Almost four decades on, a hidden feature of Windows 1.0 has been found for the first time. It’s an Easter egg saying “congrats!” that contains the names of the original Windows developers. Lucas Brooks discovered the Easter egg inside of a bitmap of a smiley face while exploring the depths of Microsoft’s…
If you’re not familiar with collaborative robots, or cobots, they are industrial robots designed to work safely alongside humans. The idea is…
What just happened? Developer 343 Industries has partnered with footwear manufacturer Wolverine on a limited-edition boot inspired by Halo’s iconic protagonist. As the story goes, fans were quick to point out that Wolverine’s Hellcat boot looked like something straight out of Halo when it debuted in August 2020. Rather than brush it off, Wolverine reached…
Why it matters: The MacBook family may see the introduction of a 15-inch device that will be neither an “Air” nor a “Pro,” but rather something in between. Industry insiders believe this new MacBook will make an appearance sometime in late 2023, so people who have been yearning for this mythical device might finally be…
The big picture: John Roach, a key figure in helping popularize the home computer in the late 70s, died this week at the age of 83. Roach joined the Tandy Corporation in 1967 at a time when it still focused exclusively on leather goods. The newcomer had experience working with mainframes in college years earlier,…