220,000 PlayStation Fans Petition Sony to Reconsider Its Anti-Disc Strategy
Sony’s decision to end physical game discs for new PlayStation games in 2028 has sparked strong backlash from both players and retailers across the gaming community. Case in point: A petition railing against Sony’s controversial announcement is rapidly gaining steam. As of Wednesday afternoon, it has over 220,000 signatures, each urging Sony to reconsider its […]
SpaceX’s Grok 4.5 launches at half the price of rivals — here’s why that could rattle Anthropic and OpenAI
Elon Musk’s SpaceX released Grok 4.5 on Wednesday, the first artificial intelligence model the company has trained specifically for coding and autonomous agents — and the first tangible product of its $60 billion acquisition of the AI coding startup Cursor, completed just weeks ago. The launch marks a pivotal test of the sprawling, vertically integrated […]
5 Tips For Max Battery Life On Your Samsung Galaxy Watch
Sumukh Rao/SlashGear When it comes to the best smartwatches one can buy on the Android side of things, the options usually boil down to the latest Google Pixel Watch and the Samsung Galaxy Watch. Both the Pixel Watch 4 and the Galaxy Watch 8 are solid options, and which one you pick can […]
‘Still the king of bright room OLED TV’: I tested Samsung and LG’s latest flagship OLED TVS side-by-side to see is better for bright rooms — here’s the one I’d pick
The Samsung S95F was our pick for the best OLED TV for bright rooms in 2025, thanks to its anti-glare matte screen that eliminates reflections, and its high brightness. These combined to make even dark movies viewable in really bright rooms on it: something most other OLED TVs just couldn’t achieve — even the S95F’s […]
Apolosign 32-inch Smart Portable TV review
The Apolosign 32-inch Smart Portable TV is an interesting battery-powered touchscreen on wheels. At $899 retail, it’s a very hard sell for Apple owners because of one key omission. The idea of a freestanding, movable television sounds odd at first. Just the same, LG popularized this category with the StanbyME. That wheeled touchscreen doubles as […]
Nintendo Will Keep Selling Original Switch Consoles Outside of Europe
Nintendo has confirmed that it will continue to sell the original Nintendo Switch outside of Europe in and after 2027, when it will stop shipping the Switch, Switch Lite, and Switch OLED in the EU. “We plan to continue selling Nintendo Switch outside of regions where Nintendo of Europe conducts business,” a Nintendo spokesperson told […]
Google Photos can now turn your ordinary videos into AI-generated works of art
Google is giving Photos another dose of Gemini. The company has announced Video Remix, a new AI-powered editing tool that can transform ordinary video clips into stylized creations with just a few taps. Rather than requiring professional editing skills, Google says the feature lets users quickly reinvent existing videos using creative AI effects directly inside […]
Apple TV show purchases finally get free 4K upgrades
Apple is finally bringing its free 4K upgrade policy to select TV show purchases, extending one of the Apple TV Store’s biggest customer perks beyond movies for the first time. Apple hasn’t announced the rollout, but the change first surfaced after Apple TV researcher Sigmund Judge identified dozens of eligible series that were automatically upgraded […]
Windows 11’s Upcoming ‘Cloud Rebuild’ Feature Will Reinstall the OS Without a Hard Copy
Microsoft is testing a new Windows 11 feature that lets users reinstall the OS and restore drivers directly from the internet, without needing a USB drive. Windows Insiders can currently find the “Cloud Rebuild” option in Experimental Preview Build 26300.8772, but Microsoft plans to bring it to regular Windows 11 versions once testing is complete. […]
Apple will cut encrypted Mac OS Extended format in macOS 28
Apple will be cutting support for encrypted Mac OS Extended drives from macOS 28 onwards, but HFS+ will still function — for now. Here’s what you can do about it. As time rolls on, technologies used to power operating systems like macOS are deprecated in favor of newer versions. While most users will embrace the […]