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28 Aug

Pizza Tower has surprise dropped for Nintendo Switch

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The beloved platformer Pizza Tower is finally playable on Nintendo Switch, as revealed at the company’s Indie World event. As a matter of fact, it’s one of those surprise drops, so the game’s available right now.It’s about time the title is on a Nintendo console as, well, it feels like a Nintendo game. Pizza Tower is a frantic 2D sidescroller…

28 Aug

This early Labor Day sale discounts Apple’s 9th-gen iPad to an all-time low of $199

John RoutledgeLatest News

If you’re looking for an iPad that’s more affordable than cutting-edge, Amazon has the 2021 base model for only $199 as part of its Labor Day sale. Although that’s a generation behind the current version, this model is a solid option for kids, seniors or those wanting a HomeKit-based smart home hub to control things like smart light bulbs and…

28 Aug

The Yakuza series is finally coming to Nintendo Switch

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Hell has frozen over. The famously violent Yakuza series is coming to the Nintendo Switch. Yakuza Kiwami, a remake of the very first game in the franchise, releases for the console on October 24, as announced at today’s Nintendo Partner Showcase event.[embedded content]This is notable because the Yakuza series is known for being mature and morally ambiguous, and Nintendo doesn’t…

27 Aug

Self-storage rooftops will become a nationwide 100MW+ solar farm

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Electrek reports that a solar energy company is renting 8.5 million square feet of roof space from the National Storage Affiliates Trust’s (NSA) buildings for its newest solar panel project.The commercial and community solar developer Solar Landscape’s new rooftop solar panel grid on the NSA’s 1,052 self-storage facilities and properties across 42 states and Puerto Rico are expected to produce…

27 Aug

The retro Barbie flip phone arrives in October, only 15 months after the movie

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HMD’s Barbie Phone, the novelty device for Y2K-nostalgic hot pink aficionados, finally has pricing and release info. The Mattel-sanctioned champion of tardy movie tie-ins launches in October — only 15 months after Greta Gerwig’s movie hit theaters! — for $129.The handset is the creation of Human Mobile Devices (HMD), which currently owns the branding rights to Nokia phones. Rather than…

27 Aug

Labor Day sales include 25 percent off one year of 1Password

John RoutledgeLatest News

Labor Day sales have come for subscriptions and services as well as things like tablets and speakers. One of the best Labor Day sales we've seen is actually a "back to school" deal being offering by 1Password. New subscribers can get a 25 percent discount to the 1Password Families plan. Normally a year of coverage under this plan costs $60,…

27 Aug

Google’s Gemini AI can now take notes on your Meet video calls

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Google Meet is getting a new AI tool called take notes for me, which will generate summaries of key points during a video call. Rather than offering a word-by-word transcription, this feature uses Gemini AI to record key discussion points in a Google Doc that will appear in the meeting owner's Google Drive. The document can be automatically sent to…

27 Aug

This Walmart Labor Day deal discounts the Ninja Creami by $50

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Labor Day is nearly upon us, so the deals are rolling in. Case in point? The Walmart Labor Day sale includes the Ninja Creami ice cream maker for $150, which is a discount of $50. This isn’t the lowest price we’ve ever seen for the innovative gadget, but it’s close.This isn’t your ordinary ice cream maker, as we mentioned in…

27 Aug

X is working on its own version of Zoom for some reason

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X, in its quest to become an “everything app,” is working a new feature that seems to be geared more for its own employees than its actual users. The company is testing its own version of Zoom, called X Conference.X employee Chris Park said the company was testing the tool internally, in a post on X spotted by TechCrunch. Based…

27 Aug

Dell XPS 13 Copilot+ review: A capable AI PC, but Windows on Arm issues remain

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It's only been four months since we reviewed the latest Intel version of the XPS 13, but now Dell has released a model built for Microsoft's Copilot+ AI PC initiative. It's running Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X Elite chip, making it an Arm-based laptop like the recent Surface Pro and Surface Laptop. But with that mobile-focused hardware comes new expectations: More…