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22 Aug

Snap is reportedly working on a new pair of augmented reality Spectacles

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Snap is getting ready to show off a new pair of augmented reality glasses, according to a new report in The Verge. The glasses would be the fifth-generation of Spectacles, and the second pair to have augmented reality capabilities. CEO Evan Spiegel will reportedly unveil the glasses at the company’s upcoming Partner Summit event on September 17.The company last introduced…

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22 Aug

Don’t freak out, but Nintendo is killing off Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

John RoutledgeLatest News

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will cease to exist on November 28, but players' saves should be getting a new home. Since its global launch in 2017, Pocket Camp has offered the core Animal Crossing experience on smartphones, including limited time special events.Sales of Leaf Tickets, the in-game currency for speeding up access to camp accessories, will stop on November 27.…

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22 Aug

The 26 best couch co-op games to play with a partner

John RoutledgeLatest News

Available for: Switch, PS4 & PS5, Xbox, PC | Length: 14 hoursChicory: A Colorful Tale is an open-hearted adventure game set in a world of talking animals, where the wielder of a magic paintbrush is tasked with literally filling the land with color. You play as a sprightly dog who becomes that wielder. What follows is a cozy adventure in…

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22 Aug

Peloton to ruin the secondhand market by charging a $95 ‘used equipment activation fee’

John RoutledgeLatest News

Peloton is in something of a financial rut lately, and we all know what companies do when that happens. They take it out on consumers. To that end, the exercise machine maker just announced it will be charging a $95 “used equipment activation fee” to anyone who buys one of its machines on the secondhand market, according to a report…

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22 Aug

How The Crush House turns procedural generation into social manipulation

John RoutledgeLatest News

This is a story about serendipity and probability.Nicole He met Arnaud De Bock while waiting in line for the bathroom at a GDC developer party in 2019. She was giving a talk on voice technology in art and games based on her work as a creative technologist, her portfolio filled with interactive projects like the True Love Tinder Robot, Garden…

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22 Aug

Google Pixel 9 review: The go-to Android smartphone

John RoutledgeLatest News

For the first half of Android’s existence, Google was happy simply being in charge of the OS while other manufacturers built a massive ecosystem of devices. Things changed in 2016 with the launch of the original Pixel, a phone that married the company’s hardware and software designs. But even that combo wasn’t enough to immediately catapult Google’s flagship to the…

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22 Aug

The 26 best couch co-op games to play with a partner

John RoutledgeLatest News

Available for: Switch, PS4 & PS5, Xbox, PC | Length: 14 hoursChicory: A Colorful Tale is an open-hearted adventure game set in a world of talking animals, where the wielder of a magic paintbrush is tasked with literally filling the land with color. You play as a sprightly dog who becomes that wielder. What follows is a cozy adventure in…

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22 Aug

Instagram copies…Myspace?

John RoutledgeLatest News

If there's one thing that's guaranteed in the world of social media, it's that platforms are going to copy each other's features. However, the newest iteration of this is still surprising, to say the least. Instagram has announced a new music feature that allows you to attach a song to your profile a la Myspace.Instagram has copied MySpace, a platform…

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22 Aug

Ring’s new pan-and-tilt security camera drops to $60 in its first discount

John RoutledgeLatest News

Home security devices can give us peace of mind, but they don't always come cheaply. That's why we're excited to see Ring's Pan-Tilt Indoor Camera finally go on sale. The device, which launched at the end of May, is down to $60 from $80 — a 25 percent discount. The only catch: the sale is just available on the black…

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22 Aug

Neuralink says it may have fixed its brain implant problem

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Neuralink has published an update on the second patient in its early human trials, and it said that "promisingly," it has "observed no thread retraction" in the participant. The Elon Musk-led startup implants a chip into the human brain, allowing paralyzed patients to control devices, browse the internet and play video games with their thoughts. It implanted a chip into…

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