After more than a decade in development, Middle-earth Extended Edition has launched into version 1.0 for The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-earth. Unfortunately, Battle for Middle-earth isn’t available to purchase digitally, although you can find it used on eBay for the price of a new PlayStation 5 title. This mod has been a … Read more
Code snippets within the Google app have revealed that the company is working on a version of its Gemini AI model for kids. It looks like this model would help kids with their homework and generate stories. Android Authority found this code during an APK teardown, and the following strings make it pretty clear what’s … Read more
Windows 11 has support for voice commands like “Open Edge” largely for accessibility purposes but with the latest Insider preview build, it’s taking a step toward going full Star Trek. Instead of remembering set phrases, Microsoft wants to enable users to give commands in more natural language. This means you can open the Edge browser … Read more
Daisy Ridley and Alden Ehrenreich were two of the biggest additions to the Star Wars franchise in the Lucasfilm’s Disney era. Ridley played Rey across the three films of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, while Ehrenreich headlined Solo: A Star Wars Story as a young Han Solo. Ridley’s Rey only met Harrison Ford’s Han Solo … Read more
Developer ZA/UM’s next game is C4, as brand new espionage game that received a cryptic teaser today. In a press pre-briefing before it’s announcement, ZA/UM confirmed that while the game builds on what the studio has done in previous games, C4 is not Disco Elysium 2. C4‘s announcement comes over five years after the release … Read more
Google is introducing several new features for Android with the March Pixel (Feature) Drop. These updates for Spring 2025 include two enhancements focused on user safety. The new feature allows sharing your location with trusted contacts via Find My Device. This way, you can check your friend’s ETA for dinner, see if they arrived home … Read more
The year 2025 has seen nearly every smartphone brand tout the virtues of artificial intelligence. But with the exception of Google and its Gemini assistant on Pixel phones, we haven’t seen AI companies making an aggressive hardware push in the segment. That’s about to change. T-Mobile’s parent company has announced plans for an “AI Phone” … Read more
Realme is teasing an exciting camera announcement at MWC 2025, and is also jumping on the “Ultra” naming bandwagon for the phone it will reside in, a space already occupied by Samsung, Xiaomi, Motorola, and likely many others too. The name does have some meaning though, as Realme claims it has an “ultra-large” sensor. The … Read more
The new iPhone 16e is here, and it’s the biggest revamp in the history of Apple’s affordable iPhone line. With Face ID security, an A18 chip and USB-C connectivity, it’s an overhaul that touches almost every part of the device. Perhaps the most momentous change, though, is the introduction of a large, 6.1-inch OLED display. … Read more
In a recent Windows Insider Blog post, Microsoft announced it’s adding the option for iPhone users to access their phones from the Start menu. Thanks to a special widget next to the Start menu, when you connect your phone, you can see data such as notifications, battery indicators, recent contacts, connection status, and more. To enjoy … Read more
Through the first four films in Robert Eggers‘s career, the director has made movies set in different time periods and with wildly different tones. What unites each of those movies, though, is that they are set in a time long before the advent of modern technology, one where it felt more possible to believe in … Read more
Smartwatches can save lives. It certainly did the trick for my colleague, Nirave Gondhia, who detailed his journey of having a heart attack at the age of 33, and how the Apple Watch helped him on a path of recovery, even with emergency needs. Unfortunately, not every adopter is using smartwatches the way they are … Read more
Timex has announced a partnership with Pison, a technology company that makes a brain-tracking, neural-sensing platform for wearables, and it intends to integrate it into a new range of products coming early this year. It may also be setting the stage for a new smartwatch powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon W5 processor. The Pison app Pison … Read more
Gerard Butler’s Detective “Big Nick” O’Brien and O’Shea Jackson Jr.’s Donnie Wilson were enemies in Den of Thieves. Big Nick was the hunter who always delivered. Donnie, the getaway driver, was Big Nick’s prey. Yet at the end of Den of Thieves, Donnie is the master thief, robbing the Los Angeles Federal Reserve Bank and … Read more
Table of Contents Table of Contents Why are microLED displays so expensive? Lower temperatures, higher yields Big potential for small devices What about TVs? Near-future microLED displays “Making microLED displays is extremely difficult, extremely expensive, and has low yield.” That’s how Digital Trends’ Caleb Denison put it when he explained why we probably won’t see … Read more