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Seeed Teases New RP2040 Board With WiFi

Home News (Image credit: Seeed) Seeed Studio is no stranger to the Raspberry Pi RP2040 ‘Pi Silicon,’ but it has yet to produce its own board based on the surprisingly adaptable microcontroller. In a recent tweet, we can see a teaser for the company’s upcoming board, currently known as the “Shield for Seeed Wio RP2040,”… Read more

The original Ninja Gaiden Black and II code has apparently been lost, so you’re getting Sigma

People who missed out on the first 3D-action Ninja Gaiden games released in the aughts (and that other one that we don’t really talk about from 2012) will have a chance to play all three this coming June in Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection, announced for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PS4. But sadly, the first… Read more

Rec Room rides uptick in users during the pandemic to become a VR unicorn

Gaming platform Rec Room is now a unicorn, valued at $1.25 billion during a recent funding round of $100 million. It appears to be one of the first, if not the first, virtual reality-focused startup to achieve unicorn status, a notable feat since Facebook’s landmark acquisition of Oculus VR for $2.4 billion in 2014 helped… Read more

Final Fantasy VIII is now on iOS and Android

The oft-forgotten Final Fantasy VIII has made its way to smartphones, just a few decades after it originally debuted. Today, Square Enix launched the classic roleplaying game on both iOS and Android; it’s available for $16.99 right now, but that price will jump to $20.99 starting on April 5th. Final Fantasy VIII first launched on… Read more

Oculus Quest 2 vs Oculus Quest: What’s the difference between these VR headsets?

(Pocket-lint) – The Oculus Quest 2 is an updated version of Oculus’ wireless virtual reality headset, but what makes it different to the original? Buy the Oculus Quest 2 Well, there are a number of both aesthetic and technical changes that make the Quest 2 worth considering. It might well be a brilliant purchase for… Read more

Modular Mini Computer PocKit Now Powered by Raspberry Pi

Home News (Image credit: PocKit) Building a PC is often compared to assembling a Lego kit. Modular devices extend the comparison by offering hot-swappable components that can be arranged to suit a variety of use cases, and the latest attempt to deliver on this promise is Project PocKit, a work-in-progress Liliputing highlighted after seeing its… Read more

Best External Drives: Portable Hard Drives and SSDs of 2021

Home Best-picks (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Any portable drive will let you store, backup, and transport files. But getting the best external hard drive or best portable SSD for your needs is important. An external hard drive or SSD is a do-it-all storage device. It’s a pocket-friendly gadget that lets you carry huge files (or… Read more

Fresh leak claims to show iPhone 13 glass panels with much smaller notch

Home News (Image credit: MacRumours (via iRepair) ) Another day, another iPhone 13 leak: a new image claims to depict our first proper look at the redesigned notch that may feature on the iPhone 13. The leak comes after the February Apple patent (spotted by Apple Insider) seemed to be paving the way for a notchless iPhone 13…. Read more

New Apple A14X chip outed in iOS code ahead of iPad Pro launch

Home News (Image credit: Apple) Apple’s rumoured A14X chip could level up the performance of the next-generation iPad Pro, reports 9to5Mac. A reference to the long-awaited processor, which is said to be “blisteringly fast”, was spotted in today’s iOS 14.5 beta release. The developer version of Apple’s next operating system mentions a chip named “13G”…. Read more

Adjusted AstraZeneca data shows COVID-19 vaccine 76 percent effective

AstraZeneca released updated data on its COVID-19 vaccine, saying a more recent analysis shows the vaccine is 76 percent effective against symptomatic COVID-19. It’s a slight drop from the 79 percent the company touted in an announcement earlier this week. That number was based on outdated data, US health officials said in an unusual public… Read more

Five-year-old Fairphone 2 getting updated to almost three-year-old Android 9

Sustainable smartphone manufacturer Fairphone has gotten Google’s certification for its Android 9 update for the Fairphone 2. Getting certification for a nearly three-year-old version of Android doesn’t sound that impressive until you realize that it’s running on a phone originally released five years ago when it ran Android 5. The roll-out of the software starts… Read more

Marvel couldn’t wait any longer to kick off its next phase of movies and shows

Disney is debuting Black Widow as a Disney Plus Premier Access title alongside its theatrical release this summer, sacrificing one of its biggest potential summer blockbusters to its streaming service and forgoing what would almost certainly have been hundreds of millions (or even billions) of dollars at the box office in the process. In a… Read more

Ahead of IPO, Coinbase users speak out about locked accounts and lost money

As it prepares to go public, Coinbase is still struggling to provide support to customers who have issues with funds being available, or their accounts being hacked or locked, according to a report by the New York Times. The exchange is often considered to be one of the safer bets for those looking to invest… Read more

MrBeast launches $2 million fund to invest in up-and-coming creators

MrBeast said last year that he wanted a way to invest in up-and-coming creators, help them blow up, and get a cut of their business in return — and today, he’s announcing a plan to do just that. The hit YouTuber, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is launching a $2 million investment fund that… Read more

Rocket League is coming to Android and iOS with a spinoff called Sideswipe

If you have been looking to play Rocket League on the go but don’t own a Nintendo Switch, Psyonix’s massively popular vehicular soccer game is finally coming to mobile devices. The developer announced a new free-to-play version called Sideswipe that will arrive on iOS and Android later this year. Rocket League Sideswipe looks to be… Read more