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Sony is bringing back Twisted Metal… as a TV show

Sony is bringing back its Twisted Metal franchise, but this time it’s going to be a TV show, not a video game. According to Variety, the show is moving ahead in its production, with the writers of Deadpool and actor Will Arnett signed on as executive producers. The Twisted Metal games center mainly around getting… Read more

Karma’s new GS-6 hybrid is a cheaper version of its luxury sports car

Electric vehicle startup Karma Automotive has fully revealed its newest hybrid car, the GS-6. While it shares the same design as the company’s ultra-luxury sedan, the Revero GT, Karma is pricing the GS-6 at nearly half the price — $83,900 — in a bid to reach a much wider set of customers. Karma says it’s… Read more

TikTok’s latest hit is an accidental upload from a government office in rural Indiana

A series of accidentally posted office videos has become an unexpected viral hit on TikTok. The most popular shows a series of municipal employees bidding farewell to their colleague, Connie, against the backdrop of a prairie-hued office space straight out of Parks & Rec. “Congratulations from the Orange County clerk’s office,” says the male deputy… Read more

In WandaVision’s new episode, somebody thinks of the children

WandaVision is moving closer to its endgame, as SWORD clashes with Wanda, Vision continues to question his reality, and the mystery of who is actually behind the Westview Hex grows. But as we get closer to getting those answers, WandaVision has also started to lay the groundwork in this week’s episode for whatever might come… Read more

The Switch continues its bestselling streak, but the PS5 is making more money

The Nintendo Switch continues to perform very well, selling the most units out of any other gaming hardware in the US in January, according to gaming analyst firm The NPD Group. But Sony’s PlayStation 5 still made more money last month, despite a more limited supply. According to NPD’s January report, the Switch was the… Read more

Dbrand starts selling matte black PS5 plates and dares Sony to sue

It’s fair to say the PlayStation 5’s huge, two-tone industrial design is not for everyone, and now Dbrand says it has a solution. The company best known for its custom phone skins and cases has put “Darkplates” on sale, with the promise that the precisely carved slabs of plastic will turn your PS5 into a… Read more

CBS All Access will stop working on older Apple TVs when Paramount Plus launches

CBS All Access is set to transform into Paramount Plus on March 4th, but you won’t be able to watch it if you own a second- or third-generation Apple TV. The company announced that it won’t update its app for those devices when the streaming service relaunches next month, as spotted by MacRumors. Image: MacRumors… Read more

The original Barcode Scanner app, seemingly mistaken for malware, is getting review-bombed

One of the first Android apps — ZXing Team’s Barcode Scanner, an app that predates the first official release of Android itself — is currently getting review-bombed on the Google Play Store. Hundreds of users are leaving 1-star reviews claiming a recent update spews unwanted ads, while nearly 200 more have come to the app’s… Read more

Fujistu Working To Cram 1PB of Storage Into a Single Tape Drive

Home News (Image credit: IBM) An average tape drive stores roughly 12TB of data, but Fujitsu is working to expand that to 1PB, or 2.5PB after compression (2,500 TB), by 2035. That’s a massive increase from the 30TB of storage on today’s average tape drive. Most folks aren’t aware, but the lion’s share of the… Read more

Razer built a Thunderbolt 4 dock stuffed with ports and Chroma RGB lights

If you’ve been hunting for a Thunderbolt 4 dock for your new laptop, Razer has a new option for you to consider, simply called the Razer Thunderbolt 4 Dock. It’s loaded with ports, and of course, Chroma RGB lighting, too. Razer says it’s USB4 compliant, so it’ll be compatible with the next wave of fast… Read more

Intel 12th-Gen Alder Lake Release Date, Benchmarks, Specifications, and All We Know

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Intel’s 12th-Gen Alder Lake chip will bring the company’s hybrid architecture, which combines a mix of larger high-performance cores paired with smaller high-efficiency cores, to desktop x86 PCs for the first time. That represents a massive strategic shift as Intel looks to regain the uncontested performance lead against AMD’s Ryzen… Read more

Meet Andy Jassy, Amazon’s next CEO

Andy Jassy speaking at the 2019 CERAWeek ConferencePhoto: Getty Images The exec helped Amazon soar in the cloud, and now he’ll determine the company’s future Amazon is getting a new CEO for the first time in its 27-year-history: cloud computing chief Andy Jassy, who will be replacing co-founder Jeff Bezos later this year. Jassy, currently… Read more

Xiaomi says its ‘Air Charge’ technology works over several meters

Xiaomi has announced “Mi Air Charge Technology,” a wireless charging system that the company claims is able to charge devices “within a radius of several meters.” Multiple devices can be charged at 5W at the same time, according to Xiaomi, and physical obstacles apparently don’t reduce charging efficiency. Xiaomi says the technology will also work… Read more

Rotel Michi S5 / P5

Our Verdict With the superb construction, elegant design and perfectly natural sound of the Michi P5 and S5 combo from Rotel, the only question left to ask is ‘how much?’ The pair offer awesomely low noise with huge output and do so in a gorgeous package. For Superb sound Prestige appearance Great built-in DAC Against… Read more

Disney Plus Star line-up goes official: 270 films, 75 shows, 4 originals

Home News (Image credit: Disney Plus) There’s a wave of content coming to Disney Plus called Star next month and the full catalogue of TV and film and has just gone official. It will host four exclusive Star Originals at launch with adult animated sitcom Solar Opposites, from the makers of Rik and Morty, and… Read more