Valve has increased the price of the Steam Deck by nearly 50% across all models. The 512GB OLED version now costs $789, up from $549, while the 1TB OLED model has risen from $649 to $949 in the United States. The price increase is also reflected internationally, with the 1TB model now priced at $1,349…
Bungie’s principal communications manager for Destiny, Dylan “dmg04” Gafner, has publicly expressed gratitude to the Destiny 2 community as the game nears its final content update. The studio recently announced that Destiny 2 will receive its last update in June 2026, marking the end of active development after nine years. The final update is named…
For a few glorious years, a $399 portable gadget could run almost anything you’d want to play. In 2022, the Steam Deck finally made PC gaming portable and affordable. I played through the vast majority of Elden Ring on a Steam Deck, agape that such a rich world could comfortably fit between my two hands….
The company used up its entire 2026 budget for Claude Code in the first four months.
High-speed in-flight satellite internet is set to become significantly more common over the coming years. American Airlines has finalized an agreement with Starlink to equip more than 500 of its narrow-body aircraft with advanced connectivity, with the rollout scheduled to begin in early 2027. According to the commercial carrier, the upgrade to Starlink wireless technology…
XREAL has launched a new sub-brand called X By XREAL, or xbx, with the a01 as its first product. The new AR glasses are designed as a more accessible entry point into XREAL’s big-screen wearable display ecosystem, with a U.S. launch planned for July at a starting price of $299. The a01 keeps the familiar…
It’s possible that AI was used to write parts of Pope Leo XIV’s latest encyclical about AI’s impact on humanity. An analysis by Linch Zhang posted on the forum LessWrong found certain paragraphs of Magnifica Humanitas to be between 40 percent and 100 percent written by AI, according to the popular AI detector Pangram. The…
This year, DARPA should finally realize its long-time ambition to service and even cannibalize satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
Paralives, a long-in-the-making indie life simulation game positioned as an alternative to The Sims, has launched in Steam Early Access with a price of $39.99. The game has been in development by Paralives Studio for about seven years. The developer has indicated that the price will increase once the game leaves Early Access, which is…
Sennheiser is sticking with the redesign it introduced with the Momentum 4 Wireless. | Image: Sennheiser Nearly four years after the last version of Sennheiser’s Momentum headphones debuted with a redesign that traded a retro aesthetic for a more contemporary and comfortable design, the company has announced its Momentum 5 Wireless headphones. They look very…
