You may have already known that Nvidia was making a $329 RTX 3060 graphics card, but last week, the company announced that it will make its most affordable GPU in the RTX 3000 series available at retailers beginning on February 25th. Retailers will open orders for the RTX 3060 starting at 9AM PT / 12PM […]
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 with smartwatches […]
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) is investigating money transfer app Venmo over the way it handles collections, a new regulatory filing shows. The filing shows Venmo owner PayPal received a Civil Investigative Demand from the CFPB on January 21st, “related to Venmo’s unauthorized funds transfers and collections processes, […]
If the FCC documentation is to be believed, Sonos is preparing for the release of a new product that is likely to be the company’s second portable speaker with a rechargeable battery. The unannounced device, listed at the FCC as model number S27, is shown in testing diagrams to have a wireless charging dock and […]
Microsoft has announced that it will suspend all donations for the upcoming 2022 election cycle for any members of Congress, state officials, and organizations that voted to object to the certification of electors in the 2020 election or supported attempting to overturn the election. The company temporarily suspended all political contributions after the January 6th […]
Final Fantasy XIV is coming to PlayStation 5, developer Square-Enix announced Friday. An open beta will start April 13th. A teaser trailer shows the game running in 4K resolution, and the company says it will have significantly improved frame rates and faster load times. If you’re registered in the PS4 version of the game, the […]
For almost a decade and a half, the Yakuza franchise was all but exclusive to Sony’s PlayStation consoles. Other than a Japan-only Wii U remaster of the first two games, every single mainline entry or spinoff was released solely on the PlayStation 2, PSP, PS3, or PS4. Then Microsoft came along. Along with Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy, Yakuza has slowly become […]
Most of you have likely seen last week’s GameStop drama by now – and if you haven’t, you can get the Nintendo Life rundown here – but to cut a long story short, thanks to investing subreddit r/wallstreetbets, the video game retailer’s stock price even rose above giants like Disney, Apple and Microsoft. To say […]
Google has agreed to pay more than $3.8 million, including nearly $2.6 million in back pay, to settle allegations of “systemic” pay and hiring discrimination that disadvantaged women and Asian workers. The payments will go to more than 5,500 current employees and job applicants from the company’s California and Washington state offices, the Department of […]
It only took, what, four years? but Zack Snyder’s Justice League (aka “The Snyder Cut”) will hit HBO Max on March 18th, the director announced on Twitter today. Why is there a “Snyder Cut” of Justice League? Didn’t that movie come out in 2017, showcasing Batman (Ben Affleck), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) and the members of DC Comics’ core […]