As the next generation of consoles looms over the horizon, it's becoming clearer that Microsoft's Project Helix is going to be a whole lineup of gaming devices, rather than one console. In a leaked memo sent to staff and obtained by Windows Central, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma described the company...

The Xbox Elite Controller was my introduction to premium controllers, and while I still love the way it feels in my hand, it's simply fallen out of my rotation when I have access to controllers like the Steelseries Aeon Pro or the ROG Raikiri II. But, it looks like Microsoft is getting ready to...

If one thing's been abundantly clear over the last year, it's that Sony and Microsoft are both champing at the bit to work AI features into the next generation of consoles. And now, Sony has filed another patent that would use AI to train NPCs based on data generated by you, the player. This...

When you’re looking for a phone provider, all the details you need to think about can make your head spin. What’s different about each plan? How does data work? How long is the contract? Are there hidden fees? It’s enough to make you wish someone would come along and just take care of all that for y...

The recently released Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 is both the world’s thinnest (4.5mm unfolded) and lightest (201 grams) foldable, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t tooled up for everything the most committed power user wants to throw at it.Benefitting from both its 10:16 cover screen and immersive 4:3 main...

With the annual releases of each new Samsung phone, it’s easy to lose sight of just how far things have come since the earliest foldables. As this year’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Ultra offer us their thinnest and lightest foldables yet, we thought it would be a good time to take a trip down memory lane a...

I have spent the last three days scrolling through some of the most insane mod videos I've ever seen. Modders are taking games that have been decompiled with Claude, and mashing them up with other games. As the week has gone on, there have only been more clips of these mods pouring out on X/Twit...

AI upscaling continues to be a huge part of the modern graphics pipeline, and while PSSR brought this tech to the PS5 Pro, the base PS5 was left without it due to its weaker GPU. That's been remedied with QSSR.In a blog post, Sony detailed a new upscaling model that runs on its base console call...

Ordering food through DoorDash is probably one of the biggest examples of how modern life has grown incredibly convenient, but apparently, there are still some people who think scrolling through an app is too much work. Now, you'll be able to just text DoorDash and have it order food for you wit...

UPDATE: AMD Radeon driver Adrenalin 26.9.2 is now available and should solve the graphics issues for AMD users. original story continues below. ORIGINAL STORY:The Witcher 3 Remastered released earlier today, and while it seems to work great for Nvidia graphics cards, AMD users are reporting a wealth...

The Witcher 3 Remastered comes out tomorrow with a whole host of improvements that yet again bring it into the current generation. But it seems like if you want to max the game out with path tracing, you're going to need an absolute beast of a gaming PC. CD Projekt Red updated The Witcher 3 syst...

It's no secret that GPUs are worth their weight in gold right now, with the ongoing RAM crisis shooting prices through the stratosphere. That's probably what some thieves were thinking too, as they stole two Nvidia-branded trailers thinking they were getting a load of expensive GPUs. But the...

Discord artists are tearing the company's purple mascot, Wumpus, limb from limb in increasingly gruesome ways to protest its controversial age verification system.Despite the backlash already surrounding Discord's new system, its launch started innocently enough. Then, when the company took...

Microsoft debuted Copilot+ about two years ago in an effort to bring AI PCs to the mainstream. Now, the company's most recent Surface devices have abandoned Copilot+.At the Qualcomm Summit in Hawaii, Microsoft debuted its new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop, both of which were mysteriously missin...

Meta finally announced its long-rumored Meta VR Glasses last night at Connect. While they seem like a cool little gadget, they're coming in at a $1,299 asking price – the same that Valve is charging for its 1TB Steam Frame. The difference, though, is that Meta's headset has less RAM and stor...

Tech companies have gradually invaded the film festival space, but Meta’s secret new project was a perfect fit for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, both because of its entertainment capabilities, and because it feels straight out of a movie. Not far from where I’d soon watch the new...

YouTube is launching a new feature that allows creators to test different cuts of their own videos, leading fans to worry that it could be used for weaponized negativity.Earlier today, YouTube unveiled a bunch of new features coming for creators in 2027. One of the most notable new features is an A/...

Just a week after the Steam Frame presented Valve's vision for VR gaming, Meta took the stage at Meta Connect 2026 to reveal a number of new products.Rather than a followup to the Meta Quest 3, Meta debuted the Meta VR Glasses, which is super thin and light VR headset that you wear on your face...

Both Sony and Microsoft have had a series of patents come out in the last week or so, and one of them would potentially bring NFC payments to the PlayStation 6.Sony filed a patent called "video game controller-driven information transfer," which describes a controller with NFC capabilities...

Anyone who's had a console knows that, on a long-enough timeline, they will have some kind of technical bug that you need to troubleshoot. Sony is trying to get around that reality with an AI tech support agent. Sony has filed a patent for an AI that would keep an eye on your system, looking for...