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REVIEW: Dolby Atmos is here. It’s the 3D positional audio technology from Dolby that adds height and movement through specially positioned speakers. And it’s giving audio companies a reason to update their product li...

Google kicked off its hardware event this morning with a slew of smartphone and smart display announcements, but it didn’t leave the tablet enthusiasts in the room hanging. The Mountain View company today debuted the P...

Amazon Web Services today announced the launch of hands-free room booking capabilities with Alexa for Business. Working with Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Plus speakers, users can simply ask “Alexa, is this room free?” Th...

Microsoft has brought Minecraft to every platform, but it is actually retreating from at least one device. The company announced last month that it is ending support for the block-building adventure on Apple TV. You can ...

Despite the occasional positive development, Apple’s repair practices have largely spent the past year dominated by bad news, including reports of unreasonably triggered error messages and potentially illegal pre-repai...

Google held a product event in New York City this morning, you might have heard. It announced a bunch of stuff, including new flagship smartphones — the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL — and the Pixel Slate, its first Chrome ...

Google hardware chief Rick Osterloh took to the stage at Google’s annual consumer hardware event in New York City today to introduce a suite of new Google-branded products. In truth, we already knew more or less what t...

Old MMOs don’t die. Today, Star Trek Online and Lord of the Rings Online have received updates. Now EverQuest II is joining in on the fun. The PC MMO is getting a new expansion, Chaos Descending. It will launch on Nove...

If you’ve ever wondered why Apple employees seem at least a little skeptical during requests for repairs, there’s at least one legitimate justification: The company has quietly been dealing with repair fraud on a bil...

Microsoft is finalizing a deal to purchase Obsidian Entertainment, a developer known for creating role-playing games like Pillars of Eternity and Fallout: New Vegas, reports gaming news and culture site Kotaku. Microsoft...

At its hardware event in New York City today, Google announced the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, succeeding the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, respectively. The headphone jack is still missing, and now the XL has an ugly notch, but m...

Microsoft is expanding its offering of Xbox 360 games that are playable on the Xbox One today. The company revealed that its backward compatibility now supports Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty HD and Metal Gear Solid...

Perfect World today launched the Age of Discovery update for its online multiplayer game Star Trek Online. Age of Discovery takes inspiration from, Star Trek: Discovery, which will launch its second season next year. Thi...

At its Made by Google hardware event today in New York City, Google shared a few numbers to update us on its progress, but none of them were particularly significant. First up, Google hardware chief Rick Osterloh said th...

In the years since the first Chromecast hit store shelves in 2013, Google’s $35 plug-in streaming dongle has come to dominate the set-top landscape. The more than 55 million units sold globally have handled in excess o...

During today’s Made by Google event in New York City, the machine learning image analysis tool Google Lens took its latest step forward with an expected but welcome update: The Google Camera app for Pixel 3 phones now ...

Google today introduced the Pixel Stand, a charger and mount for the Pixel 3 designed to help quickly surface information and interact with Google Assistant. When placed in the stand, the Pixel 3 can display pertinent in...

Rovio Entertainment and Resolution Games have launched their augmented reality game Angry Birds FPS: First Person Slingshot on the Magic Leap One Creator Edition glasses. The game is being shown off as one of the showcas...

Searching for PDFs or images by their file names is a torturous exercise, particularly if those file names aren’t descriptive. But if you’re a Dropbox user, good news: It’s about to get easier. The San Francisco cl...

Virtual reality feels like a natural fit for the craziness of Pandora, the crazy dystopian alien world that hosts the Borderlands series. So it’s no surprise that 2K Games is using Gearbox Software‘s hit Borderlands ...

Google today introduced the Home Hub, a smart display the speaks with Google Assistant and gives users a visual interface for smart home control and hands-free access to your calendar or photos. The Home Hub made its deb...

A beautiful screen, phone-like cameras, and the ability to switch from a tablet into a laptop using a detachable keyboard — those are just three of the key selling points of the new Pixel Slate, announced today at the ...