Americas
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Phone makers of all sizes are feeling the RAM crunch
We've been talking to phone companies both big and small this week at MWC and they've basically all agreed on one point: the RAM crisis is hitting hard, and pho...
Here’s how journalists spot deepfakes
In the days that followed the US and Israel's joint military strike on Iran on Saturday, floods of images and videos that supposedly document the war have appea...
New MacBooks, the iPhone 17E, and more: everything we know about Apple’s March 2026 announcements
Apple is kicking off March with a flurry of product announcements ahead of a “special Apple experience” on March 4th in New York City, London, and Shanghai. App...
Microsoft’s big developer conference returns to San Francisco in June
Microsoft is moving its annual Build developer conference from Seattle back to San Francisco and making some changes along the way. This year, the event will be...
Google accelerates Chrome release cycle
Google is moving its Chrome browser to a two-week release cycle, instead of the current four, or the six-week cycle that existed for the decade before that. The...
You can soon live out your James Bond fantasies with retractable stud winter tires
In 1987's The Living Daylights, James Bond presses a dashboard button to activate retractable tire studs, giving the Aston Martin V8 Vantage he's driving more t...
Apple’s website leaks MacBook ‘Neo,’ which could be its new cheaper laptop
During Apple's week-long product launch event on Tuesday, a listing for the "MacBook Neo (Model A3404)" appeared on a regulatory compliance page on Apple's webs...
EA continues to ‘evolve’ The Sims 4 with new virtual currency and a ‘maker’ program
EA is adding some big changes to The Sims 4: Later this month, it's introducing an in-game marketplace where users can buy creator-made items using a new in-gam...
Unihertz’s new QWERTY phone is even more like a Blackberry
Unihertz, known for its slab phone alternatives, has unveiled an evolution of its device with a physical keyboard: The Titan 2 Elite. It's smaller and sleeker t...
All of Amazon’s kid-friendly Kindles are on sale, including the color version
Let me let you in on a little secret: Amazon’s kid-friendly e-readers are a better deal than the standard models. Each so-called “Kids” device is identical to i...
Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O’Malley on taking ‘another run’ with new game
It's been a busy few years for Scott Pilgrim. Following a live-action film and the conclusion of the comics in 2010, the series has slowly been coming back to l...
We played Pokémon Pokopia, ask us anything
Pokémon's 30th anniversary is here and Nintendo (and The Pokémon Company, Game Freak, and Omega Force) are kicking things off with a surprisingly excellent life...