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Nintendo’s $35 Talking Flower: A Whimsical Smart Plant That Might Just Steal Your Attention

A $35 interactive flower from Nintendo that greets you, monitors your room’s temperature, and demands attention—is...

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Jan 23, 20262 min readPC

Hytale’s Minecraft Shadow: A Polished But Incomplete Vision

Minecraft’s lead designer calls Hytale ‘very polished’—yet admits he’d still choose Minecraft. The game’s creator a...

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AMD’s Ryzen 9850X3D Shakes Up High-End Gaming: A $499 Powerhouse Arrives January 29

The gaming CPU landscape just got a major disruption. AMD’s Ryzen 9 5800X3D dominated high-end gaming for years, bu...

Jan 23, 20262 min readAI

Microsoft’s AI Experiment: Could Anthropic’s Claude Replace Copilot for Internal Development?

Microsoft is quietly testing Anthropic’s Claude AI model alongside GitHub Copilot internally, raising questions abo...

Jan 23, 20262 min readGaming

Pocketpair’s Radical Hiring Test: Prove You’re a Gamer—or Don’t Apply

The developer behind *Palworld* is enforcing an unconventional job requirement: applicants must submit Steam playti...

Jan 23, 20262 min readAI

Spellcasters Chronicles Beta 2 Expands Playability with New Spells, Ranked Mode, and Reduced System Requirements

The upcoming second closed beta for *Spellcasters Chronicles* introduces a ranked ladder, fresh magical abilities,...

Jan 23, 20262 min readPC

Bandai Namco Unveils *Code Vein II* Character Creator Demo—Customize Before the Full Game Drops

Players can now build and save their Revenant Hunters ahead of *Code Vein II*'s January 30 launch, with cross-platf...

Jan 23, 20262 min readGaming

GOG’s Year 2025: How the DRM-Free Store Outperforms Steam in Achievements—and Why It Matters

GOG’s new annual review feature reveals a surprising trend: players on its platform earn more achievements on avera...

Jan 23, 20262 min readAI

Ubiquiti’s UNAS Pro 8: A 2U Powerhouse for 10GbE NAS Workloads

The UNAS Pro 8 merges enterprise-grade redundancy with high-density storage, targeting labs and edge deployments wh...

Jan 23, 20262 min readAI

Raspberry Pi’s New Flash Drive Is Built for Users Who Can’t Afford to Lose Data

The Raspberry Pi Flash Drive arrives in two capacities, prioritizing endurance over raw speed—with a design that re...