Some dude ditched their iPhone Air for a three-generation-old 14 Pro Max and walked away with $500 cash while feeling zero regrets about the swap. The person posted on Reddit about how their older device runs smoother than expected, handles 18-plus hours without charging, and delivers better photos thanks to its multi-lens camera setup versus the Air's single shooter.
Apple apparently expected the ultra-thin model to flop based on internal projections showing just six to eight percent of total yearly sales, and that prediction seems spot-on given how buyers keep bailing. The company views the Air as a testbed for experimental tech rather than a serious product line, which explains why they keep it around despite lackluster demand that...
Remedy just filed a trademark for something called Control Resonant through their usual legal crew, and people think this might be the sequel getting announced at The Game Awards next month. The filing dropped super late to dodge early leaks, which tracks with how studios usually handle big reveals.
The paperwork mentions both video game stuff and film production tags, which makes things messy since Remedy partnered with Annapurna on both a sequel and a potential TV adaptation. The game hit full production back in March, giving the team enough runway to slap together a trailer for the show.
Financial reports suggest Remedy wants to push marketing hard for upcoming releases targeting 2027 and beyond, and Control 2 fits that timeline...
Bungie devs admitted their live-service shooter tanked hard after wrapping up its decade-long storyline, and the follow-up expansion Edge of Fate completely failed to drag players back. Game director Tyson Green told IGN that chasing power-level systems instead of meaningful loot turned out to be a massive miscalculation that nobody wanted.
The upcoming Star Wars crossover Renegades apparently represents their attempt at listening to feedback by adding stuff like lightsaber weapons and blaster guns that break from traditional Destiny conventions. Creative director Ben Wommack claims working with Lucasfilm forced the team to rethink their usual design boundaries.
Whether this saves the game remains pretty questionable given how badly...
Samsung just reorganized its internal structure to handle the avalanche of Apple contracts coming down the pipeline. The Korean manufacturer upgraded its A-Development Team into a full office with more decision-making power and split off various display divisions to streamline operations.
Apple apparently needs millions of OLED screens for everything from the upcoming foldable iPhone to redesigned MacBook Pro models with touchscreens and notchless displays. Samsung already ships the most panels for current iPhone models and expects that trend to continue through next year's launch cycle.
The company set up production facilities capable of cranking out 10 million displays annually, which should cover supply needs for iPad mini 8 and...
Playground Games might delay Forza Horizon 6 to the first half of next year, rather than sticking to its usual fall release window, according to insider reports. The shift makes sense since GTA 6 got pushed back to November, and basically nobody wants their game launching anywhere near that monster.
The Japan-set racer features Tokyo streets with layered highways, mountain passes, and coastal roads that emphasize density over sheer map size. Players start with slower vehicles and work their way up through progression, similar to the original game, while the roster gets packed with kei cars and Japanese models.
This marks the longest gap between franchise entries at four and a half years since the previous game dropped. A PlayStation...
Apple just told Brussels that its Maps and advertising platforms crossed the threshold for potential gatekeeper status under DMA rules, which means regulators have 45 days to figure out whether these services need stricter antitrust oversight. The company already got slapped with that label for App Store, iOS, and iPadOS, but it keeps arguing Maps and Ads should dodge the designation since neither service dominates its market.
Meanwhile, a security researcher stumbled onto weird behavior in the Podcasts app where random episodes automatically launch without user permission, and some of these sketchy shows contain links to potentially malicious websites. The vulnerability works by just visiting certain web pages that trigger the app to...
AYANEO finally spilled details about their Strix Halo handheld after keeping specs locked down since launch, and the screen setup is kinda weird. The device rocks a nine-inch OLED panel running at 2400 x 1504 resolution with a 165Hz refresh rate, which creates this oddball 3:2 aspect ratio that basically nobody else uses for gaming portables.
Most competitors stick with standard 1920 x 1200 screens using 16:10 ratios, but this thing went taller instead of wider for some reason. The higher pixel count sounds cool until you realize the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip with its Radeon 8060S graphics cannot actually push modern games anywhere near that framerate ceiling, even with RDNA 3.5 architecture backing it up.
The company still has not...
Some dude just sanded down his M3 MacBook Air because the front edge kept digging into his wrists during long sessions. He grabbed a 220-grit orbital sander and went to town on about 4cm worth of aluminum along the front, back, and sides before hitting it with Mothers Aluminum Polish for that clean finish.
The whole thing came out looking pretty professional based on the photos he posted, but he stripped off the anodized coating in the process. That means oxidation spots will show up over time since bare aluminum does that, but apparently, he can just wipe them off whenever they appear. He says the laptop feels way more comfortable to use during extended work periods, which was the entire point of this mod.
Bloober Team dropped word that their horror compilation hits Switch 2 next month for forty bucks, and the port actually uses ray tracing instead of baking lighting like most devs are doing. The package bundles every release from the series with proper HDR support, motion controls, and touchscreen stuff built for the handheld.
This puts the game in pretty rare company since most studios skip ray tracing on Switch 2 because performance tanks hard. Ubisoft straight up ditched ray-traced global illumination in Assassin's Creed: Shadows for the same platform.
Bloober has been printing money lately after their Silent Hill 2 remake blew up, and their new IP, Cronos already moved half a million copies. Konami apparently liked what they saw...
