The golden age of handheld gaming is already over
…doesn’t everything cost more right now? Welcome to RAMageddon, tariffs, and rising oil prices due to Trump’s war on Iran. And I can’t fully blame Nintendo or Valve. Heck…
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With GTA looming, consoles are getting expensive at the worst possible time
…If you want the more powerful PS5 Pro — which might be a good idea for a presumably resource-intensive game like GTA VI — you’re looking at $899.99. Microsoft, meanwhile, has…
Xbox is in danger. Will Microsoft fix it or kill it?
…They’ve tried to accelerate getting more people using export services, essentially. That became the strategy, like, “Okay, we need to get to TVs, we need to get to mobile,” and all…
Anthropic’s Mythos 5 is back
…Both AI labs hope that more general availability comes soon, both for enterprise deals and for public access (like with Anthropic’s Fable 5), but it’ll be ultimately up to the…
The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe
…https://twitter.com/__Talley__/status/2044943123412119850] Other Adobe apps also took a hit this week thanks to the latest DaVinci Resolve 21 update. The free multipurpose post-production software — which is already…
The earbuds I actually use
…Noise cancellation is also top-notch and comparable to more expensive earbuds like the Apple AirPods Pro 3 (which we’ll get to in a few paragraphs). The Soundcore buds let in…
TV Shows
…For every much-discussed hit like Severance, House of the Dragon, and The Bear, there are dozens of new original shows that barely tip the cultural needle. And with so many new…
Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want
…d hit on a kind of naive, confused version of Structuralism; Saussure via a game of telephone. (There has been recent work on a similar point, which argues that one needs to…
Welcome to the personal software revolution
…It’s tweaking the way things look to suit your exact taste and needs. [Image: The more or less final form of the app I built for myself. https://platform.theverge.com…
Anthropic’s Mythos mess is only getting worse
…And the more days pass without any resolution, the more dire things become — not just for Anthropic, but for the entire US AI industry. The Trump administration’s June 12th…