Month: May 2023
Smart door lock maker Level is bringing a new video doorbell to apartment dwellers
Level has announced it’s releasing a single doorbell camera that can be used for entire apartment buildings as part of an overall smart home platform for multiunit dwellings. The video doorbell wouldn’t be available generally but instead comes to a smart home market for multifamily buildings that could benefit from…
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Overwatch 2 celebrates its first in-game Pride event
Overwatch 2 will celebrate its first-ever Pride event. Starting June 1st, the Midtown map will be festooned with Pride flags, the lesbian hero Tracer will have a picture of her and her partner added to the barracks in the Watchpoint: Gibraltar map, and players will get a host of icons…
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Rivian teases its next-generation R2 SUV that’s smaller than the R1S
A year ago, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said the company was on track to launch its next-generation R2 electric vehicle platform in 2025. Now, Scaringe is giving Rivian fans a teaser of the new compact SUV that’s expected to be much more affordable than the R1S, which currently starts at…
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Asus ROG Ally’s firmware updates widen performance gap with Steam Deck
The Asus ROG Ally, the company’s PC gaming handheld, has some impressive specs including an AMD Ryzen Z1 CPU, an XG mobile GPU, and a gorgeous 1080p display. However, its actual performance hasn’t been indicative of what it’s theoretically capable of, until now. A new set of firmware and driver…
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Asus reveals a gorgeous new liquid-cooled GPU, and I’m excited
At Computex 2023, Asus revealed a wide range of new gaming products, including the ROG Swift OLED PG49WCD and ROG Strix XG259Q monitors; the ROG Swift PG38UQ gaming display; the ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless keyboard; and the ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme and ROG Strix Z790-A motherboards. But for…
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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal heads to a summer showdown with regulators
Microsoft’s appeal of the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) decision to block its proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition will head to a hearing the week of July 24th. The appeal sets Microsoft up for two summertime battles with regulators: one against the CMA and the other against the US Federal…
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