Tag: Consumer Discretionary
The Morning After: Nintendo finally reveals its new Switch
Nintendo’s new, long-rumored Switch has arrived — and it’s not what many of us were hoping for. Still, the OLED Switch is the most grown-up-looking Switch so far, with smaller bezels, a new off-white dock and matching Joy-Cons. The core upgrade is — shockingly — the screen: a new seven-inch…
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Sony’s neck speakers are back and now they’re for remote workers
Just when you think Sony doesn’t have any more weird and fanciful designs left in it, the company surprises you. Building on devices like the SRS-WS1, it announced the SRS-NB10 on Tuesday. It's a neckband speaker the company says it designed with remote workers in mind. Set to cost $150…
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Sony’s $1,300 Xperia 1 III is now available to pre-order in the US
We had a feeling Sony's tricked-out Xperia 1 III smartphone would be expensive. Turns out, we were right. Sony has revealed that the new handset (pcitured above), which packs a pro-grade camera, is available to pre-order for a cool $1,300 ahead of its August 19th release date. That means the…
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‘Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut’ comes to PS4 and PS5 on August 20th
A little over a year after samurai adventure Ghost of Tsushima arrived on PlayStation 4, a Director's Cut will land on PS4 and PS5. Along with the original game and all of theupdates Sucker Punch Productions has released to date, there'll be a new island to explore and some much-requested…
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The Morning After: Sony adds another games studio to its PlayStation roster
The big game-studio buy-up continues, and it’s Sony’s turn. Again. This time, it’s picked up Housemarque, the Helsinki-based studio behind PlayStation games including Returnal for the PS5 and arcade-style shooters like Super Stardust HD and Dead Nation. Housemarque In recent years, Sony Interactive Entertainment snapped up Ratchet and Clank developer…
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Echo Show 8 and Show 5 review: Not much has changed, and that’s okay
I’ll admit, I wasn’t impressed when Amazon added a rotating base to the new Echo Show 10. Sure, the swiveling screen is useful for following you around the room during video calls, but it also felt gimmicky and unnecessary. Plus, it needs a lot of room to move around so…
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