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Nintendo designed a Playdate-like crank for the Switch 2
Nintendo has eyed adding a Playdate-style crank to the Switch 2, according to a recently spotted patent from Nintendo Patents Watch. The hypothetical accessory would add tracking rotational movement to an existing bag of Joy-Con 2 controller tricks that includes motion and mouse controls. Based on the patent application, the…
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iOS 26 public beta is available to download: Everything you need to know about the new iPhone and iPad update
Liquid Glass is a huge new change coming to iOS 26. (Apple) Gaining access to iOS 26 on your iPhone is getting closer, but the release is still over a month away, coming this fall. But you can start testing the new features now by downloading and installing Apple’s public…
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Here’s a list of all compatible iPhones that can download the Apple iOS 26 beta update today
Apple’s iOS 26 is coming this fall, giving your iPhone’s operating system a big upgrade. My favorite is the visual update, called Liquid Glass — it’s like the better-executed version of Windows Vista. We spent two weeks test-driving it — you can check out our detailed hands-on iOS 26 preview,…
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Nintendo’s upcoming app lets kids smoosh Mario’s face
Nintendo just announced a forthcoming app called Hello Mario! that's headed to iOS, Android and the Switch in Japan. The free app seems pretty basic, as it's just a giant Mario head that users can poke and prod. That sounds eerily reminiscent of the intro screen of Super Mario 64.…
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How to watch Google’s Pixel 10 event
Believe it or not, Big Tech's fall hardware events are already upon us. (Heck, Samsung already got a jump on things in July.) Up next: Google's big Pixel shindig. You can learn all about the new Pixel 10 lineup, along with new watches and earbuds, on August 20. Google's new…
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The Morning After: Meta teases high-spec VR headset prototypes
Meta previewed some of its latest virtual reality prototypes this week and plans to demo them at next week’s SIGGRAPH conference. The aim, according to Meta’s blog post, is to offer VR experiences “indistinguishable from the physical world” — something it says no present-day VR system has yet done. It…
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