C’mon Barbie let’s go make some phone calls. | Image: HMD HMD is crossing its fingers for a second summer of Barbie. The company, which has exclusively sold phones under the Nokia brand name for the past seven years, has announced plans to release a Barbie-branded flip phone this July in partnership with Mattel. It’s one of several devices HMD has on the way for this summer, which also include a new Nokia-branded retro feature phone, and an HMD-branded smartphone. Finally, the company has also announced early plans for a new development platform it’s calling “HMD Fusion.”No pricing, specs, or features were announced for the as-yet-unnamed Barbie phone, but expect it to be a traditional feature flip phone rather than a smartphone. In an interview, HMD’s global head of insight, proposition, and... Continue reading…

Alan Wake 2. | Image: Remedy Entertainment From Alan Wake to The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, you don’t have to look far to see Lynchian influences. Continue reading…

Sergey Brin at a World Economic Forum session in 2017. | Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP via Getty Images Google co-founder Sergey Brin is facing a wrongful death lawsuit from the widow of one of two pilots who died in a plane crash off the coast of California in May 2023. It blames a poorly installed modification for the crash and claims his representatives intentionally slowed recovery efforts to destroy evidence, as previously reported by Bloomberg and Fortune. An updated complaint filed on February 13th in the Santa Clara County Superior Court of California says Lance Maclean and co-pilot Dean Rushfedlt were contracted to bring Brin’s seaplane from California to Fiji for island-hopping with friends. Ferrying the $8 million, twin-engine Viking Air Twin Otter Series 400 that far required an auxiliary fuel system, which the complaint... Continue reading…

The fake NBA Top Shot tweet. | Image: X / @wojespn People who still use NBA Top Shot were the primary targets of a scam tweet posted to ESPN reporter Adrian Wojnarowski’s account on X Saturday evening at about 6:30PM ET. The tweet referred to NBA Top Shot as a “popular” NFT platform, despite the fact that current activity levels are a tiny fraction of what we saw during its peak, and falsely claimed a “free NFT pack is available to all customers.” The tweet linked visitors to a scam version of the NBA Top Shot website (the link went to a .org address instead of the official site’s .com URL) that could attempt to drain assets from people who give it access to their crypto wallets. About a half hour later, the official Top Shot account posted, saying, “There is NO Free Airdrop happening... Continue reading…

Sharing Word documents with blank pages may look unprofessional and cause issues during printouts. Due to page breaks or hidden extra paragraphs, blank pages may appear in the middle or at the end of the document. It’s a common mishap with Microsoft Word users, and one should be mindful before sending such a document to an important client. Check out the top ways to delete a page in Microsoft Word.

After what felt like an eternity for the virtual reality enthusiasts, Apple’s much-anticipated Vision Pro finally launched at $3,500. For some, the high price tag and an unknown foray into Apple's "spatial computing" push may be too much to ask. But for early adopters, the Vision Pro holds a lot of promise as a do-it-all replacement for your Mac or PC.

Gaming is an expensive hobby, and enthusiasts always need to choose between upgrades. They're searching to find the best value for their money, which is why metrics like "FPS per dollar" and "cost per frame" are often referenced. While this kind of logic applies to CPU or GPU upgrades in an enthusiast gaming rig, it falls short of quantifying the importance of peripherals in gaming. Even a no-compromises gaming PC build can be limited by mediocre peripherals, such as a headset, keyboard, mouse, or monitor.

Attendees leaving last year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. | Photo by Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images Without looking up any leaks or rumors, I’d bet that you could probably sketch most of the phones rumored to be launching at Mobile World Congress next week. Over the years, smartphones have settled on a relatively consistent design formula of big rectangular touchscreens, small selfie camera cutouts, app-based interfaces, and large camera bumps with an array of different lenses. But more than a decade and a half into the smartphone era, I’m getting more and more curious about what’s going to come next and why existing attempts to reinvent smartphones like foldables have struggled to go mainstream.To my mind, much of the answer comes back to apps. We barely think about them because it’s so easy to take for granted that all your... Continue reading…

Image: Nintendo An interview with Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost reveals a fateful conversation with Nintendo in 1990. Continue reading…

The Stream Onyx is the turntable to start with if you’re running a Sonos-only home. | Image: Victrola With the ability to stream to practically anything, the Victrola Sapphire is shaping up to be the last turntable you’ll need. It’s not available yet, though, and not everyone will want to spend $1,500 for the privilege of owning one. The Sonos-ready Stream Onyx, while not as ubiquitous, is the cheapest model that will let you stream your record collection to all your Sonos speakers while retaining vinyl’s authenticity and character. We’ve seen it fall to $359.99 in the past, but Amazon is establishing a new all-time low at the moment, dropping it to $341.99 ($258 off). The Stream Onyx is a more affordable alternative to the Stream Carbon, one that lacks the latter’s premium metallic accented finishings and Ortofon Red 2M cartridge. It... Continue reading…

How budget do you want your next PC to be? If you want something that will cost you no more than $20, then the Milk-V Duo S has you covered. While it won't be winning any awards for processing power anytime soon, its 1.7-inch size and its impressive hardware specifications are worth a look for anyone who's a fan of small devices.

If you were a gamer around the Xbox/PS2 era, you've likely experienced watching movies through your console. For some, the device was both the family gaming console and the DVD player all in one. But what if we got movies on consoles even earlier? This is what the MovieCart for the Atari 2600 aims to answer, and best of all, you can do it on your own console.