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Pokémon Home is now available on Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android

February 13, 2020
After a short wait, Pokémon Home is now available to download on iOS, Android and Nintendo Switch. The Nintendo-made app allows you to transfer your Pokémon to the franchise’s latest entry, Pokémon Sword and Shield, from past Switch and 3DS games like Pokémon X and Y. In the future, it will also work with Pokémon Go. The app is free to download, but if you want all to take advantage…
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Microsoft's Project xCloud preview extends to iOS devices

February 13, 2020
After first launching in preview on Android phones, Microsoft’s Project xCloud is making its way over to iOS devices. Starting today, iPhone and iPad owners can check out the game streaming service through Apple’s TestFlight platform. With this being a…
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The base Galaxy S20 for Verizon won't arrive until the spring

February 13, 2020
The ‘entry’ Galaxy S20 doesn’t have support for millimeter wave 5G, and it’s now clear that will be a pain for some would-be early adopters. Verizon (Engadget’s parent company) quietly mentioned in its press release for Samsung’s phones that the base S20 won’t be available until the second quarter of the year, when a model with support for Verizon’s…
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Comment: A few hours with Project xCloud for iOS preview shows a lot of promise

February 13, 2020
Growing up, I was a video game junkie. I played games in all my free time. My first game system was the NES, and the final one I personally owned was the PS2 and original Xbox. I even worked at EBGames (I still don’t accept the EBGames/GameStop merger). I have fond memories of playing Halo at LAN parties, the first time I played Madden online, and being scared to death of Resident Evil 1 when I…
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Gboard for Android combines old emoji to create new ones

February 13, 2020
Google has launched a new feature for Gboard on Android, which uses existing emoji as ingredients to create new stickers. The tech giant aptly calls it Emoji Kitchen, and it’s rolling out to Android users starting today. Unfortunately, you can’t create your own…
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Activision Blizzard pulls its games from GeForce Now

February 13, 2020
GeForce Now, NVIDIA’s game streaming service, went live for everyone last week. It allows you to play hundreds of games from dozens of publishers in the cloud, but Activision Blizzard’s titles are no longer among the options after the publisher asked NVIDIA to…
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Foxconn denies report of iPhone production targets, but doesn’t reveal plans

February 13, 2020
Foxconn has denied a report which claimed to describe its iPhone production targets as it struggles to deal with disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak. had claimed that chairman Liu Young-Way was aiming to be at 50% of normal production levels by the end of this month, and 80% in March… Taiwan’s Foxconn hopes to resume half of its production in China by month-end, a source told…
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