Samsung’s Ultra branding is typically reserved for devices that pack as many high-end features as you can fit in a single gadget. The Galaxy S23 Ultra starts at $1,200 and has a big, beautiful OLED screen, a new chip with even better performance, improved cameras and some revamped software. And, of course, there’s a built-in S Pen for all your drawing and notetaking needs. So while that…
Atomic Heart headlines Xbox Game Pass’s February calendar
February 9, 2023
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Xbox has revealed its Game Pass lineup for the next few weeks of February, including one of its biggest new releases: First-person shooter Atomic Heart. The rest of the…
NASA’s Curiosity Finds Surprise Clues to Mars’ Watery Past
February 9, 2023
When NASA’s Curiosity rover arrived at the “sulfate-bearing unit” last fall, scientists thought they’d seen the last evidence that lakes once covered this region of Mars. That’s because the rock layers here formed in drier settings than regions explored earlier in…
Samba de Amigo returns with Party Central on Switch
February 9, 2023
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Sega showed up during today’s Nintendo Direct to reveal Samba de Amigo: Party Central. It will launch on June 30 for $40.
The original Sambe de Amigo launched for the Dreamcast. The unique music rhythm game had players shaking maraca controllers to the beat of a mix Latin music, pop song and…
Pikmin 4 launches on Nintendo Switch on July 21
February 9, 2023
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Nintendo revealed more information today about Pikmin 4, the game it first revealed at last September’s Direct. The new footage shows off gameplay and the title’s…
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is coming to Switch
February 9, 2023
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Nintendo revealed during its Direct presentation today that Capcom’s Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is coming to Switch this summer.
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective…
Google is already tweaking Android Auto ‘Coolwalk’ redesign with new animations, light theme
February 9, 2023
Android Auto is still in the process of rolling out its big dashboard redesign known as “Coolwalk,” but as that update slowly makes it way to users, Google is already making tweaks including updated animations and the potential of a light theme.
As we noted in our review of the Android Auto dashboard update, animations were one of the changes Google delivered that made the whole experience…
Galaxy S23 pre-orders at T-Mobile see some customers’ SIMs move to the unshipped device
February 9, 2023
The Galaxy S23 series formally releases next week, and pre-orders are available now with some nice perks, especially through carriers. But some T-Mobile customers have run into issues with a Galaxy S23 pre-order, seeing their cell service unexpectedly moving to the unshipped…
OnePlus teases its first foldables for Q3 2023, taking the fight straight to Samsung
February 9, 2023
Samsung has enjoyed four years of minimal competition in the foldable space, but that’s set to change in a major way this year. OnePlus is bringing the fight straight to Samsung, with the brand teasing its first foldables to debut in Q3 2023.
It’s been rumored for quite…
The Pixel Watch was announced just over four months ago, and its Android companion app has now hit over 500,000 downloads on the Play Store.
With Wear OS 3, Google required all watch manufacturers to release and maintain their own companion apps instead of using the main “Wear OS” client, which has over 50 million downloads. These applications let you set and customize watch faces, manage…
