Analogue's stylish Pocket handheld is delayed until 2021


In a series of tweets published earlier today on Twitter, Analogue said pre-orders for the stunning portable gaming system will launch on August 3 at 8 a.m. Pacific. There’s a limit of two units per order although the first batch isn’t scheduled to ship until May 2021.

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Google employees can now work from home for an additional 12 months


Google is playing it safe with regards to bringing employees back into the office amid the Covid-19 pandemic. While some communities are eager to get back to some semblance of normalcy, the search giant has extended its work-from-home policy out a full 12 months.

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The Witcher: Blood Origin is Netflix's next live-action monster-slaying series


On Monday, Netflix announced that it greenlit a new production set in The Witcher universe. The show will be called "The Witcher: Blood Origin." The six-part miniseries will explore the origins of the witchers.

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Intel

Intel facing class-action lawsuit over 7nm delay


Intel's revenue was up 20 percent in its Q2 2020 earnings report, but its 7nm processors have been delayed by at least six months because production has fallen a year behind. The subsequent decline in share price resulted in AMD's stock jumping above its rival's for the first time in around 15 years.

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Never-before-seen prototypes for Yoshi's Island, Super Mario Kart and more arise from massive Nintendo leak


Nintendo earlier this year suffered a massive data breach in which more than two terabytes of legacy data was compromised. The haul reportedly included source code for the Nintendo 64, the Game Cube and the Wii in addition to detailed documents regarding individual system components.

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Batman: Arkham City sold over 12 million copies and made $600 million in first year of launch


The figures were discovered by Twitter user Timur222 (via PC Gamer), who found the figures on the LinkedIn profile of a former global franchise marketing manager that worked for publisher Warner Bros. at the time of Arkham City's release.

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Jaguar Land Rover and Cambridge University are developing 'no-touch' touchscreens for cars


It's still an ongoing debate on whether touchscreens are an effective replacement for good old physical switches and knobs. The myriad of implementations often results in similarly varied experiences, while the general consensus among carmakers remains that offering more touchscreens wherever possible would likely make for an upmarket, sophisticated vehicle...

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Intel

Intel says more details on Xe Graphics will arrive in 20 days


We've heard a fair bit about Intel's Xe GPU platform, which will come in the form of integrated graphics and dedicated graphics cards. Exactly which one the tweet was referring to is unclear, though its wording suggests it'll be some sort of presentation, rather than an actual launch date. It's...

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Working from home? Expect longer hours and more meetings


The study comes from Microsoft, which examined the effects of working from home on 350 of its employees. The results, published in Harvard Business Review, are quite an eye opener.

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Sony's latest quirky gadget is a wearable air conditioner


We learned about Sony's Reon Pocket last year when the wearable air conditioner was being crowdfunded by the company. Using the Peltier effect, the gadget is able to cool or warm any surface upon direct contact.

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