As lawsuit continues, Nintendo finally apologizes for Joy-Con drift problem


As the name suggests, drifting is a hardware issue where one of the Joy-Con sticks registers input even when it’s not being touched, causing the player to drift in one direction. It’s said to be particularly noticeable in first-person shooter games, and while calibrating can help, some say the controllers...

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Uber reportedly offers to buy Postmates for $2.6 billion


Uber has reportedly made a tempting takeover offer to Postmates, one of the US's largest delivery services. According to a report from the New York Times that was later confirmed by the Wall Street Journal, the deal could see an official announcement early this week.

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Amazon is rolling out Watch Party social viewing feature for Prime members


Amazon’s Watch Party is a native social viewing experience for PC users. According to Variety, it consists of synchronized video playback controlled by the host alongside a chat window on the right side of the video stream. With support for up to 100 participants, Amazon is practically guaranteeing that nobody...

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Crysis Remaster arrives next month, gameplay reveal tomorrow


It was back in April when we finally got confirmation that the long-rumored Crysis remaster was on the way. Developer Crytek said it would be heading to all platforms, including the Nintendo Switch—quite a surprise for a game that was used as a benchmark for PC power due to its...

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Belkin launches a compact Thunderbolt 3 dock with versatile I/O options


Belkin claims that its latest dock is the world's first to combine Thunderbolt 3 and dual-power connectivity. While the former spec will enable up to 40Gbps speeds on supported laptops, the latter feature lets users passthrough up to 60W of power to connected devices through the dock's USB-C PD port.

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TikTok and 58 other Chinese-made apps banned in India


India’s Ministry of Information Technology writes that it has received many complaints about apps stealing and surreptitiously transmitting data to servers outside of the country, thereby threatening the “national security and defence of India, which ultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India.” There’s no mention of China in...

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GeForce Laptop Roundup: Comparison of Gaming Laptops' Graphics Performance


Today we return to the realm of laptop graphics hardware to talk about Nvidia's refreshed line of GeForce GPUs. We've already looked at two of the new GPUs: the RTX 2070 Super Max-Q and RTX 2080 Super Max-Q, but alongside these Nvidia has also updated the rest of the series...

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Reddit bans r/The_Donald as Twitch suspends Trump's account


Trump has never been one to hide his dislike for Jeff Bezos, but that didn’t stop the president’s team from joining Amazon-owned Twitch back in November. Following the account’s broadcast of Trump’s recent Tulsa campaign rally, Twitch has decided to suspend the channel.

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First benchmarks of Apple's ARM macOS development kit surface online


Apple unveiled plans to transition Macs to its own processors based on the ARM architecture during WWDC 2020 last week. While the transition comes as great news for ARM and re-ignites dreams of a future where a MacBook could last an entire day on battery, there was no definitive word...

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You can finally take to the skies as Ironman this Friday


Sony announced Marvel's Ironman VR during a March 2019 State of Play stream, and it looked quite intriguing. Developed by Camouflaj for the PSVR, the game has players stepping into Tony Stark's shoes and his billion-dollar set of armor to stomp baddies out of the sky. Since then, I have...

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