In context: Last year, we reported on Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs' ambitious plan to develop a full smart neighborhood in the city of Toronto. Early testing for this neighborhood, which would have been called "Quayside," was expected to begin this year, but due to the major disruptions caused by Covid-19, the Quayside project is being shut down.

For those who don't know, Quayside was going to be a true neighborhood of the future, complete with buildings made of "mass timber"

In a nutshell: Nintendo released earnings numbers and they look good with the Switch and first-party titles selling strong in the quarter ending March 30, 2020. The hybrid console has now outsold the SNES and has moved more units than the Gamecube and N64 combined.

We reported last week that despite shortages , Nintendo Switch sales more than doubled in March compared to 2019's numbers, according to research from NPD. On Thursday, Nintendo published its official earnings revealing that the

Forward-looking: Mediatek wants back in the high-end mobile SoC game, and its latest weapon is the Dimensity 1000+. The new chipset supports sub-6 Ghz 5G and is the first that will allow phones to display 4K 60 fps YouTube videos without turning your phone into a hot plate, or so they say.

While Qualcomm is not entirely interested in making a mobile platform that integrates 5G capability just yet, that may open the door for other Asian companies to fill

The big picture: Tile on Thursday announced a partnership with Intel to help bring its tracking technology to original equipment manufacturers. Considering that nearly half of those questioned said the most common place they lose items is in their own home, well, it just seems like a natural fit at just the right time.

In short, it means future laptops and notebooks equipped with Intel hardware will be easier to track down if lost or stolen.

Tile CEO CJ Prober said that laptops and portable devices are more critical than ever as much

Why it matters: AMD on Thursday confirmed that its next-gen AMD Ryzen desktop processors, which will utilize the Zen 3 architecture, will indeed be compatible with AMD X570 and B550 motherboards. That's great news as enthusiasts have a viable upgrade path that doesn't involve purchasing additional core hardware just to get a CPU upgrade.

The affirmation came courtesy of a revised roadmap which now illustrates support for Zen 3 on the aforementioned chipsets. In announcing the compatibility, AMD said that a

Highly anticipated: Microsoft's "Inside Xbox" event kicked off today, and it gave us a first glimpse of many interesting-looking Xbox Series X titles. However, it's probably safe to say that most live viewers were tuning in for one game in particular: Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Ubisoft's latest open-world historical fantasy romp.

The game, which takes place in the Viking era, was first announced in April alongside a gorgeous CGI trailer that set the tone and introduced the universe

A hot potato: Wink has managed to tick off many users by swiftly shifting its business model: either pay a mandatory $4.99 monthly fee or lose access to the devices you've already paid for. Oh, and you only have one week to decide.

Smart home device maker Wink set off a firestorm of criticism this week with its announcement that it would soon be moving to a mandatory subscription model.

Up to this point, Wink has relied solely on the one-time fee derived from the