What just happened? It's a new year, and with it comes the usual influx of product rumors, teases, and regulatory filings. Today's news falls into that last category: a new mystery Apple product has popped up in the Eurasian Economic Commission databases, and though details are scarce, there's reason for MacBook fans to get excited.

The product was first spotted by 9to5Mac, and it carries the model number "A2289." Notably, the filing (

WTF?! If you have experienced the frustratingly annoying problem of older Windows Live games not working, Rockstar has a solution — don't buy them. The company has conformed that it has pulled GTA IV from Steam because of problems that Microsoft's Games for Windows Live platform has caused, even though it could theoretically be fixed with an update. Confused? Me, too.

You may or may not have noticed that Grand Theft Auto IV is no longer available on Steam. Although it is an older title,

In brief: Service cancellations are the norm in the tech industry, but they can still be quite frustrating for consumers. Spectrum Home Security customers are learning that lesson firsthand now. In a recently-published notice, Spectrum revealed that in February, the service will be unceremoniously "terminated," and all billing will cease.

According to Spectrum, suppliers that provide Home Security equipment or network service will be " shutting down or ceasing " their operations. Spectrum's Home Security platform provided customers with devices like security cameras,

In a nutshell: The bad news? The map isn’t publicly available yet although we are told it is coming soon (by the end of January). Hopefully, it’ll make it out and have some time to propagate before any legal actions from Pottermore or Warner Bros. come to fruition.

Minecraft is arguably the most impressive sandbox of the modern era and thanks to the ingenuity of the modding community, it’s a gift that just keeps on giving more than a decade in.

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In a nutshell: Still got some holiday gift cards or extra cash burning a hole in your pocket? We know the feeling, and so does Amazon. The e-ecommerce giant on Monday slashed the prices of its Kindle line of e-readers to Black Friday levels in hopes of getting you to part with the last of your holiday haul and the deals may be too good to pass up.

For a limited time, you can nab Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite for just $84.99 – that

Building a better mouse trap: One thing I do not like about the Nintendo Switch is the JoyCons. I find them extremely uncomfortable to use connected to the console. They are better using disconnected, but still a bit unwieldy. If someone would just invent a more comfortable set of JoyCons…

A modder who goes by the handle Shank has created a set of Nintendo Switch JoyCons that look and feel just like a GameCube controller.

He used the internal circuitry from a real set of JoyCons, so his mod has all the

The big picture: Samsung will unveil its next flagship smartphone family at a scheduled Unpacked event on February 11 in San Francisco. The general consensus is that we’ll finally get to see the Galaxy S11 on this day… or as it is apparently now being called, the Galaxy S20 (for 2020).

Purported images of this mystery handset – specifically, the Galaxy S20+ – hit the Internet over the weekend. The spy shots were delivered to XDA Developers by

In brief: HBO dropped its latest trailer on YouTube over the weekend. While the clip doesn’t show any live action as earlier offerings have, it does provide what may be a potential plot outline… or maybe it’s all just an elaborate “advertisement” for Westworld and this is just one of many scenarios that guests can choose from. With Westworld, it’s hard to say either way.

The third season of HBO’s Westworld will premiere on March 15, 2020,