2025-04-23

Roku says its Streaming Stick and Streaming Stick Plus are 35 percent smaller than the competition

On Wednesday, Roku revealed two new streaming devices at an event in New York. The company says its Streaming Stick and Streaming Stick Plus are the most compact on the market, measuring 35 percent sm [...]

2025-04-23

You can trick Google's AI Overviews into explaining made-up idioms

As Big Tech pours countless dollars and resources into AI, preaching the gospel of its utopia-creating brilliance, here's a reminder that algorithms can screw up. Big time. The latest evidence: Y [...]

2025-04-23

Ghost of Yōtei comes to PS5 on October 2

The wait is (kind of) almost over. Ghost of Yōtei will be available for PS5 on October 2. This is a sequel to the 2020 hit Ghost of Tsushima and was first announced last year. It’s a PS5 exclusive, [...]

2025-04-23

B3 partner with Reach Labs to launch user acquisition platform and GameChain

B3, an open gaming ecosystem built by Coinbase veterans, has partnered with Chris DeWolfe's startup Reach Labs to deploy a UA platform. [...]

2025-04-23

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 review: An original hit RPG

It’s rare for a turn-based RPG to excite the editorial team beyond Engadget’s usual core RPG fans. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has many excited, however. Maybe it’s the dreamy Belle Époque aest [...]

2025-04-23

Nintendo, somehow, underestimates demand for the Switch 2

Despite an eight year anticipatory wait, Nintendo is still "surprised" at just how many people want the Switch 2. The company has announced that about 2.2 million people have entered a pre-o [...]

2025-04-23

Intel may be preparing to lay off 20 percent of its staff

Intel is reportedly preparing to further reduce its headcount, this time by laying off more than 20 percent of its employees. It could announce a plan to do so as soon as this week. The struggling com [...]

2025-04-22

A new, open source text-to-speech model called Dia has arrived to challenge ElevenLabs, OpenAI and more

With a focus on expressive quality, reproducibility, and open access, Dia adds a distinctive new voice to the landscape of text-to-speech. [...]

2025-04-22

Wheel of Time is getting a new AAA open-world RPG adaptation

Wheel of Time is getting a new video game adaptation. The popular fantasy book series has already seen an imagining for the small screen with an Amazon Prime Video series that is currently airing its [...]