Lego just announced the first-ever Zelda playset and it’s glorious
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T-Mobile to acquire majority of US Cellular, further consolidating carrier market
T-Mobile will acquire the majority of US Cellular in a deal worth approximately $4.4 billion. This means that T-Mobile will own all of US Cellular’s stores, some of its spectrum assets and some of its customers. The deal includes a combination of cash and up to $2 billion of assumed debt, according to a press … Read more
June’s PlayStation Plus offerings include PS VR2 games for the first time
Sony has revealed the lineup of games PlayStation Plus members can add to their library in June. For the first time, players will have access to PS VR2 titles through the Premium plan. First up, subscribers on all tiers will be able to claim SpongeBob Squarepants: The Cosmic Shake, Streets of Rage 4 and the solid … Read more
Apple’s 10th-gen iPad falls to an all-time low of $300
Apple’s 10th-gen iPad has become a much better value after a permanent $100 price cut earlier this month, and now a new discount has made it even more affordable. The 10.9-inch tablet is on sale for $300 at Amazon, which is the lowest price we’ve seen to date. Just note that you’ll need to clip … Read more
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is coming to Xbox Game Pass on its release day
Just before Microsoft closed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, it said that it would take some time to bring the publisher’s titles to Game Pass. We’ve only seen one such addition so far in the form of Diablo IV, but the company has announced another, somewhat notable one. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will … Read more
Acer, ASUS and HP all have new Chromebook Plus laptops with Google’s built-in AI features
Google just announced a slew of new features coming to ChromeOS, many of them coming to the more premium Chromebook Plus models that were announced last fall. But today’s news isn’t just about the software — Google’s hardware partners have a bunch of new laptops ready to take advantage of these features. Here’s a quick … Read more
Google is bringing a slew of AI-powered software features to Chromebook Plus laptops
Two weeks ago, Google announced a slew of new AI-powered features at its I/O developer conference. Microsoft followed suit last week with the introduction of its Copilot+ PCs that have, you guessed it, a slew of new AI-powered features. Somewhat predictably, Google is announcing its answer to the Copilot+ PC initiative with… the humble Chromebook. … Read more
A popular Japanese digital pet with the weirdest mode of interaction is coming to the US
Japan’s hit virtual pet, Punirunes, will be released in the US this summer and I can almost guarantee most of you have never seen a toy quite like this before. A play on the Japanese mimetic word for “squishy” (punipuni), Punirunes has a design quirk that sets it apart from other gadgets of its ilk: … Read more
Opera is adding Google’s Gemini AI to its browser
Opera users can already rely on the capabilities of OpenAI’s large language models (LLMs) whenever they use the browser’s Aria built-in AI assistant. But now, the company has also teamed up with Google to integrate its Gemini AI models into Aria. According to Opera, its Composer AI engine can process the user’s intent based on … Read more
The Morning After: Preparing for Summer Games Fest 2024
I hope you had a quiet Memorial Day. It was a quiet one tech-wise, and I briefly fought the urge to copy and paste yesterday’s TMA into today’s newsletter hopper. There were a few teases and glimpses of gaming news, with E3 successor Summer Games Fest kicking off in just over a week. SGF’s game … Read more