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Lego seems to be working its way through Nintendo's IP, and the next franchise to get the block treatment is Animal Crossing.

Sometimes you need that big-screen desktop PC in the kitchen, to look at cooking videos as you go. And other times, it would be nice to have it in the workshop or on the patio. Problem solved: HP today announced a modern rework of a PC concept from the distant past with the launch of the HP Envy Move, a portable Windows all-in-one (AIO) desktop.

If you've been in the US your whole life, you're probably not aware of how popular the sport of cricket is globally. Around 2.5 billion people count themselves as fans, and Thursday marks the beginning of the most important event on the calendar: the ICC Cricket World Cup.

For most of us, Amazon's Prime Big Deals Days event is a prime day to pick up bargains. But for lots of unscrupulous people, it's also a prime day to profit from scams. Thieves come out of the woodwork to capitalize on big online shopping events like this, so before you dive in to all the deals this year, you should take some extra precautions to avoid getting duped. Here's what we recommend:

The context collapse has escalated at the site formerly known as Twitter: Starting sometime yesterday, the previews that X automatically generates of shared links now strips them of headlines and displays only the lead art and the link’s domain name in the bottom-left corner.

We are days away from Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days event, but if you're in need of a smartphone and can't wait until Oct. 10, we've got you covered.

It’s taking longer than expected, but SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is hoping 2024 will be the year the company finally launches Starlink satellites using the Starship craft. 

Google Assistant has existed in one form or another for nearly 20 years. But it pales in comparison to newer generative AI like ChatGPT and even Google's own Bard, so Google is rolling out a new Assistant with Bard to rectify that.

Adobe is teasing a new photo editing engine that uses AI to make moving, modifying, or deleting anything a simple mouse-click operation.

Sony is releasing Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition tomorrow, and the game is so large the physical version will include two discs.

The FBI may have dealt a blow to the ransomware scourge with August’s takedown of Qakbot, a notorious botnet. But it looks like the hackers behind the botnet are still a threat.

Is your wallet ready for the holiday shopping season? Ease into the spending juggernaut with some Amazon freebies ahead of its Prime Big Deal Days. It's offering Prime members extended free trials across its subscription services, which you can continue or cancel before you're charged a single cent. Here's what you can get.

Sony is offering a new incentive for PS4 and PS5 owners to sign-up to PlayStation Plus: free movie streaming.

Would you pay $5,500 for stereo audio? That's what Bang & Olufsen (B&O) is charging for a pair of its upmarket, highly connected, and surprisingly sustainable Beolab 8 wireless speakers.

If you own an iPhone 15 Pro that runs hot, relief is finally here in the form of a software patch released today by Apple.

There might not have been any battle of the brawn between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, but when it comes to a battle of the brains, the Meta CEO has won out—at least according to a study from online tutoring firm Preply. 

Google today updated its smartphone lineup with the Pixel 8 and the Pixel 8 Pro. They share many features, so you may be wondering which one is best for you. Full reviews are in the works, but until then—and before you place that preorder—let's walk through their differences.

Google's Pixel Watch 2 looks like a promising update to last year's excellent Pixel Watch. It's entering the market alongside another recent big-name wearable, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6, which we awarded an excellent four-star rating to in August. We're in the process of testing the new Pixel Watch now, but let's see how the two smartwatches compare when it comes to design, features, price, and more.

The Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are here, and they face stiff competition from Samsung, particularly the Galaxy S23 series. Google and Samsung phones are usually top of mind when it comes to choosing an Android device, but which is the better option? Full reviews of the Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro are coming soon, but until then, let's break down the specs to make sure you know what you're getting into.

It’s finally happening. An Android smartphone vendor is going to offer not three, not four, but seven years of software updates for its product. And this time, it’s Google leading the charge. 

Comparing fast cars and juiced-up laptops? Yes, it's a tech-reviewer trope that PCMag and plenty of others have rolled with since unfolding the first notebook PCs. But what about when those two worlds actually do collide? That's much rarer.

Are you less satisfied with Netflix? You're not alone. A new survey finds that user satisfaction with the streaming service has fallen in the past year. 

In the Android vs. iOS wars, you're part of the Android faithful. So when the new iPhones came out last month, you held out for the release of the Google Pixel 8 and Google Pixel 8 Pro.

Google today unveiled the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro smartphones at its Made by Google event, with new camera powers that bring the fight straight to Apple and Samsung.

After 146 days, a landmark deal is going to soon be signed by the Writers' Guild of America, after it got several concessions from the producers and moguls running Hollywood. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) remains on strike as of this writing.

The latest version of Android brings both new lock-screen widgets and a new set of locks for some of your data. And like previous updates, most users of Google’s mobile operating system will have to wait to see what these features look like on their own devices.

Google today announced the Pixel Watch 2, a successor to its first smartwatch, the Pixel Watch, which reached consumers last year. At first glance, the two devices look remarkably similar. In fact, the size and the shape of the watch puck itself are identical to the original. However, there are lots of changes inside—much of it from coming from Fitbit—that could make the Pixel Watch 2 a much more compelling wearable than its predecessor.

If you have an extra $16,000 lying around, Rivian just added a new Max Pack battery option to its online vehicle configurator.

Sending out a package can be a hassle. For Uber, it represents a new business opportunity.

Nintendo announced that all online services for the 3DS and Wii U will end in early April next year.

Watching Discovery+ without ads just got $2 per month more expensive.

Lomography often looks back to the early days of photography for its steampunk-styled art lenses. Its latest, the Nour Triplet V 2.0/64 Bokeh Control Art Lens, follows suit, and is available for order today via Kickstarter. The all-manual lens looks like something out of the 19th century on the surface. Inside its optics leverage spherical aberration control to produce three distinct looks from a single lens. It's an intriguing concept, and another entry in a chorus of off-kilter lenses that give photogs a reason to give up modern conveniences like autofocus, for snapshots that you just won't get with lenses that strive for technical perfection.

Samsung refreshed its FE—or, Fan Edition—line of products with a new Galaxy S23 smartphone, a few Galaxy Tab S9 tablets, and a new pair of Galaxy Buds earphones. We got the chance to see all of these devices in person. Here's what we know about these affordable gadgets along with our first impressions.

Google’s Gmail and Yahoo are adding new rules that promise to make it easier to avoid unwanted email. This includes requiring bulk email senders to add an unsubscribe function for all messages. 

Landing gear is usually found on planes or Mars rovers. But now you can get it on a TV. 

Elon Musk is not above lobbing insults at random strangers on the internet, but his summertime effort at "citizen journalism" has now resulted in him being sued for incorrectly suggesting that a 22-year-old college student was associated with a neo-Nazi extremist group.

When your company's name is one letter, it's inevitable that someone's going to fight you over it. Elon Musk's X is facing a lawsuit from the similarly named X Social Media LLC.

If you're updating your Windows 11 PC, or setting up a new Surface device, you may be able to pass the time with an updated surf version of Microsoft's SkiFree.

Epic Games is adding a new age-based rating system to Fortnite, effective Nov. 14.

A Cruise driverless car has been involved in another accident in San Francisco, and this time the robotaxi ran over a woman who was flung into the car’s path.

If you've had your eye on a Ford F-150 Lightning, a new middle-tier trim could be an intriguing option. The fifth trim for the automaker's best-selling EV, dubbed the Flash, sits between the XLT and Lariat variants and will be available in 2024.

The government's antitrust trial against Google finished out its second week with testimony from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who argued that Google's search dominance is tied to the amount of data it processes as more and more people use Google, giving it a massive advantage when building better search algorithms, according to The Verge.

Samsung's latest external SSD is twice as fast as the previous model, capable of transferring a 4GB video file in just two seconds.

If you own a Onewheel electric skateboard, you should stop using it immediately.

Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast, is perhaps best known for his giveaways. But don’t be fooled into thinking he’s offering free iPhone 15 smartphones. 

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa says Switch games will continue to be released until March 2025.

The first-generation of Apple Watch released back in 2015 is now classed as obsolete by Apple.

The FCC has issued its first-ever fine geared toward preventing space debris. 

Amazon Prime Big Day Deals is right around the corner and the online retail giant is giving up to $30 in credit to people who perform a few simple tasks.

A law normally used to prosecute organized crime is being invoked to go after Facebook’s parent Meta, Google, and H&R Block for allegedly sharing and mining users' tax information. 

The fashion world has never been shy about incorporating technology on the runway, from Google Glass at Diane von Furstenberg and drones at Fendi to Gucci in the metaverse. In 2023, all eyes are on AI, and Coperni is experimenting with it courtesy of a screenless projector built into a pin.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is prepping a mid-week wake-up call with a test of its Emergency Alert Systems.

SpaceX has completely removed the waitlist for Starlink in the US, meaning any interested customer can subscribe for access to the satellite internet system without delay. 

If you receive a message from your bank or a government official that says your computer was hacked, be on guard: It's probably a scam.

If you want to get your hands on your very own Mobile Suit Gundam, or at least something resembling it, Tsubame Industries can make it happen—for $3 million.

Oops. Amazon caused some panic this past weekend when the company accidentally sent out mass emails that many customers thought were scam messages. 

A Chromebook is not necessarily just a Chromebook anymore. Google, in concert with four of the major system OEMs, is introducing a new, special tier of the web-centric laptops today.

Though it lacks some of the superpowers of Windows and macOS—like support for the most demanding desktop applications and AAA games, windowing, and device compatibility—Google’s ChromeOS desktop OS has its advantages: It keeps itself up to date automatically and quickly, has no history of viruses, and starts up faster than the two more established OSes.

Last night, Elon Musk carried out a test of X's ability to live stream games as the service formally known as Twitter prepares to compete with the likes of Twitch.

The wireless charging pads used in BMW vehicles are thought to be breaking the NFC chip used in the iPhone 15.

Tom Hanks is warning everyone on the internet that he is not trying to sell you a dental plan, but an AI version of him is.

Meta used public Instagram and Facebook posts to train parts of its new AI assistants; however, the company stopped short of including private posts with family and friends and private chats on its messaging service, Reuters reports.

Apple’s latest concern in China might not be over its actual phones but instead over the apps that run on them.

This week iPhone users in the UK gained the ability to add their debit and credit cards from select banks to the Wallet app and not only use them to make purchases but also view their available balances and latest transactions for those accounts.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has increased its efforts to get Google to remove music download apps from Google Play.

Your iPhone screen is hiding a secret QR code.

Apple today acknowledged that its new iPhones are running hot and promised a fix through an iOS 17 update.

The company formerly known as Twitter, X, has reportedly paid out almost $20 million to creators on the platform.

We've long been told to craft long, hard-to-guess passwords for our online accounts, but lengthy codes are not enough to protect your data, according to new research

A colorful new icon will soon appear on your Windows 11 taskbar, and it leads to a new era in desktop computing in the form of Microsoft Copilot. This AI chat sidebar powered by OpenAI, Bing, and Microsoft technologies can change computer settings or open apps. It can not only generate text and images, but also create either based on the other. In just two days of using Copilot on my Windows 11 PC, I’ve already started to rely on it as a research tool.

Big tech merger rumors are nothing new. Some result in billion-dollar PR nightmares, some are leaked and never amount to anything, while others stay within the confines of an exec's email account or group chat.

Following several delays, Amazon’s first prototypes for its Project Kuiper satellite internet service are slated to launch into space on Friday, Oct. 6, Amazon partner United Launch Alliance (ULA) confirmed today.

A malicious version of ChatGPT designed to assist cybercriminals has ended up scamming crooks interested in buying access to the service.

Originally aimed at schools and businesses, Google Jamboard launched as a digital whiteboard allowing real-time collaboration from anywhere you could find two of the devices. But after eight years, Google will wind down the hardware and the cloud apps in late 2024.

French authorities this week raided Nvidia's offices in the country in apparent effort to scrutinize the company’s growing dominance in the AI chip boom. 

Earlier this year, Google unveiled its Search Engine Experience (SGE), which turns traditional search results into a ChatGPT-style AI experience. Accessible via Search Labs, Google initially opened up limited access to adults 18 and over, but it's now expanding SGE to teens ages 13 to 17, alongside some new guardrails.

Looking to work for Meta? Make sure that job offer is legit. North Korean hackers have been spotted posing as recruiters for Facebook parent company Meta to trick users into loading malware on their computers. 

Xbox Series S owners now have the option of a "Designed for Xbox" portable screen, which attaches directly to the console.

Anyone entrenched in the Apple ecosystem is probably familiar with iCloud, the company's take on cloud storage. But the iCloud experience has always been best from your iPhone or iPad. Now, new updates to iCloud.com vastly improve the web experience.

The option to upgrade to the latest version of Windows 11 for free using a Windows 7 or Windows 8 key is no longer available.