Sean Keane

The Mandalorian AR Experience comes to 5G Google Pixel phones

Season 2 of The Mandalorian is in full swing on Disney Plus, with a new episode dropping Friday, and Google is letting you bring its hero home. You can download The Mandalorian AR Experience onto your 5G Pixel and some 5G Android phones, Google said Monday in a blog post.   “The Mandalorian AR Experience puts …

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Zoom drops 40

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Zoom has been a major social outlet for much of the planet as we physically distance during the coronavirus pandemic, but the video chat app cuts off meetings after 40 minutes. The company is lifting the limit for Thanksgiving, it said earlier this …

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More PS5 consoles are coming in 2020, Sony promises

The PlayStation 5 has been out of stock at most retailers since Sony launched its next-gen console earlier this month. But on Wednesday, the company promised that more inventory will be available before 2020 ends. We want to thank gamers everywhere for making the PS5 launch our biggest console launch ever. Demand for PS5 is unprecedented, so we wanted to …

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Amazon adds in

With Black Friday sales looming, Amazon is bracing itself for a surge in deliveries by letting you pick up orders at physical stores. US shoppers can have deliveries sent to Amazon Books stores or Amazon 4-star locations, to make sure surprise gifts aren’t spoiled, the e-commerce giant said Monday. “This year many customers and their families are opting to stay …

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Microsoft Teams free all

Zoom already revealed it’ll drop its 40-minute meeting time limit for Thanksgiving, but Microsoft Teams is going a step further by offering free all-day video calling, as previously reported by The Verge. You can share meeting invites with people who don’t have Teams installed, the company noted Thursday.  “To help you stay connected in the coming months, you will be …

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Nintendo Switch sales hit 735,000 last month

Nintendo Switch sales aren’t slowing down. The Japanese company sold more than 735,000 Switch and Switch Lite units in the US in October, it revealed on Thursday, as previously reported by Nintendo Life. The hybrid console already beat the NES’ lifetime sales earlier this year. The Switch’s October 2020 sales are the “second-highest October sales of any video game console …

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Walmart site goes down again as PS5 orders go up

Walmart is making its PS5 inventory available to buy on its site in several timeslots Thursday, but its site got overwhelmed by customers rushing to buy Sony’s next-gen PlayStation during the first wave. CNET staffers and people on social media reported having the console in their cart with shipping info before the site crashed and said it was out of …

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Xbox Series X teardown reveals it’s all about cooling

The Xbox Series X and Series S came out Tuesday, and iFixit wasted no time in opening up the more expensive Series X. The repair site’s teardown revealed that Microsoft included plenty of parts to keep the next-gen console cool, including a sizable fan, a heat sink and thermal paste. It found that the console’s modular design should make the …

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Pokemon Go adds Pokemon Home connectivity for some players

As promised earlier this year, Pokemon Go started rolling out the ability to connect to the Pokemon Home storage service on Wednesday. That means you can transfer shiny Pokemon you’ve caught out in the real world in Sword and Shield on Nintendo Switch. To start transferring, you’ll need to link Pokemon Go to your Nintendo account in the settings menu. …

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Apple’s higher

With its “One More Thing” Mac event Tuesday, Apple moved its MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac Mini onto its new M1 chip, but its higher-end computers are keeping the old Intel chips for the time being. The 16-inch MacBook Pro, the iMac, the iMac Pro and the Mac Pro are available only with Intel chips, which Apple has used for …

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