Spotify is catching the metaverse wave. On Tuesday, the company debuted Spotify Island on Roblox, one of the newest additions on the uber-popular gaming platform. With eyes set on Roblox’s 50 million-plus audience, Spotify is planting its flag firmly in the metaverse, the vast virtual frontier where you can do things like compete, earn prizes, …
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VR brings a third dimension to computing. Strap on a headset, and you’re not just looking at something, you’re surrounded by it. There’s a real sense of depth and volume and immersion. You are as good as there. One outstanding example of that is a virtual reality installation called The Infinite, which puts you inside the International Space Station and …
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In a war zone, the highest priority for many people is finding safety and taking care of loved ones. For some, there’s also a need to communicate with the outside world. That’s been especially apparent in Ukraine since Russia invaded in late February. In Ukraine, smartphones and messaging apps have helped ordinary citizens share videos of their plight. Social media has …
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Samsung regularly offers some incentive to preorder a Galaxy device like a free case, wireless earbuds or a discount or cash to put toward accessories. For its latest Galaxy Book laptops, Samsung is giving you one big reason to preorder: a free 32-inch curved gaming monitor. Preorders for the Galaxy Book 2 360, Galaxy Book 2 Pro and Galaxy Book 2 …
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We’ve all been there before. A group of friends get together, everyone has their phone out and you reach to grab the wrong one because they all look the same. Want to make your phone look different but not add a ton of bulk? Or want to keep it protected while still looking unique? Well, meet dbrand, the company that …
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Personalized mechanical keyboards continue to get more and more popular, and gaming PC and component company NZXT leaps into the fray with its own customizable gaming keyboards, aptly branded Function. Shipping in full-size, tenkeyless and a nonstandard MiniTKL (a smaller-than-usual TKL), they feature hot-swappable switches as well as a standard bottom row and per-key RGB lighting. The latter two are …
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The laser revolution in projection continues with Epson introducing two new high-end home theater projectors, the Home Cinema LS12000 and Home Cinema LS11000. They promise high brightness and punchy contrast, as well as a variety of other upgrades over one of our favorite 4K projectors, Epson’s Home Cinema 5050. I’m most interested in the LS11000 since its $4,000 price tag is …
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The game maker Valve has had a pretty strong start to the year. Its first Steam Deck handheld gaming PC, starting at $399, was met with positive reviews around its launch last month. Now its popular Steam online gaming store is arriving for new devices too — namely, Chromebook laptops powered by Google’s Chrome OS. Valve Google announced that a …
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Both Intel and AMD have forthcoming boosted versions of existing boxed processors — for desktop upgrades and new DIY builds — to compete for your please-moar-faster-gaming bucks. Intel has the rumored Core i9-12900KS and AMD has the Ryzen 7 5800X3D it previewed at CES 2022. AMD says its processor is “the world’s fastest gaming CPU” — you know Intel will say …
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Quick show of hands: Who wants to spend $1,000 or more on a new phone? Not everyone, that’s for sure. That’s where devices like the iPhone SE come in, and this week Apple introduced the newest SE, priced at $429. As part of our coverage of the “Peek Performance” Apple event, CNET’s Lisa Eadicicco stacks up the iPhone SE against …
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