Alan Velasco

The Humane AI Pin had an impressive debut, promising to be an intuitive way to interact with AI. However, once the device actually rolled out, it became clear that it was far from actually delivering on that promise. Its poor performance led to scathing reviews, which in turn quickly sank the AI Pin in the eyes of potential buyers. Humane was never able to recover and is now selling key assets to HP. HP will

Apple’s phone designs have become safe and predictable, as the company is loath to rock the boat with its most consistent revenue generator, instead banking on AI for innovation. That’s just not good enough for some passionate and talented hardware modders out there though, who often go the extra mile to do fun and interesting things with the iPhone. In this case, a reddit user took the time and effort to put the internals of an

Ubisoft has been struggling mightily as of late, with the company having to shutter games and managing to draw the ire of industry peers. However, a lone bright spot for the company has been its live service first person shooter, Rainbow Six Siege. The game has managed to find longevity as it nears a decade since its initial release, and it seems as if Ubisoft is poised to bring some big changes to its most

Palworld was one of the surprise hits of 2024, capturing the gaming zeitgeist by delivering a familiar experience with a fun twist. However, this success also caught the attention of Nintendo and the Pokémon Company, leading to both of those companies filing a lawsuit against Palworld developers, Pocketpair. Now there’s a newly added wrinkle that might have a big impact on the legal battle. In the lawsuit filed last year, Nintendo and the Pokémon Company

Grand Theft Auto VI might be sucking up the majority of the oxygen in the video game world, but there are still plenty of games driving hype of their own, including Elden Ring Nightrein. The game made an appearance at Sony’s State of Play event yesterday, where players learned when they’ll be able to jump into the online, co-op survival adventure. It turns out, the game will be arriving sooner rather than later. This entry

Free-to-play hero shooter Marvel Rivals has quickly become one of the most popular competitive games available, bringing in big bucks to Chinese publisher NetEase. The company has kept the game fresh by continuing to add new characters at a steady clip since the title released late last year. However, the latest changes proposed to the game’s ranking system have not gone over well with players, forcing the publisher to backtrack. NetEase detailed the planned changes

The last decade of flagship phone releases has seen manufacturers go all in on thinner and thinner designs, causing the devices to become repair nightmares. Apple has slowly made policy and design changes to reverse this pernicious trend. Now, it seems as if Samsung is ready to join its rival with its latest smartphone, the S25, which iFixIt calls one of the company’s “most repair-friendly phones in a long time.” The shining star when it

Artificial Intelligence is everywhere these days, and the level of investment in in the technology means it will only become more prevalent as time goes on. With many people already using tools such as ChatGPT as they go about their daily lives, is it the best path forward, though? A new study by Microsoft that surveyed knowledge workers, shows that a heavy reliance on AI can lead to some negative cognitive effects. The study aimed

Larian Studios has been hard at work on the massive Patch 8 for Baldur’s Gate 3, which is bringing big enough changes to warrant an update of its own. The update will bring fixes to gameplay, the newly implemented Photo Mode, and several other elements of the game. One of the more consequential gameplay fixes takes care of an issue where in-game items weren’t correctly becoming available to players after opening a container within an

Even as EA is working on ways to revive Battlefield, it hasn’t forgotten it has a successful competitive multiplayer experience with Apex Legends. The development team released its first blog post of the year detailing some of the improvements players can expect. Specifically, when it comes to combatting cheaters alongside some of the changes coming to the game’s matchmaking algo. One of the biggest issues facing Apex Legends is teaming, where several squads work together