In a nutshell, ASUS’ new powerful gaming phone is all about bigger specs and faster performance. It has a 165Hz 6.78-inch display, with 720Hz touch sampling rate, up to 18GB of RAM and a bigger 6,000mAh battery.EngadgetThe most notable change is the re…
The Morning After: Xiaomi’s flagship phone has a Leica camera with a massive one-inch sensor
Just six months after its last flagship launch, Xiaomi has announced another one. The Xiaomi 12S Ultra packs a massive one-inch, 50.3-megapixel Sony IMX989 main sensor. And unlike the Sony Xperia Pro-I, the Xiaomi 12S Ultra apparently uses the entirety…
The Morning After: The next Apple Watch may detect if you have a fever
The next Apple Watch may have a body temperature sensor to warn you when you’re coming down with a fever, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The Series 8 won’t provide an exact reading, but it could notify you to see a doctor or use a dedicated ther…
The Morning After: Major League Baseball wants to deploy strike zone robo-umpires in 2024
Major League Baseball will “likely” introduce an Automated Strike Zone System starting in 2024, commissioner Rob Manfred told ESPN. These robot umpires may call all balls and strikes then relay the information to a plate umpire, or be part of a replay …
The Morning After: Snapchat+ is a $4 monthly subscription service for its most devoted users
Snap’s optional subscription service is here, offering “exclusive, experimental and pre-release features” for $4 a month. It’s apparently for “passionate” Snapchat users and launches this week in the US, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Australia, New …
‘Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope’ aims to be a more modern tactical adventure
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle was a pleasant surprise. A charming game that married Nintendo’s Mushroom Kingdom with the chaos of Ubisoft’s Rabbid mascots and crammed it into a game that was, well, pretty much a cartoon interpretation of the tactical…
The Morning After: Google tries keeping political campaign emails out of Gmail spam
Google’s Gmail has generally rigorous spam filters, but they can sometimes be too rigorous. Google is working on a way to ensure emails from US political campaigns reach users’ inboxes instead of automatically getting tagged as spam.The company has ask…
The Morning After: Valve warns you, again, against modifying your Steam Deck
Valve loves to warn people about the risks of do-it-yourself Steam Deck maintenance, and this time it’s reminding you that trying to upgrade the built-in storage could lead to problems.Following a PC Gamer article on modding the Steam Deck, Valve hardw…
The Morning After: Nothing’s Carl Pei wants to make smartphones exciting again
Carl Pei thinks there’s something wrong with the smartphone industry. Like a lot of us, Pei has started feeling like new phones just aren’t as special as the devices of five or 10 years ago.He thinks the big players are all circling the same ideas in s…
The Morning After: A remastered version of 1997’s ‘Blade Runner’ game finally arrives
Yes, Juul e-cigarettes have been banned in the US, but we talked about that yesterday. But what’s like vapes? Replicants and ‘80s sci-fi? Maybe not, but anyway, Nightdive Studios has finally released Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition for Windows PCs (via …