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Image: Activision Candy Crush Saga creator King has revealed a new free-to-play mobile game for Android and iOS featuring the goofy orange marsupial Crash Bandicoot. In Crash Bandicoot: On the Run, players are once again tasked with stopping recurring series antagonist Doctor Neo Cortex from taking control of the multiverse. You won’t be required to play as … Continue reading Crash Bandicoot is getting a new mobile game by the creators of Candy Crush Saga Continue Reading →

The app was trained on thousands of images of tuna tails. | Image: Dentsu A Japanese chain of sushi restaurants is using an AI-powered app to assess the quality of tuna — a key step in the preparation of sushi that traditionally requires years of training from experienced human buyers. But can it really replace a … Continue reading Japanese app Tuna Scope uses AI to grade the quality of fish Continue Reading →

Image: The Radio Use Website (Japanese) A new smart speaker from Google has been spotted as part of a regulatory filing in Japan. Android Police believes this device to be the long-coming sequel to the original Google Home speaker, which hasn’t gotten a follow-up since its original release in 2016. The new speaker carries on Google’s fabric aesthetic … Continue reading Google’s upcoming Nest speaker revealed in regulatory filing Continue Reading →

The Dell XPS desktop comes in black or white and includes a wired keyboard and mouse combo. | Image: Dell Dell has given a facelift to its XPS desktop, resulting in a smaller and far more appealing chassis than the previous iteration. The biggest changes are easy to spot, including making half of the case’s front … Continue reading Dell’s new XPS desktop has a refreshed design and Intel’s 10th Gen processors Continue Reading →

I waited seven years for a sequel to one of my favorite games, and I got a satisfying yet flawed experience. What I didn’t expect was that it would inspire me to start playing the guitar. The Last of Us Part II is dark and violent, but some of the moments I enjoyed the most were … Continue reading The Last of Us Part II inspired me to learn how to play the guitar Continue Reading →

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Trump administration is apparently considering a ban on Chinese social media apps, including the popular video app TikTok. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo mentioned the possibility on Tuesday, saying it was “something we’re looking at” in a Fox News interview with Laura Ingraham. Pompeo offered few specifics, and … Continue reading How the Trump administration could ‘ban’ TikTok Continue Reading →

The DeathAdder V2 Mini seen with the included anti-slip grip tape applied to the main mouse buttons. | Image: Razer Razer has announced a miniature version of the DeathAdder V2 gaming mouse, expanding its lineup of shrunken peripherals beyond the Razer Viper Mini. It’s called the DeathAdder V2 Mini, and it maintains the same hourglass design and … Continue reading The DeathAdder V2 Mini is Razer’s latest shrunken gaming mouse Continue Reading →

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Logitech’s Harmony brand tried to reinvent the wheel with its Harmony Express remote control, and it didn’t work. The company just sent out an email to customers alerting them that the $250 remote — which used Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant as the brains for controlling your various home theater … Continue reading Logitech is already giving up on its Alexa-powered Harmony remote control Continue Reading →

Image: fccid.io A mysterious new Samsung wearable device has been revealed in FCC filings made public today. You can see a diagram of what the wearable is expected to look like at the top of this post, taken from the filings. The diagram seems to show that the device will have some kind of heart rate sensor, indicating … Continue reading Mysterious new Samsung wearable revealed in FCC filings Continue Reading →

There are so many new features that it’s hard to keep track In anticipation of today’s release of the public betas of iOS 14 for the iPhone and iPadOS 14 for the iPad, I’ve been using the developer betas and facing a curious mix of feeling both comfortable and overwhelmed. Unless you count the big changes to … Continue reading iOS and iPadOS 14 public beta preview: something for everybody Continue Reading →