Companies often include background props in their product imagery that serve as set dressing, but one of Govee's decorative choices is raising some eyebrows. An eagle-eyed Verge reader spotted that two copies of a book with "White Supremacy" plastered on the spine were included in a lifestyle image on Govee's website, in a scene that […]
Category: Gaming
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Oppo’s Bubble is a thin round screen for taking rear camera selfies
Oppo launched a new smartphone accessory that makes it easier to snap selfies using your smartphone's rear cameras that typically feature better sensors than front-facing cameras. The Bubble offers similar functionality to the recently announced Insta360 Snap with a screen providing live camera previews so you can properly frame shots, plus remote camera controls and […]
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Saving for a Switch 2 is easier with Newegg’s gift card deal
If you foresee a bunch of Nintendo purchases in your future, Newegg’s deal on Nintendo gift cards might just help save your wallet. The retailer is offering a deal that lets gamers get $200 worth of credit towards games, consoles, and accessories for just $170. Best of all, the gift cards can stack in your […]
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Take-Two boss refutes Red Dead Online "missed opportunity" allegations, as RDR2 passes a huge sales milestone
Despite Red Dead Online not receiving updates for years and feeling abandoned in comparison to Grand Theft Auto Online, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick thinks Red Dead Redemption 2's multiplayer component has been a success by all accounts. Read more
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After seven years of development, Paralives is out in early access
The day has come. After first being announced all the way back in 2019 by then solo dev Alex Massé (a small studio has been formed since then), Paralives is now out in early access. Being an early access release, that means you shouldn't expect something as refined as its biggest source of inspiration, and now competitor, The Sims, but it does seem like there's plenty to get started with.
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Cox Media fined after bragging it spied on users through their phones
An exceptionally weird controversy has come back to haunt Cox Media and a pair of marketing firms, which claimed they were secretly listening to users via phones and smart devices – despite little evidence they actually could. On Thursday the Federal Trade Commission announced that Cox, MindSift, and 1010 Digital Works would pay a total […]