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The Game Awardswill return on December 8 with a live show broadcast from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The show will introduce at least one new element this year — a Best Adaptation category for this year’s awards ceremony. Hosted by Geoff Keighley, The Game Awards is essentially the video game industry’s version of the Oscars. It awards games and creators in a variety of categories, but is also a marketing opportunity for companies to show of world premiere trailers....

Realme has a phone addiction. The time has come for us to sit Realme down and have a serious talk about it together. The release of the Realme GT Neo 3T shows how bad things have gotten. While it’s a perfectly acceptable phone, it has no place of its own in Realme’s range, makes little sense over other models, and brings nothing new to the table. Why does the GT Neo 3T exist?...

Apple is reportedly adding an automatic car crash detection feature to the iPhone and Apple Watch, according to a report from theWall Street Journal. The feature will debut early next year, likely with iOS 16. The report claims that Apple will work on using the sensors present in both the iPhone and Apple Watch to detect “a sudden spike in gravity,” the same way Apple’s Watch works at the moment for fall detection....

“Indie” isn’t a new or unique term exclusive to gaming. Music and film in particular have had decades of independent productions that occasionally break through into mainstream success. Indie games have, of course, been around since the advent of the medium itself, but only really came to prominence to the wider public in the late 2000s and early 2010s when digital distribution started becoming a major player. Just like in music and film, indie games drew attention based on that label which implied to the audience that what they were looking at was the work of a small, passionate team not beholden to the same corporate mandates as traditional games....

KPop Demon Huntershas quickly become one of Netflix’s most extraordinary success stories.On August 26, the animated musical became Netflix’s most-watched English-language film. The streaming platformreportedthat the film had amassed a total of 236 million views, surpassing the previous record set byRed Notice. The film’s soundtrack also achieved an incredible first by featuring four songs —Golden,How It’s Done,Your Idol, andSoda Pop —in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Netflix achieved even greater success by topping the domestic box office this past weekend with a sing-along version ofKPop Demon Hunters....

TwitchCon venue staff kicked out after female streamers accuse him of sexual harassment A venue crew member at TwitchCon Rotterdam was removed from the event after he was filmed allegedly sexually harassing female streamers. TwitchCon Europe took place in Rotterdam from May 31 to June 1, and many of the platform’s top streamers were in attendance. The show featured a slew of announcements, including the introduction ofvertical streamsand a newpaywalled Rewind featurecoming to the site – but not every part of the con was smooth sailing....

A remake of Supermassive Games’Until Dawnwas released for PlayStation and PC last Friday. And those who beat the game over the weekend, myself included, have discovered post-credit scenes that heavily tease a sequel. Spoilers forUntil Dawnto follow The climax of the PS4 original sees Rami Malek’s Josh get killed or turned into a Windego, depending on the player’s choices. Meanwhile, characters such as Hayden Panettiere’s Sam can survive if players are able to outsmart attacking Windegos....

The2022 Consumer Electronics Show(CES) has delivered many great products for gamers, from a lot of different companies, and ViewSonic has now entered the mix.Recent announcementsinclude a series of new ViewSonic monitors and projectors designed with next-generation gaming, creativity, and multimedia consumption in mind. At the top of the list of new monitors is the flagship 32-inch Elite XG321UG 4K Mini-LED Gaming Monitor. As the name suggests, the 32-inch 4K resolution monitor sports a mini-LED light source....

Nowadays, it is so easy to take our music on the go, be it withheadphonesor portableBluetooth speakers. And even more so with more than a few streaming services available. If you want to be able to tune into your favorite playlist even in the course of an intense workout, then you should, by all means,invest in wirelessin-ear headphones that are just as sport-ready. This way, you can move freely without wires getting in the way, a wobbly headband, or worse sweat in your ears....

FollowingNothing’s first major event of 2022, the tech startup announced that it would be opening itself up to a community of investors. Starting April 5,Community Investment 2will go live, giving the public the chance to be a part of the company through investment. Preregistration has already seen the company raise over $43 million through more than 22,000 investors as of March 29, and Nothing is shooting for even more. The company has some pretty lofty goals of waking up the “sleepy smartphone market” by dethroning Apple as the sitting king of the industry....

What does ‘Skibidi Ohio Rizz’ mean? Gen Alpha insult explained The language of TikTok has continued to evolve at a breakneck pace, and the ultimate term “skibidi Ohio rizz” has come to light, sparking the curiosity of millions of users on the app. Keeping up with all variations of the internet slang emerging onTikTokcan be challenging. From ‘brain rotting’ to finding yourself being “eyebrow blind” there’s always a trendy term popping off on the short-form video app....

Don’t let the nameAutopilotfool you: None of the cars in Tesla’s current range are capable of driving themselves. Instead, Autopilot is a partially automated system that is regularly improved via over-the-air software updates. It relies on eight surround-view cameras that give the car 360-degree visibility for up to 820 feet, 12 ultrasonic sensors, and a forward-facing radar. Tesla has regularly stressed that, unlike its rivals, it doesn’t believe in lidar technology....

Why is Sydney Sweeney under fire? Bathwater controversy explained Another day, another Sydney Sweeney story. This time, it’s not aboutEuphoria Season 3or whether she’s datingGlen Powell, but bathwater soap. What’s happened, and why is the star under fire? It’s been a while since we’ve seen Sweeney in films likeMadame Web,Immaculate, andAnyone But You, with the star’s latestApple TV+movie Echo Valley flying under the radar. Instead, she’s announcedshe’ll start selling her used bathwaterafter fan demand, following in the footsteps of successful influencers....