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You may have missed it, sandwiched in between a Nintendo Direct and Apple event, but Panic just showed off the third season of games coming to its handheld, which kicks off on October 8th. There’s some promising stuff, too, including a Soulslike action RPG and a Mac-style point-and-click adventure.
Remember when it was cheap and easy for me to buy DJI’s banned camera? The FCC is currently taking comments on a plan to ban online marketplaces from listing gadgets like that. Platforms would need to validate each device’s FCC status before they list it for sale. Etsy wants its “micro-entrepreneurs” to be exempt.
We’re ready for the long-rumored foldable iPhone, along with any new Apple Watches, AirPods, and other surprises.
YouTuber Josh West thought he was going to show his wife a good time by booking a Cybercab for their date night in Austin. Instead, a hard-braking episode left her with a sore neck, and then the Cybercab tried to drop them off in an empty parking lot at night. “Kind of wonky,” an amiable West says. “Definitely work left to do.”
AI data center projects are continuing to pop up across the US, with frequent opposition from locals concerned about their impact. Here are a few recent articles about the projects:
As reported by CoinDesk, the memecoin peaked at $190.81 two minutes after it debuted on Wednesday. Its value tumbled quickly after that, with LAPTOP now sitting at around $2.16 — a more than 98 percent drop.
President Donald Trump’s memecoin has similarly dipped in value, resulting in more than $3.8 billion in losses.
If you missed Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day while it was in theaters, you’ll be able to catch it on Peacock when its makes its streaming premiere on October 9th.
I give away gadgets we can’t keep every Wednesday — just in the US, mind — and today marks TITW Giveaway #11. These are items I actually called in for my Today I’m Toying With videos! No new video this week, though, because I’ve been burning the midnight oil working on something special...
Issues with the butterfly doors and bizarre drop-off locations cloud what is an otherwise impressive, future-forward experience.
The terms of the contract apply to nearly 1,900 workers across Blizzard, including teams that work on World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, quality assurance, and more. The contract comes after two years of bargaining and includes new protections that give workers the opportunity to be “recalled” into open positions within 14 months after a layoff.
The September 2026 Nintendo Direct kicks off at 10AM ET, and you can watch it on YouTube. The show is set to last about 45 minutes, and after, Nintendo is also hosting a Treehouse Live stream to show off some games from the Direct in more detail.
It’s hard to see exactly what’s in the teaser — which is John Ternus’s first since taking over as Apple CEO — but it looks a bit like a camera lens. We won’t have to wait much longer to find out, as Apple’s launch event kicks off at 1PM ET today.
Some of the achievement lists include spoilers and new details for games like Persona 6 and Kingdom Hearts IV, Gematsu reports. The owner of achievement-tracking site Exophase said in a post that the leak “Seems like a possible screw up on Valve’s end, a bunch of games with achievements that should be private are accessible through the API right now and that’s why they got scanned into the site.”
If you’re a fan of Matt Dinniman’s book series and happen to have $12,350 burning a hole in your pocket, Multimorphic worked with artist Luciano Fleitas and the audiobooks’ narrator, Jeff Hays, to create this detailed Carl-themed pinball machine packed full of references including Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk.
Correction, September 11th: An earlier version of this article misstated the company that created this machine. It is Multimorphic, not Flip N Out Pinball.
The new trailer for Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of Carrie hits on some of the ways the Stephen King classic is being updated for 2026, including putting Carrie through some cyberbullying. The series streams on Prime Video on October 7th, when all eight episodes drop at once.
007 First Light is getting a major visual overhaul next week, thanks to path tracing and DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction. Nvidia is releasing a new Game Ready driver (616.92) today that’s fully optimized for the First Light update, as well as adding support for PUBG’s DLSS Super Resolution update. The driver is also Game Ready for Active Matter, Aniimo, and Wardogs.
Huawei says it didn’t send it, but an agency claiming to represent the company has been contacting tech influencers, offering to pay them to promote Huawei’s new Mate XT 2 foldable around the iPhone Duo launch, and disguise the posts to look like an organic, grassroots groundswell of enthusiasm.
Lyft customers hailing a ride in Waymo’s service area (which includes Downtown/Broadway, North Nashville/Germantown, East Nashville, Midtown, and South Nashville) could be matched with a robotaxi. Waymo and Lyft first announced they’d be teaming up for a robotaxi service in Music City nearly a year ago. Lyft is also handling fleet services, such as cleaning, maintenance, and EV charging, through its Flexdrive subsidiary. Customers who would prefer a robotaxi ride can also book one through Waymo’s own app.
