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Konami and Bloober Team are remaking the original Silent Hill

A remake of the original Silent Hill is in development, it was revealed during Konami's Press Start stream on Thursday. An image announcing that another Silent Hill game from developer Bloober Team was in the works appeared during the stream. It was accompanied by music from the first game in the series. The official Japanese Silent Hill account on X later clarified that Bloober is modernizing the original 1999 entry. Back in February, it emerged that Bloober is making a new title based on Kona

The Kindle Scribe beats my ReMarkable in two big ways (and it's $100 off)

ZDNET's key takeaways The Amazon Kindle Scribe is on sale for $299 for the 16GB version, the lowest price we've seen yet. It combines the familiar features of the Kindle e-reader with a bright display and a suite of premium note-taking features. The aforementioned features have a bit of a learning curve to fully take advantage of. $299.99 at Amazon $299.99 at Best Buy more buying choices Amazon is currently offering the 16GB Kindle Scribe at 25% off, a $100 discount that brings the final pric

The Samsung Bespoke refrigerator is my favorite kitchen appliance, and it's on sale

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This mandatory Pixel 6a update may limit your battery - but it's for your own good

Jason Cipriani/ZDNET At least for one device, the battery problems that have plagued some Pixel phones may be ending – but the fix is coming at a price. According to Alex Moriconi, communications manager at Google (Pixel phones), Google will soon release an update that will purposefully limit the battery capacity of some Pixel 6a phones, hopefully also limiting issues with overheating. Also: 4 exciting features Google just announced for Android phones (and why they're a big deal) In an email

macOS Tahoe brings a new disk image format

Disk images have been valuable tools marred by poor performance. In the wrong circumstances, an encrypted sparse image (UDSP) stored on the blazingly fast internal SSD of an Apple silicon Mac may write files no faster than 100 MB/s, typical for a cheap hard drive. One of the important new features introduced in macOS 26 Tahoe is a new disk image format that can achieve near-native speeds: ASIF, documented here. This has been detailed as a major improvement in lightweight virtualisation, where i

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DC Studios Is Finally Making a ‘Mister Miracle’ Animated Series

Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios have announced that the next adult animated series will be Mister Miracle. According to Deadline, which initially broke the news, Mister Miracle comic book writer Tom King (who is also producing HBO’s Lanterns TV series) will serve as the showrunner and executive producer of the animated series. While no release date or cast announcements were coupled with the Mister Miracle‘s announcement, the show, which follows the eponymous DC character, will be based o

Blue Origin Delays New Glenn Again—and It’s a Bigger Setback Than It Seems

After gaining momentum last year, Jeff Bezos’ rocket venture has hit another snag. The second flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn slipped from early spring to late August, messing with the company’s original plan to launch its giant rocket eight times in 2025. Beyond missing launch targets, New Glenn’s recent delay also puts Project Kuiper—the internet satellites owned by Amazon—at risk of losing a critical operations license. This week, Dave Limp, the chief executive of Blue Origin, announced th

Google left months-old dark mode bug in Android 16, fix planned for next Pixel Drop

Google's Pixel phones got a big update this week with the release of Android 16 and a batch of Pixel Drop features. Pixels now have enhanced security, new contact features, and improved button navigation. However, some of the most interesting features, like desktop windowing and Material 3 Expressive, are coming later. Another thing that's coming later, it seems, is a fix for an annoying bug Google introduced a few months back. Google broke the system dark mode schedule in its March Pixel updat

The 46 Best Shows on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now (June 2025)

It may not have the shine it once did, but Max (previously HBO Max—and soon to be again) is still home to some of the best TV shows of the past 25 years, from The Sopranos and The Wire to Game of Thrones and The Leftovers. Whether you’re a longtime fan of the “it’s not TV” cable network or a Max newbie trying to figure out where to start, the shows below should give you plenty upon which to feast your eyes. Looking for more recommendations? Head to WIRED’s guide to the best TV shows on Netflix

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Microsoft just teased its next-gen Xbox console, and nobody noticed

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. I feel like a broken record, but I’ve been writing for more than a year that the next Xbox console will be more PC-like. Now, I think Microsoft just teased its next-gen Xbox plans while announcing its partnership with Asus to bring two Xbox Ally handhelds to the market later this year. The Xbox Ally handhelds run Windows, but the Xbox team has worked with Windows engineers to

Conveyor uses AI to automate the painful process of vendor security reviews and RFPs with AI

Selling software to companies is such a time-consuming process. Even after customers are convinced a product is right for their organization, they still need to ensure the software meets all their security requirements. Chas Ballew realized just how painfully slow and tedious the vendor security and compliance review process was when he was running Aptible, a hosting platform for healthcare companies that he co-founded in 2013. “What we saw was that every time one of our customers was trying to

Nothing’s new Phone 3 will be available on general sale in the US

Smartphone startup Nothing will sell its next flagship model, the Nothing Phone (3), in the U.S. through its website and Amazon, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. Nothing, which will unveil the new phone early next month in London, has released eight phones since its inception in 2020, but only one, the Phone (2), has made it to general sale in the U.S. so far. Before that, users had to sign up to buy a phone via a beta program, and there was no after-sales support, though you could return th

Boeing Jet Explodes in Giant Fireball, Killing Hundreds

A Boeing Dreamliner 787 plane crashed into a residential neighborhood with 242 people aboard mere moments after taking off from Ahmedabad in western India, exploding in an immense fireball. The cause of the immensely tragic loss of life remains unknown. As CNBC reports, it could take months to find out. The top-selling wide-body aircraft was delivered to Air India in 2014. According to a tweet by FlightRadar, the Boeing jet ascended to roughly 200 feet before plummeting back down at a "vertica

Lil Snack makes a snackable Scattergories game in partnership with Hasbro

When we last talked with Lil Snack, they were a two-person company making little games that were like snacks. For fun, we posted their games on the GamesBeat.com web site, and it was cool to tell people that we had games on our site at the 2024 GamesBeat Summit. It was just a couple of guys using AI to make games. Flash forward to today, and now they’ve got a partnership with Hasbro to make a game based on the Scattergories board game. Lil Snack has ten new games operated daily for as many as

Here’s everything new for Apple Notes in iOS 26

Apple Notes has become one of Apple’s most consistently updated apps, and iOS 26 includes a few solid new additions. Here’s everything new for Apple Notes in iOS 26. New Liquid Glass design Easily the biggest change for Notes this year is the brand new design with Liquid Glass. Though the basic structure of the app remains the same, everything looks and feels more modern thanks to app-wide UI revisions. Buttons and other UI elements have been updated, moved around, and enhanced. Search has b

The best Father's Day gifts you can still shop last minute

Look, if your dad is anything like me, then they’re probably not a massive gamer, or might just play the odd title. I’m told that there’s a whole genre of Dad Games out there that apparently appeal to the fathers in our lives, which are all about following some sort of process. It’s likely then that they won’t have paid much attention to The Legend of Zelda series, which feels as un-Dad a game as you could imagine. Which is why I’m here to say that, until the start of this year, I felt the same,

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Android 16 is out, complete with new features for Pixel phones including live notification updates

Google has released Android 16 to the masses, as it's now available for compatible handsets. The company says new devices will come preloaded with the OS in "the coming months." As usual, it's first coming to Google's own Pixel phones. The update includes several notable features. The biggest one might be live updates in notifications. This means that stuff like ride-shares and food deliveries will get a progress bar directly in the notification, so folks won't have to constantly open and close

Ancient Roman Street Vendors Served Up Songbirds

Ancient Romans in need of a quick bite often chowed down on fried songbirds, new research suggests. A researcher working on the island of Mallorca found bones of song thrushes inside a trash pit near the ruins of an ancient fast food joint. The study, published in May in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, suggests that thrushes were commonly sold and consumed in Roman cities. This challenges the long-held belief that these small, speckled birds were a delicacy reserved for elite ban

Anker Recalls PowerCore 10000 Power Banks Because of Fire Risks: What to Know

The electronics maker Anker recalled its PowerCore 10000 power banks with the model number A1263 after receiving 19 reports of fires and explosions. According to an alert posted Thursday by the Consumer Products Safety Commission, more than 1.1 million of the products sold in the US are affected by the recall. The company plans to replace the charging devices, but customers who have them must submit photo evidence of ownership and also prove that they've disposed of the PowerCore devices proper

Smart tires will report on the health of roads in new pilot program

Do you remember the Pirelli Cyber Tire? No, it's not an angular nightmare clad in stainless steel. Rather, it's a sensor-equipped tire that can inform the car it's fitted to what's happening, both with the tire itself and the road it's passing over. The technology has slowly been making its way into the real world, starting with rarified stuff like the McLaren Artura. Now, Pirelli is going to put some Cyber Tires to work for everybody, not just supercar drivers, in a new pilot program with the r

Anker is recalling over 1.1 million power banks due to fire and burn risks

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Anker has issued a recall for its PowerCore 10000 power bank (model A1263) due to a “potential issue with the lithium-ion battery” that could pose a fire safety risk. The company has received 19 reports of fires and explosions that have caused minor burn injuries and resulted in property damage totaling over $60,700, according to the US Consumer

Four great games from Steam’s June Next Fest

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Steam’s June 2025 edition of its Next Fest is going on now through June 16th, and the event is packed with great-looking demos for games coming to PC. Seriously, it seems like there are a lot of demos; a search filter on my Next Fest homepage shows more than 2,500 English demos to pick from. If you open up the Next Fest page and are overwhelmed, I get it – admittedly, I am, t

8BitDo’s Ultimate 2C controller drops to $25

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . If you’re looking for a versatile new wireless controller that isn’t exclusive to a particular platform, 8BitDo’s various pads are always worth considering. And Amazon’s current deal on the brand’s Ultimate 2C Wireless Controller is nearly the cheapest we’ve seen. Right now, if you pic

Password-spraying attacks target 80,000 Microsoft Entra ID accounts

Hackers have been using the TeamFiltration pentesting framework to target more than 80,000 Microsoft Entra ID accounts at hundreds of organizations worldwide. The campaign started last December and has successfully hijacked multiple accounts, say researchers at cybersecurity company Proofpoint, who attribute the activity to a threat actor called UNK_SneakyStrike. According to the researchers, the peak of the campaign happened on January 8, when it targeted 16,500 accounts in a single day. Such

Bose expands its portable speaker lineup, introducing a new product and refreshing an old favorite

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Will your old iPhone, Mac, or iPad run Apple's latest updates? Check this list

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Your iPhone is getting a big iOS 26 upgrade, and the best features go beyond Liquid Glass

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You can use T-Mobile's satellite service for free on any carrier now - here's how

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Every iPhone model that you supports iOS 26 (and which ones aren't compatible)

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