Sam Byford
The Verge
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Vivo’s new flagship has a bigger, better in-display fingerprint sensor
Vivo has announced the X80 Pro, its latest flagship phone. Key features included its Zeiss-branded camera setup and a larger fingerprint sensor that’s easier to use. → Read More
Nintendo squeaks past Switch sales target but forecasts further slide
Nintendo shipped 4.11 million Switch consoles in its January-March quarter, bringing its total to 23.06 million for the financial year, just enough to meet its revised forecast of 23 million. → Read More
Ayn Odin review: a Nintendo Switch with Android
The Ayn Odin is a new Android gaming handheld. It has a Snapdragon 845 processor and a 6-inch 1080p screen, and it’s shipping now on Indiegogo. → Read More
The Duovox Mate Pro is a tiny camera that truly sees in the dark
The Duovox Mate Pro is a new camera that just launched on Kickstarter. It has an extremely sensitive Sony STARVIS sensor that you’d normally find in a security camera. → Read More
Vivo announces its first folding phone
Vivo has announced the X Fold, its first folding phone. It has a large 8.03-inch folding screen on the inside and a 6.53-inch screen on the outside. It’s exclusive to China, where prices start at ¥8,999 (around $1,413). → Read More
Elon Musk won’t join Twitter’s board after all
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announced Elon Musk, who now owns 9.2 percent of Twitter, will not join its board of directors. They announced the move Tuesday, but Agrawal writes that Musk shared his decision Saturday morning. → Read More
WaterField finally made a great Analogue Pocket case
Hands-on review of the Analogue Pocket Pouch from WaterField Designs. It’s one of the first practical cases designed for the Analogue Pocket. → Read More
NFL reportedly planning ‘NFL Plus’ mobile streaming service
The National Football League is reportedly working on its own subscription streaming service for mobile devices. The “NFL Plus” service would theoretically replace NFL Mobile, the NFL’s previous solution for distributing games to phones and tablets. → Read More
Apple is reportedly planning a 15-inch MacBook Air
Apple hasn’t released non-Pro laptops with large screens in a long time. → Read More
An official NFL game is coming to Meta Quest and PSVR
The National Football League has announced a new official VR game that is planned to become an annual series. It will be developed in partnership with sports technology company StatusPro and released for Meta Quest and PSVR devices. → Read More
Nintendo finally adds folders to the Switch, kind of
Nintendo has added a new folder-style feature to the Switch’s UI, more than five years after the console was first released. This being Nintendo, though, the system doesn’t work exactly like you might expect. → Read More
Aya Neo Next review: a Steam Deck alternative with Windows
A review of the Aya Neo Next, a new gaming handheld that runs Windows. At a higher price and with a slower GPU than the Steam Deck, how can it compete? Well, with Windows. → Read More
Universal Control is Apple’s most impressive new feature in years
Universal Control is a brand new feature that lets you multitask between macOS and iPad OS while using the same keyboard and mouse. It’s Apple at its best. → Read More
Xiaomi 12 Pro global flagship announced for $999
Xiaomi has announced the international launch of its latest flagship phone, the Xiaomi 12 Pro. It goes toe-to-toe with Samsung’s Galaxy S22 series on price-performance ratio. → Read More
Foxconn halts production as Shenzhen goes into lockdown
Foxconn and other manufacturers are suspending operations in the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen after authorities announced a partial lockdown. Shanghai, the most populous city in the country, is also enacting new restrictions from today. → Read More
The redesigned MacBook Air might have an M1, not an M2
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo “strongly believes” that the upcoming MacBook Air redesign will feature an M1 chip, instead of the widely expected “M2” upgrade. The redesigned MacBook Air had previously been reported to have an M2 chip by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. → Read More
N64 classic F-Zero X comes to Switch this week with online play
F-Zero X is coming to the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack library on Friday March 11th. The futuristic racing game now comes complete with online multiplayer. → Read More
8BitDo announces its first Xbox-style controller
8BitDo has announced its first controller with an Xbox-style layout. There’s already an Xbox-specific version of 8BitDo’s excellent Pro 2 controller, but this new model has asymmetrical sticks in line with Microsoft’s official options. → Read More
Android 12L will come to Samsung, Lenovo, and Microsoft devices
Android 12L, the new version of Android designed to be better optimized for tablets and foldable devices, is coming to devices from Samsung, Microsoft, and Lenovo. A beta version is already available on Lenovo’s P12 Pro tablet. → Read More
Sony and Honda plan to make electric vehicles together
Sony and Honda are planning to form a new company to design and sell electric vehicles together. The as-yet unnamed new company is expected to be formed this year, with sales of the first EV model planned for 2025. → Read More