Nintendo kept their promise and just released the “Survive” trailer for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond with only a month till its release on December 4th. This early glimpse offers a good combination of old and new; if you look closely, you’ll find some nice small surprises, like Samus tearing across a desert on her beloved Vi-O-La bike.
Slide your hand into a 1977 dinner jacket, and you might find a silver cigarette case, a small lighter, or—tucked beside the silk lining—a rectangle barely larger than a deck of cards. When you open the snap, the leather wallet slides open to reveal a radio. Not a toy or a gimmick, but a full-fledged AM/FM receiver from Panasonic named Mister Thin (RF-015).
A peaceful workshop in the English countryside has gone off the grid, using the same plastic tubes that end up on every sidewalk – those disposable vapes you see littered all over the place. Chris Doel, a 29-year-old engineer who enjoys getting his hands dirty among the solder fumes and 3D printers, believed the world was throwing away millions of perfectly good batteries simply because. So the guy saved 500 of them, arranged them like soldiers/dolls, and somehow wired them all to a wall, which now powers his kettle, microwave, and editing system.
The Las Vegas lights flash over the convention center floor as throngs gather around a mid-size vehicle that appears to be built to conquer the desert yet runs on a gas so light it’s virtually air. Toyota’s latest innovation, the Tacoma H2-Overlander Concept, is ready for the 2025 SEMA Show, with silent power and almost nothing but water to exhale. No loud V8, no plugs to mess with, just a big 547 horsepower ready to carry you miles from where the power goes out.
Microsoft has spent years developing its cloud streaming service, and today is the big moment. After more than five years in beta, Xbox Cloud Gaming has transitioned from preview to full production. Subscribers can now stream games at higher resolutions, with improved visuals and smoother animation, without the need for a high-end console or PC. These improvements will primarily affect the top-tier Game Pass Ultimate subscription, but they will also extend cloud access to lower-tier plans.
When you put the Apple Watch SE 3, priced at $199.99 (was $249), on your wrist, the first thing you notice is how light it is—27 grams for the 40mm version, so light that you forget it’s there until your phone vibrates and the screen goes on without your touch. That always-on display, which was previously reserved for more expensive models, now glows at 1,000 nits, bright enough for a sunny sidewalk and dim enough for a midnight scroll through tomorrow’s weather.
When you open the Anbernic RG DS, you’ll see two 4 inch IPS panels, each with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. And let me tell you, that resolution makes the original Nintendo DS screens appear tiny in contrast – 2.5 times larger, no less. The end product is clear and clean, with no jagged edges to speak of, and no need to squint and guess what’s happening. Close the lid, and the entire device shuts down, thanks to a secret Hall sensor that saves the day (and your battery life).
High up in the sky above the Earth, NASA / ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been turned on NGC 4102 – a galaxy that isn’t one for loud and flashy displays. Perched 56 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major (Great Bear), this is a spiral galaxy that looks like its been caught mid-spin, with the music still playing, but paused.
Coca-Cola just dropped the 2025 edition of their beloved “Holidays Are Coming” ad – the one that taught an entire generation to finally start thinking about Christmas. Last year, the cars were slipping on ice and the passengers looked like melted wax. This year, the wheels turn alright but the passengers are all furry critters – polar bears, sloths, squirrels and even seals.
