The PlayStation 5 has been the most successful of the two new current-gen consoles, amassing20 million console salesin under two years. And with major games likeThe Last of Us Part IandGod of War: Ragnarokon the horizon, more people are bound to pick up Sony’s latest system. The PS5’s unique features, like adaptive triggers, haptic feedback, and activity cards, are well-known at this point. However, the PS5’s UI and settings menus are a bit more complex than those on a systemlike the Nintendo Switch....

Smartphone cameras have gotten a whole lot better over the past few years. That is partly due to the fact that camera sensors and lenses are getting bigger and better. But it also has a lot to do with something people don’t often think about: Improvements in image processing provided by your phone’s chipset. In the next generation of high-end Android phones, that image processing will be largely powered by the newQualcomm Snapdragon 888....

Amazon is rolling out the use of generative-AI technology to summarize customer product reviews on its shopping site. It followsseveral months of testing the feature, which is designed to help speed up the shopping experience for those who don’t want to spend a long time trawling through endless reviews. “We want to make it even easier for customers to understand the common themes across reviews, and with the recent advancements in generative AI, we believe we have the technical means to address this long-standing customer need,” Amazon’s Vaughn Schermerhorn said in a post introducing the new feature, adding that it will help shoppers on its site to “quickly determine what other customers are saying about a product before reading through the reviews....

Amazon might already be holding aset of early Black Friday deals, but it also is currently running a sale on Logitech accessories. For today only, you can save on popular mice, keyboards, speakers, and other gadgets that pair up nicely with your PC. One of the leading deals in the Amazon sale includes a 54-percent savings on theLogitech G502 Proteus Spectrum RGB Tunable Gaming Mouse. Thehighly popular mouseis now two years old, but the sale cuts the initial price of $85 to a modest $39....

Apex Legends players rejoice at downfall of “cheating” config users Respawn released a surprise patch and stopped players from using Steam configurations to enhance their gameplay, and Apex players are very happy with it. Apex Legendssteam “configs” had become popular among players looking to gain an advantage over their opponents, and allowed controller players to tap strafe with ease and eliminate all gun recoil. Players who were unwilling to alter theirSteam settings, or play on console, were growing tired of the trend as they felt it was causing the game to become unfair....

Planeswalkers,Netflixhas some big news for you. Avengers: Endgamefilmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo will oversee the creation of aMagic: The Gatheringanimated series for the streaming service, set within the mythology of the popular collectible card game. The announcement was made by Netflix and accompanied by a promotional image for the project. “We have been huge fans and players ofMagic: The Gatheringfor as long as it has been around, so being able to help bring these stories to life through animation is a true passion project for us,” the Russos said in a statement....

Summary Chef Johnathan “Jono” ShillingfordfromBelow Deck Mediterraneanhas made some mistakes during his time aboard the Mustique, but he shouldn’t be fired. The cast ofBelow Deck Medseason 9 includes a crew of first-time franchise yachties.Below Deck Medseason 9 is better than season 8, and the network has its new cast to thank for the show’s success. While Captain Sandy Yawn, Aesha Scott, and Elena Dubaich were on the show beforeBelow DeckMedseason 9,Chef Jono is one of the newest crew members, andhe’s made the season quite interesting....

Best Buy is restructuring how it does business, urging customers to shop online rather than in its brick-and-mortar stores, and beefing up its store pickup and reorganizing its online store. One of these changes is a new initiative called ‘Be-At-Home Essentials,’ a section of the retailer’s website that’s home to all the essentials needed to work and keep fit from home. This new section of Best Buy’s website focuses on items that make extended stays andworking from homemore bearable....

Rumors of a supposed “Super Switch,” “Switch Pro,” or “Switch 2” have been circulating for years, but following arecent report, it would appear that Nintendo is going full steam ahead with plans to toss the hotly anticipated Nintendo Switch upgrade onto store shelves as early as September. Aside from a slightly larger OLED screen and the ability to output games in 4K when docked, not a whole lot is known about the little machine....

NASA’s X-57 Maxwell, the agency’s first all-electric X-plane and first crewed X-plane in two decades, is delivered to Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California in its Mod II configuration.NASA Cars aren’t the only type of transportation going electric in the name of the environment: NASA has been working on an experimental electric plane,the Maxwell X-57, and showed off an early version of the plane on Friday,Reuters reported, in addition to a new simulator for pilots to experience what it will be like to control the Maxwell in flight....

Genshin Impactis amobile phenomenon, offering a vast amount of exploration, customization, activities, and more — with relatively light microtransactions for its free-to-play model. It also gets excellent updates that continue to add new characters and content to experiment with. All that said, if you have an iPhone, you may be wondering ifGenshin Impactis compatible with it. Not all mobile games are, and even if yours is, it may not have the performance level you’re looking for....

Can you romance characters in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora? Ubisoft’sopen-worldoffers players an immersive experience where they can explore massive jungles, fly an Ikran, or ride a Direhorse. But, within so much freedom, can you romance any of the other characters you’ll meet? Here’s all you need to know about building romantic relationships in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandorais out, and it comes with a vast map to explore, a good amount of quests to complete, an exciting story, and a lot of secondary characters that will accompany you throughout your adventure....

Though originally advertised as a short film set in BioWare’sAnthemuniverse, Neill Blomkamp’sConvictionis more like a four-minute movie trailer. A mix of CGI effects and live action,Convictiontakes viewers back decades before the start of the game and then quickly races forward. Produced by Blomkamp’s Oats Studios,Convictionis a well-done trailer and makes us think that anAnthemmovie could actually be pretty cool. In fact, if we didn’t know any better, we would have thought the trailer was for a potential summer blockbuster....