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Roku CEO Anthony Wood on stage at IFA 2019Digital Trends Roku may be theking of the streaming servicesin the U.S., but it’s much less well known in Europe. The company has previously rolled out some devices in the U.K. and France, and it offered aTV stick in Germanycreated with Sky. But it has never really taken off here the way it did on the other side of the Atlantic. Now, Roku aims to change that and to challenge Netflix’s European dominance....

Rokutoday took the wraps off its Roku OS 10.5 update, which is full of all kinds of things that you’re going to want to get your hands (and eyes and ears) on just as soon as you’re able to. It’ll push out “in the coming weeks,” Roku says, which perhaps tempers that excitement just a tad. Among the changes: Roku streaming players will no longer get an update months before Roku TVs....

Russia has successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b rocket on a mission to the moon — its first trip to the lunar surface since 1976. The uncrewed Luna-25 mission left the launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s far eastern Amur region on Friday morning local time (7:10 p.m. ET, Thursday). Russia’s lander is due to reach the moon’s surface on around August 23, about the same time asIndia’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander, which launched on July 14 and entered a lunar orbit last week....

A few years ago, a Chinese millionaire visited a Swiss hotel and plopped down $10,000 for a single dram of Scotchwhisky. The Scotch in question was from an unopened bottle of 1878 Macallan single malt. It was, at the time, the highest price ever paid for a single serving of whisky. The full bottle was valued at $330,000. Only there was a problem. Thewhisky was a fake. After opening it, the hotel sent out a sample to a specialist group that carried out carbon dating analysis....

There’s no getting around it: The news that someone has posted open-source blueprints for a functional nuclear power plant online sounds like the evil scheme of a James Bond villain. In fact, it could turn out to be a game-changer for affordable, clean, sustainablenuclear energy. Created byEnergy Impact Center, a research institute with the mission to decarbonize the global economy by 2040, the so-calledOPEN100project aims to be a one-stop-shop for everything needed for new power plant construction....

Steam Deck users shocked after owner reports mysterious “dust mite” infestation Steam Deck users were left shocked after an owner revealed that they had a mysterious “dust mite” infestation in their devicedespite them being impossible to see. Ever since Valve launched the Steam Deck back in 2022, users across social media have shared a variety of different unique issues they’ve had with the handheld. Back in February 2024, one user took to Reddit withclaims their Steam Deck was ‘possessed’while anotheraccidentally stepped on theirs following a tea break....

One of the most underrated video game genres is stealth tactics. This genre, which emerged through series likeCommandos, combines elements of real-time strategy and stealth games to create an experience where players can feel the sense of satisfaction that comes with slowly wiping out an entire stronghold of soldiers one by one and being forced to react on the fly if enemies spot them. While many of these games are great, they’ve failed to catch and go mainstream....

TheSamsung Galaxy S9‘s time in the sun may be over, but its time as your trustworthy pocket pal may not be. While it’s been supplanted as a flagship, Samsung’s high-powered 2018 smartphone is still a capable device. However, it’s usual that a battery can start to give out before the rest of a phone’s components, and that can really hamper your daily use. While a battery replacement is usually a good call, grabbing a battery case can solve some of your issues, give some good protection, and can provide an extra boost for really long days, even after a battery replacement....

The Finals player shows off “10/10” explosive tech movement The Finals rewards players for their quick thinking and explosive plays, with one player sharing their explosive strat to closing distances in seconds. Embark Studios has seemingly found the winning FPS formula withThe Finals, as veteran developers from Battlefield assembled to create this game show-inspired shooter. The Finals is structured to reward team play and coordination, as teams compete to win each round and eventually the match itself....

The Finals players work around one-shot nerfs to create new “snuke” combo The Finals players have discovered an ingenious workaround for the nerfs to the one-shot canister combo to create something they call a “snuke.” The Finals allows players to destroy buildings, creating a host of balancing issues when it comes tophysics in the game. One of these issues came in the form of C4 and mine bombs as players started attaching them to the canisters that litter the map....

The Asus Republic of Gamers-brandedSwift PG27UQdesktop display for gamers will finally ship in late June. But hold on to your seat for the price — it’s $2,000. For that amount, you may buy a decent gaming desktop or laptop, or even a large, curved 4K HDR TV for your entire family can enjoy. The ROG Swift PG27UQ is based on Nvidia’sG-Sync HDR reference designoriginally introduced in January 2017 to launch in products toward the end of the year....

Despite the ability totest Windows 11 in the Windows Insider program, the operating system is still not final, which is why Microsoft just delivered thefourth majorWindows 11 build. New in this latest release are some tweaks to the Notification Center, background activity app notifications, updates to the Microsoft Store, and even more rounded corners. For most people, the biggest noticeable change sits in the Notification Center. Now, it is possible to quickly access Focus Assist settings directly from Notification Center, so you can quickly silence your app notifications....

Smart cards seem to have risen in popularity recently, with the announcement of thewell-received Coin cardearlier this month being one of the most recent to catch our interest. It’s not the only thing rising either, as the Bitcoin digital currency has alsorocketed in value, so it makes sense for someone to bring the two together. Bluenio’s Nio Card is looking forcrowd-funding success on Kickstarterat the moment, and will help all those new Bitcoin millionaires spend their fortunes....