Great, so now farms are going to be crawling with giant robobugs like something straight out of Horizon Zero Dawn

Here’s something to look forward to. Fields, hillsides and vineyards crawling with giant robobugs. This, it seems, is the future envisaged by Ground Control Robotics, an Atlanta-Geogia based startup. Cue Horizon Zero Dawn style dystopia as the farm bugs suffer a “derangement” and we’re all in deep trouble? Hold that thought. Ground Control Robotics is…

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The most convenient handheld gaming PC I’ve ever used is getting upgraded with an OLED screen, Ryzen HX 370, and a repositioned mouse nub (that’s the best bit)

I’ve tested heaps of handheld gaming PCs, from the Steam Deck to the ROG Ally X, and the one that I keep on me at all times is the little-known Ayaneo Flip DS. This little clamshell device has a party trick: two screens. But that’s not all it’s good for. It’s hella convenient, easy to…

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Elden Ring Nightreign update aims to fix one Nightlord boss tanking your framerate—the other from going berserk and mashing you into paste with ’72 consecutive attacks’

Weary nightfarers, I’ve good news: Elden Ring Nightreign has received a patch, and it’s made two problem bosses slightly less liable to kill you, either by tanking your framerate or simply going absolutely ham and mashing you into a fine, Wylder-shaped paste. Per the patch notes on the Bandai Namco website, the update’s relatively minor—primarily…

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MSI MPG 322URX gaming monitor review

If familiarity breeds perhaps not contempt but at least apathy, the MSI MPG 322URX has its work cut out. Along with the broader reality that OLED monitors are no longer exotic or even terribly novel—what with zillions of different models and countless panel sizes, shapes, specs, and resolutions—this particular monitor is more of a refresh…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Tuesday, June 10

However much help you need with Tuesday’s Wordle, we’ve got something for you. Keep it nice and light with our general tips, here to give your guesses a broad boost. Use our brand new clue for the June 10 (1452) puzzle to quickly turn confusion into a confident win. Or go straight for the win…

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Lisan al-Gaib! Sandworm-riding isn’t a feature in Dune: Awakening, but players are doing it anyway

Sandworm-riding isn’t part of Dune: Awakening, at launch, anyway. As creative director Joel Bylos told Eurogamer last year, Funcom looked into it but decided the technical cost was too steep and “it needs a purpose.” In the movies, sandworms are ridden through the otherwise impassable southern sandstorms and used to attack Arrakeen. You don’t do…

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Apple’s new UI for Macs and iPhones ‘combines the optical qualities of glass with a fluidity only Apple can achieve,’ but it sure looks like an awful lot like Windows Vista circa 2007

The elite of the tech industry are unrivaled in their ability to stand on a stage and earnestly pitch you something you’ve seen before as stunning, groundbreaking, unprecedented. This is an important skill, because much as history repeats itself on a grand scale, design trends repeat on a cycle of 10 or 20 years or…

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Elden Ring Nightreign has an ultra-rare item with a 0.035% chance to drop and players are convinced it’s the key to the game’s biggest secret

Dark Souls players spent months trying to figure out if the pendant that’s in your inventory when you start the game unlocked something secret. Even though it’s literally labeled “useless,” people were convinced there had to be more to it. It turned out to be just a joke, but you can’t blame anyone for being…

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