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Phantom Blade Zero is shaping up to be one of the more interesting action games arriving this year, but apparently playing it on a regular screen isn’t quite immersive enough. VITURE has teamed up with developer S-GAME to create a special pair of XR glasses designed specifically around the game. Called the VITURE x Phantom Blade Zero: Phantom Beast, the limited-edition glasses take VITURE’s existing Beast XR hardware and give it a dramatic makeover inspired by the game’s blend of wuxia, martial arts, and punk fantasy. They’re available to pre-order for $599 and will officially launch on October 29, alongside…

Omdia H1 2026: Hisense Ranks No. 1 Globally in 100-Inch-and-Above TV Shipments Dubai, UAE, Aug. 27, 2026 – Hisense, a leading brand in global consumer electronics and home appliances, ranked No. 1 globally in shipments of TVs 100 inches and above in H1 2026, according to Omdia, accounting for a 55.1% market share. The result reflects demand for larger, more immersive screens and Hisense’s ability to bring premium big-screen experiences into more homes. Building on this leadership, Hisense is putting the viewing experience first, turning display technology into more immersive, lifelike experiences. The UR9 Series advances RGB MiniLED technology by independently controlling red, green…

OLED TVs have become considerably more accessible over the years, but buying one from a premium brand can still get expensive very quickly. Sony’s newest Bravia is trying to make that jump a little easier. The company has launched the 2026 Bravia 6, a 48-inch (more sizes available) OLED TV priced at $1,299.99. That’s still a decent chunk of money for a television, but it’s relatively approachable by Sony OLED standards, especially given what’s packed into it. At its core, you’re getting a 4K OLED panel with the deep blacks and strong contrast you’d expect from the technology. Sony also…

RAM is getting expensive, and Google isn’t waiting around to see how bad it gets. The company has announced new memory rules for Android apps distributed through the Play Store, and developers now have a hard deadline to clean up their code. As prices climb, people are opting for devices with leaner specs, and apps that use too much memory are hurting the overall experience for everyone. What’s changing for app developers? Starting in February 2027, apps must meet new memory thresholds across three areas. Dynamic memory usage tracks how much private data storage an app consumes while running or…

Gemini Notebook, formerly known as NotebookLM, is getting a new feature that will let you directly access and cite information from the books you own. Fittingly, Google refers to this new feature as Expert Intelligence, and the whole idea behind it is pretty clear. Instead of citing information from the sources you upload, or pull from the internet, you can now also extract knowledge from digital books you’ve purchased. Of course, you must own the book after purchasing it from the Google Play Books library. For now, Google is offering one free book to users in the US as part…

Trip planning usually means a dozen browser tabs, three airline apps, and a spreadsheet nobody asked for. Google wants to collapse all of that into one conversation. The company just added three travel features to AI Mode that let you watch flight prices, weigh your rewards points against cash, and book a hotel room without ever switching windows. Flight alerts and rewards, sorted in one chat Google Flights has offered price alerts for quite some time, but now that same tracking lives inside AI Mode itself. If you tell Google where you’re headed and when, it scans over 300 airlines…

Samsung’s Fan Edition has had a pretty good reputation so far. The idea is to celebrate fans (us, the customers) with specifications and features found in Samsung’s top-tier flagships, but at a more affordable price point so more people can experience them. The S25 FE was a decent iteration in the lineup. It struck the perfect balance between accessibility and a flagship-like look and feel, which is the entire point of the Fan Edition. However, in my frank opinion, the new Galaxy S26 FE doesn’t really belong in that special zone, and yet again, it’s the unforgiving memory crisis at…

Generating a short AI video is one thing; getting several shots to actually look like they belong in the same video is a much harder problem. Google is taking another swing at that with Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, its latest generative video model aimed at giving creators and developers much more control over what happens between the first frame and the last. The biggest change is how much of an existing video Gemini can remember when you ask it to continue a scene. Omni 1.1 can look at up to 10 seconds of previous footage for context, rather than relying…

Home Centre celebrates Emirati Women’s Day with Made By Her, a campaign spotlighting homegrown talent Home Centre’s 2026 Emirati Women’s Day campaign features the work of six Emirati women entrepreneurs Dubai, UAE, August 2026: Every home tells a story, and so does every hand that shapes it. This Emirati Women’s Day, Home Centre is celebrating six Emirati women whose craft, creativity and quiet determination are shaping the UAE’s design landscape today, through ‘Made By Her’, a campaign spotlighting their work in-store, alongside Home Centre’s own collections. For a brand built on the belief that people should Love Where They Live, these six founders were a natural fit, women whose work reflects the same design-led, deeply personal spirit Home Centre champions in every home it helps create. From mosaic art shaped by heritage to ceramics born of fire and…

Gaming headsets these days come with a long list of features such as wireless connectivity, surround sound modes, RGB lighting, and companion software. Audio-Technica is taking a simpler approach with its new ATH-M20xSTS StreamSet, focusing mainly on the headphones and microphone. The new wired headset is priced at $99 and borrows its basic design from Audio-Technica’s ATH-M20x professional monitor headphones. It also features a cardioid condenser microphone based on the company’s 20 Series microphones. Of course, using familiar hardware does not automatically mean the ATH-M20xSTS will sound better than other gaming headsets around this price. We would need to test…