Steam Deck owner thanks Valve as console miraculously survives house fire Portable consoles have to be relatively hardy to survive the plane trips, adventures, and life outside of an office or a home. However, they’re not usually so tough as to come out completely unscathed after a huge fire. Just like your mobile phone, portable consoles likethe SwitchorSteam Deckusually go through their fair share of drops,unfortunate staples,accidental squashes after being trodden on, and sometimes even a plunge into water (we’ve all been there when a game’s too good to put down)....

Sapphire is known for its toughness, andin the tech worldhas been used tocover phone screensandsmartwatch screensdue to its impressive scratch resistance. This, along with the beautifully unique sheen, is also why it has long been used on mechanical watches too, ensuring the dial stays free of marks and blemishes. In 2016 luxury watch brand Hublot decided using sapphire over the dial just wasn’t enough, and launched the Big Bang Unico Sapphire with a case made entirely of sapphire....

Apple’s introduction of its own M1 chip for MacBooks proved to be an excellent upgrade for anyone who wanted faster MacBooks with the latest features. Now, with the introduction of the M2 chip on the2022 MacBook Air, Apple fans have a whole new opportunity totake advantage of the latest tech. But a new purchase like that deserves the latest protection made to fit that MacBook Air (and maybe make it look more stylish, too)....

The best thing about podcasts is that you can listen to them while you’re doing other things: Washing dishes, going for a run, coloring, and especially, driving. But there areso many podcaststhese days that it’s simply impossible to keep up. New ones are debuting all the time, and it’s hard to know whether they deserve a spot in your feed. Every week, we highlight new and returning podcasts we couldn’t put down....

What if your laptop didn’t have a trackpad, but instead a removable key that could work as a mouse? That’s exactly what Apple is trying to do according to a recently spottedpatent application. The feature is called “Deployable Key Mouse” in the patent application and was first spotted byPatently Apple. The diagrams on the application show a regular MacBook keyboard with a hidden removable key. This key would have a “position sensor” that allows it to function as a pointing device....

The First Descendant devs finally “working on measures” to combat AFK farming Nexon has addressed issues with AFK farming in The First Descendant by calling out bad actors, while also promising that changes to stop the practice are in the works. Within about a week of the game’s release,The First Descendant community had grown frustratedwith players going AFK during missions. Users specifically called out “leechers” who join co-op missions but fail to participate until the last objective so they can reap the rewards....

For Leica, a camera is defined by its details, and nowhere is this more evident than in how the company talks about its newest flagship rangefinder, the M10. Leica proudly boasts it is “a full four millimeters” thinner than its predecessor, a fact that longtime Leica fans will appreciate as it brings the camera in line with the dimensions of analog M cameras (although we mere mortals may not have noticed the difference)....

TheRabbit R1isn’t a very good product at all, but hidden inside this disappointing AI gadget is a killer camera mode that almost makes it worth buying. It’s called Magic Camera, and at its heart, it’s very similar toGoogle’s generative AI photo modes,where AI reimagines the scene it’s presented with. What makes the R1 different is not only its own unique style, but also how the device’s shortcomings get turned around to become a fun part of the experience....

TikToker takes Uber Eats driver’s car after he leaves keys in ignition at McDonald’s A TikToker is blurring the lines between a simple prank and grand theft auto after driving an Uber Eats employee’s car after he went to pick up an order at McDonald’s. TikTok pranks are becoming increasingly common and dangerous with influencerswalking into strangers’ housesunannounced andeven taking cars for spins. The latest viral incident shows the importance of not leaving your keys in your car when running errands, as it could have turned out a lot worse for an Uber Eats driver....

Summary BeforeNCIS: Tony & Ziva, Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo are finally able to celebrateNCIS' 1000th episode after missing the CBS special. Despite its short year, a lot has happened to the Major Case Response Team, including crossing a major milestone — theNCISfranchise’s 1000th overall episode. Instead of doing a crossover outing, the focus of its story was on the DC office, as it revisited thevery first case that Mark Harmon’s Leroy Jethro Gibbs and his team handledin the show....

Summary With the franchise gearing up for its return,Toy Story 5has reportedly found its director with a major franchise veteran. Development ona fifth installment in theToy Storyfranchisewas first announced in early 2023 by Disney CEO Bob Iger, with Tim Allen confirmed to be reprising his role as Buzz Lightyear for the sequel, though Tom Hanks has yet to be officially confirmed to be back as Woody. Save for teases from Allen and Pixar exec Pete Docter about the sequel being “surprising” and landing a June 23, 2025 release date, no major updates have been shared for the movie over the past year....

Twitter revealed this week that phone numbers and email addresses submitted by some of its users to improve their security on the site may have been inadvertently used for advertising purposes. Ina messageposted online on Tuesday, October 8, the San Francisco-based company said that the data may have been used in a way that enabled targeted ads to be served to some users on its site. But it insisted that at no point had any personal data had been shared externally with its partners or any other third parties....

iPhone owners who are thinking about finally joining the smartwatch bandwagon can do so on a budget with the second-generation Apple Watch SE. The cost is even lower right now following Walmart’s $60 discount for the GPS, 40mm version of the wearable device, slashing its price to just $189 from $249. We’re not sure how much time is remaining before its price goes back to normal though, so to verify that you don’t miss out on one of the cheapestApple Watch dealsavailable, we highly recommend pushing through with your purchase immediately....