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Player sees tech when it doesn’t work. Several seconds of lost focus is possible due to a long loading screen, delayed control, sudden frame drop or network error. With good game technology, you’ll barely notice it’s there, and it makes actions quick and predictable. Game engines combine graphics, physics, sounds, input and game rules into…

Google Pixel 11 starts at $899 in the US with Gemini and camera tools, but weaker gaming hardware makes its upgrade case worth considering before buying.

Gaming monitors have been pushing refresh rates higher and higher, but there’s still a sweet spot where resolution, speed and screen size all come together without demanding an absurd amount from your graphics card. Alienware’s 32-inch 240Hz Gaming Monitor, AW3226DM, looks to sit right in that space, combining a large 31.5-inch curved display with a…

Infinix is set to launch the GT 50 Pro in Nigeria this September, introducing a gaming smartphone that features a dedicated cooling system designed to support sustained performance during extended gameplay.

Hypertune, a subsidiary of Miami-based PC optimization technology company Compready, publicly launched its automatic tuning platform for PC gaming, also called “Hypertune,” on September 8, 2026. The software is the product of years of manual-tuning expertise the company has accumulated, developed with official technical support from Intel. It is designed to safely complete hardware adjustments—work…

Student paramedics at a university in West Yorkshire are believed to be the first in the UK to use virtual reality (VR) technology as part of their training.

Although OVA’s StellarX spatial training platform was not physically demonstrated at the exhibition, representatives of the Montreal-based spatial computing company were present at the Canadian Pavilion and provided detailed information on the platform’s capabilities, defence applications and recent developments. Their presentation highlighted how StellarX is intended to support the creation of immersive Virtual Reality (VR)…

A modder and hobbyist’s custom circuit board just achieved what Nintendo’s official tools still can’t do, and you can’t buy one. This comes from Develop Drewworks, who goes by @ahenly17 online and posted a video of a homemade adapter completing a Pokémon transfer between the original Game Boy Advance and a Nintendo Switch 2, two…

The Meta Quest Pro launched as Meta’s vision of what high-end virtual and mixed reality could look like without dragging a gaming PC into the equation—and Woot currently has an open-box unit for $626.61, which is a little over $370 below its original $999 price and more than $140 cheaper than Amazon’s listed like-new option…

I’ve installed some of my own apps, but the Find X9 Pro comes with so many preinstalled apps that the phone feels cluttered right out of the box. Andrew Lanxon/CNET