Nov 20

This Apple Black Friday deal gets you $70 off the Apple Watch Series 10 on Amazon

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You don’t have to look too hard to find Black Friday deals on Apple devices. For one thing, the Apple Watch Series 10 has dropped to a new all-time-low price on Amazon. The wearable can be yours for $330. That’s $70 off, or a discount of 17 percent. That price is for the smaller 42mm model without LTE functionality. However, the 46mm variant is also $70 off at $359.

The Apple Watch Series 10 is our pick for the best smartwatch overall, but it’s probably best to look at other options if you’re an Android user. After all, you’ll need a compatible iPhone to set up the wearable and get the most out of it.

We gave the Apple Watch Series 10 a score of 90 in our review. Apple redesigned the smartwatch to offer a larger screen and thinner frame, both of which were plus points in our book. The wide-angle OLED panel offers better viewing angles. The wearable has in-depth fitness and health tracking too, with new functions including sleep apnea detection.

We found that there was a slight increase in battery life thanks to efficiency improvements, but some alternative smartwatches run for much longer on a single charge. Overall, this is a somewhat iterative update compared with the Series 9 and 8, but if you’re upgrading from an older Apple Watch (or buying one for the first time), you may find the features, performance and charging speed to be impressive.

Check out all of the latest Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals here.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/deals/this-apple-black-friday-deal-gets-you-70-off-the-apple-watch-series-10-on-amazon-180028764.html?src=rss

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Nov 20

Marseille Unveils mClassic RGB Collection For Enhanced Gaming On Modern Displays

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This Tuesday (November 19, 2024), Marseille launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for its mClassic RGB Collection, a series of advanced video processors aimed at enhancing video game visuals across generations. With an MSRP of $99.99, early backers are offered exclusive discounts and launch-day surprises.

Designed to adapt gaming visuals for high-resolution screens, the RGB Collection ensures faithful reproduction of games as their creators intended.

The collection includes three models:

  1. mClassic Original – Enhances games from retro to modern consoles for big-screen play.
  2. mClassic Retro – Uses Vintage Processing technology to replicate the authentic aesthetics of retro games.
  3. mClassic Switch – Optimizes Nintendo Switch games for seamless performance on larger displays.

Each device features three modes, allowing players to customize their experience. The compact HDMI-based design ensures compatibility and portability, catering to a variety of gaming systems.

Powered by cutting-edge algorithms, the mClassic RGB Collection refines color, composition, lighting, and movement, addressing issues like distortion on modern screens. This initiative bridges nostalgic gameplay with modern technology, preserving gaming’s legacy for future generations.

To instill trust, Marseille participates in Indiegogo’s Shipping Guarantee, ensuring timely product delivery or refunds. The processors are in their final manufacturing stages, ready for shipment.

CEO Amine Chabane highlighted the company’s commitment to preserving 50 years of gaming history, stating, “We believe everyone should experience the magic of classic gaming.”

Building on the success of its award-winning mClassic, Marseille continues to lead in video enhancement technology, furthering its mission of retrofitting classic media for modern platforms. The RGB Collection exemplifies their dedication to merging nostalgia with performance, appealing to gamers who value both authenticity and quality.

Marseille Unveils mClassic RGB Collection For Enhanced Gaming On Modern Displays

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Nov 20

You can now stream some Xbox games you own, but you still need Game Pass Ultimate

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Microsoft has announced a long-anticipated feature for Xbox Cloud Gaming. Starting today, you’ll be able to stream select games that you own on TVs and Meta Quest VR headsets, as well as supported browsers on phones, tablets and PCs in every country where Xbox Cloud Gaming is available. Microsoft plans to expand the feature to Xbox consoles and the Windows Xbox app next year.

You’ll still need to be an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate member to use this feature, but it means that you’re no longer limited to streaming only the games that are on that service. The “stream your own game” option includes support for 50 titles at the outset, with more to be added later. You can stream the likes of Cyberpunk 2077, Stray, The Witcher 3, Balatro, Animal Well, NBA 2K25, Baldur’s Gate 3 and several Final Fantasy games. Just look for the “stream your own game” section on Cloud Gaming.

It seems likely that only digital game purchases are eligible and not physical copies. That would line up with Xbox inching toward an all-digital future. Engadget has contacted Xbox for clarification.

Not only is this a positive for players who want to access their games anywhere, it lets Xbox expand its cloud gaming offerings without having to necessarily pay third-party developers and publishers big bucks to get their projects on Game Pass proper. The stream your own game initiative also ties into Microsoft’s new ad campaign about all kinds of devices being an Xbox when they are, in fact, not. It also comes a day after Sony started publicly testing a cloud gaming option on PlayStation Portal, a feature that the device should have had from the beginning.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/you-can-now-stream-some-xbox-games-you-own-but-you-still-need-game-pass-ultimate-181047095.html?src=rss

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Nov 20

Marseille Unveils mClassic RGB Collection For Enhanced Gaming On Modern Displays

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This Tuesday (November 19, 2024), Marseille launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for its mClassic RGB Collection, a series of advanced video processors aimed at enhancing video game visuals across generations. With an MSRP of $99.99, early backers are offered exclusive discounts and launch-day surprises.

Designed to adapt gaming visuals for high-resolution screens, the RGB Collection ensures faithful reproduction of games as their creators intended.

The collection includes three models:

  1. mClassic Original – Enhances games from retro to modern consoles for big-screen play.
  2. mClassic Retro – Uses Vintage Processing technology to replicate the authentic aesthetics of retro games.
  3. mClassic Switch – Optimizes Nintendo Switch games for seamless performance on larger displays.

Each device features three modes, allowing players to customize their experience. The compact HDMI-based design ensures compatibility and portability, catering to a variety of gaming systems.

Powered by cutting-edge algorithms, the mClassic RGB Collection refines color, composition, lighting, and movement, addressing issues like distortion on modern screens. This initiative bridges nostalgic gameplay with modern technology, preserving gaming’s legacy for future generations.

To instill trust, Marseille participates in Indiegogo’s Shipping Guarantee, ensuring timely product delivery or refunds. The processors are in their final manufacturing stages, ready for shipment.

CEO Amine Chabane highlighted the company’s commitment to preserving 50 years of gaming history, stating, “We believe everyone should experience the magic of classic gaming.”

Building on the success of its award-winning mClassic, Marseille continues to lead in video enhancement technology, furthering its mission of retrofitting classic media for modern platforms. The RGB Collection exemplifies their dedication to merging nostalgia with performance, appealing to gamers who value both authenticity and quality.

Marseille Unveils mClassic RGB Collection For Enhanced Gaming On Modern Displays

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Nov 20

Final Fantasy 14 Mobile is on the way

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Square Enix is plunging deeper into the Final Fantasy 14 goldmine with a mobile spin-off. There’s no release window for Final Fantasy 14 Mobile as yet, but playtests will “soon” get underway in China, “followed by a global launch soon after.”

Final Fantasy 14 producer and director Naoki Yoshida said in a video that developer Lightspeed Studios is working to “faithfully recreate the story, duties, battle content and other aspects of the original game.” It seems that “duties” is a reference to the jobs system. A teaser trailer shows off the scope, grandeur and lived-in atmosphere of the mobile version of Eorzea, all set to typically absorbing music from FF14 sound director Masayoshi Soken.

It’s not yet clear if there will be cross-progression with the PC and console version of Final Fantasy 14. While the mobile game is said to provide players with a “new adventure,” the story bears at least some similarities to the original.

“You are beckoned by the Mothercrystal, carrying the light of hope to the world of Hydaelyn,” according to the FF14 Mobile website. “Heed the Mothercrystal’s call, embrace your destiny as an adventurer, and confront the primals to deliver Eorzea from certain destruction.” For what it’s worth, a Mothercrystal trial was added to Final Fantasy 14 as part of the 2021 expansion, Endwalker, so the plot of the mobile game may not exactly follow the one from the original title.

Square Enix says you’ll have a number of playable races to choose from. At the outset, there will be nine jobs, which you can switch between on the fly. You’ll initially have access to 11 crafting and gathering classes, so you can be a miner, alchemist or, of course, a fisher.

Combat controls are being tuned for mobile devices. Outside of battles, you can customize your home and character, race chocobos, play the Triple Triad card game and enjoy seasonal events. You’ll be able to play alongside friends and strangers, while there are more than 600 different weather patterns in the game.

Tencent’s Lightspeed Studios is behind mobile hits like PUBG Mobile. Dragon’s Dogma creator Hideaki Itsuno recently joined Lightspeed to head up a new studio.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/final-fantasy-14-mobile-is-on-the-way-171455003.html?src=rss

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Nov 20

Comcast is spinning out Rotten Tomatoes and cable networks into a separate company

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Comcast is spinning out Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango and a bunch of NBCUniversal (NBCU) cable networks into a separate company. That means USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel will soon have a new home. Comcast is hanging onto other NBCU operations, namely NBC, Peacock, film and TV studios, Telemundo and theme parks. Bravo is also sticking around to help keep feeding Peacock’s ever-hungry reality TV maw.

Comcast says the new entity will be a “tax-free spin-off” and the step is “expected to be accretive to revenue growth at Comcast and approximately neutral to Comcast’s leverage position.” In other words, it’s to do with money — and perhaps laying the groundwork for further consolidation between major media companies. The spun-out properties pulled in around $7 billion between them over the last year or so, while their future parent will still have a partnership with NBCU. Comcast is aiming to complete the transition within the next year.

In its press release, Comcast calls the spin-off company “SpinCo,” which is a placeholder and surely won’t be the business’ actual name. After all, having “SpinCo” as their parent company’s moniker wouldn’t exactly be great optics for CNBC and MSNBC journalists. 

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/comcast-is-spinning-out-rotten-tomatoes-and-cable-networks-into-a-separate-company-151153285.html?src=rss

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Nov 20

Comcast is spinning out Rotten Tomatoes and cable networks into a separate company

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Comcast is spinning out Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango and a bunch of NBCUniversal (NBCU) cable networks into a separate company. That means USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel will soon have a new home. Comcast is hanging onto other NBCU operations, namely NBC, Peacock, film and TV studios, Telemundo and theme parks. Bravo is also sticking around to help keep feeding Peacock’s ever-hungry reality TV maw.

Comcast says the new entity will be a “tax-free spin-off” and the step is “expected to be accretive to revenue growth at Comcast and approximately neutral to Comcast’s leverage position.” In other words, it’s to do with money — and perhaps laying the groundwork for further consolidation between major media companies. The spun-out properties pulled in around $7 billion between them over the last year or so, while their future parent will still have a partnership with NBCU. Comcast is aiming to complete the transition within the next year.

In its press release, Comcast calls the spin-off company “SpinCo,” which is a placeholder and surely won’t be the business’ actual name. After all, having “SpinCo” as their parent company’s moniker wouldn’t exactly be great optics for CNBC and MSNBC journalists. 

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/comcast-is-spinning-out-rotten-tomatoes-and-cable-networks-into-a-separate-company-151153285.html?src=rss

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Nov 20

Get 20 percent off Ooni pizza ovens for Black Friday

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Ooni is discounting all of its ovens and accessories by 20 percent as part of a Black Friday deal. This sweeping sale means you can snag one of our two top choices for a home pizza oven. If you’re looking to splurge, the Ooni Karu 16 Multi-Fuel pizza oven is available for $519, down from its typical price tag of $799. We appreciate that this model can use wood, charcoal or gas to sizzle up your slices, plus it has a built-in digital thermometer and can fit up to a 16-inch pie.

If you’d rather not prep your pizza in the great outdoors, then the Ooni Volt 12 Electric pizza oven might be more your speed. It’s on sale for $719 instead of the usual $899. This is our top choice this year for an indoor pizza oven thanks to its quick heating and flexibility for fitting pans or other baked items into its 13-inch interior. It’s also flexible on location, since the weather-resistant materials mean it can be used outside too.

At the scorching temperatures needed for good pie, you don’t want to mess around with the wrong gear. Since Ooni is also cutting the prices on accessories, this is a good time to stock up on other essential tools, like a baking stone or pizza peel. And if you need the ingredients to kick off your pizza journey, Ooni is also taking 20 percent off orders of its dough and up to 50 percent off other grocery items. The Black Friday offer for Ooni goods will be available from today through 11:59 pm local time on December 2.

Check out all of the latest Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals here.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/deals/get-20-percent-off-ooni-pizza-ovens-for-black-friday-150052139.html?src=rss

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Nov 20

The best gifts for cyclists in 2024

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Other than a bike, helmet and a few emergency maintenance essentials, there aren’t many things a person needs to enjoy a bike ride outside. But having the right accessories can go a long way towards making the experience more fun, more safe and, ultimately, more rewarding. The list of recommendations below cover the gamut of things you can give to the cyclist in your life, from must-have safety accessories like bike lights, to more techie gadgets like bike computers. However, each represents an item the staff here at Engadget have personally tested or swear by, and would make for a great holiday gift.

Check out the rest of our gift ideas here.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/best-gifts-for-cyclists-140100878.html?src=rss

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Nov 20

The Morning After: DOJ wants Google to sell Chrome

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The Department of Justice is reportedly planning to make Google sell its Chrome browser to address its search monopoly. It’s in response to a 2020 lawsuit filed by the DOJ and several US states that was finally ruled upon in August. Google has, naturally, said such a sale would be a terrible idea and would harm American competitiveness in the tech industry. I’m more curious about how much inherent value Chrome has without the backing of its parent company.

— Dan Cooper

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The company behind Legoland is teaming up with Mojang to build Minecraft theme parks in the US and UK. Both locations will have interactive attractions based on the game, as well as rides, gift shops and restaurants designed to milk cash out of weary parents. The announcement came on the same day as the first full trailer for A Minecraft Movie, another sign of the game’s growing cultural dominance. Given I can’t move in my own home without hearing famous Minecraft YouTuber Aphmau screech-shouting at the top of her lungs, I can’t wait to grind my teeth into powder taking my kids to enjoy both.

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Someone at Sony has finally noticed the PlayStation Portal was shipped without its raison d’être: cloud streaming. The company is pushing a software update for users to test the feature with more than 120 PS5 Plus games. It only took them a whole damn year to get around to it.

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Over the weekend, two undersea data cables in Europe were cut, with one German politician claiming sabotage. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has gone public with his belief the two lines were deliberately cut, but admits he has no proof to support his claim. Both Germany and Finland, two of the countries affected, say a thorough investigation is in progress.

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Sonos hasn’t had a great year, but one highlight has been the Arc Ultra soundbar, the first model to debut its Sound Motion technology. Now, I bet you’re wondering what that tech is and what it does, which is why Engadget’s audio expert Billy Steele has cooked up this guide. He’ll talk you through what it’s good for, why Sonos spent $100 million to own it and what it means for the future of your home audio.

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I’ve got fond memories of playing Warcraft II as a kid, with “They’re destroying our city!” a regular rallying cry in me and my friend Shane’s playground games. Engadget’s Igor Bonifacic has a similar love for the series and leapt in to play the recently released remaster. Sadly, it looks like Blizzard phoned this one in, prompting Igor to look a little closer at what’s going on.

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