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Gaming

Nintendo Switch 2 Gets a Highly-Requested New Bundle, But There’s a Catch

The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally getting its second major game bundle, but it comes with a major limitation at launch.

13 minutes ago

By Denny Connolly
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There’s No Quicker TV Streaming Experience Than the Apple TV 4K—Full Stop

Apple’s streaming box is stupid-fast, polished to hell, and deeply locked into its own ecosystem.

16 minutes ago

By Matt Jancer | Reviewed by Ysolt Usigan
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Gaming

Microsoft Teases Classic Xbox Games That Could Return on Project Helix

Project Helix might use fan voting to determine which classic Xbox games could return. Here are the retro titles that could be brought back.

42 minutes ago

By Brent Koepp
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Music

4 Beastie Boys Tracks That Prove MCA Was ‘Cool as a Cucumber in a Bowl of Hot Sauce’

Four tracks doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of MCA’s greatest rhymes, but it’s a start.

44 minutes ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

Researchers Think They Figured Out Why Neanderthals Went Extinct, and It’s the Wildest Theory Yet

New modeling suggests the real survival advantage wasn’t intelligence, but staying connected when things got rough.

52 minutes ago

By Luis Prada