Reviews
* Key Takeaways: * Android's Material 3 Expressive brings cohesive system-level polish across phones, tablets, and watches. * Many first-party Google apps show incremental 'Material 3.5' updates rather than a full Expressive redesign. * Changes to app bars, navigation bars, containers, and oversized buttons are inconsistent across apps. * Motion
Games
* Players report billions of R6 Credits, Renown, and developer-only skins added to accounts. * Ubisoft lists critical service outages across PC, PS4/PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. * Thousands of accounts reportedly banned and unbanned at random; community warns to stay offline. * Ubisoft investigating; rollback and account remediation expected
Gadgets
Key Takeaways: * Xiaomi 17 Ultra by Leica brings a physical zoom ring that controls zoom, focus and exposure and launches the Leica camera app. * Triple rear cameras: 50MP Type 1 LOFIC main, 50MP ultra-wide, and a 200MP periscope telephoto with 75–100mm equivalent. * Hardware: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, up
Games
• Key Takeaways: * Third-party ports are the clearest barometer of the Switch 2's real-world performance. * Cyberpunk 2077 and Star Wars Outlaws showcased what DLSS and the new Nvidia-based chip can do. * Some current-gen ports shine, while others expose limitations that developers must patch. Why ports matter for Switch 2
Software
• Key Takeaways: * Linux developer Antheas Kapenekakis has proposed a new runtime standby ABI for the Linux kernel to enable Windows-style "Modern Standby" behavior. * The patch series moves ACPI DSM calls from suspend completion to a transition function and exposes /sys/power/standby for userspace control. * The change lets
Software
* Key Takeaways: * Google Keep reminders now sync into Google Tasks, making notes actionable across Gmail, Docs, and the Tasks sidebar. * Setting a reminder in Keep pushes the item into the Tasks ecosystem; checking it off in Tasks marks the Keep reminder Done. * Limitations: reminders land in My Tasks only and
Software
Key Takeaways: * Rust moved from experiment to mainstream in the Linux kernel, but it also produced the kernel's first Rust CVE this year. * Linus Torvalds actively shaped decisions: rejecting low-quality patches, enforcing formatting changes, and influencing Rust policy. * Meta adopted the Steam Deck–designed scheduler on its hyperscaler
Software
* Canonical accelerated migration to Rust system components (sudo-rs, Rust Coreutils) across Ubuntu 25.10. * Rust transitions uncovered performance regressions, unattended-upgrade breakage, and two sudo-rs vulnerabilities. * Canonical advanced ARM64 desktop ISOs, x86_64-v3 builds, Multipass open sourcing, and Java investment. * Ubuntu 26.04 LTS remains the focal point; Canonical exceeded $300M
Games
Key Takeaways: * Nintendo has reissued select 2025 Switch Online icons and frames through January 11, 2026. * Icons cost 10 Platinum Points each; borders and frames cost 5 Platinum Points. * Featured designs include Super Mario Galaxy, F‑Zero 99, Kirby entries, Xenoblade Chronicles X and more. * The promotion coincides with a
Games
* Key Takeaways: * EDGE’s year-end issue names Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 its Game of the Year for 2025. * Hades 2 is EDGE’s Nintendo Game of the Year; Donkey Kong Bananza ranks in the top five. * Lumines Arise picks up multiple accolades — PlayStation Game of the Year, VR Game of
Software
* Key Takeaways: * QNX now offers a Self-Hosted Developer Desktop running QNX 8.0 with an Xfce session on Wayland. * Toolchains include GCC and LLVM/Clang, plus Python and common build utilities for on-device development. * Distributed as a QEMU virtual machine (tested on Ubuntu); Raspberry Pi native image exploration is planned.
Games
* Arc System Works plans a major Version 2.0 overhaul for Guilty Gear Strive, aiming for a refreshed experience rather than small patches. * Version 2.0 will include at least one new character at launch and more fighters to arrive gradually; Jam and Robo Ky were teased. * Balance changes will