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As The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 Gets A Release Date, The Franchise’s Creator Explains How It’ll Differ From The OG Film

Following the monumental box office success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which amassed over a billion dollars, Illumination Entertainment has officially greenlit a sequel. Given the original's remarkable performance, the decision to pursue a second film comes as no surprise. Nintendo's visionary, Shigeru Miyamoto, confirmed the news and shared light details on the follow-up to last year's record-breaking video game adaptation. According to a social media post, development for the upcoming video game adaptation is…

It’ll be easier to know what Android Auto apps you can’t use while driving

Android Auto comes with a ton of apps you can use to help boost your smart car experience. However, some of the apps can be rather distracting, which is a car accident just waiting to happen. Luckily, the most distracting Android Auto apps can only be used when your car is parked. Thanks to a new update, it’ll be easier to know which apps these are. A good example of a distracting app is called GameSnacks. This is a suite of games that you can play on your car’s dashboard. Obviously, you would not want to play these…

Apple just released iOS 17.4. Here’s how it’ll change your iPhone

Apple iPhone 14 Pro (left) and iPhone 15 Pro Max Andy Boxall / Digital Trends If you have an iPhone, you’ll want to check it right now for a big update. The iOS 17.4 update is officially rolling out right now and it includes some fairly significant new features. Without a doubt, the biggest addition in iOS 17.4 is support for third-party app stores. As confirmed in January, iOS 17.4 will allow iPhone users in the European Union to download applications from sources other than Apple’s official App Store. It’s a…

What would an Apple Ring be like? Anything but an Apple Watch alternative, and it’ll be a winner

Smart Rings are having a moment. The market is thriving, the Oura is more popular than ever, and — most importantly of all — Samsung just announced the Galaxy Ring.When a piece of consumer technology gains this much traction, an inevitable question arises: what about Apple?The company is well known for swooping in when a product becomes popular and dominating that sector. The iPhone, Apple Watch, and iPad weren’t the first smartphone, smartwatch, or tablet, but they’re far and away the most dominant devices in those…

“OK, But It’ll Cost You £1M”: Employee Turns The Tables Against Boss After An Unfair Demotion

It’s hard working for a boss who doesn’t appreciate you or the work you do. We can find plenty of stories about horrible bosses and their antics on the Internet. The lesson in most of them is that employees should not be afraid to stand up for themselves. A healthy dose of malicious compliance or petty revenge can sometimes be the best medicine against a jerk boss. The OP of this story certainly wasn’t afraid to stand their ground. When an incompetent boss broke the news about a demotion, the OP came up with a genius…

Sony predicts it’ll sell fewer PS5s than first thought

Sony has lowered its PlayStation 5 sales forecast for fiscal 2023 significantly and now expects to sell 21 million units, down from a previous forecast of 25 million. That's despite posting record quarterly revenue and selling 8.2 million PS5s over the holiday season. So far this fiscal year, Sony has sold 16.4 million consoles, bringing its total to 54.8 million overall. (The company sold 19.1 million PS5s in fiscal 2022.)Sony announced in December that it had sold 50 million PS5 units over three years, as of December 9,…

Generative AI is coming to Google Maps, Here’s how it’ll look

AI, or Artificial Intelligence, is everywhere these days. Not only is Google adding it to everything, but so is basically everyone else. The next Google product that could see AI being added is going to be Google Maps, and Google is planning to use Generative AI here. Thanks to Android Police, we’re now seeing how Google would onboard new users to this new Generative AI feature, which would start with Local Guides. There’s going to be a new card that will encourage users to Search with Generative AI, and there’s a button…

It’ll Be a ‘Miracle’ to Recover Glitching Voyager 1 Probe, Says NASA’s JPL

Humanity’s most distant spacecraft is glitching out—again—and engineers are having quite a difficult time solving the problem. Voyager 1, what are we going to do with you?Trump Went Through Twitter WithdrawalThe issue is with the 46-year-old Voyager 1’s flight data system (FDS), one of its three onboard computers. The FDS collects data from Voyager’s science instruments and takes data on the spacecraft’s status and general health. The system isn’t properly communicating with the telemetry modulation unit, which actually…

Nintendo believes it’ll sell more Switch consoles than first thought

At almost seven years old, the Nintendo Switch still has life left in it — so much so that Nintendo has upped its predicted sales figures for its current fiscal year. In its third-quarter earnings release, the company announced that it was increasing Switch's projected sales from 15 million to 15.5 million. The boost follows overall third-quarter net sales that were 29.9 billion Japanese yen ($201.1 million) higher and net profits of 6.4 billion Japanese yen ($43.1 million) higher than Nintendo's projections. However,…

Apple says it’ll show its GenAI efforts ‘later this year’

Apple has tossed another crumb to investors wondering when the world will get to see some ‘Made in Cupertino’ GenAI: Expect Apple to reveal what it’s been working on in this buzzy slice of artificial intelligence “later this year”, per CEO Tim Cook. During an earnings call yesterday, Apple’s chief exec emphasized its ongoing investment in AI, alongside other — as he put it — “groundbreaking innovation”, such as the technologies which underpin Apple’s Vision Pro VR/AR headset, saying: “We continue to spend a…