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The Nintendo Switch’s successor will reportedly support backwards compatibility. A reliable games industry insider claimed earlier this week that the Switch 2 would play games released on the previous generation console. Nintendo confirmed earlier this year that the Switch 2 would be announced next year. The company has not yet provided any official details about
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Snap will concentrate on expanding and diversifying its underperforming advertising business with a focus on Augmented Reality (AR), CEO Evan Spiegel informed employees in a note on Tuesday. The announcement comes amid a challenging period for the Snapchat owner, as it contends with major social media players such as Instagram parent Meta Platforms and Bytedance’s TikTok
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Education Week reports that we are in a student mental health crisis.  So does the surgeon general.  Will taking cellphones away from kids while they’re in school help us get out of this crisis? I asked the science search engine Consensus to do a survey of studies on school cellphone bans and mental health.  Consensus reviewed ten scientific
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Online retailers like Temu and Shein are known for selling cheap products like baby clothes, kitchen gadgets and electronics. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants to know the true costs that foreign online retailers are cutting to sell these products at lower prices. CPSC commissioners Peter Feldman and Douglas Dziak released a joint statement
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Apple will use organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for all iPhone models sold in 2025 and later, moving entirely away from liquid crystal displays (LCDs), Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources. Television and smartphone makers are adopting OLED displays over LCDs for the former’s ability to deliver more vivid colours and sharper
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