-Samsung goes on an audio buying spree: https://www.engadget.com/audio/samsung-is-paying-350-million-for-audio-brands-bowers--wilkins-denon-marantz-and-polk-131514754.html?guccounter=1

-Tokamak reactor magnet is beefy: https://gizmodo.com/iter-just-assembled-the-worlds-most-powerful-fusion-magnet-2000597387

-Philips is debuting 3D printed replaceable parts:

Philips Debuts 3D Printable Components To Repair Products

-The alchemists were right all along:

Scientists find lead really can be turned into gold (with help from the Large Hadron Collider)

-Amazfit Active 2 review

-DJI is sort of giving up on the US:

DJI is skipping the US with its most advanced drone yet

-China is slowing everyone’s roll

https://www.sustainability-times.com/environmental-protection/china-disrupts-earths-rotation-nasa-confirms-massive-project-is-slowing-the-planet-with-unprecedented-global-consequences/

-Cyber Skirmishes. Walz Telemessage usage and GlobalX air hack.

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/05/2044211/messaging-app-used-by-mike-waltz-trump-deportation-airline-globalx-both-hacked-in-separate-breaches

-Google is going ham with it’s new G logo!

https://9to5google.com/2025/05/12/google-icon-update/

-Rich Peeps suck!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/07/two-thirds-of-global-heating-caused-by-richest-study-suggests

Peacemaker, The Old Guard 2, The Long Walk, Together, Squid Game, Ted, Godzilla x Kong, X-Men, Thunderbolts, Doomsday, Superman, LOTR: Hunt for Gollum, Evil Dead, 'Supernatural' reunion, Rebecca reviews Fight or Flight, lots more 

-Xbox raises prices…:

https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/microsoft-raised-the-prices-of-xbox-consoles-and-some-games-are-next/

-South of Midnight Review

-GTA VI delayed to May 2026 and got a new trailer:

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/grand-theft-auto-vi-is-delayed-to-may-2026-120405517.html?src=rss

-Ecco the Dolphin is BACK:

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/a-new-ecco-the-dolphin-game-and-remasters-are-on-the-way-205338160.html?src=rss

-Goodbye Polygon:

https://kotaku.com/polygon-sold-vox-media-valnet-layoffs-digital-gaming-1851778655

-Gears of War remastered is coming on August 26th:

https://www.theverge.com/news/661169/gears-of-war-reloaded-remaster-release-date

-Riot games isn’t messing around

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/03/how-riot-games-is-fighting-the-war-against-video-game-hackers/

Behold, the return of Lieutenant Commander Rebecca Frost, noted Space Show fan Admiral Kerry Jackson, Commander Robert Neal, and special guest Jake Black as they resume their voyage through all things Star Trek! In this episode, we continue into season 7 of The Next Generation with episodes Inheritance, Parallels, The Pegasus, and Homeward.

-New AIO coolers on the horizon: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/liquid-cooling/aseteks-key-watercooling-patent-expires-today-as-the-company-seeks-to-sell-its-cooling-business

-How much do you love Mtn Dew: https://parade.com/food/mountain-dew-celebrates-die-hard-fans-with-epic-opportunity

-Apple lost. Bigly.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/fortnite-will-return-to-ios-after-court-slams-apples-obvious-cover-up/

-They are appealing, of course.

https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/05/05/1623223/apple-will-appeal-contempt-ruling-in-epic-games-case-over-app-store?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-Amazon is already taking advantage:

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/kindles-ios-app-now-has-a-button-to-make-it-easier-to-buy-books-154505235.html?src=rss

-A dude created the best antivenom. All on his own.

https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/05/03/2040208/unparalleled-snake-antivenom-made-with-antibodies-from-a-man-bitten-200-times?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-I would do the normal “Skype, we hardly knew ye” but seriously. Just die.

https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/05/1938237/microsoft-shuts-down-skype

-May the 4th… Consumer Edition. https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/05/05/0150219/star-wars-day-celebrations-hit-fortnite-disney-xcom---and-retailers-everywhere

-Necessity: the mother of invention.

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/05/04/036210/did-peking-u-just-make-the-worlds-fastest-transistor---without-using-silicon

-Crispy Pigs!

https://gizmodo.com/the-fda-just-approved-the-first-crispr-edited-pigs-for-food-2000597425

Weapons, Deadpool/X-Men, Sgt Rock, Rocky Horror Picture 4K, Hemsworth, Road House 2, Miami Vice, Lithgow, Minecraft, Rebecca reviews Thunderbolts, lots more

-Booooo EA BOOOOOO: https://variety.com/2025/gaming/news/electronic-arts-cancels-titanfall-layoffs-300-employees-1236381665/

-Borderlands 4 moves up release date: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/borderlands/borderlands-4-is-releasing-over-a-week-earlier-than-expected-because-the-game-is-awesome-the-team-is-cooking-and-its-own-dedicated-state-of-play-is-coming-up-imminently/

-Not all Switch 2 upgrades will be $10:

It looks like some Switch 2 Edition upgrades will cost more than others

-Ghosts of Yotei is coming in October:

Ghost of Yōtei hits the PS5 in October

-Another week, another video game to movie conversion with Sydney Sweeeeeeney

Split Fiction movie adaptation lands Sydney Sweeney as star

-Switch preorder report

-Just like criminalizing unfavorable polling data… another maniac is drawing some thin lines to a previously russian game studio.

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/russian-regulators-are-trying-to-seize-assets-from-the-developers-of-world-of-tanks-202157310.html

-Elon rage quits? Shame quits?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14585157/Elon-Musk-quits-gaming-livestream-troll-comments.html

-Stop taking our GPU’s! Domo arigato - japan definitely.

https://videocardz.com/newz/japanese-retailers-try-to-stop-tourists-from-buying-geforce-rtx-5090-5080-gpus

-CHICKEN JOCKY!!!

https://www.ign.com/articles/a-minecraft-movie-block-party-edition-to-double-down-on-memes-with-sing-along-theatrical-release-in-may

-More Hope for Nuclear Power in Utah: https://www.ksl.com/article/51302745/utah-looks-to-go-nuclear-as-it-reaches-agreement-with-idaho-laboratory-

-Hydrogen Power in Utah: https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/small-coal-town-shocks-experts-by-building-first-of-its-kind-plant-the-cultural-aspect-of-this-is-so-bedeviling/ar-AA1Danms?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=c8d08c8563694244c089090f4c0fd70a&ei=26

-Get Hegseth out of there already: https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-signal-chat-dirty-internet-line-6a64707f10ca553eb905e5a70e10bd9d#

-New EV truck fills a certain niche, and I hope it’s successful:

A $20,000 electric truck with manual windows and no screens? Meet Slate Auto.

-Solid state batteries for EVs are inching closer to reality:

Stellantis’ solid-state batteries can fast-charge in just 18 minutes

-People have seen a color no one else has ever seen:

Scientists Claim To Have Found Color No One Has Seen Before

-TSMC shows off 1.4nm chip tech:

TSMC shows off 1.4nm chip tech that will appear in future iPhones and other devices

-We’re not taking the blame for these tariffs! -Amazon probably.

https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/29/1031207/amazon-to-display-tariff-costs-for-consumers-report-says

-Kickstarter too! - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/28/1857213/kickstarter-introduces-tariff-manager-tool-to-add-charges-to-already-fully-funded-projects

-Group Think manipulation experiment. The new AI Angry Mob Generator!

https://www.engadget.com/ai/researchers-secretly-experimented-on-reddit-users-with-ai-generated-comments-194328026.html

-Fake Humanity is a fine line.

https://www.engadget.com/ai/openai-rolls-back-update-that-made-chatgpt-an-ass-kissing-weirdo-203056185.html

Predator: Badlands, Rick & Morty, Wednesday S2 , 28 Years Later trailer, Narnia, Star Wars news, boxed wine, Toys R Us: the movie, lots more 

-I guess this makes sense, Nintendo: https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/some-nintendo-switch-2-game-cards-will-also-work-on-the-original-switch/

-OK Switch 2 preorders are back on: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/nintendo-switch-2-pre-orders-open-thursday-in-the-us-startin

g-at-450-plus-everything-else-you-need-to-know-140931297.html

-New GPUs!

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5060 GPU starts at $299, RTX 5060 Ti at $379

-Oblivion Remaster is out!

19 years later, the Oblivion Remaster is here

-New video game movie announced!

Michael Bay and Sydney Sweeney are making the least likely Sega movie

-Marathon release date:

Bungie re-reveals Marathon with short film and September release date

-https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/04/razer-built-a-game-streaming-app-on-top-of-moonlight-and-its-not-too-bad/

-I wanna wanna talk about a new game that I think is Awesome!  Blue Prince

-Weapon repairs in Zelda!

https://www.polygon.com/nintendo-switch-2/558300/breath-of-the-wild-switch-2-edition-equipment-repairs-zelda-notes