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Engadget Podcast: Why the PlayStation Portal is truly baffling

Sony’s next “PSP,” the PlayStation Portal, is one odd little device. It can only stream games from your PlayStation 5 – beyond that, it’s a $200 doorstop. In this episode, Cherlynn and Devindra chat with CNET’s Scott Stein about the Portal and the many ways it baffles us. While it does manage to stream games…

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Microsoft’s Copilot AI is officially coming to Windows 10

Microsoft’s AI ambitions are moving a bit backwards: Today, the company has confirmed that it’s bringing Copilot AI to Windows 10. At first, it’ll be available to Windows Insider users in an upcoming Release Preview update, where Copilot will appear on the right side of the Task Bar. Once selected, you’ll see the familiar Copilot…

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PlayStation Portal review: A baffling handheld for no one but Sony diehards

Sony has apparently learned nothing from the success of the Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck. Or from its own portable systems like the Vita and PSP, for that matter. The PlayStation Portal (yes, technically it’s another PSP) is a $200 handheld system that can only stream games from your PlayStation 5. There aren’t any built…

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Engadget Podcast: MacBook Pro M3, iMac and Steam Deck OLED reviews

We finally got our hands on Apple’s new M3 MacBook Pros and iMac! In this episode, we dive into our full thoughts about all of Apple’s new hardware alongside Deputy Editor Nathan Ingraham. The big takeaway: Don’t buy the base model of either computer with just 8GB of RAM. Otherwise, the M3 chips are solid…

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The director of Sundance darling “We Met in Virtual Reality” launches a VR studio

We Met in Virtual Reality, a documentary shot entirely inside VRChat (now available to stream on Max), was one of the highlight’s of last year’s Sundance Film Festival. It deftly showed how people can form genuine friendships and romantic connections inside of virtual worlds — something Mark Zuckerberg could only dream of with his failed…

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MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch review: An M3 chip for every situation

Apple’s confusing laptop family finally makes sense this year. The long-rumored 15-inch MacBook Air arrived months ago, and the company surprised us by delivering two MacBook Pro revisions in less than 12 months. While I appreciated the speed bump that the M2 Pro models brought, the new M3-equipped MacBook Pro 14- and 16-inch are a…

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The best VR headsets for 2023

If you’ve been holding out for VR hardware to mature, you chose wisely. Headsets have come a long way since the launch of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive six years ago. The Meta Quest 3 has just come out, and it’s the best standalone headset we’ve ever seen. And if you’re looking for a…

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Engadget Podcast: Apple’s spooky M3 MacBook Pros and iMac

Apple’s M3 chip is here, and the company is wasting no time shoving it into new computers. This week, we dive into the new M3-equipped MacBook Pros and iMac, which offer some notable upgrades over the M2 and M1 models. Also, we find time to celebrate the death of the old 13-inch MacBook Pro, and…