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Archives for December 2024

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
LG has two new games for its Wii-style TV remote.

The company has announced that “the first games playable with the LG Magic Remote” are Cut the Rope and Thief Puzzle. Both puzzle games are available now and “optimized for seamless play” with the motion-sensing remote.

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
You can buy this Game Boy Advance clone starting on December 16th.

Anbernic left out some important details when it announced its GBA-inspired RG34XX handheld emulator last week. But according to @RetroGameCorps and Retro Dodo, we now know it will go on sale starting at 5AM ET on December 16th and will be priced at $70 and discounted to $64 for the first three days. The original Nintendo GBA debuted at $99.99 in 2001.

The Anbernic RG34XX shown playing a Castlevania game.
The GBA-style Anbernic RG34XX goes on sale on December 16th.
Image: Keep Retro
TikTok failed to save itself with the First Amendment

A court rejected arguments against forcing a sale of the massive Chinese-owned social network.

Lauren Feiner
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Google’s abandoned Pixel Tablet might’ve launched with this pen.

Alongside the canceled Pixel Tablet 2, Google may have released an accompanying pen with a button to open a note-taking app, as reported by Android Authority. The pen would reportedly dock to Google’s rumored keyboard accessory.

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Don’t Panic, the Playdate now has a matching power adapter.

A Reddit user discovered that Panic has quietly introduced a 10W AC adapter that matches the Playdate handheld’s bright yellow aesthetic. It’s available now for $5 and works with the USB-C to USB-A cable that’s included with the Playdate, but I would have gladly paid more for a USB-C port and a matching yellow USB-C to USB-C cable.

The Panic Playdate’s new yellow power adapter.
Panic quietly introduced a matching yellow USB-C power adapter for the Playdate.
Image: Panic
Searching for color at Pantone’s all-brown party

Are we here to celebrate the color of the year or the luxury goods produced in its hue?

Kristen Radtke
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says conversational AI is the next web browser

The company’s new AI chief on working for Microsoft, the OpenAI relationship, and when superintelligence might actually arrive.

Nilay Patel
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Snapchat’s year-end recap arrives next week.

In case you haven’t gotten your fill from Spotify Wrapped and Google Photos’ yearly recaps, you’ll be able to swipe up on your Snapchat camera to see all your highlights from 2024 starting December 17th.

GIF: Snap