After Google announced in August that it was ending Chromecast production, 9to5Google has spotted that the streaming dongles are no longer available for purchase on the Google store. With the Chromecast line officially dead, Google’s only streaming hardware is now the $100 Google TV Streamer set-top box.
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Though it might be a short-lived visit — after slamming Donald Trump and Elon Musk (perhaps attempting to bait the latter into banning him), the author swiftly returned to posting on his Threads account.
“After a brief check-in with Twitter, I can confirm it’s worse than ever—no longer a social gathering place but a propaganda organ, George Orwell’s Ministry of Truth,” King said.
The best of us can be swindled, but one banker’s particular enthrallment to an overseas cryptocurrency crime network was so dire that it almost devastated his entire community. Read this New York Times report about Shan Hanes embezzling more than $31 million into a suspicious crypto investment before the money disappeared.
“I’ll forever struggle understanding how I was duped,” Hanes said. “I should have caught it, but I didn’t.”
February 27th is Pokémon Day, which means it’s time to tease us with upcoming pocket monster updates. The Pokémon Presents event scheduled for 9AM ET next Thursday may herald more information about the next major game, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, which was teased without gameplay last year for a 2025 release. Here’s hoping we at least find out if it’ll be launching on Nintendo’s Switch 2 console.
Which in the case of Weta Workshop’s Tales of the Shire, is apparently later than the March 25th, 2025 date we expected. The release is reportedly being delayed by four months “to ensure that every Hobbit, on every platform, can enjoy the same cozy experience.”
