Amazon is bringing facial recognition to its latest Ring 2K and 4K cameras and doorbell. Familiar Faces lets you enroll friends and family, so you’ll get a notification saying “Emma is at the front door” if it’s someone you know. Google has had a similar feature on Nest cameras for years, but this is the first Ring hardware with facial recognition.
SteelSeries is launching its flagship Arctis Nova Elite gaming headset today, priced at an eye-watering $599.99. It’s the first gaming headset with wireless hi-res audio and SteelSeries is positioning it in a new category of luxury headsets that get closer to audiophile-grade performance. The Nova Elite can also connect to your phone, game console, and PC simultaneously.
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SteelSeries has created a category of luxury gaming headsets that doesn’t really exist right now.
Battlefield 6 is arriving next week and Nvidia is releasing a Game Ready driver update just in time. The latest 581.42 release (download here) is optimized for both Battlefield 6 and FBC: Firebreak’s Breakpoint Update.
Battlefield 6 launches on October 10th with support for DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation, DLSS Super Resolution, DLAA, and Nvidia Reflex.
A new Agent Mode comes to Office apps today, alongside an Office Agent in Copilot chat.
Microsoft and Asus revealed last month that the new Xbox Ally handhelds will be launching on October 16th, but there was a distinct lack of pricing and preorder information. Now, it looks like we’re going to get both later today. Asus has started teasing on Facebook that preorders are “dropping soon” with a countdown that ends at 8PM ET / 5PM PT today.
