Hiya, folks, and welcome to TechCrunch’s inaugural AI newsletter. It’s truly a thrill to type those words — this one’s been long in the making, and we’re excited […]
Podcast starter kit: 8 essential pieces of gear for 2024
Want to start podcasting? We talked to pro creators and our own product reviewers for this beginner’s guide to the best podcasting gear.
Selaco Review: 2024’s Best Retro FPS
Things aren’t looking good for me. I’m a few levels into Selaco, a new FPS out now on Steam, and I’m stuck behind a bar as a group of sci-fi soldiers unload their rifles and shotguns into my hiding spot. I’m also low on health. So yeah, a bad spot to be in. I take a deep breath and try something.
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Fintech startup Forward grabs $16M to take on Stripe, lead future of integrated payments
After Brandon Lloyd sold his second company, Bypass, a payments and point-of-sale software company for sports and entertainment, to Fiserv in 2020, he dove more into the payments […]
Wuthering Waves Is A Promising Rival To Genshin Impact
There’s nothing definitively wrong with being an iterative clone of something else people already love. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and all that. So I don’t really mind that on the surface, the new gacha open-world RPG Wuthering Waves looks to be a flattering copy of HoYoverse’s widely popular Genshin…
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Lego’s new ‘Legend of Zelda’ Great Deku Tree set is up for preorder
The Lego set costs as much as a Nintendo Switch.
The Best Build For Beating Chronos
It’s not often you’ll hear someone say “I cannot wait to get my ass beat.” But when Supergiant Games released Hades 2—the highly-anticipated sequel to the GOTY-winning 2020 roguelike—into early access on May 6, I could not wait to get my ass beat.
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Best Roomba deals: 4 j-Series models back at record-low pricing
Bring home small obstacle avoidance technology with the Roomba Combo j7+ for $699, Combo j5+ for $449, and more.
Nintendo Officially Reveals Zelda Great Deku Tree Lego Set
On May 28, Nintendo and Lego unveiled a new Legend of Zelda set based on the franchise’s iconic Great Deku Tree. The new Lego set, out later this year, features two different versions of the famous old tree, as well as a Zelda minifig and three different versions of Link.
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