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PlayStation Direct is knocking $40 off a refurbished PlayStation 5 and DualSense controller bought together, undercutting even some single new consoles.
Google Home is quietly moving Philips Hue bridges to local Matter control, cutting out the round trip to the cloud for faster responses. The same update redesigns third-party device controls and smooths out Gemini for Home's voice commands.
Kinare Kinare, the Hindi dub of the Telugu film Godari Gattupaina, is now streaming on JioHotstar in India. The original Telugu cut and other language versions are on Amazon Prime Video, both behind paid subscriptions.
Google is upgrading the Fitbit Air and Pixel Watch 3, 4 and 5 with automatic detection for more than 100 workout types, up from 10, plus a new Health Guardian feature that flags blood pressure and insulin resistance trends.
Capcom's free-to-play mobile spin-off, built by Tencent's TiMi Studio, arrives on iOS and Android October 29 with seven weapon types, four-player co-op, and gacha-based character pulls.
Aryabhatt Ka Zero, the Himansh Kohli-led comedy drama about a man reinventing himself as a civil servant, is streaming on JioHotstar in India under a paid subscription, with no release confirmed for JioHotstar's international markets.
A new leak claims Nintendo is developing a Switch 2 Lite built around a cheaper Samsung 8nm chip, a move that could undercut the $499.99 Switch 2 with a lighter, less expensive handheld.
Atari has set a 2027 shutdown date for the VCS software store, according to a report from Liliputing. The discontinued console can still run as a Linux-powered AMD PC afterward.
Leaks and certification listings point to a Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra priced around Rs 1,89,990 in India, up from the Galaxy S26 Ultra's Rs 1,39,999 launch price, with a faster chip and bigger battery tipped.
Hitechreports's October coverage shows volume coming from Tier III buyers and sub-₹20,000 5G phones, while brands pile premium launches into the same two weeks.
Xiaomi has begun taking pre-orders for the Mijia Water Purifier 3 1200G, a 13-stage home water purifier rated for 50 tons of output and a 3.74 L/min flow rate, priced at 1,499 yuan in China.
Verizon is giving away the Google Pixel 11 Pro XL, normally $1,299.99, to customers who add a line on its Unlimited Plus or Unlimited Ultimate plans, Android Police reported this week, with no trade-in needed.
Google Maps now includes a Lens search tool, an AI assistant called Ask Maps, 3D Immersive Navigation, Gemini-powered landmark directions, and proactive traffic alerts, though rollout varies by device and region.
WSL 3.0.1 adds a built-in wslc command that runs Linux containers on Windows 11 without installing Docker Desktop, including GPU passthrough for Nvidia cards, though it still lacks a compose feature.
Nintendo Switch 2 users report SmileBASIC 4 vanishing from eShop listings in North America, Europe and Japan, a day after a software-only jailbreak exploit led to demonstrations of a homebrew launcher and Vulkan graphics support.
An Android Police contributor walks through extracting app databases, decompiling hardened APKs, and feeding the results to Gemini to surface hidden trackers, cleartext traffic and excessive permissions.
Google's Gemini Notebook can now import YouTube videos through a dedicated Chrome extension, turning lecture-style content into mind maps, audio overviews and quiz questions for studying, according to Android Police.
NBC's new sitcom Newlyweds, created by and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, premieres Friday at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT. Here's where to watch it live in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia, and which options are free.
Google Health 5.11 brings blood pressure and insulin resistance trend tracking to the Fitbit Air, renames blood glucose to Glucose, and improves sleep tracking, as the new Fitbit Edge launches October 27.
Google Messages is rolling out an Enhanced Protection mode that leans on Gemini AI to catch scams and sketchy links, building on the Standard Protection the app already offers against spam.
Apple's current iPhone shelf spans the $699 iPhone 17e to the $1,999 iPhone Duo, according to Wired's updated buying guide, with affordable iPhone 18 models not expected until spring 2027.
Code inside a Google Messages beta build shows the app's settings screen getting reorganized into distinct sections, replacing today's single cluttered list of RCS, notification and bubble options.
Google Health 5.11 pushes automatic activity detection from 10 exercises to more than 100 on the Pixel Watch 3, 4 and 5 and Fitbit Air, with Google claiming nearly double the accuracy and far fewer missed workouts.
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, three points behind Claude Opus 5.5, with open weights due by November 4 and token prices cut by a third.