Netflix adds a third game studio to its growing roster As subscription prices keep rising, Netflix continues its expansion into gaming. After acquiring Night School Studio late last year and Finland-basedNext Gamesearlier this month, the company has announced a deal with a third studio. This time, Netflix has partnered with an independent mobile game studio in what it says is an effort to make sure the company can give gamers what they want wherever they want it....

8 bizarre gadgets we found at CES 2023 Tech companies have their own events where they show customers and shareholders what they’ve been working on all year, but they also take part in annual industry conferences like MWC and SXSW where they’re still expected to give the public something interesting. With pressure to push the envelope, they get so busy asking if theycanthat they sometimes forget to ask if theyshould, and we end up with several sublimely strange gizmos to admire....

Best game controllers on Android in 2025 From snap-on Bluetooth controllers like the GameSir G8+ to full-size controllers like the Moga XP-Ultra, there’s a huge range of controllers designed for your phone. Add in the range of features found across these controllers, like detachable grips and programmable buttons, and you’ll find picking one a challenge, whether you’re using agaming phone, atablet powerful enough for gaming, or even one of thebest Chromebooks....

Discord Status Icons: What they mean, how to update yours, and how to create a custom status Discord, the current king of chat room apps, has seen an explosion of users over the last few years. But being new to Discord means learning a new language, whether that includes getting used toDiscord’s markup languageor disseminating what those colored circles mean next to your name. Discord has many helpful (but non-intuitive) features waiting to be explored....

Google’s latest Pixel 6 monthly update has broken something else, because of course it has Trying to keep track of all of the updates thePixel 6andPixel 6 Prohas received since launch feels like a full-time job. Fromdelaystopulled patches, they’ve run into awhole host of hurdlesthat don’t usually affect Google’s smartphone lineup. Following a monthwhere each device received not onebuttwosoftware updates, those looking to join the Android beta program are facing some roadblocks....

How to Change Website Background Colors in Edge, Chrome, and Firefox Chrome, Edge, Safari, and Firefox surprisingly lack options for changing website background colors. That’s a pity, since options for modifying background colors on sites with odd coloring schemes would come in handy for making text and page content clearer. However, you don’t have to rely on web designers to implement good color schemes on their websites. You can change the background colors on websites yourself with some browser extensions....

How to Expand the Icon Cache Size in Windows 11 Windows 11 saves file icons displayed within File Explorer in a special cache. Saving such icons within a cache enables Explorer to display them more quickly. However, that icon cache file’s size only amounts to about 500 KB, which restricts the number of icons it can include at any one time. Therefore, it would be better for that cache to be at least a little bigger....

How to Use the Raspberry Pi Imager’s Advanced Options The Raspberry Pi is a single-board computer with diverse applications. While it’s meant to be easy to set up and use, many people still find the process a bit challenging. To this end, the official Raspberry Pi Imager tool makes writing an operating system onto a microSD card to use with your Raspberry Pi super-easy. In addition, Imager has a few advanced options hidden underneath that can be quite useful at times....

Is It Time for Loyal iPhone Users to Consider Android Phones? 2007 will forever remain a defining year for mobile phones, with Apple’s launch of the first iPhone. This innovative piece of technology set a new standard for what users could expect from their devices, ushering in a smartphone revolution that would shape the future of mobile technology. Since then, Apple has built an incredibly loyal base of users who swear by its products....

OnePlus needs your help improving OxygenOS Oppo probably didn’t expect the amount of backlash it received from OnePlus phone owners when itrevamped OxygenOS in the image of its own ColorOSas part of its corporate streamlining efforts. But plans for a single, unified OS fell through and while both Android skins are still working off the same codebase, it seems OnePlus wants some help trying to find OxygenOS’s groove again. Sincethe demise of the OS merger, OnePlus co-founder Pete Lau made it clear that OxygenOS 13 would be a collaboration between the OnePlus community and Google....

Sonos announces a more affordable version of its Roam portable speaker Last year, Sonosintroduced its Roam portable speaker, and whilewe loved how it sounded, it was pretty pricey to start with — a situation that only got worse with a $10 post-launch hike the company blamed on thesemiconductor shortage. Maybe to help atone for that, Sonos has now launched another version of the speaker that ditches the built-in mic and manages to shave off a few bucks in the process....

Verizon is working on blocking those spam texts that ‘you’ keep sending to yourself Spam calls are a real problem these days, andno matter how many attemptscarriers and government agencies make to curtail them, nothing seems to get better. Although not quite as frustrating, spam text messages are also on the rise, flooding your inbox with dangerous links and promises of quick cash infusions. Lately, Verizon customers have noticed a suspicious source for these texts — themselves — and now, the carrier thinks it knows why....

WhatsApp’s three latest features are all about your privacy Over the last couple of years, WhatsApp has been aggressively testing and adding new features to its platform. Now, almost every other day, the service is spotted trialing new enhancements in its beta channel, likedevice login approvalsand achatbot to detail recent changes. Despite being owned by Meta, WhatsApp has always taken privacy seriously and proudly highlights that it supports end-to-end encryption. Recently, it has also added severaluseful privacy-related options to its platform....