A new Pokémon Presents presentation got announced, and that means there’s somePokémon Scarlet and Violetnews on the horizon. The news comes directly from theofficial Pokémon Twitter account, which confirms an August 3 stream is on the way. It also states that the new mainline Pokémon games,PokémonScarletandVioletare among the things to be given more info on during the direct, so you won’t want to miss out on this one. Here’s when it’ll air, how to watch it, and what you can expect....

Rematch server status & queue times explained Rematchis a PVP sports game that can only be played in multiplayer, so you’ll need to know the status of the servers and queue times before hopping into a match. Following the success ofRocket League, Rematch is already making a splash among football fans and casuals alike. Wesang its praises in our review, and plenty of players are moving over fromEA SPORTS FCto see what all the fuss is about....

The first thing that comes to mind whenSaints Rowis mentioned is The Penetrator, the floppy purple pleasure device synonymous with the third game in the series. I don’t imagine I’m alone there. It’s a strange legacy for a franchise that reaches back 16 years, but a fitting one. Saints Row has never been about breaking the mold in terms of gameplay — it was a derivative series from the start. What it has always been about is over-the-top action, ridiculous encounters, and a heavy dash of crude humor....

Samsung has a new smartphone camera sensor in the pipeline, one that offers a resolution of 200 megapixels with some fresh tricks in tow. Officially called theISOCELL HP3, this is not Samsung’s first 200MP camera sensor, but it has the smallest pixels that the company has fitted on a sensor to date. The company has already started sending out samples to vendors and aims to begin mass production later this year....

The pop culture event of 2023 is finally here!San Diego Comic-Conhas been the biggest comic convention in the U.S. for decades, and a top destination for movie and TV stars for more than 20 years. This year’s convention is going to be an exception that rule, since many of the actors, actresses, and writers will not be present due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. But don’t think for a moment that this means people won’t show up for Comic-Con....

Samsung tablets are among the best of the best. The current generation, the S9 series, is no exception. TheGalaxy Tab S9 Ultrais incredibly powerful, going above and beyond in may ways. Of course, its price tag reflects that. Fortunately there are ways to save withtablet deals. The Tab S9 Ultra usually costs $1,200. Right now you can get it for $1,050, no strings attached. If you have an eligible device to trade in, however, you can get an additional $800 off....

A senior Amazon engineer has publicly responded to ex-vice president Tim Bray’s criticism of the retail giant, saying the former employee was “simply wrong.” Brad Porter, the vice president and Distinguished Engineer of Robotics at Amazon, wrote aLinkedIn postthis week in response to the former vice president of Amazon Web Services’very public departure from the company. Bray quit Amazon on May 1, calling the company’s firings of employees who organized protests against Amazon warehouse working conditions “chickenshit” and saying the company treats warehouse workers “as fungible units of pick-and-pack potential....

T-Mobile is taking a victory lap today, after a new report by the independent analytics companyOpensignalfound T-Mobile won out in several key 5G categories against its competitors AT&T and Verizon. T-Mobile came in first in acomparative writeupthat measured the three leading cellular companies’ 5G availability, reach, download speed, and upload speed in the United States. Verizon beat T-Mobile out on the 5G video, voice app, and games experiences; AT&T was shut out entirely and went home with a nice shiny “I tried” gold star....

The next image that catches your eye while you’re shopping online may not have been snapped by a human. This week, Square Inc., a payment-processing platform,announced the launch of Square Photo Studio, a service that snaps product photos for small businesses using a robotic photo studio. And this particular robot works for peanuts — a set of three photos costs just $9.95. Square Photo Studiois a $20,000 robot that lives inside a warehouse in Brooklyn,according to the Los Angeles Times....

Summary The Zone of Interest, directed by Jonathan Glazer, is a movie that has stayed with me long after the haunting score and sounds of a man vomiting give way to the eerily clinical noises of modern-day custodians vacuuming the halls of Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.Movies likethe Zone of Interestdon’t come around too often. My recollection ofThe Zone of Interestwas that it almost felt like an underground movie. Podcasters and writers would speak about it in hushed tones of either reverence or disgust....

Want to give dad the gift of 4K thisFather’s Day? You’ll want one of these four4K TVs, all of which are in the sale bin at Best Buy — and with pricing starting at only $300 for a 49-inch and maxing out at $700 for a 75-inch, there’s bound to be something for everyone. 49-inch LG UM6900 4K TV– $300, was $320 The 49-inch LG UM6900 4K TV is a terrific all-rounder that’s stunning for movies, TV shows, and games, featuring a 4K Upscale Engine processor that transforms HD and Full HD content into a higher 4K Ultra HD resolution for even more mouth-watering and crisp details....

Tivo customers who update their DVRs with software coming later this year will have the option to automatically skip some commercials, according to areport from Zatz Not Funny. The auto-skip feature was apparently teased by Tivo Senior Director of Product Innovation David Shoop in a Facebook post. That post was later deleted, but not before a Tivo community member captured andshared it with a wider audience. Zatz Not Funny confirmed the feature will be making an appearance later this year....

Two British firmsannounced an allianceto speed up self-driving taxi service development in London. Executive car serviceAddison Leeand autonomous vehicle software developerOxboticaplan to implement self-driving car services by 2021. “Urban transport will change beyond recognition in the next ten years with the introduction of self-driving services, and we intend to be at the very forefront of this change by acting now,” said Andy Borland, Addison Lee CEO. The executive car service worked with Ford and other companies for a year to study how autonomous vehicles could work within London’s transport infrastructure,Techcrunch reported....