One of the reasons electronics are so cheap in America is its robust trade relationship with China. During the campaign, Trump said hed impose a baseline 60% tariff on Chinese exports. If he does that, the price of all the stuff gamers love is going to go up. U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Xi Jinping, China’s president, greet attendees waving American and Chinese national flags during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Nov....

His former employer, WKYC-TV Studios in Cleveland, confirmed that Edwards died of an unknown illness. AOL was an internet pioneer back in the 90s, bringing many people online for the first time. It introduced the public to new forms of communication, like instant messaging and chat rooms. Elwood Edwards, voice of AOL’s “You’ve Got Mail,” has died at 74.NBC / Getty The companies hoped that merging AOLs internet infrastructure with Time Warners content would create an unstoppable powerhouse....

Key among its highlight reel of letdowns include unceremoniously canceling daring animated showScavengers Reignand scrapping the completedBatgirlfilm fortax write-offs. As IGN notes, Warner Bros. Likewise, its theatrical revenue is down 40% year-over-year. © Warner Bros. IGN also reports that Warner Bros. Discovery is substantially underperforming in gaming as well. In short, things arent looking too hot for the company. Inio9s review,we wrote Joker: Folie a Deuxis less about Arthur than its a stand-in for him....

Warner Bros. Discoverys Max platform is planning a password-sharing crackdown likeNetflixandDisney+. Oh, in case youre wondering, Im not the one claiming this is just a veiled price hike. Thats the Warner Bros. execs themselves. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav told investors he was excited to see subscriber numbers increase, but the company was working on adding even more. Part of that plan is to perform an account sharing crackdown.© Photo: Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images...

Tolkiens characters somehow found hope when all seemed rotten in Middle-earth, so maybe we can too. If youre feeling low, Magic Dance has been scientifically proven to provide at least temporary relief. The puppets remain a wondrous, dazzling, and at-times nightmarishly creepy artistic achievement. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Image: Sony (Streaming on Disney+) The Muppet Christmas Carol Too early in the season? (Streaming on Disney+) Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present....

The price tag forArcanes18 episodes comes out to a cool 250 million dollars. Much of this liminality is due to the companys inexperience in navigating the industry. Another interesting wrinkle of the Variety report is thatArcanewas initially billed as a five-season show. © Netflix Those same sources pegArcanes similarly-sized second season cost around $100 million. Our ambitions in entertainment in entertainment havent changed. We were never intending to operate like a traditional studio with traditional timelines....

And its already making us nauseous. And the ass-kissing line started with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. No nation has bigger opportunities. Donald Trump meets with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (right) in the Oval Office of the White House on September 19, 2019.© Trump White House / Facebook Wishing @realDonaldTrump all success in leading and uniting the America we all love. Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory....

Well, election night is over and everything sucks. The crypto industry spent aninsane amount of moneyon political races this year. Their financial contributions dwarfed those of the Kochs. © Clint Spaulding/Penske Media via Getty Images They outspent the tobacco industry. The New York Timesreports thatcrypto-funded political candidates had a swell of victories on Tuesday night. In the Senate, 16 pro-crypto candidates and 12 anti-crypto candidates were elected. There, longtime incumbent progressive Sherrod Brown was defeated by a crypto-funded challenger, Republican candidate Bernie Moreno....

ET Wednesday, according to Fox News, the first major news outlet to declare Trump the winner. ET, the Associated Press made it official. Let that sink in, Musk tweeted around 12:30 a.m. Donald Trump declares victory over Kamala Harris during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 6, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida.© Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images ET early Wednesday, even before the race had been called by Fox News....

No horses, sadly. Or, at leastyet. Check out a first look at all three, boxed and unboxed, below! © Funko War of the Rohirrimhits theaters December 13. Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. © Funko © Funko © Funko © Funko © Funko © Funko

Apple recently realized it could make its watch even smarter by adding sensors to the band and the dial. The patent looks at a stretchable fabric item with an opening to fit around a certain body part. The more interesting thing here is that the band doesnt necessarily point toward being a wristband. Florence Ion / Gizmodo However, the patent is more focused on specifically the wristband and the headband....

Apparently, some people installed the extension before it was taken down, but they couldnt use it. The software required certain access permissions that users couldnt work around. Jarvis is an AI agent that would surf the web for you. Project Jarvis is the current codename thats subject to change at a later date. An advanced version of Gemini AI will power this tool. Jarvis would fulfill tasks such as including gathering research, purchasing a product, or booking a flight....

The first set of PS5 Pro reviews is out, and all our assumptions seem correct. Sony said there will be50 gamesat launch with the Enhanced edition stamped on them. Any games that dont have the enhanced label wont look any different. © Image: Sony Interactive Entertainment An additional 2 GB of slower DDR5 memory is used for non-gaming tasks. The site even claimed PlayStation 4 games like Bloodborne looked better with the PS4 image enhancement option....