Playdate’s success proves there’s a strong appetite for novelty handhelds

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Playdate, the kinetically powered handheld from manufacturer Panic, has proven to be a massive success. Playdate‘s original production run of 20,000 units has been smashed a year on from its April 2022 launch. To date, the crank-powered handheld has exceeded 53,000 units. It seems like the success of the handheld has somewhat taken its manufacturer … Read more

Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – this is getting painful now

Microsoft is heading further down the path of advertising its own services in Windows 11, with different ads now popping up in the Start menu. To be precise, this is Windows 11 preview build 23435, which was just released to the Dev channel. As Microsoft puts it: “We are continuing the exploration of badging on … Read more