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Pros & Cons Exhilarating naval combat Expressive and fun on-foot combat Improved stealth mechanics Gorgeous visuals Outstanding music Those looking for Assassins vs Templars storytelling should look elsewhere Everyone and their grandmother has played and loved the original Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, yet somehow the game passed me entirely by. It just happened to release right around the time when I was really drowning in my university courseload, and my mental health was at an all time low.

The following is an opinion piece by TM Roh, CEO, President, Samsung Electronics: History repeats a pattern. The breakthroughs that change everything are rarely the most powerful inventions. They are the moments those inventions reach into daily life. Electricity changed society not with power plants, but when a switch appeared in homes. The internet became ours through the browser. The phone became powerful through the ecosystem of apps that grew on top of it. AI will be no different.

Choosing a printer may sound easy. But once you dive into printer features, it gets daunting. Do you need a basic model just for printing, or one for scanning and copying, too? What about faxes? How do you choose between inkjets and lasers? What’s the real difference between a $100 and a $500 model? Don't fret: This guide will help. As PCMag's resident printer expert, I've been evaluating home and office printers for nearly four decades.

(Credit: Ajay Kumar) Remember when streaming used to be a much more affordable alternative to cable? Now it seems every month another major streaming service announces new price hikes, password-sharing crackdowns, or quietly removes one of your favorite TV shows. In an increasingly digital-only landscape, how do you make sure you don't lose your favorite media due to licensing issues?

(Credit: Valve) Valve has released the drivers and files needed to get Windows running on a Steam Machine. You can't dual-boot it, but if you have the hardware and want to see how it works with Microsoft's OS, there's nothing stopping you, VideoCardz reports. A major selling point of this mini gaming PC is its Linux-based SteamOS. It's the same one you get on the Steam Deck, so it's built with a focus on gaming and accessibility.

(Credit: Kepler Interactive) At this year's Summer Game Fest, I got my hands on 10 upcoming Switch 2 titles. I wrote about my favorites, including Rayman Legends Retold and Turok: Origins, but I wasn't able to share my impressions about one of the most exciting Switch 2 exclusives I played—until now. Orbitals ($39.99 digital, $49.99 physical) is an upcoming cooperative adventure reminiscent of the critically acclaimed It Takes Two, but with an eye-catching, 1980s-style anime aesthetic.

(Credit: iRobot) Just over a year after its last lineup refresh, iRobot is rolling out another new batch of robot vacuums. This time, alongside those five new bots, the company is debuting its first non-automated cleaner, the Roomba Electro Plus, a cordless model that vacuums, mops, and disinfects simultaneously. As a company, iRobot has certainly had an eventful year. In fall 2025, it warned investors of a revenue shortfall before filing for bankruptcy in the winter.

(Credit: Jeffrey Hazelwood/PCMag) The latest iOS 27 code has all but confirmed that a foldable iPhone is in the works at Apple. The product’s launch date and availability, however, still remain uncertain. According to analyst Ming Chi-Kuo, Apple plans to make only a limited number of units available at launch. He suggests the foldable could be announced alongside the iPhone 18 Pro models in September, but preorders and sales would begin later on.

Pros & Cons Eye-catching retro-futuristic design Excellent value High-quality display Nearly 17 hours of battery life Middling performance scores Sluggish wireless speeds on US networks Only three years of OS upgrades Nothing Phone (4b) Specs Battery Life (As Tested) 16 hours and 49 minutes Camera Resolution (Rear; Front-Facing) 50MP, 8MP; 16MP CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 Dimensions 6.47 by 3.08 by 0.34 inches Operating System Android 16 Screen Resolution 2,344 by 1080 pixels Screen Size...

Peak download speed is becoming a poor way to judge 5G performance as AI moves onto mobile networks, according to Ookla. The company says the networks that top traditional speed charts are not always the ones best suited to AI apps, which depend more on upload capacity, latency under load and the route to the cloud. In a report based on 2025 Speedtest Intelligence data from 22 markets and 86 operators, Ookla argues that AI traffic changes the old mobile-network playbook.