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Vergecast: Amazon’s fall hardware event, Google’s Search On event, and Code Conference 2021

The Verge

Nilay, Dieter, and Verge managing editor Alex Cranz start the show with coverage of all the devices announced at Amazon’s fall hardware event. Say hello to Astro — Alexa on wheels — along with a video chat gadget for kids , an Echo Show to hang on your wall , new wearable devices , and a whole lot more.

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Nintendo says its next ‘gaming system’ will release in the year 20XX

The Verge

The company plans to “continue to expand its business around the core concept of creating unique integrated hardware-software products,” which I’m taking to mean that the company will (brace yourself) make more video games and video game hardware in the future. So sometime between now and 2099, I guess.) Image: Nintendo.

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Despite Xbox shortages, Microsoft reports $3.6B in Q3 gaming revenue, 232% growth in hardware sales

GeekWire

Microsoft also reported a 232% increase in overall gaming hardware revenue, which it attributes to continued high demand for the Xbox Series X|S. Microsoft does not include specific hardware revenue numbers in its earnings, and has not revealed sales data for its Xbox Series X|S consoles. Last month it completed a $7.5

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Vergecast: Amazon announces a new fleet of hardware

The Verge

Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Dan Seifert discuss all the important announcements from Amazon’s fall hardware event this week — a security drone for your home, a spherical Echo , a cloud gaming service , a location-tracking mesh network , new Eero routers , and a whole lot more. Amazon’s fall hardware event: the 13 biggest announcements.

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Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites ace orbital tests — including video streaming and online sale

GeekWire

Amazon Photo) Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network streamed its first video and facilitated its first online sale during a monthlong series of orbital tests that the company says achieved a “100% success rate.” for a two-way satellite video call on the Amazon Chime videoconferencing platform.

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Researchers find 87% of U.S. classic video games are out of print and ‘critically endangered’

GeekWire

(Sega Image) A new study found that the vast majority of video games with a physical release in the U.S. In the study, Salvador’s VGHF research team set to find out how many “classic” video games that received an official release in the U.S. Kelsey Lewin, co-director of the Video Game History Foundation.

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Intellivision shows off Amico’s hardware design, with a Qualcomm processor

Venture Beast

Intellivision showed off the hardware design of its Amico retro game console, complete with a new Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Read More.

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