The 2025 Legion Go FamilyLenovo / Jason EvangelhoTheres always an absolute deluge of exciting announcements coming out of CES. As a result, press normally has to focus on the high-level details and move on, while the smaller details either get skipped or touched on later. Now that the major talking points around the Legion Go 2 and Legion Go S are out there, however, I wanted to circle back and highlight a bunch of interesting information that the Lenovo Legion community team just shared.Most of this info comes courtesy of Lenovo Senior Community Manager Ben Green, who hosted a 2 hour live stream yesterday about all things Legion gaming. Green and his colleague Benjamin Myers, Senior Product Manager at Lenovo, fielded questions from chat, which were predominantly about the 2025 Legion Go family.Before we get into it, Ill lead with something that made a positive impression on me. Myers said hes been constantly funneling feedback from all corners of the Legion community to his global counterparts and key decision makers internally. He expressed that many of the new features (such as VRR, OLED on the Legion Go 2, downscaled native resolution of 1920x1200, improved cooling, improved D-pad, and even the introduction of SteamOS) were heavily influenced by community feedback.Below are all the noteworthy details I gleaned from the live stream, which you can watch in its entirety above.Legion Go 2 + Legion Go S: Display and Driver UpdatesNow that the display is native landscape, it doesnt require a specialized driver. Therefore, Lenovo expects driver updates to be streamlined. Features like AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF2), for example, couldnt be issued directly by AMD because the non-native landscape panel required additional work from Lenovos driver team. Greene acknowledged that more frequent driver updates are an extremely high priority, and Lenovo is actively discussing this with AMD.Legion Go 2 Controller Compatibility and UpgradesThe Legion Go 2s improved and more ergonomic controllers will be available to purchase separately. Additionally, the new controllers feature independent USB-C charging at least in the current prototype. Since the rail design which connects them to the handheld remains the same, this means Legion Go 1 and Legion Go 2 controllers are interchangeable. The exciting thing about this? You could effectively upgrade your original Legion Go with the new controllers for a more comfortable experience.Read More: Todays Massive Switch 2 Leak Reveals Dimensions And Screen SizeD-pads on the Legion Go family have switched to pivot D-pads entirely based on user feedback around fighting games. In a nutshell, this means it should be much more reliable to land inputs like QCB (quarter-circle back) and diagonal commands should be more accurate.Like the original Legion Go, the Legion Go S and Legion Go 2 will have both Hall Effect analog sticks and Hall Effect triggers.Legion Go 2 Cooling, Speakers, Performance, Dual-Boot, Speakers, and Release DateIm going to dump the rest into bullet points since theyre mostly bite-sized but still noteworthy takeaways:Performance for Legion Go S models with the Lenovo-exclusive Ryzen Z2 Go processor should sit somewhere between the Steam Deck and the original Legion Go with its Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor.Modifications were made to the Legion Go 2 cooling system. Myers says its an overall better fan and thermal solution.The Legion Go 2 will have a fingerprint reader, likely integrated into the power button.The Legion Go 2 will have bigger speakers, and the team is actively trying to enhance the overall audio experience. (Lackluster audio was my biggest gripe about the original Legion Go, so this is welcome news.)When asked if users can dual-boot Windows 11 and SteamOS: Most likely, we will never be able to ship a dual-boot [Legion Go] from the factory, but there will be the possibility to load both and set up dual boot.This doesnt come from the live stream, but it warrants mentioning: when asked about more specific release timing for the Legion Go 2, a Lenovo representative on the show floor at CES said we are aiming for [the] second half of 2025.Follow me here at Forbes for all the latest Legion Go 2, Steam Deck, and handheld gaming news and reviews. Happy gaming!

Rumor mill: Multiple sources suggest that a reveal or reviews for the mid-range Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT GPUs could go live in the coming weeks. Additionally, speculation is mounting that AMD may be looking to counter Nvidia's high-end GPU launches by focusing on more competitively priced RDNA 4 offerings. Let's dive into the juiciest rumor from Chiphell: pricing for the RX 9070 XT. According to a post on the forum, AMD might price the reference 9070 XT at $479, with custom third-party models starting around $549. If true, that's a compelling price point for what's expected to be a solid 1440p GPU.Of course, pricing rumors should always be taken with a grain of salt until official confirmation arrives. However, this rumor aligns somewhat with AMD executive Frank Azor's recent (albeit vague) comments in a Spanish interview. Azor hinted that RDNA 4 pricing would range between $300 for budget models and over $1,000 for high-end offerings, steering clear of either extreme.The RDNA 4 series was officially announced at CES 2025 earlier this week. While AMD shared little beyond the new numbering scheme intended to simplify comparisons with competing Nvidia GPUs --it has already generated significant buzz.Beyond pricing, another rumor gaining traction again from Chiphell suggests that AMD has set January 22 as either the review embargo lift date or the official unveiling of the RX 9070 specs. While the rumor specifically mentions the 9070, it's reasonable to assume that both the 9070 and 9070 XT will be part of the reveal.Adding more fuel to the speculation is an Instagram tease from XFX, which used the hashtag #Navi48 the GPU codename for the RX 9070 and hinted at a potential January 24 announcement. // Related StoriesThe conflicting information makes it hard to pin down the exact timeline, but late January seems increasingly likely as the moment we'll get our first proper look at these mid-range RDNA 4 GPUs.As for why AMD may have chosen this timing, the title of Frank Azor's recent interview, as reported by VideoCardz, hinted that AMD is waiting for Nvidia to announce pricing for their own next-gen GPUs. This suggests AMD might price the RX 9070 series in direct reaction to Nvidia's offerings though, of course, this remains in the realm of speculation.

Why it matters: The warnings have proved sadly accurate: 2024 was the hottest year on record, marking the first time that average temperatures exceeded the key target of 1.5C above pre-industrial times. It's a cause for concern, especially as 2023 was also a record hot year. Data from the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) shows that the average temperature in 2024 was 1.6C higher than in the pre-industrial period of 1850-1900, before humans started burning fossil fuels on large scales. That marks an increase of 0.1C from 2023.The 2015 Paris Agreement, to which most countries have committed, aims to stop average global temperatures from exceeding 1.5C. While this is the first year above that temperature, it does not breach the Agreement's target, which is measured over a decade or two. However, the C3S said each year in the last decade is one of the ten warmest on record, and the situation looks to be worsening. At this rate, the world could be 2.7C warmer than pre-industrial levels by the end of the century.More depressing data from C3S included confirmation that July 22, 2024, was the hottest day in recorded history. It also showed that a record 44% of the planet was affected by strong to extreme heat stress on July 10."There's now an extremely high likelihood that we will overshoot the long-term average of 1.5C in the Paris agreement limit," Dr Samantha Burgess, deputy director at C3S, said. "These high global temperatures, coupled with record global atmospheric water vapour levels in 2024, meant unprecedented heatwaves and heavy rainfall events, causing misery for millions of people."C3S director Carlo Buontempo said the warmer temperatures were leading to more extreme climate events, including heatwaves, storms, floods, droughts, and wildfires.Scientists say rapid swings between dry and wet conditions in Los Angeles in recent years, boosted by climate change, has created a huge amount of tinder-dry vegetation that is fuelling the wildfires in the region, where ten people have been killed and hundreds of homes destroyed. // Related StoriesAs reported by Climate Home News, researchers collaborating with the World Weather Attribution (WWA) and Climate Central projects said last month that climate change had intensified 26 of the 29 extreme weather events they studied during 2024."The world doesn't need to come up with a magical solution to stop things from getting worse in 2025," said Dr Friederike Otto, at Imperial College London. "We know exactly what we need to do to transition away from fossil fuels, halt deforestation and make societies more resilient."A more recent addition to global carbon emissions is the rise of data centers, which have seen their numbers increase due to the huge demand for cloud services, generative AI, and data storage. They contribute to 1-2% of global carbon emissions, putting them on par with the aviation industry. While companies are looking at other ways of powering and building these facilities, carbon emissions in 2024 are still expected to have set a new record high.

Apple Arcade just got its first update of 2025. The subscription service added seven new games to its roster, including three originals and four updated versions of classic games like Final Fantasy and Trials of Mana.At the tail end of last year, Apple Arcade revealed a handful of games set to come to its ad-free mobile game service but stopped short of giving them a release date. Today, subscribers can download those seven titles on the iOS device of their choice.Recommended VideosThe batch is headlined by Skate City: New York, the latest game by acclaimed mobile developer Snowman. The skateboarding game is a sequel to Apple Arcades launch title Skate City, an early standout on the platform. Another big addition is Three Kingdoms Heroes, the latest game from Koei Tecmo. The turn-based tactics game essentially looks like a microtransaction-free version of Fire Emblem Heroes but for the Romance of the Three Kingdom series. Its well-timed, too, as Koei Tecmo is set to release another Three Kingdoms game, Dynasty Warriors: Origins, later this month.Please enable Javascript to view this contentApple Vision Pro owners are even getting something with the update. Gears & Goo, a tower defense game built for Apples headset, launches today. Digital Trends demoed it last year and found a simple but satisfyingly tactile strategy game that made good use of the headsets eye-tracking and gesture controls.Those new releases are rounded out by four existing mobile games joining the service. The original Final Fantasy and Visions of Mana are the standouts there, with both receiving + versions. Subscribers can also download Rodeo Stampede+ and Its Literally Just Mowing+ today.

The Los Angeles area has been hit by devastating fires, destroying thousands of structures and forcing swathes of people to evacuate. Reports suggest multiple deaths and no immediate respite from the hazard.In the midst of chaos, many have turned to an app to keep an eye on the situation as it unfolds and receive emergency alerts. The app in question is Watch Duty, which aggregates details from government agencies, news briefings, and camera feeds capturing the damage by fire.Recommended VideosUsers can also sign up to get the latest notifications, though some users have suggested on public forums that one should turn them off as they can get a tad overwhelming during emergencies.Reddit / Digital TrendsThe app, which is available for Android and iOS platforms, also has a web dashboard that users can access to stay vigilant and keep track of the situation. The app pools together information from officials as well as volunteers, but to keep things in order, it labels them as such.Please enable Javascript to view this contentWatching the play by play on the Watch Duty app with all these fires going on around me. Thank you so much to all the Firefighters battling these fire since yesterday ! #PalasadesFire #EatonFire pic.twitter.com/rMkkzPtOv0 N I K (@RemixNik) January 8, 2025In the app, you get photo and video updates alongside details such as warning zones, evacuation orders, and shelter locations. At the moment, the app is available in 22 states, including the disaster-hit California.Social media platforms such as Reddit, X, Facebook, and Instagram have amassed a healthy number of posts from residents and well-wishers asking their acquaintances to download the Watch Duty app.Reddit / Digital TrendsAs a result, the app has skyrocketed in popularity and climbed to the top of the App Store download charts, reports TechCrunch.Notably, Watch Duty is run by a non-profit and operates on a very tight budget. It is run by the Santa Rosa-based nonprofit Sherwood Forestry Service.Monitoring our LA home from across the country using Watch Duty.So far it's safe, but the Sunset fire introduced a wave of anxiety.This is heartbreaking for so many. pic.twitter.com/l79tDxm9mW Ryan Hoover (@rrhoover) January 9, 2025The app is a brainchild of John Mills, who started it soon after moving into a wildfire-prone area and was inspired by his own experiences of struggling to find reliable and up-to-date information for such emergency scenarios.It started with me convincing them I was not a Silicon Valley tech bro. I was not here to make money on disaster, and I lived here too, Mills was quoted as saying by The Los Angeles Times.Reddit / Digital TrendsAccording to The Washington Post, the app has already clocked over 4 million downloads. The app is free to use, though there is also a subscription tier that offers additional information, such as flight tracking and firefighting details.Interestingly, Watch Duty only has over a dozen employees but commands a pool of over 200 volunteers, which counts dispatchers and firefighters among them, both active-duty and retired.Thank god for Watch Duty and social media because sending out a mass evacuation alert even to safe areas is peak incompetence The King of Burbank (@akingofburbank) January 10, 2025Users can submit their own photos documenting the situation and keep an eye on the hazard perimeter, which is sourced from satellite imagery and official sources. You can access the web version of Watch Duty now.Editors Recommendations

Theres new information about this years iPhone 17 smartphone lineup, all concerning the cameras found on the phones. Depending on opinions, the news could be viewed as a mix of good and bad.Firstly, leaker Digital Chat Stationconfirmed an earlier report by Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo that said the company plans to make significant camera upgrades on the 2025 iPhone lineup.Recommended VideosAll iPhone 17 models are expected to have a front-facing selfie camera with a 24MP/6P lens, an upgrade from the 12MP/5P lens found in the current iPhone 16 models. This upgrade is anticipated to improve image quality and minimize camera distortions.Please enable Javascript to view this contentAdditionally, the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are set to have upgraded telephoto lenses, jumping from 12MP to 48MP. This change would mean all three rear-facing cameras on the next-generation iPhone Pro models will feature 48MP lenses.Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Andy Boxall / Digital TrendsKuos previous report suggested that only the iPhone 17 Pro Max would receive the telephoto lens update, not the smaller iPhone 17 Pro. Another leaker later confirmed this.Meanwhile, the same leaker says this years iPhone 17 Pro models will have a smaller primary camera sensor when compared to the Fusion camera found on the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max.The sensor on the 48MP primary camera on those models could drop from 1/1.28 inch to 1/1.3 inch.MacRumors correctly points out that the fractions mentioned refer to the sensors type rather than its physical dimensions. As a result, a 1/1.3-inch sensor is smaller than a 1/1.28-inch sensor.This difference is not expected to have a significant impact on photo quality. However, it could support rumors that Apple plansto redesign the camera bump for the iPhone 17 Pro models. This year, the bump may be rectangular and made of aluminum instead of glass. It is still too early to assess whether this change will be advantageous or not. It should be noted that another report says there will be no changesmade to the camera bump on the iPhone 17 Pro models.Like recent lineups, the iPhone 17 series should include a regular model and two iPhone Pro models. For the first time, we could also see an iPhone Air model that will replace the iPhone Plus. This model is expected to be the thinnest iPhone to date and feature significant design changescompared to the rest of the series.Editors Recommendations

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I'm not saying it was aliens A glowing ring of metal fell to Earth, and no one has any idea what it is The large ring weighs nearly half a ton and does not match a returning rocket. Eric Berger Jan 10, 2025 11:05 am | 29 A view of the metal ring, nearly 8 feet wide, that fell from the sky into Mukuku village on Dec. 30 in eastern Makueni County, Kenya. Credit: Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images A view of the metal ring, nearly 8 feet wide, that fell from the sky into Mukuku village on Dec. 30 in eastern Makueni County, Kenya. Credit: Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images Story textSizeSmallStandardLargeWidth *StandardWideLinksStandardOrange* Subscribers only Learn moreIt has been more than a week since reports first emerged about a "glowing ring of metal" that fell from the sky and crashed near a remote village in Kenya.According to the Kenya Space Agency, the object weighed 1,100 pounds (500 kg) and had a diameter of more than 8 feet (2.4 meters) when measured after it landed on December 30. A couple of days later, the space agency confidently reported that the object was a piece of space debris, saying it was a ring that separated from a rocket. "Such objects are usually designed to burn up as they re-enter the Earths atmosphere or to fall over unoccupied areas, such as the oceans," the space agency told The New York Times.Since those initial reports were published in Western media, a small band of dedicated space trackers have been using open source data to try to identify precisely which space object fell into Kenya. So far, they have not been able to identify the rocket launch to which the large ring can be attributed.Now, some space trackers believe the object may not have come from space at all.Did it really come from space?Space is increasingly crowded, but large chunks of metal from rockets are generally not flying around in Earth orbit undetected and untracked."It was suggested that the ring is space debris, but the evidence is marginal," wrote Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist working at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. McDowell is highly regarded for his analysis of space objects. "The most likely space-related possibility is the reentry of the SYLDA adapter from the Ariane V184 flight, object 33155. Nevertheless, I am not fully convinced that the ring is space debris at all," he wrote.Another prominent space tracker, Marco Langbroek, believes it's plausible that the ring came from space, so he investigated further into objects that may have returned around the time of the object's discovery in Kenya. In a blog post written Wednesday he noted that apart from the metal ring, other fragments looking consistent with space debrisincluding material that looks like carbon wrap and isolation foilwere found several kilometers away from the ring.Like McDowell, Langbroek concluded that the most likely source for the object was an Ariane V launch that took place back in July 2008, in which the European rocket lofted two satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbit.The Ariane V rocket was a rather unique rocket in that it was designed with the capacity to launch two medium-sized satellites into geostationary transfer orbit, a destination much more popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s than it is today. To accommodate both satellites, a SYstme de Lancement Double Ariane, or SYLDA, shell was placed over the lower satellite to support the mounting of a second satellite on top of it. During the launch in 2008, this SYLDA shell was ejected into a 1.6-degree inclined geosynchronous transfer orbit, Langbroek said.Could it have come from a European rocket?Over the years, this object has been tracked by the US military, which maintains a database of space objects so that active spacecraft can avoid collisions. Due to a lack of tracking stations near the equator, this object is only periodically observed. According to Langbroek, its last observation took place on December 23, when it was in a highly elliptical orbit, reaching a perigee of just 90 miles (146 km) from the Earth. This was a week before an object crashed into Kenya.Based on his modeling of the possible reentry of the SYLDA shell, Langbroek believes it's possible that the European object could have landed in Kenya around the time its entry was observed.However, an anonymous Twitter account using the handle DutchSpace, which despite the anonymity has provided reliable information about Ariane launch vehicles in the past, posted a thread that indicates this ring could not have been part of the SYLDA shell. With images and documentation, it seems clear that neither the diameter nor mass of the SYLDA component matches the ring found in Kenya.Additionally, Arianespace officials told Le Parisien newspaper on Thursday that they do not believe the space debris was associated with the Ariane V rocket. Essentially, if the ring does not fit, you must acquit.So what was it?Eric BergerSenior Space EditorEric BergerSenior Space Editor Eric Berger is the senior space editor at Ars Technica, covering everything from astronomy to private space to NASA policy, and author of two books: Liftoff, about the rise of SpaceX; and Reentry, on the development of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon. A certified meteorologist, Eric lives in Houston. 29 Comments