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🥽 Apple could work with Sony for a critical Vision Pro upgrade
📱 Google Photos just got its own 2024 year in review
😴 Ozlo Sleepbuds review: the comfiest sleep earbuds yet
📺 Severance season 2 trailer reveals Mark’s new mission

🕹️ Astro Bot wasn’t 2024’s only great platformer — here are 5 others

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Apple has been talking to Sony about bringing support for the PlayStation VR 2’s controllers to Apple’s Vision Pro headset, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who added that Apple has also “discussed the plan with third-party developers, asking them if they’d integrate support into their games.”

Both Apple and Sony were expected to publicly confirm the compatibility weeks ago, but it seems there were some technical snags, and as a result, the announcement has been postponed. As part of the deal — assuming it comes to fruition — Sony is expected to sell the PlayStation VR 2 controller via Apple’s online storefront as well as at brick-and-mortar outlets ...

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Google Photos' new end-of-year feature offers a special recap that you can find at the top of the app’s main page through the featured memories carousel on the iOS and Android Google Photos apps, Digital Trends reported.

The feature includes several categories to highlight different aspects of your year. "Longest streak,” for example, shows your longest consecutive number of days of taking pictures; "Year in smiles" counts the total smiles captured and identifies who you smile with the most, and "Your top faces" reveals the people who appeared most frequently in your photos. And there's more ...

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Earbuds designed specifically to help you sleep better is a fascinating and growing sector, and Digital Trends’ mobile specialist Andy Boxall has tried a number of them over the years. The Ozlo Sleepbuds, which Andy has just reviewed, turned out to be the most comfortable sleep buds he’s ever worn. He also commended the battery, which lasts for several sleeps, the high-quality sleep sounds, and the uncluttered app.

However, the $299 price tag will be prohibitive for many, and the review includes the names of some alternative sleep buds that are also worth a look. The absence of sleep monitoring is also a disappointment, though Ozlo said it’s aiming to launch the feature early next year ...

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Severance fans will recall that season 1 ends with Mark (Adam Scott), Helly (Britt Lower), Dylan (Zach Cherry), and Irving (John Turturro) exposing to the outside world the torment that their "innie" work selves endure at Lumon Industries.

In the new trailer for season 2, which premieres on January 17, Lumon floor supervisor Seth Milchick (Tramell Tillman) tells Mark that this act of rebellion has made him and his co-workers "the face of severance reform." But now Mark has his mind set solely on rescuing Ms. Casey (Dichen Lachman), the wellness counselor he's discovered is his outie's "dead" wife ...

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Astro Bot has deservedly received much praise since its release, but there are a bunch of lesser-known platformers out there that are also worth your time. Digital Trends has taken a close look at five of these titles, which include everything from 30-year-old games that you’ve probably never heard of to top-tier VR adventures.

First up is VEA Games’ Nikoderiko: The Magical World, described as “a love letter to classic platformers like Donkey Kong Country and Crash Bandicoot.” Novadust Entertainment's Europa, meanwhile, is a “gorgeous, open-ended environments sport an art style that’s very clearly inspired by the works of Studio Ghibli.” Read on for the others ...

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