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Gizmodo
4 hours ago
- Business
- Gizmodo
This 42,800mAh Solar Power Bank at a Near-Free Price, Listed Among Amazon Best-Selling Portable Chargers
Power banks rose in popularity massively alongside the mighty Pokémon Go. We're pretty sure there are other reasons that might have affected the popularity of these devices, but there's no denying the fact that catching all of those little monsters had an impact on the whole thing. Since then, a lot of companies have been getting in on the action, and it means there are some really good power banks available now. See at Amazon A great example of this is this Sudrov solar charger power bank, because not only can it keep your phone topped up, but it can charge by the might of the very sun itself. That means it's easier to keep things powered up for longer. It's also currently down from its usual price of $60 to just $36, which is an excellent discount (-40%). Act fast though, it probably won't last long. This power bank can charge a fair bit more than just phones, to be fair. It has a massive 42,800mAh capacity, which means that at full charge, it can comfortably charge multiple phones from 0% to 100% without any issues. It has four different ports as well, all of which allow you to charge different devices. It just makes it more flexible, and when you're investing in something like this, versatility is key. Along with being very good at charging things, the biggest draw is the solar charging itself. It just means that you can leave it hooked up to a big or on a rock somehere and it'll slowly gain more power as you're out and about. Of course, you can also charge it using a USB-A or USB-C cable if you've got one hanging around and a good power source for it. It even has dual LED flashlights. That doesn't sound relevant, but it means that if you take this on a camping trip or on a long hike, you're a little bit more prepared if darkness falls or if you enter somewhere darker. It's a useful bit of utility that helps this power bank stand above a lot of its competitors. That's an awful lot going on for any one power bank, and it makes the normal price of $60 more understandable. Not that you'll be paying that much though, because the 40% discount makes it even more affordable at just $36. That's one heck of a deal, so don't miss out on it. See at Amazon
LeMonde
a day ago
- Entertainment
- LeMonde
When a giant Pikachu drops into a French formal garden at a 'Pokémon Go Fest'
The yellow and black pointed ears of a Pikachu cap poked out from behind a cone-shaped tree; a floppy hat shaped like the Magikarp fish seemed ready to dive into a bubbling fountain; a man in a three-piece suit in Pokémon colors strolled along the geometric flowerbeds of a classic French garden. The arrival of thousands of Pokémon Go fans at Parc de Sceaux on Friday, June 13, recalled the excitement of July 2016, when Niantic released the title and players roamed city parks and gardens searching for Pokémon to capture on their smartphones. The game's community has remained active, as demonstrated by the hosting of a Pokémon Go Fest – an outdoor event dedicated to the augmented reality game – on the grounds of a château south of Paris, as well as on the streets of the French capital. Nearly 60,000 visitors were expected between June 13 and 15, according to Niantic. Registration, priced at around €20, allowed attendees to encounter rare Pokémon and the debut of Volcanion, a new addition to the game.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Google, OpenAI, Spotify and other platforms experience outage, affecting tens of thousands of users
This is a CBS Report. Amazon Web Services, Google, OpenAI and Spotify were down on Thursday after a widespread technology outage. A large number of platforms appear to have been impacted, with tens of thousands of users reporting issues on a website that tracks outages. Reports started to escalate around 2 p.m. EST and peaked around 2:30 p.m. before tapering off for most platforms. In a statement on its website Thursday afternoon, Cloudflare, which provides services to several major companies impacted by the outage, said that a number of its services were suffering intermittent failures and that it was investigating the matter. By 3:12 p.m, the global cloud company said services were starting to recover. 'We still expect to see intermittent errors across the impacted services as systems handle retried and caches are filled,' it stated in an update. The source of the outage is Google Cloud, according to a spokesperson for the company. 'A limited number of services at Cloudflare use Google Cloud and were impacted,' the spokesperson told CBS News. 'We expect them to come back shortly. The core Cloudflare services were not impacted.' Google Cloud started reporting issues with its Google Cloud Platform products on Thursday at 2:46 p.m. The company had more than 13,000 reports of disruptions on By 3:30 p.m., the company said most of it services had been recovered, adding later that it would soon be fully operational. 'We expect the recovery to complete in less than an hour,' Google Cloud stated in an update at 5:23 p.m. 'We are currently investigating a service disruption to some Google Cloud services,' a spokesperson for Google Cloud told CBS News. 'Please view our public status dashboard for the latest updates,' they added. 'We do not have an ETA for full-service recovery,' the most recent update on the site states. Spotify had the most outages, with 46,000 users reporting issues as of 3 p.m. on Thursday. In a community update, a Spotify moderator said people were experiencing issues with login, playback and the Support site. The company declined to comment. Certain platforms appeared to be back up and running by late afternoon on Thursday, including Spotify and OpenAI. 'All impacted services have been recovered,' OpenAI stated in an update at 4:26 p.m. Other companies, such as Ecobee, said they were continuing to monitor the situation. Platforms impacted by the technology outage on Thursday include: Discord Google Meet Snapchat Spotify Google Gmail Google Cloud Google Nest DoorDash Character AI YouTube Box Etsy Pokémon Trading Card Game Pokémon Go Cloudflare Mailchimp UPS FuboTV Amazon Web Services Rocket League Verizon Vimeo Shopify HighLevel Paramount+ (CBS News and Paramount+ are owned by Paramount Global) Claude D&D Beyond T-Mobile Clover Phasmophobia Ecobee HighLevel Dragon Ball Procore NPM Dialpad Dave OpenAI Microsoft Azure Microsoft 365 DeviantArt Fitbit Marvel Contest of Champions Cursor Wix Zoom Google Gemini Spectrum Roblox AT&T reCAPTCHA Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
12-06-2025
- Business
- The Hill
Google, Spotify, more experience outages amid apparent widespread issue
(NEXSTAR) — Numerous websites and online services, including Google services, Spotify, DoorDash, and more, are reportedly encountering outages Thursday afternoon amid what appears to be a widespread outage. Outage tracker Downdetector shows dozens of sites and services are seeing increased rates of user-reported issues, with reports starting to spike shortly after 2 p.m. ET. More than 40,000 such reports were filed for Spotify, for example. There, users said they were unable to load or use the app. For Discord, more than 12,000 users reported issues sending messages or establishing a server connection. Other sites, apps, and services with reported problems included Snapchat, Pokémon Go, Etsy, Fubo, and Mailchimp. Thousands of users have reported troubles accessing or using Google resources like its website, Cloud, Meet, Nest, Drive, and Gmail. The company's Workspace and Search status dashboards show no incidents as of Thursday afternoon, however. The Google Cloud status site shows that worldwide incidents have been reported. That includes the Google Cloud Console, Dataproc, and Storage. A notice posted on the status site around 3 p.m. ET reported that 'multiple [Cloud] products are experiencing impact due to Identity and Access Management Service Issue.' After reporting that its engineering team was investigating the issue, a notice on the status site said the root cause had been identified and 'appropriate mitigations' had been applied. At around 3:40 p.m. ET, Google said that ' the underlying dependency is recovered' in nearly all regions, it was 'are aware that customers are still experiencing varying degrees of impact on individual Google Cloud products.' The message continued, saying all 'respective engineering teams are actively engaged and working on service recovery.' An estimated time of full recovery was not immediately available. Google Cloud offers computing services to companies, essentially hosting their apps, data, and more. One company listed as a Google Cloud client, Shopify, has also seen a spike in outage reports. Downdetector says more than 800 issue reports have been filed, especially with the company's website. Meanwhile, Spotify users who have reported issues accessing the streaming service have been instructed by the company's support account on X to try a different browser, with one post specifically asking if the user was experiencing a problem 'only with [Google] Chrome.' In response to posts remarking on issues with its services, however, Google has responded and said that 'there aren't any known service disruptions' before asking the users to 'try clearing cache & cookies.' Cloudflare, which also supports online services, saw a spike in outage reports as well. A notice on the company's site said its Workers KV service went offline 'due to an outage of a 3rd party service that is a key dependency.' The notice says services are starting to recover and engineers are continuing to work to resolve the issue. Amazon Web Services was also encountering problems. As of 3 p.m. ET, nearly 6,000 issue reports had been made regarding AWS on Downdetector. The company has not, however, reported any issues on its status dashboard. Outage reports on Downdetector for the impacted sites and services started to decline shortly after 3 p.m. ET.
The Verge
30-05-2025
- Business
- The Verge
Nintendo's Switch era took Pokémon collecting to the next level
Though the first Nintendo Switch era of Pokémon games was undeniably rocky at times, it brought the series' trading and organization systems into a new level of maturity. It wasn't always easy to complete Pokédexes in remakes like Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and new entries like Sword and Shield. But those games helped The Pokémon Company create a more seamless way to move your monsters from one title to another, or swap them with friends. And with the Pokémon franchise about to make its big debut on the Switch 2 with the cross-generation game Pokémon Legends: Z-A, it feels like The Pokémon Company is getting ready to take the trading system to the next level. In the Pokémon games, filling up your Pokédex has always been an exercise in patience, planning, and understanding that Nintendo and The Pokémon Company want you trading with other players rather than trying to catch 'em all on your own. The games' trading mechanics evolved as the series jumped from the Game Boy to new hardware. By Generation IV (the DS games), players could swap monsters remotely over the internet without needing to use wired link cables. And after years of many legendary and mythical pokémon only being obtainable through in-person events, The Pokémon Company and Game Freak used Pokémon 's Generation V to introduce a serial code redemption system that made snagging super-rare monsters infinitely easier. Bringing pokémon you first caught on older titles like the GBA's Pokémon Emerald up to more modern ones like the 3DS's Ultra Sun was still a very tedious process. But with each generation of games, The Pokémon Company was clearly building out a digital system that allowed players to experience their Pokémon adventures as one massive, continuous journey. That project continued in the Switch era with 2018's Let's Go games, 3D remakes of Pokémon Yellow that featured new mechanics inspired by Pokémon Go. It was wild to see Nintendo using a console title to capitalize on the success of a mobile application. But the way the Let's Go games connected with Pokémon Go and the Pokémon Home cloud storage service spoke volumes about Nintendo and The Pokémon Company's vision for the franchise's future. Like the 3DS's Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter companion applications, Pokémon Home gave players an online space to stash their 'mons and a way to move them between games. Home's ability to connect with Bank made it useful for longtime fans looking to keep their favorite monsters with them. But the application was also clearly meant to help newer players — people drawn to the franchise by games like Scarlet / Violet and Legends: Arceus — start building collections that would keep them invested (both emotionally and financially) in the series. By requiring subscriptions, Pokémon Home and the Switch Pokémon games' online features helped Nintendo come into its own as a services company. Since Nintendo Switch Online's launch in 2018, Nintendo has sweetened the deal by gradually adding more of its classic games to the service, along with other features, like a streaming music app. It's been a little frustrating to watch the company choose not to put most of its older pre-DS Pokémon games online. But much like Nintendo and The Pokémon Company's tradition of making it impossible to complete the Pokédex without having access to both versions (e.g., Red / Blue) of the same game, this has felt like a calculated movie on the company's part to keep players thinking about spending more money. Especially with Pokémon Go and the various Switch remakes in the mix, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company built out an ecosystem of modern games that give players a way to catch virtually every single one of the franchise's creatures. And while none of the past Switch games have been focused on cataloging all the pokémon, that feels like something that could change as Pokémon moves to the Switch 2. Like Arceus before it, Legends: Z-A (a Switch game that's also getting a Switch 2 edition) will likely feature a limited selection of 'mons in order to put more focus on new gameplay mechanics and a fresh story. But as the Switch 2 becomes Nintendo's flagship platform, we could and arguably should see the Pokémon series evolve in some surprising ways. Legends: Z-A looks like a significant upgrade from Scarlet / Violet, but the franchise's potential to change more radically feels like something Nintendo has to be thinking about as it prepares for the next generation of mainline (rather than spinoff) games developed specifically for the Switch 2. Something as simple as bringing the classic games to NSO with Pokémon Home compatibility would make buying into the larger ecosystem with its various subscriptions a much more interesting prospect. It would be a huge win for Pokéfans still hanging out on the original Switch, and it would make upgrading to the Switch 2 feel even more like following the franchise into the future.
