Author: Mark Grantt

I write about tech, gaming, and everything in between for HAYBO. If it's got a screen, an engine, or a controller, I'm probably covering it. You can find me on twitter via @Markgrantts

Why Valve’s Steam Machine Costs $1,049 and Uses a Lottery for Orders

Valve’s Steam Machine is a compact living-room PC roughly the size of a six-inch cube. It runs SteamOS 3 on …

Mark Grantt June 22, 2026 Gaming

What Studio Closures and Layoffs Reveal About Gaming’s 2026 Reset

Since 2022, the video game industry has shed more than 45,000 jobs. In 2026 alone, industry trackers show roughly 3,800 …

Mark Grantt June 22, 2026 Gaming

GTA 6 Pre-Orders Open June 25, But Rockstar Wants a Blank Check

Rockstar finally confirmed pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI open June 25. They also dropped the official cover art, a …

Mark Grantt June 20, 2026 Gaming

What Is Cloud Gaming? A Guide for Gamers

TL;DR: Cloud gaming streams games from remote servers directly to devices, eliminating the need for high-end hardware. It offers affordable, …

Mark Grantt June 17, 2026 Guides

Why SpaceX Is Paying $60 Billion for Cursor and What It Changes for Developers

SpaceX builds rockets, so why would it spend $60 billion on a tool that helps people write software? The answer …

Mark Grantt June 17, 2026 Business Tech

Sony’s $765 Million Bungie Write-Down and the Future of Its Studio Strategy

In May 2026, Sony told investors it had wiped $765 million off the value of Bungie. The number sounds catastrophic, …

Mark Grantt June 15, 2026 Gaming

How U.S. Export Controls Are Reshaping Who Can Use Frontier AI

For years, the U.S. government restricted who could buy advanced NVIDIA chips overseas. Now it’s doing the same for the …

Mark Grantt June 15, 2026 Technology

Indie Game Genres Worth Exploring in 2026

Indie Game Genres Worth Exploring So Far in 2026

TL;DR: In 2026, indie games focusing on cozy, narrative-driven, deckbuilder, experimental, and constraint-based mechanics dominate player interest due to their …

Mark Grantt June 15, 2026 Guides

How Android Quick Share Finally Connects with iPhones and Windows PCs

For years, sending a photo from an Android phone to an iPhone meant compressing it through a messaging app, uploading …

Mark Grantt June 13, 2026 Smartphones

Klipsch Finally Built a Heritage Bookshelf Speaker, Then Forgot to Tell Us What’s Inside

Klipsch has spent decades convincing us that Heritage means floor-standing monoliths. The Heresy, the Cornwall, the La Scala. Big cabinets, …

Mark Grantt June 13, 2026 Electronics

How SpaceX’s Record IPO Turned Elon Musk Into the World’s First Trillionaire

On June 11, 2026, Elon Musk became the first person in history to hold a net worth exceeding one trillion …

Mark Grantt June 12, 2026 Business Tech

How Cheaters Exploit Forza Horizon 6 and What Makes It Different

Forza Horizon 6 landed on May 19, 2026, bringing players to a detailed open-world Japan where cherry blossoms frame mountain …

Mark Grantt June 11, 2026 Guides

What the Fable 30 Min Gameplay Demo Reveal Shows About Albion’s Living World

After years of silence, Playground Games finally let players see how the Fable reboot actually plays. A thirty-minute gameplay demo …

Mark Grantt June 10, 2026 Gaming

How AI Smart Glasses Process What You See Without a Phone Nearby

You don’t need to pull your phone from your pocket for AI glasses to identify a landmark, read a menu …

Mark Grantt June 10, 2026 Smart Glasses

Ocarina of Time: Nintendo Is Betting the Switch 2 on a 28-Year-Old Zelda Game

Nintendo finally pulled the curtain back yesterday, and the internet did exactly what you’d expect. Young Link stepped out of …

Mark Grantt June 10, 2026 Gaming

Claude Fable 5 Is Anthropic’s Strongest Public Model, But You’re Not Getting the Real Thing

Anthropic didn’t just ship a new model. They shipped a warning dressed up as a product launch. Claude Fable 5 …

Mark Grantt June 10, 2026 Technology

What Ending Live Support for Destiny 2 means for its Players and Live-service Games

Today, June 9, 2026, Bungie releases Monument of Triumph, the final major update for Destiny 2. After nearly a decade …

Mark Grantt June 9, 2026 Gaming

Apple Intelligence vs Siri AI: What’s the Difference?

Apple keeps using two names for its artificial intelligence push, and the overlap is deliberately confusing. Apple Intelligence is the …

Mark Grantt June 9, 2026 Apple Inc, Technology Articles

Apple’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI Is Really a War Over …

July 10, 2026

Two years ago, Apple and OpenAI were shaking hands onstage. …
Apple Intelligence vs Siri AI: What’s the Difference?

June 9, 2026

Apple keeps using two names for its artificial intelligence push, …
Apple Rebuilt Siri on Gemini but the Real Test …

June 8, 2026

Yesterday at WWDC 2026, Apple finally pulled the curtain back …
Apple to Open First European Developer Center in Berlin …

June 3, 2026

Developers across Europe have received a significant boost from Apple. …
Apple Boosts Trade-In Values for Older iPhones, iPads, Macs …

May 28, 2026

Smartphone prices have been climbing along with the cost of …