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Apple and Meta have been hit with a combined fine of $800 million by the European Union (EU) antitrust regulators, over violations of the Digital Market Act (DMA). The DMA, which went into effect in 2023, is designed to promote fairness in competition among companies in the digital sector.
After one year of...
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TikTok is the envy of every social media company. Its success has led to heavyweights in the space to borrow heavily from TikTok’s design and features in hopes of stealing away users. Meta’s latest attempt is a video editing app aimed at creators, which will compete directly with TikTok’s CapCut.
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Sony's Playstation 5 Pro is not even a year old, but rumors for the inevitable PlayStation 6 have already begun to swirl. What's perhaps most interesting about this latest rumor, is that it suggests there will be a handheld, portable released alongside the standard console. With the popularity of handheld systems such...
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TSMC's N2 (2nm) chip fab reportedly has a new customer: Intel, who joins the ranks of AMD and Apple tapping the Taiwanese fab goliath's bleeding edge production lines. It's not the first time that Intel and TSMC struck a deal, but it's the first time the contract is for wafers etched with diminutive 2nm...
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Are you still lugging around a backpack full of books whenever you travel? Hey, there's something about the feel (and smell) of a physical book that simply can't be duplicated by a e-reader, but on the flip side, e-readers are a heck of a lot more convenient. And you can save yourself a baggage fee at the airport. If...
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Porsche has just announced the Spirit 70—a limited run 911 (based off of a GTS Cabriolet)—that hearkens to the, you guessed it, 1970s era. The car features retro elements that could make it quite desirable to collectors, such as the stretched 911 decal on the hood and return of Porsche's Pasha checkerboard pattern...
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We reported yesterday on Intel's new Boost profile for its Core Ultra 200S processors. More accurately, it's really the Core Ultra 200K processors, as the applicable chips are the Core Ultra 9 285K, the Core Ultra 7 265K, and the Core Ultra 5 245K, as well as their GPU-less "F" variants. We happen to have a Core Ultra...
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It's starting to feel like there's a new TV lineup being launched each day. That makes it hard to keep up with fast-expanding field of options, but it's also a good thing, in that the rapid release schedule by so many players leads to fierce pricing competition. Enter Hisense and its new U8 series available in a range...
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A popular tech leaker just dropped a video of a dummy Apple iPhone 17 Air being handled and admired by people at a phone store. The highly-anticipated Air is seen placed side-by-side with an iPhone 16 Pro, showing off its skinny lines. Note that the phone isn't operational, but is a full metal demo unit that's...
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Whatever preparations Nintendo made to bolster the number of Switch 2 consoles that will be available at launch, it's not enough to meet demand. In a post on X from the official Nintendo account, company president Shuntaro Furukawa issued a lengthy apology for an expected shortfall of available units to satiate all of...
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The seemingly sudden (but not really all that sudden) rise of AI has led to an industry-wide refresh of hardware and software solutions to ride the lucrative wave. We've seen new chips from the likes of AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA with dedicated neural processing units (NPUs), clever software tools, and upgraded desktop...
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Google is rolling out a new Ultra HDR feature in the Google Photos app, that gives users the ability to convert standard images to Ultra HDR with just a few clicks. While Google did not officially announce this feature, server-side rollouts to some users confirm that it exists.
The Ultra HDR format enhances brightness, contrast, and color.
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It seems as if Nintendo is aggressively going after its enemies these days. In the last few months, the company has gone after developers of popular Switch emulators and launched legal proceedings against the studio behind the smash hit Palworld. Now the company has set its sights on finding the party responsible for...
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MSI Claw 8 AI+ Windows Gaming Handheld: $899 at Amazon, 7" Model for $799 MSI's second-gen Claw 8 uses an efficient Lunar Lake CPU to deliver better gaming performance and battery life on a gorgeous 8-inch display. Excellent Gaming Performance Hall-Effect Sticks And Durable Chassis Versatile Thunderbolt 4 Connectivity Large And Vibrant...
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It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who keeps up with gaming news, and yet your author here is a bit surprised himself to tell you that the Elder Scrolls Part IV: Oblivion remake is indeed real—and you can buy it right now. If that's all you need to know, scroll down and click on the last link to go to the store...
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Featuring a unique take on an open-frame ATX case, the Gamemax Blade Concept will definitely ellicit plenty of oohs and ahhs. Combined with the attractive lion-claw inspired slats (lined with RGB lighting), the case relies on passive airflow (plus the CPU and GPU fans) for ventilation, while supporting vertical GPU...
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While gamers are eagerly anticipating the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2, there's something in the past to look forward to as well. Nintendo Switch Online is offering up an old classic, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. This beloved title from two decades ago originally appeared on the Game Boy Advance, and is making its...
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Amazon is currently having a fire sale of sorts on its Ring Doorbell models and Ring security cameras with some deeply discounted limited time deals. They're timely, too, as bees and wasps are not the only pests that come out of hiding in the Spring. So do opportune porch pirates looking to score an illicit payday...
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Uber is in hot water yet again, this time for supposedly enrolling customers into its Uber One subscription service without their knowledge and/or with misguided promises of savings. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking the company to court over ambiguous billing practices plus making the cancellation process...
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To showcase some of the improvements implemented in the PlayStation 5 Pro, Sony has posted an official teardown of the upgraded console. Performed by engineers Shinya Tsuchida, PS5 Pro Mechanical Design Lead, and Shinya Hiromitsu, PS5 Por Electrical Design Lead, the teardown offers a "deep dive into the console's...
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If you're the proud owner of an Intel Core Ultra 200-series CPU, rejoice, as there may be good gaming gains to be gotten from a new BIOS feature that Intel is rolling out. Intel's engineers dubbed the new feature the 200S Boost overclocking profile, and it promises to boost gaming performance without voiding your...
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Just days after NVIDIA began rolling out its 'Game Ready' 576.02 WHQL driver package that's packed to the brim with bug fixes, it's made available an out-of-band hotfix to iron out even more wrinkles related to its GeForce GPUs. The incremental release—hotfix driver version 576.15—is based on the same 576.02 driver...
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