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Gamers disgruntled by Microsoft's price hikes to its Xbox Game Pass service are not the only ones taking issue with the company's latest move. So is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which raked Microsoft over the coals in a scathing letter to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, both for the price...
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From intense solar storms, to helping reveal the history of the Red Planet, the Mars Curiosity rover has led a very interesting life thus far. Now, a new finding has left NASA scientists shocked after the Curiosity rover cracked open a rock it ran over and unveiled something never before seen on the Red...
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The Ryzen 9 9950X isn't actually available yet, but benchmarks have been cropping up all over the web. We reported before on some leaked results in Geekbench, but today we have a pile of multi-threaded tests from a fellow on the Anandtech forums who got ahold of an ES (engineering sample) Ryzen 9 9950X and has been...
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It seems as if Apple is struggling to move units of its iPhone 15 series, according to a report issued by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP). Instead, interested buyers are opting to pick up older models such as the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14, and the entry level iPhone SE.
The purported drop in sales is...
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Before we get started on this story, let's recap a bit. Intel's currently-available mobile processors are called "Core Ultra 100", codenamed Meteor Lake, and it's about to release the "Core Ultra 200V" series, codenamed Lunar Lake. There are also "Core Ultra 200" desktop processors on the way; those will be Arrow...
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It's been a whirlwind week in terms of deals, with Amazon's Prime Day event kicking off a frenzy of sales both from within and at places like Best Buy and Walmart. While the two-day sales bonanza is officially over, there are still bargains out there, like a dirt cheap HP laptop and a big discount on a mirrorless...
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The graphics card market has been in a bit of a malaise lately, with no new releases or significant discounts to speak of. While not next generation worthy, Acer recently issued an EEC filing that listed a few new and possibly incoming AMD Radeon GPUs.
Forgoing the XT moniker, the new GPUs are listed as standard...
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Dyson is branching out from vacuum cleaners and air purifiers, in an attempt to rival Apple’s AirPods Max and Sonos Ace headphones with its own premium headset. The company is billing its OnTrac headphones as having “best-in-class noise cancellation” and an enhanced sound range of 6Hz to 21kHz.
This is not Dyson’s...
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Micron has just added a new M.2 2230 solid state drive (SSD) under its Crucial brand, saying that it's the "industry's fastest 2230 Gen4 consumer SSD," but is it really? I did a double take when reading that statement as the rated sequential read speed comes close to, but does not surpass, that of IRDM's Pro Nano SSD...
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Xbox is giving longtime fans another blast from the past by holding a fire sale for titles from what many consider to be its best console, the Xbox 360. Moreover, it’s releasing a free dynamic background that neatly ties into the sale, and is a great addition to “The Original” dynamic background the company release...
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NASA has made the difficult decision to cancel its VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) project amidst numerous launch delays and rising costs. The space agency added the increased costs would have also threatened to bring about the end of other Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS).
VIPER...
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Tenstorrent's name might not have quite the same cache that NVIDIA's does when it comes to AI acceleration yet, but the company's unique approach has a lot of benefits. Between a royalty-free RISC-V processor ISA and highly scalable AI accelerator designs, the company promises it can lower the total cost of ownership...
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Nintendo raised some curious eyebrows last week when it dropped a creepy, 15-second age-restricted trailer that appeared to tease a first-party horror game for the Switch. This prompted tongue-in-cheek comments about the direction of Luigi's Mansion 4, though we now know exactly what Nintendo was actually teasing—a...
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If you want a desktop platform with a long upgrade path, you buy an AMD Ryzen, right? Not so fast, says Intel—the company is apparently readying one more round of CPU releases for its LGA 1700 platform. We first heart about "Bartlett Lake" back in February of this year when it was leaked by Chinese sources. A new...
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Hardware manufacturers are putting AI front and center, in the hopes that the new features will entice buyers into buying new gear or upgrading their current systems. Especially as the industry has faced a slowdown after the booming sales numbers brought on by COVID. However, a poll on TechPowerUp's forum shows that...
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ADATA SD810 SSD: Starting at $89.99 (1TB), up to $149.99 (2TB) The ADATA SD810 is a no-frills portable SSD with a tough titanium chassis, fast USB 20 Gbps connectivity, and IP68 ingress protection. Excellent USB SSD Performance IP68 Ingress Protection 5 Year Warranty No Software Required A Little Pricey Utilitarian Aesthetics ADATA sells a...
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The second day of Amazon’s Prime Day event brings with it more great deals. We've rounded up a bunch of audio bargains so you can jam out to the savings with deals on headphones and earbuds from brands like Apple, Bose, and JBL.
Apple AirPods Max
No Apple ecosystem is complete without a pair of Apple AirPods Max...
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There is still time to bag yourself a Prime Day deal, and perhaps you already did on the heels of us posting a roundup of discounted gaming desktops as well as gaming laptop bargains (among other things). If that's the case, you should consider fleshing out your new system with peripherals and other hardware. Now is...
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We typically like to build our own rigs around these parts, and if you do too, be sure to check out our recommendations on discounted Prime Day parts to piece together a bodacious gaming PC for ~$1,000. Of course, there are benefits to going the prebuilt route as well. We have you covered there too, as Amazon is...
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Apple’s iPhone ads have touted the privacy features the company bakes into its products as a key differentiator between its devices and those of its competitors. This time around, though, the messaging is a lot more sinister. Its latest ad, dubbed ”Flock,” warns those who venture outside the walled garden of the...
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The European Space Agency is preparing to rendezvous with an asteroid that is "about the size of a cruise liner" as it makes an exceptionally close flyby of Earth in 2029. Researchers will use the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses) to study the asteroid as Earth’s gravity alters its physical...
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Today is the last day to take advantage of Amazon's Prime Day event, and one of the more interesting deals the mega online retailer is promoting consists of a cloud gaming bundle. In no uncertain terms, Amazon touts the ability to "Stream Xbox Games" and "No Console Required" as its headline text in one of the images...
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