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Apple’s latest flagship has shattered sales records in China, with the iPhone 17 Pro Max surpassing 10 million unit...

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Apple Shifts Mac Mini Production to Houston, Expanding U.S. Manufacturing Footprint

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Microsoft’s Game Pass Ultimate Could Soon Bundle Major Subscriptions—Here’s What It Means for Gamers

A potential overhaul to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate may include subscriptions for World of Warcraft, Minecraft Realms,...

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AMD and Meta Unveil 6-Gigawatt AI Infrastructure Push with Custom GPUs and Multi-Gen Roadmap Alignment

AMD and Meta are scaling their collaboration to deploy six gigawatts of AI-optimized hardware, including a custom M...

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The CRT VR Headset: A Glimpse Into the Future of Retro Immersive Tech

A homemade VR headset using 1990s-era CRT displays achieves something modern OLED and LCD headsets can't: a complet...

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Veteran FPS Developers Pivot to a Scrabble-Inspired Roguelike—After Embracer’s Studio Closure

Steve Ellis and David Doak, founders behind GoldenEye, Perfect Dark, and TimeSplitters, have abandoned large-scale...

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Arc Raiders' 'Keeping an Eye Out' Quest: A Misleading Clue Leads to a Hidden Shelter

The newest quest in Arc Raiders' Shrouded Sky* update sends players to a collapsed highway—but the real objective l...

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RTX 5090 Shunt Mod Gone Wrong: 1000W BIOS Burns Through Wireview Connector—Despite Warnings

A high-power BIOS flash on an ROG Astral RTX 5090 melted a Thermal Grizzly Wireview PRO connector, even as the devi...

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Cracking the Code: How to Solve Stable Housing* in Arc Raiders*' New Shrouded Sky Update

The latest Arc Raiders* update introduces a fresh challenge in Stable Housing*, where players must navigate Stella...

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Twitch Now Requires Controversial ID Verification for Affiliates—Using a Thiel-Backed Surveillance-Tied Service

New Twitch Affiliates must now submit government-issued photo IDs and selfies to Persona, a company with deep ties...