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    Battlefield 6 beta players just made a bunch of EA suits richer

    Electronic Arts experienced significant stock gains following the successful launch of the Battlefield 6 Beta during its opening weekend. Steam recorded concurrent player numbers reaching hundreds of thousands, which immediately exceeded Battlefield 2042's performance metrics. The player count...
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    Samsung and the US kneecap China's BOE over stolen OLED secrets

    The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled against BOE Technology Group on July 11, 2025, after Samsung Display accused the Chinese firm of intellectual property theft. BOE violated Samsung's proprietary OLED technology by hiring former Samsung employees who shared confidential information...
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    Trump's government to take a 15 percent protection fee from Nvidia

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the Trump administration will collect revenue from artificial intelligence chip sales to reduce national debt. NVIDIA and AMD must pay a 15% commission on their Chinese GPU transactions under the new agreement. Bessent credited President Trump with...
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    GSC's STALKER 2 roadmap is just a list of fixes for a broken game

    GSC Game World released the development roadmap for STALKER 2 covering the remaining 2025 updates. The Ukrainian studio will implement Unreal Engine 5.4 to enhance game performance and stability. Players can expect additional missions from returning characters alongside fresh anomaly types and...
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    Apple's iPhone 17 Pro price hike is just a cheap storage trick

    Apple plans to price the iPhone 17 Pro at $1,049, representing a $50 increase from the current model's $999 starting point. The device will feature 256GB of base storage capacity, doubling the existing 128GB configuration. This storage upgrade creates better value since purchasing a 256GB iPhone...
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    Dell and Supermicro caught planting US government spies in AI servers

    Server manufacturers have embedded tracking devices within artificial intelligence equipment destined for China, according to recent reports. US authorities collaborate with companies such as Dell and Supermicro to monitor chip destinations through these concealed mechanisms. The tracking...
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    Apple coldly dismisses Elon Musk's tantrum over the App Store

    Elon Musk accused Apple of antitrust violations regarding App Store treatment of artificial intelligence applications. The Tesla executive claimed the company favors OpenAI's ChatGPT while neglecting his platforms X and Grok in featured sections. Musk threatened immediate legal action through...
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    Pearl Abyss sends Crimson Desert back to development hell

    Pearl Abyss delayed Crimson Desert during its Q2 fiscal 2025 earnings presentation. The South Korean developer pushed the action-adventure title from Q4 2025 to Q1 2026. Voice recording work and console certification processes required more time than anticipated. Partnership coordination for...
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    YouTube deploys an AI thought police for its users in the US

    YouTube begins testing artificial intelligence verification technology across the United States to identify teenage users through their viewing patterns. The system analyzes content consumption rather than relying solely on user-provided age information. This approach aims to protect minors from...
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    Former chef and bartender now run Nvidia's AI future under dad

    Jensen Huang's children have joined NVIDIA in senior positions within the company's artificial intelligence divisions. Spencer Huang serves as Product Line Manager for Robotics, while his sister Madison Huang holds the role of Senior Director of Product Marketing for NVIDIA Omniverse. Both...
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    Microsoft weaponizes Windows against its rival, Google Chrome

    Microsoft targets Chrome users with security warnings that appear during browser installation attempts. The company displays messages promoting Edge as a safer alternative backed by Microsoft's infrastructure. Windows users encounter prompts stating that Edge operates on Chrome's technology...
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    Arm's Neural Super Sampling is a cheap trick for Android gaming

    Arm revealed its Neural Super Sampling technology at SIGGRAPH 2025 as a mobile graphics advancement. The system employs artificial intelligence to enhance lower-resolution images into higher-quality visuals. Mali GPUs will integrate this technology to deliver desktop-level performance on Android...
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    Someone strapped an RTX 4090 laptop to a screen, calls it a handheld

    Bilibili creator Qingchen DIY constructed a portable gaming machine featuring NVIDIA's RTX 4090 laptop graphics processor. The custom device combines a laptop motherboard with a 12.5-inch display and an Intel Core i9-14900HX processor. This configuration delivers performance that surpasses...
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    Samsung's new 500Hz OLED G6 cheaps out with an ancient DP 1.4 port

    Samsung released its Odyssey OLED G6 G60SF gaming monitor with a 500Hz refresh rate for competitive gamers. The company positions this 27-inch display as the first commercial 500Hz OLED monitor available for purchase. The monitor features QHD resolution at 2560x1440 pixels and uses Samsung's...
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    Apple claims letting Fortnite on iPhones in Australia is dangerous

    Federal Court Justice Jonathan Beach delivered a landmark ruling against Apple and Google in Australia. Epic Games achieved victory after years of legal battles over mobile app distribution practices. The court determined that both technology companies violated Australian competition laws by...
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    Krafton says Subnautica's Cleveland took the money for a film career

    KRAFTON filed legal documents defending against claims made by three Unknown Worlds co-founders. The company alleges Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire stopped working on Subnautica 2 after receiving acquisition payments. Court papers state that both developers pursued personal interests rather...
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    VR Games Showcase runs out of games, shows a Ready or Not fan mod

    The VR Games Showcase presented its first modification announcement during the recent event. Virtual Reality Oasis content creator Mike Cussell collaborates with modder KITT to develop a virtual reality version of Ready or Not. The tactical shooter from VOID Interactive achieved remarkable...
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    Kuo says Apple's M5 chip gets new goo before getting new tech

    Apple plans to integrate advanced Liquid Molding Compound technology into its 2026 MacBook Pro models powered by M5 processors. Taiwan-based Eternal Materials will serve as the exclusive supplier for this specialized material. The company selected this supplier after Eternal Materials...
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    A Baldur's Gate 3 modder does the job Larian said was too hard

    Modder 786r786 has created a Versus Mode modification for Baldur's Gate 3 that grants session hosts the ability to control enemy creatures during combat encounters. This development addresses a significant omission from the acclaimed role-playing game, which lacks the comprehensive Game Master...
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    Apple's A20 chip needs new packaging to fix TSMC's costly 2nm flaws

    Apple plans to introduce A20 and A20 Pro processors manufactured on TSMC's 2nm technology for the iPhone 18 series. Each wafer produced through this advanced process costs approximately $30,000, making Apple among the few companies capable of adopting this expensive manufacturing method. The...
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