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    Corsair jacks PC price $800 after taking your cash, then ghosts you

    Corsair apparently thinks cancelling confirmed orders to jack up prices constitutes an acceptable business strategy. Reddit user Senior_Ball_9068 learned this the hard way after purchasing a Vengeance A5100 gaming rig featuring a Ryzen 9 9900X3D and RTX 5080 for thirty-five hundred dollars. The...
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    OpenAI’s ‘Gumdrop’ pen writes your notes then snitches to ChatGPT

    OpenAI plans to replace smartphones with a screenless pen designed by Jony Ive. The company intends to manufacture this Gumdrop hardware in Vietnam or America using Foxconn facilities instead of risking production with Luxshare in China. This gadget resembles a tiny music player that users wear...
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    Apple’s A20 chip costs $280 because TSMC’s 2nm process prints money

    Apple fanatics should start saving money immediately because the upcoming silicon costs an absolute fortune. Taiwan Economic Daily reports that the A20 chip might hit two hundred eighty dollars per unit because TSMC charges huge fees for two-nanometer manufacturing. This price jump marks an...
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    M1 MacBook Air takes shrapnel, so the Ukrainian soldier doesn’t have to

    Apple haters might need to rethink their stance after a laptop tanked artillery fire. A Ukrainian soldier named @lanevychs remains alive because his M1 MacBook Air absorbed a lethal shell fragment. The impact punched a hole straight through the metal, but the display strangely continues to...
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    John Wick AAA game still MIA, but Lionsgate says it's cooking

    Everyone remains confused as to why Keanu Reeves lacks a proper shooter game after eleven years. Lionsgate Studios controls a massive universe with the Ballerina spinoff and Ana de Armas, but refuses to release a major digital title. Adam Fogelson told investors during a recent financial update...
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    LPDDR6 RAM costs 20% more, so your 2026 Android flagship will hurt your wallet

    Android users are about to get fleeced for slightly faster memory chips because manufacturing costs are spiking. Smart Chip Insider claims that companies like Samsung want to push LPDDR6 hardware that costs twenty percent more than current tech. While Apple plans to stick with older six-channel...
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    LG’s new Gram laptops are light as air but pack RTX and dual AI heat

    LG is trying to convince everyone that its new Aerominum material changes everything for portable gaming. The company claims the seventeen-inch Gram Pro uses this metal to stay impossibly light while packing an Nvidia RTX fifty fifty graphics card. Lee Choong Hwoan stated that this design solves...
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    AMD's RX 9070 shows up late to Steam's GPU party with 0.22% swagger

    AMD fans can finally stop coping because the Radeon RX 9070 just hit the charts. Steam data reveals the red team barely registering against Nvidia RTX 50 series dominance, despite Blackwell cards like the popular fifty seventy holding nearly thirteen percent total usage. The ninety seventy...
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    Retro X5 mini PC looks like an NES but runs AI like a spy laptop

    ACEMAGIC is baiting nostalgic nerds with a plastic box that looks like an old console. The Retro X5 computer features an AMD Ryzen AI nine HX three seventy chip to handle games and work inside a tiny chassis. This system uses Radeon eight ninety m components for visuals, while a specialized...
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    MSI’s new titanium PSUs talk to your GPU, so it doesn’t die mid-frame

    MSI is teasing a high-end power supply that watches for electrical fires in real time. This upcoming series appearing at the tech show in Las Vegas includes massive sixteen-hundred-watt units for workstation rigs. The main selling point is active protection that monitors power spikes to save...
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    Xiaomi 17 Ultra packs 200MP telephoto and a 6800mAh beast battery

    Xiaomi is going all in on the premium market with its monster new flagship phone. This 17 Ultra packs a massive screen that hits extreme brightness levels for outdoor use while running on the latest Snapdragon processor. The device aims at high-end photographers with a primary camera sensor...
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    ASRock ditches the CPU pump drama with wild new AIO design

    ASRock is finally moving past motherboards to drop a massive lineup of liquid coolers. This hardware shift brings both standard radiator setups and a weird pumpless design to the market for the first time. The brand wants to stop the heat from cooking the pump by moving it away from the...
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    Awave Studio 12.12 now eats vintage Fairlight files for breakfast

    FMJ Software just updated Awave Studio to handle sounds from the first retail sampler ever sold. Version twelve point twelve allows the audio converter to open vintage Fairlight CMI voice files alongside modern formats. This update tweaks how velocity affects envelope times, moving from...
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    Free MIDI delay cooks lofi beats that actually stay in key

    Musicians are geeking out over a free tool that turns basic notes into complex melodies. Soft Loop Audio just dropped Harmonic Echo for computers running macOS, Windows, or Linux. This generative note delay ensures every repeated sound fits perfectly within a chosen scale using music theory...
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    Behringer’s pocket synth screams Oberheim but fits in your jeans

    The synth world is losing its mind over a tiny Behringer box that fits inside pockets. This UB-1 Micro packs dual analogue oscillators and a classic filter into a minuscule frame for fifty-five pounds. USB power keeps the device running while it functions as a class compliant midi controller. It...
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    Gwanda mayor wants a clean town, or else goodbye investors

    Gwanda leadership is tired of residents living in filth and ruining the local economy. Thulani Moyo told people in the first ward that trashy streets kill investment and make everyone sick during the official clean-up program. Emmerson Mnangagwa believes locals must fix their surroundings if...
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    Blaq Diamond ditch show, promise free redo

    Blaq Diamond bailed on their Newcastle gig after their ride broke down coming from Joburg. The afro-pop pair were supposed to hit the stage at Khazins Shisanyama but had to cancel when their vehicle crapped out mid-trip, and they couldn't figure out any backup plan to get there in time despite...
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    DStv saves 12 channels last minute, HBO Max coming soon

    DStv users just dodged a massive content blackout at the absolute final second. Canal+ and Warner Bros. Discovery hammered out a fresh multi-year contract to keep a dozen famous stations alive. The list features heavy hitters like Discovery, TLC, CNN International, and Cartoon Network. Phil...
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    Mawhoo misses gig after van attack, team vows legal action

    Mawhoo missed her massive show after a racist mob ambushed her travel crew. Ntobeko Ngema headed toward the Sun City location for the RustyRocks Metro FM festival when the trouble started. The artist, called Mawhoo, posted footage of a smashed touring van while claiming white extremists...
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    Five arrested in Zimbabwe for killing relative near Guruve

    A family reunion in Guruve turned into a literal murder mystery recently. Law enforcement officers took five relatives into custody for the slaying of John Chimana Chaora within Kazunga Village. The group of suspects features Kelvin Katuruza Chaora, along with Chemika Gwenzi and Bvumbe Mandeya...
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