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    iOS 26 Finally Stops CarPlay From Hijacking AirPods

    Apple fixed the annoying CarPlay problem that blasts music through car speakers when people wear AirPods. The company added a new setting that stops audio from switching automatically between devices. Users can keep sound playing through their earphones instead of having it jump to car speakers...
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    Game Voice Actors Score Big in AI Showdown

    Video game voice actors may end their strike after SAG-AFTRA reached a deal with gaming companies. The union fought for rules that stop companies from using AI copies of actor voices without permission. Performers walked off jobs in July 2024 because studios wanted to use artificial intelligence...
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    TSMC Crushes Samsung As China SMIC Sneaks Up

    TSMC controls most chip making with 67.6 percent market share during the first quarter. The Taiwan company serves major customers like NVIDIA, Apple and AMD who need advanced processors. Samsung Foundry loses ground with only 7.7 percent share after failing to deliver promised projects. China's...
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    AMD EPS Implodes Thanks To China Chip Fiasco

    AMD faces profit pressure from new US rules about China trade. The company must pay 800 million dollars for special MI308 graphics cards it cannot sell. Government rules stop AMD from shipping these powerful chips to Chinese customers. The chipmaker warned investors about lower earnings during...
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    GPU Prices Set to Surge as Tariff Panic Hits RTX 5090

    Computer makers rush to build graphics cards before new trade rules start July 9th. Gigabyte and MSI speed up RTX 5090 production to avoid higher costs from China tariffs. Both companies want to store extra inventory inside America before Trump administration changes prices. The firms plan to...
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    Dune Awakening Hits 117K Players But PS5 Fans Fume

    Funcom opened Dune Awakening to all PC players after strong early access weekend. The survival game attracted over 117,000 players during deluxe edition access period. Regular buyers can explore Arrakis today after pre-order customers tested the game first. Console gamers must wait until 2026...
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    OpenAI Bags 10B in Mind Blowing Cash Haul

    OpenAI started as a research group but changed into a money-making company. The firm launched ChatGPT two and a half years back and created better versions since that time. Company leaders want to earn 125 billion dollars each year before 2030 arrives. Reports show OpenAI makes 10 billion...
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    Huawei EUV Ambitions Leave US Chasing

    American trade rules pushed Huawei to build chips without foreign help. The company made Kirin 9000S processors for Mate 60 phones and Kirin X90 chips for laptops. Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei says his chips trail America's technology just one generation behind. He wants new methods to close that gap...
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    RTX 5050 VRAM Smackdown Has Gamers Panicking

    Computer makers ASUS, MSI and Lenovo prepare new gaming laptops with RTX 5050 graphics cards. People can spot these machines on store websites like Newegg and official company pages. Reports disagree about what type of memory the RTX 5050 uses. Some sources say GDDR6 and others claim GDDR7...
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    Switch 2 Crushes UK Launch With Epic Sales

    Nintendo Switch 2 broke records as the biggest Nintendo console launch ever seen in Britain. Data from NielsenIQ shows the new system sold more than double what the original Switch managed during its first week. The original Switch moved around 80,000 units when it arrived in 2017. Nintendo 3DS...
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    Splatoon Raiders Invades Switch 2 with Secret Hero

    Nintendo revealed Splatoon Raiders for Switch 2 only. Players control a mechanic who works with the Deep Cut team on Spirhalite Islands. The company showed a short video through its mobile app. The game appears to focus on story and characters. Nintendo has not shared when the game will launch...
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    Nvidia N1X Geekbench Score Leaves Intel AMD In Dust

    NVIDIA and Mediatek work together on new desktop and laptop chips. Someone spotted the first N1X processor online during testing. The company wants to compete with regular computer processors that people buy every day. NVIDIA plans to make cheaper chips for normal users instead of just expensive...
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    RTX50 Cards Smash FPS Records with DLSS4 Magic

    More PC games support NVIDIA DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation for RTX graphics cards. RTX 20 and 30 users can turn on Super Resolution. RTX 40 cards work with Frame Generation. RTX 50 owners use Multi Frame Generation boosts. Each card level gives different speeds. Spider-Man 2 updated with Multi...
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    Halo PS5 Leak Has Fans Freaking Out

    A popular Halo dataminer found evidence that Microsoft plans to bring the franchise to PlayStation 5. The dataminer @gruntdotapi discovered a new game title on retail systems that works with Xbox Series consoles and PlayStation 5. This appears to be a completely new Halo game rather than a port...
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    Samsung Roasts Apples Liquid Glass Hype

    Apple launched its Liquid Glass redesign across all products with major updates to looks and features. The company released iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe 26 with digital glass layers that bend light in different ways. Critics point out that Windows already used similar glass designs before Apple did...
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    iOS 26 Secretly Squeezes More Juice From Your iPhone

    Apple built Adaptive Power mode into iOS 26 beta 1 to help phones last longer. The new feature cuts screen brightness and makes some apps run slower. Users trade speed for battery life when they turn on this mode. People can find Adaptive Power under Settings and Battery options. The company...
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    Macs Just Got Supercharged with MetalFX Magic

    Apple launched Metal 4 API for Mac computers at WWDC 2025. The company added new gaming features to help Apple Silicon Macs run games better. MetalFX Frame Interpolation creates extra frames between real ones to boost speed. The system works like NVIDIA Frame Generation but causes some input...
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    Your Mac Just Got Liquid Glass in Tahoe 26

    Apple released macOS Tahoe 26 with a fresh visual design called Liquid Glass. The new look features updated app icons and a redesigned Control Center. Glass-like elements appear throughout the operating system. The changes give Mac computers a modern appearance. Users will notice the updated...
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    SA Snowpocalypse Kills Five Cripples Highways

    Heavy snow and cold weather hit South Africa during the weekend. The winter storm caused road closures and power cuts across several provinces. Five people died when their car crashed on the N2 highway during bad weather conditions. Eastern Cape transport officials confirmed the fatal accident...
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    US Denies Cutting ART And HIV Aid Despite Fears

    The United States denies that funding cuts affect HIV treatment programs and other health services. American officials say they continue supporting life-saving medical care for more than 1.2 million people with HIV. The country allocated $223 million for aid programs during the current year...
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