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Rapper 50 Cent addressed Judge Arun Subramanian on Thursday, one day before Sean "Diddy" Combs learns his fate in court. The Instagram post referenced their longstanding feud and urged consideration of public safety in the sentencing decision. Federal agents discovered large quantities of baby...

ASRock introduced a warranty extension program on Friday for owners of Intel and AMD 800-series motherboards in Japan. The manufacturer will add one year to the standard two-year warranty for customers who register eligible products between Sept. 29 and Dec. 31, 2025. The promotion covers Z890...

Microsoft restructured Xbox Game Pass on Friday with three subscription tiers at different price points. The Essential plan costs $9.99 monthly, offers 50 games across console and PC, and allows members to earn up to $25 annually through rewards. Premium subscribers pay $14.99 per month for...

Ubisoft formed Vantage Studios to manage Rainbow Six, Far Cry and Assassin's Creed franchises after Tencent invested 1.16 billion euros for a 25 percent stake. Charlie Guillemot and Christophe Derennes serve as co-chief executives of the subsidiary, which employs thousands of developers across...

Bethesda Game Studios announced Fallout 76: Burning Springs on Friday, marking the largest expansion since 2020 for the online role-playing game. Actor Walton Goggins returns as Cooper Howard, known as The Ghoul from the Amazon television series, to introduce bounty hunting missions across a new...

Amazon France shipped the ROG Xbox Ally X handheld gaming computer to customers more than two weeks before its scheduled release on October 16. Reddit user Technical_Fun77 posted photographs of the device after receiving early delivery, but the post was later removed. The Verge reporter Tom...

A modder released version 0.89.6 of the Bloodborne PC Remaster project with visual refinements and technical corrections. Developer fromsoftserve fixed color accuracy issues, enhanced parallax mapping, and resolved bugs from earlier builds. The update arrived with a Reshade preset that applies...

Electronic Arts informed employees that their jobs remain secure following a $55 billion acquisition, according to Securities and Exchange Commission documents. The publisher stated no immediate workforce changes would occur, but the assurance does not prevent future reductions. Microsoft...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will produce central processing units for Intel and Advanced Micro Devices using its 2-nanometer process technology. Morgan Stanley analysts report that AMD will manufacture EPYC Venice data center processors with the node, and Intel plans to build Nova...

A modder successfully restored a bricked iPhone Air and expanded its storage to 512 gigabytes after identifying the correct flash memory component. YouTuber DirectorFeng discovered that Apple requires Toshiba's newer S6E NAND modules rather than older S5E versions used in previous iPhone models...

A viral petition demanding leadership changes in Samsung's camera division has attracted more than 4,000 signatures. Tipster Universe Ice criticized the company's claim that smartphone cameras remain ahead of competitors. The petition lists eight concerns about imaging quality and innovation...

Samsung will develop the Galaxy S26 Plus for release in early 2026 after the Galaxy S25 Edge failed to meet sales expectations. The Korean manufacturer plans four flagship models next year: the S26 Pro, S26 Plus, S26 Edge, and S26 Ultra. The S25 Edge sold poorly after its May launch, and demand...

Andrzej Sapkowski criticized CD Projekt RED's expansion of witcher schools in video games, calling the concept completely unnecessary. The author stated that a single reference to a school of the Wolf in The Last Wish was later deemed narratively incorrect, but game developers multiplied these...

Federal Communications Commission filings reveal Apple's next Vision Pro headset will retain Wi-Fi 6 connectivity rather than upgrade to Wi-Fi 7. The documents identify a head-mounted device with model number A3416, but specifications remain unconfirmed beyond wireless standards testing. The...

Federal Communications Commission documents reveal Apple plans to release new MacBook Pro and iPad Pro models with M5 processors. The filings identify device model A3434, which does not match any current MacBook Pro in production. Additional model codes correspond to M5 iPad Pro devices...

OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman traveled to Taiwan to meet with TSMC and Foxconn about artificial intelligence initiatives, according to the Taiwan Economic Daily. The visits centered on the Stargate project and OpenAI's development of custom AI chips. Foxconn will supply rack-scale solutions...

Sean Combs faces sentencing on Friday in a New York federal court after his conviction on prostitution-related charges earlier this year. The music producer was found guilty in July of transporting two women to engage in prostitution, but a jury acquitted him of racketeering conspiracy and sex...

Rapper 50 Cent submitted a public statement on Thursday urging the federal judge overseeing Sean Combs' case to impose the maximum sentence. The statement addressed Judge Arun Subramanian directly ahead of Friday's sentencing hearing for the disgraced music mogul. 50 Cent described Combs as...

Sean Combs submitted a letter to a federal judge on Thursday requesting leniency before his Friday sentencing on prostitution-related convictions. The 55-year-old rapper took full responsibility for his actions, stating he had no one to blame but himself for his current circumstances. Combs was...

Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed European Union concerns about potential Russian attacks on NATO members as baseless fear-mongering on Thursday. Putin addressed the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi and characterized the repeated warnings from EU leaders as an inconceivable mantra. He...