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    iPhone 18 Pro price hike looms, Apple bets on custom chips

    Apple might dodge price hikes on its flagship phones despite memory shortages wrecking everyone else, because they build most chips in-house instead of buying from vendors. The company already bumped pricing on previous models, but switching to custom silicon for modems, processors, and wireless...
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    Darktide unveils Hive Scum class, toxin chaos hits December 2

    Fatshark dropped details about their next paid class for the Warhammer 40K shooter that brings gang members from the underhive into your squad for twelve bucks. The Hive Scum crew runs dual pistols and knives with a custom progression system called the Stimm Lab, where you build personalized...
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    Steam Machine likely priced near consoles, Valve eyes $699 range

    LinusTechTips threw together a build matching Valve's upcoming box and landed around $602 using historical low prices for parts like an AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and Radeon RX 6600. Building that same rig right this second would run closer to $900 because memory shortages are wrecking component costs...
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    Hytale revived for early access, original creator leads charge

    The Minecraft competitor just got yanked back from the dead after Riot killed it off earlier this year and shut down the entire studio. Original creator Simon Collins-Laflamme bought back the rights and plans to drop an early-access version next month with a skeleton crew running off a...
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    Resident Evil Survival Unit tops 2M downloads, mobile wins

    Capcom's mobile spinoff just hit two million downloads across both major app stores after barely ten days on the market, which seems pretty solid for a real-time strategy game set in the zombie universe. The title topped free download charts across multiple regions right after launch, and the...
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    Apple eyes Intel 18A-P for entry Macs, iPads, US-made boost

    Some analyst thinks Apple might tap Intel's 18A-P manufacturing process for entry-level MacBook and iPad chips after early testing apparently went better than expected. Ming-Chi Kuo claims the tech giant grabbed advanced development kits that lined up with internal benchmarks, and they're...
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    iPhone Air owner downgrades to 14 Pro Max, no regrets

    Some dude ditched their iPhone Air for a three-generation-old 14 Pro Max and walked away with $500 cash while feeling zero regrets about the swap. The person posted on Reddit about how their older device runs smoother than expected, handles 18-plus hours without charging, and delivers better...
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    Control 2 trademark hints at reveal, Remedy amps up suspense

    Remedy just filed a trademark for something called Control Resonant through their usual legal crew, and people think this might be the sequel getting announced at The Game Awards next month. The filing dropped super late to dodge early leaks, which tracks with how studios usually handle big...
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    Destiny 2 banks on Renegades, Bungie eyes fresh start

    Bungie devs admitted their live-service shooter tanked hard after wrapping up its decade-long storyline, and the follow-up expansion Edge of Fate completely failed to drag players back. Game director Tyson Green told IGN that chasing power-level systems instead of meaningful loot turned out to...
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    Samsung revamps Apple team as iPhone Fold, OLED Macs near

    Samsung just reorganized its internal structure to handle the avalanche of Apple contracts coming down the pipeline. The Korean manufacturer upgraded its A-Development Team into a full office with more decision-making power and split off various display divisions to streamline operations. Apple...
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    Forza Horizon 6 heads to Japan, eyes early 2026 launch

    Playground Games might delay Forza Horizon 6 to the first half of next year, rather than sticking to its usual fall release window, according to insider reports. The shift makes sense since GTA 6 got pushed back to November, and basically nobody wants their game launching anywhere near that...
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    Apple Maps and Ads face EU gatekeeper test, Podcasts flagged

    Apple just told Brussels that its Maps and advertising platforms crossed the threshold for potential gatekeeper status under DMA rules, which means regulators have 45 days to figure out whether these services need stricter antitrust oversight. The company already got slapped with that label for...
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    AYANEO NEXT II debuts 9-inch OLED, rare 3:2 ratio at 165Hz

    AYANEO finally spilled details about their Strix Halo handheld after keeping specs locked down since launch, and the screen setup is kinda weird. The device rocks a nine-inch OLED panel running at 2400 x 1504 resolution with a 165Hz refresh rate, which creates this oddball 3:2 aspect ratio that...
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    MacBook Air owner sands sharp edges, comfort wins over style

    Some dude just sanded down his M3 MacBook Air because the front edge kept digging into his wrists during long sessions. He grabbed a 220-grit orbital sander and went to town on about 4cm worth of aluminum along the front, back, and sides before hitting it with Mothers Aluminum Polish for that...
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    Layers of Fear hits Switch 2 with ray tracing, chills in tow

    Bloober Team dropped word that their horror compilation hits Switch 2 next month for forty bucks, and the port actually uses ray tracing instead of baking lighting like most devs are doing. The package bundles every release from the series with proper HDR support, motion controls, and...
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    Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold undercuts iPhone Fold, triple flex

    Samsung might drop its triple-folding phone for around $2,447 in Korea, which sits barely above what Apple wants for its first foldable at $2,399. The company apparently slashed expectations from an earlier $2,719 target to stay competitive when both devices hit shelves. The TriFold packs a...
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    GTA 4 RTX Remix mod drops, path tracing shines bright

    Modder xoxor4d just pushed out a public version of their GTA 4 path-tracing mod with an actual installer that makes setup way less painful. The update kills off some wonky alpha blending issues, adds day-night cycles for emissive lights, and even throws in a freecam mode plus teleportation to...
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    Colorful B850 boards back Zen 6, MEOW style steals limelight

    Colorful just dropped three B850 boards that apparently work with future Zen 6 chips, joining the pile of manufacturers making the same promise. The lineup covers their CVN, Battle-Ax, and MEOW series, with the cat-themed board finally hitting AMD platforms after being Intel-only. The CVN B850M...
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    AMD teases new Radeon AI PRO GPUs, R9700S eyes laptops

    AMD might be cooking up a couple more RDNA 4 cards for its Radeon AI PRO R9000 lineup after support pages surfaced for the R9700S and R9600D models. The company only sells one consumer version right now, the R9700, which dropped last month for $1299 with 32GB of memory. The R9700S could be...
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    Intel W890 board debuts for Granite Rapids Xeon, flexes big specs

    ADLINK just leaked what appears to be the first W890 motherboard built for Intel's upcoming Granite Rapids workstation Xeon processors, and this thing is absolutely massive. The ISB-W890 board rocks a CEB form factor and can handle chips with up to 86 cores, 1TB of DDR5 memory running at...
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