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Microsoft is raising the prices of its Xbox Series S / X consoles in the US next month. The Xbox Series X will be priced at $649.99 in the US starting October 3rd, up from its existing $599.99 price. The Xbox Series S will move to $399.99, up from $379.99. Microsoft blames the price hikes on “changes in the macroeconomic …

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Google TV’s homescreen has been largely unchanged since its debut in 2020, but Google is now testing a slight redesign that changes navigation. The bulk of what you interact with in Google TV is the homescreen, which has made updates over the years often feel a bit stale. The last notable refresh came in early 2024, and it was basically …

Xbox console prices are about to go up once again in the United States, after already rising back in May. Announced today, Xbox will increase the retail pricing of Xbox Series S, Series X, Series X Digital, and Series X 2TB Galaxy Black Special Edition Consoles beginning on October 3rd. Prices for controllers and headsets will not change, and there …

Steam is officially dropping Windows 32-bit support at the end of this year, the company today. The only 32-bit version of Windows that is currently supported by Steam is Windows 10 32-bit. The company says 0.01 percent of systems reported through the Steam Hardware Survey are using that version of Windows. On any given day, Steam sees just over , …

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The launch of the Vivo X300 Ultra is a way off yet. In the meantime, Vivo is preparing to release the X300 and X300 Pro. Currently, these pair are due to arrive by about a month at the latest. As we have discussed separately, the X300 and X300 Pro will be some of the first smartphones to feature MediaTek’s Dimensity …

I was really surprised when Apple claimed that the iPhone Air offers “all-day battery life” at the iPhone 17 launch event. How could something that’s only 5.6mm thin last for that long? Apple says that the iPhone Air lasts for 27 hours of local video playback and 22 hours of streamed video playback. That sounds impressive, but we wanted to …

Google is rolling out AI Mode to the address bar in Chrome for U.S. users. This move is part of a series of AI updates, including Gemini in Chrome, page-aware question prompts, improved scam protection, and instant password changes. See Google’s launch video below: What’s New Google Chrome will enable you to access AI Mode directly from the search bar …

A list of commands in Archy. Credit: Cameron Kaiser The COMMANDS verb gives you a list of commands (notice that Archy has acquired a concept of locked text, normally on a black background, and my attempt to type there brought me automatically to somewhere I actually could type). While THE’s available command suite was almost entirely specific to an editor …