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iPhone 17, the ‘thinnest iPhone ever,’ and everything else we’re expecting out of Apple’s hardware event

iPhone 17, the ‘thinnest iPhone ever,’ and everything else we’re expecting out of Apple’s hardware event

Apple usually announces its new hardware in the fall, and this year is likely no different. The event is reported to be on September 9, and Apple is expected to release its iPhone 17 lineup, along with updates for the Apple Watch and AirPods.  As always, there are many rumors circulating, including bigger screens and improved cameras for the iPhone …

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PlayStation Confirms ‘Move Away’ From Hardware, Gamers Losing Their Minds

PlayStation Confirms ‘Move Away’ From Hardware, Gamers Losing Their Minds

Last night, Sony’s vice president confirmed something we’ve all kind of assumed for a while now: PlayStation is no longer interested in being a first-party publisher. Yesterday, Sony held their Q1 2026 earnings call, which sounds like something that should have been very dry and boring, but is actually something that ended up being extremely interesting (and somewhat divisive). During …

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Sony Executive Confirms That PlayStation Is Moving Away from the Hardware Business Toward a Platform Business

Sony Executive Confirms That PlayStation Is Moving Away from the Hardware Business Toward a Platform Business

Earlier today, Sony announced the quarterly financial results for Q1 2025, where we learned that the PlayStation 5 console had shipped 80.3 million units as of the end of June. The whole Game and Network Services (G&NS) segment registered an 8% year-on-year increase in sales of 936.5 billion yen ($6.35 billion), primarily due to the rise in third-party software sales, …

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PlayStation Says It Is “Moving Away” from Hardware Centricity — Could More Xbox Ports Be On The Way?

PlayStation Says It Is “Moving Away” from Hardware Centricity — Could More Xbox Ports Be On The Way?

The gaming industry is looking more and more alien as time goes by. Almost a couple of years ago now, Microsoft began porting Xbox exclusives to PlayStation, breaking decades of platform-exclusivity conventions. Many called it the end of Xbox, myself included, wondering just how long the Xbox hardware ecosystem would last without the promise of home-grown exclusive games. Fast forward …

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Sonos to Raise Its Hardware Prices This Year Due to Tariffs – Bloomberg.com

Sonos to Raise Its Hardware Prices This Year Due to Tariffs  Bloomberg.com Sonos confirms tariffs will increase its prices this year  The Verge Sonos is raising prices this year to make up for tariff expenses  Engadget If you’re thinking of buying a Sonos device, there’s now a very good reason not to wait  What Hi-Fi? Sonos says it’s forced to raise prices while trying …

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Genshin Impact to end PS4 support, citing “limitations related to hardware performance and platform application size”

Genshin Impact to end PS4 support, citing “limitations related to hardware performance and platform application size”

The team behind open-world adventure RPG Genshin Impact is ending support for those on PlayStation 4. Developer HoYoverse has said it made this decision because of “limitations related to hardware performance and platform application size”. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings The PS4 version of Genshin Impact will be removed from the PlayStation Store later …

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Koduri Unveils GPU Hardware IP and Software Startup – EE Times

Koduri Unveils GPU Hardware IP and Software Startup  EE Times Oxmiq Labs Inc.™: Re-Architecting the GPU Stack: From Atoms to Agents™  Business Wire Legendary GPU architect Raja Koduri’s new startup leverages RISC-V and targets CUDA workloads — Oxmiq Labs supports running Python-based CUDA applications unmodified on non-Nvidia hardware  Tom’s Hardware Ex-Intel Architect Bets Big On Custom AI Chips  Finimize Oxmiq Labs Inc.™ repense l’architecture …

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