One of the biggest advantages Apple has in the laptop market is that it controls both its hardware and software. It could be one reason why its MacBooks ride so high as the best laptops for graphic design, and it’s not something that any other major player can claim apart from Microsoft. In the Surface Laptop 7, the benefits of …
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A father buys a new gaming PC for his son for $1,200, not realizing that the hardware installed on it is over 10 years old.
To please his son and allow him to play the big games of the moment, a father thought he had made a good deal by buying a gamer PC for 1,200 euros. That’s a very reasonable price, which generally buys a robust configuration capable of running current and future games without difficulty. If that’s the price you can expect to …
Read More »Sony wants to expand “PlayStation Studios games beyond PlayStation hardware” — hiring to partner with Xbox, Steam, Nintendo Switch, and more
Over the past year, Microsoft leapt first into some controversial decisions regarding its first party Xbox games output, putting previously exclusive titles like Forza Horizon and many others onto rival consoles. At the time, Xbox’s efforts to give up on console exclusives looked like a swan song for the embattled platform. Microsoft’s Xbox hardware sales continue to look bleak on …
Read More »iPadOS 26 preview: The rare software update that makes (most) old hardware feel new
If you position two windows next to each other, and you try to resize them so they’re touching along any of their edges, iPadOS will leave a small gap with a draggable area in between so that you can resize both windows at once, sort of like the way resizing apps in Split View mode used to work. Even while …
Read More »Switch 2 has become the fastest selling video game hardware device in US history, usurping the PS4
Nintendo’s Switch successor – the aptly named Switch 2 – has become the fastest selling video game hardware device in US history, knocking the PS4 off the top spot. That’s according to the latest data from Circana, with analyst Mat Piscatella revealing 1.6m Switch 2 units were sold in the US during the console’s launch month. The previous record holder …
Read More »Nintendo Switch 2 is the fastest-selling video game hardware device in US history
The Nintendo Switch 2 has debuted as the fastest-selling video game hardware device in United States history, according to market research. The Switch 2 sold 1.6 million units in June, the highest launch-month unit sales for video game hardware in U.S. history, says video game analyst Mat Piscatella on social media. This beats the PlayStation 4, which sold 1.1 million …
Read More »NASA hacked hardware of camera orbiting Jupiter • The Register
NASA has revealed that one of the cameras on the Juno craft it sent to Jupiter malfunctioned, and that it fixed it with some very, very, remote hardware hacking. As explained in a Monday post, NASA designed the visible light JunoCam to survive for eight orbits of Jupiter – about 400 days – but wasn’t confident it would last much …
Read More »Alaska Airlines resumes flights after hardware failure causes system-wide ground stop
Alaska Airlines has resumed flights after the failure of a critical piece of hardware forced the airline to ground all its planes for approximately three hours, but the effects will linger into Monday, the company announced. The carrier issued a system-wide ground stop for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air flights around 8 p.m. Pacific time Sunday. The stop was lifted …
Read More »New Pixel Watch 4 leak details even more hardware upgrades ahead of next month’s launch
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR The Pixel Watch 4 is said to feature a Snapdragon W5 Plus Gen 1 chip. Both models are expected to have a new co-processor called the M55. For the first time, the smartwatch may feature side charging. Google confirmed today that it will hold its hardware event on August 20. The showcase should include …
Read More »New iPhone Fold rumors claim more affordable price, ultra-thin hardware
This fall will be all about the iPhone 17 lineup, but rumors for next year’s iPhone Fold are already ramping up. A pair of new rumors indicate Apple’s foldable iPhone could have a more affordable price than expected, and be thinner—when unfolded—than Apple’s current thinnest product. Price of new iPhone Fold could hit $1,800 rather than the $2,000+ expected Today …
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