The Nvidia Shield TV is an iconic piece of Android hardware but it also hasn’t seen a refresh in the better part of a decade. But, because of the increasingly depressing state of the entire tech industry, Nvidia Shield TV Pro is getting a $100 price hike to $299, seven years after it first launched.
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I put Meta Muse to work managing my family of five, from schedules to everyday household tasks. Here’s what happened when AI took charge.
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DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Lucia and Jason's appearance in a fashion magazine gives us a couple more titbits of GTA info.
Excerpt · PC GamerTo quote Tom Grennan: "There's something in the water". This must certainly be the case in Star Wars HQ, because while the films have most certainly fallen from grace, there seems to be a resurgence in the games. We had a genuinely good…
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According to the Steam Survey for September 2026, 32GB is now the most common system memory configuration for gaming rigs among Steam users. The data shows 32GB systems accounted for 42.22% of all rigs sampled during September, a…
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Better internal cooling allows games to maintain high framerates for longer periods while running noticeably cooler than the prior model.
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A portable gaming and creation machine for buyers who can justify the premium.
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A new 1440p PC for games that benefit from DLSS
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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi has responded to fans asking for a full disc version of the game, saying he "did [his] best" to push for physical media as the industry edges towards an all-digital future.
Excerpt · EurogamerControl Resonant composer Petri Alanko has said that it's his job to represent a game's story "in the most beautiful light possible."
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Which of these popular screenless fitness trackers should you buy? We put them head to head.
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Alongside using the iPhone 18 Pro, I’ve also been carrying out a little experiment as we await the launch of the iPhone Duo. To get a sense of what it might be like to use the large screen of the upcoming device, I’ve been using my iPad…
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Deal | Casio's Pro Trek PRG-270-1 has dropped to $120 on Amazon, down from a $200 list price. The triple-sensor Tough Solar watch has averaged nearly $180 over the past 90 days, and at this price it undercuts what even used copies have…
Excerpt · NotebookcheckNVIDIA has announced a 64GB version of its DGX Spark desktop AI system, priced from $4,999.Sales are scheduled to begin on October 23.The company has also updated the price of the 128GB Founder’s Edition to $6,950.
Excerpt · Guru3DIf you're looking into a new sound system, you may be wondering if you need an amplifier as well. Here's how to tell and why amps even matter.
Excerpt · EngadgetMacworld If you’ve been using third-party apps on your Mac, you are probably familiar with a permission dialog box called “Full Disk Access.” It’s sort of a big catch-all permission that lets an application read or write almost any data to…
Excerpt · MacworldArchestra released OpenAPPA, an open-source security engine designed to stop data exfiltration caused by prompt injection or model hallucination. The team reports zero successful attacks when running security benchmarks Bench-Corp (20…
Excerpt · InfoQGoogle's Gemini could soon access any file on your macOS device, open apps, browse the web, and perform actions without asking for permission every time.
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The company announced it has stopped using secret agreements with county officials and acknowledged that community backlash is leading to data center moratoriums across the country.
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Small tweaks made every drive smoother
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Gears of War: E-Day is a prequel set 14 years before the original game. Built on Unreal Engine 5 with RTX Mega Geometry, DLSS 4.5, FSR 4, XeSS, and ray tracing, we examine graphics quality, VRAM usage, upscaling options, and how it…
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