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Valve’s new game racks up 16k concurrent players, without officially existing
12 Aug

Valve’s new game racks up 16k concurrent players, without officially existing

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Valve’s next game, which has yet to be officially announced, had over 16,000 concurrent players over the weekend. As of this writing, that number sits at 16,600 via SteamDB. The game is called Deadlock and we’ve known that Valve was working on it for a while, but now it seems as though we are in the midst of a soft launch of some kind.Again, this game hasn’t been officially announced by the company, though something’s certainly going on. It’s likely that Valve has opened the game up to play tests to gauge how successful the title could be with a…
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This Anker 3-in-1 MagSafe charging station is cheaper than ever right now
12 Aug

This Anker 3-in-1 MagSafe charging station is cheaper than ever right now

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This Anker 3-in-1 MagSafe charging station , which is a discount of 20 percent. That’s actually a record low price for the popular charging apparatus. It’s also been built primarily to suit Apple devices.The big hook here is the “3-in-1” from the name. The Anker MagSafe can simultaneously charge an iPhone, Apple Watch and a pair of AirPods. That’s just about everything a modern Apple fan could need, aside from a gigantic harness to .AnkerThis particular charger made our list of the , and with good reason. It’s a MagSafe device, so it offers Qi2 wireless charging. This means that…
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Google Pixel Fold one year later: More durable than I expected
12 Aug

Google Pixel Fold one year later: More durable than I expected

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The Pixel Fold was Google’s first phone with a flexible display when it launched last year. And at its upcoming Made By Google event, we’re about to get a successor in the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. So there’s no better time to check in on how Google’s original bendy handset has survived being my daily driver for an entire year.The Pixel Fold doesn’t look like any other foldable on the market. It has a curvy polished aluminum frame with squatty dimensions that results in something shaped more like a passport than a traditional handset or Samsung’s long and skinny batons.…
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PUBG: Battlegrounds publisher acquires Hi-Fi Rush studio after Microsoft shut it down
12 Aug

PUBG: Battlegrounds publisher acquires Hi-Fi Rush studio after Microsoft shut it down

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Under a cloud of studio closures and layoffs, there's a sliver of sunshine in the gaming business. After being closed by Microsoft in May, Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks has been acquired by PUBG: Battlegrounds developer Krafton."Krafton intends to collaborate with Xbox and ZeniMax to ensure a smooth transition and maintain continuity at Tango Gameworks, allowing the talented team to continue developing the Hi-Fi Rush IP and explore future projects," Krafton wrote in a press release spotted by Polygon.Following its $7.5 billion purchase of ZeniMax in 2021, Microsoft shut down three of its studios, Arkane Austin, Tokyo-based Tango Gameworks and…
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Summit is an incredible precision platformer for Playdate that’ll hit you right in the feels
11 Aug

Summit is an incredible precision platformer for Playdate that’ll hit you right in the feels

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I was not expecting to cry while playing , a $6 mountain climbing platformer for Playdate that’s impossible not to compare to . Scream in frustration? Yes. Storm away from the game only to come crawling back minutes later? Definitely. Get all up in my feels, though? Not so much. Yet an hour and 34 minutes — and 432 deaths — later, here we are. This is now the second .In Summit, you’re a cloaked climber trying to reach the top of a mountain under the guidance of an unseen narrator who refers to you as “little brother.” You have…
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Outdated AMD chips reportedly won’t get a patch for the ‘Sinkclose’ security flaw
11 Aug

Outdated AMD chips reportedly won’t get a patch for the ‘Sinkclose’ security flaw

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AMD has begun releasing updates to patch some — but not all — chips affected by the recently discovered “Sinkclose” security flaw. The vulnerability spotted by researchers at IOActive was revealed in a report from Wired last week, and is said to affect most AMD processors going back to 2006. While AMD’s security team has been working to get some of these systems patched, Tom’s Hardware reports that the Ryzen 1000, 2000 and 3000 series along with the Threadripper 1000 and 2000 won’t get any such updates.The company told Tom’s Hardware that these are among “older products that are outside…
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X now lets you sort replies so blue checks don’t bury other users’ comments
11 Aug

X now lets you sort replies so blue checks don’t bury other users’ comments

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X has introduced new options for sorting replies that should make it easier to see the comments you’re actually interested in. The social media platform announced that replies can now be sorted by most relevant, most recent and most liked. While the average X user may not be getting hundreds of replies to their posts, the reply section on posts from accounts with thousands or millions of followers can be chaotic. And since replies from , what shows up at the top may not be what’s newest or most pertinent.Being able to sort replies by most recent or most liked…
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Catch the Perseid meteor shower at its peak late tonight into tomorrow
11 Aug

Catch the Perseid meteor shower at its peak late tonight into tomorrow

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The Perseid meteor shower is one we can count on every summer for a great show, weather permitting, and this year’s event reaches its peak tonight. Late Sunday night into the pre-dawn hours of Monday will be the best time to see the Perseids, according to NASA. You’ll want to find a viewing spot with clear, dark skies, but you won’t need any special equipment to get the most out of the experience — the meteors should be plentiful, and visible to the naked eye.The Perseids come around annually in late July and last several weeks. These meteors (or shooting…
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A four pack of Apple AirTags drops to $73 on Amazon
11 Aug

A four pack of Apple AirTags drops to $73 on Amazon

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You can get a four-pack of right now for even less than it went for during Amazon Prime Day. The multipack is currently 26 percent off on Amazon, dropping the price down to just $73. That’s the cheapest we’ve seen it go in recent memory. A pack of four usually costs $99. The individual AirTag is discounted too, if you only need one. Normally $30, a single right now costs just $24. Apple’s Find My app lets you track as many as 32 items, so you can use AirTags for peace of mind on all your important belongings.AppleThe Apple AirTag…
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Former Twitter chairman is suing X for $20 million over pay he says was ‘wrongfully withheld’
11 Aug

Former Twitter chairman is suing X for $20 million over pay he says was ‘wrongfully withheld’

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Omid Kordestani, who was Twitter’s executive chairman from 2015 to 2020 and served on the board until Elon Musk acquired it in 2022, is suing X over $20 million worth of shares he says the company is refusing to pay. Kordestani filed the lawsuit on Friday with a California superior court.Per the lawsuit, Kordestani left a high paying job at Google to join Twitter, which offered him a “significantly lower” salary of just $50,000 but sweetened the deal with stock options, performance-based restricted stock units and restricted stock units. These — amounting to $20,112,000 — were supposed to have been…
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