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HP is bringing Snapdragon chips to its more affordable laptops
HP is giving a much-needed power-up to its OmniBook 5 Series laptop lineup. As part of Computex 2025, HP debuted the laptops equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X and X Plus chips for better energy efficiency and performance. The 14-inch version of the new OmniBook 5 Series starts at $799, while the 16-inch variation costs at least $849.
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NVIDIA GeForce Updates at Computex 2025: RTX 5060, RTX Remix Mod Contest
NVIDIA at the 2025 Computex announced a handful updates to its GeForce RTX gaming graphics ecosystem, with the introduction of the affordable GeForce RTX 5060 “Blackwell” graphics card. This card is based on the same GB206 silicon as the RTX 5060 Ti, but comes with 30 out of 36 SM present on the chip, for 3,840 CUDA cores. It comes with 8 GB of 28 Gbps 128-bit GDDR7 memory. NVIDIA is announcing the GPU for both desktop and laptops. The company claims maxed out gameplay at 1080p with ray tracing enabled, and DLSS Quality pushing frame rates well above 120 FPS. The RTX 5060 is designed to be a $300-class graphics card, while laptops based on it should start around the $1,100-mark.
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NVIDIA Computex 2025 Keynote Address Liveblog
NVIDIA is at Computex 2025, with CEO Jensen Huang leading a keynote address. We go live with the various announcements. Jensen takes centerstage NVIDIA began with the announcement is the Grace Blackwell AI inferencing system. NVIDIA began the keynote showing off its latest GeForce RTX 5060 desktop and mobile graphics cards. Each node has the same compute throughput as the Sierra compute from 2018. The NVLink Spine is a backend interconnects 72 GB300 node. 1 NVLink spine moves more traffic than the entire Internet. Each NVL72 rack pulls 128 kVA of power. NVIDIA says the terminology “AI factory” and not “datacenter” is suitable because each of these pulls 100s of megawatts of power to offer compute power of hundreds of datacenters. NVIDIA is now describing the manufacturing process behind Blackwell GPU.
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Western Digital WD_BLACK P10 Game Drive 6 TB Review @ Hardware-Mag.de
We have just released a review of the Western Digital WD_BLACK P10 Game Drive, an external USB mobile HDD with 6 TB disk space, including lots of benchmarks in different presets and many more details.
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TEAMGROUP T-FORCE Delta Eco 64GB DDR5-6000 Memory Kit
” The Delta Eco 64GB DDR5-6000 memory kit delivers optimal performance for AMD processors, a unique design, excellent quality, and compatibility with a wide range of motherboards. It’s also expected to be one of the least expensive gaming memory kits, a perfect combination for most gamers! ”
TEAMGROUP T-FORCE Delta Eco 64GB DDR5-6000 Memory Kit Review
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SAPPHIRE NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB OC Graphics Card Review
Description: The NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT OC 16GB graphics card was designed by SAPPHIRE to deliver the best not only in performance but build quality and looks and it doesn’t disappoint.
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HBO Max Can’t Decide What It Wants to Be
HBO Max can’t decide on a name to stick with. The service changed its name to Max in 2023 and recently reverted to HBO Max. This shift is so frustrating that even Warner Bros. has poked mild fun at this strange change in their social media posts.
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Netflix’s Cancelation Problem Will Only Get Worse
Everyone I know has had a show they love get axed by Netflix. The streamer is absolutely ruthless in that regard, but the problem is that these cancelations create a feedback loop that means we’re only going to see more of them.
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If you like puzzles, check out this trippy comic-style escape room game for Playdate
Meeting an online friend in person for the first time can be pretty awkward. If only there were a way to skip the weird small talk part and get right into the flow of real conversation — like, say, getting shrunk down to the size of a chess piece and trapped in a series of board games, forcing you to communicate so you can find your way out. That’s exactly the scenario in which characters Alex and Sarah find themselves in the Playdate game Escape the Boardgame, and it’s incredibly charming.
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Netflix has figured out a way to make ads even worse using AI
Netflix will embrace AI-generated ads, whether we like it or not. The streaming service will roll out AI-generated ads in 2026 that will play in the middle of a show or whenever users hit pause for its ad-supported plans. During Netflix’s Upfront event for its advertisers, Amy Reinhard, the company’s president of advertising, showed off the upcoming feature for interactive midroll and pause ads that use generative AI for custom content.
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Activision is abandoning Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile
Activision announced on the official X account of its Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile title that it would sunset updates and delist it from the Google Play store and the App Store. Activision is giving players a last chance to download the departing game, which will be removed by the end of today.
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Bluetti SwapSolar Review: Bringing Together Backup Power and Portable Fridge
The rise of portable power stations makes it easy to always have power, during an outage or just on an outdoor adventure. The Bluetti SwapSolar ecosystem takes portability to a new level with both a power station and portable refrigerator that use hot-swappable batteries.
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Xbox will let you pin up to three favorite games to your homescreen
You’ll soon be able to get into your favorite games even faster with the updated Xbox home screen. According to Microsoft, Xbox Insiders are due to get three new customization options later this week that will make their dashboard feel a little more personal. As detailed in Xbox Wire, certain Xbox players will have options to reduce clutter and allow them to pull their favorite games to the front of the list.
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Amazon rolls out Alexa+ to more Early Access users
Access to Amazon’s new AI-enhanced voice assistant, Alexa+, is expanding. The company has started notifying users who signed up for the Early Access program that they can now activate Alexa+. It’s been a few months since Amazon first demoed the smarter version of Alexa, saying at the time that it would begin rolling out to the first batch of users in March before coming to more people in waves over the subsequent months, prioritizing Echo Show 8, 10, 15, and 21 owners.
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The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender gets hit with its second delay
When the world needed him most, he got delayed once again. Paramount Pictures announced the second delay for The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender, the upcoming movie that follows the journey of Aang and Team Avatar after the events of the beloved animated series that was released in 2005. Instead of January 30, 2026, the new film will make its way to movie theaters on October 9, 2026, as first reported by Variety.
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This Electric Car Under $40,000 Packs More Features Than a Lexus
Lexus has long been a go-to for premium cars in the U.S., and its reputation is well-earned. But in 2025, the price tags are starting to raise eyebrows—especially when many of its models ride on Toyota’s TNGA platform, originally built to cut costs, not inflate them.
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8BitDo’s all-button Arcade Controller is almost as thin as a MacBook Pro
Forget the joystick and forgo the D-pad. 8BitDo introduced an all-button arcade controller with an ultra-slim profile that’s built for competitive fighting games. The company is known for its wide range of affordable handheld controllers, but it’s been venturing more into fight pads following its Arcade Stick release. The latest Arcade Controller comes in two versions: a blacked-out variation that’s officially licensed by Xbox and a retro-styled counterpart that’s compatible with PC and Nintendo Switch.
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Microsoft gets its own Spotlight-like feature with the Command Palette launcher
Microsoft has introduced the successor to PowerToys Run, its quick launcher for power users, called the Command Palette. As The Verge notes, it now functions pretty much like Mac’s Spotlight and will now let you search for apps, whole folders and single files, let you perform calculations just by typing on the search bar and let you do web searches without having to open a search engine. You can launch websites straight from the results it gives you, and it also lets you run system commands. The company has rolled out the new launcher ahead of this year’s Build developer conference.
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Epic wants the court to compel Apple to approve Fortnite’s return to the US App Store
Epic has filed a “second motion to enforce injunction,” asking the US District Court for the Northern District of California to force Apple to do a timely review of its Fortnite app and to approve its submission if it’s compliant. The company recently accused Apple of blocking Fortnite’s return to the App Store in both the US and the EU. Epic submitted the app for approval after winning its case against the iPhone-maker. Specifically, after the court ordered Apple to stop collecting commissions on purchases that weren’t paid through the App Store and to allow external payment links in-app.
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Remastered Eldritch terror, a fantasy life sim and other new indie games worth checking out
Indie games! They’re rad, aren’t they? We’re keeping closer tabs on what’s going on in that scene with our new weekly roundup. We’ve got a jam-packed edition for you this time with a little something for everyone, from lo-fi horror and Eldritch terror to cosy train dioramas and a vaporwave driving game.