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Apple loves keeping critics and reviewers on their toes. While we’ve heard whispers of cost-cutting on the iPhone 18 lineup, fresh supply chain intelligence from Taiwan (via Commercial Times) suggests that the company is cooking up one of its most hardware-centric upgrades in years. At the core of the purported iPhone 18 lineup sits TSMC’s 2nm A20 chip, which is believed to be a generational leap from the 3nm process A19 series chips on the iPhone 17 and the iPhone 17 Pro models. What’s actually getting upgraded? The node shift should deliver better performance per watt, which should translate to…
China’s DeepSeek has a habit of showing up, uninvited, to Silicon Valley’s AI party, and this time, it has done so with the long-awaited V4 preview. The Hangzhou-based company has released its latest AI model, which beats popular American models in certain areas. DeepSeek has launched two new models: V4-Pro (Expert mode) and V4-Flash (Instant mode). While the former is a massive 1.6 trillion parameter model, the latter is at a more manageable 284 billion parameters. However, both of them have a one-million-token context window. 🚀 DeepSeek-V4 Preview is officially live & open-sourced! Welcome to the era of cost-effective 1M…
If you’ve been planning a PC build or even browsing pre-built systems, you’ve likely run into the same issue: RAM prices are unusually high. In some cases, costs have increased by as much as 500%, pushing up overall system prices and making builds harder to justify. This isn’t a short-term fluctuation. It’s the result of multiple shifts happening at the same time, most of which are tied to how quickly demand for memory has changed. AI demand is the biggest driver behind rising RAM prices The rapid growth of AI, particularly large language models, has significantly increased demand for memory.…
This weekend’s watchlist has two psychological thrillers that will mess with your head in completely different ways, and one animated series that has no business being this good. Whether you are in the mood for small-town dread, generational trauma wrapped in Southern Gothic atmosphere, or a Big Pharma conspiracy told through some of the most distinctive animation on television right now, there is something here for you. All three are on HBO Max, criminally underrated, and at least one of them will stick with you long after the credits roll. We also have guides to the best new movies to…
Last summer, Nintendo revealed a PvE spin-off of its popular multiplayer team shooter Splatoon called Splatoon Raiders. After nearly a year of relative silence, the game has a new trailer that reveals a July 23 launch date.The Switch 2 exclusive adventure sees players controlling a customizable Inkling mechanic who travels to Spirhalite Islands alongside Deep Cut, the trio of musicians from Splatoon 3. The island is also inhabited by villainous Salmonids, whom the players must battle using the familiar paint guns and brushes. In addition to combat, the trailer shows the character gradually discovering more of what appears to be a…
Three very different worlds are waiting for you on Netflix this weekend. A 19th-century murder mystery that questions everything you think you know about guilt, a Danish Nordic noir serial killer thriller that you genuinely cannot stop watching, and a Japanese sumo drama that has absolutely no business being as gripping as it is. One is based on a Margaret Atwood novel, the second has a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, and the third one will make you care deeply about a sport you have never thought about once in your life. All three are criminally underrated and worthy of…
Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold has been revealed, and it’s the latest expansion coming to the long-running MMORPG from Square Enix. It will launch in January of 2027, and promises to begin a new era of storytelling for the game as part of the Godless Realms Saga. Revealed during the 2026 FFXIV: Fan Fest opening keynote ceremony, developer Creative Business Unit III, which is also the developer behind 2023’s Final Fantasy XVI, and publisher Square Enix, debuted a nearly four-and-a-half-minute cinematic trailer for the Evercold expansion. In it, we see a grandmother telling her granddaughter the story of a world enshrouded in…
The flagship smartphone race has become a little too polite, especially when it comes to mobile photography. There was a time when the conversation revolved around megapixel counts, sensor count, and wild zoom numbers. But over the last few years, that energy has cooled. The biggest brands no longer behave like they are trying to shock the market. Companies like Apple and Samsung now focus more on refining image processing and fine-tuning the formula than on pushing camera hardware into genuinely outrageous territory. Then a phone like the Oppo Find X9 Ultra shows up and reminds you what old-school flagship…
Though Larian Studios has moved on from its colossal 2023 hit RPG, Baldur’s Gate 3, to work on Divinity, the world of Baldur’s Gate continues forward. And later this year, fans of the game can gain new insight into one of the game’s fan-favorite characters, Astarion, in a prequel novel written by fantasy author T. Kingfisher, hitting shelves on September 29. That’s according to the exclusive reveal over at Polygon, which writes that “Baldur’s Gate 3: Astarion” takes place prior to the events of Baldur’s Gate 3 and follows the High Elf during his years serving the vampire lord Cazador Szarr.…
Fitbit isn’t just tracking your steps anymore; it’s starting to talk back. The Fitbi 4.68 update, currently rolling out for Android and iOS users, is one of the more feature-packed app releases in a while (via 9To5Google). It brings a more conversational, personalized coaching experience for users. What’s new in this update? The main addition is the return of the sleep log editing feature on Android. The feature was missing from the previous app build. For those catching up, it allowed users to edit the previous night’s summary and manually override it from the overflow menu. It’s also coming to…