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Xbox’s handheld ambitions are getting more expensive – much more expensive. After already pushing into premium territory with the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X, Microsoft and Asus are preparing another version that could make even the PlayStation 5 Pro look like a relative bargain. According to an X post from Asus, the new ROG Xbox Ally X20 Anniversary Bundle will launch in October for $2,499. The limited-edition handheld marks 20 years of the ROG brand and combines upgraded hardware with a distinctive anniversary design. Still, the asking price puts it in a category far beyond the usual portable gaming…

Every time you ask ChatGPT a question, a chip somewhere is racing to send back an answer. OpenAI just shared fresh benchmark results claiming its custom Jalapeño chip, co-developed with Broadcom, does that job significantly faster and more efficiently than rival chips in the market right now. We’ve designed and built our first AI chip: Jalapeño.Designed from the ground up by OpenAI and brought to production with @Broadcom, Jalapeño is purpose-built for the LLM workloads powering ChatGPT, Codex, the API, and future agentic products.Chips are foundational to the AI… pic.twitter.com/mHU7DaMMTi— OpenAI (@OpenAI) June 24, 2026 How much faster is Jalapeno,…

In the upcoming issue of Game Informer magazine (subscribe here), we have a feature about the finale of the Talos Principle trilogy, The Talos Principle III. We got feedback from creative director Davor Hunski about what to expect in the final entry in the series, but we also spoke with writers and narrative designers Jonas Kyratzes and Verena Kyratzes, who had many thoughts on AI, both the fictional general intelligence kind and the modern generative AI kind.Since the original Talos Principle in 2014, the series has thoughtfully considered the nature of what it means to have consciousness, to be a…

Apple has quietly refreshed its Magic Keyboard lineup, and if you look closely, you’ll notice something different about the keys. Nope, it’s not a redesign. It’s just new labels. What exactly changed on the new Magic Keyboard? On the updated keyboards, keys like Tab, Caps Lock, Shift, Return, and Delete now show glyphs instead of text. If you look at the full-size models with a numeric keypad, the change goes even further. Keys like Home, Page Up, Page Down, End, Clear, and Enter also ditch their text for symbols now. Apple has updated four models, including the standard Magic Keyboard,…

Apple dropped a bunch of new hardware today, including the Mac mini with the M6 and M5 Pro chips, and the Mac Studio packing the M5 Max and M5 Ultra. Big chips, big numbers, big press release energy. And yet, the product everyone is going to talk about on social media is a piece of cloth. Yes, Apple has released a new polishing cloth. So what actually changed with the cloth? Apple quietly refreshed its Polishing Cloth on the online store, and the headline news is the price. It’s now $9 in the US, down from $19. That’s a straight-up…

For North American RPG enthusiasts, Terranigma has been a white whale when it comes to getting an official release in the region. The 1995 JRPG was released only on the Super Nintendo in Japan and PAL territories, but it is finally making its way to North American shores next year.Terranigma is being ported and enhanced for modern consoles in early 2027. The game, originally developed by Quintet and published by Enix (in Japan) and Nintendo (PAL), is an action RPG and the third entry in the developer’s unofficial “Soul Blazer trilogy”, following 1992’s Soul Blazer and 1993’s Illusion of Gaia.…

Apple just gave the Mac mini a proper glow-up. The tiny desktop now comes with two chip options, the all-new M6 and the pro-grade M5 Pro, and both bring a massive jump in AI performance while keeping that same pocket-sized design we love. Apple just introduced the new Mac mini. Start at $899 for the M6 variant and $1,699 for the version with M5 Pro. Here’s a quick peek at everything you need to know: pic.twitter.com/nD0HScS9Vf— Digital Trends (@DigitalTrends) August 25, 2026 How much faster is the new Mac mini? The M6 chip is the star of the base model.…

Nothing has officially confirmed Nothing OS 5.0, and based on what the team showed off in a recent company update video, this release is chasing one very specific goal: making the hardware and software finally feel like they came from the same brain, instead of two things bolted together. Why is Nothing doing a design overhaul now? Nothing’s design lead explained that ever since the Phone 1, the company has wanted its hardware and software to feel like a single product. The industrial design language that started with the Ear 1 carried over to the phones, but the software side…

Australia’s music charts are drawing a hard line against AI-generated songs, and it’s about time someone did. Starting this week, ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association), the body behind the country’s official charts, says every eligible release must be “substantially human made” to even qualify for a spot. Why did this happen now? The trigger seems to be Australian DJ Josh Fawaz, whose AI-assisted cover of Madonna’s Like A Prayer topped the ARIA dance chart and climbed to number 2 overall. The track has been streamed over 48 million times on Spotify, and Fawaz only added generative AI credits after people…

“The BRAVIA 9 II doesn’t replace OLED. It gives OLED its toughest competition yet.” Pros Exceptional 4,000-nit HDR brightness Outstanding color accuracy Excellent local dimming Refined Sony image processing Excellent bright-room performance Versatile all-around picture quality Cons Expensive flagship pricing OLED delivers deeper blacks Some blooming remains visible Limited off-axis viewing Fewer gaming-focused features Instant Insight The Sony BRAVIA 9 II might be one of the most ambitious LCD televisions Sony has ever created. Sony isn’t just trying to make another brighter Mini LED TV. It’s trying to solve one of Mini LED’s biggest challenges: how do you deliver incredible…