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Samsung 49-Inch Odyssey Curved Monitor Falls to $855

Prime Day ended on Friday, June 26 after four days, but a few deals have lingered. One of them is a 26% discount on the Samsung Odyssey G93SC Series curved gaming monitor. Its usual price of $1,149 has been reduced by $294, bringing it to $855. The monitor is

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Nintendo UK releases Star Fox mousepad reward, but wider accessory line missing

Nintendo has released a Star Fox mousepad, shared on the official Nintendo Store UK Twitter (X) page. The mat is described as a place to "Pilot your mouse (or Joy-Con 2 controller) over," and it uses the box art render of Fox, Falco, Peppy and Slippy. The item

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Samsung undercuts Apple with discounted Galaxy SmartTag2 trackers

Amazon is selling Samsung’s Galaxy SmartTag2 in a four-pack for $52, which works out to about $13 per tracker; single units are listed at $19. The offer applies to the newer SmartTag2 model and follows a redesign and upgrades over the predecessor. The SmartTag2 is built for the Samsung

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Blizzard sues Project Ascension over alleged large-scale WoW infringement

Blizzard has launched a lawsuit against Project Ascension, a private World of Warcraft server, continuing its recent legal actions against player-run servers. Earlier this year the company issued cease-and-desist orders to Turtle WoW and Stormforge, and it described Project Ascension’s use of its intellectual property as an "egregious&

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ASUS Cuts ROG Tessen Mobile Controller to 43% Off After Prime Day

Prime Day may be over, but one mobile gaming deal remains: the ASUS ROG Tessen controller, originally priced around $130, is available for $74 — a 43% discount. The current price reduction is unlikely to last long, so buyers interested in the deal should act quickly. The controller works with Android

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Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones 40% off — now $269

The Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones are the company’s flagship over-ear active noise-cancelling model, carrying the same noise cancellation tech that made the QuietComfort name familiar. The 2023 release adds Bose Immersive Audio, CustomTune calibration and multipoint Bluetooth. They normally list for $449 but are currently $269 on Amazon, a

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Where to pre-order GTA 6 and what the editions include

GTA 6 pre-orders began last week for PS5 and Xbox, but delivery dates matter. Pre-load opens on November 12 so you can have the game downloaded and ready for the November 19 launch; verify that your chosen retailer’s delivery timeline supports that. Walmart is holding to the November 12

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Pixel Buds Pro 2 Nearly 30% Off After Prime Day

Post-Prime Day discounts have left Google’s Pixel Buds Pro 2 available at a reduced price on Amazon, with the earbuds listed at $170 instead of the usual $229. The lower price is available to Amazon Prime and non-Prime members alike. Sound quality is the main attraction, delivering clearer music,

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Razer Basilisk V3 ergonomic mouse 50% off at $35

The Razer Basilisk V3, a staple in Razer’s lineup since 2021, is currently $35 on Amazon, down from its $70 list price for a 50% discount. It’s a wired, right-handed mouse with 11 programmable buttons and a flexible braided USB cable. Its molded ergonomic shape includes a contoured

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is faithful yet like a new product

Technical director Jussi Markkanen says, "From the gameplay perspective, it's still faithful to the original," but adds that "from the technical point of view, Black Flag Resynced is actually almost like a new product. It's built using the latest Anvil engine, the same

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Retailer warns of PS5 and Xbox shortages for GTA 6 — don't buy new now

With Xbox's latest price hike landing alongside GTA 6 pre-orders, console buyers face a squeeze. Component costs have been rising in 2026, prompting Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to increase or plan price rises, leaving GTA players paying a minimum of $499.99 (Xbox Series S) to play. An

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Hori unveils Kuromi and Cinnamoroll accessories for Switch 2

Hori announced a new lineup of officially licensed Kuromi and Cinnamoroll accessories for the Nintendo Switch 2 on its Japan website on June 26. The Kuromi items are scheduled to launch in Japan on August 31, 2026, with the Cinnamoroll versions due on October 30, 2026. The Kuromi Puffy Hybrid

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Six months later, this small gadget is my secret weapon against doomscrolling

Six months after I started using Brick, the small gadget has become my go-to against doomscrolling. Brick is a gray, magnetic square paired with a companion app: you pick the apps to disable, tap the device to "brick" your phone, and tap again to "unbrick." It

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Sony: We won't sell PlayStation 6 'at significant losses'

Console makers have often sold hardware at a loss, recouping money through game sales and subscriptions. In the 2021 Epic v Apple trial Microsoft said it had never made a penny from console sales, and in 2022 the company was losing $200 per Xbox. The ongoing memory and storage cost

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Memory makers split between silence and ultra-fast kits as prices stay high

Memory kits are painfully expensive right now. Lenovo presented a forecast at a high-performance computing event that said DRAM supply and prices will remain extremely high for many years and may never return to 2024 levels. Despite that outlook, major kit makers have taken a binary approach: keep quiet or

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How to use an old Android phone as a backup for your home router

Hot weather and stretched infrastructure can knock out power and phone lines, so having a router-level fallback keeps every device on the network connected without changing Wi‑Fi credentials on each one. Using a smartphone as the router's upstream link avoids the hassle of switching every gadget to

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Dbrand cancels Companion Cube Steam Machine case after Valve objects

In November 2025 Dbrand teased a Portal Companion Cube case for the Steam Machine. Despite an imperfect initial render and a public push from hardware editor Andy Edser to “make it now, no takesie-backsies,” the company has pulled the product and scrubbed all traces after realizing it never asked Valve

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All +1 Speed Keyboard Escape codes for June 2026: Extra speed

Mechanical keyboard fervor has reached Roblox, and +1 Speed Keyboard Escape includes codes that grant extra speed boosts and multipliers. The active code right now is BYP4SS1, which gives 15,000 speed. To get a one-time social code for 15,000 extra speed, join the +1 Speed Keyboard Escape Discord

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I keep these three devices permanently connected to a power station

Power stations are usually pulled out for emergencies or trips, but I keep a few permanently connected as uninterruptible power supplies. Having essential kit always on avoids finding a dead battery, hunting for cables, or suddenly losing network access. The first thing I put on a UPS was my modem

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Xbox ads carry blunt 'NOT ON XBOX GAME PASS THIS YEAR' disclaimer

Xbox's recent moves under CEO Asha Sharma have done little to shake a persistent strategic malaise. The division has spent the decade acquiring studios only to cut them, running a games subscription that became a costly drain, and briefly insisting everything be an Xbox before recognizing that strategy

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Judge Denies TikToker’s Bid To Unmask Reddit Poster

Alireza Shafiei, known online as PrettyBoyAli, is a popular content creator on TikTok who didn’t appreciate a small post on Reddit criticizing him and sharing a clip that showed Shafiei yelling at one of his viewers during a livestream. Shafiei wanted Reddit to reveal the identity of the user

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Horror dev adds invert-Y option after one Steam user's complaint

Indie creator Luka Hizo Algo and co-developer Rafael Di Carlo recently issued a small fix for liminal space horror Buenos Aires Mirror Line, an hour‑long experience about being trapped in a time loop in a grungy edition of Argentina. A Steam user known as MadMcMan had complained on June

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dbrand cancels Companion Cube case after Valve denies permission

dbrand was forced to cancel and refund all sales of its Steam Machine Companion Cube case after admitting it never got permission from Valve to make the product. In a Reddit post linked from the Companion Cube case's now-defunct listing page, dbrand says the product "was eviscerated

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I replaced my iPhone battery at the Apple Store and learned a lesson

After about three years of use my iPhone 14 Pro’s battery had fallen to roughly 72% of its original capacity and the phone no longer held a reliable charge. I checked the battery status at Settings > Battery > Battery Health & Charging and followed Apple’s prompts to

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Nintendo Switch 45W Charger Hits Record Low After Prime Day

The MARSDOCK 45W Charger is a third-party AC adapter for the Nintendo Switch, offering a 15V/2.6A output that matches the original Nintendo dock. It supports TV mode through the Switch dock and handheld charging for the Switch OLED, Switch Lite, and Steam Deck, and includes a 5-foot USB-C