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Amazon 50″ Ember 4-Series Fire TV With Dolby Audio 40% Off

Amazon has reduced prices on its devices ahead of Prime Day, with Prime members receiving the steepest discounts. The 50-inch Amazon Ember 4-Series Fire TV is 40% off, dropping $160 from its $400 price to $240, and new users also get a free one-month trial of Xbox Game Pass. The

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Melgeek Real 81: solidly built competitive keyboard with notable downsides

The Melgeek Real 81 sells for $140 and targets competitive players with a compact, blocky design and strong build quality. It’s a simpler, more practical alternative to Melgeek’s flashier Centauri 80, swapping gimmicks for a sturdy, no-nonsense approach. Under the hood it offers 81 keys with Honey magnetic

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Former Destiny 2 devs call working at Bungie "toxic, dysfunctional"

Since Bungie revealed Destiny 2 is being sunset, a wave of tributes from former developers has appeared, gathered by Aftermath. Among them, former lead narrative designer Michael Zenke called the experience "the most toxic, dysfunctional experience of my professional life." He added that the people he worked with

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Lumen Lite boosts ray-traced lighting performance but risks becoming a default

Epic unveiled Unreal Engine 5.8 with a new scalability option, Lumen Lite, designed to bring ray-traced global illumination to the Nintendo Switch 2 with a 60 fps goal. Because the mode also runs on PCs, I ran quick tests to see how it behaves outside the console context. In

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Amazon aims to win gaming without becoming another Xbox

Amazon has spent years building a presence in games: it founded Amazon Game Studios in 2011, bought Twitch in 2014, launched the cloud-gaming service Stadia in 2018, shut it down and followed it with Luna in 2022, then fully rebranded that service in 2025. The company chased blockbusters, hired veteran

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Beats Solo 4 drop to $130 ahead of Amazon Prime Day

Prime Day approaches next week, running Tuesday, June 23 through Friday, June 26, and Amazon has already started rolling out early deals. The Beats Solo 4 have been discounted 35%, falling from $200 to $130 — a $70 reduction for a limited time. These on-ear headphones do not support active noise

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Snap unveils 'Specs' AR glasses with bulky frames and two Snapdragon chips

Snap has unveiled its augmented-reality glasses, called Specs, pitched as an alternative to staring at phone screens and priced at $2,195. In a CNBC clip, CEO Evan Spiegel described the frames as capable and "highly wearable," even as the chunky design visibly pressed down on his ears.

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Modern Warfare 4 feels like Call of Duty firing on all cylinders

Modern Warfare 4 is the Call of Duty the author has been waiting to play this generation. Freed from PS4 and Xbox One support, the game shows a new fluidity in movement, weightier weapon handling and denser visual and audio detail from the first kill to the last. Jack O&

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Deus Ex Creator’s Studio Cancels Argos, Lays Off 17 Staff

OtherSide Entertainment has canceled a game codenamed Argos and laid off 17 team members, effective at the end of May. A company spokesperson said, "After the cancellation of a game under development codenamed Argos, OtherSide Entertainment had to sadly say goodbye to 17 team members, effective end of May.

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Glorious GHS Eternal headset $40 on Amazon

Amazon is selling the Glorious GHS Eternal for $40, a $20 saving. The discount applies only to the black model; the white version is $60 and both RGB models are $80. The wired headset uses a 3.5 mm jack and works on PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation. Construction

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Turn an old Android phone into a free streaming stick

An old Android phone can become a DIY streaming device in minutes. You need a spare Android with Wi‑Fi and enough storage, an internet‑connected TV that supports casting or mirroring, a charger, a TV‑style launcher and optionally a dedicated casting app. You can also connect by HDMI

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Get The Ball Away! — Playstay browser strategy game

Get The Ball Away! is a browser strategy game from developer Playstay. It was released on June 16, 2026. The objective is simple: move a blue ball away from pursuing red balls. If you touch any red ball, you fail. The game page includes screenshots and videos. Playstay's

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Companies are profiling you from your smartphone use - how to stop them

Companies can collect more about you from smartphone activity than you might expect. Every search, website visit, purchase, social post or location ping generates signals that, over time and across services, are stitched into a detailed shadow profile. Those profiles may link personally identifiable information, device identifiers, contacts, purchase history,

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PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: Planet Zoo 2

The new issue offers world-exclusive access to Planet Zoo 2, the ambitious animal management sim from Frontier Developments. The magazine's team travelled to Frontier's Cambridge headquarters, spent multiple hours with the game and interviewed seven key developers, producing a cover feature that includes stunning, never-before-seen images

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Best Lenovo laptops on sale for Prime Day — 8 models we've tested

Amazon Prime Day runs from Tuesday, June 23 through Friday, June 26, 2026, and this roundup highlights early Lenovo laptop deals worth considering. The summer is the halfway point of the model cycle: spring announcements become widely available, generating discounts on devices that launched last year or in the fall.

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Does your phone charge as fast as advertised?

I tested three fast-charging smartphones — the iPhone 17 Pro Max, Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and OnePlus 15 — using both OEM chargers and a third-party Anker setup. The OnePlus 15 includes a power plug; the other two ship with only a cable. Apple sells a 40 W Dynamic Power adapter for

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Xbox reportedly announced Hellblade 3 to attract a buyer for Ninja Theory

Senua is the third game in Ninja Theory’s Hellblade series. Its reveal during this month’s showcase, just two years after Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, surprised many and prompted confusion when news broke this week that Ninja Theory is among the studios Xbox plans to sell or shut

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Sennheiser Momentum 5 adds a user-replaceable battery

The Sennheiser Momentum 5 headphones include a self-replaceable battery, a feature uncommon in premium consumer models. As improvements in noise cancellation and sound quality slow, manufacturers are focusing more on battery performance and power management to stand out. The 700 mAh battery is located in the left ear cup and

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France to Stop Certifying Non-Quantum-Resistant Products

France’s national cybersecurity agency ANSSI said it will stop certifying security products that lack quantum-resistant encryption. ANSSI chief of staff Samih Souissi announced the halt at the France Quantum 2026 Summit, setting a 2027 cutoff for certifications and urging businesses to buy only quantum-safe products by 2030. ANSSI certification

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Some players still can't play Xbox 360 games on Xbox Series consoles

Nearly two months after Microsoft said it had fixed the problem, many Xbox Series owners still cannot play backward-compatible Xbox 360 games on their Series consoles. When they try to launch certain Xbox 360 titles they see the error: “Can’t connect to Xbox Live. Select Test Connection to troubleshoot

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Marshall Acton III Bluetooth Speaker 40% Off for Prime Day

If you want the look and feel of a classic Marshall amp without the volume, the Acton III Bluetooth Home Speaker is on sale for $180 — a 40% discount on Amazon. It’s designed to bring room-filling Marshall sound into a normal living space without being overpowering, and it deliberately

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I programmed a $7 ESP32-S3 to block web ads in minutes

Rising Raspberry Pi prices pushed the author to try a cheaper alternative: an ESP32-S3 board that can run ad-blocking software. The boards are inexpensive and, with the right model (ESP32-S3 with 8MB of PSRAM), provide enough power to run the ad-block project. Setup is straightforward. Download ESP32_AdBlocker, install the

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Garmin Venu 3S drops to $345 on Amazon with AMOLED touchscreen

If you prefer a sleeker watch to bulky, rugged models, the Garmin Venu 3S offers a stylish wrist option with solid health and fitness features. The French Gray model is currently discounted 24% on Amazon, lowering the usual $450 price to $345; Sage Gray is $347, and several other colors

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Former PlayStation exec: Xbox tactics show a basic misunderstanding

Xbox is under renewed scrutiny as major studio closures loom, the AI boom erodes the affordability of console hardware components, and demand for consoles looks weak. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said the company isn't making enough money from its first‑party games, despite Microsoft having a market

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Minecraft Dungeons 2 won't be called open world despite interconnected world

Minecraft Dungeons 2 is making a big change. When its predecessor launched in 2020, it was a dungeon crawler that aimed to offer a more accessible entry point to the ARPG genre. Mans Olson, creative director, says, "In Minecraft Dungeons, we had a simple game loop. You played a