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How to get the MacBook Neo $499 education price

Apple’s new MacBook Neo is regularly priced at $599, but education pricing knocks $100 off the cost, bringing it to $499. The discounted price makes the Neo a stronger rival to inexpensive Windows laptops and Chromebooks. The iPad M4 Air, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air are also available with

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Apple announces new MacBook Neo for $599

Hardware remains expensive even at mid-range, and MacBooks have long felt out of reach. For one thing, Apple is a better PC gaming platform than people give it credit for, and the just announced MacBook Neo is presenting an affordable inroad to its shiny walled garden at $599. The phone-like

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Regional Air Mobility aims to unlock America’s local airports

America has more than 5,000 public-use airports, yet roughly 30 of them handle over 70% of travelers. A recent paper from NASA and industry experts argues that those lesser-used local airports could become catalysts for changing how people and goods move across the country. Called Regional Air Mobility (RAM)

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Best Resident Evil Requiem mods for gameplay, visuals, arachnophobia, and more

Capcom's latest horror game has already spawned an active mod scene, with options ranging from reshaders and visual tweaks to difficulty toggles, crafting adjustments and costume swaps for Grace and Leon. All Resident Evil Requiem mods require the REFramework extension, which rewrites the game's scripting to

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Slay the Spire 2 early access release times

Slay the Spire 2 arrives in early access soon, giving players a chance to experience the game as it grows toward its final version. It expands the roguelike deck-building formula while keeping the solo runs fans of the first game enjoy. Early access opens Thursday, March 5, at 1 p.

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I tried Tecno's modular phone concept at MWC - and it quickly got weird

Tecno brought two concepts to MWC: a tri-fold phone that I couldn’t fully test because a security device prevented it from closing on the showroom floor, and a magnetic modular phone that drew most of my attention. The modular handset has an iPhone Air vibe—very thin, with magnets

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Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 shows strong single-core lead in Geekbench

Qualcomm's second-generation Snapdragon X2 has appeared in Geekbench and posted strong single-core numbers, beating the best laptop CPUs from AMD and Intel by over 30%. Geekbench is only one metric and not a direct measure of real-world use, but it tends to align reasonably well with single-thread performance.

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Resident Evil Requiem sells over five million copies after launch

The ninth mainline Resident Evil has sold more than five million copies since its release on February 27, not counting the series' numerous spin-offs and remakes. It recorded the series' biggest-ever launch on Steam, surpassing Resident Evil 4 Remake's launch by about 100,000 concurrent players.

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Iron Galaxy denies it's working on a Fallout remaster

Update; 3/3/2026, 2:45 p.m. ET: Developer Iron Galaxy has denied the rumors that it’s working on a Fallout remaster in a new post on Bluesky. Quoting a PC Gamer post about the rumors, Iron Galaxy said, “Nope! There is nothing to see here.” The studio

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Apple's $599 MacBook Neo first look

Apple has unveiled the MacBook Neo, an entry-level laptop priced at $599 that uses the A18 chip—the same processor found in the iPhone 16 Pro—and targets budget PCs and Chromebooks in the low-end market. The Neo is a 2.74-pound, colorfully finished machine meant for everyday tasks like

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Cyberpunk 2077 Comes to Game Pass on March 10

Cyberpunk 2077, which many players abandoned after its busted 2020 launch, will be added to Xbox Game Pass later this month. Xbox’s March lineup puts the RPG on cloud and console starting March 10. The Game Pass inclusion covers only the base game; the Phantom Liberty expansion must be

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Best of MWC 2026: top takes from Xiaomi, Lenovo, Motorola and more

Mobile World Congress 2026 has shifted the conversation from headline flagships to the trends and ecosystem work shaping the rest of the year. Xiaomi and Honor led weekend keynotes on the show floor, while Google and Samsung maintained a lower-key presence. Exhibitors and visitors alike are watching for a true

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U.S. Physical Game Sales Hit 30-Year Low

Circana's Mat Piscatella reported that U.S. physical video game sales in 2025 were roughly $1.5 billion, the lowest "all-time tracked" figure in 30 years. The total represented an 11-percent drop from the year before, a decline Piscatella called the "lowest rate of decline

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Assassin's Creed Shadows support winds down as Ubisoft outlines future

Ahead of a March 20 stream, Ubisoft confirmed Assassin's Creed Shadows is moving "into its final phase of support." The publisher said it will wind things down with smaller, less frequent updates, though it promised "still a few surprises" that will be shown during

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I stuck this power station in a freezer to test its subzero claims

Cold weather is a lithium battery killer. Without heating, lithium-ion cells begin to struggle below 32°F (0°C), and by 5°F (-15°C) capacity can be reduced by 30%–40% depending on age and quality. Charging at or below 32°F risks permanent damage from lithium plating, which

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Resident Evil 4 Remake's Problematic DRM Removed After 28 Days

In early February, Capcom removed Denuvo from the 2023 Resident Evil 4 remake on Steam and replaced it with a different anti-tamper system called Enigma. Players soon reported major performance drops that hadn’t been present before the change, especially during action-heavy moments. YouTuber ItalicMaze used a mod to restore

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Sony reportedly ending PC ports of single-player PlayStation games

Sony is reportedly pulling back from releasing single-player PlayStation games on PC, with titles such as Ghost of Yotei and Saros now unlikely to appear on the platform. That approach stands in contrast to the current multiplatform era, where Xbox regularly brings its games to other systems. Sony has generally

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Sony U-turn on PC releases leaves Ghost of Yotei and Saros console-only

Bloomberg reports that Sony is pulling back from its recent practice of bringing PlayStation exclusives to PC. The first titles said to be affected include Ghost of Yotei and Housemarque’s Saros, both tipped to remain console-only. The move would mark a reversal of the one-to-two-year PC windows that followed

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Every new Apple product from the March event

After a quiet start to 2026, Apple accelerated hardware releases ahead of its "special Apple Experience" on March 4, with in-person sessions in New York, London and Shanghai at 9am EST. A teaser from Tim Cook raised expectations for new Macs, and on March 2 Apple posted press

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Could not reproduce reported Resident Evil Requiem FPS drops with Nvidia drivers

Reddit users reported large performance drops in Resident Evil Requiem after installing the GeForce Game Ready Driver 591.86—one user on an RTX 40-series GPU said fps fell to 74 and GPU power draw dipped to 304 W. I ran my own tests on the hardware team's

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Nintendo marks Mario Day 2026 with two Virtual Boy games

Nintendo has a somewhat equivocal relationship with the annual Mario Day celebration of its most famous mascot on March 10. The celebration, originally coined by fans because MAR10 spells Mario, has been officially recognized by Nintendo for the last 10 years or so. The company usually focuses its Mario Day

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Pokémon Champions: Everything We Know

Pokémon Champions is a free-to-play battle simulator set to become the new platform for competitive Pokémon play when it launches in April. It is not the RPG format players may expect; the game is built around competitive battles, whether for official tournaments or casual matches. Pokémon can be transferred from

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Samsung confirms DRAM price rise of 'over 100%' for customers

Samsung Electronics has confirmed a DRAM price increase of "over 100%" for its customers in the first quarter of this year. That follows a 70% rise in January, suggesting the RAMpocalypse may get worse before it improves. Samsung is one of the big three DRAM manufacturers, sitting behind

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Minecraft names baby mob update 'Tiny Takeover'

Minecraft has revealed the official name for its first drop of 2026: the Tiny Takeover drop. No concrete release date was provided, but if Mojang follows the pattern of previous drops, the rollout could happen within a couple of weeks and might coincide with spring. The post lists the features

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Highguard Shutting Down After 45-Day Run, 31 Days Longer Than Concord

Wildlight Entertainment announced on Twitter that Highguard will permanently shut down on March 12, and thanked players for trying the free competitive shooter that launched in January. In a March 3 blog the remaining developers said one final update would arrive “tonight or tomorrow” before the servers go offline. The