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Fortnite Returns to Apple App Store Worldwide Ahead of Epic's Legal 'Final Battle'

Chris Harper — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:20:00 -0400

The years-long legal battle between Epic Games and Apple heads toward its "final battle" according to Epic, touting the coming conflict as such as it re-released Fortnite onto iOS nearly worldwide. Key word there is nearly: the game is not yet back on the Australian App Store despite Epic having won its case there, so Epic is waiting for the

GitHub Breach Exposes 3,800 Internal Repos via Poisoned VS Code Plugin

Alan Velasco — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:05:00 -0400

Software developers are increasingly becoming bigger targets for hackers, who are now searching for ways to compromise the software supply chain in an effort to distribute malware. The latest organization to be compromised is the developer platform GitHub, which had an employee get hit by a malicious Visual Studio Code Extension. The company

Galaxy S27 Pro Leak: New 6.47-Inch Display Size, but No S Pen

Paul Lilly — Wed, 20 May 2026 12:36:00 -0400

Samsung is preparing four flagship smartphone models instead of the usual three for its next-generation Galaxy lineup, with the addition of the rumored Pro variant for the Galaxy S27 series, according to a Korean news report. Not only that, but it's said the Galaxy S27 Pro will introduce a 6.47-inch display size that Samsung has not offered

Google Wear OS 7 Debuts: 10% Battery Boost, 'Live Updates' and Gemini Intelligence

Aaron Leong — Wed, 20 May 2026 11:43:00 -0400

Wear OS 7 is here and it's Google's rethink of what a smartwatch should do when your phone is out of reach. The new OS claims to push longer battery life, deeper Gemini integration, and a cleaner information layout that could make Wear OS a more powerful and useful wrist-first platform than before. Google says watches upgrading from Wear

Google I/O 2026: Gemini 3.5 Flash Debuts, AI Search Era Begins and More

Tim Sweezy — Wed, 20 May 2026 11:41:00 -0400

At its annual I/O developer conference, one thing Google made clear during the opening keynote is the company is no longer building AI features on top of its existing products, but instead is moving toward the 'agentic AI' era full steam ahead. Michael Dell talked about the agentic AI era during his presentation at Dell Tech World 2026 too,

Memorial Day Gaming Deals Slash $100 Off the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally Handheld

Paul Lilly — Wed, 20 May 2026 11:34:00 -0400

Multiple retailers have marked down the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally handheld ahead of Memorial Day Weekend, slashing $100 of the price. Taking advantage of this deal also gets you three months of Xbox Game Pass Premium. After the three-month trial, pricing costs $14.99 per month if sticking with the Premium plan. Alternatively, Ultimate runs $22.99/month

Forza Horizon 6 Steam Launch Races to Record 273,148 Concurrent Players

Chris Harper — Wed, 20 May 2026 11:14:00 -0400

Despite a prominent leak and also being available at launch via Xbox Game Pass, Forza Horizon 6 is off to a high-momentum start in sales and concurrent players on Steam, breaching 273,000 players within two days of launch. Since those numbers only count PC Steam players, the full pool from Xbox consoles and Game Pass players must be even larger,

Mercedes-AMG GT 63 Tri-Motor EV Brings 1,153-HP to Porsche Taycan Fight

Aaron Leong — Wed, 20 May 2026 11:06:00 -0400

Mercedes-AMG has turned its GT series from brutal gas-powered grand tourers into an all-electric declaration of war against the likes of the Porsche Taycan. The new 2027 EV arrives on AMG’s dedicated 800-volt AMG.EA platform with three axial-flux motors, a 106 kWh battery, and numbers that push it into hypercar territory at over 1,000 horsepower,

Plex Lifetime Pass Skyrockets to $750: Lock in the Old Price Before July 1

Alan Velasco — Wed, 20 May 2026 10:43:00 -0400

Over the years Plex has become a popular option for those looking to stream their own personal media, managing to fend off competing solutions thanks to its ease of use and reasonable pricing. However, this recipe to success has been hampered lately as the service has continued to raise the prices of its monthly, annual and lifetime plans.

Trump Mobile T1 Phone Finally Ships After 'Made in USA' Walkback

Aaron Leong — Wed, 20 May 2026 10:38:00 -0400

At last, the gold-colored Trump Mobile T1 phone is emerging from the fog of delays, patriotic branding, and US-made claims, and it now appears to be heading to preorder customers starting this week. Embarrassingly, the American flag graphic on the back of the phone also carries a major error. The T1 Phone has arrived!! Those who pre-ordered

$1,095 Coyl Is Herman Miller's First In-House Gaming Desk

Paul Lilly — Wed, 20 May 2026 10:29:00 -0400

Herman Miller is expanding its focus on the gaming segment with its first standing desk built in-house from the ground up specifically for gamers. The new Coyl, as it's called, brings a fully customizable and modular design to the segment, along with what the company describes as a "cutting-edge" rotary dial to raise or lower the height from

AMD EPYC 8005 Sorano CPUs Skip Zen 5c for up to 84 Full Zen 5 Cores

Paul Lilly — Wed, 20 May 2026 09:32:00 -0400

Following an unveiling earlier this year at Mobile World Congress 2026, AMD has now formally released its EPYC 8005 server chip line, codenamed Sorano, with up to 84 cores and 186 threads. Notably, AMD is skipping Zen 5c for its newest server stack and instead going with full Zen 5 cores, whereas the previous generation EPYC 8004 series codenamed

Sony Raises PlayStation Plus Prices Again with Immediate Hikes for New Signups

Chris Harper — Tue, 19 May 2026 14:30:00 -0400

Unprecedented hardware market conditions are making a continuous impact on the gaming console space, and the latest service to feel that impact is PlayStation Plus. Fortunately, it's something of a minor change: PlayStation Plus' entry-level Essential subscription price is going up by $1 per month when purchased in one-month intervals (to

CrystalDiskInfo Fights Fake Samsung SSD Market With New Clone Detection Feature

Zak Killian — Tue, 19 May 2026 14:00:00 -0400

With a massive influx of terrifyingly convincing counterfeit Samsung 990 Pro drives hitting third-party marketplaces earlier this year, buying a high-end SSD lately has felt a bit like navigating a minefield. Now, one of the most essential pieces of software in any PC builder's arsenal is getting a killer upgrade to help fight back. Noriyuki

Microsoft Launches Xbox Player Voice Feedback Hub, Fans Immediately Vote for Return of Exclusives

Alan Velasco — Tue, 19 May 2026 13:40:00 -0400

Asha Sharma has been making her mark after taking over the reigns as CEO of Microsoft's Xbox gaming division, as she seeks to revitalize the sagging brand in preparation for its next generation console codenamed Project Helix. Early on in her tenure she has taken to the social media platform X to gather feedback from loyal fans, but this process

PlayStation Studios CEO Reportedly Halts Future Single-Player PC Ports

Chris Harper — Tue, 19 May 2026 13:00:00 -0400

Past rumors of Sony pivoting away from single-player PlayStation Studios-published games releasing on PC have reportedly been confirmed outright: per noted industry insider Jason Schreier, posting on BlueSky, PlayStation Studios CEO Hermen Hulst has confirmed the plan. This is something of a pity for PC players, since the platform often

Microsoft Refreshes Surface Business PCs With Panther Lake to Beat M5 MacBook Air Graphics

Paul Lilly — Tue, 19 May 2026 11:26:00 -0400

Microsoft is rolling out a new generation of Surface devices for enterprise customers, kitted with Intel's latest-generation Core Ultra Series 3 processors based on Panther Lake. In doing so, Microsoft claims both the retooled Surface Pro for Business and Surface Laptops for Business, as they're called, deliver up to 35% more graphics performance

Dell Launches Local ‘Deskside Agentic AI’ Workstations to Slash Cloud Token Costs

Tim Sweezy — Tue, 19 May 2026 10:55:00 -0400

Dell is pushing to bring AI agent workloads off the cloud and onto local hardware with Deskside Agentic AI introduced at Dell Technologies World 2026 today in Las Vegas. Built in collaboration with NVIDIA as part of the ongoing Dell AI Factory partnership, the lineup gives developers and workgroups a way to run advanced, multi-step AI agents

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D Leak: Budget 8-Core AM5 Chip Keeps Full 3D V-Cache Intact

Paul Lilly — Tue, 19 May 2026 10:34:00 -0400

AMD is out here like, 'You get 3D V-Cache, you get 3D V-Cache, EVERYONE gets 3D V-cache!', and we're all for it. The company's been cranking out new 3D V-Cache chips on platforms both newer (like the Zen 5-based Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition) and less new, and the latest leak suggests another entry is coming that will fall into the latter

Intel Nova Lake Samples Reportedly Begin Shipping With Huge Multi-Core Gains

Aaron Leong — Tue, 19 May 2026 10:26:00 -0400

Intel’s next desktop CPU family is apparently hitting shipping lanes, albeit as early engineering samples. Nova Lake is expected to be a much bolder reset than merely a routine refresh and could become Intel’s most aggressive swing at the high-end PC market in years, with performance claims that sound almost exaggerated until you remember

LG UltraGear 25G590B Debuts as World's First Native 1000Hz 1080p Gaming Monitor

Paul Lilly — Tue, 19 May 2026 09:12:00 -0400

LG claims its upcoming UltraGear 25G590B gaming monitor is the first Full HD 1080p display ever built to offer a native 1,000Hz refresh rate for a competitive edge in esports. Designed for fast first person shooter (FPS) titles, the blistering-fast display is confirmed to feature an In-Plane Switching (IPS) panel rather than a Twisted Nematic

GTA 6 Review Lockdown May Force Journalists to Travel to Secret Locations

Chris Harper — Mon, 18 May 2026 15:20:00 -0400

Last week, an e-mail went out to Best Buy Creators promising that Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders would open today, May 18th. While the legitimacy of the Best Buy email leak has been repeatedly confirmed by various insiders, the big day has arrived without the promised pre-order availability, and now a rumor is circulating that pre-launch review

Open‑Source Layer Brings NVIDIA Reflex and AMD Anti‑Lag 2 to Any GPU on Linux

Zak Killian — Mon, 18 May 2026 13:40:00 -0400

Technologies like NVIDIA's Reflex and AMD's very similar Anti-Lag 2 provide real input latency benefits by modulating the timing between game render frames and game simulation frames. On Windows, anyway; on Linux, these features have historically not been supported due to missing driver-level support. A developer named Korthos Software decided

Apple’s Siri Overhaul: Private, Auto-Deleting AI Conversations Coming to iOS 27

Alan Velasco — Mon, 18 May 2026 12:40:00 -0400

Apple’s Siri digital assistant has fallen far behind the competition, and users have mostly relegated it to simple tasks like setting timers or home automation. The introduction of Apple Intelligence was supposed to change all that, with bold promises of an AI-powered Siri capable of far more than prior iterations. According to Bloomberg’s

The Confidence Trap: Why People Overestimate the Accuracy of Smooth-Talking AI

Tim Sweezy — Mon, 18 May 2026 11:31:00 -0400

As more people begin to use AI in new ways, one group of researchers looked at why humans seem to trust the answers provided by AI more than other humans, even though AI can still be unreliable and inaccurate. What the study revealed was AI's lack of emotion and visible cues may be the underlying reason. AI is constantly evolving, with