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		<title>Steam Deck Sales Crash Following May Price Hike</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/steam-deck-sales-crash-following-may-price-hike/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Despite a notable sales blip immediately following the recent RAMpocalypse-driven price hikes, which saw Steam Deck prices skyrocket by $240-300 overnight, it appears as though sales for the Steam Deck have plummeted since the price increases. Read&#160;More]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Despite a notable sales blip immediately following the recent RAMpocalypse-driven price hikes, which saw Steam Deck prices skyrocket by $240-300 overnight, it appears as though sales for the Steam Deck have plummeted since the price increases. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>OpenAI admits its models hacked Hugging Face on their own</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/openai-admits-its-models-hacked-hugging-face-on-their-own/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Open source AI platform Hugging Face revealed a security breach a few days ago. Turns out OpenAI&#8217;s models were the culprit. Read&#160;More]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Open source AI platform Hugging Face revealed a security breach a few days ago. Turns out OpenAI&#8217;s models were the culprit. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Palworld Hits Nearly 1 Million Concurrent Players 10 Days After 1.0 Launch</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/palworld-hits-nearly-1-million-concurrent-players-10-days-after-1-0-launch/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Palworld&#8217;s meteoric trajectory has seemingly continued following its smashing 1.0 launch on July 10. Nearly two weeks after launch, on July 19, the game reached 961,867 concurrent players reported by SteamDB, the highest figure since the game&#8217;s early access launch in 2024, when it clocked just over 2.1 million concurrent players on SteamDB. Read&#160;More]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Palworld&#8217;s meteoric trajectory has seemingly continued following its smashing 1.0 launch on July 10. Nearly two weeks after launch, on July 19, the game reached 961,867 concurrent players reported by SteamDB, the highest figure since the game&#8217;s early access launch in 2024, when it clocked just over 2.1 million concurrent players on SteamDB. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Ex-Burnout and Need for Speed Talent Starts New Studio To Make Wreckreation 2</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/ex-burnout-and-need-for-speed-talent-starts-new-studio-to-make-wreckreation-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When Tides Turn is the name of a new game studio started by Fiona Sperry in order to launch Wreckreation 2, a sequel to the &#8220;open-world driving playground&#8221; that had more than its fair share of Burnout energy. Wreckreation 2 will be an open-world arcade racing game that hopes to capture that frenetic moment-to-moment energy...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[When Tides Turn is the name of a new game studio started by Fiona Sperry in order to launch Wreckreation 2, a sequel to the &#8220;open-world driving playground&#8221; that had more than its fair share of Burnout energy. Wreckreation 2 will be an open-world arcade racing game that hopes to capture that frenetic moment-to-moment energy that Sperry believes are unique to the arcade racing genre. The new studio is taking something of a different approach to game development, with Sperry stating that the studio aims to develop Wreckreation 2 &#8220;out in the open&#8221;. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>I finally tried an Atomic Linux desktop—and I’m no longer afraid to break my system</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/i-finally-tried-an-atomic-linux-desktop-and-im-no-longer-afraid-to-break-my-system/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have broken Linux desktops in all the usual ways. I have installed a random PPA because some forum comments from 2018 sounded confident. I have removed a package that looked useless, only to discover it was holding the login screen together with tape and ancestral prayers. Not only that, but I upgraded at midnight,...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[I have broken Linux desktops in all the usual ways. I have installed a random PPA because some forum comments from 2018 sounded confident. I have removed a package that looked useless, only to discover it was holding the login screen together with tape and ancestral prayers. Not only that, but I upgraded at midnight, watched the system return with a black screen, and then pretended this was “learning” (copeeee!). Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>SilverStone Quietly Lists CS240 Mini-ITX NAS Case With Four Hot-Swap U.2 Bays</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/silverstone-quietly-lists-cs240-mini-itx-nas-case-with-four-hot-swap-u-2-bays/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SilverStone has quietly listed the CS240, a Mini-ITX NAS chassis first shown at Computex 2026 back in June, built around four hot-swappable 2.5-inch U.2 drives in a compact 21.65-liter footprint. The chassis measures 211 x 285 x 360 mm and is built from aluminium (front door), plastic (front panel) and steel. The four external bays...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[SilverStone has quietly listed the CS240, a Mini-ITX NAS chassis first shown at Computex 2026 back in June, built around four hot-swappable 2.5-inch U.2 drives in a compact 21.65-liter footprint. The chassis measures 211 x 285 x 360 mm and is built from aluminium (front door), plastic (front panel) and steel. The four external bays support tri-mode operation, NVMe U.2 (SFF-8639), SAS, and SATA, with drives up to 15 mm thick, connected via a backplane with dual SlimSAS 8i (SFF-8654) connectors running PCIe 4.0 x4. An additional internal bay takes one 3.5-inch or two 2.5-inch drives. The chassis supports Deep Mini-ITX and Mini-DTX motherboards, with two expansion slots and GPU clearance up to 300 mm length and 168 mm width. Moreover, the case features an integrated GPU support bracket. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Battlefield 6 Update Causes NVIDIA RTX 50-Series Driver Crashes—Fix Incoming</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/battlefield-6-update-causes-nvidia-rtx-50-series-driver-crashes-fix-incoming/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On July 21, the Battlefield 6 Season 4 update dropped, adding a host of new content to the game, including: a new map, the return of ranked battle royal gameplay in Redsec, new vehicles, the dynamic wave system for oceanic warfare, and three new weapons in Redsec (the EF88 bullpup assault rifle, the BROD 3...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[On July 21, the Battlefield 6 Season 4 update dropped, adding a host of new content to the game, including: a new map, the return of ranked battle royal gameplay in Redsec, new vehicles, the dynamic wave system for oceanic warfare, and three new weapons in Redsec (the EF88 bullpup assault rifle, the BROD 3 carbine, and the VSSM marksman rifle). However, it seems as though PC players are not having a good time with the latest update, with a number of Reddit threads confirming frequent crashes. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>GNOME Barely Beats KDE in Gaming Benchmark Comparison—Xfce With X11 Dead Last</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/gnome-barely-beats-kde-in-gaming-benchmark-comparison-xfce-with-x11-dead-last/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[KDE and Gnome are by far two of the most popular Linux desktop environments, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages that may sway users in either direction. Gnome is less customizable but widely recommended to Linux beginners, while KDE goes all-in on GUI-based customization and a smorgasbord of features. However, recent testing by...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[KDE and Gnome are by far two of the most popular Linux desktop environments, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages that may sway users in either direction. Gnome is less customizable but widely recommended to Linux beginners, while KDE goes all-in on GUI-based customization and a smorgasbord of features. However, recent testing by Phoronix reveals that there may be an objectively better desktop environment for gaming on Linux. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Google Maps isn’t just GPS: These are the 3 features you should start using</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/google-maps-isnt-just-gps-these-are-the-3-features-you-should-start-using/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Google Maps has quietly evolved far beyond turn-by-turn directions. Buried in its settings and menus are tools that can change how you explore, navigate, and trust the places you visit. Here are three worth turning on. Read&#160;More]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Google Maps has quietly evolved far beyond turn-by-turn directions. Buried in its settings and menus are tools that can change how you explore, navigate, and trust the places you visit. Here are three worth turning on. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Xteink’s tiny pocket eReader now has a touchscreen and front light</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/xteinks-tiny-pocket-ereader-now-has-a-touchscreen-and-front-light/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You might not have heard of Xteink, but it&#8217;s shaking up the eReader world through the miniscule size of its devices: you can fit them in your pocket so that you&#8217;re more likely to read your favorite book than your Instagram feed. The Chinese brand is capitalizing on this by releasing the X4 Pro, a...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[You might not have heard of Xteink, but it&#8217;s shaking up the eReader world through the miniscule size of its devices: you can fit them in your pocket so that you&#8217;re more likely to read your favorite book than your Instagram feed. The Chinese brand is capitalizing on this by releasing the X4 Pro, a similarly tiny reader that adds some heavily-requested features. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>These 4 legendary Intel CPUs are officially too old for gaming in 2026</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/these-4-legendary-intel-cpus-are-officially-too-old-for-gaming-in-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The modern gaming landscape has changed drastically over the past decade. In the early-to-mid 2010s, games like Grand Theft Auto V, Far Cry 4, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt heavily favored strong single-core performance. This played directly into Intel&#8217;s strengths. With its focus on strong single-core performance and fewer but faster cores, Intel&#8217;s CPUs...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[The modern gaming landscape has changed drastically over the past decade. In the early-to-mid 2010s, games like Grand Theft Auto V, Far Cry 4, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt heavily favored strong single-core performance. This played directly into Intel&#8217;s strengths. With its focus on strong single-core performance and fewer but faster cores, Intel&#8217;s CPUs dominated gaming for years. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Substack is adding an AI detection feature</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/substack-is-adding-an-ai-detection-feature/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Substack is partnering with Pangram to add an AI detection feature. Read&#160;More]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Substack is partnering with Pangram to add an AI detection feature. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Playstation Plus is saying goodbye to these games in August 2026</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/playstation-plus-is-saying-goodbye-to-these-games-in-august-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dead Island 2, Harold Halibut and seven others will be gone soon. Read&#160;More]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dead Island 2, Harold Halibut and seven others will be gone soon. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>We tested dozens of free CarPlay apps, here are the best ones</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/we-tested-dozens-of-free-carplay-apps-here-are-the-best-ones/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After using CarPlay for years and testing dozens of apps, we&#8217;ve narrowed down the list of CarPlay apps you really need. Read&#160;More]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[After using CarPlay for years and testing dozens of apps, we&#8217;ve narrowed down the list of CarPlay apps you really need. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Boulies OP180 @ TechPowerUp</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/boulies-op180-techpowerup/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Boulies OP180 redefines office seating with its minimalist design and highly adjustable features, including a flexible backrest, seat, and 3D armrests. Designed for users between 155 to 190 cm (5&#8217;1&#8243;–6&#8217;3&#8243;), it challenges the need for a headrest. But can it deliver lasting comfort for taller users? Read&#160;More]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Boulies OP180 redefines office seating with its minimalist design and highly adjustable features, including a flexible backrest, seat, and 3D armrests. Designed for users between 155 to 190 cm (5&#8217;1&#8243;–6&#8217;3&#8243;), it challenges the need for a headrest. But can it deliver lasting comfort for taller users? Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>NVIDIA Shares “Rubin” GPU Deep-Dive and Die Annotation</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/nvidia-shares-rubin-gpu-deep-dive-and-die-annotation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NVIDIA&#8217;s latest &#8220;Rubin&#8221; GPU architecture represents one of the company&#8217;s most significant advancements in scaling computing across multiple racks, systems, and data centers. NVIDIA is positioning Rubin squarely at &#8220;agentic AI&#8221;—always-on inference workloads that reason, plan, call tools, and run many sequential steps—claiming up to 10x more agentic throughput per unit of energy than &#8220;Blackwell.&#8221;...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[NVIDIA&#8217;s latest &#8220;Rubin&#8221; GPU architecture represents one of the company&#8217;s most significant advancements in scaling computing across multiple racks, systems, and data centers. NVIDIA is positioning Rubin squarely at &#8220;agentic AI&#8221;—always-on inference workloads that reason, plan, call tools, and run many sequential steps—claiming up to 10x more agentic throughput per unit of energy than &#8220;Blackwell.&#8221; Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>The Xteink X4 Pro is a tiny ereader with more features than you might expect</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/the-xteink-x4-pro-is-a-tiny-ereader-with-more-features-than-you-might-expect/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Xteink X4 Pro is a tiny ereader for DRM-free books. Read&#160;More]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Xteink X4 Pro is a tiny ereader for DRM-free books. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Apple may unveil a new device subscription service as soon as next week</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/apple-may-unveil-a-new-device-subscription-service-as-soon-as-next-week/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Apple may unveil a new device subscription service, reportedly in partnership with Klarna, as soon as next week. Read&#160;More]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Apple may unveil a new device subscription service, reportedly in partnership with Klarna, as soon as next week. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Amazon is making a Robocop TV show with the showrunner from Lodge 49</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/amazon-is-making-a-robocop-tv-show-with-the-showrunner-from-lodge-49/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Amazon greenlit a Robocop pilot. Now it has committed to a full TV show. Read&#160;More]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Amazon greenlit a Robocop pilot. Now it has committed to a full TV show. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Here’s what that trash can with an X icon means on your electronics</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/heres-what-that-trash-can-with-an-x-icon-means-on-your-electronics/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the official marking of the EU&#8217;s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. Read&#160;More]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the official marking of the EU&#8217;s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Forza Horizon 5 Creative Director Defends Xbox Game Pass: “It’s a Good Idea”</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/forza-horizon-5-creative-director-defends-xbox-game-pass-its-a-good-idea/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a recent episode of the MinnMax podcast, Mike Brown, creative director of Forza Horizon 5 and co-founder of Maverick Games since leaving Playground Games to work on Clutch at Maverick Games, commented on Xbox&#8217;s recent sweeping changes and the state of Xbox Game Pass. He has a lot of praise for the former Xbox...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[In a recent episode of the MinnMax podcast, Mike Brown, creative director of Forza Horizon 5 and co-founder of Maverick Games since leaving Playground Games to work on Clutch at Maverick Games, commented on Xbox&#8217;s recent sweeping changes and the state of Xbox Game Pass. He has a lot of praise for the former Xbox leadership, both Sarah Bond and Phil Spencer, and comments that the current state of Xbox and the recent layoffs are both &#8220;sad.&#8221; Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Before you buy an Audi Q5, look at this Japanese SUV</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The luxury SUV market is full of expensive options, but not every buyer wants to pay a premium price for a premium badge. More shoppers are looking for vehicles that deliver comfort, technology, and refinement without the long-term costs associated with traditional luxury brands. Read&#160;More]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[The luxury SUV market is full of expensive options, but not every buyer wants to pay a premium price for a premium badge. More shoppers are looking for vehicles that deliver comfort, technology, and refinement without the long-term costs associated with traditional luxury brands. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>TobenOne Intros UDS060 Docking Station With Programmable Shortcut Keys and Volume Knob</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[TobenONE, a professional docking station brand specializing in office connectivity solutions, has launched the UDS060, an innovative docking station featuring fully programmable shortcut keys and a customizable volume knob. Designed to give users greater control over their workflows, the UDS060 combines high-performance connectivity with personalized hardware controls, enabling frequently used commands to be executed with...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[TobenONE, a professional docking station brand specializing in office connectivity solutions, has launched the UDS060, an innovative docking station featuring fully programmable shortcut keys and a customizable volume knob. Designed to give users greater control over their workflows, the UDS060 combines high-performance connectivity with personalized hardware controls, enabling frequently used commands to be executed with a single touch. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>NVIDIA Details “Vera” CPU With 88 Cores, 176 Threads, and Up to 1.5 TB of LPDDR5X Memory</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NVIDIA today provided more details about its latest custom Armv9.2 &#8220;Vera&#8221; CPU, which the company describes as a pinnacle of its CPU engineering. Designed to coexist within NVL rackscale systems or operate independently, NVIDIA has seen significant interest from its customers in deploying the &#8220;Vera&#8221; CPU across enterprises. The company optimized its design for data...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[NVIDIA today provided more details about its latest custom Armv9.2 &#8220;Vera&#8221; CPU, which the company describes as a pinnacle of its CPU engineering. Designed to coexist within NVL rackscale systems or operate independently, NVIDIA has seen significant interest from its customers in deploying the &#8220;Vera&#8221; CPU across enterprises. The company optimized its design for data analysis, high-performance single-threaded tasks, agentic AI, and large-scale software operations, covering a wide range of use cases. The entire &#8220;Olympus&#8221; CPU core is divided into four major areas: front end, mid-core, execution engine, and cache subsystems. In the front end, NVIDIA has developed a branch predictor that works actively with the instruction fetching unit to keep the core supplied with useful instructions. Tasks such as agent runtimes, compilers, and large data processing workloads often involve control-flow changes, which can leave execution units in the CPU idle. The &#8220;Olympus&#8221; core uses a 10-wide decode engine to ensure a continuous flow of instructions to execution units, keeping them fully utilized. To prepare the data path for execution, NVIDIA created a neural branch predictor that reduces the execution of incorrect paths, supporting up to two taken branches per cycle. This is crucial for control-flow changes when software execution on large data processing suddenly shifts. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>The Witcher 3 “Songs of the Past” Expansion To Debut at Gamescom</title>
		<link>https://www.madshrimps.be/news/the-witcher-3-songs-of-the-past-expansion-to-debut-at-gamescom/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In May, CD Projekt Red announced the Songs of the Past DLC for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as a last hurrah as Geralt before the launch of The Witcher 4, although it has played its cards close to its chest. Now, it has been revealed by the official The Witcher account on X that...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[In May, CD Projekt Red announced the Songs of the Past DLC for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as a last hurrah as Geralt before the launch of The Witcher 4, although it has played its cards close to its chest. Now, it has been revealed by the official The Witcher account on X that players will be able to &#8220;catch a glimpse of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt &#8211; Songs of the Past&#8221; at Gamescom opening night. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Acer Predator Atlas 8 Debuting in Autumn at $1,000+ With Base Intel Arc G3</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Acer and Intel showed off the Predator Atlas 8 gaming handheld, powered by the new Intel Arc G3 APUs, at Computex in June 2026, and while it was speculated that the new handhelds would not be cheap, given the specs and expected performance, it seems less and less likely that there will be even a...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Acer and Intel showed off the Predator Atlas 8 gaming handheld, powered by the new Intel Arc G3 APUs, at Computex in June 2026, and while it was speculated that the new handhelds would not be cheap, given the specs and expected performance, it seems less and less likely that there will be even a single Acer Predator Atlas 8 priced at under $1,000. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Razer Debuts New Seiren V3 Chroma 32-Bit DSP Microphone</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Razer, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, today announced the Razer Seiren V3 Chroma 32-Bit DSP, a premium upgrade of its signature Chroma-powered USB microphone. Read&#160;More]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Razer, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, today announced the Razer Seiren V3 Chroma 32-Bit DSP, a premium upgrade of its signature Chroma-powered USB microphone. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Lego just unveiled a 1,500-piece X-Files set, complete with Mulder, Scully and a grey alien</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The first Lego X-Files set costs $200 and will be available in August. Read&#160;More]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[The first Lego X-Files set costs $200 and will be available in August. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>This Spotify setting makes your music feel DJ mixed</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spotify&#8217;s DJ-inspired tools are loads of fun, but probably won&#8217;t land you any bar mitzvah gigs. Read&#160;More]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Spotify&#8217;s DJ-inspired tools are loads of fun, but probably won&#8217;t land you any bar mitzvah gigs. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Garmin finally made a screenless fitness tracker</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Cirqa Smart Band is Garmin&#8217;s answer to Whoop and the Fitbit Air. Read&#160;More]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Cirqa Smart Band is Garmin&#8217;s answer to Whoop and the Fitbit Air. Read&nbsp;More]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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