Dell XPS 13 Plus displays detaching due to glue issue

What you need to know Some OLED models of the XPS 13 Plus are experiencing an issue that causes the display of the laptop to fall off or come loose. Dell issued a statement regarding the issue, pointing to “problems with the third-party adhesive used” causing some screens to become loose. Several reports have emerged […]

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Xbox players report achievements disappearing due to a new bug

What you need to know A growing number of Xbox users have reported that many of the achievements they unlocked in Xbox 360 games are disappearing from their profile. Users report that achievements are still visible when viewed on an Xbox 360 or TrueAchievements.com, but are not displaying on Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S […]

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Dead Cells developer forced to raise prices due to abuse of Steam PC’s regional pricing structure

What you need to know Dead Cells developer Motion Twin says it had to raise the price of the game in Argentina and Turkey due to users abusing Steam’s regional pricing structure. Regional pricing allows developers to scale the cost of their games down to make them more affordable in countries with weaker currencies, but […]

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Microsoft: Non-Xbox Game Pass titles seemingly ready to hit Cloud Gaming due to bug [Update]

Updated Aug. 10 at 4:40 p.m. ET: A Microsoft spokesperson told Windows Central that the Game Pass icons were due to a bug. Original story is below. What you need to know A new Elden Ring listing on the Xbox website features a (non-functional) Xbox Cloud Gaming play button, suggesting that it, as well as […]

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iPhone 14 could be delayed due to growing China-Taiwan tension

You might have heard about Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, and her visit to Taiwan. It’s been all over the news lately. But how is that relevant to the iPhone 14 release, you might ask? Well, as most of you know, Apple is TSMC’s top customer and the company ships […]

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BREAKING: Samsung scaling down smartphone production due to weak sales

The consumer spending spree witnessed after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns appears to be over now. Financial experts around the world forecast a global recession, and the smartphone market has started to brace for the economic downturn. Even Samsung seems to have scaled back smartphone production. Although Samsung claimed that it expects smartphone sales to stay […]

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Spotify Connect stops working on Samsung soundbar due to licensing

It’s a sad state of affairs when perfectly-working hardware stops functioning as intended due to software and lack of support. Without Android OS and One UI, Samsung’s Galaxy S22 would become a paperweight. Of course, the Galaxy S22 is an extreme example, as it will never lose Android and One UI. But other Samsung products […]

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Activision Blizzard Q2 earnings fall due to Call of Duty decline

What you need to know Activision Blizzard reported its Q2 2022 earnings for the quarter ending June 30, 2022.  At $1.64 billion, revenue for the quarter dropped year-over-year. This drop was primarily due to lower engagement with Call of Duty.  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is slated to launch on Oct. 28, 2022. Call […]

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Has your Samsung phone battery ‘blown up’ too due to the heat wave?

July has been one of the hottest months on record for much of Europe. The UK particularly has been gripped by an intense heat wave with average temperatures being higher than they’ve been in decades. Naturally, it’s been difficult for people who are generally not used to such intense heat. It appears that smartphone batteries […]

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Xbox FY22 Q4 gaming revenue down 6% year-over-year due to lower engagement, console supply

What you need to know Microsoft shared its financial results for FY22 Q4, ending June 30, 2022.  The company saw a 6% decrease year-over-year in Xbox revenue due to lower engagement and limited hardware supply.  Xbox hardware revenue was down by 11%. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in Xbox Game Pass subscribers.  […]

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Canalys: Smartphone sales fell 9% in Q2 2022 due to oversupply and soaring inflation

Canalys posted a troubling report on the smartphone market for Q2 2022. Shipments between April and June fell 9% YoY after weaker demand, following “economic headwinds and regional uncertainty”. Samsung remained the top maker in Q2 while Apple retook second place from Xiaomi after strong iPhone 13 sales, while Chinese makers struggled at home. According […]

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Low Sales Expected for Larger Apple Watch Series 8 Due to High Price Point

The Apple Watch Series 8 model with a larger 1.99-inch display is expected to sell in comparatively low volume, which could indicate a high retail price, according to insightful display analyst Ross Young. Young made the remarks on the latest episode of The MacRumors Show, explaining that the larger Apple Watch Series 8 model that […]

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Samsung halts LCD TV panel orders due to 16 weeks’ worth of oversupply

Samsung Electronics is reportedly facing issues shipping enough TVs and is stuck with an oversupply of LCD panels. Because of this, Samsung has reportedly suspended the purchase of LCD panels from its suppliers until further notice. Market watchers expected Samsung to procure around 54 million LCD panels for its smart TV division this year. However, […]

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Samsung apparently has a huge stockpile of 50 million devices due to low demand

According to a new report out of its home of Korea, Samsung has a stock problem. And it’s that it has huge amounts of phones in stock – over 50 million, in fact. That staggering stockpile has added up into the stocks of its distributors. These are phones that are just sitting there waiting to […]

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Japanese airline reminds us that a Galaxy Z global rebranding is due

Japanese airline Zipair is removing the “Z” logo from the side of its planes to avoid being associated with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Samsung took similar steps to rebrand its products earlier this year, although not to the same extent. The letter “Z” was adopted by the Russian military during the ongoing invasion of […]

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Apple iPhone 14 development delayed by weeks due to lockdowns in China

According to the latest Nikkei Asia report, Apple suppliers in China are behind track on development for one of its iPhone 14 series models due to ongoing COVID lockdowns across the country. Based on info from unnamed sources close to the matter, Apple has urged suppliers to speed up component development in a bid to […]

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At Least One iPhone 14 Model Three Weeks Behind Schedule Due to China Lockdowns

Development of at least one iPhone 14 model is three weeks behind schedule due to Chinese lockdowns and in a worst case scenario could impact initial production volumes, according to a new report today. Despite an easing of restrictions, the impact of lockdowns beginning in late March in and around Shanghai is said to have […]

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Trendforce: Smartphone market will decline in 2022 due to COVID, inflation

Trendforce published a research today in which it claims smartphone shipments in the calendar 2022 will decline. Performance in Q1 2022 was unimpressive, and the downward trajectory is predicted to continue in the second quarter as China is struggling with its “zero COVID” policy. The total production forecast for the entire year is 1.333 billion […]

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Apple’s Director of Machine Learning Resigns Due to Return to Office Work

Apple’s director of machine learning, Ian Goodfellow, has resigned from his role a little over four years after he joined the company after previously being one of Google’s top AI employees, The Verge’s Zoë Schiffer has reported. Goodfellow reportedly broke the news to staff in an email, saying his resignation is in part to Apple’s […]

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Kuo: Apple Watch Series 7 Missed Body Temperature Monitoring Due to Algorithm Problems, but Feature Could Still Come to Series 8

Apple canceled plans to add a body temperature sensor to the Apple Watch Series 7, but the feature could come to the Apple Watch Series 8 instead, according to reputable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a thread of tweets, Kuo explained that Apple originally intended to offer a body temperature measurement feature with the ‌Apple Watch […]

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