Epic’s Tim Sweeney ludicrously calls Apple’s ‘Find My’ a privacy hazard

Fortnite played on a MacBook Pro. Not Sweeney's Last updated 17 hours ago Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, has made an incredibly bad leap of logic and lambasted Apple for how its Find My service located his stolen MacBook, and violated the privacy of the thief. You've got to really want it if you're…

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Intel to Launch “Lunar Lake” Core Ultra Chips on September 3rd

Intel’s next-generation Core Ultra laptop chips finally have a launch date: September 3rd. Codenamed Lunar Lake, Intel has been touting the chips for nearly a year now. Most recently, Intel offered the press a deep dive briefing on the chips and their underlying architectures at Computex back in June, along with a public preview during…

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Apple puts brakes on Tata’s purchase of Vivo’s India business

Mumbai, India Tata Group's acquisition of a stake in rival Vivo's India business was allegedly stopped by Apple, due to Tata owning a factory with Apple's supply chain. Tata Group, an Indian conglomerate, has reportedly put the brakes on talks to acquire Chinese smartphone producer Vivo's business in India. Vivo wanted to sell a 51%…

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How to use Reduce Interruptions on iOS 18 and what it does

The new Reduce Notifications Focus Mode For iOS 18, Apple has introduced a new Focus Mode called Reduce Interruptions, which aims to use Apple Intelligence to prioritize notifications to cut them down, yet not have you miss anything important. A strength of Apple Intelligence is that rather than some separate ChatGPT-like app, its features are…

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Grab this incredible deal on the MacBook Air and finish your back-to-school shopping

Even with last year’s chip, the M2 MacBook Air is easily one of the best models we’ve ever tested, with an incredibly light design and speedy processor. Perhaps one of the coolest parts about this laptop, however, is its price right now, which is down to $799 at Amazon, its best yet. Usually available for…

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Older models drive down iPhone prices in June quarter

iPhone 15 Plus Last updated 11 hours ago A metric used to gauge iPhone sales performance suggests a decrease in the average selling price in the June 2024 quarter due to the popularity of older models. Apple stopped reporting iPhones' Average Selling Price (ASP) in 2018. However, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) have maintained the…

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The Cooler Master V Platinum V2 1600W ATX 3.1 PSU Review: Quiet Giant

Continuing our ongoing look at the latest-generation ATX 3.1 power supplies, today we are examining Cooler Master's V Platinum 1600 V2, a recent addition to the company's expansive PSU lineup. The V Platinum 1600 V2 is designed to cater to top-end gaming and workstation PCs while offering maximum compatibility with modern ATX directives. And while it…

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Micron Ships Denser & Faster 276 Layer TLC NAND, Arriving First In Micron 2650 Client SSDs

Micron on Tuesday announced that the company has begun shipping its 9th Generation (G9) 276 layer TLC NAND. The next generation of NAND from the prolific memory maker, Micron's latest NAND is designed to further push the envelope on TLC NAND performance, offering significant density and performance improvements over its existing NAND technology. Micron's G9…

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Best Buy Briefly Lists AMD’s Ryzen 9000 CPUs: From $279 to $599

Although AMD delayed launch of its Ryzen 9000-series processors based on the Zen 5 microarchitecture from July 31, to early and mid-August, the company's partner (and major US retailer) Best Buy briefly began listing the new CPUs today, revealing a very plausible set of launch prices. As per the retailer's product catalog, the most affordable…

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