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Latest News - August 2026
- Microsoft Admits Latest Windows 11 Update May Break Your Games
- Motorola Razr+ & Pixel 10a Drop To Under $425 In Weekend Sales
- Best Buy Anniversary Sale: Top Gaming Laptop Deals Under $1,500
- Genki Manta Crowdfunds Steam Controller Rival With Built-In Display And OS
- AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB Specs Confirm A Heavily Trimmed-Down Budget GPU
- Subway And ARC Raiders Team Up For One Seriously Weird Crossover
- HyperX Cloud Alpha Air Brings Big Bass To Open-Back Gaming
- Best Buy's Weekend Trade-In Deal Drops Nintendo Switch 2 Down To $245
- Soaring Console Prices Pummel US Hardware Sales In Record Slump
- Best Back-To-School Laptops: Grade-A Picks For Every Student And Budget
- AMD Hits Record x86 Market Share To Cut Into Intel's Chip Lead In Every Segment
- Darth Vader Crashes City Council Meeting To Endorse Flock Surveillance
- Micron To Pour $10 Billion Into US Hub To Invent Post-DRAM AI Tech
- Wild Hardware Hack Brings Doom To A Vintage Canon DSLR Camera
- Microsoft’s Original Xbox Is Back As A Massive Mattel Brick Set
- GTA 6 Leakers Turn Up The Heat With Threats To Expose More Content
- How Intel's Pentium D Exposed A Chiplet Challenge That's Still Relevant Today
- Your Fire TV Is Getting Amazon’s Supercharged Alexa For Free
- Best Buy Members Save 50% On NFL Sunday Ticket: How To Get It For $234
- NASA's Swift Telescope To Plunge To Earth After Rescue Mission Fails
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All News for August 2026
Despite the ongoing drive to polish and stabilize Windows 11, Microsoft's efforts are occasionally detoured by severe bugs. The latest known issue to stall Microsoft's progress is a problem where certain games become unresponsive, close...
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If you are looking to upgrade your smartphone without paying four-figure flagship prices, there are a couple of compelling Android phones that are on sale this weekend, including the unlocked Motorola Razr+ (2025) and Google's Pixel 10a...
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There is still time to take advantage of Best Buy's 60th anniversary sale before it ends on Sunday. There are some enticing offers on tap, such as a boosted trade-in promotion that can effectively knock the price of a Switch 2 console down...
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A new project from Genki, last mentioned here for its Nintendo Switch 2 mockups, has taken Kickstarter by storm, promising a best-in-class pro controller for PC and Nintendo Switch/Switch 2 players. This project is called the Genki Manta...
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Today, the house of Radeon has just released AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.8.1. This new driver package brings support for Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy as well as the X-COM-like Star Wars Zero Company and Call of Duty: Modern...
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Gamers who have been around the block a few times likely recall rampant, absurd crossovers between gaming franchises and food brands, like this Pepsi-sponsored Xbox or the infamous EverQuest 2 /pizza command. If you're one of those fans...
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HyperX has unveiled its first open-back gaming headset, the Cloud Alpha Air, which is targeted for players seeking audiophile-grade spatial awareness alongside hard-hitting bass. The wired headset debuted at HP’s Level Awakening 2026 showcase.
The Cloud Alpha Air defers from previous HyperX...
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If you have been waiting for the right time to upgrade from your old Switch to a new Switch 2 console, run, don't walk to Best Buy this weekend and take advantage of the retailer's boosted trade-in offer. Depending on which version of the...
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U.S. video game spending tanked in July as soaring hardware prices and a rapid shift toward digital downloads crushed traditional retail sales, which haven't been this bad since 1995.
The gaming market faced a major slump last month...
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Remember when Billy Madison belted out, "Back to school, back to school, to prove to Dad that I'm not a fool!"? Sincere apologies if that earworm is now stuck in your head, but the back-to-school season has arrived (so long, summer!) and...
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The global PC processor market experienced an unexpected surge in the second quarter of 2026, with total x86 and Arm-based CPU shipments growing more than 10% sequentially to defy normal seasonal trends, according to fresh data from...
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Municipal public comment periods are usually home to standard local grievances, but a recent San Diego City Council meeting received an Imperial visit when Darth Vader stepped up to endorse Flock cameras and automated surveillance...
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Micron has announced a $10 billion commitment over the next decade to establish Micron Research Labs, a long-horizon research institution headquartered in Boise, Idaho. The new hub is designed to look well beyond today's standard DRAM and...
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Unusual Doom ports are a favorite oddity among many tech enthusiasts, and the latest arrival is Doom 550D, a port of the game that can run on certain Canon cameras thanks to the Magic Lantern open-source firmware for Canon EOS 550D, Rebel...
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Microsoft is celebrating the Xbox’s 25th anniversary and plans to release a limited edition Xbox Series X25 sporting the classic translucent green colorway that many fans fondly remember. The celebration isn’t stopping there, though, as...
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Grand Theft Auto VI has suffered from numerous major leaks lately, including the release of the game's full map just two days ago. As promised by the hacker responsible, CyberLeek, more game content has followed, which suggests this...
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How's your Throwback Thursday going? As it happens, we've got a perfect post for you today, thanks to former Intel Performance Architect François Piednoel. Posting on LinkedIn, Piednoel shared an anecdote about his days at Intel as part of...
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Amazon has made its upgraded AI Alexa+ assistant available to all Fire TV device owners in the United States free of charge, no Amazon Prime membership or any kind of monthly subscription needed.
This surprise gift from Bezos elevates...
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With the NFL preseason wrapping up next week, football fans are gearing up for the start of the regular season featuring a Super Bowl LX rematch between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. Ahead of the opening kickoff, Best Buy...
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A $30 million rescue effort has come to an end, dooming NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Telescope to a fiery atmospheric reentry later this year. The observatory had previously suffered major attitude control malfunctions and went into an...
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Chinese quadcopter maker HoverAir (part of Zero Zero Robotics) might have managed to bypass the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) new restrictions on foreign-made drones, launching the HoverAir Versa as a DJI Pocket-like camera with...
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G.Skill has begun dispersing payments related to a class-action lawsuit settlement that was reached earlier this year. If you purchased a kit of G.Skill RAM within the past several years, check your email's spam folder and/or payment app...
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