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Bang & Olufsen has introduced the Beosystem 3000c Dune Grey Edition, a limited luxury music system built around a restored 1985 Beogram 3000 turntable and a pair of Beolab 8 wireless speakers. Priced at $30,000, the system is aimed at collectors who want vintage vinyl hardware with modern streaming features and high-end design. Only 100 individually numbered units will be made worldwide. Each system

Woot’s latest audio sale is offering large discounts on headphones, wireless earbuds, Bluetooth speakers, and outdoor audio equipment ahead of Prime Day. The strongest offers include Apple’s original AirPods Max for $429 and Samsung’s Galaxy Buds3 Pro for $134.99, alongside lower-cost options starting at $5.99. The sale covers a wide price range, making it useful for buyers looking for premium noise cancelling headphones, affordable

Adobe is expanding AI assistants across its Creative Cloud software to help creators handle repetitive production work in Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, InDesign, and Frame.io. The new tools are designed to complete multi-step tasks such as sorting footage, renaming clips, managing layers, resizing designs, checking files for print problems, and preparing rough edits. The goal is not to replace creative decisions. Adobe says the

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed that GJ504b, the distant world known as the Pink Planet, is surrounded by clouds likely made from vaporised salts. The finding gives astronomers their clearest look yet at one of the coldest and faintest planetary-mass objects ever studied directly. GJ504b sits about 57 light-years from Earth and was first discovered in 2013. It has long stood out

A new AI powered breath analysis system is being developed to detect possible signs of illness by studying the chemical compounds a person exhales. The technology could eventually help doctors distinguish between serious lung and heart conditions without relying first on invasive blood tests or long laboratory waits. The project uses an electronic nose and artificial intelligence to examine volatile organic compounds, known as

Two Android phone deals are already available before Prime Day, with the Nothing Phone 3 dropping to $599 and the Samsung Galaxy S26 starting at $785. The Nothing Phone 3 is the cheaper option for buyers who want a large AMOLED display, plenty of storage, and an unusual design, while the Galaxy S26 offers a more traditional flagship experience with a faster processor and

Amazon’s Ember Artline Fire TV is now available at a lower price ahead of Prime Day, giving buyers a cheaper alternative to Samsung’s popular The Frame TV. The 55-inch Ember Artline Fire TV has dropped to $699, while the larger 65-inch model is selling for $899.99. The Ember Artline is designed for people who want a television that does not look like a large

Researchers have developed a new AI assisted holographic display system that can project complex three dimensional scenes in a single step, bringing realistic floating 3D images closer to practical use. The technology combines artificial intelligence with specially designed optical surfaces to reduce image blur between depth layers, one of the biggest problems holding back advanced holographic displays. The work is still an early proof

The Gate Must Stand is a competent roguelite tower defence game with satisfying tactical ideas and reasonable replay value, but it struggles to become memorable. Its core loop works well enough to pass the time, especially at its low price, yet slow pacing, unclear upgrades, weak presentation, and a lack of narrative identity keep it from becoming more than a decent budget option. Developed

CD Projekt RED believes Cyberpunk 2077 has made a major recovery, but the studio knows it may never fully win back every player who lost trust after the game’s troubled launch. Joint CEO Michał Nowakowski has said the company is still working to rebuild confidence, with The Witcher 4 and future projects expected to play an important role in that effort. Cyberpunk 2077 launched

Guild Wars is expanding into the collectible card game space with Mistbound, a new tactical CCG built around a 5 x 3 battlefield grid. The game is licensed by ArenaNet, developed by NC, and set for release on PC and mobile platforms through global publisher bilibili. Mistbound aims to stand apart from traditional card games by making unit movement central to every match. Instead

AMD is bringing Transparent Secure Memory Encryption back to consumer Ryzen 9000 processors through a future BIOS update after quietly removing the feature from non PRO chips. The decision follows criticism from security focused users who discovered that TSME had disappeared after newer motherboard firmware updates without a clear public explanation from AMD. TSME is designed to encrypt data stored in system memory using

A modder has upgraded an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 from 4GB to 8GB of GDDR6 memory by replacing its original memory chips with higher capacity modules. The modified card reportedly delivered a much higher score in one synthetic benchmark, although the real gaming benefit will likely be smaller and depend heavily on the game. The project shows that some older graphics cards may have

The ASRock X870 Challenger WiFi White is a budget focused AM5 motherboard that offers several premium features for $169.99, including USB4 support, PCIe 5.0 connectivity, four M.2 SSD slots, a 19 phase power design, and a white themed layout. It is aimed at Ryzen builders who want a modern X870 platform without paying the higher price usually attached to enthusiast motherboards. AMD’s AM5 platform

NVIDIA Vera Rubin based AI data centers could cost as much as $47 billion for every gigawatt of installed capacity, according to new estimates from Foxconn. The report also suggests that a 1GW facility could face annual electricity costs of roughly $1.3 billion, showing how rapidly the price of building AI infrastructure is rising. The numbers underline the scale of the next generation AI

The open source NVIDIA NVK Vulkan driver has gained initial DLSS support in Mesa 26.2, giving Linux players another major reason to watch the fast improving Mesa graphics stack. The update allows compatible Vulkan games to use NVIDIA’s AI upscaling technology through NVK, reducing one of the biggest feature gaps between the community driven driver and NVIDIA’s proprietary Linux driver. NVK is Mesa’s open

TSMC is reportedly accelerating work on CoPoS, a new panel level advanced packaging technology designed to support larger AI and high performance computing chips at lower cost. The approach could eventually reduce reliance on today’s CoWoS packaging by using larger rectangular panels and glass core substrates to improve material use, chip capacity, and manufacturing efficiency. The shift is being driven by rapidly growing demand

You can find out whether your CPU or GPU is limiting game performance by monitoring GPU usage, checking frametimes, and lowering the game’s resolution. If your GPU stays near full usage, your graphics card is usually the limit. If GPU usage remains low and performance barely changes after lowering resolution, your CPU, RAM, or another part of the system is likely holding the game

The Xbox Series S may have given developers useful experience for bringing modern games to Nintendo Switch 2, according to recent technical analysis. Its lower powered hardware forced studios to make careful compromises with graphics, performance, memory use, and image quality, and many of those lessons appear relevant to Nintendo’s newer system. The Series S has often been criticized for making game development more

Laura Fryer, one of the original Xbox founders, believes Microsoft is facing many of the same hardware concerns that existed when the company first entered the console market more than 25 years ago. In a new discussion about Xbox’s future, Fryer said rising component costs and AI related supply pressure could make traditional gaming hardware harder to sustain. Fryer was part of Microsoft Game