Memory prices have doubled, Macs and iPads have gone up, and iPhones are expected to follow. Ed Zitron – who writes the Where’s Your Ed At newsletter, hosts the Better Offline podcast, and has been described by Politico as the AI boom’s most « acerbic gadfly » – has spent years arguing the buildout driving those costs […]

AppleCare+ with Theft and Loss plans for the iPad and Apple Watch will be available starting Tuesday, August 4 in four additional countries, including Australia, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. These plans provide coverage for up to two incidents of theft or loss every 12 months, with each incident subject to a service fee. […]

Apple today announced that AppleCare One will be available in Australia, France, Germany, and the U.K. starting Tuesday, August 4. Introduced in the U.S. last year, AppleCare One covers up to three devices as part of a single monthly subscription, and the total cost can be lower than multiple AppleCare+ plans. In the U.K., for […]

Last month, tipster Digital Chat Station claimed that the OnePlus 16 would debut in September. However, the tipster has now revised the launch timeline, suggesting that the flagship smartphone has been pushed back by a month. According to the tipster’s latest post, the OnePlus 16 is now expected to be unveiled in October, aligning with […]

Moins cher, presque aussi performant que son modèle le plus ambitieux, Claude Opus 5 marque un nouveau tournant pour Anthropic. Mais derrière les promesses affichées par l’entreprise, les premiers retours dressent un tableau plus contrasté.

It’s been a while since we last heard of STALKER 2, but after months of radio silence since the Sealed Truth update, GSC Game World has good news. GSC Game World is releasing the first of its two planned DLC expansions for STALKER 2 on August 20, 2026, for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and […]

Apple is facing a new lawsuit from three customers who allegedly lost a combined $1.8 million after falling victim to a fake Bitcoin wallet app in the App Store, according to a complaint filed in California federal court on Friday. The complaint alleges that Apple violated California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act and other laws by […]

Welcome back to the Windows Central Podcast! It’s Daniel Rubino and Jez Corden in the driver’s seat this week, tackling a massive news cycle in the Xbox and tech space. We kick things off with a frustrating trend: LG monitors forcing McAfee pop-ups, and we get a little philosophical about the « enshittification » of our hardware. […]

The Redmi Note 17 and Redmi Note 17 Pro were launched in China earlier this month, and we recently heard the former would land in India on August 6. But of course the range is also headed to other markets, including Europe. Pricing in euros for the devices has now been leaked. The Redmi Note […]

After last week’s debacle of Xbox Live being down on the same day as Halo: Campaign Evolved suffered errors that prevented people from its early access launch, you’d think they would calm down at Xbox, right? Well, you’d be wrong because Xbox Live has once again suffered an outage that’s been preventing people from logging […]