Months after analysts warned that AI-driven demand for memory chips would ripple through consumer electronics, India is providing the strongest evidence yet that the disruption has arrived, with rising handset prices reshaping the smartphone market. The memory chips in question — RAM and storage components — are the same ones tech giants need by the
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AI has become the smartphone industry’s latest battleground, with manufacturers racing to add AI-powered features to attract mainstream consumers. Vertu is taking a different path. The UK-founded luxury phone maker, known for hand-finished devices often costing tens of thousands of dollars, sells status instead of specs. Its Alphafold, a foldable phone, targets affluent buyers, particularly
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Apple recently filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the AI company of a pattern of misconduct aimed at getting current and former Apple employees to share confidential information. (In response, OpenAI said it is “not aware of any evidence that this complaint has merit.”) On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten
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The next canon game in the RPG series, Fallout 5, didn’t get much information as part of this announcement, but Howard notes “Fallout 5 remains our long-range destination”. Given the post notes explicitly that there will be a massive celebration for Fallout Day 2027 (typically held on 23rd October), we can probably expect movement on
Steve Allison, who was promoted to the CBO role only three days ago, took to the internet to answer a few questions. One paragraph from Allison was captured and reposted to the Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Subreddit. While the post was later deleted, it was spotted and saved by PC Gamer, who also verified
"We're where we planned to be." In “a note from Bethesda Game Studios” published today, the studio reiterated that TES6 “is our primary development focus today, with the majority of our team currently working on the next chapter of the franchise.” The note added: “With over 65 million copies sold, players are still exploring Skyrim
This comes from a staggering blog post from Bethesda Game Studios, which addresses the future of all of its different RPG series. Starfield gets its own dedicated section, titled “Starfield Continues”, Bethesda revealed the game has been played by over 17m players for nearly a billion hours. It also says outright that Starfield “remains an
And that Top Gun collaboration will involve more than skins and cosmetics, which is beyond what many people expected. As seen in the gameplay trailer, the iconic F-14 Tomcat aircraft (F-74A Seacat in-game) is coming to the game, alongside the F/A-81F Super Spectre (F/A-18 Super Hornet). The pair are the game’s first two-seater jets, making
A few of the things that have us hooked this week. Here’s another question: do you remember what you were playing last week? You don’t have to! The What We’ve Been Playing archive has you covered. I have a friend – a good friend – who recommends me games I should try. Every now and
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"During the training sequence, we make a false promise." The traces of IO’s original approach can still be felt in First Light, as British spy headquarters MI6 restarts the double-O programme and recruits Bond to join a series of other young hopefuls-in-training. Bond jets to Malta and slowly ingratiates himself with the other trainees there.
