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After laying off Battlefield 6 developers, EA pays its CEO $38 million because Battlefield 6 did so well

Remember when Battlefield 6 dropped in 2025 and it was a big hit, selling seven million copies in three days and becoming the first Battlefield game to outsell a competing Call of Duty? And then Electronic Arts rewarded the people who made it by laying off an undisclosed number of them? And also laid off […]

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Deals: M5 MacBook Pro $320 off, base MacBook Air $170 off, AirPods Pro 3, TechWoven case 32% off, Apple cables, more

While summer sale pricing continues on AirPods Pro 3 at $50 off, AirPods Max 2 at $100 off, and Apple’s AirTag 2 down at $22 each, today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by this 24GB 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro at $320 off alongside the ongoing $500 price drop on the 2TB M5 Pro MacBook Pro

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iPhone 18 Pro vs iPhone Ultra: Here are the biggest differences

Apple’s fall iPhone lineup this year is rumored to revolve around iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Ultra. Here are the three biggest feature differences—not counting price—that may influence your upgrade decision. This difference is the most obvious, but it’s worth stating because it’s also the most significant. iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will offer

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Gemini for macOS rolling out voice control and Gboard Rambler-level transcription

After the preview at I/O 2026 in May, Gemini for macOS is now rolling out advanced voice control capabilities. Google bills this as letting you “speak naturally into any window on your desktop,” with two key features. The first is intelligent dictation that transcribes “spoken words into clean, polished text.” Gemini automatically removes “umm” and

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Review: This Asus ProArt 4K display has several features that separate it from the pack [Video]

The Asus ProArt PA27UCGE is a 27-inch 4K display with a few tricks up its sleeve that set it apart from a crowded monitor market. It begins with its high frame rate support, up to 160Hz, which is great for fluid web browsing, gaming, and video editing. It also features an optional monitor hood to

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Support for school cellphone bans reaches new high, where do you stand?

As back-to-school season gets underway, more Americans now say they support keeping students away from their phones throughout the entire school day. Yes, it’s still July, but summer break is somehow already over. My own kids return to school today and tomorrow, marking the second summer where the first day of school doesn’t start with

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Apple Maps in iOS 27 makes my favorite recent feature even better

Apple Maps recently added a new ‘Suggested Places’ feature in iOS 26.5, but it’s getting even better in iOS 27. Here’s how. When iOS 26.5 launched in May, it came with a pair of Apple Maps-focused changes, including ‘Suggested Places.’ The feature offers recommendations inside Maps’ search screen of places you should check out. Suggested

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OpenAI president admits new ChatGPT desktop app is ‘kind of a mess,’ teases tab-free design

In a wide-ranging interview with Joanna Stern, OpenAI president Greg Brockman addressed the company’s recent changes to the ChatGPT desktop app and discussed its plans for a tab-free interface. Watch it below. A few days ago, Joanna Stern published a teaser of an upcoming interview with OpenAI president Greg Brockman on her new YouTube channel,

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