Month: January 2022
AirPods Pro drop to $180, plus the rest of the week’s best tech deals
This week was a good one for those holding out for discounts on Apple gadgets. Most AirPods models remain on sale at Amazon, so you can grab the second-gen earbuds for only $100 or the latest AirPods Pro for $180. The 2021 Apple TV 4K is also on sale for…
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Hackers have stolen $80 million in cryptocurrency from the Qubit DeFi platform
Qubit Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, has become the latest victim of a high-value theft, with hackers stealing around $80 million in cryptocurrency on Thursday. The value of cryptocurrency stolen makes this the largest hack of 2022 so far. Qubit Finance acknowledge the hack in an incident report published…
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Intel bags major victory in decade-long court battle over its rivalry with AMD
Audio player loading… Intel has won an appeal against a penalty worth $1.2 billion handed out twelve years ago in relation to an EU antitrust investigation. The original claim, levelled by the European Commission (EC), was that Intel had blocked arch-rival AMD from the CPU market by handing out rebates…
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Quick – the Apple Watch SE is on sale for just $249 in fantastic deal at Amazon
If you’re looking to pick up a cheap Apple Watch deal, then Amazon has you covered. We’ve just spotted the already affordable Apple Watch SE on sale for just $249 (was $279). That’s a $30 discount and the best price you can find right now. The Apple Watch SE shares…
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The eject button held all the power on the original Xbox
The most important button on the original Xbox wasn’t the power button: it was the button to eject the disc tray. Conceptually, this doesn’t make sense. Of course the power button should be the most important button — it turns on (and off) the whole console. But that attitude is…
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Fortnite’s return to iOS via GeForce Now feels just fine
Fortnite hasn’t been available on iOS since Apple yanked it from the App Store in August 2020, but I’ve been able to play it on my iPhone once again thanks to a closed beta on Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service. While it’s not quite as seamless an experience as…
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