Month: June 2022
OnePlus’ Nord N20 5G is now available unlocked
One of the year’s best budget phones is finally available unlocked in the US. The OnePlus Nord N20 5G launched as a T-Mobile exclusive in April, and that was the only way to get ahold of one — until now. The N20 5G is now up for sale from Amazon,…
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Intel’s modest Core i9 beats AMD’s latest 64-core monster CPU on Adobe benchmarks
Audio player loading… Given the price of the new AMD Threadripper Pro, you’d expect the company’s finest HEDT processor to squash the competition ruthlessly. And it turns out that in most cases it generally does, except in a couple of rather important ones, according to the first comprehensive test carried…
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Supreme Court rejects Apple’s bid to continue fighting over two Qualcomm patents
The Supreme Court declined Apple’s bid (pdf) for a hearing over two Qualcomm patents (US Patent No. 7,844,037 and US Patent No. 8,683,362) that were part of lawsuits filed in 2017, claiming infringement by Apple’s iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches. Reuters points out that Apple and Qualcomm’s 2019 settlement of…
Read MoreValve is doubling Steam Deck shipments, so you might get yours faster
Valve is doubling the number of Steam Decks it ships to customers, the company announced Monday. “Production has picked up, and after today we’ll be shipping more than double the number of Steam Decks every week!” Valve said in a tweet from the official Steam Deck account. And in response…
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Google’s Pixel 6 Pro is $120 off for today only
Google’s top-tier flagship phone, the Pixel 6 Pro, is on sale for its lowest price yet. Woot is selling new unlocked Pixel 6 Pro phones for $779.99 for today only. You can choose from all three colors (including Sorta Sunny, the best one) until the end of the day or…
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Hackers steal $100m from another breached crypto bridge
Audio player loading… Another crypto bridge company has been hacked, with tens of thousands of valuable Ethereum tokens stolen in a major heist. The attack is the work of an as-yet-unknown cybercriminal who managed to siphon out 85,867 Ether tokens from the Harmony bridge, worth approximately $105 million at press…
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