Month: May 2025
Here’s the thing Apple gets right about platforms that Samsung would be smart to copy
I spend most of my time using an excellent iPhone 16 Pro Max, which means I get to live most of my existence using the expertly tailored iOS 18 experience. Sometimes, though, I use the equally fantastic Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, a flagship phone now running Android 15 and OneUI…
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Apple is ready to replace Game Center with a more Xbox-like gaming app
Apple plans to announce an app focused on video games for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV at its Worldwide Developer Conference next week, according to Bloomberg. The app will let you launch games you’ve installed on your devices and serve as a hub for things like achievements and…
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Tesla continues to circle the drain
We don’t typically report on monthly sales data for one car company in one market, but this one seems particularly notable given all that’s going on in the world. In another sign that Elon Musk’s company is in a real tough spot, Tesla is getting absolutely demolished in Europe. The…
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Razer’s Blade 18 laptop price jumps $300, to $3,499.99
Razer’s powerhouse Blade 18 portable gaming desktop replacement is launching today with a surprise price hike from its originally advertised $3,199.99 tag. The company has quietly raised the cost of the base spec, which features an RTX 5070 Ti graphics card, to $3,499.99 — a $300 jump from its CES…
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Aluminum and the iPhone 17 Air sounds like a poor recipe for clumsy people like me
At first, I wasn’t sold on the idea of titanium being used in phone chassis, dismissing it as a bit of a marketing gimmick rather than a truly useful feature. But then I spent time with the iPhone 15 Pro Max, Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, and then their successors, the…
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eBay is cutting more than 200 jobs at TCGplayer
eBay is slashing the jobs of 220 workers at TCGplayer’s card authentication center in Syracuse, New York, as reported earlier by local news outlet LocalSyr. eBay will move the online trading card marketplace’s operations to a warehouse in Kentucky — a decision TCGplayer’s union claims is eBay’s attempt to “evade…
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