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A remastered version of Myst is coming to iOS

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The classic puzzle game Myst is celebrating its 30th birthday this year with a new way...
The classic puzzle game Myst is celebrating its 30th birthday this year with a new way to play: on your iOS device. Myst Mobile is based on the remastered version of the original that’s been released for Oculus headsets and PCs over the past few years. The new iOS port will support iPhones and iPads with A12 bionic ...
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Pakistan is reportedly blocking Wikipedia

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A jury will now decide whether Elon Musk committed fraud when he tweeted “funding secured”

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The question of whether Tesla CEO Elon Musk committed fraud when he tweeted in August 2018...
The question of whether Tesla CEO Elon Musk committed fraud when he tweeted in August 2018 that he was thinking of taking the company private, adding “funding secured,” is now up to a jury.With Musk in attendance, the jury in the billionaire’s securities fraud trial heard closing arguments from an attorney represent...
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The best noise-canceling headphones to buy right now

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Whether you’re wearing them for the morning commute, while traveling, or if you’re simply trying to...
Whether you’re wearing them for the morning commute, while traveling, or if you’re simply trying to find some peace and quiet while working at home, noise-canceling headphones are a more essential piece of kit nowadays than ever before. And you’ve got a slew of great options to pick from; it’s hard to make a bad cho...
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The EU has reportedly issued a formal warning to Microsoft over the Activision Blizzard deal

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Microsoft is seemingly facing more regulatory opposition to its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. According to...
Microsoft is seemingly facing more regulatory opposition to its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. According to Politico, the European Union has issued a formal antitrust warning against Microsoft regarding the $68.7 billion deal.Politico didn’t share exact details about the contents of the warning, but th...
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Beyoncé fans may be the next to release their anger at Ticketmaster

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Ticketmaster is about to face its next big test. Just over three months after the Taylor...
Ticketmaster is about to face its next big test. Just over three months after the Taylor Swift debacle, Ticketmaster will be the place to buy tickets for Beyoncé’s upcoming Renaissance World Tour that was announced on Wednesday.Like with the Taylor Swift presale, people who want to get tickets for Beyoncé’s shows in...
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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023: all the news and updates from the event

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This year’s first Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event was presented in front of an audience in San...
This year’s first Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event was presented in front of an audience in San Francisco’s Masonic Auditorium, marking the first in-person event for Samsung in three years.It started on Wednesday, February 1st, at 1PM ET / 10AM PT, with some exciting announcements.Samsung’s Galaxy S23 Ultra leads the u...
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Rivian is laying off 6 percent of its employees — again

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Another day, another company announces it’s laying off 6 percent of employees. Today, that company is...
Another day, another company announces it’s laying off 6 percent of employees. Today, that company is Rivian, the EV automaker that had one of the biggest IPOs of 2021 but has since struggled to hit its targets as manufacturing and supply chain problems mount. The layoffs also come amid a looming EV price war, in wh...
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Here’s where to preorder your Samsung Galaxy S23 phone

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Another year, another round of flagship Samsung phones. This time around, Samsung used its Unpacked event...
Another year, another round of flagship Samsung phones. This time around, Samsung used its Unpacked event to announce a new line of Galaxy Books, in addition to the Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, and S23 Ultra. The latter probably feels familiar to last year’s S22 generation, as there are once again three models to choose fr...
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AMD’s 7000X3D chips will start at $449 when they take on Intel this spring

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AMD has announced the pricing for its flagship 7000X3D chips as well as when you’ll be...
AMD has announced the pricing for its flagship 7000X3D chips as well as when you’ll be able to get them. The Ryzen 9 7950X3D will cost $699, with the 7900X3D coming in at $599. Both chips will be available on February 28th. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D, meanwhile, has seemingly been delayed a bit and will be released on Apri...
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OpenAI announces ChatGPT Plus at $20 a month

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OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Plus, a $20 monthly plan that gives you priority access to the...
OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Plus, a $20 monthly plan that gives you priority access to the AI chatbot, even during peak time where free users would have to wait. The company also says the plan will give you “faster response times” and “priority access to new features and improvements.”OpenAI says it’ll be sending o...
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Microsoft’s post-layoffs Halo studio is smaller and switching to Unreal Engine

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Halo developer 343 Industries lost at least 95 people due to Microsoft’s recent layoffs, and the...
Halo developer 343 Industries lost at least 95 people due to Microsoft’s recent layoffs, and the studio is apparently switching from its proprietary Slipspace engine to Epic Games’ widely used Unreal Engine for future games, Bloomberg reports.The future of Halo has been somewhat up in the air since the layoffs annou...
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Tuesday’s top tech news: Hands-on with the HomePod

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Apple Music’s Replay 2023 playlist is here to track your favorite songs

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Apple Music users who love having a playlist of their favorite songs rejoice: Apple has made...
Apple Music users who love having a playlist of their favorite songs rejoice: Apple has made the Replay 2023 playlist available, letting you see which songs you’ve listed to the most this year. The songs that are on it and their rankings will almost certainly change before the big replay roundup in December, but it’...
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SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle could be used to evacuate ISS astronauts in an emergency

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A SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle currently docked to the International Space Station (ISS) could be used...
A SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle currently docked to the International Space Station (ISS) could be used to transport extra crew members back to Earth in the event of an emergency, NASA announced. Following a coolant leak in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked to the ISS in December, international space agencies including...
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Meta’s Account Center came with a 2FA-defeating bug

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Meta’s Accounts Center feature had a bug that let hackers brute force SMS two-factor authentication, allowing...
Meta’s Accounts Center feature had a bug that let hackers brute force SMS two-factor authentication, allowing them to bypass the additional protection (via TechCrunch). The vulnerability, which Meta says it fixed in December, was reported by Nepalese security researcher Gtm Mänôz, who detailed the exploit in a Mediu...
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Frontier’s bringing its 5-gig fiber network across the country

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Frontier, an internet service provider (ISP) that services 25 US states, has just launched 5 Gig...
Frontier, an internet service provider (ISP) that services 25 US states, has just launched 5 Gig fiber internet service across its entire network. Frontier launched 2 Gig fiber internet service less than a year ago, and the 5 Gig plan is currently available in all of Frontier’s fiber-connected markets, with no phase...
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Fortnite’s new concert is a strange musical raid

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Checking out The Kid Laroi might be the first time I ever died during a concert...
Checking out The Kid Laroi might be the first time I ever died during a concert — virtually, of course. The Australian singer is the latest artist to headline an interactive Fortnite experience, but this one differs a bit, adding a touch more of the shooter action that’s core to the game. The result is a strangely c...
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Monday’s top tech news: the chip war ramps up

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Japan and the Netherlands join US with tough chip controls on China

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Following years of lobbying from Washington, Japan and the Netherlands agreed on Friday to tighten restrictions...
Following years of lobbying from Washington, Japan and the Netherlands agreed on Friday to tighten restrictions on the export of chip manufacturing technology to Chinese companies. News of the agreement was reported by Bloomberg, the Financial Times, and The New York Times.The controls are designed to limit China’s ...
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Capcom’s major Street Fighter 5 tournament ditches PlayStation consoles for PCs

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Capcom will exclusively use PCs to power its upcoming Capcom Cup tournament, which has the world’s...
Capcom will exclusively use PCs to power its upcoming Capcom Cup tournament, which has the world’s top Street Fighter 5 players battling it out for a $300,000 prize pool. In a post on Twitter, Capcom Fighters says all matches will be played on PCs with the displays set to 144Hz.The company doesn’t provide any inform...
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The Apple Watch Series 7 with LTE is down to just $329 today

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The Apple Watch remains the go-to smartwatch for iPhone users, but unless you absolutely need some...
The Apple Watch remains the go-to smartwatch for iPhone users, but unless you absolutely need some of the new features found on the Apple Watch Series 8, the last-gen Series 7 remains an attractive wearable — that is, when you can find it. Thankfully, you can currently pick it up at Walmart in the 45mm, LTE-equipped...
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Google’s new AI turns text into music

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Google researchers have made an AI that can generate minutes-long musical pieces from text prompts, and...
Google researchers have made an AI that can generate minutes-long musical pieces from text prompts, and can even transform a whistled or hummed melody into other instruments, similar to how systems like DALL-E generate images from written prompts (via TechCrunch). The model is called MusicLM, and while you can’t pla...
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The Amazon Halo Rise would be a neat sleep tracker, if it weren’t for my cat

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I am stuck in a vicious cycle. My cat is an asshole who likes waking me...
I am stuck in a vicious cycle. My cat is an asshole who likes waking me up at 3AM. In pursuit of a more peaceful slumber (and a new life as an early riser), I turn to all sorts of gadgets and sleep tech. It works for a while, until my cat adopts a new strategy.I drowned out his late-night yowls with the Bose...
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