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Do you have a Google Stadia gamepad laying around? An update is coming to give it generic Bluetooth support!

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Google Stadia celebrates shutdown with controller update - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/google-stadia-dies-this-week-but-the-controller-will-live-on/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social

How to activate Bluetooth on your Stadia controller - https://www.theverge.com/23559284/google-stadia-controller-bluetooth-mode-how-to

Sony Walkman - https://www.androidpolice.com/sony-walkman-player-nw-a306/

NVIDIA Broadcast will maintain eye contact - https://www.engadget.com/nvidia-broadcast-eye-contact-144555050.html

CNET Has Been Quietly Publishing AI-Written Articles for Months - https://gizmodo.com/cnet-chatgpt-ai-articles-publish-for-months-1849976921

Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios - https://www.ign.com/articles/super-nintendo-world-at-universal-studios-hollywood-sneak-preview-of-mario-themed-food-surprises-and-more

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Which phone, subjectively, has the best camera?

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Pixel 6a wins MKBHD’s blind camera test - https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/12/23/pixel-6a-wins-mkbhds-blind-camera-test/

Nvidia RTX 4080 12GB rebrands to 4070 Ti - https://www.gsmarena.com/nvidia_rtx_4080_12gb_rebrands_to_4070_ti_available_january_5_for_799-news-57062.php

Windows 7 Reportedly Gets Secure Boot in Last Dying Gasp - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-7-reportedly-gets-secure-boot-in-last-dying-gasp?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com

Researcher Exploits Power Supply to Transmit, Steal Data From a PC - https://www.pcmag.com/news/researcher-exploits-power-supply-to-transmit-steal-data-from-a-pc

Calgary man’s pet dog chews on PS controller - https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/12/08/calgary-mans-pet-dog-chews-on-ps-controller-ends-up-buying-in-game-clothing/

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The Nvidia GTX 1060 has finally been dethroned as the most GPU according to Steam’s Hardware Survey for November 2022.

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Steam’s most-used GPU - https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/12/after-more-than-5-years-nvidias-gtx-1060-is-no-longer-steams-most-used-gpu/?utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=twitter&utm_brand=ars&utm_medium=social

Steam Hardware & Software Survey - https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/directx/

Portal with RTX Free DLC Available December 8 - https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/portal-rtx-available-december-8/

Valve will give away over a hundred Steam Decks during The Game Awards - https://www.engadget.com/valve-giving-away-free-steam-deck-game-awards-viewers-094815571.html

Microsoft Raising Prices on New, First-Party Games - https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-raising-prices-new-first-party-games-xbox-series-70-2023-redfall-starfield?utm_source=facebook,twitter

Sonic Motherboard - https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z790%20PG%20SONIC/index.html

Sonic Motherboard New Egg - https://www.newegg.com/amp/p/N82E16813162101

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Will some Intel CPUs soon require pay-as-you-go to unlock on-chip features? Will cars require you to pay to unlock faster acceleration?

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Intel Officially Introduces Pay-As-You-Go Chip Licensing - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-officially-introduces-pay-as-you-go-chip-licensing

Mercedes locks faster acceleration behind a $1,200 annual paywall - https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/23/23474969/mercedes-car-subscription-faster-acceleration-feature-price

Sony Might Stick a PS5 Into the Honda Electric Car - https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-honda-ps5-car

A PC version of Gran Turismo is under consideration - https://www.polygon.com/23481649/gran-turismo-7-pc-version-polyphony-digital-kazunori-yamauchi

PS6 Release Date Will Be After 2027 - https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2022/11/23/ps6-release-date-sony-document-playstation-6/

Banana Pi Reveals Raspberry Pi Alternative - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/banana-pi-reveals-raspberry-pi-alternative-bpi-m6-sbc

Simpsons Arcade Cabinet - https://www.ign.com/articles/best-cyber-monday-deal-arcade1up-arcade-video-game-cabinets

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Will Nvidia’s earlier announced 4080 12GB GPU be renamed to a 4070 Ti?

Microsoft releases Direct Storage 1.1 for developers.

And a McDonald’s gaming chair? What?

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Nvidia Reportedly Prepping RTX 4070 Ti: Rebadged RTX 4080 12GB Makes a Comeback - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-preps-geforce-rtx-4070ti-rebadged-geforce-rtx-4080-12GB?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social

Microsoft DirectStorage 1.1 Now Available, AMD, Intel, Nvidia Ready - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-directstorage-11-now-available-amd-intel-nvidia-ready?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social

NVIDIA AV1 encoder in FFmpeg - https://videocardz.com/newz/ffmpeg-now-supports-nvidia-nvenc-av1-encoder-outperforms-hevc-by-75-to-100

ASRock's Side Panel Turns Your Case Into a Secondary Display - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/asrock-side-panel-display-kit

Microsoft Loses Up to $200 on Every Xbox Console Sold - https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-loses-up-to-200-on-every-xbox-console-sold

McDonald's McCrispy Gaming Chair Has a Fry Holder and Sandwich Warmer - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/mcdonalds-mccrispy-gaming-chair

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Have you ever wanted a simple way to make 3d models? Then check out Crocotile 3D! And, Playstation Home is back from the dead??

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Crocotile 3D - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1244040/Crocotile_3D/

Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse is Basically PlayStation Home - https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2022/10/12/mark-zuckerberg-metaverse-playstation-home-ps-home-twitter/

PlayStation Home has been resurrected by fans - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/6-years-after-it-was-shut-down-playstation-home-has-been-resurrected-by-fans/

Playstation Loses Subscribers - https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/playstation-plus-has-lost-1-9-million-subscribers-since-being-relaunched-in-june

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/10/27/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-iis-physical-disc-72mb-coaster/

Heatbit Releases The First Bitcoin Miner That Heats Your Home - https://www.accesswire.com/722898/Heatbit-Releases-The-First-Bitcoin-Miner-That-Heats-Your-Home

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Some RTX 4090 users have been reporting that their GPUs are burning up. What could be the cause of it?

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NVIDIA’s 16-Pin Connector on GeForce RTX 4090 Graphics Card Burns Up - https://wccftech.com/nvidia-16-pin-connector-on-geforce-rtx-4090-graphics-card-burns-up-melts-the-cable-plug/

Google Chrome will no longer support Windows 7 and 8.1 next year - https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/10/25/chrome-no-longer-support-windows-7-81-next-year/

Google adds replies and stars to Messages — and is taking the RCS fight to iPhones - https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/20/23412546/google-messages-apple-rcs-replies-stars

WhatsApp is now joining Google in bashing iMessage - https://www.androidpolice.com/whatsapp-google-bashing-apple-imessage-rcs/

YouTube Premium Family Plan Price Increases by $5 Per Month - https://www.pcmag.com/news/youtube-premium-family-plan-price-increases-by-5-per-month

Netflix says it will start charging you for ‘extra users’ next year - https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/10/19/netflix-says-start-charging-for-extra-users-next-year/

Casio TM 100 Radio Transmitter - https://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313&_nkw=Casio+TM+100+Radio+Transmitter&_sacat=0 |

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EA has mentioned that it will be closing online services for some of its older titles, going back to the PS3, such as Mirror’s Edge and NBA Jam.

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EA is closing online services for Mirror’s Edge, Onrush and more - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ea-is-ending-online-services-for-mirrors-edge-onrush-and-more/

DualSense Edge wireless controller for PS5 - https://blog.playstation.com/2022/10/18/dualsense-edge-wireless-controller-for-ps5-launches-globally-on-january-26/

Discord update - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/discord-update-adds-activities-app-directory-and-cheaper-nitro-subscription/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social

Netflix With Ads: Prices, Plans and Everything Else to Know - https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/netflix-with-ads-prices-plans-and-everything-else-to-know/

I Spent $10K on DSLR Camera Gear, But You Can Just Buy a Pixel 7 Pro - https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/i-spent-10k-on-dslr-camera-gear-but-you-can-just-buy-a-pixel-7-pro/

Factory-sealed original iPhone sells at auction for many times the price of an iPhone 14

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With Google’s recent announcement of Stadia being shuttered, it looks like Google is repurposing its Stadia game streaming services for gaming Chromebooks!

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Introducing the world’s first laptops built for cloud gaming - https://blog.google/products/chromebooks/gaming-chromebooks/

Asus Chromebook Vibe - https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/10/10/xboxs-phil-spencer-might-have-just-teased-microsofts-streaming-console/ 

Xbox’s Phil Spencer might have just teased Microsoft’s streaming console - https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/10/10/xboxs-phil-spencer-might-have-just-teased-microsofts-streaming-console/

EU officially makes USB-C mandatory - https://www.androidauthority.com/eu-usb-c-mandatory-2024-3216175/

Rollercoaster rides trigger emergency calls from new iPhones - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63157888.amp

YouTube Handles Could Squash Imposter Channels - https://gizmodo.com/youtube-google-handles-1849639666

ASUS Dial - https://twitter.com/ASUS/status/1579662464823631872

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Google’s streaming game service is coming to an end and Intel GPUs are releasing soon!

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Google will shut down Stadia, refund all purchases - https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/09/29/google-stadia-shut-down-refund/

Stadia players plead to Google to expand wireless Stadia controller support - https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/10/03/stadia-players-plead-google-expand-wireless-stadia-controller-support/

YouTube is asking some users to purchase a Premium subscription to watch in 4K - https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/03/youtube-is-asking-some-users-to-purchase-a-premium-subscription-to-watch-in-4k/

Intel’s RTX 3060 competitor is priced at just $289 - https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/29/23378188/intel-arc-a750-price-release-date

Intel Arc Alchemist: Release Date, Specs, Everything We Know - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-arc-alchemist-release-date-specs-pricing-all-we-know

Food delivery drone lands on power lines - https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/30/23380044/food-delivery-drone-knocks-out-power-australia-wing

Would You Rather Have a Threadripper or a School Bus? - https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/xtc827/would_you_rather_have_a_threadripper_or_a_school/

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