June 2026 saw major gadget announcements at Computex, Apple's WWDC, and AWE, including Dell's XPS 13 laptop, Segway's Navimow X430 lawn mower, and Xbox Series X25, but rising component costs due to AI…
Apple and Microsoft announced price hikes on iPads, Macs, and Xbox consoles due to an AI-driven semiconductor shortage, with Apple raising prices up to $300 and Microsoft implementing its third Xbox p…
Elon Musk agreed with Tim Cook that the memory chip shortage is unprecedented, calling it the biggest price jump he has ever seen. The AI boom has strained memory chip production, leading to skyrocket…
Amazon Web Services raised prices for EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML by roughly 20% starting in July, following a 15% increase in January, citing supply and demand dynamics. The hikes reflect memory chip …
Apple and Microsoft announced significant price hikes on popular consumer electronics, including iPads, MacBooks, and Xbox consoles, blaming an AI-fueled shortage of memory and storage components. The…
Amazon's Prime Day sale offers the WD_Black 2TB C50 Xbox expansion card at $212.49, its lowest price this year. The officially licensed NVMe SSD provides plug-and-play storage expansion for Xbox Serie…
Valve launched the Steam Machine at over $1,000, a price driven by soaring component costs and supply constraints, while Microsoft and Sony face even greater pressure as their next-generation consoles…
Apple and Xbox are raising prices on consumer devices by up to 20% and $150 respectively, citing a global shortage of memory and storage chips driven by AI infrastructure demand. Analysts expect furth…
Apple and Microsoft have raised prices on popular products, citing surging memory chip costs driven by AI demand. Apple increased Mac and iPad prices by up to 20%, while Microsoft raised Xbox prices b…
Xbox will raise console prices by up to $150 starting August, citing rising component costs driven by the AI boom. The price hike follows a recent brand revitalization under a new CEO.…
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney advocates for interconnected game economies and transferable in-game items to help new games succeed, citing upcoming Unreal Engine 6 features. He argues that major develope…
Rockstar Games announced on Wednesday that Grand Theft Auto VI will launch on PlayStation and Xbox on Nov. 19, with the standard edition priced at $79.99 and the Ultimate Edition at $99.99. New screen…
Apple CEO Tim Cook warned of unavoidable iPhone price hikes due to AI-driven demand for memory chips, joining Microsoft's Xbox unit and other companies citing rising component costs. A coalition of tr…
Rockstar Games confirmed that Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders open June 25 on PlayStation, Xbox, and select retailers, with a November 19 launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. The cover art was revealed, …
Samsung's The Frame Pro 2026 TV delivers exceptional picture quality with AI-enhanced contrast and color, immersive Dolby Atmos audio, and strong gaming performance with up to 240 Hz refresh rate, but…
AMD acquired predictive memory technology startup MEXT to address the memory wall bottleneck in AI deployments. MEXT's AI-driven software optimizes memory by combining DRAM and flash, aiming to reduce…
A blogger reflects on the common thread in their work: a passion for seeing people care deeply about their craft, whether in software, video games, or marketing. They argue that caring about quality a…
Microsoft is considering spinning off its Xbox gaming division, a move that would separate the console brand from the tech giant amid a demanding 30% profit margin target that far exceeds the gaming i…
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced in a memo that storage component costs have more than doubled since February and are expected to rise to five times their original price by the 2027 holiday season, whic…
MSI's upcoming Claw 8 AI+ handheld, powered by Intel's new Arc G-series chips, will incorporate design elements from the ROG Ally and Xbox controllers. The device aims to blend performance from Intel'…