AMD quietly slashes the prices of some of its best CPUs

AMD has just quietly lowered the prices of several of itsbest processors, including the gaming champion Ryzen 7 5800X3D. With these price cuts in mind, the CPUs are now an even more attractive option if you’re looking to build a solid rig without spending too much. This is not a drill — AMD has officially lowered the prices in its own online store, and these deals are better than ever. Some ofAMD’s greatest processorsgot a nice juicy discount, and now, it’s going to be even harder to decide what to pack into your next build....

July 25, 2025 · 3 min · 432 words · Derek Howell

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs. GTX 1650 Super vs. GTX 1650

The battle for a new generation of entry-level graphics cards is afoot. With AMD’s new RX 5500 XT hitting store shelves just before the holidays, Nvidia faces stiff competition. But how do the new cards measure up? We pitted the RX 5500 XT vs.1650 Supervs. 1650, to find out which is the right GPU for you. More interested in the best graphics cards for your money right now?These are the ones to pick....

July 25, 2025 · 6 min · 1176 words · Victoria Mcdaniel

Apex Legends players call for akimbo Mozambique nerf as ‘unfair’ guns dominate ALGS

Apex Legends players call for akimbo Mozambique nerf as ‘unfair’ guns dominate ALGS The dual-wield Mozambique shotguns have started dominating in ALGS and Apex Legends players have had enough. Some even want Respawn to nerf them already. For the longest time,Apex Legendsplayers looked at the Mozambique with pure disdain. The small shotgun wouldn’t even be picked up by some fans, even if they had no other options. Respawn has played into this at times, creating an April Fool’s mode around the Mozam being all-powerful....

July 25, 2025 · 2 min · 353 words · Samuel Rodriguez

Apple acquires RAC7, its first-ever video game studio

Apple has acquired RAC7, the two-person video game developer behindApple ArcadehitSneaky Sasquatch. This is the first time that Apple has acquired a video game studio in its history, but the company describes the move as a unique situation. RAC7is a two-person studio whose previous credits include indie titlesDark EchoandSplitter Critters. In 2019, the team releasedSneaky Sasquatchas an Apple Arcade exclusive. The adventure game was a breakout hit among the service’s 71 launch titles, according to Apple, and it has received regular updates since launch....

July 25, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Eric Martin

Apple cuts App Store fees, but experts urge caution against new U.S. pricing guidelines

Apple’s iOS App Storeis in for a big change. This sentiment is brewing among folks who create, sell, market, or scale apps for iOS, iPadOS, or other Apple devices. In addition to developers, users should benefit from the change — or at least, so we think. For starters, Apple has conceded to changing its policy for commissions on any transactions within apps. App developers and publishers would rarely absorb these costs, which seep through to what the consumers must pay....

July 25, 2025 · 9 min · 1862 words · Jody Mcneil

Apple must steal these 3 tab features to make Safari truly irresistible

When Apple took to the stage at WWDC 2025 a few weeks ago, I was expecting some key improvements to Safari. Instead, what the company served was a redesign and the promise of faster performance. Now, Safari isn’t a devastating laggard. For a lot of users in the Apple ecosystem, it gets the job done. But over the past few years, rivals — both established and upstarts — have come up with features that make Safari feel as if it were stuck in the past....

July 25, 2025 · 5 min · 967 words · Philip Nguyen

Apple sues cinema chain with same name

Apple sues cinema chain with same name Apple is suing the owners of theater chain Apple Cinemas for trademark infringement, accusing the brand of tricking consumers into thinking the two companies are linked. Appleis best known for its computing products, as well as the likes of the iPods, iPhones, and Apple Watches. But the company has also dipped its toes into movie and television waters, from QuickTime Movie Trailers at the turn of the century toApple TV+, and movies likeKillers of the Flower MoonandF1being released in theaters....

July 25, 2025 · 2 min · 330 words · Lindsay Jones

Arcane Season 2 trailer reveals bad news, but fans aren’t sad

Arcane Season 2 trailer reveals bad news, but fans aren’t sad Arcane Season 2 is finally coming soon, November in fact, but the latest trailer has some news you probably won’t like. Fans have been eagerly awaitingArcane Season 2since the first season dropped in November 2021. While updates have been slow, we now know theTV showreturns this November, but with a catch — this is the final season. Yes, Arcane is wrapping after just two seasons....

July 25, 2025 · 2 min · 424 words · William Moreno

Ark: Survival Ascended-Released Pyromane

Summary AsArk: Survival Ascendedtries out a new monetization method,the game’s massive community isn’t all that pleased with how Studio Wildcard is handling the release of Pyromane, the latest creature. After months of waiting,The Center, a free add-on developed in tandem with a team of talented modders,officially launched on Steam on June 5and while some users are pleased with the massive map, others have been left cold and annoyed by its implementation....

July 25, 2025 · 3 min · 474 words · Cody Gallagher

Aston Martin combines cameras and mirrors to give drivers maximum visibility

A sleek sports car looks cool, until you have to back it out of a parking space. As a purveyor ofstylish sports cars, Aston Martin is acutely aware of this problem. So, the company teamed up with automotive supplier Gentex to develop a camera system that provides a greater field of view than ordinary mirrors. EvenJames Bond’s Aston Martindoesn’t have this feature, which will make its debut at CES 2020....

July 25, 2025 · 2 min · 370 words · Brandy Lowery

Blue Apron doesn’t want you getting tipsy off its wine delivery

There are a lot of people who swear byBlue Apron. The service delivers recipes and the perfect amount of ingredients for each of them to your door. The idea is you waste less food, because you don’t need to buy a whole head of lettuce, only to leave half wilting in the fridge. (Of course, thoseindividual packageseverything is wrapped in need to be accounted for, but that’s another story.) Basically, the service is a grocery-store-phobe’s dream....

July 25, 2025 · 2 min · 383 words · Lisa Jenkins

Cursed to Golf asks players to putt their way out of purgatory

Golfing your way out of an early death may sound like an odd premise for a game, but that barely scratches the surface of what Chuhia Labs upcoming gameCursed to Golfis all about. We went hands-on with the quirky sports game at PAX West and found a one-of-a-kind 2D roguelike that was genuinely one of the most fun games of the show. On a fairway to hell You play as The Cursed Golfer....

July 25, 2025 · 4 min · 641 words · Joshua Miller

DARPA’s latest endeavor is a tiny robotics challenge called the SHRIMP Olympics

With an invention history that can claim a pioneering role in the development of theinternet, Siri, GPS and other world-changing inventions, the U.S. government agency known asDARPA(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) has always thought big. Until now, at least. With its new SHRIMP program, DARPA is suddenly thinking very small indeed — and that’s really exciting. TheSHRIMP program— short for SHort-Range Independent Microrobotic Platforms — is an effort to develop new insect-scale robots for operating in environments where much larger robots may be less effective....

July 25, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · Ryan Kennedy