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<h5><strong>In brief:</strong> Steam owner Valve is being sued for £656 million ($843.2 million) over claims that it has overcharged 14 million PC gamers in the UK. The class action alleges that Valve abuses its market dominance and charges an excessive commission, leading to consumers paying...

<h5><strong>What just happened?</strong> It seems that Microsoft's controversial Recall feature is causing the company plenty of headaches despite not being officially released yet. The company has pulled the Windows 11 24H2 update from the Release Preview channel for Windows Insiders, likely...

<h5><strong>What just happened?</strong> Elon Musk has dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman without giving a reason why. The billionaire launched the suit in February this year, claiming the pair breached their original contractual agreements by putting profit ahead of...

<h5><strong>What just happened?</strong> There was a time when a console came with Twitter (RIP) integration as a standard feature, allowing users to connect their accounts and share gameplay clips directly, among other things. Now, however, none of the three current-gen machines offer this...

<h5><strong>WTF?!</strong> The Call of Duty series has long been infamous for having a massive install size. The next game in the series, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, is listed as taking up a monstrous 309.85 GB. However, Activision has pointed out that this is "not representative of a typical...

<h5><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Apple has announced a slew of new features that are <a href="https://www.techspot.com/news/103338-upcoming-apple-os-updates-across-iphone-ipad-macs.html">coming to iOS 18</a>, including one that can automatically record and transcribe live phone calls, as well as...

<h5><strong>A hot potato:</strong> It's no secret that Elon Musk really isn't a fan of OpenAI – as evidenced by his lawsuit against the company. Apple's partnership with the ChatGPT maker seems to have riled the billionaire even more, to the point where he has threatened to ban iPhones from all...

<h5><strong>In brief:</strong> The rumors were (partly) true: AMD has dropped Windows 10 support for its new Strix Point Ryzen AI 300 Series chips. The move comes despite Microsoft continuing to support Windows 10 until near the end of 2025. As noted in the previous report, you can blame the...

<h5><strong>What just happened?</strong> With Sony's PlayStation 5 outselling the console by a huge margin and once-exclusive games being made available on other platforms, questions have been raised recently about the Xbox machines' future. But that hasn't stopped Microsoft from unveiling three...

<h5><strong>In brief:</strong> The AI revolution is making Nvidia very, very rich. It's something that TSMC, which handles most of Team Green's high-end chip production, hasn't failed to notice. As such, the company may be considering hiking its prices to benefit from the boom. </h5><p><img...

<h5><strong>What just happened?</strong> Once again, Apple's tracking technology has been used to locate a suspected criminal accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of goods. On this occasion, it was an Apple Watch, rather than AirTags, that was used to find the alleged thief – a shop...

<h5><strong>WTF?!</strong> In what absolutely sounds like the start of an alien invasion movie, scientists are struggling to explain a signal that has reached Earth from space. Not only does it repeat every hour, but it also cycles through three different states. </h5><p><a...

<p>The thing with every new iPad is that it is, in essence, pretty much the same as the last one. Does that make <a href="https://www.techspot.com/review/2847-ipad-upgrade-worth-it/">upgrading a waste of money?</a></p> <p><a...

<h5><strong>A hot potato:</strong> Microsoft's Recall feature is being universally slammed for the privacy implications that come from screenshotting everything you do on a computer. However, at least one person seems to think the concerns are overblown. Unsurprisingly, it's Microsoft Research's...

<h5><strong>WTF?!</strong> Apple claims it focuses on making products that are less likely to break rather than on making them easier to repair. That statement's unlikely to comfort anyone with a hairline crack in their iPhone or Apple Watch, which is no longer covered under the company's...