Valve quits gaming to pursue standup comedy with a $300 Steam Deck price hike

Valve today announced a price hike today the likes of which we have rarely seen. The company's popular handheld gaming device — the Steam Deck — will now be as much as 46% more expensive in the US. Starting today, the 512GB OLED model is going from $549 to $789, a near 44% increase. Meanwhile, the 1TB OLED model is going from $649 to an eye-watering $949. For reference, that's more expensive than the $899 2TB PlayStation 5 Pro. We are all aware of the current memory prices situation. But there are limits to how much you can push your luck with the pricing of a four-year-old...

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Valve quits gaming to pursue standup comedy with a $300 Steam Deck price hike

Valve today announced a price hike today the likes of which we have rarely seen. The company's popular handheld gaming device — the Steam Deck — will now be as much as 46% more expensive in the US. Starting today, the 512GB OLED model is going from $549 to $789, a near 44% increase. Meanwhile, the 1TB OLED model is going from $649 to an eye-watering $949. For reference, that's more expensive than the $899 2TB PlayStation 5 Pro. We are all aware of the current memory prices situation. But there are limits to how much you can push your luck with the pricing of a four-year-old...

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OnePlus 16 again tipped to come with a 185Hz display, feature a 200MP 3x telephoto and a 50MP primary camera

The OnePlus 15, which launched last year, came with a 165Hz display, but last month, a Chinese tipster claimed that the OnePlus 16 would feature an even higher refresh rate display. The tipster claimed that the panel would have a minimum refresh rate of 185Hz, with OnePlus aiming for a maximum of 240Hz. Now, another Chinese tipster has claimed that the OnePlus 16's screen will have a 165Hz refresh rate. Additionally, the tipster says that the OnePlus 16 would feature an AI button and a 200MP telephoto camera with 3x zoom. OnePlus 15 Previous rumors claimed the OnePlus 16's primary...

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MediaTek unveils Dimensity 8550 with LLM Booster and support for Gemini Nano V3

Earlier this year, MediaTek unveiled the Dimensity 8500, a 4nm (TSMC N4P) chipset with all-big CPU cores (eight Cortex-A725) and a Mali-G720 MC8 GPU. Now the company is refreshing that chip as the Dimensity 8550. The key addition here is the LLM Booster and support for Google’s Gemini Nano V3, which is designed to run on your phone. This new version of the chip still uses the NPU 880. The rest is the same. The CPU has its top Cortex-A725 core running at up to 3.4GHz. This core is equipped with 1MB of L2 cache. The second cluster is three A725s at up to 3.2GHz, each with 512KB of L2...

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MediaTek unveils Dimensity 8550 with LLM Booster and support for Gemini Nano V3

Earlier this year, MediaTek unveiled the Dimensity 8500, a 4nm (TSMC N4P) chipset with all-big CPU cores (eight Cortex-A725) and a Mali-G720 MC8 GPU. Now the company is refreshing that chip as the Dimensity 8550. The key addition here is the LLM Booster and support for Google’s Gemini Nano V3, which is designed to run on your phone. This new version of the chip still uses the NPU 880. The rest is the same. The CPU has its top Cortex-A725 core running at up to 3.4GHz. This core is equipped with 1MB of L2 cache. The second cluster is three A725s at up to 3.2GHz, each with 512KB of L2...

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The Huawei Mate 90 series will feature a 3nm-like Kirin chip

Shortly after Huawei brought to light its new scaling law called Tao Scaling Law and its LogicFolding architecture, the company held a keynote at the Phoenix Bay Area Finance Forum and Financial Summit in Shenzhen, promising to bring a much more powerful, next-generation Kirin chipset that will power the upcoming Mate 90 lineup. The chip in question is said to be the first mobile chip for the company built on the LogicFolding architecture, and will be able to compete with 3nm chips. Interestingly, the spokesperson didn't exactly say that the next Kirin chip will be 3nm, but instead...

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