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Microsoft Will Give You Free Xbox Controller Accessories If You Had This Issue

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Pedro Truffi/Getty Images Did you recently buy a brand-new Xbox controller, only to find that it didn’t come with any batteries? Microsoft has confirmed (via X) that a limited number of controllers have erroneously shipped without batteries since December. If you were affected by this shipping issue, you can visit Xbox’s dedicated support page to request…

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‘Basically a free $400 upgrade’: Redditor lucks out as dead Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU is reportedly replaced by an RTX 5070 Ti

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A Redditor reports that their RTX 5070 (which they were gifted) diedPNY replaced the faulty graphics card with an RTX 5070 TiThese kinds of upgrades can happen with returns if you get very lucky, and others on Reddit have similar tales to shareIf your graphics card goes kaput, that’s obviously regarded as bad news —…

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‘DDR5 prices fall sharply across US, China and Europe’: TrendForce report sparks fresh hope over RAM crisis, but I wouldn’t get carried away here

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A new report from TrendForce gives us some optimistic nuggets of info about the RAM crisisIt appears that retail prices are dropping in the US, Europe, and especially over in China right nowThe bigger picture hasn’t changed much, though, according to memory chip makers, but we can still hope this is the start of a…

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‘We’ll continue to see volatility and cost increases through the rest of 2026’: Framework warns on RAM crisis, while GPU prices also get hiked

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Asus RX 9070 XT GPUs have been hit with a sudden price hike in the USFramework has warned that while memory costs have stabilized in some areas, this is likely just a temporary reprieveThe laptop maker predicts that “We’ll continue to see volatility and cost increases through the rest of 2026.”There’s been a fresh round…

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‘Slowly but surely’ — latest Intel drivers make Crimson Desert playable on Arc GPUs, but there’s still work to be done

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Crimson Desert is now playable on Intel Arc GPUs, seemingly after Intel’s latest driver updateThe game previously wouldn’t launch on any Intel GPU, due to Pearl Abyss omitting compatibilityVisual glitches are evident, but an official future update from Pearl Abyss or Intel should fix themPearl Abyss’ Crimson Desert has provided a joyful experience to a…

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‘This was one of the rarest GPUs we’ve seen destroyed’: repair shop receives $5K Nvidia RTX 5090 that the owner practiced soldering skills on

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Someone bought an MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z, which is a $5,000 GPUThey then practiced their soldering skills on the board, and broke the graphics cardWhy? It’s surely because they wanted to implement a hardware mod that allows for an extreme BIOS to be run on the GPUMSI’s RTX 5090 Lightning Z is a rare…

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DDR4 RAM price falls, finally, after ‘soaring more than 2,200% over the past year’ — but don’t get excited yet

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The spot price of a 16GB DDR4 chip has dropped by 5%It’s the first time this price has fallen in over a yearWhile that’s obviously a good thing, there’s a lot of storm remaining to weather with the RAM crisis yetWe’ve witnessed another hint that the RAM crisis is deescalating — at least a touch…

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US suspension of Anthropic models prompts AI sovereignty calls

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Anthropic has been forced to suspend two of its artificial intelligence (AI) models globally after the US government issued a directive prohibiting their use by foreign nationals over “national security” concerns. The move to suspend Anthropic’s models came just days after the launch of the Claude Mythos 5 frontier model, with the US government claiming…

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Some NZXT PC Renters Could See Their Debt Cleared Up To $5,000 – Here’s Why

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It’s rare that a major company does the right thing, to the extent that it’s refreshing when it does happen … even when that good behavior is mandated by the courts. In this case, the make good is from prebuilt PC manufacturer NZXT, which has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit and clear debt…

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