Xbox Game Pass has lost 4 million subscribers since its price hike backfired
Microsoft no longer provides regular updates on Game Pass subscriber totals, but the latest figure illustrates just how much growth has slowed for what the company once pitched as a flagship service spanning console, PC, and the cloud.
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Starlink just doubled its prices for private jets, and hardware now costs $200,000
Starlink updated its Business Aviation plans earlier this week, which it says better reflect how operators use connectivity across regional and global operations.
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This tiny robot could help dentists prepare crowns in a single visit
Getting a crown usually takes several visits. A dentist first prepares the tooth, then fits a temporary crown, and later replaces it with a permanent one. The MIR is meant to reduce the number of appointments patients need. In theory, a dentist could scan the patient's mouth and order a...
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Cheyenne suspends datacenter wastewater after rare bacterium traced to Meta's AI site
Cheyenne's Board of Public Utilities (BOPU) traced Cupriavidus gilardii to wastewater discharged by Goat Systems, a contractor working on Meta's $800 million, 715,000-square-foot data center south of the city. The facility, announced in 2024, is being built for Meta's AI workloads and is expected to come online in 2027.
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Nintendo to ship Switch 2 with easier-to-replace batteries in Europe later this year
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In brief: While the Nintendo Switch 2's first year on the market was by all accounts successful, critics have had some nitpicks about its hardware, such as the blurry screen and difficult-to-replace battery. Recent reports indicate that Nintendo aims to address these issues with new units expected to roll out this year. However, the company confirmed that it will stop shipping the original Switch to Europe in 20
Meta will now disable cameras on its smart glasses if the recording light is tampered with
Hacking Meta glasses so the white LED light doesn't blink continuously when they're recording has become a business. It was recently found that this service was being offered in 30 states. In one case, a man charged $100 to remove the LED using a drill, dental probe, and some tape.
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Hardware hacker is building a homemade GPU from 64,000 tiny RISC-V chips
A Full HD display would need more than two million chips. So Balwierz scaled the concept down to a 320 x 200 resolution, a format that will still require 64,000 microcontrollers when complete. The current prototype is smaller, built with 8,192 chips arranged across custom circuit boards.
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Bryan Johnson, the millionaire biohacker who wants to live forever, diagnosed with incurable autoimmune disease
Johnson revealed his diagnosis on Instagram. He wrote that 2-5% of people have autoimmune gastritis, though the number may be higher as it can be hard to spot in its early stages.
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An indie developer says Steam's refund policy cost his well-reviewed game 55,000 refunds
Despite earning a 90% "very positive" rating on Steam, Paddle Paddle Paddle (PPP) has been hit with an unusually high 21% refund rate. Mateo says his game has collected more than 55,000 refunds, and he's now pointing to Valve's famously lenient refund policy as the culprit. It doesn't help that...
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LG and Alienware monitors caught auto-installing Windows adware
Redditor "Mags_Smash" recently complained about seeing McAfee pop-up ads on his PC despite never having installed the antivirus suite. He eventually traced the ads back to another app that his new LG monitor had installed without his knowledge.
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