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Apple has raised prices across its iPad, MacBook, HomePod and Apple TV ranges, citing rising costs of memory and storage chips due to the growth of AI data centres. The new prices were announced on June 25, 2026 and became effective immediately. The iPhone lineup was not affected by these price changes. Following the announcement, […]

Google’s Play Store Billing Choice program is scheduled to launch on June 30, 2026, for all developers selling apps and services in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The program will allow developers to offer third-party payment options through Google Play Billing and restructure developer fees into separate service and

According to the SEC filing, Oracle is planning to lay off 21,000 employees in fiscal year 2026. This reduction represents a 13% decrease compared to the previous year. The company attributes some of the layoffs to the adoption and deployment of AI technologies in its operations. The layoffs led to $1.8 billion in severance payments

Valve has confirmed pricing, configurations, and launch date for the Steam Machine, which is scheduled for June 30. The starting price of the console is $1,049 for the 512GB model, with the 2TB version priced at $1,349. These prices are higher than the estimate of less than $750 that was circulated when Valve first announced

Microsoft has released a GDK plug-in for Unreal Engine 5.8, streamlining the process of developing Xbox games for PC. These plug-ins eliminate the need to use WinGDK as a separate platform, allowing developers to remain on Win64 when creating Xbox-compatible games. Microsoft says this change is intended to reduce ‘friction’ between Xbox games and other

Microsoft has announced this windows 11 26h2 It will be released as a standalone package later this year, part of the company’s ongoing shift toward smaller, more incremental annual updates. Support for 26H2 for Home, Pro, Pro EDU and Pro for Workstation editions will continue until October 2028. Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions will

Valve has announced that new orders for the Steam Controller will not be fulfilled until 2027 at the earliest. The company noted that response to the controller has exceeded expectations since its launch in May 2026. Valve also confirmed that it has no plans to stop manufacturing the Steam Controller. The reservation list will remain

Apple CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal that price increases across Apple’s product lineup this year are inevitable as memory costs continue to rise. The company has not yet decided which devices will be affected or what the extent of the increase will be. The Wall Street Journal estimates that prices for base-model

According to research firm CCS Insight, global smartphone shipments are expected to decline 15% in 2026 as rising memory prices driven by AI technology will drive up device costs. Some entry-level phones have seen prices increase by more than 50% from last year. The primary smartphone market declined 4.4% in the first quarter of 2026,

SpaceX is acquiring Anisphere, the San Francisco startup behind the AI ​​coding assistant Cursor, in an all-stock deal valued at $60 billion. The transaction is the largest-ever acquisition of a venture-backed startup. Taking advantage of the high stock price following its record IPO four days ago, SpaceX is getting paid entirely with shares. The deal

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that children under 16 will be banned from using several social media platforms including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X. The ban is expected to come into effect early next year and will join Britain in a broader international effort to strengthen online safety rules for minors.

MX Linux 25.2 has been released, which addresses some difficult changes introduced in version 25 and finally updates the Raspberry Pi version. The update was announced late last month and includes an alternative Licorix-built kernel 7.0 in addition to the standard Debian kernel. Existing MX Linux users can upgrade via the install-over option in the

ChatGPT has reached 1 billion monthly active users on its app, making it the fastest application in history to reach that milestone. The figures come from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, which previously held Google Maps as the record holder. It took almost five years for Google Maps to reach 1 billion monthly users. ChatGPT

Anthropic has blocked access to Cloud Fable 5 and Cloud Mythos 5 for all users following a US government directive to restrict access to foreign nationals. The company explained that they will have to completely disable both models to remain in compliance with the order. What caused the suspension of the Fable 5 and Mythos