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Video Game Sales in the USA Drop: January Data Shows Decline for All Consoles
The well-known analyst, Mat Piscatella from Circana, shared the sales data for the video game market in the USA for January 2025. Piscatella explains that consumer spending on video games (hardware, software, accessories) has decreased by 15% compared to last year. However, this is not a direct comparison since last…
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US Extends Tariff Exemptions on Graphics Cards and Motherboards Until 2025
The US government has decided to extend the tariff exemptions on graphics cards, motherboards, and SSDs imported from China for another year. This exemption will now last until May 31, 2025, according to a report by PCMag. This decision contradicts earlier indications that Trump-era tariffs on these components would be…
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US to Join EU With New Mandated USB-C Charging Standard?!
Earlier this month the European Union officially voted to bring in a new law that would officially require all portable tech products sold in the region to offer a mandated USB-C charging standard. – In other words, if it had a battery that could be charged, it had to be…
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Gaming PCs at Risk Due to New California Power Law?
EDIT – Since the below article was written, more detailed information has started to be revealed surrounding the ‘California’s Energy Consumption Tier 2’ – We will be looking to update this accordingly as this does appear to be quite a complicated set of requirements that nobody seems to quite understand…
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NZXT Issues US/Canada Recall For H1 Case Fire Risk
You may recall that last year, significant safety concerns were raised over a potential fire risk posed with the (relatively) NZXT H1 case. Specifically, some of the screws located within the chassis design (located in the PCI-e riser) could potentially allow for a short circuit and, by proxy, cause the…
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John McAfee Has Been Arrested for Tax Evasion
Since the start of the year, news surrounding tech giant (and possible madman) John McAfee has been more than a little quiet. As you might have guessed though, his wacky adventures are far from being over just yet! – If you do, incidentally, want some kind of idea what kind…
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Bald Eagle Takes Out a $1,000 Drone!
If you live in Michigan (USA), or specifically somewhere near Lake Michigan, then you might be curious to know that somewhere under the water lies a $1,000 government drone. How did it get there? Well, no, it didn’t run out of batteries! In a report via NBCNews, state officials have…
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Was America Just Hit With a Huge DDOS Attack?
There are always groups around the world looking to push the limits of online security systems. Unfortunately, in many cases, some of these organizations are government backed allowing them to effectively make it a full-time 24/7 occupation. It seems, however, that overnight America may have been subjected to one of…
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TSMC Confirms 5nm Semiconductor Fab to be Built in America
For the last few weeks, we’ve heard more than a few rumblings that the US government was rather keen to help secure a deal, in so much as it could, to see the construction of a TSMC fabrication plant in America. Largely, we suspect, because America didn’t necessarily want to…
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Data is Massively More Expensive in US and UK Than India
UK & US Top Data Cap Charges Be it on your phone or home broadband package, if you have a service that provides you with a ‘data cap’ you know that you have to treat that very seriously. For example, if your phone provider contract gives you 4GB of data per…
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US School Safety Commission DOESN’T Blame Games!
US School Safety Commission DOESN’T Blame Games! Whenever school safety (and violence) is discussed in a public forum, it always seems that video games are too often made to be the scapegoat. This is particularly true in America where blaming games is certainly a simpler (and less controversial) thing to…
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FCC Admits Russian Involvement In Net Neutrality Repeal
FCC Admits Russian Involvement In Net Neutrality Repeal We are shortly approaching the first anniversary of the decision by the FCC in America to remove the Net Neutrality protections that had been put in place by the Obama administration. With a last-ditched effort to re-instate them underway, a freedom of…
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Walmart Remove Overpowered PC From Website
Walmart Remove Overpowered PC You may have noticed over the last couple of weeks that Walmart’s pre-built PC line-up has come into more than a little criticism. Specifically their ‘Overpowered’ model. In fairness, on the surface the system seems pretty good, the rundown of the basic specifications include the following…
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Autopilot Tesla Drove 7 Miles With Drunk Driver Asleep
Autopilot Tesla Drove 7 Miles With Drunk Driver Asleep In terms of automated self-driving cars, Tesla is one of the companies at the forefront of the technology. Having been given the authorisation for use of their vehicles (in limited locations) in America, so far it’s pretty fair to say that…
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The US Federal Trade Commission is Investigating Loot Boxes
Loot Boxes Under Investigation Again The US is finally getting around to looking into loot boxes before the end of the year. The news comes directly from the Federal Trade Commission chairman Joseph Simons himself. Pledging to ensure that children are being protected and parents are educated on the matter.…
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