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ROG Xbox Ally X review: solid performance, the best grips, silent cooling, and a good 120Hz display, but Windows needs more optimizing and battery life is poor (Rebecca Spear/Windows Central)

    Rebecca Spear / Windows Central: ROG Xbox Ally X review: solid performance, the best grips, silent cooling, and a good 120Hz display, but Windows needs more optimizing and battery life is poor  —  We spent dozens of hours playing games… Read More »ROG Xbox Ally X review: solid performance, the best grips, silent cooling, and a good 120Hz display, but Windows needs more optimizing and battery life is poor (Rebecca Spear/Windows Central)

    ROG Xbox Ally review: great grips, good speakers, and Windows is easier to control with joysticks, but worse performance than the Steam Deck and a half-baked UI (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

      Sean Hollister / The Verge: ROG Xbox Ally review: great grips, good speakers, and Windows is easier to control with joysticks, but worse performance than the Steam Deck and a half-baked UI  —  What does “Xbox” mean?  Some might say… Read More »ROG Xbox Ally review: great grips, good speakers, and Windows is easier to control with joysticks, but worse performance than the Steam Deck and a half-baked UI (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

      Apple upgrades its Vision Pro with an M5 chip for rendering 10% more pixels and a Dual Knit Band for a more comfortable fit, available on October 22 for $3,499+ (Apple)

        Apple: Apple upgrades its Vision Pro with an M5 chip for rendering 10% more pixels and a Dual Knit Band for a more comfortable fit, available on October 22 for $3,499+  —  The latest version improves performance, display rendering, battery… Read More »Apple upgrades its Vision Pro with an M5 chip for rendering 10% more pixels and a Dual Knit Band for a more comfortable fit, available on October 22 for $3,499+ (Apple)

        Apple updates its iPad Pro with an M5 chip, its new C1X modem, and an N1 chip, priced at $999+ for the 11″ and $1,299+ for the 13″, shipping from October 22 (David Pierce/The Verge)

          David Pierce / The Verge: Apple updates its iPad Pro with an M5 chip, its new C1X modem, and an N1 chip, priced at $999+ for the 11″ and $1,299+ for the 13″, shipping from October 22  —  The Pro… Read More »Apple updates its iPad Pro with an M5 chip, its new C1X modem, and an N1 chip, priced at $999+ for the 11″ and $1,299+ for the 13″, shipping from October 22 (David Pierce/The Verge)

          China’s Industry Ministry says Tim Cook pledged to boost Apple’s investment in China during a visit, but offers few details, as the US and China clash on trade (Reuters)

            Reuters: China’s Industry Ministry says Tim Cook pledged to boost Apple’s investment in China during a visit, but offers few details, as the US and China clash on trade  —  – Apple seeks to balance US, Chinese interests amid trade… Read More »China’s Industry Ministry says Tim Cook pledged to boost Apple’s investment in China during a visit, but offers few details, as the US and China clash on trade (Reuters)

            An investment consortium including BlackRock, Nvidia, xAI, and Microsoft plans to acquire Texas-based Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie in a $40B deal (Financial Times)

              Financial Times: An investment consortium including BlackRock, Nvidia, xAI, and Microsoft plans to acquire Texas-based Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie in a $40B deal  —  Buyer consortium also includes GIP, MGX and Microsoft, and plans to expand Aligned Data Centers… Read More »An investment consortium including BlackRock, Nvidia, xAI, and Microsoft plans to acquire Texas-based Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie in a $40B deal (Financial Times)

              US DHS: Chinese criminal organizations made $1B+ in the past three years via scam texts; Proofpoint: last month, a record 330K US toll-scam texts were reported (Robert McMillan/Wall Street Journal)

                Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: US DHS: Chinese criminal organizations made $1B+ in the past three years via scam texts; Proofpoint: last month, a record 330K US toll-scam texts were reported  —  Messages seeking payment for unpaid tolls or… Read More »US DHS: Chinese criminal organizations made $1B+ in the past three years via scam texts; Proofpoint: last month, a record 330K US toll-scam texts were reported (Robert McMillan/Wall Street Journal)

                An internal Google email said it received many complaints over Israeli government YouTube ads about food access in Gaza, but ruled the ads could remain online (Washington Post)

                  Washington Post: An internal Google email said it received many complaints over Israeli government YouTube ads about food access in Gaza, but ruled the ads could remain online  —  An internal Google email said it received many complaints about Israeli… Read More »An internal Google email said it received many complaints over Israeli government YouTube ads about food access in Gaza, but ruled the ads could remain online (Washington Post)

                  ASML CFO Roger Dassen says the company is “well prepared” for China’s curbs on exports of rare earths; a source says ASML could face weeks-long shipment delays (Bloomberg)

                    Bloomberg: ASML CFO Roger Dassen says the company is “well prepared” for China’s curbs on exports of rare earths; a source says ASML could face weeks-long shipment delays  —  ASML Holding NV is “well prepared” for China’s curbs on exports… Read More »ASML CFO Roger Dassen says the company is “well prepared” for China’s curbs on exports of rare earths; a source says ASML could face weeks-long shipment delays (Bloomberg)

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