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Skip the erratic holiday traffic and check out these great deals on tech that arrive just in time for Christmas.
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8 Top Tech Gift Deals That Will Score You Big Points This Holiday Season
Skip the wild holiday traffic and check out these great deals on tech that arrive just in time for Christmas.
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December 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Anyone who owns a modern or even semi-modern iPhone or iPad should stop what they're doing and apply Apple's iOS 26.2 update, which is packed with over two dozen security patches.
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Apple Sends Urgent Warning To All iPhone Users: Get This iOS Update ASAP
Anyone who owns a modern or even semi-modern iPhone or iPad should stop what they're doing and urgently apply Apple's newly released iOS 26.2 update, as it's packed with over two dozen security…
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December 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
If you're itching for a new #TV this holiday season, there's a bunch of good #deals at the moment, including discounts on a slew of #OLEDs.

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Gorgeous Samsung 65” S90F OLED TV Hits A Killer Price And Other Holiday TV Deals
If you're itching for a new TV this holiday season, there's a bunch of good deals at the moment, including discounts on a slew of OLEDs.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Lara Croft will return in two new #TombRaider #games coming from Crystal Dynamics, with funding from #Amazon Game Studios.

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Amazon Gives First Look At New Tomb Raider Games Coming In 2026 And 2027
Lara Croft will return in two new games coming from Crystal Dynamics, with funding from Amazon Game Studios.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We simulated #Valve’s Steam Machine hardware config, loaded up Linux and tested it over 27 #games. Let's end the speculation and see the #Steam #Machine will really perform.

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Inside A Simulated Steam Machine: 27 Games Tell The Real Story
We simulated Valve’s Steam Machine hardware config, loaded up Linux and tested it over 27 games.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The good news is that existing preorders are unaffected by the price hike; however, the bad news is that further upward price adjustments are likely to occur. hothardware.com/news/framewo...
Framework Raises DDR5 Prices By 50%, Accuses Apple & Dell Of Price Gouging
The good news is that existing preorders are unaffected by the price hike, but the bad news is that even more upward price adjustments are likely to occur.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
As one last big hurrah for the year, December's celestial display of the Geminids meteor shower is expected to dazzle us with some cosmic fireworks when it peeks this weekend.
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Geminids Meteor Shower Is Your Best Chance To Catch A Shooting Star
As one last big hurrah for the year, the celestial display of the Geminids meteor shower is expected to dazzle us with some celestial fireworks.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Santa may not stuff your stocking with DRAM, but you might have better luck asking the big guy for a GeForce RTX 5070. Just point him to this deal on a factory-overclocked model that's below NVIDIA's reference MSRP...
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GeForce RTX 5070 Is Slashed Below MSRP Just In Time For Christmas
PC memory costs are through the roof, but at least GPUs prices are stabilizing, as this GeForce RTX 5070 deal underscores.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Intel is getting ready to launch a refresh of Arrow Lake, and two of the possible upcoming SKUs have already been listed at an online retailer.
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Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus & Ultra 7 270K Plus Spotted At Retail With These Specs
Intel is getting ready to launch a refresh of Arrow Lake and two of the possible upcoming SKUs have already been listed at an online retailer.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We compare the latest #Intel #PantherLake #benchmark leak up against #AMD's biggest and baddest mobile chip for comparison.

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Intel Core Ultra X9 Panther Lake Outguns AMD’s Strix Halo In New Leak
We put the latest Panther Lake leak up against AMD's biggest and baddest mobile chip for comparison.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#WinRAR has an active remote code execution #vulnerability and #Windows10 users are also being targeted by an elevation of privilege #attack.

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Your Stolen WinRAR Copy Is Being Actively Exploited In The Wild, Patch ASAP
WinRAR has an active remote code execution vulnerability, and Windows 10 users are also being targeted by an elevation of privilege attack.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Just don't be foolish enough to grant random apps wide sweeping #security permissions on your phone...
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Beware Of DroidLock Malware That Hijacks Android Devices To Extort Ransom Money
Even the holidays don't slow down the bad guys, as security researchers discover new malware targeting Android.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The ongoing #memory #shortage and resulting #price #hikes will likely impact smartphone and PC specs for the foreseeable future.

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RAMmageddon Memory Crisis May Hit PC And Phone Specs Hard
The ongoing memory shortage and resulting price hikes will likely impact smartphone and PC specs for the foreseeable future.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Need a new TV? You don't have to spend big to go big, as these deals highlight, including a 65-inch Fire TV model for a low $264.99!
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This 65" Fire TV For $265 Is A Steal Plus More Big Screen Holiday Deals
Best Buy's deal of the day is your chance to score a 65-inch TV for under $275.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Ho-ho-hold on a minute! HP Threat Research just issued a new security report detailing a growing trend by attackers towards hijacking session cookies as an alternative means to tried-and-true credential theft.
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Forget Santa, HP Warns Hackers Are Coming For Your Cookies
HP Threat Research just issued a new security report detailing a growing trend by attackers towards hijacking session cookies as an alternative means to tried-and-true credential theft.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Google is rolling out Emergency Live Video across Android devices in three countries, turning a smartphone on-site into a crucial pair of eyes for first responders before they even arrive on the scene.
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Android's New Emergency Live Video Feature Could Transform 911 Response
Google is rolling out Emergency Live Video across Android devices in three countries (running Android 8+), turning a smartphone on-site into a crucial pair of eyes for first responders before they…
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December 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
ASUS ROG is rolling out a new gaming monitor that will make your buddy's 4K panel feel like old tech, especially if theirs is not a dual-mode display. It could also make your GPU bend the knee.
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ASUS ROG Strix 5K Fast IPS Gaming Monitor Has A Trick To Hit 330Hz
ASUS is rolling out a new gaming monitor that will make your buddy's 4K panel feel like old tech, especially if theirs is not a dual-mode display.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#Microsoft promises to do right by PC #gamers, but actions speak louder than words.

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Microsoft Vows To Make Windows 11 The Best Place For Gaming
Microsoft promises to do right by PC games, but actions speak louder than words.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
#Google is adding new features to its recently released #Pixel #Watch 4, including AI powered replies.

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Google Pixel Watch 4 Gets AI-Powered Gestures And It's On Sale Too
Google is adding new features to its recently released Pixel Watch 4, including AI powered replies.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A GitHub #utility can #remove all of #Windows 11's #AI bloat, if you're running the correct version.

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Tired Of Windows 11's AI Bloat? Use This Tool To Remove It All In Seconds
A GitHub utility can remove all of Windows 11's AI bloat, if you're running the correct version.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Get ahead of upcoming price hikes with these desktop gaming PC holiday deals for hundreds of dollars off from the likes of ASUS, HP, and others.
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RTX 50 Gaming PC Deals: Save Hundreds In Holiday Desktop Sale
Get ahead of upcoming price hikes with these desktop gaming PC deals for hundreds off from ASUS, HP, and others.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Eric Migicovsky, the visionary who captivated the early wearable market with the beloved Pebble smartwatch (as well as its recent relaunch), is diversifying the product range with a minimalist, AI-powered device called the Index 01 ring.
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Pebble's Affordable $75 AI Ring With On-Device LLM Never Needs Charging
Eric Migicovsky, the visionary who captivated the early wearable market with the beloved Pebble smartwatch (as well as its recent relaunch), is diversifying the product range with a minimalist,…
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December 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A faint, ancient flash of light detected by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has broken the record for the most distant stellar explosion ever recorded, revealing a massive star’s demise when the cosmos was just a baby.
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NASA's Webb Telescope Finds Record-Breaking Oldest Supernova Ever Recorded
A faint, ancient flash of light detected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has broken the record for the most distant stellar explosion ever recorded, revealing a massive star’s demise when…
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December 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM