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Microsoft is yet again raising the prices of its Xbox consoles in the United States starting Oct. 3. This is 2025’s second Xbox price bump, with the first occurring globally in May. This time, however, the hike is limited to US buyers. Accessories, including controllers and headsets, are also unaffected.  The …

For the past year, we’ve all been sitting back and watching Nvidia’s stock price go to the moon. The company generates record-breaking quarterly revenues, with no signs of the money train slowing down because of how AI has taken over the global tech industry. Now, TSMC’s new chairman is saying …

If you’ve been considering buying an SSD or upgrading your existing drive, now would be a good time to do it. A new report from an industry research firm projects that SSD prices are about to rise quite a bit as the NAND flash world seeks to recoup its losses …

One semi-surprising benefit of the global downturn in the PC market is it’s making DRAM much more affordable. A new report states that companies that purchase memory from manufacturers such as Micron and SK Hynix have reduced their orders, lowering demand. That caused the average selling price of DRAM to …

  HTC has announced the details on its new Vive Pro 2, a headset that seems destined to improve everything about your virtual reality experience with their hardware except the price you pay for it. The new Vive Pro 2 will offer a 5K resolution, with 2448×2448 pixels per eye …

  The NAND manufacturer Phison has warned that SSD prices are likely to rise in the near future, thanks to the newly-launched, storage-focused cryptocurrency, Chia. The good news is that the impact isn’t expected to be huge — at least not yet. Phison reported Q1 2021 profits of $60.6 million, …

  2019 was a fabulous year to be in the market for a NAND SSD, with prices falling due to a supply glut. This isn’t at all unusual for the NAND flash industry, which typically alternates between boom and bust cycles as manufacturers first add capacity to respond to new …

There’s been good news on the VR front of late, but precious little of it is coming from Oculus. Earlier this week, Sony announced it was closing on one million VR headsets sold since the launch late last year. Sony has moved 915,000 VR units to date, even though we haven’t …

Earlier this week, Intel quietly began cutting the prices on some of its Core i5 and i7 processors. This happened in the run-up to Ryzen’s launch, and was likely a move to preempt unattractive price comparisons that would otherwise be front and center when Ryzen 7 hit shelves. Micro Center …

Hope you didn’t buy an Nvidia GTX 260 or 280 in the past month, since their prices were just slashed overnight. The GTX 280, once retailing for $649, will now set you back only $499. Meanwhile, the GTX 260, once $399, is now $299. Or, in scary percentages, that’s a …