While Microsoft is working on "Advanced Shader Delivery", Intel just made it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFpUzMFVGDE
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Facts!

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Here are some pricing changes from PlayStation: the hardware gets significantly more expensive! About 50$/€ more for Portal, ~100 for PS5s, and even more for PS5 Pro.

For USA:
- PS5 $549 -> $649
- PS5 Digital $499 -> $599
- PS5 Pro $749 -> $899
- PS Portal $199 -> $249

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Do you know that Qualcomm is doing Intel-level try but in reverse: about 15 years ago Intel tried to go Android with their Atom chips and failed. Now Qualcomm tries to go PC with their Snapdragon X Elite.

And it's been like five years now of their attempts. During that time Apple created their whole M-series ecosystem, proving that ARM is worthy on a desktop.

Qualcomm managed to get somewhat good but it's not power efficient enough to compete with modern Intel and AMD. And not fast enough to fight against M4 and M5 by Apple. But overall when the price goes down, it can be a nice machine: fast, lighter than anything (even MacBooks), almost silent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaenlQ3r3tU
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Shooting a revolver on LG C1 in Resident Evil can cause the TV reboot. Doing it over and over can damage the matrix. The reason is too bright flash on top of a generally dark scene.

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Unplugging 24-pin from the mobo be like...

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Apparently, you better disable updates on both iPhones and MacBooks, since for some people iOS 26.4.1 and macOS 26.4.1 cause complete freeze of the device during the update.

- It started earlier today
- No one knows why (as of now)
- For most of the users it just worked
- For some it bricked their devices

So, disable updates for a few day, you have been warned. The story comes from several sources including a big service center in Moscow.

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The funniest case of "my laptop overheats"

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Framework announced Laptop 13 Pro "to knock-off Apple" (as a joke) and to show that the model is heavily improved compared to all previous Laptop 13 generations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnOpIQJnYWU
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The guy assembled a PC without Intel, AMD, or NVIDIA. Make your guess how good it is for gaming?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmxIjPCAp6w
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