Xbox’s new handheld is a surprisingly comfortable way to play Gears of War

Xbox has revealed its new handheld line, the ROG Xbox Ally and the Xbox Ally X, made in partnership with Asus. And I got the chance to play it during Summer Game Fest. My colleague Tom Warren has already broken down how the handheld works with its operating system, UI, and integration with the Xbox

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AMD’s powerful AI chips can finally be unleashed on Windows PCs

AMD’s hardware teams have tried to redefine AI inferencing with powerful chips like the Ryzen AI Max and Threadripper. But in software, the company has been largely absent where PCs are concerned. That’s changing, AMD executives say. AMD’s Advancing AI event Thursday focused on enterprise-class GPUs like its Instinct lineup. But it’s a software platform

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Praise be, my visionOS 26 persona is significantly less cursed!

For several months, my Slack avatar was a screenshot of my incredibly cursed Vision Pro persona. My virtual avatar’s head was cocked back, cackling into the pixelated void, her hair one solid unmoving block. It wasn’t good — but it also wasn’t the end of the world. Everyone else’s Persona looked just as horrible, and

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Save $250 on this Snapdragon 3K OLED laptop that we love right now

One of our favorite features in a laptop these days is an OLED screen because there’s nothing better than crystal-clear images with vibrant colors and perfect blacks. The beautiful Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x is one such laptop, and right now it’s on sale at Best Buy for $1,100. That’s a hefty $250 off its original

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