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Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to President Biden’s desk
AbillthatwouldforceChina-basedcompanyByteDancetosellTikTok— orelsefaceaUSbanoftheplatform—isallbutcertaintobecomelawaftertheSenatepassedaforeignaidpackageincludingthemeasure. ItnowheadstoPresidentJoeBiden,whoalreadycommittedtosigningtheTikToklegislationshoulditmakeitthroughbothchambersofCongress.TheHousepassedtheforeignaidpackagethatincludestheTikT...
Samsung Z Flip 6 Benchmark Rumor Suggests It'll Use Older Chipset - CNET
Samsunghasbeenquietaboutanyfoldablesitmightreleasethisyear,butanewrumorshedsabitoflightaroundplansitmighthaveforitsGalaxyZFlip6clamshellfoldable. Thesuccessortolastyear'sGalaxyZFlip5coulduseanevenolderprocessorthanexpected.ApairofGeekBenchbenchmarkstiedtothesuspectedmodelnumberoftheZFlip6havesurfaced:one,whichappearedlastweek,ispoweredbyQualcomm'sl...
Steam will stop issuing refunds if you play two hours of a game before launch day
REFUNDSONTITLESPURCHASEDPRIORTORELEASEDATE WhenyoupurchaseatitleonSteampriortothereleasedate,thetwo-hourplaytimelimitforrefundswillapply(exceptforbetatesting),butthe14-dayperiodforrefundswillnotstartuntilthereleasedate.Forexample,ifyoupurchaseagamethatisin EarlyAccess or AdvancedAccess,anyplaytimewillcountagainstthetwo-hourrefundlimit.Ifyoupre-purc...
This Game Boy-looking phone stand is why MagSafe is good
MagSafeisn’taparticularlycontroversialstandard,butI’veheardpeoplegrumbleaboutit.Theygetupsetbecauseitdoesn’tchargequiteasefficientlyasanold-fashionedcableandtheygetannoyedthatanyphonecaseneedstobeMagSafe-compatible.ButcouldchargingbycableprovideyouwithsomethingasstupidlyfunasthisnewphonestandfromElago? TheElagoMagSafeMSW5ChargingStand isamouthfulof...
The EU’s new right-to-repair rules make companies fix your device after a warranty expires
TheEuropeanUnionhasofficiallyadoptedanewsetofright-to-repairrulesdesignedtoencouragepeopletorepairbrokendevices,ratherthanreplacethem.Oneoftherulesextendsaproduct’swarrantybyoneyearifit’srepairedwhilestillcovered. TheEuropeanUnionalreadyrequirescompaniestoofferatwo-yearminimumwarrantyonproducts,butthesenewrulestakethingsastepfurther.Evenafterthewar...
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