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Amid the memory crisis, Roku has increased the MSRP of its streaming hardware lineup. The price hike affects both the company's streaming sticks and set-top boxes.

Honor’s Pad X9 Max pairs a 13-inch 120Hz display, quad speakers and a 10,100mAh battery in an aluminum design aimed at entertainment and light productivity. Starting at £349.99 in the UK, it offers solid value despite modest cameras and dated Wi-Fi 5 connectivity.

Disney may have a free Disney+ tier in the works as streaming price hikes push more viewers toward ad-supported platforms. While details remain unclear, the offering could feature short-form original content, though Disney is yet to make an official announcement.

Google has worked with the FBI to dismantle the NetNut proxy network. A large share of the roughly two million compromised devices are smart TVs and streaming boxes in private homes that were secretly used as cover for criminal attacks. Here is how to identify and avoid the risk.

Instagram has launched its TV app on Samsung Smart TVs in the US, expanding its big-screen rollout beyond Fire TV and Google TV with support for Reels collections and Stories. Meta is also preparing features for casting saved videos and surfacing horizontal content.

Amazon Prime is live in South Africa, bundling free shipping with streaming to directly undercut TakealotMore Premium and Netflix.

The Maono P1 and P2 hybrid audio interfaces allow creators and performers to capture 24-bit, 192 kHz audio from microphones and musical instruments for live streaming and music production from phones and laptops. Both can be connected to DSLRs, enabling live mixing of recorded performances.

Console price increases didn’t deter gamers from watching Sony’s State of Play 2026. Its peak live viewership of over 3 million surpassed any previous PlayStation broadcast. Trailers for PS5 exclusives, including God of War Laufey and Marvel’s Wolverine, have drawn the most attention.

Plex will raise the price of its Lifetime Plex Pass from $249.99 to $749.99 on July 1, 2026, while keeping monthly and annual subscriptions unchanged at $6.99 and $69.99. The company says the increase reflects the service’s long-term value, but users have criticized the steep hike as a move that makes recurring subscriptions far more attractive.

Devil May Cry Season 2 continues its alternate continuity while the original series, as well as the reboot, gets massively discounted on Steam.

The FCC has extended a waiver allowing software and firmware updates for existing foreign-made routers and drones, including TP-Link routers and DJI drones, until January 1, 2029. The decision, framed as a public safety measure, preserves security patches and bug fixes for millions of devices while broader national security restrictions and legal challenges continue.

Amazon content restricted, no access to the home server: geoblocking can quickly become annoying while on vacation. That’s why, before leaving, I installed Tailscale on my small home server/NAS and on the devices I take with me. Together, they form a network that lets my travel devices browse through my home network and its German IP address.

RTX, No ��eceipt. Nvidia's GeForce Now is officially live in India, offering up to RTX 5080 GPUs in the Ultimate tier. In this review, we take a deep dive into the hardware that makes GeForce Now tick and evaluate the service across three popular AAA titles to see if this is worth ditching that enthusiast gaming PC build you've been holding back so far.

YouTube’s US pricing pages now list Premium at $15.99 per month, with Family at $26.99, Annual at $159.99, Student at $8.99, and Premium Lite also moving higher.

During a mission status press conference, an Outlook glitch provided some lighthearted moments for journalists. Houston confirmed they managed to resolve the issue on the Commander's Surface Pro via remote access—likely marking the longest-distance Remote Desktop session ever established.

The Artemis II crew has reached a decisive milestone and is now on a direct course to the Moon. Despite a worrying computer alarm shortly before engine ignition, the manoeuvre was successfully completed thanks to the ESA Service Module.

One researcher anticipates a cloud gaming boom due to skyrocketing console costs. Michael Pachter predicts that a high PS6 price will drive buyers to the more affordable streaming solution. Even so, latency and a limited catalog of titles may keep some gamers loyal to PlayStation hardware.