Tim Boyle/Getty Images Gateway, the company that competed with Dell and Packard Bell in the ’80s and ’90s, fell out of favor and stopped production of its PCs pretty quickly. Originally based in Iowa, the company was founded in 1985, just a year after Michael Dell launched his PC reselling business. With the rise of the PC, Gateway quickly adapted, becoming a “white box” computer company, selling inexpensive PCs that it manufactured in-house. After a fairly successful first few years, Gateway began to make some mistakes that began to multiply.…
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Discord is quietly transforming its Nitro subscription into the PC gamer’s Swiss army knife. To celebrate ten years of its paid plan, the platform announced a big burst of new features grouped under the name “Nitro Rewards”. The star of the lot: a special version of Game Pass integrated at no additional cost for Nitro subscribers. Microsoft and Discord become very friends Yes, yet another new Game Pass formula, as was announced a few weeks ago. Microsoft and Discord simply talk about a “starter edition”, but in reality, it looks a lot like a lighter version of the Game Pass…
Apple’s smartphone sales grew 1.3% year-over-year in the United States during the first quarter of 2026, according to data shared by Search for counterpoint. Apple saw its sales increase while the U.S. smartphone market as a whole saw a 5.7% decline during the same period. Android device sales declined 14.4 percent, while Apple’s market share increased 4 percent year-over-year. The iPhone 17’s performance is part of the reason Apple outperformed the market, but Counterpoint says the company was also helped by the subsequent launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series in March. Apple’s market share increased among the three major US…
iPadOS 26.5 will launch very soon, and with it three new features for your iPad. Here are the new features. #1: Automatic pairing for Magic Keyboard, Magic Trackpad and Magic Mouse iPadOS 26.5 introduces a change intended to make it easier to pair Apple accessories with your iPad. Now, when you connect a Magic Keyboard, Magic Trackpad, or Magic Mouse via USB-C, the accessory will also automatically establish a Bluetooth connection. This means that when you unplug the USB-C cable, your iPad will maintain a wireless connection with the accessory. So there is no need for manual Bluetooth pairing. The…