Some developers working on Marathon were also laid off, and studio head Justin Truman resigned. Bad things are happening at Bungie. Sony has just announced a major round of layoffs, primarily affecting the team behind the Destiny franchise. We do not know that many employees were affected, only that it is a “significant number.” Sony says it “explored several alternatives before concluding that a reduction was necessary to align the studio’s resources with its current priorities and long-term goals.” This comes directly after the final content update for Destiny 2and was probably already in the works before that. We learned…
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Apple Shifts Its Apple Silicon Launch Schedule to Accelerate the Launch of Chips Designed for Artificial Intelligence Workloads, Reports Bloomberg. Apple plans to release an M6 chip for entry-level Macs as soon as this year, but has canceled plans for high-end M6 Pro and M6 Max chips. Instead, Apple’s upcoming Pro and Max chips will be part of its M7 chip lineup, with the first M7 chips launching in 2027. An M5 Ultra chip could also arrive as soon as this year. M5 Ultra – End of 2026 M6 – End of 2026 M7 – First half of 2027 M7…
Robert Way/Shutterstock LG is a real heavy hitter in the world of displays. The company produces some of the best TVs among all popular brands, and many reviewers claim that it also offers the best value OLED TV in 2026. LG OLED TVs are already very popular among consumers, but the company is committed to continually pushing the boundaries when it comes to picture quality. Its latest moves play perfectly into this direction, as LG has perhaps solved one of the biggest challenges in display technology. According to LG Display,…
The Galaxy A27 5G at least has a more powerful chipset. Samsung Samsung has unveiled its latest budget A-series phone, the Galaxy A27 5G. The main upgrade offered by the company this time is a new Infinity-O display. As with the A26’s screen from last year, it’s a 6.7-inch Super AMOLED display with a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. What’s different this time is that it has a punch-hole design to accommodate the 12MP front camera rather than a small notch at the top of the screen. “Combined with a smaller, more balanced bezel, this…
Apple has increased prices for Macs and iPads in its Certified Refurbished online store, following large price increases for new products introduced earlier today. For affected products in Apple’s refurbished inventory, prices have increased by about $160 to $180 on average, but it’s the Mac’s increases that have generally been more impressive than the iPad’s. Mac increases averaged about $204 at the low end and $330 at the high end. Some of the more minor Mac changes include the 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M4 Pro chip going from $1,699 to $1,779 – the nano-texture version of the same model…
Jimmy Gunawan/Shutterstock New technologies are constantly evolving. Every week seems to bring a handful of new products and gadgets, with companies new and old looking to make an impact on the industry. Sometimes you get huge successes, sometimes you get huge failures, but the worst products are the ones that simply disappoint. The type of technology you might be looking forward to, but ultimately leaves you disappointed. As an attendee of CES in Las Vegas over the past decade, I’ve discovered more amazing and weird gadgets than I can remember.…
Amazon Prime Day has reached its third day and is set to end tomorrow, June 26. Many of the best deals of the year are still available to buy today, including record prices on AirPods Max 2, AirTag 2, Apple Watch Series 11, iPad Air, and more. Note: Woozad is an Amazon affiliate partner. When you click on a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us operate the site. Apple threw a wrinkle into Prime Day pricing today, announcing a price hike on a huge selection of its most popular products. These new…
Apple today raised the price of the Vision Pro to $3,699 from $3,499, as part of a broad series of price increases across its entire lineup. The change came after Apple’s online store was briefly taken offline earlier today and brought back with new prices for the HomePod mini, HomePod, Apple TV, iPad, iPad mini, iPad Air, iPad Pro, MacBook Neo, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, both Mac Studio and Vision Pro configurations. The iPhone, AirPods, Studio Display, and accessories like the Apple Pencil were seemingly the only product lines to remain intact. No Apple product carries more…
Apple today announced price increases on a wide range of its major products, including iPads, Macs, HomePod and Vision Pro. Note: Woozad is an Amazon affiliate partner. When you click on a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us operate the site. These price changes are now live on Apple.com, but they have not yet hit third-party retailers like Amazon. If you’re interested in any of these products, now is the time to buy them on Amazon, before the retailer also suffers these price hikes. Below we have listed all the most important…
Apple today announced that it is raising prices on many products, including the MacBook Neo, which now starts at $699 in the United States. The price increases are due to the current memory chip shortage, which has led to skyrocketing prices for RAM used in products like the MacBook Neo. “We have never seen the price of a component increase so much and so quickly,” Apple said. When it was released in March, the MacBook Neo started at $599 in the US with 256GB of storage. So the colorful laptop received a $100 price increase. The top-end configuration with 512GB…