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Shots Fired at Facebook’s VR Monopoly
It’s been a very bad year so far for Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, in ways extremely unique to being one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Despite still making almost $US7 ($10) billion in profit in recent months, TikTok is eating its lunch, the stock price is in shambles, and…
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The Backbone One Smartphone Controller Is Getting a Sleek PlayStation Facelift
The Backbone One controller is one of the best ways to unleash your smartphone’s gaming potential, and Backbone today revealed the third iteration of the gamepad (after the original iPhone and Android versions), featuring a major facelift that looks right at home alongside the PlayStation 5’s stark white DualSense controller.
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Senate Passes $AU74 Billion Chips Bill, Tosses Over to House for Vote
It’s hard to get the majority of the U.S. Senate to agree on anything, but apparently more than 60% of the upper house of Congress agree that the country could use some more computer chips, $US52 ($AU74) billion worth of chip manufacturing, to be exact.
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The U.S. Wants to Spend $AU75 Billion on Chips, if Only It Could Pass This Damn Bill
The world has gotten a little mad for chips (the kind that go in your computers, not your stomach), and the U.S. wants to take a big piece of the semiconductor pie away from countries like China. But first, it has to pass a bill, so expect a lot of last-minute wrangling, sweating, mind changing,…