The $1,999 iPhone Duo just failed JerryRigEverything’s durability test.

Despite its IP68 rating, dust got into the hinge through multiple openings and messed with the magnets that keep the phone shut.

The bend test was even worse. A permanent green line appeared across the en stopped responding.

After testing foldables for seven years, JerryRigEverything’s Nelson said most of them survive his tests.

“The iPhone Duo did not.”

The old H3H3 DLC for PAYDAY 2 is getting review-bombed on Steam almost nine years after it was released.

The DLC added Ethan and Hila Klein as playable heisters back in 2017. At the time, Overkill released the pack to help support H3H3’s legal fight over a copyright lawsuit, toward their legal costs.

Now, following the recent controversy surrounding Ethan and Hila, the DLC is once again attracting attention but for very different reasons.

Some players are also worried that the DLC could eventually be removed from Steam, while others are simply using the review section to comment on the controversy.

The DLC has actually been review-bombed before, so this isn’t the first time the H3H3 pack has become a target because of controversy surrounding the creators.

Anthropic may have just klled REA.

Users are reporting that Claude now hits a safety check when asked to use REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) for detailed reverse-engineering work, even after completing the research.

REA itself is an open-source MCP tool that lets AI coding locally, trace how features work, and use that information to build compatible implementations

Elden Ring has now reached some seriously impressive numbers.

According to Alinea Analytics analyst Rhys Elliott, the game has sold an estimated 36.4 million copies across Steam, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, generating around $2 billion in revenue.

The player stats are just as yers have spent more than 100 hours in the Lands Between.
-Nearly 3.5 million players have unlocked every achievement.
-The game has become a long-term seller for Bandai Namco and FromSoftware.

PS5 users are reporting that some physical games are asking for a system update before they can be played.

Several players have shown their consoles asking for an update when they try to launch games from a disc.

This is really concerning about physical games becoming dependent , even when players already own the disc.

A24 is reportedly spending nearly $200 million on its Elden Ring movie, by far the most expensive film the studio has ever produced.

For comparison, A24’s previous record was Marty Supreme, with a budget of around $70 million.

The Elden Ring adaptation is planned for 2028 and mp in scale for a studio best known for independent and unconventional movies.

A24 has also grown into a major industry brand, valued at around $3.5 billion as of 2024.

Google has quietly updated its privacy policy, and they can use the info from Gmail, Google Photos and Google Drive to be used for personalized ads

If you’ve enabled certain Google personalization features, information from these services can be shared with other Google services ds.

Google says advertisers don’t get direct access to your private content or personal identifiers.

The updated policy took effect on October 16, 2026.

A new PS5 jailbreak called Prolapse is reportedly coming to firmware 14.00 and 14.10.

The exploit appears to be a new kernel-level vulnerability that gets around the fixes Sony introduced after the Relapse jailbreak. A researcher has now claimed that Prolapse is confirmed for released soon.

For comparison, the currently public Relapse jailbreak only goes up to PS5 firmware 13.60.

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EA’s closure of BioWare and cancellation of the next Mass Effect has triggered a major backlash from fans.

The SaveMassEffect petition has now reached 117,443 verified signatures, with fans asking EA to reconsider the decision and give the project a chance to continue.

Some or an EA boycott

NVIDIA has confirmed an issue with its latest GeForce 621.01 driver that causes black screens and freezes

The problem mainly affects RTX 5080 users, with reports of video playback freezing or the screen going completely black when using apps such as Chrome, Edge and VLC. NVIDIA s to submit crash dumps while it investigates the problem.

Rolling back to your previous driver is currently the safest option until NVIDIA releases a fix.

Metro 2033 Redux has quietly become the second game to officially support NVIDIA’s DLSS 5.

The new free update adds DLSS 5 Neural Rendering, 4K textures, and other visual improvements to the game.

Even better, Metro Last Light Redux also appears to have received DLSS 5.

And everyone who already owns the game.

ASUS is releasing urgent updates for some of its Wi-Fi 7 routers after serious security flaws were discovered.

The vulnerabilities could allow hackers to gain control of an affected router and run their own commands.
One of the flaws is rated 9.4/10, or Critical, because it can d using a specially created VPN configuration file.

ASUS has released fixes for affected models, including the RT-BE88U and RT-BE92U.

If you have an ASUS Wi-Fi 7 router, check for a firmware update and install the latest version for your model.

Nvidia is accused of worsening the gaming GPU shortage by prioritising AI hardware for Big Tech.

The claim is that Nvidia is sending huge amounts of GPUs to companies building AI data centres, even when some of that hardware cannot be used yet because the data centres don’t have s like Amazon receive billions in Nvidia AI hardware before data centres have enough power.
About $5 billion in GB300 systems were delivered to AWS facilities, with another $3 billion monthly expected, leaving some unused in warehouses.

Helen Chiang is leaving Microsoft after more than 20 years, just three months after becoming Xbox’s first Chief Operating Officer.

Previously head of Mojang and Minecraft, she was promoted to COO in July with end-to-end responsibility for Xbox’s content, hardware, platform, and ir profits and losses.

An internal Xbox memo states she left on October 23. Microsoft has given no public reason.

The role, created months ago to unify Xbox’s businesses under one operating model and link investment and financial decisions more closely, is already vacant.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has sold 8.7 million copies and generated around $366 million in revenue, according to Alinea Analytics.

-58.8% on Steam
-5.5% on Xbox

The game also had 4.3 million Game Pass players, which may have reduced Xbox sales but it also helped more people e amazing games, sell like crazy? Who would have wondered this

Mass Effect Legendary Edition prices are going crazy after BioWare’s closure.

Earlier this year, you could find used copies for around $20, while sealed ones could go for about $45.

Now sealed copies are selling for $100+, and one seller has even sold three used copies for $100 ven rare, looks like some sellers are simply cashing in on the FOMO after BioWare is shutting down.

EXODUS is changing Jun’s face after fans criticized his original look.

Archetype Entertainment has updated the protagonist’s face, giving him a shorter face and sharper features.

Jun still won’t have a full facial character creator, players can customize things like his hair tructure is fixed.

Studio Ghibli president Kenichi Yoda has spoken in Asturias about the studio’s future, AI, and Hayao Miyazaki’s continued work.

> On AI and animation: “Imagine two restaurants: one where the food is made by AI and another by people. I would undoubtedly choose the latter.”

> On Ghibli“Before being a company, Ghibli is a studio, a place to create art.”

Yoda confirmed that Miyazaki, now 85, still draws every day and thinks about what Ghibli could create next, though no new feature film is currently confirmed.

“We don’t work with deadlines. We don’t set those kinds of goals.”

There’s a free Steam game where the entire world is basically sharing the same game.

It’s called Jono, and only one person can control the character at a time. You get 60 seconds, then it’s someone else’s turn.

Everyone else just watches, waits, and can chat while the current ew things up.

The weird part is that you’re all working on the same run. Whatever progress one player makes stays there for the next person.

The goal is to clear 1 million levels together.