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Intel has added some new games to the list of supported titles for its APO tech – including some big names like Fortnite and CyberPunk 2077 – as well as bringing its latest Arrow Lake desktop CPUs (Core Ultra 200S) into the fold.

APO (Application Performance Optimization) is a feature that boosts frame rates with supported games and processors, optimizing thread scheduling, and essentially helping those games make better use of efficiency cores. The latter are the cores which are present in Intel’s hybrid CPUs (those since Alder Lake, the 12th-gen family for Team Blue).

TechSpot noticed that Intel has introduced APO support for its Core Ultra 9 285K and Core Ultra 7 265K (and 265KF). In the case of the Core Ultra 5 245K, the other Arrow Lake CPU released as part of Intel’s first arrivals, this has fewer than eight performance cores, so it runs a more limited take (‘Advanced Mode’), but you’ll still get some benefit. (Any CPU must have at least six cores, and be a ‘K’ series unlocked chip, to use APO, we should note).

As for the new games that are now supported, they include Fortnite and CyberPunk 2077 as mentioned, as well as other big hitters like Dota 2 and Counter-Strike 2.

The full list is as follows:

• Company of Heroes 3
• Counter-Strike 2
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Dota 2
• Fortnite
• Naraka: Bladepoint
• Riftbreaker
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
• Total War: Pharaoh
• Total War: Three Kingdoms
• Total War: Warhammer 3

(Image credit: Getty Images / RyanKing999) Analysis: A needed boost in a tough battle against AMD

Another dozen games, and some pretty high-profile titles at that, being added to the Intel APO family is definitely good to see. With Arrow Lake, though, it could be argued that Team Blue needs to pull out some more stops on the gaming front, so these fresh APO introductions are seemingly part of that effort.

In case you missed it, Arrow Lake has rather disappointed PC gamers with its generational performance gains – it pushes more for efficiency, than raw performance – something that leaks flagged up for us ahead of time.

Indeed, Intel readily admitted that Core Ultra 200S CPUs are 5% slower than AMD’s 7000X3D chips in gaming – and remember, the Ryzen 9800X3D is supposedly about to arrive, packing a serious gen-on-gen uplift, if some rumors are correct.

These are tricky times for Intel, really, especially given the recent debacle over 13th-gen and 14th-gen processors which suffered from instability gremlins (that we should note are not a problem for Arrow Lake CPUs).

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Another series has fallen victim to Netflix's scrap pile as the workplace comedy Unstable, starring Rob Lowe and his son John Owen Lowe, has been canceled after two seasons.

According to Deadline, Unstable was axed as season 2 after it failed to break into Netflix's Top 10 list after it debuted on August 1. Unstable was reportedly pitched to Fox where Lowe hosts the game show The Floor and stars in departing drama 9-1-1: Lone Star, but will not be picked up by the network for another season.

It's been a brutal week of cancelations from the best streaming service, with sitcom That '90s Show and dark comedy Greek mythology-inspired series Kaos being the most recent shows to be axed. Netflix has scrapped over 15 shows this year and I was particularly hurt to hear that the streamer had quietly canceled the most realistic zombie show I’ve ever seen Black Summer, which has since left my Netflix subscription on rocky grounds in my home.

With its 68% Rotten Tomatoes score, Unstable is not one of the best Netflix shows, but it sure does deserve a place on seven shows canceled by Netflix in 2024 so far that you should still watch.

What is Unstable about?

Unstable stars Rob Lowe as Ellis Dragon, the eccentric CEO and founder of a successful biotech company who is struggling after the death of his wife. Ellis' estranged, introverted son Jackson (played by Rob Lowe's real-life son John Owen Lowe) starts working at the company to support his father with his mental health and save the business from ruin.

The series was co-created by Rob Lowe, John Owen Lowe and Victor Fresco, and was inspired by the father and son duo's social media relationship where John Owen comically trolls his dad.

John Owen told Variety: “It took doing a TV show with each other for Rob and I to re-explore some of the deeper parts of our interpersonal relationship, so we figured, why not make it so that Ellis and Jackson have to literally play characters in order for them to work through an interpersonal conflict? It’s literally a wink at what we’re doing on the show for our father-son relationship.”

While all these cancelations have me thinking twice about canceling my Netflix membership – here's how to cancel your Netflix account – it's not all bad news as the streamer has decided to renew my favorite rom-com series Nobody Wants This and hit political thriller series The Diplomat, so maybe I can trust it not to cancel everything I like again.

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Hackers are abusing a vulnerability in a Veeam product to try and deploy ransomware against their targets.

This is according to cybersecurity researchers from Sophos, who detailed their findings on Infosec Exchange late last week. As per the researchers, crooks are using a combination of compromised credentials, and vulnerability abuse, to deploy Fog and Akira ransomware.

First, they would go after VPN gateways with poor passwords and no multi-factor authentication (MFA) set up. Some of these VPNs were even running unsupported software versions, it was said. After that, they would exploit a vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication, tracked as CVE-2024-40711, which allows them to create a local account.

Akira and Fog

CVE-2024-40711 is a critical vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) via deserialization of untrusted data. By sending a malicious payload to the app, threat actors can be granted arbitrary code execution abilities, without authentication. It has a severity score of 9.8 (critical). Veeam released a fix for this flaw in the version 12.2 (build 12.2.0.334), which was pushed in September this year. The vulnerability affected previous versions of VBR, particularly version 12.1.2.172 and earlier.

Admins were advised to upgrade to the latest version to mitigate the risk of exploitation.

After creating a local account, the crooks would try to deploy either Fog, or Akira ransomware. In total, Sophos’ researchers observed four attack attempts so far.

“These cases underline the importance of patching known vulnerabilities, updating/replacing out-of-support VPNs, and using multifactor authentication to control remote access. Sophos X-Ops continues to track this threat behavior.”

Despite having only a handful of recorded attack attempts, the news was big enough to warrant an advisory from NHS England. As reported by The Hacker News, the advisory stressed that enterprise backup and disaster recovery applications were “valuable targets” for cybercriminals everywhere.

Via The Hacker News

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The award is shared by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of MIT and James Robinson of the University of Chicago for their research on the institutional roots of national wealth and poverty. They will split the prize money of 11 million Swedish krona or about $1.058 million.

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A new leak of the Xiaomi Smart Band 9 Pro has revealed the Chinese telecomms company could be planning to launch a new iteration of the Smart Band 9 very soon – and it's got plenty of similarities to smartwatches like the Apple Watch SE 2. Only it's likely to be much cheaper.

The Xiaomi Smart Band 8 Pro is our top budget pick when it comes to the best fitness trackers on the market thanks to its two-week battery life and cool screen. It offers much that you’d expect from a fitness wearable at that price point, namely 24/7 heart rate monitoring, activity tracking, GPS, and more.

The company recently released a slimmer Xiaomi Smart Band 9 replete with upgraded sleep monitoring, improved heart rate and blood oxygen tracking, and up to 21 days of battery life. Now it looks like a Pro version isn’t far behind. Leaked renders from YTECHB have revealed the company could be planning a new Xiaomi Smart Band 9 Pro in three colors, with a slightly tweaked design.

Apple Watch SE 3? Don’t bet on it

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According to the report, the new ninth iteration will feature “minor design changes and color options,” but there’s a heavy emphasis on the “minimal” nature of the changes. The colors on display appear to be silver, black, and gold, although this doesn’t preclude further color options at launch or later down the line.

Notably, the new Band 9 Pro’s display appears to have a slightly curved display, as opposed to the flat display of the previous model. There’s also an improved thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) strap which connects to the watch chassis at the end. Also noted is the rougher finish of the Band 9 Pro’s housing, along with a larger display complemented by smaller bezels.

It’s not a major overhaul by any stretch, and the design is mostly noteworthy for looking exactly like the Apple Watch SE, one of the best Apple Watch models currently available, only missing the digital crown. Xiaomi has an unfortunate record of apeing Apple’s hardware and software, and if the leak is accurate, this Band 9 Pro appears to be just one such example. The aluminum chassis and that redesigned band mechanism do look strikingly similar to the Apple Watch, but take the leak with a grain of salt until verified.

Other details of the Xiaomi Band 9 Pro, including any potential release date, are scant at this stage. However, considering the Band 8 Pro sold for just $90 / £60 / AU$95, this could be the ultra-cheap SE rival you've been waiting for.

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A new tip from a OnePlus employee suggests the upcoming OnePlus 13 will ship with a custom next-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset that beats the iPhone 16 Pro’s A18 Pro in terms of power efficiency.

The tip comes from Weibo user Cai Zuxuan, who said in a post that the as-yet-unnamed chipset “directly beats the A18 Pro” in internal energy efficiency testing; Notebook Check notes that Zuxuan is an employee of OnePlus.

Apple is renowned for the efficiency of its proprietary chipsets, so an even more efficient Snapdragon chipset could have a substantial effect on performance and battery life.

Our OnePlus 12 review found the phone to be capable on all fronts and exceptionally stylish, so we're not surprised by rising anticipation for its sequel.

For example, multiple leaks point to the OnePlus 13 getting an ultrasonic fingerprint reader, a step up from the optical reader found on the OnePlus 12. As the name suggests, ultrasonic readers use high-frequency sound waves to sense your fingerprint. These readers are currently the preserve of high-end and premium flagships like the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and Google Pixel 9 Pro.

A pricey proposition

According to Notebook Check, a Weibo post from user 体验more suggests the OnePlus 13 will receive this upgrade alongside a price increase in China, which could be mirrored in global markets.

The leaker suggests a launch price of ¥5,299 in China, compared to the ¥4,799 launch price of the OnePlus 12. In global markets the OnePlus 12 launched at $799 / £849, and a proportional increase would suggest a launch price of around $879 / £933 for the OnePlus 13. That's more than an iPhone 16.

Additionally, we previously reported that the OnePlus 13 may come equipped with an enormous 6,000mAh battery, which would give it one of the largest cells ever seen in a smartphone. On another occasion, we heard of redesigned screen technology with greatly improved brightness.

Head of OnePlus China Louis Lee (also known as Li Jie Louis) confirmed the OnePlus 13 via Weibo on October 9, suggesting an October release date that we think only applies to China.

We expect the OnePlus 13 will follow the lead of the OnePlus 12 and launch globally a few months later, likely in January 2025. For now, the above remains based nearly entirely on rumors and leaks – for the latest official updates as we hear them, be sure to check in with our OnePlus coverage.

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If you want to walk 10,000 steps in a day, you need to put one foot in front of the other 10,000 times. But while the “how” of walking 10,000 steps a day is blindingly obvious in one sense, there’s a lot more to it than meets the eye. For some people, walking 10,000 steps might come very easily, perhaps even without thinking if your work involves a lot of walking or travel. But for others, some factors can make it more difficult, such as inclement weather, safety, fitness, health, mobility, and more.

The idea of walking 10,000 steps a day (roughly five miles for most people, but you can check our guide to find out the distance that’s right for you) can be a daunting and difficult challenge, especially for people who are overweight, recovering from an injury, or are restricted by disease or illness.

So if you’re starting out trying to tackle 10,000 steps a day, what are some of the things you can do to make life easier? For starters, you’re going to need at least some tech to make sure that you’re achieving your goals. That could be a smartwatch, one of the best fitness trackers, or even a pedometer.

When it comes to hitting your step goal (10,000 or otherwise), there are plenty of other useful tools and tips to help you get there. If you work from home, a standing desk or an under-desk treadmill can get you on the move. Maybe you need a walking plan to help break up the day into more manageable walks, or perhaps you just need some tips to incorporate more walking into your everyday life. So if you need help getting to that magic number, here are some of our top tips.

How to walk 10,000 steps a day Get a fitness tracker

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If you want to walk 10,000 steps a day, you need a good way to track your movement. Most of the best phones on the market will have a step counter, but they’re not tremendously accurate and you may not always have your phone on you. Picking up one of the best smartwatches or even a cheap smartwatch is one great way to add fitness tracking and step counting to your arsenal. You could go for a mainstream option like the Apple Watch Series 10, or a cheap Apple Watch SE 2. Other options include the Fitbit Versa, Amazfit’s Bip U Pro, or the CMF Watch Pro by Nothing.

If a smartwatch is out of your budget, then a fitness tracker is often cheaper, and you can often pick up a Fitbit or Xiaomi’s Smart Band 8 Pro for around $50 / £50 / AU$70.

If that’s still more than you’d like to pay, there are pedometers (simple, dedicated step counters) on Amazon for as little as £10/$12/AU$14.

Break up your steps into manageable chunks

As noted, walking 10,000 steps will come very naturally to some people, and others may already be hitting that number without even thinking. But for people who are looking to get started on a fitness journey, sometimes the easiest way to hit a goal is to break it down into more manageable chunks.

When it comes to how far 10,000 steps is in distance, the answer is broadly five miles. Walking that in one go might be a bit of a challenge, if not physically, then logistically because of time, or inhibiting factors like work, your location, or something else. A more realistic approach could be to go on a couple of different walks throughout the day. Here’s one example:

• Morning walk - 1 mile
• Lunch walk - 2 miles
• Evening walk - 2 miles

You could even do 2.5 miles in the morning, and another 2.5 miles in the afternoon. Realistically though, you’re going to accrue a certain amount of steps going about your daily life, so unless you live a very sedentary lifestyle, you probably don’t need to do five miles of walking every day. This is why having a fitness tracker or smartwatch is vital, there’s no point struggling to walk 5 miles every day if you’re already walking 3,000 steps a day, and just need to get in another 7,000 (3.5 miles). Just remember that walking 2,000 steps is roughly a mile in distance, so you can calculate your own required distance to bridge the gap to 10,000 steps each day.

But how can you make walking those miles easier, safer, and more accessible?

UDTs, standing desks, and Netflix

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Walking a few miles outside is all fun and games if you live in a temperate climate with plenty of daylight, but what if you live in Scotland like me? For an abundance of reasons, walking outside to get those steps in isn’t always an option for some people. That could be because of the weather, allergies, traffic, lack of green spaces, or simply because there’s not enough daylight.

One of our picks for the best treadmills could be a handy way to get your steps in at home and would double as a training aid for running. However, if you’re low on space, or just want to walk, the best under-desk treadmills on the market could suit you much better. Amazon is packed with offerings, some as cheap as £139 / $99 / AU$195, and many of them are foldable and portable, so you can hide them away when they’re not in use.

As the name suggests, they can also be used under the best standing desks on the market so you can walk while you’re at work. If you can afford the outlay, a walking pad and a standing desk is the easiest ways to get your steps in during the working day. If you find it too hard to type or walking is distracting, you can always plonk your pad down in front of the TV after work and walk while watching the best Netflix shows, YouTube, or anything else you can think of.

Treadmills at the local gym

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If you really don’t want the outlay or the physical burden of owning your own treadmill, then you can always pop down to your local gym and get your steps in there. As with walking in the house, this will alleviate many of the struggles of putting the work in outdoors. A good gym is likely to have some pretty cutting-edge gear too, so Netflix and the like might still be there to carry you through your workout.

Get the right footwear

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If you’re serious about getting steps in – on the road or a treadmill – then you’ll need a decent pair of trainers. Some picks for the best gym shoes might help you here, but really the best running shoes are probably better suited to the task. Find what works for you, but ideally, you’ll want plenty of cushioning and support, especially if you’re new to exercise, as both are key to avoiding injury and reducing fatigue.

Apply the principles of NEAT

As you can see, the beauty of trying to walk 10,000 steps is that it doesn’t really matter how you get the steps in, because the movement is all that counts. To that end, there are a series of tiny lifestyle changes you can make that add up to a big overall impact. If you’ve ever tried to lose weight, you might have heard of non-exercise activity thermogenesis. NEAT is all about increasing the energy we burn outside of sleeping, eating, and exercising.

A good example might be standing instead of sitting at your desk or taking the stairs instead of the elevator. It’s a principle you can also apply to walking 10,000 steps. By simply being mindful of your activity and choosing to do a bit more legwork, small gains can add up to your daily steps goal before you know it.

Do you commute to work? While ditching the train or bus altogether might not be an option, could you consider getting off a stop earlier, or joining a stop later? Driving to pick up some groceries? Why not park a little bit further away from the door of the supermarket? Take the stairs where you can, or set an alarm or timer to remind you to stretch your legs every hour. Some smartwatches like the Apple Watch even have built-in time-to-stand reminders you can use to keep you on your toes.

In short, walking 10,000 steps a day doesn’t have to be about slogging a five-mile walk every day, rain or shine. With just a few subtle lifestyle tweaks and some helpful tech, you’ll find those steps racking up in no time, along with all the health benefits you might expect.

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If visible crease issues have so far been stopping you from picking up one of the best foldable phones on the market, we've got some good news: the rumor is that Samsung's next folding handset is going to have a far less noticeable crease.

This tip comes from serial leaker Ice Universe, who has one of the better track records when it comes to rumors. Apparently the "crease control" in the upcoming Special Edition of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 is "better than ever".

Now we're not expecting this Special Edition model to appear anywhere outside of South Korea and China, but it augurs well for future Samsung foldables that will be available more widely – including the Galaxy Z Fold 7.

As per well-respected industry analyst Ross Young, the improvement may be down to Samsung using Ultra Flexible Glass (UFG) for the first time: this high-strength panel tech is a little thinner around the crease, meaning a more seamless look.

Crease is the word

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 special editionThis time, they have done a good job in crease control, better than ever.October 12, 2024

Foldable display technology has improved significantly down the years – don't forget that the first Galaxy Fold phone launched in 2019 – but these screens still aren't completely flat when they're opened out, because of the underlying hinge.

Even on our favorite folding phones, including the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold and the OnePlus Open, the crease is still visible – although to give credit to OnePlus, on the OnePlus Open you do have to be looking pretty closely to be able to see it.

We'll have to wait and see for ourselves how much progress Samsung has made in this department, but it's fair to say that progress is being made year-on-year. The crease issue is apparently one of the reasons we haven't seen a folding iPhone yet.

As for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 Special Edition, previously leaked renders have suggested it's going to be a thinner model, with larger screens on the inside and outside. It should make an appearance in the coming months.

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Apple Intelligence’s ChatGPT integration and its iPhone 16 exclusive feature, Visual Intelligence, could come sooner than expected as part of iOS 18.2.

While the well-connected Mark Gurman already hinted that ChatGPT integration would arrive in iOS 18.2, we had no info on Visual Intelligence’s arrival past Apple’s “later this year” promise. This new info, found by Aaron Perris on X, shows references to “Siri with ChatGPT” and “Visual Intelligence” found in Apple's code.

ChatGPT integration will enable you to access the chatbot via Siri on the newest models among the best iPhones, while Visual Intelligence takes full advantage of the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro’s Camera Control so you can snap images and search for results using AI – think of it as Apple’s Google Lens competitor.

Based on this info, it’s expected that both free Apple Intelligence upgrades could arrive as part of iOS 18.2 which should be entering beta shortly. This comes at an exciting time for Apple users as we get closer to October 28th, iOS 18.1 and Apple Intelligence’s leaked release date.

Just found new references to "Siri with ChatGPT" on Apple's backend. Looks likely that it will come in iOS 18.2, as predicted. pic.twitter.com/U6qkhSVy9kOctober 13, 2024

Apple Intelligence’s ChatGPT integration

Siri's new redesign in iOS 18.1 activated on an iPhone 16 Pro Max (Image credit: Future / Apple )

ChatGPT is the most popular AI tool in the world, and having it incorporated into Siri is going to be a major addition to the iPhone. Siri’s big Apple Intelligence upgrade won’t arrive until 2025, but ChatGPT integration is a nice stop-gap until then. You’ll be able to ask Siri to contact ChatGPT’s servers to create meal plans, summarize articles, and even write code.

The other feature here, Visual Intelligence, is the iPhone 16’s exclusive Apple Intelligence feature, and lets you use Apple AI to search for anything you can see. You’ll be able to simply snap a photo with Camera Control, the new side button, and Apple Intelligence will give you information about what you’re looking at. Want to know a restaurant’s opening times? You got it! How about a dog’s breed? Yep, it can do that too.

While this new information doesn’t confirm the inclusion of Visual Intelligence and ChatGPT integration in iOS 18.2, it does make it incredibly likely. So if you’ve read our iPhone 16 review and are waiting patiently for Visual Intelligence, you might just be in luck sooner rather than later.

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Nvidia’s RTX 5090 may not be as eye-wateringly expensive as a recent rumor suggested, according to another leaker who has chimed in on the matter.

Moore’s Law is Dead floated the idea of an RTX 5090 that could cost from $2,000 up to $2,500, but on X, Kopite7kimi – another regular leaker in the world of GPUs – has claimed that this is ‘totally fake’ no less.

Totally fake.October 10, 2024

Kopite7kimi adds to the thread: “I don’t believe there will be a significant price increase for RTX 5090.”

Predictably enough, the subsequent replies on X are full of attempts at guessing what the price point of the RTX 5090 might be. Not to mention trying to get the leaker to offer something firmer than there not being a significant hike for the next-gen flagship GPU, but Kopite7kimi wouldn’t be drawn to add anything else.

(Image credit: Nvidia / Future) Analysis: Make some noise (once again), PC gamers

Clearly, Kopite7kimi feels quite strongly about the RTX 5090 pricing prediction from Moore’s Law is Dead, as shown by the language of their reply (‘totally fake’ is a pretty blunt statement, let’s face it).

Of course, Kopite7kimi is still predicting a price hike for the RTX 5090 GPU, but just that Nvidia won’t make this a ‘significant’ increase, which we guess would indicate something in the region of a rise of $100 to $200 ($300 at a push, perhaps).

We’d like to be reassured by this latest nugget from the grapevine, but we remain nervous about the potential pricing of the RTX 5090 – and the rest of the next-gen Blackwell range of graphics cards for that matter. Notably, Kopite7kimi doesn’t talk about the price of the RTX 5080 here (or RTX 5070), which are the GPUs where the cost is really going to matter to consumers when it comes to buying one of the best value GPUs.

Nvidia’s flagship graphics cards remain a relatively niche proposition, and to some extent there is an attitude that people will pay through the nose for these GPUs, almost whatever the cost (within some kind of vague reason). And that’s partly why expectations of the RTX 5090 costing so much are relatively easily accepted (not meaning that people like this notion, not at all – it’s just that they can readily believe it, ourselves included).

If you look at the prices that the current RTX 4090 has hit now (Lovelace flagship models are continuing to rise in price), and you take into account Nvidia’s big AI ambitions – with heavyweight Blackwell GPUs for AI usage that make a fortune, turning huge profits compared to GeForce graphics cards, so AI is where the priority for chip allocation will inevitably lie – it’s easy enough to be pessimistic about how much the RTX 5090 will cost.

We guess the good news here, though, is the expression of such a different viewpoint on the potential price hike for the RTX 5090 reminds us that the rumor mill is a volatile place by its very nature.

We should further remember that Moore’s Law is Dead did also heavy caveat his pricing prediction in terms of it being Nvidia exploring and mulling where to pitch its next-gen GPUs – no actual decision has been made yet. Indeed, the YouTuber further raised the possibility that letting slip these prices could even be an intentional move from Nvidia to gauge reaction from PC owners out there (as if you couldn't predict what that would be).

Still, the point remains that all the rumor peddlers out there are saying Nvidia has not made any decision on pricing yet. And in that respect, it may not be a bad idea to pre-emptively rail and make noise about potentially hefty price hikes for Blackwell GPUs – to ensure Team Green hears the displeasure of would-be buyers of the RTX 5090, and indeed 5080 and 5070. All of these next-gen GPUs might be aired at CES 2025 (possibly alongside new Blackwell laptop graphics cards, too).

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We’ve been hearing reports of a foldable iPhone for years, and rumored launch dates have slipped ever later, with recent leaks suggesting the foldable iPhone wouldn’t land until late 2026 or 2027. However, a new leak suggests we might actually see it as soon as 2025.

This comes from Taiwanese site United Daily News (via @Jukanlosreve), which claims that Apple has accelerated its development of a foldable iPhone, and has been in frequent contact with Taiwanese manufacturers to try and get key components like the bearings ready for mass production by the end of this year.

This in turn apparently means that the foldable iPhone is likely to launch sometime next year. The site doesn’t say when, but we’d guess that, if this is accurate, it might launch in September, alongside the iPhone 17.

Ever increasing interest and competition

So, why is Apple reportedly accelerating the launch? According to United Daily News, it’s because Samsung, Huawei, and other brands are frequently releasing foldable phones, and the product category is getting ever more popular as a result.

So, now that there’s an appetite for these products, the time could be right for Apple to launch one. Many of the early teething problems with foldable phones have also been ironed out in recent models like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 – though minor issues like creases in the screen remain.

All that said, we’d take this rumor with a pinch of salt, since most previous leaks regarding the foldable iPhone suggest we’ll be waiting longer. But it sounds like United Daily News has sources in the supply chain, so they may well be right in saying that production is being accelerated.

In which case, Apple could be launching two totally new models in September, with both the foldable iPhone and the previously leaked iPhone 17 Air possibly landing.

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