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Xbox Game Pass announces Weird West and Shredders for ides of March

GamesBeat Summit 2022 returns with its largest event for leaders in gaming on April 26-28th. Reserve your spot here! Beware the ides of March? Not us gamers, for Xbox has announced the games coming to Game Pass for the second half of March. We’ve got three (technically four) day one launches in the next two weeks. The first two games drop on March 17 (Happy St. Patrick’s Day!): The first…
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MobileNews

Xiaomi 12 series launches globally w/ $649 start price, more

After launching first in China at the end of 2021, the Xiaomi 12 series has now been officially unveiled for global markets. Thanks to that early launch we know almost all of the core specifications and design quirks. To refresh, the Xiaomi 12 series consists of three distinct models, the 12, 12x, and 12 Pro. The 12 and 12 Pro pack flagship specs, with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, up to…
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MobileNews

Geekbench removes four years of Samsung Galaxy benchmarks following GOS ‘throttling’ debacle [U]

Benchmarks are never fully indicative of how a device will actually perform in real life, but they can provide some useful points of comparison between closely matched devices. Geekbench, one of the best benchmarking apps available across platforms, has just announced that it will remove results from the past few years of Samsung Galaxy devices over a recent software debacle. Last week…
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MobileNews

Report: Lockdown in Chinese city won’t have a big impact on iPhone production

After a rise in COVID-19 cases in Shenzhen, considered China’s Silicon Valley, the city is currently in lockdown. Due to that, Foxconn had suspended its operations in Shenzhen until further notice, but according to a report, it won’t impact iPhone production much. J.P. Morgan analysts (via Reuters) say that Foxconn would deploy backup plants to reduce disruption. That said, it seems it…
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