Asus officially confirms the Asus ROG Ally X, but full reveal delayed until June 2

Asus officially confirmed the latest ROG Ally PC gaming handheld, called the Asus ROG Ally X, during a live stream on May 9, 2024. According to the stream, the ‘X’ stands for the hardcore audience wanting to see major hardware changes and fixes to the portable. While it was announced that a full stream featuring … Read more

Apple Confirms iPadOS Will Get Same EU App Changes as iOS This Fall

Apple today confirmed that it will be bringing all of the app ecosystem changes made to iOS in the European Union to iPadOS in the fall. Earlier this week, the European Commission said that iPadOS is also a gatekeeper platform under the Digital Markets Act. EU developers will be able to distribute iPad apps outside … Read more

UnitedHealth confirms major cyberattack, says hackers stole “substantial” amount of patient data

UnitedHealth Group has issued an update on the data breach that recently struck its subsidiary, Change Healthcare. The healthcare giant suffered a ransomware attack that knocked some of its services offline and affected different pharmacies and other adjacent businesses across the United States. In an update, UnitedHealth Group said that based on initial targeted data … Read more

Google confirms Galaxy F55 is a rebranded Galaxy M55

A couple of months after launching an M-series smartphone, Samsung usually introduces an F-series variant of that device. The company is doing the same with the recently launched Galaxy M55. Last month, the brand confirmed the existence of the Galaxy F55. Now, the tech giant has started getting the phone certified on various platforms. 91Mobiles … Read more

iPadOS 17.5 beta confirms next-gen iPad Pro’s OLED display

The OLED iPad Pro should ship with slimmer bezels. Photo: Cult of Mac Apple’s new iPad Pro could launch in early May with updated internals and a refreshed design. All rumors surrounding Apple’s next premium tablet indicate it will feature OLED displays. The first iPadOS 17.5 beta seems to confirm this, as it contains four … Read more

Xbox president confirms commitment to backwards compatibility with ‘new team dedicated to game preservation’

Xbox president Sarah Bond has confirmed that backwards compatibility with previous-generation Xbox games will remain a priority for the company’s hardware going forward. In emails obtained by Windows Central, Bond states: “We have formed a new team dedicated to game preservation, important to all of us at Xbox and the industry itself.  “We are building … Read more

Samsung confirms next generation HBM4 memory is in fact Snowbolt — and reveals it plans to flood the market with precious AI memory amidst growing competition with SK Hynix and Micron

Samsung has revealed it expects to triple its HBM chip production this year. “Following the third-generation HBM2E and fourth-generation HBM3, which are already in mass production, we plan to produce the 12-layer fifth-generation HBM and 32 gigabit-based 128 GB DDR5 products in large quantities in the first half of the year,” SangJoon Hwang, EVP and … Read more

Samsung confirms older phones won’t get Super HDR with One UI 6.1

Samsung introduced Super HDR with the Galaxy S24. It is a new feature in which images and videos shot on the Galaxy S24 are captured in the new Super HDR format (based on Google’s Ultra HDR format). People hoped the feature would trickle down to older high-end phones with the One UI 6.1 update, but … Read more

AT&T resets thousands of user passwords as it confirms breached data was its own after all

American telecommunications behemoth AT&T has finally confirmed the authenticity of the 2021 data breach that spilled sensitive user information on the dark web, and has initiated a mass reset of user passcodes. Roughly three years ago, privacy blog RestorePrivacy broke the news of a hacker selling sensitive data belonging to more than 70 million AT&T … Read more

Tim Cook confirms Vision Pro’s China launch later this year

Customers in China should be able to get their hands on the Vision Pro later in 2024. Photo: Leander Kahney/Cult of Mac Apple’s CEO Tim Cook confirmed during his visit to China that Vision Pro will launch later this year in the country. Currently, the company’s $3500 mixed reality headset is only available in the … Read more