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Samsung Says It Might Not Release a Galaxy Note This Year
Samsung has released a new Galaxy Note smartphone every year for the last decade, but this might be the first time Samsung skips the stylus-packing flagship. According to the company's mobile chief DJ Koh, Samsung is rethinking its strategy of releasing multiple flagship device families in a single year.

States Claim Google’s ‘Privacy Sandbox’ Violates Antitrust Law
Google finds itself in an impossible position. Privacy advocates have long demanded Google follow Microsoft and Mozilla's lead in purging tracking cookies from Chrome. Now that it's doing so, state attorneys general have filed an amended antitrust complaint that uses the so-called "Privacy Sandbox" as ammunition against the company.

AMD Launches the Radeon RX 6700 XT
AMD's RX 6700 XT debuts today, at the highly theoretical price of $479.

Intel Reveals Rocket Lake Price, Positioning, and Overclocking Features
Intel's Rocket Lake is set to blast off and the company has lifted the curtain on the last few bits of data we didn't yet know.

Google Slashes Play Store Fees for Developers Making Less Than $1 Million
Google has followed Apple's lead in announcing a new, lower revenue split for all earnings under $1 million per year. Instead of paying 30 percent of every sale, developers in this category only pay 15 percent.

Qualcomm Completes Nuvia Acquisition, Aims for Laptops
Qualcomm announced it has completed its acquisition of Nuvia, the CPU design company that broke cover last year with claims its architectures would outperform both Apple and x86.

GM Cuts Pickup MPG to Ship Vehicles During Semiconductor Shortage
GM has announced a unique way of dealing with the ongoing semiconductor shortage. It's going to drop a chip, cut gas mileage, and ship certain pickups anyway.

Nvidia Accidentally Releases RTX 3060 Driver With No Mining Limiter
Previous rumors about a cracked GeForce driver to enable full mining performance on an RTX 3060 were fake. This one isn't.

Astronomers Find Supermassive Black Hole Wandering Around Distant Galaxy
Can a supermassive black hole have wanderlust? That's something astronomers have been wondering about for years, and a new study from the Harvard and Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics might have arrived at an answer: yep.

AMD’s Milan Brings Zen 3 to Epyc, With Mostly Positive Results
AMD's new Milan CPU is out for third-generation Epyc. It's mostly positive news for the manufacturer, with moderate performance uplifts over Zen 2.

Google Fails to Win Dismissal of Incognito Mode Lawsuit
The lawsuit claims Google still tracks users across the internet, even if they're using Incognito Mode. Google's defense is not that the plaintiffs are mistaken, but rather that it told everyone very clearly they could still be tracked.

Sony’s PlayStation 5 Is Now the Fastest-Selling Platform in US History
The PlayStation 5 is now the fastest-selling console in history according to NPD. Video game sales have been sharply higher this year than a year ago.