Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories. In this episode, the show is split into three sections. First, Nilay and Dieter talk to Verge senior editor Tom Warren about this… Read more
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The Xbox Series X mini fridge will be available this holiday season
Microsoft’s concluded its E3 2021 showcase with a rather cool announcement: the Xbox Series X-shaped mini fridge, which the company promised to make after defeating Skittles in a Twitter poll, will be released in holiday 2021. Microsoft is promising that the upcoming Xbox Mini Fridge (the official name) is “the world’s most powerful mini fridge,”… Read more
read more...Microsoft is giving away a custom Flight Simulator PC that won’t play Flight Simulator at max settings
If I were the Microsoft marketing executive pitching a once-in-a-lifetime giveaway of an incredible custom-built Flight Simulator PC, I would do two things: 1) I would probably make it look like a full jet engine, not half an exposed jet engine, to avoid reminding people how airplanes can rarely (but terrifyingly) fail: 2) I would… Read more
read more...Microsoft to Produce Xbox Series X Mini Fridges
Home News (Image credit: Xbox) Remember the full-sized Xbox Series X fridge Microsoft sent out to a few celebrities as a marketing stunt back in October? Well, now it seems like you’ll soon be able to buy a miniature version of that same fridge, assuming that we haven’t been taken in by an especially cruel… Read more
read more...Xbox Series X mini fridges will become a reality after Microsoft defeats Skittles in Twitter poll
If you missed your chance to win the actual Xbox Series X refrigerator born from memes making fun of the console’s fridge-like look, I have some good news for you: there may be another way to get your hands on a Series X-shaped cooling appliance in the future. Last night, to help Xbox defeat Skittles… Read more
read more...XMG Announces Rocket Lake, RTX 3080-Equipped ‘Ultra 17’ Gaming Laptop
Home News (Image credit: XMG – Highend Gaming Laptops & Desktops) XMG today announced its first laptop equipped with Intel’s new Rocket Lake processors, interchangeable RTX 30 Series graphics, and a bevy of other features that are supposed to ease the pain enthusiasts have suffered because of the ongoing chip shortage. It’s called the Ultra… Read more
read more...CES 2021: Core i9-10980HK, RTX 3080 and WiFi 6E on the new MSI GE76 Raider and GE66 Raider laptops
Processor Up to Intel ® Core ™ i9 processor – 3840 HK Up to Intel processor ® Core ™ i9 – 10980 HK Graphic card The new NVIDIA ® GeForce RTX ™ 3080 Laptop GPU 15 GB GDDR6 (10 UH) The new NVIDIA ® GeForce RTX ™ 3070 Laptop GPU 8GB GDDR6 (10 UG )… Read more
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