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Valve's Massive Steam Deck OLED Price Hike Hits Ghost Inventory Online

Pour one out for the golden era of affordable handheld PC gaming, because the Steam Deck's biggest strength to date, pricing, just became the same weakness as the many competitors it spawned after Valve raised pricing by as much as $300. The price before tax now starts at $789 for the 512GB Steam Deck OLED, while the 1TB model gets uncomfortably close to four-digit territory at $949. Are we having fun yet?

Before the price hike, the 512GB model ran $549 and the 1TB version sold for $649. Some not-so-fun math reveals that those $240 and $300 price increases represent 43.7% and 46.2% adjusted premiums, respectively.

In explaining the new pricing, Valve sang the same melancholy song that's become the unwanted anthem of gamers ever since AI took center stage.

"Steam Deck OLED is back in stock, with a price increase for both models due to rising memory and...

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I Inspected My Kitchen for Microplastics. Here Are 4 Offenders I Found - CNET

Just because microplastics can be found everywhere nowadays, from the air we breathe to the water we drink and the food we eat, doesn’t mean there’s nothing we can do to reduce our exposure to them. To prevent microplastics from leaking into my food while I cook, I

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Can a $40 Gadget Turn Your Microwave Into a Grill? I Tried the Turbo Grill to Find Out - CNET

As summer winds down, we welcome fall (and football) with indoor soirees, often featuring meats and veggies, but with less access to outdoor cooking. The slow cooker, air fryer and cast-iron skillet get more reps as we try to replicate the magic of flame-kissed cooking and smoky barbecue, but the

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Dell Pro Rugged 13 Extreme and Pro Rugged 14 Launched in India

Dell has introduced two tough laptops in India, the Pro Rugged 13 Extreme and the Pro Rugged 14. Both run on Intel Core Ultra 7 series processors with an NPU rated at up to 50 TOPS, and both come with protective bumpers. The 13 Extreme is fully rugged with an

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Anthropic Launches Claude Haiku 5.5: Faster, Lower-Cost AI

Anthropic has released Claude Haiku 5.5, a compact model built for large-scale, budget-conscious work. The company calls it the most affordable, quickest and most capable small model it has shipped. What it’s built for Haiku 5.5 targets routine, high-volume jobs such as summarising, compacting context, querying databases

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I Inspected My Kitchen for Microplastics. Here Are 4 Offenders I Found - CNET

Can a $40 Gadget Turn Your Microwave Into a Grill? I Tried the Turbo Grill to Find Out - CNET

Dell Pro Rugged 13 Extreme and Pro Rugged 14 Launched in India

Anthropic Launches Claude Haiku 5.5: Faster, Lower-Cost AI