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India delays digital payments fee rollout amid retailer pushback
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Spotify users on iOS 27 can now ask Siri to play music without having to say ‘on Spotify’
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Apple’s HomePod Mini 2 is available to preorder
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DLSS 5 gets toned down for its Hogwarts Legacy debut next month
When Nvidia originally showed off DLSS 5 earlier this year, the technology immediately got branded as gen AI for video games. To gamers, Nvidia had lost the plot. I personally couldn't get over how faces were transformed using DLSS 5. The 15-year-old student from Hogwarts Legacy suddenly looked much older, and Grace from Resident Evil […]