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Basically, these Alienware Desktops are too power hungry to be sold in these locations, hence the sales ban. The states where Dell will no longer sell these desktops are California, Oregon, Colorado, Hawaii, Vermont, and Washington. While it would technically be possible to buy these PCs in states where the ban isn’t imposed, that isn’t really a viable solution for most people. Because it would require driving to pick up the hardware and then driving it back....

They were supposed to be delivered tomorrow, but some of them have been pushed by all the way to mid-December. Some AT&T customers complained about this, actually. They took their issues to both Twitter and Reddit. Some Pixel 6 pre-orders are facing serious, two-month delays They’re reporting that their Pixel 6 units could arrive as late as December 16. One user says that the new estimate highlighted by AT&T estimates a Pixel 6 Pro delivery for December 9-16....

A person’s wife unlocked his Pixel 6 with her unregistered fingerprints This news comes to us from a Reddit user who owns a Pixel 6 base model. In a video he posted, he shows his phone with only one fingerprint registered. He unlocked his phone on camera and then gave it over to his wife. His wife was then able to unlock the phone with her unregistered fingerprints. Suffice to say, this will cause a lot of Pixel 6 owners to be worried....

Someone got Windows 11 running on a Pixel 6 The user got the virtual machine up with the KVM hypervisor and was able to get pretty much full EL2 on the device. One video shows the user compiling Linux. 5.17-rc3 allnoconfig for arm64. Obviously, since it’s running on a smartphone, the actual interface looks very different from what you will see on the computer. The windows are all stacked vertically and compressed to fit a portrait-oriented device....

The tech industry is being flooded with headlines of major corporations being hacked. Rockstar Games was recently hacked, and 90 videos of GTA VI were leaked. Along with that, other companies like Samsung and LastPass were recently hacked. There are even rumors floating around that TikTok was hacked. 2K Games was hacked 2K Games sent out a tweet to its fans explaining what’s going on. In the message, the company says that an unauthorized 3rd-party (hacker) gained access to the company’s help desk....

The Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Headphones are some of our favorite noise canceling headphones. These offer up noise cancellation, which is some of the best in the business. Allowing you to really submerse yourself in your music, and not have any distractions. Additionally, it has Ambient Sound available, so you can let in some sound. This is really useful if you are walking down a street, so you can hear cars coming and such....

3.3 million units is equal to the amount of PS5 consoles it sold in Q4 of 2020. And one million more consoles than the previous quarter of this year when it had reached a total of 10 million. If Sony keeps on this upward trend than it’ll potentially reach more units sold the same time last year. Which might not be too hard to do given it’s now right in the middle of the holiday shopping season in the US and some other regions....

Horizon Call Of The Mountain will be a new game in the Horizon franchise from Guerilla Games and Firesprite. This is a standalone title built specifically for PS VR2. Allowing players to delve deeper into Horizon’s world and explore it like never before. Sony doesn’t mention any sort of time frame, naturally. Since it has yet to confirm any official release date for the headset itself. It’s also given an official name to the controllers, called the PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers....

Spotify has been busy with multiple acquisitions in recent months. In February, the company bought the podcast tech companies Chartable and Podsights. Spotify has previously detailed its plans to become the leader of the podcast and audiobook market. Now, they are investing in text-to-speech startups with Sonantic. Sonantic is an AI startup that focuses on delivering “stunningly realistic” voices from texts. Zeena Qureshi and John Flynn found it, and they both now join Spotify to continue working on their service....

Perhaps the most surprising part of the deal is the amount Embracer Group is paying for the acquisition – a sum total of around $300 million for everything involved. For Embracer this must feel like the deal of the century. As Square Enix prepares to release at least two of its most well-known IPs, Embracer is adding two established franchises to its portfolio. The deal also includes IPs like Thief, Legacy Of Kain, and more than 50 other back-catalog games from Square Enix Holdings the press release states....

Valve then regrettably issued a statement last year that it would have to delay the Steam Deck launch to 2022. While Valve didn’t initially offer up any exact dates up until now, the first wave of units were expected to launch in February. As of today, Valve has confirmed when customers can expect the first wave of units to head out. Interestingly, the Steam Deck reservation emails will go out on the exact same day as the launch....

“The aim is to increase drivers’ focus and confidence by using advanced Sygic features over standard navigation via a map,” Sygic said in a press release. The company is also combining three of its advanced camera-based features — Real View Navigation, DashCam, and Speed Limit Sign Recognition — under the same roof titled SmartCam. This enables easier and faster access to the tools. Real View Navigation uses augmented reality (AR) to display your navigation route over the real-life view of the route, obtained via the phone camera....

T-Mobile offers in-store services what Verizon and AT&T have been doing T-Mobile has usually kept its in-store and online services pretty compartmentalized. You don’t really interact with your online purchases at the brick and mortar stores. That’s been a hole in the company’s services that AT&T and Verizon don’t share. Now, T-Mobile is offering in-store services for your online orders. For starters, when you order an item online, you have the option to pick it up at a physical location....

T-Mobile’s Price Lock model, which the company now also offers for its broadband services, ensures that you’ll pay the same rate for your plan for as long as you’re a customer or you switch to a new plan. The carrier will never increase the price no matter what, “even as costs for everything else increase.” As part of its latest campaign, T-Mobile is promising savings of up to 20 percent each month to AT&T and Verizon customers if they switch to the Un-carrier with three or more lines on qualifying plans....

Crypto is a lucrative market that attracts governments, corporations, businesses, and individuals worldwide. Thanks to Bitcoin’s success, robust opportunities exist that people can use to profit from crypto. Bitcoin trading, mining, and lending are the most popular ways for companies and individuals to make money with Bitcoin today. However, the increasing interest in Bitcoin has also created opportunities for creatives such as developers, artists, and writers to benefit from cryptocurrencies....

The eufy RoboVac 15C MAX is app-controlled, so it is not like some of Anker’s other cheaper models. Where you need to use a physical remote to control it. Which is a really nice upgrade. Though it still does not use lasers to map out your home like some of the others on the market. Instead, it will run around in a random pattern until it thinks it is finished....

Android 12L is a new version of Android that is really focused on foldables and tablets. So you won’t be able to flash it on every single Pixel out there. The Android 12L beta is available on the Lenovo Tab P12 Pro Tablet. But, you can flash it onto a Pixel by enrolling in the beta program here. However you won’t see these changes on any Pixel device, due to the fact that the screen is not large enough....

Nothing is bringing back the invite system for the initial Nothing Phone (1) sales Nothing did use the word “initially”, and that particular tidbit was revealed in the company’s new ‘Inside phone (1)’ video, the second part of the series. That video is embedded below the article, and it also kind of confirms that a 120Hz display will be included on the phone. You can read more about that by clicking here....

Google introduced quick phrases back last year with the launch of the Pixel 6. They allow you to perform certain actions on your phone without using the “Hey Google” hot word. For example, if your alarm is going off, you can simply say “Stop” or “Snooze” and the phone will perform that action. The same goes for when you get a call. If you’re getting a call, you have the option to say either “Accept” or “Decline”, and your phone will do that action....

But, evidence has been mounting that makes it seem more and more likely that Google does plan to release a smartwatch that’s part of its now famed Pixel brand. And if the report is accurate, and the next-gen version is coming to Google’s own wearable, then using it will be a lot faster. Something which could be a major benefit to people who tend to use the feature on their smartwatches....