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Gift Guide: Our favorite headphones of 2020

Welcome to TechCrunch’s 2020 Holiday Gift Guide! Need help with gift ideas? We’re here to help! We’ll be rolling out gift guides from now through the end of December. You can find ou

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Sony pulls Cyberpunk 2077 from PlayStation Store after bugs complaints, offers refund

Sony has pulled “Cyberpunk 2077,” one of the most anticipated games in recent years, from its PlayStation Store after a flood of complaints and ridicule over compatibility issues and bugs

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Google Stadia is now available on iOS

A few weeks after announcing that iOS support was on the way, Google’s cloud gaming service now supports the iPhone and iPad. As expected, the company is using a web app to access the service. Google

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StockX raises $275m Series E, valuing the retailer at $2.8b

StockX today announced its Series E funding led by Tiger Global. The $275 million funding round values the company at $2.8 billion at a post-money valuation. The company intends to use the cash to acc

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Xbox cloud gaming coming to iOS and PC in Spring 2021

Microsoft has shared some details about the roadmap for its cloud gaming service. In addition to Android devices, the company confirms that it plans to add support for more platforms. In Spring 2021,

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Apple announces new AirPods Max, costing £549

The noise cancelling headphones are almost as expensive as an iPhone, and more than twice the cost of Apple's AirPods Pro.

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Review: Wireless headsets from Logitech, Audio-Technica, SteelSeries, HyperX and more

With the amount of time you’re spending at home these days, you deserve a better headset. A wireless one that works with your computer and maybe your console as well, with a mic for calls and gr

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Online retailer Very cancels orders from scalpers for 'over 1,000 consoles'

The practice, which is not illegal, involves buying stock which is in limited supply to resell it at a profit.

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Gamers derail eBay listings to stop scalpers profiting on latest tech

Gamers angry at people making fast money on new technology are taking matters into their own hands.

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Gift Guide: Black Friday tech deals that are actually worth checking out

Black Friday approaches! In a year where asking Alexa what day today is feels totally normal, this Black Friday seems like it came out of nowhere.As we say pretty much every year, a lot of Black Frida

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Amazon 'really sorry' after customers received cat food instead of PS5 games console

Affected users have expressed concerns that their consoles were stolen, as demand for the PS5 is outstripping supply.

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Gift Guide: Which next-gen console is the one your kid wants?

This holiday season the next generation of gamers, bless their hearts, will be hoping to receive the next generation of gaming consoles. But confusing branding by the console makers — not to mention a

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Microsoft reveals Pluton, a custom security chip built into Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm processors

For the past two years, some of the world’s biggest chip makers have battled a series of hardware flaws, like Meltdown and Spectre, which made it possible — though not easy — to pluck passwords

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UFC Fight Night: Paul Felder steals Rafael dos Anjos' thunder

Rafael Dos Anjos of Brazil punches Paul Felder of the U.S during their men's lightweight main event of UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., November 15, 2020. /UFC Rafae

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Playing video games can be good for your mental health, study finds

Researchers find that the actual amount of time spent playing was a small but a significant positive factor in people's wellbeing.

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Demon’s Souls: The first truly next-gen game is a lopsided but impressive showcase

The next generation of gaming is here with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X — except it isn’t, because there are almost no next-generation games to play on them. Demon’s Souls is the fi

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Nintendo’s Switch dominates US console sales ahead of PlayStation/Xbox launches

Another banner month month for Nintendo hardware sales, per the latest figures from NPD. The firm puts Switch sales (including the standard and Lite models) at 735,000 units in the U.S., making the b