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Sony Hikes PS5 Prices in U.S. Amid Trade Tensions
Tech Industry News

Sony Hikes PS5 Prices in U.S. Amid Trade Tensions

Starting from August 22, 2025, Sony has announced a price hike of $50 for all PlayStation 5 models in the U.S. The decision has been taken in light of the increased economic burden created by the newly introduced customs tariffs, particularly those introduced first by the Trump Administration and resurrected by the present one. The price change affects the PS5 Standard Edition, which is now priced at $549, the PS5 Digital Edition at $499, and the PS5 Pro, which has risen to $749. This is the first time Sony has increased the prices of PlayStation 5 hardware in the United States since the console debuted in 2020. Sony noted rising operational costs and inevitable market forces as justifications for the price increase in an official statement; however, experts believe that the impact o...
Microsoft Investigating Windows Update Bug Causing SSD Failures
AI-Data & Emerging Tech

Microsoft Investigating Windows Update Bug Causing SSD Failures

For specific SSD and HDD types of systems that are fully updated, the freshly released Windows 11 24H2 upgrades appear to be resulting in data corruption and failure issues. Following the KB5063878 security update and the KB5062660 preview update, a Japanese PC building enthusiast first pointed out this problem on Friday, noting that drives with Phison NAND controllers were disappearing from the operating system during heavy write activities such as big file transfers or numerous files concurrently. Though rebooting the system brought back certain impacted discs, others remained unavailable (read Microsoft’s August 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes). First highlighting this bug, the user also suspected it might be caused by a drive cache issue brought on by a memory leak in the OS-buffered regio...
Trump Administration Expands Mortgage Fraud Allegations to Federal Reserve Governor
Business Strategy & Innovation

Trump Administration Expands Mortgage Fraud Allegations to Federal Reserve Governor

Three Democratic Party officials have been charged with mortgage fraud brought before the administration of President Donald Trump over the last several weeks. The most recent claim surfaced on Wednesday, when Trump, who has been openly critical of the interest rate policies set by the Federal Reserve, went to his Truth Social site to demand the resignation of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, claiming she must resign immediately. This post followed a letter from Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William J. Pulte to Attorney General Pam Bondi in which he accused Cook, appointed by President Joe Biden, of falsifying bank documents and property records to obtain more favorable loan terms. Pulte’s letters charged that Cook had misstated her residences for homes in Ann Arbor, Michig...
Kansas City Fed Hosts Jackson Hole Symposium Focused on the Future of Work
Business Strategy & Innovation

Kansas City Fed Hosts Jackson Hole Symposium Focused on the Future of Work

From August 21 to 23 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City will host its yearly Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium. Celebrating the 48th year of the symposium, this year's event will focus on the theme ‘Labor Markets in Transition: Demographics, Productivity and Macroeconomic Policy.’ Currently, labor markets are seeing great structural shifts. Among the forces fueling this change are the faster-than-expected trends already present, including declining birth rates, an ageing labor force, and reduced labor mobility. Furthermore, changing the financial value and valuation of labor are new developments, like artificial intelligence’s development and regulation. The annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium will examine how these factors will affect labor...
ASUS Unveils the World’s Fastest OLED Monitor with 720Hz Refresh Rate
Tech Industry News

ASUS Unveils the World’s Fastest OLED Monitor with 720Hz Refresh Rate

In the world of esports gaming monitors, a new player could have appeared with a rare combination of performance and few sacrifices. Unveiling the ROG Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W at Gamescom 2025, Asus has the world’s fastest OLED monitor. High-performance display with a searing 540Hz refresh rate on a 26.5-inch 2560 x 1440 QHD OLED panel. Notably, this monitor has dual-mode capability that enables users to change to a 720Hz refresh rate at 1080p resolution – a feature virtually unheard of in the field. Although Asus does not hold the crown for the fastest absolute refresh rate, brands like HKC and Koorui have revealed 750Hz 1080p monitors. Those alternatives use TN panels, which fall short in critical areas, including color accuracy, brightness, and viewing angles. Moreover, those companies ...
Donald Thompson on Why Transparency is a Critical Business Strategy
Business Strategy & Innovation

Donald Thompson on Why Transparency is a Critical Business Strategy

The reasons become clearer as confidence in leaders and institutions progressively dwindles as a result of poor transparency which is a critical business strategy. Many companies are reducing their initiatives to support work-life integration, layoff notices have become commonplace, and videos of executive misconduct regularly surface online. The 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer emphasizes widespread public dissatisfaction with corporate cultures that disregard employee well-being, ethical lapses, and institutional shortcomings. Although staff members may trust their coworkers or direct supervisors, they frequently lack confidence in senior leadership or the bigger company. Many organizations exhibit ineffective business strategies, including micromanagement, erratic decision-making, unk...
Keychain Secures $30M to Scale India Operations and Expand in the U.S.
Startups & Venture Capital

Keychain Secures $30M to Scale India Operations and Expand in the U.S.

As it seeks to grow its India development team to encourage North American expansion, Keychain, an American startup helping consumer brands find manufacturing partners, has successfully closed $30 million in fresh financing. Keychain runs as a distributed company even if its headquarters are in New York, with most of its engineering and product development efforts concentrated in India.  With this new funding, the startup is dedicated to improving this operating model, aiming to grow its engineering, product design, and analytics staff in Gurugram from 35 to 70 in the next months. Accounting for half of Keychain’s overall workforce of 70, which also includes roughly 20 workers in New York and the rest in Austin, this team based in India manages partnerships, go-to-market tactics, a...
Oracle Integrates GPT-5 into Its Enterprise Cloud and SaaS Portfolio
Enterprise & SaaS

Oracle Integrates GPT-5 into Its Enterprise Cloud and SaaS Portfolio

Oracle has integrated OpenAI’s GPT-5 to its cloud offerings and SaaS applications, therefore, increasing the powers of generative AI to cover a range of industries, including databases, human resources, finance, and supply chain management tools. This tactical move underscores the growing need for cloud service providers to directly include artificial intelligence features in company software, the same move we witnessed with Perplexity’s offer for Google Chrome. Oracle said on August 18 that NetSuite, Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, and Oracle Database now all provide access to GPT-5. This launch helps chores like drafting job descriptions in HR and summarizing consumer interactions within customer experience systems by bringing generative artificial intelligence support right into da...
Mac mini M5 and M5 Pro Models Reportedly in Development
Tech

Mac mini M5 and M5 Pro Models Reportedly in Development

Showing a little computer with a small footprint that fits surprisingly efficient and powerful inside components, Apple made a major design change with the refreshed Mac mini’s M4 and M4 Pro variants. The business is expected to keep this exterior design when it formally releases an upgraded version compatible with either an M5 or an M5 Pro chip. Recent studies show that a new variant is being tested right now; therefore, a launch could take place within the next few months. Other than a rise in specs, the refreshed M5 or M5 Pro Mac mini probably won’t provide any especially novel new capabilities. Sources aware of Apple’s plans have advised AppleInsider that development is in progress for an updated Mac mini, which bears the distinctive identifier J873g. Last month, AppleInsider reveal...
Google Leak Reveals New Charger, Pixelsnap Stand, and Case Pricing
Tech

Google Leak Reveals New Charger, Pixelsnap Stand, and Case Pricing

Google’s upcoming accessories, including the Google Pixel 10, Pixel Watch 4, are scheduled to be unveiled this week; due to a series of leaks, we already know almost all about them. Although this is a regular occurrence every year, something strange has emerged this year. A retailer’s late leak has revealed the presence of a device not previously reported, a few days after the Pixel 10 Pro Price leak. Google unveiled last year a 45W power adapter made for the Pixel 9 series. Though it may not be especially amazing, it is still a good item. Still, Google appears to be getting ready to release something rather more significant this year. Merchants are getting ready for the launch in the run-up to Google's hardware event; some, including PC-Canada and TrueData IT, have accidentally made th...