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Lilbits: Some Apple Watch sales “paused” due to patent dispute, Google’s Stadia Controller Bluetooth conversion tool gets another year of life

Apple has made fitness features a key selling point for its Apple Watch products since day one. And over time the company has added new fitness features to some models. But one recent feature is causing a bit of a headache. In October the US Internal Trade Commission ruled that Apple’s system for monitoring a user’s […]

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Stadia is dead, but the Stadia controller lives on as a Bluetooth game controller

Google’s Stadia game streaming services will shut down after January 18, 2023. Since making that announcement a few months ago, Google has been issuing refunds to customers who spent money on Stadia games and hardware. But while it’s nice that folks who bought a Stadia controller will get a refund, what are you supposed to […]

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With Stadia shutting down, what else can you use the Stadia Controller for?

Google is shutting down its Stadia game streaming service in January. The move wasn’t entirely surprising for anyone familiar with Google’s history of killing off products. But the announcement was so sudden that even game developers were caught by surprise. While Google is promising refunds to folks who’ve spent money to purchase games and Stadia-compatible […]

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Google Stadia is shutting down in January, Google will refund hardware and software purchases

You can add Google’s Stadia game-streaming platform to the long and growing list of products that were Killed by Google. Google has announced that it’s shutting down the service in January. The good news is that folks who’ve spent money on Stadia hardware, games, in-game content should receive refunds. Stadia launched in November, 2019 as […]

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Lilbits: Layoffs at ARM, new Ryzen desktop chips, and Shenzhen shutdown could mean more supply chain slowdowns

Two years after the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic, China is one of the few countries that’s still pursuing a zero-COVID strategy, enforcing strict lockdowns wherever cases are reported in an effort to prevent it from spreading. But those lockdowns can have ripple effects, and the latest could make the global supply chain issues […]

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Lilbits: Steam Deck size, Slackware 15, and Windows 11’s new Media Player

Valve’s Steam Deck is a handheld gaming PC with a 7 inch display, built-in game controllers (including touchpads), and a custom AMD processor with RDNA 2 graphics that will make it one of the most powerful devices in this category so far. It’ll also be one of the biggest devices of its type to date… […]

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Lilbits: Fixing Windows 11 for PCs with AMD chips, prepping Windows 10 21H2, and Stadia’s future

When Windows 11 began rolling out earlier this month, some folks with PCs powered by AMD Ryzen processors noticed that their systems were running more slowly. Microsoft and AMD promised to deliver software updates that would fix the issue, and now they’re here. In other recent tech news from around the web, it looks like […]

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Lilbits: Steam Deck, GPD Pocket 3, Stadia Phone Link and a Nokia Tablet

Valve is sending out Steam Deck dev kits to game makers for testing in order to ensure that as many PC games as possible can run on the handheld, Linux-powered gaming PC when it begins shipping to customers in December. Some of those game makers have started sharing images and short videos showing the console […]

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Lilbits: Google Pixel 6 with Tensor processor, Steam Deck, and upgrading the GPD Win Max

The Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are coming this fall and they’ll feature a brand new design with a large camera bar across the back of the phones and upgraded camera hardware including new sensors and lenses. But the biggest chance, Google says, is under the hood. Google’s Pixel 6 series phones will […]

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Lilbits: Stadia comes to Chromecast and Android TV, OnePlus teases a $250 5G phone, and more

When Google’s Stadia game streaming service first launched, the only way to stream games to a TV was to use a Chromecast Ultra 4K media streamer. Then Google discontinued that device and introduced the cheaper and generally more versatile $50 Chromecast with Google TV. But one thing you couldn’t do with the newer model? Stream […]