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 It's been another busy week in the Apple world, led by word that the company is preparing to launch a new device leasing and financing program as it has raised some more prices including on Apple Music subscriptions.
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Roku's streaming devices got a price hike, and it's reportedly because of industry-wide memory shortages.
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Qualcomm, the maker of processors powering numerous Android devices, is raising its prices.
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RAMageddon has claimed another company's products, with costs for streaming devices the latest to blow out.
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It's getting even more expensive to be an Apple loyalist.
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Into this fractious and uncertain landscape lands the Asus ROG Xbox Ally handheld, and its more souped-up version, the ROG Xbox Ally X. Launching later this week at $600 and $1,000, respectively, these gadgets are some major firsts for Microsoft. They're the first Xbox portable devices, even if their claim to being "Xboxes" is mostly a matter of marketing. They're the first post-Steam Deck portable gaming PCs made explicitly in cooperation with Microsoft and Xbox, though Asus has made two generations before them. And they're the official debut of the Xbox Fullscreen Mode, Microsoft's answer to the Steam Deck user interface.
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