… Starlink launched with $499 hardware fee Starlink charged $499 up front for hardware when it launched in 2020 and has since changed the price a few times and offered various time-limited promotions and deals that were available only in certain regions. …
… While it’s hard to know from the outside just how many Steam Deck units sold at the new inflated price, those sales were enough to once again boost the hardware to the top of Steam’s Top Sellers list . …
When the Steam Deck OLED launched three years ago, we were glad to see that the new, more brilliant screen fixed the biggest flaw of Valve’s original handheld hardware. …
… Outside of the US, Nintendo announced the following new hardware prices for other markets: Canada: $679.99 from $629.99 Europe: €499.99 from €469.99 Japan: ¥59,980 from ¥49,980 – effective May 25 Kyle Orland has been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012, writing primarily about the b… …
Blue Origin provided its first substantive update this week on the cause of the catastrophic loss of the New Glenn rocket and most of its launch pad infrastructure at Cape Canaveral, Florida, in May. …
… Perseverance launched to Mars in July 2020, and its predecessor, the similarly sized Curiosity rover, launched to the red planet in November 2011. “It makes sense, early on, when we’ve got a problem that we might want to test it out here before we upload it to Mars,” Isaacman said. “But we’ve had y… …
… The only one of Valve’s new hardware announcements from late last year to have actually shipped is the $99 Steam Controller , because “ it doesn’t have RAM in it .” Andrew is a Senior Technology Reporter at Ars Technica, with a focus on consumer tech including computer hardware and in-depth reviews… …
… If people are already being asked to switch to new software or upgrade their hardware, there’s always a chance that the software they switch to won’t be a newer version of the same thing. …
… The reality is that Blue Origin took a more traditional design route with New Glenn, as opposed to SpaceX’s iterative design, which seeks to test, fly, fail, and fix hardware. The New Glenn first stage had performed nearly flawlessly during its first three flights. …
… But the relative dip in Steam Deck sales could also reflect the shortages in Steam Deck supply that Valve still warns are impacting availability in some regions “intermittently.” While some stock trackers have shown consistent availability for the Steam Deck since late May , the hardware was briefl… …
