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GameStop has raised the price of refurbished PS5 Pro consoles from $800 to $1,399.99, making used units significantly more expensive than new ones, which are priced at $899. A leaked internal memo confirmed that this pricing strategy is intentional. The move comes amid ongoing shortages of new PS5 Pro consoles across multiple retailers, with prices on secondary markets also soaring.
Former Groq engineers Joshua Rubin and Benjamin Serebrin filed suit on Oct. 2 in Delaware's Court of Chancery, claiming Groq's board agreed to Nvidia's deal without a required stockholder vote and without seeking the best possible price for the company. The deal, announced in December, involved Nvidia licensing Groq's AI inference technology and hiring Groq's CEO Jonathan Ross, president Sunny Madra and other senior leaders, while Groq says it remains an independent company that has since raised about $1 billion. Groq called the lawsuit meritless and said it intends to fight it.
Apple is expected to launch an updated Apple TV 4K on October 13, bringing the Siri AI overhaul to tvOS for the first time and upgrading the chip from the current A15 Bionic to an A19-class processor. Code references spotted by leaker Aaron Perris show an 'AppleTV18,1' identifier, matching the numbering used for iPhone 17 chips.
Amazon has begun discounting Apple's latest Mac lineup ahead of fall Prime Day, with the new M6 Mac mini seeing cuts of nearly $150 to reach all-time lows and the 2026 Mac Studio dropping $199. M5 MacBook Air models are seeing roughly $200 discounts across configurations, while a 14-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro with 2TB storage is down $500 to $2,699.
Amazon is selling the base configuration of Apple's new M6-powered Mac Mini for $779.99, down from its $899 list price. The discounted model includes 256GB of storage, 16GB of RAM, and a 12-core CPU and GPU. The deal is part of a broader set of October Prime Day promotions currently live on Amazon.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple's upcoming MacBook Pro will be 'significantly lighter' due to miniaturized and rearranged internal components. The laptop is expected to feature an OLED touchscreen display and existing M5 chips rather than the M7 chips anticipated for early 2027, with a launch reportedly planned for next month alongside a new OLED iPad mini.
Amazon has discounted the 13-inch MacBook Air with M5 chip and 512GB storage from $1,299 to $1,099 as part of its October Prime Day sale. The 15-inch model with the same storage capacity is also discounted, dropping from $1,499 to $1,299.
According to a leak from MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris, Apple's upcoming budget iPad will use the A19 chip instead of the previously rumored A18, paired with Apple's N1 networking chip and C1X modem for Wi-Fi 7 support on cellular models. The device is expected to include 8GB of memory, enough to run Siri AI features but not the more advanced on-device models that require 12GB.
A comparison of Apple's foldable iPhone Duo and the iPad Mini highlights major price and spec differences. The Duo starts at $2,000 for 256GB and reaches $3,200 for 2TB, while the iPad Mini ranges from $600 to $900. The Duo has a faster A20 Pro chip, more RAM, a stronger dual-camera setup, and 120Hz ProMotion displays, but the Mini has a larger single screen, more robust multitasking software, and broader Apple Pencil support.
Apple introduced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, with the Max model featuring a 6.9-inch display and the standard Pro at 6.3 inches. The Max also claims the largest battery life increase ever for iPhone. Both models are equipped with the new A20 Pro chip and similar camera systems, including 48MP sensors and optical zoom.
US prosecutors arrested Greg Lui for allegedly smuggling servers containing $300 million worth of NVIDIA AI chips to China, violating export controls, according to Bloomberg. The report also details an earlier case involving a red hair dryer used to strip serial numbers off NVIDIA server boxes, and describes new data centers in western China believed capable of housing 115,000 restricted NVIDIA processors.
Amazon and Synopsys announced a multi-year agreement worth more than a billion dollars to deepen collaboration on AI chip design. Amazon will license Synopsys' IP and expand use of its electronic design automation software, while Synopsys will optimize its tools for Amazon's Trainium and Graviton chips and adopt AWS cloud and Bedrock services for its own development.