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Asus will sell a standalone version of its special OLED ROG Xbox Ally model after only offering it through a bundle. In a statement to The Verge, the company confirmed that “it’s actively discussing the release schedule for a standalone version of the new Ally” and said stay tuned for announcements. In June, Asus detailed the Xbox Ally X20, which it’s releasing to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its ROG brand. At the time, this only included the OLED handheld gaming PC with AR glasses that create a 171-inch virtual screen. But of course, many people would just want the new…

An iFixit staffer told a Steam Deck user that the company had no plans to stock replacement OEM batteries. Valve Aside from enabling you to play Baldur’s Gate 3 in the bathroom, one of the big benefits of the Steam Deck is how repairable it is. While the Steam Deck OLED received a glowing 9/10 fixability report from repair specialist iFixit back in 2023, the original LCD model’s 7/10 score was still respectable. But the latter’s repairability rating could just have taken a fairly significant hit, as it appears that Valve may be sunsetting certain replacement parts.…

All stories in El Jalapeño are satire and not real news. Check out the original article here. MEXICO CITY — A landmark bilateral press conference announcing a major cross-border blow to organized crime was delayed by more than six hours yesterday, as diplomatic delegations from the United States and Mexico deadlocked in intense, high-stakes negotiations regarding the physical placement of their respective officials on the presentation stage. The standoff, which required three separate drafts of a stage floor plan map, centered entirely on preventing any visual implication that either nation had compromised its national sovereignty, or, conversely, that either nation…

Dr. Erica Schwartz’s Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed vaccine tensions and concerns about the independent agency. In the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Chairman Bill Cassidy said that if she presents any equivocation on the efficacy of immunization, “I shall not be able to support your nomination, because when trust is destroyed, it’s hard to be effective.” Dr. Schwartz, a deputy surgeon general in the first Trump administration and the beginning of the Biden administration, was nominated by President Trump in April. She is among…

The majority opinion is that Mexico’s experience as World Cup host deserves a heartfelt thumbs-up. But in terms of meeting the rosy expectations of a financial windfall, it’s turning out to be a huge disappointment, at least according to preliminary reports. New studies indicate that the World Cup benefits fell short of expectations for tourism, hotel occupancy, airline passengers and financial gain.  Deloitte report: Mexico’s economic benefits from hosting World Cup could reach US $2.73B The most notable shortfall was in the number of visitors to the country.  For more than two years, Mexican government authorities, the Mexican Football Federation…

It’s win or bust for England and Argentina in Atlanta tonight. But in one area of global affairs — in a part of the world very familiar to leaders in London and Buenos Aires — both are about to lose. As first reported by the Financial Times, developers are prepping to drill the Sea Lion oil field north of the Falklands, the tiny archipelago and British Overseas Territory over which Argentina and Britain went to war in 1982. Any windfall from an oil boom — and developers reckon revenues could run to hundreds of millions of pounds a year —…

The most prestigious match in international football will be the last of 104 games played at the World Cup 2026 in the US, Canada and Mexico. Around 1.5 billion people watched the 2022 World Cup final, according to organisers FIFA, who said the figure was a rise on the total of 1.12 billion in 2018. Fans will hope for a repeat of the electric drama in the showpiece four years ago, when Argentina beat France on penalties following a 3-3 draw in Lusail. Here are the key details you need to know on the 2026 World Cup final, including date,…

In the City star Whitney Fransway dropped a bomb earlier this year hinting that she might have married Kenny Martin — but are their nuptials legally binding? “I think legally within the spiritual Mother of Peru,” Kenny told Us Weekly exclusively through laughter ahead of In the City’s season 1 finale on Tuesday, July 14. Whitney further explained that she and Kenny were taking part in a “ceremony” when it all went down. “[We were] talking about abundance and love and, like, putting these things out there and he’s like, ‘Do you guys want to get married?’” she recalled. “We’re…

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche took responsibility Wednesday for errors that released victims’ names in the Epstein files, but he defended the Justice Department’s response as a good effort given the thorny issue and the short time frame. Mr. Blanche, testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee as he seeks to become the permanent attorney general, said the anti-weaponization fund President Trump established as a settlement for his lawsuit against the IRS was abandoned under bipartisan pressure, has not made any payouts and will not make any in the future. The acting attorney general did say he supported the prosecutions of…

Two teenage minors shot six members of an extended family in an Illinois town over the weekend, killing four. Illinois State Police said one of the teens is related to the victims. The shootings took place at three locations Saturday and Sunday in East St. Louis, Illinois, just over a mile east of St. Louis, Missouri, across the Mississippi River. Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly said at a news conference that the attacks were targeted. One of the teens accused in the killings is a 15-year-old girl. The other has been identified in court records as Ja’ymeir Davis, 16.…