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E3 returns with all-digital event, Microsoft explains reason for outage, Lenovo ThinkPad P17 review
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Hi folks! Here's the April 6 edition of the newsletter.
On Saturday, Alon Gal noticed that someone has dumped data of 533 million Facebook users onto a hacker forum. If you are worried about your data then there is a simple way to check if it was leaked.
Following last year's launch of the Oculus Quest 2 that can work as a standalone VR headset or while being tethered to a PC, Facebook won't replenish the PC-only Rift S in stores moving forward.
LG has announced the rollout of its 2021 lineup of soundbars, featuring support for Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri, plus audio features like AI Sound Pro, which works with its TVs.
This week, you can save £60 off the normal price of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 via Amazon. Xiaomi phones are also on sale in parts of Europe, but the discounts aren't as good as that in the UK.
The organization behind E3 has confirmed that the popular gaming showcase hub is returning for its four-day event this June. Unlike previous years, this will be a "reimagined, all-virtual" event.
Microsoft has released a status update on last week's Azure outage that caused many of its services to become unavailable for a whole hour. The issues were attributed to faulty DNS code.
Microsoft is delivering another batch of games to its Xbox Game Pass subscriptions in the first half of April. They include the return of Grand Theft Auto V, Zombie Army 4: Dead War, and more.
There are new Deals with Gold discounts available this week, but the humongous Xbox Spring Sale is also going on until April 15. You can get franchises like Assassin's Creed and Yakuza for less.
Reviews & features
Lenovo's ThinkPad P17 is just a beast of a laptop, and in fact, using it was more like using a desktop. It packs a ton of power, with Intel Xeon processors and Quadro RTX graphics with 16GB GDDR6.
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This week's PC game deals include freebies from the Epic Games Store, Steam, and GOG, an interesting spread of free events, and spring sales that have ramped up even further since last week.
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