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How to solve the Hidden Pyramid Game Room puzzle in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

The Nephilim Game in the Game Room is a puzzle you’ll find as you explore the Hidden Pyramid in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’s Sukhothai. You’ll find the puzzle at the end of your trip through the secret pyramid. Our Indiana Jones and the Great Circle guide will show you how to solve the […]

Sony’s best wireless earbuds are $100 off ahead of the holidays

If you’ve been waiting to buy a new pair of noise-canceling earbuds, you may want to consider this deal on the Sony WF-1000XM5, the company’s latest, greatest wireless earbuds. They usually sell at $299.99, but right now you can pick up a pair from Amazon or Best Buy for $199.99. This is the lowest price […]

Intel announces the first updates to address Arrow Lake's gaming performance issues, fixing four of the five root causes, and plans a final update for January (Paul Alcorn/Tom's Hardware)

Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware:
Intel announces the first updates to address Arrow Lake's gaming performance issues, fixing four of the five root causes, and plans a final update for January  —  Time to test.  —  Intel announced that its first wave of updates to address the gaming performance issues plaguing the Arrow Lake processors is now available.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown’s accessibility doesn’t ‘dilute’ the game: ‘It’s the opposite’

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is designed to be hard. It’s also designed, from the ground up, to be accessible. These things aren’t at odds with each other. Ubisoft Montpellier integrated accessibility options into every part of the game from the start; there was no one team designated to do the work, senior game […]

Apple reportedly won’t launch an iPhone subscription service

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Apple is no longer developing a hardware subscription service for iPhones that would let subscribers get a new iPhone every year, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Gurman initially reported in 2022 that Apple was working on the service, and while it was apparently supposed to launch that year, the project was delayed due because of “software bugs and regulatory concerns,” Gurman says.

The end of the hardware subscription service follows Apple’s shutdown of Apple Pay Later just months after its full launch.

While the hardware subscription service apparently won’t see the light of day, Apple offers installment plans you can use to pay for an iPhone over time. The iPhone Upgrade Program spreads the payments of a loan for a new iPhone (and AppleCare Plus) over 24 months, and you can upgrade to a new phone after you pay the equivalent of 12 months. If you have an Apple Card, you can also pay for a new iPhone (and other Apple products) using Apple Card Monthly Installments.