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💻 Data breach hits millions of Dell customers
😞 Apple says sorry for iPad Pro ad
🎶 WiiM's new music streaming hubs target audiophiles
🎬 Work has begun on two more Lord of the Rings films

🕹️ ROG Ally X officially confirmed by Asus

Dell is alerting customers of a data breach after a hacker claimed to have nabbed information for around 49 million of its customers.

The company is emailing customers who may be affected, informing them that a Dell portal holding customer information related to purchases suffered a breach, Bleeping Computer reported.

"We are currently investigating an incident involving a Dell portal, which contains a database with limited types of customer information related to purchases from Dell," the message said. “We believe there is not a significant risk to our customers given the type of information involved" ...

Apple has apologized for its controversial ad for the new iPad Pro, which shows musical instruments and other objects being crushed in an apparent effort to demonstrate how Apple has packed a huge amount of creative potential into an ultraslim device.

Following an ice-cold response to the ad on social media, an Apple executive told AdAge: “It’s incredibly important to us to design products that empower creatives all over the world. Our goal is to always celebrate the myriad of ways users express themselves and bring their ideas to life through iPad. We missed the mark with this video, and we’re sorry."

Despite the apology, Apple has opted to leave the ad on its YouTube channel ...

WiiM has officially unveiled its new network music streamer, the WiiM Ultra, which Digital Trends describes as “a slick aluminum device with a color touchscreen, physical volume knob, and a dedicated, front-facing 3.5mm headphone output.” The WiiM Ultra will cost $329 when it hits Amazon between July 1 and September 30.

It also showed off the WiiM Amp Pro, a beefed-up version of the highly rated WiiM Amp that launched earlier this year. The WiiM Amp Pro will sell for $369 when it arrives on Amazon in the coming months.

Both products work with the WiiM Home App for room-by-room management, and you can link the setup to your favorite music streaming apps, too ...

The Oscar-winning team that brought fans theLord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies is reuniting for two new movies, CNN reported.

The tentatively titled Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is the first of the new projects by Sir Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens, Warner Bros. Discovery announced on Thursday.

Andy Serkis, who worked as the second unit director on The Hobbit movies, will direct the new film, while Walsh and Boyens are expected to pen the screenplay with Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou. “The time has come once more to venture into the unknown with my dear friends -- the extraordinary and incomparable guardians of Middle Earth -- Peter, Fran, and Philippa,” Serkis said ...

Asus has officially confirmed the latest ROG Ally PC gaming handheld, called the Asus ROG Ally X, Tech Radar reported.

Full details on the ROG Ally X will be announced on June 2, though Asus did share a few of the improvements on Thursday, such as upgrades to the RAM and the ports, as well as better battery life. Asus also teased Armoury Crate 1.5 — an updated version of the Ally X software — which will come with an entirely new interface, including new layouts and filters for games.

Armoury Crate 1.5 will also work on the original Ally X and launch in July, suggesting the Ally X might land in stores around then, too ...

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