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Funcom is expanding Dune Awakening with a free DLC that introduces an entirely new map — and in a striking departure from the game's signature desert setting, this one trades sand for snow. The Norwegian studio has been steadily overhauling the survival MMO, and now with that groundwork laid, they're pushing into new territory on Arrakis.
On a different kind of frontier, a deep dive into the Lexus IS F and RC F's two-UR-GSE V eight engine asks why these cars quietly rack up six-figure mileage without complaint. The answer, it turns out, comes down to something refreshingly old-fashioned — honest mechanical simplicity in an era that often favors complexity over durability.
And if you've ever wondered why your USB cable starts acting up across a room, Engadget has the answer. USB cables have strict length limits that most people never consider, and those limits are almost certainly shorter than you'd expect — a small but real trade-off hiding in plain sight behind every desk and entertainment center.
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