The MacBook Pro is the most popular Mac, and by some way, increasing its lead over Apple's other computers, or at least that's the story told by some fresh stats.

These statistics were compiled by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), and they show that over the course of 2024, over half the Macs sold by Apple were MacBook Pro models.

CIRP claims that MacBook Pro laptops represented no less than 53% of total Mac sales for Apple in 2024, which was up slightly from 51% the previous year.

The General of the US Space Force has warned foreign satellites appear to be practicing combat in space, according to statements released at the McAleese Defense Programs Conferences held in Washington.

The comments come from Vice Chief of Space Operations General Michael Guetlein, who said the US is currently developing new capabilities for warfare that's off-planet, with the goal being to assume "space superiority" over foreign nations such as China, Russia, and any other competing country. The main competitor here is China, as the general said officials have witnessed Chinese satellites performing maneuvers and displaying a level of control that is indicative of "dogfighting in space."

These maneuvers were first spotted by commercial satellites, and then the information was sent to Space Force. For quite some time, China has been expanding its presence in space with various satellites, and even the launch of a refueling station that was sent to geosynchronous orbit.

Last year saw the arrival of new motherboards, CPUs, and chipsets, alongside faster DDR5 memory that opened the door to impressive speeds - backed up with plenty of liquid nitrogen cooling. From October 2024 through January 2025, we've reported on the world record for DDR5 memory speed being broken no less than half a dozen times.

A recent report highlighted the efforts of renowned overclocker HiCookie, who set a new DDR5 world record using GIGABYTE's Z890 AORUS Tachyon Ice motherboard - hitting an impressive speed of 12,726 MT/s or DDR5-12726.

HiCookie is back with the same V-COLOR Manta XFinity RGB DDR5 memory, Z890 AORUS Tachyon Ice motherboard, and a new world record. With the latest flagship Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU, HiCookie achieved an impressive new world record speed of DDR5-12752 or 12,752 MT/s.

The former boss of Intel attended NVIDIA's AI-focused GTC 2025 conference in San Francisco, California. In a 'Live at NVIDIA GTC' video appearance, ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger shared some words about NVIDIA's meteoric rise in recent years, thanks to the current AI boom. Aimed at NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, Geslinger says, "he got lucky with AI" - and it's not a dig.

The fortunes or fall of Intel under Pat Gelsinger's stewardship have been widely reported. In 2025, the once-dominant force in consumer and enterprise processor hardware is now playing catch-up to companies like NVIDIA and AMD. Regarding NVIDIA being the leader in AI, Pat Gelsinger also talked about Intel's failed Larrabee project, which attempted to bring GPU-like acceleration for things like AI to a traditional x86 CPU.

"The CPU was the king of the hill, and I applaud Jensen for his tenacity of just saying, 'No, I am not trying to build one of those'; I am trying to deliver against the workload starting in graphics," said Gelsinger.

MSI recently launched its second-generation PC gaming handhelds with the MSI Claw 8 AI+ and Claw 7 AI+, powered by the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V processor with integrated Arc 'Battlemage' graphics. The most significant difference between the two is screen size, with the Claw 8 offering an 8-inch 1080p 120 Hz VRR IPS display and the Claw 7 offering a 7-inch 120 Hz VRR IPS display.

Intel's second-generation Battlemage Arc graphics improve game performance compared to the original first-generation Arc Claw handheld. MSI's latest PC gaming handhelds also sport 32GB of memory and ample battery capacity. Hardware-wise, these are impressive-sounding options that stand out in the increasingly crowded Windows-based gaming handheld space.

With support for everything from Steam, Xbox, and Battle.net, MSI notes that the Claw 8 AI+ and Claw 7 AI+ also feature upgrades based directly on feedback it has gained from the PC gaming community based on the original Claw and PC gaming handhelds as a whole. Covering everything from quality-of-life stuff to richer sound, here's the breakdown.

Elon Musk purchased X, formerly Twitter, from its shareholders in 2022 for $44 billion. Following the purchase of the social media platform, there was an exodus of advertisers, dramatically reducing the valuation of now-X. That valuation has now reached the price at which Musk purchased the platform.

Shortly after Musk purchased X, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO went on to make some major changes, such as how content appears on the timeline for users and what content is served next to ads. These changes, combined with Musk's opening up of the X content guidelines, which enabled a wider variety of content to appear on the platform, resulted in many advertisers being concerned their ads would appear next to potentially offensive content. These concerns resulted in the exodus of advertisers we saw in the months that followed the acquisition.

In response to the spiraling of advertisers propping up the social media platform, Musk proceeded to run intense cost-cutting measures, which saw approximately 90% of then-Twitter staff being let go. Twitter staff dropped from about 7,500 employees to just 1,500. According to a recent report from Bloomberg, Musk has since raised close to $1 billion in new equity from investors, which values the company at approximately $32 billion. The report states Musk himself participated in the equity raise, along with Darsana Capital Partners, which bought some of X's debt earlier this year.

GeForce Game Ready Driver 572.83 is available now, and it's a big one. In addition to providing optimized day-one support for the Half-Life 2 RTX Demo (check out our hands-on here), Assassin's Creed Shadows, The Last of Us Part II Remastered, and Control's recent surprise updates, it also adds support for a trio of new GPUs.

GeForce Game Ready Driver 572.83 supports the new GeForce RTX 5090, 5080, and 5070 Ti laptops powered by RTX Blackwell hardware. Pre-orders for GeForce RTX 50 Series laptops with these GPUs have been open for a few weeks now, with stock expected to hit retail in the coming weeks or sometime in April 2025. With better battery life, efficiency, faster video editing, and support for new tech like Multi Frame Generation, these laptops will probably be in as high demand as the desktop GeForce RTX 50 GPUs we've seen this year.

For those rocking a new GeForce RTX 50 Series GPU, the latest driver fixes the "black screen" issue gamers have reported. Plus, it adds DLSS 4 support to 61 games via the DLSS 'Override' settings in the NVIDIA App.

Assassins Creed Shadows reviews are out, and so far, the title is being praised not only for its exciting gameplay, but its push towards visual fidelity - particularly on the PS5 Pro.

In a recent X post, Ubisoft Montreal technical architect Nicolas Lopez, responded to the praise, reiterating the team's commitment to delivering meaningful improvements on the PS5 Pro Hardware.

As per Digital Foundry, Assassins Creed Shadows on the PS5 Pro delivers 'one of the most substantial upgrades' seen on Sony's enhanced consoles. An analysis from ElAnalistaDeBits also determined it to be 'the best optimized open world Ubisoft has created in years'.

Ahead of the release of Assassin's Creed Shadows, Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, has discussed the contents of the title in parliament, raising the question with other top government officials on how to respond to some of the contents seen within the title.

For those who don't know, Assassin's Creed Shadows is based in fueduel Japan, and leading up to the release of the title, the game has been put under the microscope following Ubisoft officials saying it was based on historical fact.

The depictions of real-world locations and what players can do within those locations have now made their way to Japan's government, with Japan's Prime Minister now responding to a question posed by a member of the House of Councillors of Japan, Hiroyuki Kada, who pointed to the segment of the game where players can attack and destroy the contents of religious sites such as the Itatehyouzu Shrine.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 will be receiving unofficial VR support, thanks to the work of Luke Ross, a well-known VR modder who has developed a series of ports allowing players to experience popular AAA games in Virtual Reality.

His mods are often referred to as "R.E.A.L VR," with a lineup of ports that include GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2, Cyberpunk 2077, and Horizon Zero Dawn -which have gained significant popularity and are available through his Patreon page.

Ross recently teased the mod release for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, with footage showing off the highly acclaimed title running in VR. It's not expected that the mod will include motion controls, as Ross has highlighted in a previous blog post. But at the very least, players will be able to jump into the world of Kingdom Come with a full six degrees of freedom (the ability to physically move and turn your head in the virtual space).