Hassam Nasir
Tech Reporter
Hassam is a veteran tech journalist and editor with over eight years of experience embedded in the consumer electronics industry. His obsession with hardware began with childhood experiments involving semiconductors, a curiosity that evolved into a career dedicated to deconstructing the complex silicon that powers our world. From benchmarking PC internals to stress-testing flagship CPUs and GPUs, Hassam specializes in translating high-level engineering into deep, unbiased insights for the enthusiast community.
Hassam, based in Karachi, Pakistan, has contributed 424 news posts to TweakTown since March 2026.
Editorial Responsibilities: technology news
Hassam's PC features AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D paired with the MSI B650M Project Zero, XPG's Lancer Blade 32GB 6000MHZ CL30 DDR5, and ZOTAC's SOLID OC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. It runs Samsung's 980 PRO 1TB with Windows 11 Pro, cooled by Deepcool's LD360 AIO, and housed in ASUS's A21 Plus m-ATX BTF.
- June 2026
- AMD's Zen 6 Olympic Ridge reportedly drops the iGPU entirely in exchange for a dedicated NPU
- DSX v3.2 Beta adds native PlayStation DualSense haptic feedback over Bluetooth on PC
- Steam Machine benchmarks spotted on Geekbench, as early reviews might be underway
- US AI startup Tensordyne claims 3nm Napier chip outperforms NVIDIA Blackwell by 13x in tokens per second
- A sealed Super Mario Bros. cartridge from a 1986 NES bundle sells for $3 million at auction
- OnexPlayer X2 Mini Pro drops Ryzen AI Max+ 395 for 388, starts at $2,399 with fewer cores
- CD Projekt Red is reportedly working on an unannounced free-to-play Witcher co-op RPG for PC and mobile
- Google is in talks with Samsung to build next-gen 'Icefish' TPU on 1.4nm and 2nm process split
- AMD's Ryzen AI Halo AI mini PC launches in the US with 128GB memory and a $3,999 price tag
- Microsoft expands Advanced Shader Delivery support to all AMD Radeon GPUs since RX 5000 series
- Apple's first touchscreen MacBook Pro is '100% confirmed', leaker says
- AMD reversed a warranty rejection for a swollen Ryzen 9 7950X3D after Hardware Unboxed called it out publicly
- ASUS' $50 ROG Equalizer cable meant to stop GPU connector burns reportedly burns itself
- Intel's 18-core Core Ultra 7 251HX is matching its 20-core siblings in early PassMark results
- Microsoft is reportedly cutting hundreds of Azure jobs in China for the third time in two years
- The Trump Mobile T1 teardown reveals it's basically an HTC phone wearing gold paint
- Framework delays first Laptop 13 Pro shipments by a month over touchpad and display issues
- GeForce NOW annual plans drop to $64.99 and $129.99 in NVIDIA summer sale
- Microsoft sets a Patch Tuesday record with 206 fixes, and finally patches every zero-day Nightmare Eclipse disclosed
- Google orders Intel Foundry to produce over three million TPUs for 2028 amid TSMC capacity crunch
- Half-Life now runs on a 2007 Nokia N95 at 30 FPS with Bluetooth mouse support
- GIGABYTE's hidden Z990 motherboard at Computex reveals six NVMe slots and three PCIe 5.0 M.2 bays for Nova Lake-S
- GEEKOM's new GeekBook M16 brings a Core Ultra 9 and a 99.9Wh battery to the business laptop market for $899
- AMD warns DDR5 prices won't recover until 2028 as AI demand continues pulling supply away from consumers
- Apple is adding a Liquid Glass slider in iOS 27 after a year of user complaints about readability
- Leaked Intel Nova Lake-S image confirms new LGA-1954 socket and a notch placement that kills backward compatibility
- The Wolf Among Us 2 is coming in 2027 and Telltale is also bringing a remaster of the original this holiday season
- Hideo Kojima calls AI a 'janitor for creative chores' after backlash over his appearance in an AI-generated promo
- GMKtec EVO-X3 mini PC is coming with OCuLink support and a Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 495 variant packing 192GB of memory
- The new Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis has an AI disclaimer on its Steam page
- XBOX Series X25 announced, the translucent console pays homage to the original XBOX
- GIGABYTE claims a DDR5 world record for hitting 13556 MT/s at Computex 2026
- Unreleased RTX 3050 Ti graphics card spotted in the wild, GA106 GPU with 6GB VRAM
- Brave launches Origin, a $60 browser that removes the features it added without asking you first
- Intel's Nova Lake Q970 chipset motherboard leaks with LGA 1954 socket, vPro support, and 128GB DDR5 CUDIMM
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis PC system requirements are out, and Denuvo DRM is confirmed ahead of its 2027 launch
- Intel brings back Raptor Lake with the Core 7 230H and Core 5 205H CPUs with disabled integrated graphics
- Former God of War combat designer joins The Witcher 4 development team
- SK Hynix plans to double wafer production capacity by 2030 as chairman warns AI will keep memory tight
- AMD hits an all-time high x86 CPU market share record, now holding a third of the server market
- Maxsun brings Intel Panther Lake and Wildcat Lake to desktop motherboards with two new MoDT designs
- Intel Arc desktop GPUs are here to stay, according to an Intel exec
- AMD denies rumors of not bringing FSR 4.1 to RDNA 3.5 integrated GPUs, decision still up in the air
- Intel's upcoming LGA1954 socket makes an appearance with a dual retention mechanism
- NVIDIA's RTX Spark is going directly after the MacBook Pro, with flagship N1x systems expected to start at $2,899
- AMD says it had to 're-engineer' the Ryzen 7 5800X3D from scratch to make the revival possible
- AMD overclocker pushes the Radeon RX 9060 XT to 4,643MHz with internal tools
- Intel's Nova Lake-S LGA1954 socket will reportedly support CPUs beyond 'Razor Lake', per new leak
- Intel introduces Xeon 7 'Diamond Rapids' CPU lineup, built on the 18A-P process node
- Intel confirms its next-gen 'Crescent Island' data center GPU will support up to 480GB LPDDR5X memory
- Intel officially launches Xeon 6+ 'Clearwater Forest' CPUs, up to 288 cores, built on Intel 18A
- ASUS's Ascent QN10 brings the Snapdragon X2 Elite to mini PCs for the first time
- NVIDIA's RTX 3060 is back on shelves in China, selling at around $325 with limited batches
- ASUS ProArt P16 and P14 are the first ASUS laptops built around NVIDIA's RTX Spark superchip
- DuckDuckGo launches no-AI search extensions after users reject Google's AI-first Search
- University of Illinois researchers found a way to stack silicon chip layers vertically with near-perfect yields
- A Baldur's Gate 2 remake is reportedly in development, with the original co-lead designer back to help
- The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past will be as big as Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty and Blood & Wine, say CDPR
- Steam Deck OLED gets a price hike in Asia, with the 1TB variant now being 51% more expensive
- May 2026
- Apple is taking time with its smart glasses and a late 2027 launch is now the target
- MSI's new flagship gaming desktop has a built-in cylindrical display for its LuckyClaw AI companion
- Valve quietly added a Steam Machine Welcome Tour to Steam's backend, suggesting the console may launch as early as July
- The development team for The Witcher 4 is twice as big as its prequel, reveals CD Projekt Red
- Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 laptop listings point to NVIDIA N1X 650 and N1X 675 chips
- Intel's entry-level 'Wildcat Lake' Core 3 305 CPU spotted on PassMark
- CDPR tells fans not to expect a Witcher 4 expansion, as the studio plans to release 3 Witcher games in 6 years
- Microsoft threatened a security researcher with criminal charges, and the cybersecurity community isn't having it
- TSMC says energy efficiency has overtaken raw performance as the top priority for AI chip customers
- The first AV2 1.0.0 encoder is here, promising 30% better efficiency than AV1
- GIGABYTE's new D5 Single Boost can push a single DDR5 stick to 8,400 MT/s
- Leak: AMD Zen 6 'Powderhorn' B0 silicon tapes out - Targeting late 2026 to rival Intel's Nova Lake
- Intel lists the Xeon 6377P 'Bartlett Lake' CPU for enterprise use
- G.Skill unveils 9200 MT/s Trident Z5 CK 'CUDIMM' DDR5 memory modules
- Forza Horizon 6 already has a supervillain who's haunting players across the map
- Samsung becomes the first company to ship HBM4E memory samples, just three months after leading the HBM4 generation
- MediaTek's Dimensity 8550 brings Gemini Nano AI to mid-range Android phones
- Acer's Nitro Blaze Link is a streaming-first handheld with just 1GB of RAM
- NVIDIA and Microsoft tease 'a new era of PC' ahead of Computex, and it's hard not to link this to the fabled N1X chip
- Intel officially launches the Arc G3 series of CPUs for gaming handhelds
- Dell launches new $599 XPS 13 with Wildcat Lake, CNC-aluminum chassis, and 2.5K 120Hz display to rival the MacBook Neo
- Qualcomm's Snapdragon C wants to bring the MacBook Neo fight to the $300 Windows laptop market
- Activision confirms Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 as the first series entry to launch on Nintendo Switch 2
- Fortnite's global iOS return pulls 3.4 million downloads in its first week back
- NVIDIA's Arm-based 'Vera' CPU benchmarked, beats Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC CPUs
- Microsoft warns AI chatbots are luring users to cryptojacking malware disguised as trusted PC utility downloads
- Microsoft starts rolling out new Windows 11 Low Latency Profile CPU boost with optional May update
- Ubisoft is reportedly testing Generative AI in Far Cry 7, according to an insider
- Cooler Master's latest AIO ships with a 6-inch screen that's basically a phone strapped to your radiator
- NVIDIA's latest driver quietly adds the first signs of DLSS 5 Neural Rendering support
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D has been added to CPU-Z ahead of launch
- Intel's Core 9 273PQE 'Bartlett Lake' CPU loses to a Core i9-13900K in new leaked benchmarks
- Jason Voorhees is finally coming to Dead by Daylight for its 10th anniversary
- Microsoft's Copilot returns to ruin your Windows 11 experience, this time as a sidebar
- AMD's China-exclusive Radeon RX 9070 GRE may be coming to global markets
- Lenovo accidentally confirms it is working on laptops powered by NVIDIA's yet-to-be-announced N1X chip
- PS3 emulation tested on PS5 through Linux, and the results are a mixed bag
- Intel is reportedly working on Nova Lake CPUs with only E-cores designed for the Edge segment
- AMD's Zen 7 'Grimlock' CPUs will reportedly utilize TSMC's 1.4nm 'A14' node and advanced packaging
- Sega is reviving Crazy Taxi in an effort to bring back classic IPs
- Rocket League is moving to Unreal Engine 6, its first engine upgrade since 2015
- AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT pricing falls near MSRP in the UK, reaching record lows in Japan
- Got stick drift? DriftGuard can now automatically calibrate your controller
- TSMC employees threaten Samsung-style strikes over bonus cut rumors despite a 58% profit jump
- HP HyperX Omen 15 goes on sale with Intel Panther Lake and AMD Ryzen options paired with RTX 5070 graphics
- Ayaneo is calling its latest Game Boy-inspired handheld 'the world's first AI gaming handheld'
- Microsoft is letting users move the floating Copilot button in Word and Excel after admitting it disrupted workflows
- New leak shows the Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX beating the Core i9 14900HX in Cinebench
- OLED Monitor shipments saw a 78% year-over-year increase in Q1 2026
- Premium Lunar Lake laptops drop to $600 in China, joining budget Wildcat Lake to challenge Apple's MacBook Neo
- Valve's Steam Controller Puck sparks safety concerns after a near-fire incident
- Chinese display maker Tianma becomes the first to build a screen optimized for Intel's next-gen Razor Lake platform
- NVIDIA's 'Vera' CPUs could outperform and outsell competing x86 offerings from Intel and AMD
- Intel's 14A node will enter risk production in 2028, while 10A and 7A nodes are on the roadmap
- Huawei produces 122TB SSDs using proprietary packaging to work around US semiconductor restrictions
- Valorant's Vanguard anti-cheat now destroys DMA cheat firmware
- Leak: Intel Hammer Lake brings 'Thunder Hawk' unified cores to desktop, also revives multithreading
- AMD confirms production ramp of its EPYC 'Venice' server CPUs on TSMC's 2nm process
- Leak: Intel Razor Lake packs up to 52 cores, but most mobile chips may reuse Nova Lake silicon
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is a REMAKE, not a remaster, confirms Ubisoft
- AMD launches the Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 series of CPUs, up to 16 cores with 192GB of unified memory
- The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 will not repeat the same mistakes as Cyberpunk 2077, says CDPR
- Trump Mobile website is reportedly leaking customer data including names, addresses and order numbers
- PS5 Linux can run path-traced Cyberpunk 2077 at 35 FPS, but Quake II RTX is the surprising winner
- AMD unveils EPYC 8005 'Sorano' server CPUs, up to 84 cores and 225W TDP
- Intel Crescent Island PCB leak gives us our first look at the Xe3P GPU and its 160GB LPDDR5X memory design
- Intel Nova Lake engineering samples have started shipping, with claims of up to 2x multi-core gains over current-gen
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D leaked, 8 cores up to 4.5 GHz, and 96MB L3 cache
- Intel wants to make Wildcat Lake laptops cheaper under 'Project Firefly'
- Microsoft confirms Windows 11 update will let users remap the Copilot key back to Right Ctrl or Context Menu
- CHUWI unveils the UniBook powered by Intel Wildcat Lake, priced at $449
- ASUS teams up with AK Studio to turn the ROG Xbox Ally X into a Cyberpunk 2077 handheld that you can't buy
- Intel Core 7 350 'Wildcat Lake' CPU spotted on PassMark, exchanges blows with the Apple A19 Pro
- Linux gamers can now use NVIDIA Reflex and AMD Anti-Lag 2 on any GPU thanks to a new open-source project
- Redditor buys a Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition, gets a normal 9950X3D instead
- Rockstar Games will not send GTA 6 review copies to journalists and media, claims insider
- Old shipping manifest suggests that the new Googlebook may feature a high-end Panther Lake model
- Intel Wildcat Lake laptops launch May 18 in China with Honor's MagicBook X14 listed at $650
- YouTube is making its AI Deepfake detection tool available to all creators over the age of 18
- You can finally change the size and position of the taskbar in Windows 11
- Intel Panther Lake R spotted in a Linux patch, intended for 'harsh environments'
- Intel Core i9-14900KF breaches 9.2 GHz, breaking the previous CPU frequency world record
- ASUS ROG NUC 16 is a $4,500 gaming mini PC smaller than a PS5 with an RTX 5080 and Intel Core Ultra 9
- ASUS celebrates 20 years of ROG with the Crosshair 2006, a retro-styled X870E motherboard
- PS5 is getting Steam Charts-style weekly player counts, giving console gamers what PC players have had for years
- Thermal Grizzly is now selling delidded Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus CPUs for enthusiasts
- ASUS enters the memory business and launches its first 'ROG' DDR5 RAM modules
- Popular Chinese retailer JD briefly listed banned RTX 5090 and RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs
- Security researcher finds zero-day exploit that defeats Windows 11 BitLocker, calls it an insane 'backdoor' discovery
- CPU-Z 2.20 adds unreleased AMD Gorgon Halo APUs alongside Intel Wildcat Lake and HUDIMM memory support
- AMD surprises RDNA 3 and RDNA 2 owners with FSR 4.1 support, arriving in July for RX 7000 series
- GTA 6 pre-orders could be opening this Monday according to a new leak
- NVIDIA is reportedly preparing an RTX 5090 price hike due to rising costs of GDDR7 memory
- AMD EPYC dominates the server market with a record 46.2% revenue share
- Valve overhauls the Steam Community Market with new item pages, dynamic filters, and 27 million new Counter-Strike images
- MLC NAND prices have tripled as Samsung shuts its last 2D NAND line and Kioxia plans a full exit by 2029
- Intel Foundry reportedly scores Apple's M7 production on 18A-P in 2027, future smartphone chips on 14A
- Ezio Auditore set to make a comeback to the series in Assassin's Creed Hexe
- Microsoft is improving the responsiveness of Windows 11 with WinUI 3
- Intel confirms collaboration on Googlebook laptops, with Wildcat Lake the likely driving force
- Micron ships its fastest DDR5 RDIMMs yet, with 256GB modules hitting 9,200 MT/s and 40% better power efficiency
- Apple adds end-to-end encryption to RCS in iOS 26.5, closing the last big gap with Android messaging
- Sipeed's new K3 RISC-V SBCs can run 30B-parameter LLMs at 10 tokens per second
- Pop superstar Dua Lipa is suing Samsung for $15 million for putting her face on TV boxes without permission
- Subnautica 2 has leaked 48 hours before launch, joining Forza Horizon 6
- Google finds hackers using AI to discover and develop a zero-day exploit for the first time for mass attacks
- Intel CEO confirms ongoing collaboration with NVIDIA on new products
- RPCS3 updates its contribution guidelines after AI-generated 'slop' pull requests caused regressions in the PS3 emulator
- This paid Witcher 3 mod brings DLSS 4.5 Multi Frame Generation, boosting frame rates from 30 to 180 FPS
- Forza Horizon 6 files reportedly leaked on Steam 10 days before release
- Sony sees AI as a 'powerful tool' and already used AI animation tech in Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
- Sony taps TSMC as a manufacturing partner for next-gen image sensors in a new Japan-based joint venture
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced will bring back social stealth, but hidden blades take a back seat
- MaxSun's two new MoDT motherboards bring Intel's 10-core Raptor Lake to the desktop despite the Core 200H branding
- For the first time, AMD has overtaken Intel in data center revenue for Q1
- ASUS's new ROG Strix XG129C is a tiny 12.3-inch touchscreen that can serve as a sidekick to your main display
- Google Chrome silently downloads a 4GB AI model on your PC without asking
- Intel is reportedly making chips for Apple again in a preliminary deal that reunites two old partners
- Apple reportedly orders fresh A18 Pro silicon as MacBook Neo demand surges, $599 price point may be at risk
- 58% of gamers don't want DLSS 5 altering their games, while others await real-world results
- New Windows 11 feature may speed up app launches by maxing out CPU frequency
- Samsung is reportedly preparing a 'Chromebook' variant of the Exynos 2800 to rival Apple's M7
- GeIL brings plug-and-play DDR5 memory, offering 8000MT/s speeds without EXPO or XMP needed
- Sony discloses financial results for 2025, takes huge loss on Bungie, PS6 release date still undecided
- AMD's X970E chipset rumored to reuse the PROM21 chipset, but with native support for CUDIMM
- Forza Horizon 6 file size revealed, sparking debate over whether HDDs still have a place in modern gaming
- Intel roadmap leaks reveal Nova Lake, Razor Lake, Titan Lake, and Moon Lake CPUs on track for 2026-2028
- AMD launches the Instinct MI350P GPU with 144GB of HBM3E and a 600W TBP
- AMD's 8-core Ryzen 7 PRO 9755 leaks on PassMark, the second unannounced Ryzen PRO chip to surface this week
- PCIe 8.0 is coming in 2028 with 256 GT/s speeds and eight times the bandwidth of PCIe 5.0
- Intel Core 9 273PQE 'Bartlett Lake' CPU seen benchmarked, up to 10% faster than the Core i9-14900K
- AMD CEO Lisa Su backs CPUs in Agentic AI debate as we shift closer to a 1:1 ratio between CPUs and GPUs
- Apple is reportedly eyeing Intel and Samsung foundries for its A21 chips as TSMC supply constraints tighten
- Biostar teases next-gen AMD motherboards to Computex 2026, and it could be our first look at the Zen 6 platform
- AMD's new CPPC 'Highest Frequency' feature could improve CPU scheduling and boost behavior in Windows 11
- DDR6 development starts with Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron aiming for shipments by 2028
- Micron's CEO says AI memory demand is just in its 'first innings' and memory supply is already insufficient
- Intel and AMD join hands to standardize APX extensions for x86 CPUs to improve efficiency and end ISA fragmentation
- JEDEC pushes DDR5 server memory to 12,800 MT/s with new MRDIMM Gen2 standard for AI and data center workloads
- AMD Ryzen AI 435G APU appears on Geekbench with performance similar to the Ryzen 5 8600G
- ASUS reportedly planning to decrease RTX 5070 Ti supply in favor of the RTX 5080
- AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 'Gorgon Halo' APU spotted on PassMark with a new Radeon 8065S GPU
- ASUS ROG Equalizer performs worse than standard 12V-2x6 connectors, Der8auer says the cable 'doesn't make sense'
- Microsoft recommends 16GB RAM as baseline, 32GB as a 'no worries' upgrade for gaming PCs running Windows 11
- AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3D appears on PassMark with similar performance to the Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- Wildcat Lake spans from $304 to $470 as Intel scrubs pricing from ARK
- Microsoft plans to bring Windows 11 closer to SteamOS with Project K2
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB reportedly set to make a return in July
- Silicon wafer shipments are up 13% in Q1 2026, but AI data centers are taking the lion's share
- YouTube is testing an AI-powered search feature called 'Ask YouTube'
- Intel 'Wildcat Lake' Core 5 330 spotted on PassMark with similar performance to the Core 5 320
- AMD's in-house 'Halo Box' mini-PC confirmed for June launch
- April 2026
- Samsung discloses its Q1 2026 earnings with a 48x growth in semiconductor operating profit
- AMD and Intel Unveil ACE: New matrix instructions deliver a massive 16x AI performance leap over AVX
- Intel's new 18A-P node will reportedly provide 9% higher performance and 18% better efficiency than 18A
- Microsoft previews Shader Model 6.10 with a matrix math API, making neural rendering a standard DirectX feature
- From the director of The Witcher 3, The Blood of Dawnwalker will release on September 3, 2026
- ASUS AEMP lets users optimize mixed JEDEC DDR5 memory kits without XMP on Intel Z890 and B860 boards
- Google's new Tensor G6 SoC will likely feature a 5 year old PowerVR GPU
- Modder releases PS5-Linux project, turning some consoles into a Linux gaming machine
- Assassin's Creed Hexe loses 50 developers shortly after losing two directors in two months
- Framework Laptop 16 RTX 5070 12GB upgrade module costs 72% more than the 8GB option
- Valve confirms why it launched the Steam Controller before the Steam Machine: it doesn't have RAM
- NVIDIA upgrades RTX 5070 laptops with 12GB VRAM option
- FinalWire releases AIDA64 8.30 with FPS tracking and next-gen CPU support, but drops 32-bit Windows support
- Ubisoft may be going back to Damascus with an Assassin's Creed 1 remake following Black Flag Resynced
- Valve's Steam Controller launches May 4, but says 'we don't have exact timeline details' on Steam Machine
- New Intel driver lets you dedicate 93% of system memory to the iGPU for VRAM, enabling support for larger AI models
- Intel 'Wildcat Lake' benchmarks spotted, the Core 5 320 is 21% faster than the MacBook Neo's A18 Pro
- Sony is now raising PS5 and PlayStation Portal prices in Southeast Asia
- Intel is now trying to keep up with AI demand by using scrap dies
- Assassin's Creed Hexe may be in troubled waters after losing its second director in two months
- Xbox 'Project Helix' launch could be delayed by the ongoing memory crisis
- Xbox executives Asha Sharma and Matt Booty outline their plans for the future of Game Pass
- Intel posts very strong Q1 2026 earnings as the AI boom starts to focus on CPUs
- Meta and AWS sign agreement to deploy AWS Graviton chips to power Agentic AI
- ASUS's ROG Equalizer Cable is now available for $50, and it could save your RTX 50 series GPU
- X launches standalone XChat app on iOS, and Elon Musk's 'everything app' dream looks further away than ever
- AMD's flagship Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is sitting in Amazon's top 10 best-selling CPUs despite failing to impress reviewers
- Intel Xeon 7 Diamond Rapids reportedly delayed to mid-2027, followed by Coral Rapids in 2028
- Final Fantasy XIV is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 this August, but there is a big catch
- Three new characters are coming to Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, confirms Ubisoft
- ASUS Zenbook DUO 2026 dual-screen laptop with Core Ultra Series 3 is now available for pre-order at $2,499
- Microsoft is finally fixing Windows Update, letting you skip updates during setup, extend pauses, and avoid forced restarts
- NVIDIA deploys GPT-5.5-powered Codex to 10,000 employees, with engineers calling results 'mind-blowing'
- AMD launches EXPO 1.2 for CUDIMM and low-latency DDR5 memory, with ASUS among the first to enable support on X870 boards
- Steam Controller page goes live on official distributor Komodo Station
- Framework 13 Pro sells out through August as Ubuntu sales lead Windows
- Former PlayStation Head speaks in favor of PC ports, says they are largely positive for Sony
- Tim Cook calls Apple Maps launch his 'biggest mistake,' names Apple Watch his proudest achievement
- Tesla plans to use Intel's next-gen 14A process for its TeraFab project
- This modder stuffed a Nintendo Switch Lite with 8GB RAM and got Final Fantasy VII Remake running on it
- Intel's Z970 chipset could replace most B860 motherboards for Nova Lake, leaker claims
- Apple completes its transition to Apple Silicon by dropping support for Intel-based Macs
- The Last of Us star Troy Baker is sure that we haven't seen the last of Joel
- Bolt Graphics completes chip design for its Zeus GPU - claims 5x faster path tracing than RTX 5090 at 250W
- Google's Workspace Intelligence wants to be the ultimate AI coworker that actually knows your business
- AMD sparks controversy by denying Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 review samples to Gamers Nexus, TechPowerUp, and others
- Xbox Project Helix will offer performance comparable to a $3,000 PC, says insider
- Unreal Engine 5 may be getting Microsoft's DirectX 12 Advanced Shader Delivery
- Framework 13 Pro targets MacBook Pro with CNC aluminum build, Panther Lake, and modular design, starting at $1,199
- Anthropic's Claude Mythos found 271 Firefox vulnerabilities - CTO calls it just as capable as 'elite security researchers'
- Lenovo Legion Go S gets a price hike, the Z1 Extreme now costs $1,579
- Intel promises to launch unlocked budget CPUs, bringing overclocking to lower-priced chips
- CPU shortage is reportedly 'more acute' than memory, as the industry banks on Intel 18A
- ASUS drops the ProArt PA32USD, a creator-focused 4K QD-OLED monitor with dual 12G-SDI that can also hit 240Hz
- Hidden Steam Controller 'unboxing' video adds to signs of a standalone launch from Valve
- TSMC can't keep up with AI chip demand, with shortages projected to last beyond 2027
- Apple CEO Tim Cook steps down, John Ternus to take over the reins
- Rumor: Ubisoft's Splinter Cell remake slips to 2027, and Far Cry 7 development is 'going through hell'
- Multi-frame generation could be coming to AMD GPUs, latest FSR update hints
- Microsoft continues to improve Windows 11 with storage menu fixes and changes to FAT32
- Netflix plans to add vertical videos to its mobile app by the end of the month
- Valve's new low-VRAM Linux fix nearly triples FPS in select games on AMD's RX 6500 XT
- The OnePlus Ace 6 Ultra gets a snap-on gamepad that turns it into a handheld
- Fortnite developers can now create AI characters that players can actually talk to
- Liquid Swords' Samson is coming to consoles this Fall with new content and performance fixes
- The PlayStation 6 could offer similar performance to the RTX 5090, roughly 3x the power of the PS5
- The upcoming AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual 3D V-Cache CPU may feature a 250W PPT
- Mercenaries mode may be Capcom's secret May surprise for Requiem fans, datamine suggests
- Lucky Redditor scores a brand-new RTX 4060 Ti for just $12 at local Goodwill Outlet
- EmuDeck's Playnix console is stealing the Steam Machine spotlight with a Ryzen 5 and RX 9060 XT 16GB
- Intel's Nova Lake will unify L2 cache and feature new 'D' and 'DX' lines for enthusiasts, claims leaker
- New AMD Zen 7 leak surfaces, up to 25% IPC upgrade over the unreleased Zen 6
- Elon Musk wants to move at 'light speed' on the Terafab project
- ASUS engineer demos budget-focused HUDIMM DDR5 memory on ROG Maximus Z890 Apex
- Hello Neighbor 3 enters pre-alpha on Steam, along with the return of series creator Nikita Kolesnikov
- ASUS's ROG Equalizer 16-Pin Cable shows a 9C drop in temps and lower voltage drops in real-world testing
- Valve's Proton 11 beta unlocks more playable games and boosts performance for Steam Deck and Linux fans
- SNK is launching the NeoGeo AES+ - a modern version of its 90s console starting at $250
- ASRock's HUDIMM DDR5 memory with just one sub-channel could help lower memory prices on Intel boards
- Intel Core Series 3 'Wildcat Lake' officially launched with up to 6 Cores
- Intel quietly launches the Core 7 245HX, and it's confusing
- Apple code leaks four iOS 27 features and new design changes
- Anthropic launches Claude Design, and it's trying to work with Canva, not compete with it
- AMD is rumored to bring the Ryzen 7 5800X3D back to life following AM4's 10th anniversary
- Redditor gets a cheap Ryzen 9 9950X3D, only to find the entire CPU missing under a 3D-printed base
- NVIDIA is reportedly bringing back the RTX 3060 12GB in June, as RTX 5050 9GB gets pushed back
- Microsoft's new college laptop bundle comes with $500 in free extras in a direct push against the MacBook Neo
- Canva AI 2.0 brings vibe design to the platform, letting you generate full designs from a text prompt
- Meta is raising Quest 3 and Quest 3S prices, and the RAMapocalypse is to blame again
- Valve may be planning to add a 30 day price history to Steam games
- Tesla AI5 AI chip taped out in partnership with Samsung and TSMC
- A Bully sequel is coming, just not from Rockstar
- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced reportedly set to feature 'new characters and stories'
- Meta is building a photorealistic AI model of Mark Zuckerberg that will keep watch on staff at all times
- Microsoft is shutting down its lightweight Outlook Lite app for Android in 6 weeks
- Apple is reportedly testing four different styles for its smart glasses and is seemingly keeping everything in-house
- Roblox introduces age-based accounts for appropriate access to games and chat in latest child safety push
- TCL CSOT is rumored to launch a 4X dual-mode gaming panel with up to 640 Hz
- Resident Evil: Requiem Denuvo DRM fully cracked in 40 days, making it the first title of 2026 to be bypassed
- Crimson Desert officially receives Intel Arc GPU support and XeSS 3 compatibility 23 days after launch
- Keychron just put its factory blueprints on GitHub for free, and keyboard modders are going to love it
- X's standalone messaging app XChat is now listed on the App Store
- AMD's best gaming CPU is up for grabs for a record low of $409 on Amazon
- YouTube Premium seems to be getting a price increase soon
- Intel and Google announce multi-year collaboration to advance AI infrastructure
- Phantom Blade Zero wants nothing to do with AI tech that alters artists' intent as the game enters its final stretch
- HWMonitor and CPU-Z download links were infected with malware for 6 hours before devs caught it
- Microsoft starts to scale back Copilot integration in Windows 11, starting with the Notepad app
- YouTube launches AI avatars for Shorts creators that look and sound like you
- Google adds Notebooks to Gemini and ties them directly to NotebookLM
- Spotify now lets everyone turn off videos across music and podcasts
- NVIDIA's N1 SoC pictured on an engineering board with 128GB of memory for local AI
- Amazon is ending support for 8 Kindle models next month, and owners are rightfully frustrated
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 will launch at a premium $899 price, 29% above its single-cache sibling
- X's Grok AI now automatically translates posts and lets you edit photos using simple prompts
- ASUS X2 Elite laptop series sees up to $350 price hike across the lineup just one day after launch
- Valve's leaked 'SteamGPT' AI tool may handle support queries, with possible links to CS2 anti-cheat
- Intel 'Panther Lake' Core Ultra X9 378H made official, 4P+8E Cores up to 5.0 GHz
- State of Decay 3's 2020 reveal trailer was just a concept, and zombie deer won't be on the menu in the final game
- Insider claims Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced could be announced as soon as next week, with a summer release planned
- Intel joins Tesla's TeraFab chip project with SpaceX and xAI to meet growing demand for AI and robotics
- Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX silently launched, 6 P-Cores up to 5.1 GHz
- The new Copilot app for Windows 11 is really just Edge in disguise
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- OEM Advantech confirms Intel 'Wildcat Lake' specs
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- AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition could cost close to $1,000 based on early retail listings
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- Microsoft is automatically updating Windows 11 24H2 to 25H2 using machine learning
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- Intel is preparing yet another CPU price increase in May
- Intel Nova Lake 'non-K' CPUs may get bLLC to target AMD's X3D chips
- Intel Core 9 273PQE 'Bartlett Lake' CPU seen successfully booted into Windows on a Z790 motherboard
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- Microsoft Outlook doesn't launch in space, and on Earth, the email app takes more than 15 seconds just to get started
- Sony just bought an AI startup that turns photos into 3D volumes to make its first-party games more immersive
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- LG Canada shares details of the world's first 39-inch 5K2K OLED gaming monitor with AI upscaling without a GPU
- More than 100 Baidu robotaxis came to a stop in the middle of Wuhan's highways
- The iPhone 17 Pro has made it to space, as the Artemis II crew is seen throwing around Apple's flagship in zero gravity
- Ubuntu Linux raises minimum system memory requirements, but experts are calling it an 'honesty bump'
- Arc Raiders publisher believes AI will redesign game development and says it has a clear advantage over other developers
- Raspberry Pi hikes prices by up to $150, tries to cushion the blow with new Raspberry Pi 4 3GB variant
- Intel's next-gen Nova Lake-HX laptop CPUs reportedly feature up to 28 cores
- Apple confirms an iOS 18 patch for the DarkSword exploit, even for users who skipped upgrading to iOS 26
- Alienware announces the first pre-built PC to feature AMD's flagship dual 3D V-Cache CPU
- NVIDIA's Rubin Ultra reportedly sticking to a dual-die design instead of a four-die plan
- Intel Core 300 'Wildcat Lake' specifications surface, six SKUs up to 35W TDP
- ASUS' Panther Lake ROG Zephyrus G14/G16 laptops set to debut with flagship prices over $5,000
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- Sony suspends almost all SD card sales due to global memory shortage
- Hypervisor-based bypasses defeat Denuvo with day-zero cracks, but a countermeasure is already in the works
- Apple's coding language Swift can now be used to develop Android apps
- Intel's iBOT does more than code rearrangement - Geekbench notes 14.6x more vector instructions in new tests
- After years of complaints, Microsoft is finally working to improve Windows 11 Search
- Meta unveils two new AI Ray-Ban glasses for prescription wearers
- GeForce Now now brings 4K 90 FPS streaming on Apple Vision Pro, making it outperform Meta headsets
- The most boring protocol on the Internet can now run DOOM, loading from nearly 2,000 text records
- AMD celebrates the 10-year anniversary of AM4, promises to follow the same philosophy with AM5
- Crimson Desert's lead voice actor says even he didn't know where the story was going during development
- New RTX 60 series specs leak suggests huge RT performance and memory bandwidth improvement
- Microsoft is forming a new team to replace web apps with 100% native apps on Windows 11
- A new Samsung PCIe 5.0 QLC SSD is in the works with a custom RISC-V controller
- Pearl Abyss keeps its promise and removes AI-generated artwork from Crimson Desert, replacing it with hand-drawn paintings
- 'FSR Latency Reduction 2' will soon be the new name for AMD's Anti-Lag 2 technology
- After ASUS, an ASRock motherboard is now suspected of killing three Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs
- Leaked AMD Zen 6 EPYC Venice samples spotted with 64-192 cores across 1P & 2P setups on Congo, Kenya, and Nigeria Platforms
- Leak: Xbox rumored to announce a new Game Pass tier with only first-party games
- AMD's cheapest X3D chip is now available in more regions: Ryzen 5 5500X3D appears in UK retail listing
- Several AMD RX 9070 XT models drop to $699, paired with a free SSD, PSU, or AIO
- Microsoft confirms it nixed the 'This is an Xbox' campaign and is resetting how Xbox presents itself
- Dispatch won't be censored on Xbox, but Nintendo Switch 2 players are still stuck with the censored version
- Redditor bags RTX 5060 Ti for just $80 in insane Walmart find
- Netflix is raising prices again across all tiers
- Google's TurboQuant cuts AI working memory by 6x, but it won't fix the global RAM shortage
- Pearl Abyss is taking an interest in a Nintendo Switch 2 port for Crimson Desert, CEO says R&D has begun
- Apple retires the Mac Pro with no plans for a successor, leaving the Mac Studio as its only high-end desktop
- After Intel, AMD is now also raising CPU prices by up to 15%
- After swallowing the world's memory and storage supply, AI data centers are now going for CPUs
- AMD officially unveils the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition, armed with 208MB of cache and a 200W TDP
- Intel's Wildcat Lake Core 3 304 spotted in Geekbench - New benchmarks show performance doubling versus N250
- Xbox isn't going anywhere, insider claims Microsoft is not going to stop making consoles, even after Project Helix
- OpenAI is shutting down its Sora app while Disney withdraws $1 billion investment
- Arm creates history by building its first-ever CPU, the Arm AGI
- Intel's new iBOT utility triggers benchmark validity warnings for Core Ultra 200S Plus and 300 series CPUs in Geekbench
- CHUWI finally admits wrongdoing in Ryzen CPU mislabeling scandal, offers refunds
- iOS 26.4 brings Playlist Playground and changes to Liquid Glass
- Intel Wildcat Lake processors appear in first-ever public benchmarks
- Nintendo rumored to cut Switch 2 production by over 30% following weak holiday sales in the United States
- Pearl Abyss apologizes for AI-Generated artwork in Crimson Desert
- Google is now using AI to change search headlines
- The iPhone 17 Pro can run a 400B parameter Large Language Model on-device by streaming weights from the SSD
- Capcom has no plans to use GenAI assets in its games, but will continue to use the technology to improve workplace efficiency
- Crimson Desert now boots on Intel Arc GPUs with full optimization on the way
- Unreleased Core Ultra 9 290K Plus benchmark topples Geekbench rankings as the fastest consumer x86 chip
- Intel's Bartlett Lake Core 9 273PQE spotted on PassMark, just 12% slower than Core i7-14700K
- Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX spotted in gaming laptop listings
- ASRock accidentally leaks AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual 3D V-Cache CPU in new press release
- Eternal Darkness dev Denis Dyack says DLSS 5 reveal was a mistake
- Intel is reportedly preparing a 10% price increase for consumer CPUs
- Pearl Abyss tells Intel Arc users to seek refunds as Crimson Desert officially does not support the GPUs
- DLSS 5 only takes 2D rendered frames and motion vectors as input, not 3D game engine data, confirms NVIDIA
- Intel Core Ultra 3 205T spotted on PassMark, 10% slower than Core Ultra 5 225T
- Intel's latest Core Ultra 200HX Plus CPUs for gaming laptops will reportedly be limited to select manufacturers at launch
- AMD issues statement on CHUWI Ryzen CPU labeling Issue
- 12 years after release, the Xbox One has finally been hacked
- Intel's latest Arc update cuts game load times by up to 3x by adding pre-compiled shaders, and it already supports 13 games
- Leaked AMD Medusa Point 'Zen 6' 10-core test sample matches current generation equivalent at less than half the clock speed
- Jensen Huang reiterates DLSS 5 gives developers full artistic control, says gamers are 'completely wrong' about the tech
AMD's Zen 6 Olympic Ridge reportedly drops the iGPU entirely in exchange for a dedicated NPU
DSX v3.2 Beta adds native PlayStation DualSense haptic feedback over Bluetooth on PC
NVIDIA fixes frame pacing issues with G-Sync monitors and RTX 40 series GPUs with GeForce driver 610.62
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