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AMD has officially announced the Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 series processors, the successor to the Strix Halo-based Ryzen AI Max 300 lineup. Codenamed "Gorgon Halo," the new family is designed for commercial AI PCs, mobile workstations, and small-form-factor desktop systems. It looks like the focus remains on professional and AI workloads rather than the broader consumer pitch of its predecessor.

The lineup launches with three SKUs: the Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495, the Ryzen AI Max PRO 490, and the Ryzen AI Max PRO 485. All three are built on the same Zen 5 CPU cores, RDNA 3.5 integrated graphics, and XDNA 2 NPU architecture as the 300 series. The core configurations remain unchanged, with the main differentiator being a significant upgrade in memory capacity.

The Ryzen AI 300 series topped out at 128GB of LPDDR5X-8000 unified memory. The 400 series pushes that up to 192GB of faster LPDDR5X-8533, a 50% increase. This is arguably the most important spec on paper, because the CPU and GPU share a single memory pool on this platform, meaning the integrated GPU gets access to far more memory than any discrete laptop GPU can offer.

Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick seems to indicate that Grand Theft Auto 6 won't get delayed again and will meet its November launch date.

Take-Two's latest FY26 earnings report just released, and in the prepared remarks, company CEO Strauss Zelnick reiterate GTA 6's release during the FY27 period.

"Our Fiscal 2026 performance was exceptional and exceeded our initial expectations at every label. We believe Fiscal 2027 will establish new record levels of operating performance driven by the November 19th launch of Grand Theft Auto VI, along with strong execution across our portfolio," Zelnick said in a press release.

Infinity Ward is poised to reveal Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 imminently, according to a new report that suggests the developer is nearing the announcement of its next major title.

The leak, originating from Insider Gaming, aligns with recent chatter on social platforms and gaming forums, where users speculate a June 2026 reveal is in the works, with a potential October release window. The developer has confirmed it is working on new content for the Modern Warfare series, despite the recent launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.

This follows a pattern of annual releases for the franchise, which has seen consistent updates and expansions over the past several years, but has recently waned in popularity and public reception following the release of Black Ops 7. Additionally, Infinity Ward has been teasing the project on YouTube and Instagram with vague yet promising content hinting at a major seasonal update or a full reveal.

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto 6's marketing campaign is set to begin "soon," with the rollout described as "astonishing" and reflective of where audiences and attention are today.

Zelnick revealed in a recent interview that Rockstar Games and Take-Two will be following its signature strategy of a short but high-impact marketing push, beginning close to the game's launch.

The CEO also confirmed that the plan aligns with Rockstar's past approach, which has focused on building intense anticipation by revealing as few details as possible about the title until it's perfectly ready. This strategy has historically helped maintain mystery and momentum ahead of major releases.

Subnautica 2 has passed another sales milestone, this time breaking 4 million sales in just a matter of days--all while in early access on consoles and PC.

Unknown Worlds' management looks to be well on their way to those bonuses after all as Subnautica 2 has proven to be a multi-platinum hit. The game has surpassed 4 million copies on PC and Xbox n just 5 days, the developers have announced in a new press release. These numbers indicate that the sequel now makes up more than a quarter of total Subnautica franchise sales--as per the studio, the series has sold more than 18.5 million copies worldwide, outselling other franchises like Silent Hill (17.1 million) and Dragon's Dogma (14 million).

"We're incredibly grateful for the response from players around the world. Seeing millions of players dive into this new world during Early Access has been an incredible moment for the team. Community feedback continues to help shape the future of Subnautica 2, and we're excited to keep building the experience together with our players," said Fernando Melo, Executive Producer of Subnautica 2.

SpaceX has revealed its financials for the first time, showing a $4.9 billion loss in 2025 despite $18.7 billion in revenue. However, that isn't the biggest news here, as the Elon Musk-led company is preparing for an IPO, and its filing shows it could raise as much as $80 billion, and value the company somewhere around $1.75 trillion.

The filing, required ahead of its IPO, marks a major shift for SpaceX, which has long operated under a veil of secrecy, at least when it comes to its financials. Revenue for 2025 rose 33 percent year-over-year, but the company swung from a $791 million profit in 2024 to a staggering $4.9 billion loss.

First-quarter 2026 losses matched the full-year 2025 loss, raising questions about long-term financial sustainability. Capital spending nearly doubled to $20.7 billion, with a large chunk going toward AI development and infrastructure.

Bungie is ending development of Destiny 2, and the game's final update will release next month, the developer today announced.

Destiny 2 will soon be content complete and put into maintenance mode, Bungie today confirmed in a somber news post. The game's final update will go live on June 9, 2026 as a kind of digital send-off from the developer. The studio confirms that Destiny 2 will still remain playable and it hasn't been revealed how exactly the content availability will work.

"As our focus turns towards a new beginning for Bungie, we will begin work incubating our next games. To that end, on June 9, 2026, we will release the final live-service content update for Destiny 2 to begin that new journey as a studio.

Trump Mobile's website is reportedly leaking customer data, including names, addresses, and order numbers, and the fallout has seemingly already revealed a customer base that is much smaller than previously believed.

The breach, uncovered by YouTubers Voidzilla and penguinz0, suggests that the Trump T1 Phone may have only 30,000 pre-orders from roughly 10,000 unique customers, which is a stark contrast to the 590,000 figure once floated in early speculation.

The leak came through a simple security exploit, allowing access to a database that not only exposed customer information but also painted a bleak picture for the Trump T1 Phone's commercial viability. According to TechRadar, and the YouTubers, the hacker doesn't intend to use the information, which includes names, addresses, email addresses, and "everything short of a credit card number," said penguinz0.

Sony's recent PlayStation Plus announcement wasn't just concerning an Essential tier price hike--all PS Plus tiers across the 1 and 3-month options now cost more.

Just a few days ago, Sony confirmed a price hike for PlayStation Plus subscriptions. The announcement had apparently been misinterpreted, as it was believed the increase would only affect the Essential tier. That's not the case, and both the Extra and Premium PS Plus tiers are also becoming more expensive across their respective 30-day and 90-day offerings.

Visiting the PlayStation Plus website shows the new prices in effect. The price increases range from $1-5, with increases in the tune of 10-13% across the various tiers.

Apple is reportedly testing a quad-curved display for the iPhone 19 Pro, a design that wraps the screen around all four edges to eliminate bezels.

The prototype, currently at the evaluation stage, features a hole-punch cutout for the front-facing camera, but Face ID is said to be fully hidden under the panel. The news comes from according to Weibo-based leaker Digital Chat Station, a renowned Apple leaker with a very healthy track record of revealing Apple design choices. The quad-curved display is reportedly destined for Apple's purported 20th-anniversary iPhone next year, which could feature a more refined version of the quad-curved display seen in the evaluation model, and have no cutouts.

The leaker has a history of accurate Apple leaks, including the iPhone Air and the triple 48MP rear camera system on the iPhone 17 Pro. The challenge for Apple lies in integrating Face ID and the front-facing camera under the panel without compromising quality, and according to reports Apple engineers are finding it difficult to cover up the selfie camera cut out.

Apple's long-rumored OLED MacBook Pro is on track for production despite ongoing delays, with reports suggesting a 2027 release.

While initial leaks in 2021 hinted at a 2023 launch, recent supply chain updates from 9to5Mac, citing a report from Bloomberg and The Elec, now place the device's arrival in early 2027 due to ongoing DRAM shortages and component constraints.

The M6 MacBook Pro is expected to feature a thinner design, improved power efficiency, and potentially a touchscreen display, which, if true, will mark a major shift for Apple's premium laptop line. Perhaps the biggest upgrade, or at least the most noticeable at first glance, is reportedly the adoption of an OLED panel, which would bring Apple's premium line of laptops up to the latest-generation pixel technology.

Former Rockstar developers are still shackled by NDAs that can last up to 10 years - and in some cases, for life - making it nearly impossible to discuss the inner workings of the esteemed developer or any of the underlying technology powering its titles.

KiwiTalkz, a well-known game journalist, recently shared on X that many devs who respond to his questions either provide vague answers or outright decline to comment on potential legal ramifications. One former Rockstar developer told KiwiTalkz that even after a decade, they couldn't speak on specifics without risking legal repercussions. "Speaking about the RAGE Engine in any type of detail is an absolute no-no," the source said.

Rockstar has long been known for its aggressive legal tactics and tight-lipped culture, and these NDAs ensure that even after a project concludes, the details remain buried. And for good reason, too. Rockstar controls some of the most valuable video game IP on the planet, and part of the excitement fans have for Rockstar's projects is the lack of information the developer provides.

Sony PlayStation accounts are reportedly being hacked with ease, even when users have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled.

A growing number of users have come forward claiming that their PSN accounts were compromised, with digital game libraries and in-game purchases wiped out in seconds. The vulnerability reportedly stems from a loophole that allows hackers to access an account using only one transaction ID from the target account.

Hackers are somehow obtaining a single transaction ID linked to the account and providing it to Sony as "evidence" of account ownership, which, once approved by Sony, enables them to change the email linked to the PSN account and bypass 2FA. This isn't the first time PlayStation has faced a data breach or security issue. In 2011, a massive hack exposed the data of 25 million users. Now that a new exploit has emerged, the company is rightfully under pressure to secure its platform before more users fall victim.

CD Projekt Red seems to have learned a thing or two from its disastrous Cyberpunk 2077 launch. After the immense success of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, expectations were at an all-time high when CDPR teased its next project based on a futuristic dystopia. However, the launch of Cyberpunk 2077 was riddled with bugs and performance issues that just left a sour taste in gamers' mouths. It now looks like CDPR is taking steps to make sure that doesn't happen again.

At the Digital Dragons panel attended by GamesRadar, CDPR technical writers Jarosław Ruciński and Adrian Fulneczek discussed some of the development challenges the team faced during The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, and how they have addressed them moving forward. Apparently, a key oversight during the development of those games was that not enough technical knowledge was preserved through documentation, which later became a huge hurdle.

The writers also stated that during Cyberpunk 2077's development, the team had over 8,000 documentation pages, which posed a new challenge. Maintaining these documents required a huge amount of time and effort, which is why they later became low priority. What's important is that CDPR has learned from these challenges and aims never to repeat the same mistakes.

COLORFUL has announced a pair of new compact Micro-ATX motherboards for AMD Ryzen platforms with the new iGame B850M ULTRA-S and the iGame B850M ULTRA-OC. Design-wise, these new boards feature a similar look and feel as the stylish COLORFUL iGame GeForce RTX 5070 Ultra OC we recently reviewed, and they're built for gamers, creators, and enthusiasts putting together a compact rig.

Both boards support the latest AMD Ryzen AM5 platform, which means they feature Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity and support for overclocked AMD EXPO DDR5 memory. They're also ready for the latest Ryzen 9000 Series desktop processors, including the popular Ryzen 7 9800X3D. In fact, despite the flagship iGame B850M ULTRA-OC's compact size, it ships with a 10+2+1 phase 60A DrMOS power design that's more than ready to handle the latest Ryzen 9 9950X3D flagship CPU.

As for the iGame B850M ULTRA-S, this is a motherboard built for mainstream gaming and running professional workloads. It sports a robust 14+2+1-phase 80A DrMOS power design with dual 8-pin CPU power connectors and four reinforced DDR5 DIMM slots that support DDR5-8400 speeds, with a total capacity of 256GB. Storage-wise, it's also packed, with three M.2 slots, including two PCIe 5.0 x4 slots, ready for the latest Gen5 SSDs.

NVIDIA's latest Security Bulletin details several new high-severity security vulnerabilities covering its wide range of GeForce RTX, Quadro, Tesla, and NVS products, related to its drivers for Windows and Linux. The high severity relates to potential "denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, data tampering, and code execution."

The good news is that these vulnerabilities have been addressed as long as you're running GeForce Game Ready Driver 596.36 or newer. 596.36 dates back to April 28, 2026, so if you haven't updated your graphics driver in a while, consider this a call to update your driver as soon as possible. The latest release, GeForce Game Ready Driver 596.49, adds support for Forza Horizon 6.

Data tampering and code execution are high-severity vulnerabilities for a reason, and the issues extend to older GPU hardware covering Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal GPUs. For those gaming on older GeForce GTX hardware, you'll want to ensure you're running driver version 582.53 or later to receive the security update.

For those who have been tracking NVIDIA as it becomes a $5 trillion company that leads the world in chips and hardware built for modern AI data centers and workloads, it probably wasn't a surprise to learn that the company's latest financial report showed record revenue. Namely, with its Data Center segment accounting for $75.2 billion of the record $81.6 billion for the first quarter of the company's fiscal 2027.

For those out there who best know NVIDIA as the company behind GeForce and as a leader in the PC gaming hardware market, it's not a surprise to learn that the company's Gaming revenue has become a small slice of its overall revenue. And for those thinking that GeForce is now an afterthought for NVIDIA, and not a focus in any meaningful sense, the latest financial report only reinforces this stance.

And that's because the company is no longer reporting Gaming revenue as a separate line item. Previous financial reports from the company have grouped Gaming and AI PC revenue under a single umbrella covering PCs, GeForce RTX GPUs, laptops, and workstation hardware for enthusiasts and consumers. Now, gaming falls under the catch-all Edge Computing banner that covers AI PCs, GeForce RTX GPUs, game consoles, workstations, AI-RAN base stations, robotics, and automotive.

NVIDIA has announced its latest financial results for fiscal Q1 2027, beating expectations with record revenue of $81.6 billion over three months, representing an 85% increase from the same period last year. Naturally, the company's record Data Center revenue drove this growth, with this segment accounting for $75.2 billion of the overall revenue. The Data Center revenue alone is up a staggering 92% from a year ago, showcasing the seemingly insatiable appetite for all things AI and NVIDIA hardware.

"The buildout of AI factories, the largest infrastructure expansion in human history, is accelerating at extraordinary speed," said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. "Agentic AI has arrived, doing productive work, generating real value and scaling rapidly across companies and industries. NVIDIA is uniquely positioned at the center of this transformation as the only platform that runs in every cloud, powers every frontier and open source model, and scales everywhere AI is produced, from hyperscale data centers to the edge."

The $75.2 billion in Data Center revenue is up 21% from the previous quarter, another record-setting revenue period for the company. NVIDIA lists the new Vera Rubin platform, which includes the groundbreaking Vera CPU built for Agentic AI, as a key highlight for its Data Center business this year, including an extended partnership with Google Cloud that will power Google Gemini with Vera Rubin, Blackwell, and Blackwell Ultra systems.

Samsung has unveiled its next-generation Odyssey Gaming monitors, which include the world's first 6K gaming display. The 32-inch Odyssey G8 (G80HS model) boosts resolution from 4K to 6K to enhance clarity and detail while maintaining a 165 Hz refresh rate. Naturally, pushing 6K natively requires a powerful GPU and system, so the new Odyssey G8 is also a dual-mode display that supports 3K at 330 Hz for enhanced responsiveness and motion clarity when gaming.

Samsung also announced a 27-inch Odyssey G8 (G80HF model) that supports 5K at 180 Hz, with a dual-mode that supports 1440p at 360 Hz. Samsung also announced new OLED gaming monitors this week and stated that it's currently the global OLED gaming monitor market leader with a 26 percent share. The company's next-gen OLED gaming monitors include the new Odyssey OLED G8 (G80SH), available in 27- and 32-inch variants.

With the latest QD-OLED Penta Tandem technology, the new OLED G8 monitors deliver improved efficiency, durability, and brightness compared to previous-gen models, with the flagship 32-inch model receiving VESA DisplayHDR True Black 500 certification. Both sport 4K resolution and a 240 Hz refresh rate, with AMD FreeSync Premium and NVIDIA G-Sync Compatibility.

Last week, Trump Mobile announced that its T1 phone was finally shaping up to be an actual product ready to ship after months of delays and controversy. Now, the Trump Mobile website is allegedly facing serious security issues that have reportedly led to the leakage of customers' private information and order numbers.

According to YouTubers Coffeezilla and Cr1TiKaL, the official Trump Mobile website has been leaking customer information, including full names, email addresses, mailing addresses, and order numbers. Customers' credit card information appears to be safe. Anyone who ordered the phone or opted for Trump Mobile's cellular service could be affected.

Coffeezilla received the information via an anonymous source who shared personal data to prove they had access. The anonymous individual claimed to have exploited a vulnerability in the Trump Mobile website, allowing access to the entire pre-order database and even the ability to place fake orders for the T1 phone. "Long story short, I found a vulnerability in the Trump T1 Mobile preorder website and gained the ability to both place fake orders, but also to scrape and search the entire preorder database," the person told Coffeezilla.