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A disappointing ending has been reached by the massive effort made to preserve video game history following the recent ruling from the US copyright office.

For three years, the Video Game History Foundation (VGF), along with the Software Preservation Network (SPN), has been backing and pushing a petition to the US copyright office to request a DMCA takedown exemption to build online libraries and archives of video games that are no longer being printed. These digital game libraries of archives would grant researchers or historians the right to access the games through emulators. The VGF argues this is particularly important considering 87% of all video game releases in the US before 2010 are now out of print.

So, what happened? The new ruling has cited the Entertainment Software Association's and other industry lobby groups' belief that there would be a "significant risk that preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes." This line of reasoning sounds ridiculous when you consider that current libraries already lend out digital forms of media, which the majority of people consume for recreational purposes.

Kingston has confirmed its new FURY Renegade DDR5 CUDIMM memory modules are coming, with up to DDR5-6400 speeds and in up to 48GB kits.

The new Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 CUDIMMs are compatible with Intel's new 800 series chipset, which is ready for the just-launched Core Ultra 200 series "Arrow Lake-S" desktop CPUs. The new Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 CUDIMM memory comes in RGB and non-RGB form, with speeds out of the box of 8400MT/s and available in 24GB single module, and 48GB dual-channel kits.

Kristy Ernt, DRAM business manager, Kingston said: "Our new 8400MT/s CUDIMM modules have been thoroughly tested, qualified by the top motherboard manufacturers, and Intel XMP certified on the new Intel Z890 motherboards with Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors. The introduction of overclockable DDR5 CUDIMM modules allows us to reach a broader range of professionals who demand top-tier performance and want to push the limits of their systems without compromising signal integrity".

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says that AI will do some jobs with 1000x higher productivity than humans, but AI will never fully replace the humans that perform these jobs.

At NVIDIA's October AI Summit held in Mumbai, India, CEO Jensen Huang said: "As we speak, AI has no possibility of doing what we do. Depending on the jobs we do, it could do 20% of our jobs 1000 times better. For some people, it could do 50% of their job 1000x better. But in no job can they do all of it".

Jensen was asked if AI would take his job -- as the CEO of NVIDIA -- to which he replied: "absolutely not".

Can you imagine the world as we know it, if Intel had acquired NVIDIA back in 2005 for just $20 billion? That's exactly what CEO at the time Paul Otellini floated to the board at Intel, but the "deal of a lifetime" was denied.

In a new report from The New York Times, we're learning that former Intel CEO Pat Otellini pitched the idea of buying NVIDIA during a board meeting at the time, with the intent that the design of graphics chips would be fundamental for data center scalability in the future, but the pitch was rejected... I bet that hurts now, real, real bad.

We don't know exactly why the board at Intel denied the pitch to buy NVIDIA at the time, but it would've been a rather big acquisition at the time and $20 billion would've been a decent chunk of coin in 2005... however, that $20 billion is now worth $3.5+ trillion now.

AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor will feature "next-generation 3D V-Cache" and "better thermal performance" according to AMD, with around 16% more IPC performance and boost clocks of up to 5.2GHz on the 9800X3D.

In a new post on X by leaker "HXL" we're finding out that the Ryzen 9000X3D series processors will see AMD rearranging the order of the 3D V-Cache on each chiplet. AMD's previous-gen Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000X3D processors had 3D V-Cache positioned on top of each CCD (Core Complex Die) which features 8 cores, while the new Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000X3D processors will have the CCDs sitting on top of the V-Cache... interesting.

AMD moving the CCDs to on top of the next-gen 3D V-Cache could be to get the CCDs closer to the IHS, which would provide the "better thermal performance" claims from the company. I can't wait for the geeky tech break down of AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9000X3D series CPUs, especially the upcoming Ryzen 7 9800X3D that will destroy Intel's just-released flagship Core Ultra 9 285K processor.

SK hynix has reported its Q3 2024 financial report, noting new records in revenue and net profit, achieving the best-ever quarterly performance with "increasing premium product sales" on based on its #1 AI memory technology.

The South Korean memory leader noted strong demand of memory for AI servers, with HBM memory share of DRAM revenues for SK hynix in Q3 2024 hitting 30% and forecasted to reach 40% in Q4 2024 (especially as NVIDIA's new Blackwell B200 and GB200 are now in the wild with the fastest HBM3E memory on-board).

SK hynix reported revenues of 17.5731 trillion won (around $12.6 billion USD or so), operating profits of 70.3 trillion won (around $5 billion USD or so) and net profits of 5.7534 trillion won (around $4.1 billion USD or so). The company emphasized that the demand for AI memory continued to be strong centered on data center customers, and the company marked its highest revenue since its foundation by expanding sales of premium products such as HBM and eSSD. In particular, HBM sales showed excellent growth, up more than 70% from the previous quarter and more than 330% from the same period last year.

Tesla released its Q3 2024 earnings with stock surging 17% on Thursday morning, including the fact that the EV automaker shipped 462,890 vehicles in Q3 2024.

Tesla explained in its press release: "In the third quarter, we produced approximately 470,000 vehicles, delivered approximately 463,000 vehicles and deployed 6.9 GWh of energy storage products".

The company said in its earnings deck: "We delivered strong results in Q3 with growth in vehicle deliveries both sequentially and year-on-year, resulting in record third-quarter volumes. Preparations remain underway for our offering of new vehicles - including more affordable models - which we will begin launching in the first half of 2025".

V-color has just launched its first DDR5 CUDIMM memory with the introduction of its new Manta Xfinity memory, launching in a 48GB kit (2 x 24GB sticks) in two color schemes: black and silver, or black and gold... both of them look real nice.

Just like the other CUDIMM memory unleashed in the last couple of weeks, v-color's new Manta Xfinity CUDIMM memory modules have a client clock driver (CKD) on each module, dynamically adjusting clock speed and voltages based on system status. This helps drop the power consumption and increase stability, but mostly it allows for higher speeds than regular DDR5 memory modules.

The new v-color Manta Xfinity DDR5 CUDIMM memory comes in a single kit right now with 48GB (2 x 24GB sticks) with speeds of 8800MT/s and timings of 42-56-56-134. We have operating voltages of 1.45V, with an RGB version available which adds even more flair (but even with the RGB lighting off, these new modules look sleek AF).

Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink has some new competition as a company whose founding members were previously at Neuralink announced a new eye implant capable of enabling blind people to read once again.

Former President of Neuralink and now current CEO of California-based brain-computer interface company Science Corporation, Max Hodak, acquired the new technology from Pixium Vision earlier this year, and according to reports the specific implant is referred to as the Prima. Notably, the implant doesn't stimulate the retina, but instead bypasses it and directly communicates with the brain through electrical signals.

Here's how it works. The Prima is placed under the retina in the backmost part of the eye over just an 80-minute procedure. The patient wears a pair of glasses that capture visual information and then convert that information into patterns of infrared light that are processed on the tiny implanted 2 mm chip. The implant has 378 light-powered pixels, and once the chip has converted the infrared light pattern into electrical signals, they are sent to the brain. The electrical pulses from the chip mimic natural sight electrical pulses, and as a result, the user can achieve "form vision," or the perception of shapes, patterns, and objects.

Corsair is already pushing the boundaries of new DDR5 CUDIMM memory modules, with its new Vengeance DDR5 CUDIMM modules shown off overclocked to a lofty 10000MT/s.

In a new post on X, the official Corsair account posted "Our Vengeance DDR5 CUDIMM modules can run at up to 10000MT/s, and look good while doing it. Be on the lookout for the sticks to drop in early November". Corsair hasn't made its new Vengeance DDR5 CUDIMM memory modules official just yet, but early November is... well, within the next two weeks, so we're not far away.

Corsair has some early samples of its new Vengeance DDR5 CUDIMM memory modules in-house, where their OC teams have been playing around and pushed them to past 10000MT/s which is an impressive feat.

A few weeks ago we heard about Nintendo sending out Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) to players requesting they participate in an upcoming online playtest for a secret title.

As with every NDA, individuals who agree to the contract are unable to share footage, images or even discuss the contents of what they will witness. However, Nintendo's playtest involved more than 10,000 players, and this is the internet we are talking about here. As I predicted earlier this month, with thousands of players involved, it's more than likely something is going to get leaked. In response, Nintendo's DMCA machine gun is running red hot as it fires off takedown notices for any published content of the unannounced title. But that hasn't stopped the leaks.

Enough images and videos have surfaced online that we can work out what the new title will entail for players. Judging by what has popped up online here, here, and here, it appears Nintendo is working on an MMO that combines Minecraft and Roblox but with Nintendo shine. Players will be able to populate an entire planet with various creations and explore to discover new lands, enemies, and resources. Furthermore, players will be able to build up and eventually connect their floating islands with other islands, expanding their domain and creative possibilities.

CrowdStrike, the company behind the software that caused the largest IT outage in history has been hit with a lawsuit by Delta Airlines, after the IT outage caused millions of Windows machines to be thrown into boot loops and as a result, Delta lost hundreds of millions of dollars.

It was back in early August that Delta Airlines CEO sat down for an interview and fired off accusations at CrowdStrike for its catastrophic IT failure. For those that don't know, CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity company that provides security solutions that operate within the kernel of Windows machines. CrowdStrike rolled out an update to its Falcon sensor (the company's cybersecurity software), and since this update contained a faulty driver, approximately 8.5 million Windows machines around the world were thrown into bootloops that required in-person remediation.

Delta Airlines was hit the hardest of any airline, and according to the company's CEO, the airline had to manually reset 40,000 servers and cancel more than 7,000 flights. In early August, the company's CEO said it hired a new legal team to pursue damages from CrowdStrike as it claims it has sustained approximately $500 million in damages from the outage.

Despite breaking exclusivity with multiple first-party games, Microsoft's latest annual report says that "exclusive games content" is a measure of growth of its interactive entertainment business.

Microsoft has lofty goals for Xbox. The company wants to bring its gaming business everywhere that people currently are, including mobile phones, the living room, PCs, even directly to TVs via cloud streaming. Microsoft has the service infrastructure and technology, and now that it's armed with 20x game franchises that have made over $1 billion each, it also has the content.

But there's just one issue: delivery. Xbox consoles have been flagging for years, leading Microsoft to not only purchase some of the biggest third-party publishers on the planet with Activision-Blizzard and ZeniMax, but also start releasing its games in competing platforms. Earlier this year, Microsoft brought four more first-party games to PlayStation and Nintendo Switch, a trend that will continue with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. At one point, Microsoft even had more first-party games on the PS Store's top 10 best-sellers than Sony did. The age of exclusivity seems to be behind us, or at the very least, behind the overarching goal of higher numbers and better margins.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 seemingly has a serious problem which renders upscaling tech like NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR, and Intel XeSS pretty much useless in the game.

This is the rather shaky state of affairs according to reports on Reddit, where Redditor 'Important_Shake_1491' has led the charge with pinning down evidence to the effect that DLSS and the other upscalers are essentially broken.

As you can see in the above post (which was noticed by Wccftech), the Redditor reckons that turning on DLSS (or whatever your chosen upscaling solution happens to be) in Black Ops 6 kicks in a performance overhead of something like 40%.

After recent reports Ubisoft was developing a Rayman remake, Eurogamer has reportedly received confirmation from Ubisoft that it is indeed working on an unannounced Rayman project.

The confirmation of a Rayman project being in development over at Ubisoft comes after reports from Insider Gaming claimed the team behind the Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown was disbanded, and some of the development team members were moved over to Ubisoft Milan, which is reportedly heading the Rayman project. Insider Gaming also claimed Ubisoft is referring to the Rayman project internally as "Project Steambot" and that was being developed by at least a dozen former Prince of Persia developers.

Additionally, the Insider Gaming report mentioned the involvement of Rayman creator Michael Ancel with the upcoming Rayman project, which is seemingly a controversial decision given Ancel's history at Ubisoft. Ancel left the company in 2020 after 30 years on not-so-good terms as the basis for his departure was an investigation launched into him after several complaints were lodged by his fellow employees accusing Ancel of toxic leadership.

The debacle at Ubisoft continues over the recent reports the team behind Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has been disbanded following the title's failure to reach Ubisoft's internal sales expectations.

Reports from Insider Gaming claimed Ubisoft made the decision not to pursue a sequel to The Lost Crown only a few weeks after the game was released. Additional reports from Insider Gaming claimed the team behind the title, Ubisoft Montpellier, were disbanded after being rejected a sequel for the tile. Notably, The Lost Crown wasn't poorly received by gamers, in fact, it was a welcomed success among those who played it.

Unfortunately, the title didn't quite get the attention it deserved, and according to Michael Douse, the director of publishing at Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios, Ubisoft is at fault for the title's lack of success. Douse pointed out the game wasn't available on Steam when it launched, and if it did it would have been a "market success" and there "would likely be a sequel because the team are so strong."

Apple has finally rolled out an iOS update that contains the first set of Apple Intelligence features, and here's how you can access them.

Apple has been criticized over its marketing of its latest iPhone generation, as the company touted the latest generation of devices as the vehicles for Apple Intelligence. However, when the iPhone 16 was released, there weren't any Apple Intelligence features available. Apple stated it was planning on rolling out Apple Intelligence features in stages, and we have just received the first stage with iOS 18.1.

If you are interested in trying out some of the new Apple Intelligence features, you will need to make sure you have a compatible device that is updated to the latest version of iOS. Firstly, you will need to have an iPhone 15 Pro or above, which means an iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max. Any devices below those models won't be eligible as they don't have the required hardware to run Apple Intelligence.

Rumors were circulating that Nintendo was planning on finally unveiling its successor to the Nintendo Switch, with speculation pegging the month of October as the time and place for the announcement.

However, the month of October is almost over, and unless Nintendo is planning on a surprise event, these rumors, and much like the ones before them, will be just that - rumors. Officially speaking, Nintendo said it will continue with the current Switch until the end of this financial, which is March next year. Those official statements from Nintendo haven't stopped fans from speculating and scouring the internet for any signs of a potential announcement.

The latest tidbit of information comes in the form of a seemingly unusual Nintendo logo that was hinted at by Playtonic, the team behind the upcoming Yooka-Replaylee remaster. Within Playtonic's announcement trailer for the upcoming remake, the supported titles list "Nintendo" instead of Nintendo Switch. Typically, within the supported titles of a game, Nintendo Switch is listed, but for some reason, it's just "Nintendo". While this may initially sound like a small detail, a pair of animated eyes stops right above the lettering, drawing attention to that part of the frame.

If you enjoyed the Overcooked series of games - we certainly did when we played them with our wife, they're a real laugh, and surprisingly addictive - then you might want to check out the latest free game from the Epic store.

Moving Out is in a similar vein to Overcooked, a top-down (isometric) party game which is all about tapping a rich vein of chaos, and is accessibly casual by nature. Here, though, instead of trying to cook, you are attempting to move house.

It's a couch coop affair - literally, in that you'll spend some time shuffling around with couches, trying to negotiate tight corners - and one with a sense of humor. Here, you are no mere 'mover' but a 'furniture arrangement and relocation technician' working for the 'Smooth Moves' company.

A new grotesque creation that's part of Monster Hunter Wilds has been spotted, and it surely qualifies as one of the most repugnant beasts ever rendered on a PC or console.

PC Gamer spotted the skin-crawling revelation of the Rompopolo, a sickly-looking, bulbous, purple Brute Wyvern which calls the Oilwell Basin home. Said basin is a sprawling and volcanic region, apparently, featuring oil lakes and tar pits - and it looks like the Rompopolo has been fed a diet of Boscan crude oil from birth.

As Capcom warns in a post on X: