Windows 11's latest update has fixed a really annoying bug that has been bothering users of Chromium-based browsers for quite some time now.

The glitch in question means that when watching videos in browsers like Chrome or Edge (or any product built on Chromium), parts of the screen distort, a pretty nasty and jarring effect by all accounts.

However, with the June cumulative update which was recently released, this problem is now fixed. That's not a huge surprise, as the optional update for May - which was a preview of June's release - had this fix incorporated.

The Elon Musk takeover of Twitter was certainly tumultuous, and since the popular social media platform is now private, many of its inner workings have been removed from the public spotlight.

However, Bloomberg has obtained new documents that have revealed some details about what X, formerly Twitter, is experiencing behind the scenes and what it plans to do next in its quest to become "the everything app". According to the documents, which were submitted by X to state regulators to obtain money transmitter licenses, in the first full year Musk owned the company, X's revenue shrunk by nearly 40% compared to the same period a year prior.

More specifically, during that aforementioned time period, X's then-Twitter's revenue was $1.48 billion. During the first three months of 2023, X lost a staggering $456 million, which can be attributed to the mass abandonment of advertisers paying the platform. At the time of Musk's takeover, advertisers consisted of 90% of the company's revenue, and following Musk's acquisition and rollout of critical changes to what content can and cannot be posted, advertisers pulled out their ad expenditures.

There could be a slight fire at AMD right now as a hacker is claiming to have acquired a large variety of internal AMD data, which they are now attempting to sell on the dark web.

The purported AMD data has appeared on the dark web BreachForums by a user going by "IntelBroker," who is offering red team customer databases, upcoming product specifications and plans, internal financials, source code, firmware, ROMs, and information on employees, such as user IDs, names, phone numbers, and other sensitive information.

It should be noted that IntelBroker isn't a nobody in hacking circles, as the BreachedForums moderator has previously distributed information that has been claimed to be tied to large-scale hacks. For example, Europol revealed just last month it experienced a breach that resulted in files being stolen, and in April, Home Depot admitted the same. Additionally, the Pentagon said one of its partners experienced a breach. IntelBroker placed information on all three of those hacks onto the dark web for sale.

Phillips is pushing further into the gaming monitor market with the release of a monitor that uses the emerging QD-OLED pixel technology, which has been steadily increasing in number.

Phillips announced the new monitor under its gaming brand Envia, and called the new ultrawide monitor the 34M2C6500. The Philips Evnia 34M2C6500 has a WQHD resolution of 3440 x 1440, a resolution of up to 175Hz, a 0.03ms response time, VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400 certification, and broad color coverage (99.3% DCi-P3, 148.8% sRGB, and 97.8% Adobe RGB).

The 34M2C6500 has a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, and 250 nits brightness that can peak at 1000 nits. The 34-inch screen has an 1800R curvature for optimal viewing, and as for connectivity, Phillips has outfitted the 34M2C6500 with 2x HDMI 2.0 connectors, a DisplayPort 1.4, 1x 3.5mm headphone jack, and 2x USB ports. The new gaming monitor released in the UK and US on June 12, and has been priced at $799.99.

AMD unveiled its next-gen Zen 5-powered Ryzen 9000 Series 'Granite Ridge' desktop processors at Computex 2024, alongside its new Ryzen AI 300 Series 'Strix Point' processors with powerful NPUs and RDNA 3.5 graphics for Copilot+ PCs. With benchmarks, architecture breakdowns, and model info, the only things not confirmed were the pricing and release dates. All we've got officially is a general July 2024 release window.

With the release potentially weeks away, we've now got some info on when to expect AMD's latest chips to hit retail, thanks to retail listings from U.S. outlets like BestBuy and B&H Photo. According to the listings, the Ryzen 9000 Series of desktop processors (AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, Ryzen 9 9900X, Ryzen 7 9700X, and Ryzen 5 9600X) are launching on July 31.

By that same token, retail listings for new Ryzen AI 300 Series laptops, like the ASUS Zenbook S 16, indicate the Ryzen AI 300 Series launch is happening on July 15.

Nintendo recently held its Direct showcase, where it revealed that for the first time, Zelda was going to be the main character in a new game soon-to-be-released in the long-standing franchise.

Ever since the creation of The Legend of Zelda franchise, Link has been the main character players take control of, as the kingdom of Hyrule and, in particular, Zelda is in trouble and requires saving. However, Nintendo has decided to turn the normal upside down with The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, in which Zelda becomes the protagonist as Link disappears after Ganon beats him in battle.

Zelda embarks on a quest to save the world from total destruction, and throughout her journey, she will fight monsters and overcome puzzles. In Echoes of Wisdom, Nintendo has changed the way players will interact with the world, as Zelda won't carry a sword and shield reminiscent of Link, but instead, a magic wand called the Tri Rod will be used to summon objects and even monsters to fight by Zelda's side.

Reports indicate that sales of Apple's premium VR and AR headset, the Apple Vision Pro, have slowed dramatically - which is to be expected for a device starting at $3,499 USD - and the Vision Pro team is reportedly pivoting. The, err, vision for the Vision team is now focused on creating a more affordable headset that is expected to launch by the end of 2025.

This news comes via a new report on The Information citing Vision Pro component suppliers that have been made aware of Apple's plans. The cheaper Vision headset, codenamed N109, aims to keep the impressive high-resolution display of the Vision Pro but make cuts elsewhere to bring the overall cost down. How Apple will achieve this remains unknown.

The Apple Vision team also plans to make the new affordable Vision headset one-third lighter, addressing some of the initial feedback and responses it has received for the Vision Pro.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond got its first gameplay reveal during the latest Nintendo Direct broadcast, which offered fans 40 minutes of announcements, trailers, updates, and release dates for upcoming Nintendo Switch games. The final reveal of the showcase focused on Metroid Prime 4 from Retro Studios, and it didn't disappoint; the two-minute trailer was full of impressive gameplay.

The fourth installment in the critically acclaimed and popular Metroid Prime series was first announced in 2017 with a simple logo and word that Bandai Namco would be handling development. In 2019, Nintendo provided an update on the game, confirming that Bandai Namco was out and series creators Retro Studios were back in.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is a visual step up from the impressive Metroid Prime Remastered from 2023. The game sports the same first-person perspective and mix of action and exploration. We even get a glimpse of the new mysterious villain Sylux. The trailer also confirms a 2025 release window, but the gameplay we see is running on current Nintendo Switch hardware.

GIGABYTE has just launched its new AI TOP 100E series SSDs with incredible endurance ratings of up to 219,000 TBW on the new 2TB model.

The new AI TOP 100E series SSDs are for intensive workloads like AI training, coming in the standard M.2 2280 form factor on the PCIe 4.0 interface. We're looking at up to 7.2GB/sec (7200MB/sec) sequential reads and up to 6.5GB/sec (6500MB/sec) sequential writes on the 1TB AI TOP 100E SSD, while we have up to 7GB/sec (7000MB/sec) reads and up to 5.9GB/sec (5900MB/sec) writes on the 1TB model.

GIGABYTE hasn't said what type of 3D NAND flash is inside the AI TOP 100E SSD, but those endurance results are incredible. The 1TB model features up to 109,500 TBW while the 2TB model features an astonishing 219,000 TBW. This means you could write 17 hours per day of non-stop 2TB/s writes for 5 years on the 2TB model, which blows away enterprise and data center-grade SSDs.

According to a new report from DigiTimes, TSMC has started mass production of Intel's next-generation Lunar Lake CPUs on its new 3nm EUV FinFET process node.

Intel's next-gen Lunar Lake processor is a chiplet-based design that sees CPU cores, an integrated GPU, NPU, and even on-package memory on a single chiplet on a compute tile, all made on TSMC's 3nm process node. The SoC and I/O dies will be the only other part of the chiplet made on TSMC's 6nm process node.

The new Intel Lunar Lake CPU will have a fourth-generation NPU that has up to 48 TOPS of AI performance. Intel reiterates that Lunar Lake has 4x the AI compute performance over Meteor Lake. Lunar Lake also features a heavily beefed-up Battlemage "Xe2" GPU, which offers up to 50% more performance over the integrated Xe-based GPU inside Meteor Lake.

Apple is gearing up to release its next-gen M4-powered MacBook Pro laptops, with a new post on X suggesting we'll see new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros powered by the M4 processor later this year.

The only M4-powered product in Apple's growing arsenal is the new iPad Pro, but in a new post on X to subscribers, Ross Young from Display Supply Chain Consultants said his recent supply chain checks show there are new MacBook Pro laptops on the way. We're to expect a new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro, both powered by Apple's latest M4 processor.

Young's new claims match with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who reported in April that there was a "slim chance" we'd see M4-powered MacBook Pro laptops released in late 2024 but could get pushed into 2025. Young isn't a leaker. Instead, he's an analyst and covers the display supply chain, which is pointing to new M4-powered MacBook Pros being released later this year.

Samsung Electronics is moving in a slightly different direction it seems, investing in GPU technology that would see it shift away from its typical memory semiconductor, and foundry services.

In a new report from Business Korea, Samsung Electronics' corporate governance report teases that the management committee ratified the "GPU Investment Proposal" back in March 2024. The committee includes senior executives including Han Jong-hee, the head of the Device eXperience (DX) division, the presidents of the Mobile Experience (MX) and Memory Business departments.

This is not the first meeting, but the third meeting of the year after the first GPU investment decision was publicly disclosed in 2012, which Business Korea reports is "sparking speculation that Samsung is poised to enhance its competitiveness in GPU-related business areas".

Intel's Open Image Denoiser (OIDN) is an open-source library that uses the GPU for the "denoising process" which has been updated to include support for its upcoming Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake chips with integrated GPUs, as well as its next-gen Battlemage "Xe2" GPU.

The denoising technology removes grain and artifacts in a ray-tracing rendered image using multiple algorithms, preserving the original image quality and fidelity. OIDN includes faster rendering times, with the "noise" being removed, hardware resources are used in the best way possible.

Intel's new OIDN v2.3 supports new CPU architectures with Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake, as well as Battlemage "Xe2" GPUs coming later this year. The updated OIDN software has 1.5x to 2x speed improvements in real-time previews using the high-quality mode.

Cadence stole the show recently at the PCI-SIG DevCon 2024 event, and in honor of the 32nd anniversary of the PCI-SIG Developer's Conference, Cadence announced a complete PCIe 7.0 IP solution for HPC and AI markets of the future.

The AI boom is creating a gigantic demand for faster-than-ever chips, which demand next levels of throughput, low latency, and power efficiency. This is fueling technology enhancements across the board, with Cadence being a close PCI-SIG member, the company says it has "valuable early insights into the evolving specs and the latest compliance standards".

HPC and AI systems of the future will require radically more bandwidth as that train never stops in the technology industry, especially for these important silicon-heavy environments. Direct GPU-to-GPU communication is absolutely critical for these systems, communicating heavy computational tasks across multiple GPUs or AI accelerators inside of a server or AI computing pod.

NVIDIA has hit quite the milestone today, becoming the most valuable company in the world with a market value of $3.33 trillion.

NVIDIA shares rose by 3.5% today which bumped the company up to a market cap of $3.33 trillion. NVIDIA recently announced a 10-for-1 split of stock, making its stock more accessible to smaller investors.

The company crossed the $1 trillion market cap milestone in 2023, and a few months ago, in February 2024, we saw NVIDIA breach the $2 trillion market cap. NVIDIA has been riding an incredibly successful and very dominant ride to the AI GPU champion, fueling its financial growth like rocket fuel.

AMD has potentially been hit by a cyberattack, after hacker "IntelBroker" allegedly stole data and has it up for sale on a hacking forum. The data includes AMD employee information, financial documents, and confidential information including future AMD products.

AMD told BleepingComputer in a statement: "We are aware of a cybercriminal organization claiming to be in possession of stolen AMD data. We are working closely with law enforcement officials and a third-party hosting partner to investigate the claim and the significance of the data".

The threat actor said in a spot on a hacking forum: "Today, I'm selling the AMD.com data breach. Thanks for reading and enjoy! In June 2024, AMD, a large computing company suffered a data breach. Compromised data: Future AMD products, Spec sheets, employee databases, customer databases, property files, ROMs, source code, firmware and finances".

Elon Musk has officially teased Starlink. MINI is coming, an ultra-portable Starlink satellite dish that fits in your backpack, streams multiple 4K videos simultaneously, and for gamers, you'll enjoy the 23ms latency.

Oleg Kutkov posted some photos of the new Starlink MINI dish and the new built-in router in a new post on X. Kutkov said that Starlink MINI measures 28.9 x 24.8cm (11.4" x 9.8") and has built-in Wi-Fi. He also confirmed that the router supports 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi with 802.11ax and 3x3 MIMO.

Elon Musk chimed in, confirming that he's already using the Starlink MINI dish. The SpaceX and Tesla CEO shared a speed test showing Starlink MINI pumping out 100Mbps down and 11.5Mbps upload, with 23ms latency. That's damn good over a small, ultra-portable, fits-in-your-backpack Starlink MINI dish with a built-in Wi-Fi router.

At this point, we're pretty much used to Microsoft trying to shove various products down the throats of Windows 11 (and 10) users using suggestions or nag panels - and here's another example, but with a fresh tactic involved.

Apparently, the idea is to take a standard nag banner - in this case, for switching to Microsoft Edge as the default browser in Windows 11 - and make it three-dimensional.

Presumably the idea is that employing some 3D graphics in the banner, spotted by Windows Latest, will be eye-catching enough to somehow help lure users into making the change to Edge.

A former Neuralink employee has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk's brain implant company following an incident with a monkey that was carrying Herpes.

Lindsay Short claims she was fired from Neuralink after she informed her superiors that she was pregnant. More specifically, Short described a hostile work environment that was plagued with "blame, shame, and impossible deadlines". Additionally, the former Neuralink employee said she was scratched through a glove by a monkey that was carrying the Herpes B virus. Short said she was never provided the appropriate protective equipment to work with Neuralink's test animals.

The lawsuit also states that her superiors threatened her with "severe repercussions" if she were to insist medical treatment again from the scratch. Furthermore, Short said she was fired from the company a day after she informed staff that she was pregnant but was promoted just two months earlier. It should be noted that Neuralink has undergone some public scrutiny regarding its testing methods, and treatment of its test animals.

Bethesda recently unveiled "The Shattered Space" DLC for Starfield, along with the long-awaited Creation Kit, which will undoubtedly be a welcomed addition to the game as players will be able to add new content to the game.

In what would seem to be a really positive moment for Starfield, players were quick to call out the content within the DLC. Players will gain access to a new mission that allows them to play a bounty hunter for the Trackers Alliance faction. Additionally, Bethesda plans on adding more Tracker Alliance missions with future updates. The Trackers Alliance mission "The Vulture" is what players are up in arms about, as Bethesda slapped a $7 price tag on a single mission.

Moreover, the mission costs 700 Starfield Creation Credits, which translates to $7. However, the smallest number of credits that can be purchased is $10 worth, meaning the DLC will be $10 for players who are solely purchasing credits to access the DLC. Now, Bethesda CEO Todd Howard has responded to the backlash, saying Bethesda "hears that feedback" and the company will "evaluate both pricing, what we put out for free, how we communicate what's in something, and really hear from the community there."