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- 1/3rd of Cyberpunk 2077's dev team is preparing future games
30% of Cyberpunk 2077's development team is already planning future projects for 2022 and beyond, CD Projekt's Adam Kicinski says.May 31, 2021 11:31 PM CDT - Population: One Deathmatch mode is a limited time event starting this
Big Box Games is bringing Team Death Match to the super popular Population: One VR battle royale game. The event starts June 3.May 31, 2021 10:58 PM CDT - Yes, Far Cry 6's guerrilla revolution is political, Ubisoft says
Ubisoft responds to the heated Far Cry 6 controversy by saying that yes, the game's guerrilla revolution themes are political.May 31, 2021 10:29 PM CDT - AMD teases next-gen 3D V-Cache stack chiplet prototype, Intel killer
AMD teases their brand new 3D chiplet technology, can have multiple chips stacked on top of each other for next-gen CPU dominance.May 31, 2021 10:20 PM CDT - AMD's new DLSS competitor makes the GeForce GTX 1060 up to 41% faster
AMD's new FidelityFX Super Resolution makes NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1060 up to 41% faster at 1440p in Godfall on the Epic preset.May 31, 2021 10:05 PM CDT - AMD announces its DLSS competitor: FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR)
AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution announced: over 100 GPUs and CPUs support it, offers 2x faster performance over native 4K.May 31, 2021 10:00 PM CDT - AMD Radeon RX 6800M: mobile RDNA 2 runs Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p 60FPS
AMD officially launches the mobile RDNA 2 architecture, with the flagship Radeon RX 6800M packing 40 Compute Units, 12GB GDDR6.May 31, 2021 10:00 PM CDT - Cyberpunk 2077 made over $21 million in CD Projekt's Q1 period
Cyberpunk 2077 is still selling despite being delisted from the PlayStation Store, CD Projekt says PC is dominant platform.May 31, 2021 9:32 PM CDT - TEAMGROUP unveils its new 16GB DDR5-4800 Elite Series RAM
TEAMGROUP reveals its next-gen DDR5 memory designs, with its first DDR5 RAM: 16GB DDR5-4800 so far... basic, no heat sink or RGB.May 31, 2021 8:43 PM CDT - Cougar's new gaming desk has USB-C ports, RGB lighting (of course)
Cougar's new Mars Pro 150 gaming desk -- weird naming aside -- has USB-C ports, and awesome three-mode height adjustment.May 31, 2021 8:25 PM CDT - XPG teases next-gen DDR5 Caster RGB RAM, up to 7400MHz and 32GB kits
ADATA's new XPG DDR5 Caster RAM is on teh way, its first gaming-focused DDR5 memory launches under the new Caster brand in 2021.May 31, 2021 8:04 PM CDT - Unreal Engine 5 ray traced forest map will melt your eyeballs and PC
Epic Games new Unreal Engine 5 used with new Lumen ray tracing + Nanite technology for next-gen Birch Forest Biome demo.May 31, 2021 7:46 PM CDT - UFOs swarm US Navy ship, and here's video proof
RADAR footage of US Navy ship USS Omaha being swarmed by UFOs on July 15, 2019 off the coast of San Diego where UFOs are seen.May 31, 2021 7:07 PM CDT - Scientists successfully test cancer-killing 'Trojan Horse' drug
Researchers have successfully tested a new drug that could potentially kill cancer without damaging healthy tissue that's nearby.May 31, 2021 5:28 PM CDT - Insider: GTA 6 reveal to take place inside of a GTA Online live event
Rockstar might announce next-gen Grand Theft Auto 6 through an in-game event inside of GTA Online, similar to COD and Fortnite.May 31, 2021 3:18 PM CDT - Tune into AMD's Computex 2021 keynote here, expect a lot of news
AMD will kick off its Computex 2021 keynote later today, with new Ryzen CPUs, new Radeon GPUs, new mobile Radeon GPUs, and more!May 31, 2021 3:08 PM CDT - NVIDIA should unveil RTX ray tracing for DOOM Eternal later tonight
DOOM Eternal is about to be an even better-looking game, where it seems RTX ray tracing will be inserted into the game SOON.May 31, 2021 2:41 PM CDT - Here's how you can watch NVIDIA's Computex 2021 keynote + GPU reveals
NVIDIA will unveil the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti graphics cards during its Computex 2021 keynote on May 31.May 31, 2021 2:00 PM CDT - CD Projekt hits record Q1 revenues, net profits slide on high expenses
CD Projekt Group posts record Q1 revenues, but profits and operating income slide on increased costs, expenses, and depreciation.May 31, 2021 12:49 PM CDT - Far Cry 6 has outfits that buff stats similar to Assassin's Creed
Far Cry 6 will have outfits that buff stats straight out of an RPG, somewhat similar to Assassin's Creed Origins/Odyssey/Valhalla.May 31, 2021 10:33 AM CDT - SpaceX celebrates the anniversary of its 1st human spaceflight mission
SpaceX is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its first human spaceflight mission that took NASA astronauts to the ISS.May 31, 2021 9:12 AM CDT - What did NASA's Hubble Telescope take a photo of on your birthday?
NASA has released a tool on its website that allows you to see what the Hubble Space Telescope snapped a photo of on your birthday.May 31, 2021 8:33 AM CDT - Hubble still continues to shock everyone with its cosmic photos
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is still continuing to shock everyone at the incredible quality of images it produces of the cosmos.May 31, 2021 7:34 AM CDT - NASA reveals a stunning image of the chaotic heart of the Milky Way
NASA has released a stunning image taken by the Chanda X-ray Observatory that shows off the chaotic heart of the Milky Way galaxy.May 31, 2021 6:32 AM CDT - Japan will send Star Wars BB-8-like robot to the Moon for exploration
Japan is planning on sending a robot that is shaped as a ball to Moon to conduct exploration. It looks like Star Wars' BB-8.May 31, 2021 5:33 AM CDT - Elon Musk may create a hot tub that's heated by mining Dogecoin
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has agreed that designing a hot tub that is heated by mining Dogecoin is in fact, a 'great idea'.May 31, 2021 4:32 AM CDT - Elon Musk says how he is going to build the largest rocket ever
Elon Musk has revealed how he and his team at SpaceX will be constructing the largest operational rocket the world has ever seen.May 31, 2021 3:33 AM CDT - NASA's Curiosity rover has snapped images of Martian clouds shining
NASA's Curiosity rover has taken some incredible images of Martian clouds that are beginning to form right above its head.May 31, 2021 2:34 AM CDT - Xiaomi's new 200W phone charger teased, probably won't catch fire
Xiaomi goes for gold by announcing insane new 200W wired charging tech: full charge in 8 minutes for 4000mAh battery... my god.May 31, 2021 1:23 AM CDT - The new Battlefield takes place during World War 3, says BF6 leaker
EA and DICE will reportedly be setting the new Battlefield during World War 3, with the USA vs Russia and a huge 128 players.May 30, 2021 9:51 PM CDT - Intel unveils its first 5G modem: up to 4.7Gbps down, 1.25Gbps down
Intel's new 5G Solution 5000 series announced: MediaTek and Fibocom partnership with the FM350-GL that will be out later this year.May 30, 2021 9:41 PM CDT - Samsung starts production of 120Hz LTPO displays for Apple iPhone 13
Samsung kicks off production for 120Hz LTPO displays for Apple's next-gen iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max smartphones.May 30, 2021 9:06 PM CDT - Weed factory busted, instead it's a 'clandestine' Bitcoin mining farm
Authorities thought they were busting a weed farm, but they didn't expect a secret, illegal Bitcoin mining farm making $5K a month.May 30, 2021 8:40 PM CDT - Intel Xe-HPG DG2 PCB teased: 16GB VRAM, GeForce RTX 3080 performance
Check out the PCB of Intel's new Xe-HPG gaming-focused GPU, expected to launch in 2022 and has GeForce RTX 3080 levels of perf.May 30, 2021 8:04 PM CDT - MSI leaks its own GeForce RTX 30 SUPRIM 35th Anniversary Edition card
MSI will host its 'Tech meets Aesthetic' event on June 1, where it will unveil the GeForce RTX 30 SUPRIM 35th Anniversary Edition.May 30, 2021 7:32 PM CDT - Marvell's new PCIe 5.0 SSD controller offers insane 14GB/sec!
Marvell introduces its new Bravera SC5, the industry's first SSD controller that supports PCIe 5.0 and the new NVMe 1.4b standard.May 30, 2021 7:04 PM CDT - Sigh, custom GeForce RTX 3080 Ti cards already cost up to $3300+
NVIDIA hasn't even launched its new GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics card yet, but custom models have ridiculous pricing already.May 30, 2021 6:36 PM CDT - Techland is taking your Dying Light 2 questions for new info video
Techland's new Dying Light 2 gameplay reveal was just the beginning, and the devs plan to reveal tons more info about the game.May 30, 2021 4:03 PM CDT - Battlefield Alpha should be available in July, says Battlefield leaker
Tom Henderson says the Battlefield Alpha 'should be July' with an announcement at EA Play, could be an Apex Legends moment.May 30, 2021 2:59 PM CDT - Sabrent reveals Plotripper SSD: ultimate Chia coin crypto mining SSD
Sabrent dives head first into the Chia coin mining game, announces its new Plotripper Chia Plotting SSD... the very best for Chia!May 30, 2021 2:27 PM CDT - Far Cry 6 devs holding Reddit AMA on June 1 to answer your questions
Ubisoft's Far Cry 6 development team will hold a special AmA session on Reddit this Tuesday and answer community questions.May 29, 2021 3:35 PM CDT - Ubisoft hires AI, machine learning expert to lead product technology
Ubisoft is forging ahead with experimental technology like machine learning, AI, blockchain and more for its upcoming projects.May 29, 2021 2:24 PM CDT - Shadow Warrior 3 dev Flying Wild Hog is working on four new games
Shadow Warrior 3 developer Flying Wild Hog are working on four major games including the team's most ambitious project ever.May 29, 2021 1:13 PM CDT - Saints Row V, Dead Island 2 and more likely at new Koch Media E3 event
Deep Silver parent company Koch Media is holding its own E3-timed digital stream, and we could see Saints Row V and Dead Island 2.May 29, 2021 12:11 PM CDT - PlayStation 5 will be profitable next month and beyond, Sony says
Sony expects the standard PlayStation 5 to break even next month, and after that consoles will no longer be sold at a loss.May 29, 2021 11:03 AM CDT - Sony confirms PS4 is critical to PlayStation business through 2023
Sony says the PlayStation 4 will remain a critical part of its business through 2023 and will have the longest tail in PS history.May 29, 2021 10:09 AM CDT - USB-C upgrades on the way, 100W to insane 240W over tiny USB-C cable
USB Type-C version 2.1 specification update: 240-watt option unveiled, dubbed 'Extended Power Range' or EPR... drops in 2H 2021.May 28, 2021 8:36 PM CDT - Far Cry 6 releases October 7, 2021 on consoles and PC
Far Cry 6 releases this October on PS4, Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, brings total guerrilla warfare chaos with it.May 28, 2021 1:01 PM CDT - New Switch Pro dock may have an ethernet port
New reports suggest the upgraded Switch Pro model will feature a dock with an ethernet port for faster dedicated connectivity.May 28, 2021 11:22 AM CDT - Tesla Cybertruck patent shows new crazy tech; eye tracking, stovetop
A new leaked patent for Tesla's highly anticipated Cybertruck shows off some crazy technology such as eye-tracking technology.May 28, 2021 9:07 AM CDT - Why Apple accepting cryptocurrency may be the biggest endorsement yet
A new job listing from Apple suggests that the company may soon throw some support behind accepting cryptocurrencies such as BTC.May 28, 2021 8:32 AM CDT - Facebook rolls back ban on posts claiming COVID-19 leaked from a lab
In February Facebook banned the claim that COVID-19 was created in a lab. That ban has been lifted in light of recent events.May 28, 2021 7:33 AM CDT - US spy chief will soon confirm if UFO sightings are an actual threat
The United States Director of National Intelligence is required to turn in a paper to Congress on unidentified flying objects.May 28, 2021 6:35 AM CDT - Taxi service to be flying UFO-like aircrafts for city-to-city travel
Taxi services are expected to become flying UFO-like aircrafts that transport around 40 passengers from one city to another.May 28, 2021 5:34 AM CDT - NASA found out just how strong the Mars helicopter is in a shock test
NASA pilots were certainly stressed when the Mars helicopter 'Ingenuity' encountered an anomaly on its sixth test flight.May 28, 2021 4:32 AM CDT - Hubble snaps galactic game of 'tug-of-war' that births a spiral galaxy
The Hubble Space Telescope has released a phenomenal image of a galactic game of 'tug-of-war' that has birthed a spiral galaxy.May 28, 2021 3:33 AM CDT - SEC and Congress make major moves to add regulation to cryptocurrency
The Securities and Exchange Commission has said that it looks forward to cooperating with Congress on regulating cryptocurrencies.May 28, 2021 2:25 AM CDT - The Vive Pro 2 offers five resolution modes to support older GPUs
The Vive Pro 2 has five different resolution and refresh rate settings to accommodate computers with older graphics cards.May 27, 2021 9:29 PM CDT - DPVR's Starlink enables synchronized VR training in the classroom
DPVR developed a classroom training solution that gives teachers control of a VR experience while students tag along in headsets.May 27, 2021 9:03 PM CDT - McDonald's will give you a free iPhone if you work there for 6+ months
McDonald's are giving staff a few iPhone if they stay in their jobs for more than 6 months, you also need to meet health criteria.May 27, 2021 7:44 PM CDT - Acer Predator Helios 500 gaming laptop packs 4K 120Hz Mini LED display
Acer's new Predator Helios 500 gaming laptop: Intel's new 11th Gen Core i9 CPU, GeForce RTX 3080, up to 64GB RAM and PCIe 4.0 SSDs.May 27, 2021 7:07 PM CDT - Leaked Battlefield 6 footage isn't the actual reveal trailer
The leaked Battlefield 6 footage isn't the reveal trailer, and DICE is preparing something different for Battlefield fans in June.May 27, 2021 6:07 PM CDT - Horizon Forbidden West has a glider and a grappling hook
Aloy has some nifty new tricks in Horizon Forbidden West, including a new shield glider, a new grappling hook, and more tools.May 27, 2021 4:39 PM CDT - Sony to spend lots more on game development, Jim Ryan says
Sony Interactive Entertainment President Jim Ryan says that Sony will continue investing lots more into PS5 game development.May 27, 2021 3:58 PM CDT - Far Cry 6 has jetpacks and rocket-shooting backpacks after all
Our predictions were right: Far Cry 6 will indeed have jetpacks and other crazy backpack designs including an anti-tank launcher.May 27, 2021 3:46 PM CDT - Dying Light 2's City Alignment system lets you reshape the world
Dying Light 2's new City Alignment System allows players to significantly customize and affect the in-game city of Villedor.May 27, 2021 3:13 PM CDT - Dragon Quest XII to use Unreal Engine 5, dev in early prototype stages
Square Enix is building Dragon Quest XII in Unreal Engine 5 for next-generation consoles like Sony's new PlayStation 5 system.May 27, 2021 1:18 PM CDT - Switch Pro planned for September 2021, to phase out base Switch model
Nintendo plans to release a new upgraded 4k-ready Switch Pro model in September-October, may reveal system before E3 2021.May 27, 2021 12:11 PM CDT - Dragon Quest III getting remade in Octopath Traveler's HD-2D engine
Dragon Quest III is getting remade in Octopath Traveler's HD2D games engine for a simultaneous worldwide release on consoles.May 27, 2021 11:26 AM CDT - First-ever NFT Auction of a real apartment will happen on June 8
History will soon be made as the very first non-fungible token (NFT) auction of an actual apartment will begin on June 8, 2021.May 27, 2021 8:35 AM CDT - Should Elon Musk be leading the green Bitcoin debate?
A partner from a venture capital firm has suggested that Elon Musk may not be the right person to lead the green Bitcoin debate.May 27, 2021 7:35 AM CDT - Record for the deepest hole ever drilled has been broken
Researchers have broken the record for the deepest hole ever drilled. The new hole was drilled off the coast of Japan in the ocean.May 27, 2021 6:38 AM CDT - Blood supermoon lunar eclipse photographed from all around the world
If you happened to look out at the night sky last night at the right time you would have seen an incredible blood supermoon.May 27, 2021 5:32 AM CDT - Elon Musk says this video of Starship reentering is 'pretty close'
A new video has been created that shows a simulation of SpaceX's Starship reentering the atmosphere. Elon says it's 'pretty close'May 27, 2021 3:31 AM CDT - New dark matter map allows researchers to see the past and future
Researchers have used machine learning to create a cosmic map that allows them to predict the distribution of dark matter.May 27, 2021 2:33 AM CDT - Zack Snyder on Stephen Colbert: 'yeah, suck it, Warner Brothers'
Zack Snyder directs The Late Show: The Snyder Cut with Stephen Colbert, says 'yeah, suck it, Warner Brothers' over the Snyder Cut.May 27, 2021 1:00 AM CDT - Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate announced as a darker, adult RPG
Square Enix officially confirms Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate, an RPG that gives players greater control over choices.May 26, 2021 11:41 PM CDT - Sony will sell more PS5s next year than any other PlayStation console
Sony expects the PlayStation 5's cumulative third-year shipments to beat the PlayStation 4 by at least 5 million units worldwide.May 26, 2021 11:03 PM CDT - NVIDIA DLSS and Reflex tech is inside of next-gen Unreal Engine 5
Epic Games unleashes next-gen Unreal Engine 5, with NVIDIA's kick ass DLSS technology supported, as well as NVIDIA Reflex tech.May 26, 2021 10:33 PM CDT - PayPal on its own PayPalCoin crypto: 'this is way too early'
PayPal teases it's working on its own stablecoin called PayPalCoin, with its crypto boss saying 'this is way too early'.May 26, 2021 9:50 PM CDT - PayPal working on letting you withdraw crypto to third-party wallets
PayPal has plans to let users withdraw cryptocurrency to third-party wallets, that feature is coming soon -- but not ETA.May 26, 2021 9:11 PM CDT - Elon Musk on dinosaurs: if they had spaceships, they'd still be around
Elon Musk has some 'Deep thots' on Twitter, says that if dinosaurs had spaceships that 'they'd still be around'. Alright, Elon.May 26, 2021 8:32 PM CDT - Russia has war robots ready, will take out John Connor first probably
Russia developing AI-powered platforms, high-tech weapons including -- announces serial production of combat robots of the future.May 26, 2021 7:46 PM CDT - NVIDIA tells you to 'Get Ready' for GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3070 Ti
NVIDIA begins its hype campaign for the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti graphics cards, ready for June 3 and June 10 releases.May 26, 2021 7:06 PM CDT - Sony to spend $18 billion on investments, more acquisitions possible
Sony has set aside 2 trillion yen (~$18.3 billion) for strategic investments across next 3 years, more studio buyouts possible.May 26, 2021 6:29 PM CDT - Uncharted 4 is coming to PC, Sony confirms in new presentation
Uncharted: 4 A Thief's End is coming to PC, possibly to Steam, Sony has confirmed in a recent SIE investors presentation.May 26, 2021 5:56 PM CDT - Unreal Engine 5's new temporal AA upscaling is great for PS5, Series X
Consoles are all about trade-offs, and UE5 has a built-in AA solution that allows for resolution scaling with lower resource cost.May 26, 2021 5:35 PM CDT - Creative Assembly's new 'Super Game' FPS could be SEGA's own Fortnite
Alien Isolation developer Creative Assembly has been working on a new online FPS IP that SEGA refers to as a 'Super Game'May 26, 2021 4:33 PM CDT - Here's Unreal Engine 5 running on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X
Epic Games shows Unreal Engine 5 running in real-time on both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X hardware, details new dev features.May 26, 2021 3:29 PM CDT - Xbox E3 2021 show: June 13 with 90-minute reel of Xbox, Bethesda games
Microsoft confirms its E3 2021 plans for June 13, will showcase a big 90 minute stream of new games from Xbox and Bethesda.May 26, 2021 2:12 PM CDT - Ubisoft to show off Far Cry 6 next-gen gameplay on Friday, May 28
Almost a year after it was announced, Ubisoft will show off actual gameplay of Far Cry 6 running on modern hardware this week.May 26, 2021 1:44 PM CDT - Sony to double-down on mobile ports of PlayStation IPs
Sony plans to create and release more mobile smartphone/tablet games based on popular PlayStation franchises, brands and IP.May 26, 2021 12:32 PM CDT - PlayStation boss Jim Ryan to discuss gaming today at Sony's IR Day
Sony Interactive Entertainment boss Jim Ryan will discuss the current and future PlayStation landscape today at Sony IR Day 2021.May 26, 2021 11:28 AM CDT - WD_BLACK SN750 SE NVMe SSD: PCIe 4.0 speeds, 250GB starts from $54.99
Western Digital's new WD_BLACK SN750 SE NVMe SSD: 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB at up to 3600MB/sec (3.6GB/sec) over PCIe 4.0 standard.May 26, 2021 11:05 AM CDT - WD_BLACK D30 Game Drive SSD: up to 2TB SSD for your PS5 at 900MB/sec
Western Digital unveils its new WD_BLACK D30 Game Drive SSD for your PlayStation 5: 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB capacities at 900MB/sec.May 26, 2021 11:00 AM CDT - Cybershoes for Quest compatible with more games, available on Amazo
Cybershoes fulfilled its Kickstarter obligations and the Oculus Quest version is now available on Amazon in the United States.May 26, 2021 11:00 AM CDT - Sony AI working with first-party PS5 devs on AI machine learning
Sony's experimental AI division will team up with first-party devs and use machine learning to create next-gen AI in PS5 games.May 26, 2021 10:37 AM CDT - Astronomers just found the most ancient spiral galaxy in the Universe
Researchers have discovered the most ancient spiral galaxy in the Universe, which helps answers a common question in astronomy.May 26, 2021 9:07 AM CDT - SpaceX will transport FireFly Aerospace's Blue Ghost rover to the Moon
SpaceX has won a contract with Firefly Aerospace to transport its Blue Ghost rover to the surface of the Moon with NASA's payloads.May 26, 2021 8:37 AM CDT - Billionaire investor Mark Cuban officially backs Polygon
The cryptocurrency Polygon has received an investment from billionaire investor Mark Cuban, showing Cuban is backing the project.May 26, 2021 8:08 AM CDT - Russia to slingshot nuclear-powered spacecraft around Venus to Jupiter
Russia is planning on launching a nuclear-powered spacecraft that will slingshot around Venus to its final location, Jupiter.May 26, 2021 7:31 AM CDT - Elon Musk now has cryptocurrency investors pleading 'stop tweeting'
Experts are now publicly saying that people shouldn't be making investments into cryptocurrency based on Elon Musk's tweets.May 26, 2021 6:34 AM CDT - Bernie Sanders blocks Jeff Bezos from $10 billion in NASA funding
Bernie Sanders is attempting to stop NASA from giving $10 billion in funding to Jeff Bezos' space exploration company Blue Origin.May 26, 2021 5:31 AM CDT - Virtuix attracted 6500 investors ahead of Omni One debut
Virtuix attracted more than 6500 investors with at least $1000 each to help fund the production of the Omni One VR treadmill.May 26, 2021 5:00 AM CDT - Twitch creates Hot Tub category, 1.4 million hours watched in 4 days
Twitch recently debuted the Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches category, and it's received 1.4 million hours of watch-time in 4 days.May 26, 2021 4:35 AM CDT - Man spent 100,000 Bitcoin on pizza, now worth $3 billion has no regret
A man spent 100,000 Bitcoin over a summer on just pizza, now those pizzas are worth more than $3.8 billion, but he has no regrets.May 26, 2021 3:19 AM CDT - GameStop to launch its own cryptocurrency token and NFT platform
GameStop has published a message on its website about launching an NFT platform as well as its own cryptocurrency token.May 26, 2021 2:48 AM CDT - Carve Snowboarding is coming to Quest this week
The creator of 1080 Snowboarding is back again and this time they're going VR. Carve Snowboarding is coming to Quest this week.May 25, 2021 11:33 PM CDT - One of the best VR horror games is now available on SteamVR
Vive and Index owners can now enjoy one of the best VR horror games on the market. Wraith: The Oblivion -- Afterlife is on Steam.May 25, 2021 11:05 PM CDT - Intel's next-gen LGA1700: same boring stock cooler, new hole pattern
Intel's next-gen codename Socket V (LGA1700) has lower height, new hole pattern and same old boring stock CPU cooler it seems.May 25, 2021 10:54 PM CDT - Out goes Arnault, Jeff Bezos is the world's richest man (again)
Bernard Arnault overtook Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the world's richest man, if it was only for a day -- Bezos is back on top.May 25, 2021 10:13 PM CDT - Intel's next-gen 14th Gen Core 'Meteor Lake' compute tile taped in
Intel's next-next-gen 14th Gen Core 'Meteor Lake' compute die taped in, new 7nm CPUs will arrive after 13th Gen Core 'Raptor Lake'May 25, 2021 9:34 PM CDT - AMD codename Milan-X CPU teased with X3D die stacking technology
AMD's next-gen datacenter-focused CPUs teased with codename Milan-X, which will feature next-gen X3D packaging technology.May 25, 2021 8:50 PM CDT - Here's everything we know about the next-gen Battlefield 6 so far
EA's next-gen Battlefield 6 -- which is rumored to simply be named BATTLEFIELD, is close... here's everything we know so far.May 25, 2021 8:01 PM CDT - Check out this mockup of AMD's next-gen Zen 4 'Raphael' AM5 CPU
AMD's next-gen Zen 4 'Raphael' LGA1718 package teased in new mockup, 28 PCIe 4.0 lanes, DDR5 memory, and so much more on the way.May 25, 2021 7:38 PM CDT - Microsoft teases 'next generation of Windows' with reveal 'very soon'
Microsoft gears up for Build 2021 this week teasing 'next generation' of Windows, except some big things from the next-gen OS.May 25, 2021 7:06 PM CDT - Ubisoft+ subscribers will get free in-game items every month
Ubisoft is giving away free in-game items to all Ubisoft+ subscribers in an effort to spark investment, engagement, and retention.May 25, 2021 6:33 PM CDT - CD Projekt still doesn't know when Cyberpunk 2077 will be back on PS4
Cyberpunk 2077 has been off the PlayStation Store for over 5 months. CD Projekt still doesn't know when it's coming back.May 25, 2021 5:51 PM CDT - SEGA plans simultaneous global releases, new games on Epic Store
SEGA says it wants to release its games simultaneously across all global platforms, and more games are coming to the Epic Store.May 25, 2021 5:02 PM CDT - New Dying Light 2 stream set for Thursday, May 27
Techland asks us if we're dying 2 know more about Dying Light 2...and yes, yes we are. A new stream will be held this Thursday.May 25, 2021 4:37 PM CDT - SEGA to hold special Sonic showcase to celebrate 30th anniversary
Sonic the Hedgehog aka the Blue Blur turns 30 years old in 2021, and SEGA is celebrating with a special Sonic-themed stream.May 25, 2021 3:54 PM CDT - New State of Play to show new Horizon Forbidden West PS5 gameplay
Sony kicks off its pre-E3 2021 event with a State of Play showcase centered around Horizon Forbidden West with new gameplay.May 25, 2021 3:02 PM CDT - Valve's new SteamPal may be a Switch-like handheld that plays PC games
Valve might be working on its own hardware answer to the Alienware's PC-handheld hybrid made specifically to play Steam games.May 25, 2021 2:14 PM CDT - Tesla ordered to pay $16,000 to owners for reducing battery capacities
Tesla has been fined for reducing battery life and charging times for one of its electric vehicles. Fines sit $16,000 each.May 25, 2021 9:05 AM CDT - YouTube video 'Charlie Bit My Finger' sold as an NFT for $760,000
What was once one of the most-viewed YouTube videos on the platform 'Charlie Bit My Finger' has sold as an NFT for $760,000.May 25, 2021 8:31 AM CDT - Hubble just made everyone feel tiny with this incredible image
The Hubble Space Telescope has released an image that will make you feel extremely tiny and appreciate how giant galaxies are.May 25, 2021 7:36 AM CDT - Drinking excess water can cause brain damage, comas or even death
If someone says to you, 'think of a poison', do you think of water? You may want to start because too much water can be dangerous.May 25, 2021 6:34 AM CDT - Hubble uncovers the mysterious origins of five deep space radio bursts
Researchers used the Hubble Space Telescope to track down the origins of five once mysterious Fast Radio Bursts from deep space.May 25, 2021 5:32 AM CDT - Elon Musk says he supports cryptocurrency over normal money
Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk has said that he supports cryptocurrency over normal money after Bitcoin dives in price.May 25, 2021 4:33 AM CDT - Russia claims secretive US spacecraft may be carrying nuclear warheads
Russia has claimed that the mysterious US Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle may be carrying up to six nuclear warheads.May 25, 2021 3:32 AM CDT - The most energetic light ever found detected, adding to a big mystery
Researchers detected the most energetic light that has ever been found, and it's more energetic than the Large Hadron Collider.May 25, 2021 2:35 AM CDT - Google's next-gen Pixel 6 could have incredible 120Hz OLED display
Google's next-gen Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro rumored to have 50-megapixel cameras, 5000mAh batteries, and 120Hz OLED displays.May 24, 2021 11:58 PM CDT - Chia crypto mining will destroy your 500GB SSD in just 6 weeks
You can ruin a 512GB SSD in just 40 days when you're crypto mining Chia, so you might want to be careful mining this crypto.May 24, 2021 11:39 PM CDT - Bernard Arnault overtakes Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos as world's richest man
French fashion tycoon Bernard Arnault overtakes Jeff Bezos as the richest man on the planet, battling out Elon Musk, too.May 24, 2021 10:13 PM CDT - This is probably the track list for the Beat Saber Interscope Mixtape
Oculus dropped a bunch of clues for the new Beat Saber songs and Reddit figured out most of the tracklist from the next update.May 24, 2021 9:51 PM CDT - GeForce RTX 3080 Ti listed at over $2700, RTX 3070 Ti costs over $2000
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti listed early in Pakistan for over $2700 while the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is listed early for over $2000.May 24, 2021 9:18 PM CDT - Henry Cavill tipped to star in Highlander reboot by John Wick director
Zack Snyder's Justice League, Mission Impossible: Fallout and The Witcher star Henry Cavill leads the Highlander reboot.May 24, 2021 8:25 PM CDT - Apple working with Chinese government to censor, spy on its citizens
Apple has 'ceded control' of its Guiyang-based data centers to the Chinese government, and we're totally, totally not surpised.May 24, 2021 7:46 PM CDT - HP Omen 16 2021 caught in the wild, rocks Radeon RX 6000M graphics
HP's new Omen 16 2021 gaming laptop marries AMD's new Ryzen 9 5900HX processor with Radeon RX 6000M mobile RDNA 2 graphics.May 24, 2021 7:05 PM CDT - Elon Musk joins Bitcoin Mining Group to improve Bitcoin mining energy
SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk has spoken with US Bitcoin miners, asks Bitcoin miners worldwide to push towards renewable energy.May 24, 2021 6:26 PM CDT - Roblox 'should be accessible on all devices,' CEO says
Roblox will eventually release on every gaming platform including PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and even Oculus Quest VR.May 24, 2021 5:42 PM CDT - Tony Hawk 3 remastered possibly in the works
A new Tony Hawk Pro Skater game may be in development, and it could be a remaster of the third game for current/next-gen consoles.May 24, 2021 4:48 PM CDT - Unreal Engine 5's new Nanite tech will transform next-gen game dev
Unreal Engine 5's new Nanite system will allow next-gen PS5, Series X, and PC games look better than ever with high-res assets.May 24, 2021 4:11 PM CDT - Elon Musk wants your help with Doge, asks to submit ideas to GitHub
Dogecoin price moons on the tweet of Elon Musk saying 'if you'd like to develop Doge, please submit ideas on GitHub and Reddit'.May 24, 2021 3:04 PM CDT - GTA V on next-gen likely to cost $69.99 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S
Based on Take-Two's comments on $69.99 next-gen games, and Rockstar's royalty program, GTA V may cost $69.99 on PS5/Series X.May 24, 2021 2:43 PM CDT - After its triumphant Returnal, Housemarque is hungry for more
Housemarque's new PlayStation 5 exclusive Returnal has whetted the studio's appetite, and now they want to tackle more big games.May 24, 2021 11:34 AM CDT - Netflix to make more games as extensions of established franchises
Netflix is reportedly planning on pushing farther into gaming with experimental new business models, may include bundles and more.May 24, 2021 10:32 AM CDT - Nearly indestructible creatures were shot out of a gun at 2,000 mph
Tardigrades can survive extreme environments such as the vacuum of space or a volcano, but what happens when they're shot of a gun.May 24, 2021 9:32 AM CDT - Iran is using Bitcoin mining bypass economic sanctions imposed by US
A new study has found that Iran is using Bitcoin mining to bypass and reduce the effect of economic sanctions imposed by the US.May 24, 2021 9:02 AM CDT - Rick and Morty Season 5 official trailer teases 10 new crazy episodes
Adult Swim has just dropped a brand new trailer for the fifth season of its hit animated TV show Rick and Morty - 10 new episodes!May 24, 2021 8:34 AM CDT - Thousands run across a border after massive Volcano begins to erupt
A massive volcano has erupted, causing thousands of scared people to flee for safety across a border into a different country.May 24, 2021 7:31 AM CDT - Virgin Galactic completes first test flight for space tourism trips
Virgin Galactic has announced it completed its very first crewed test with the VSS Eve, marking a major milestone for New Mexico.May 24, 2021 6:35 AM CDT - Domino's Pizza employees can now get paid in Bitcoin if they want to
Domino's Pizza employees will now be able to choose between Bitcoin as payment for their hours worked or normal fiat currency.May 24, 2021 5:32 AM CDT - Bitcoin whales buy up 122,588 BTC after price plummets to $32,000
Reports indicate that Bitcoin whales have purchased a massive 122,588 Bitcoin since the price has dropped to around $32,000.May 24, 2021 4:31 AM CDT - Elon Musk agrees he's got large amount of Dogecoin, but 'won't sell'
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has agreed that he has a large number of Dogecoin, but he hasn't and won't be selling it.May 24, 2021 3:35 AM CDT - Window broken with spark plug caught on video at 800,000 FPS
Have you ever seen a window break at 800,000 frames-per-second? Well, now you can thanks to a new video from The Slow Mo Guys.May 24, 2021 2:34 AM CDT - Chia crypto mining: 10 exabytes of data, or 10 million terabytes
Chia cryptocurrency has now used up over 10 exabytes of storage, up from 6 exabytes just last week... it'll chew your NVMe SSD up.May 23, 2021 10:46 PM CDT - EA teases new IPs and games that will lean into user-generated content
Electronic Arts is working on a number of new IPs and franchises to complement heavy-hitters like Madden, FIFA, and Apex Legends.May 23, 2021 6:23 PM CDT - EA opens new studio for an open-world game, Shadow of War exec to lead
EA opens a new studio in Seattle to work on a fresh open-world action game, and hires an ex-Monolith exec to lead the project.May 23, 2021 5:33 PM CDT - With COD Vanguard, Battlefield 6, GTA V, Holiday 2021 will be packed
Holiday 2021 is getting pretty congested as three of gaming's biggest billion-dollar franchises duke it out during the period.May 22, 2021 5:05 PM CDT - GTA V made nearly $1 billion in revenue last year
Grand Theft Auto V is still a revenue monster that consistently delivers hundreds of million dollars every year from GTAO, sales.May 22, 2021 4:00 PM CDT - Take-Two Interactive will release 62 games in the next 3 years
Publisher Take-Two Interactive wants to release a whopping 62 games by March 2024, including mobile games, sequels, new IPs, more.May 22, 2021 2:57 PM CDT - Summer Game Fest starts June 10 with 35 attendees announced
The not-E3 offshoot Summer Game Fest returns this year on June 10, and 35 major industry players have been confirmed for the show.May 21, 2021 11:32 AM CDT - Naughty Dog has been 'digging into PS5 hardware' since launch
Naughty Dog should push the PlayStation 5 to all-new limits and horizons of performance with their next big PlayStation game.May 21, 2021 10:34 AM CDT - Oculus just made it much easier to build WebXR apps for Quest
Oculus Quest developers have a handful of new tools at their disposal to help them create, optimize, and distribute VR software.May 20, 2021 11:37 PM CDT - Deca pre-sold more than 6000 DecaMove peripherals raising $350,000
New VR hardware company Deca is off to a great start with over 6000 units sold of it's innovative hip-based VR locomotion solution.May 20, 2021 10:55 PM CDT - Telegram founder: Apple in 'Middle Ages' with inferior iPhone
Telegram founder Paul Durov on Apple users: they're 'digital slaves', iPhones stuck in 'middle ages' -- also asks for 120Hz LCDs.May 20, 2021 10:30 PM CDT - This mod will let you play Red Dead Redemption 2 in VR
You can now play Red Dead Redemption 2 from start to finish in fully immersive VR. The mod is available as a Patreon member perk.May 20, 2021 9:42 PM CDT - World's largest iceberg, 80x size of Manhattan, breaks off Antarctica
The world's largest iceberg has broken away from Antarctica, larger than the Spanish island of Majorca... 80x size of Manhattan.May 20, 2021 9:11 PM CDT - AMD patents 'Gaming Super Resolution' as its NVIDIA DLSS competitor
AMD patents 'Gaming Super Resolution' for its upocming NVIDIA DLSS competitor, this should be FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR).May 20, 2021 8:21 PM CDT - Elon Musk tweets 'how much is that Doge in the window'
Elon Musk jumps into the huge crypto flash crash of 2021 (so far) by tweeting 'how much is that Doge in the window' on Twitter.May 20, 2021 7:06 PM CDT - GTA parent company isn't worried about PS5, Xbox Series X shortages
Rockstar Games parent company Take-Two Interactive isn't phased by the current console chip shortage, expects supply to even out.May 20, 2021 5:29 PM CDT - Starfield is 'nowhere near done,' team was small until 2019
Starfield's dev team was small until 2019, the bulk of Bethesda Game Studios' main Maryland branch was helping with Fallout 76.May 20, 2021 4:42 PM CDT - Take-Two CEO on metaverse: 'We already do that in GTA Online'
GTA parent company CEO Strauss Zelnick is 'allergic' to buzzwords, but says the metaverse is kind of something they already do.May 20, 2021 4:07 PM CDT - U.S. Treasury: crypto transfers over $10,000 reported to the IRS
U.S. Treasury Department announces any transfer of cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin, over $10,000 needs to be reported to the IRS.May 20, 2021 2:52 PM CDT - Embracer is paying Sony, Microsoft, Steam more than it spends on games
Embracer Group is spending more on commissions to Steam/Sony etc. than it is on game development, promises to challenge 30% cut.May 20, 2021 11:43 AM CDT - New Knights of the Old Republic KOTOR remake may release by March 2022
Apsyr's rumored KOTOR remake may release sometime this year or in Q1 2022 as Embracer promises to deliver 90 completed games.May 20, 2021 10:32 AM CDT - NASA drops statement about China's Zhurong Mars rover landing
NASA has released a statement about China receiving the first images from its Zhurong rover that recently landed on Mars.May 20, 2021 6:32 AM CDT - One seat on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space trip costs $2.6 million
If you want to take a trip to space aboard Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin spacecraft, be prepared to pay at least $2.6 million.May 20, 2021 5:37 AM CDT - Friends: The Reunion official trailer released, will debut on HBO Max
HBO Max has released the official trailer that shows all of the Friends cast getting back to together in the classic apartment.May 20, 2021 4:35 AM CDT - China releases first Mars images taken by its Zhurong rover
The China National Space Administration has released two images which are the first images taken by its newly landed Zhurong rover.May 20, 2021 3:34 AM CDT - Bitcoin dump may have been coordinated sell off to bankrupt one person
An insider has claimed that the recent Bitcoin price reduction was a coordinated sell-off that was aimed at bankrupting one person.May 20, 2021 2:31 AM CDT - Apple's new MacBooks with Mini-LED displays could be delayed til 2022
Apple's new MacBooks with Mini-LED display technology could be delayed, postponed until 2022 according to the new rumors.May 19, 2021 9:34 PM CDT - Starlink bursts through huge 560Mbps download speeds in Germany
SpaceX sees its satellite internet service hitting 560Mbps speeds in Germany during beta test, impressive results to say the least.May 19, 2021 8:52 PM CDT - GeIL announces next-gen Polaris DDR5 RGB high-performance gaming RAM
GeIL announces its next-generation DDR5 RGB high-performance gaming RAM, with its new Polaris RGB coming in 16GB to 128GB kits.May 19, 2021 8:07 PM CDT - Pornhub uses AI, remasters porn videos as far back as 1886 to 4K 60FPS
Pornhub has used AI and deep learning to remaster some of the first porn videos ever made, into the glorious 4K 60FPS world.May 19, 2021 7:34 PM CDT - Phison and Cigent team up on the first self-defending storage device
Phison and Cigent unveil the industry's first and only self-denfding storage devices, with cybersecurity built into the firmware.May 19, 2021 7:20 PM CDT - China's crackdown on crypto sees market crash, 2021 gains wiped
China bans financial institutions and payment companies from providing crypto-related services, transactions -- market crashes.May 19, 2021 7:05 PM CDT - Instant fast travel in Skyward Sword HD is locked behind a $25 amiibo
Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword HD's new Loftwings amiibo gives some big convenience advantages to players, allows fast-travel.May 19, 2021 6:33 PM CDT - The Last of Us 2 now hits nearly perfect 60FPS on PS5
Naughty Dog rolls out a next-gen PlayStation 5 patch for The Last of Us Part II that unlocks nearly-perfect consistent 60FPS.May 19, 2021 4:28 PM CDT - NiceHash disables crypto withdrawals, burning miners as crypto crashes
NiceHash has disabled wallet withdrawals, blames 'attempted intrusion' into their network... right as crypto prices collapse.May 19, 2021 3:22 PM CDT - Elon Musk tweets 'Tesla has diamond hands' as crypto market implodes
Elon Musk in the middle of a cryptocurrency bloodbath: 'Tesla has diamond hands' as Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Ethereum prices tumble.May 19, 2021 1:52 PM CDT - GTA Online with Roblox's business model? Take-Two CEO comments
Roblox earnings are turning heads in the industry, could GTA Online be re-tooled to support community-made mini-games too?May 19, 2021 1:28 PM CDT - Bethesda.net online forums will be shut down very soon
The Bethesda.net forums are closing soon as Bethesda moves to Discord and Reddit for its primary communications platform.May 19, 2021 12:39 PM CDT - Gearbox's new IP will release by April 2022 with 2K Games publishing
Take-Two Interactive confirms its 2K Games label will publish a new Gearbox title in its FY2022 period, which ends March 2022.May 19, 2021 11:32 AM CDT - Securities fraud lawsuit against CD Projekt Group moves forward
Four securities fraud lawsuits against CD Projekt Group have been combined into one, court proceedings will commence in U.S.May 19, 2021 10:33 AM CDT - Solar Orbiter tool records very first video of a coronal mass ejection
A Sun probe built by the European Space Agency and NASA has captured its first video of the Sun emitting a coronal mass ejection.May 19, 2021 8:33 AM CDT - Teen takes 50,000 images over 186GB of data to capture this Moon image
A 16-year-old Reddit user gained traction online after posting an image of the Moon that consists of 50,000 layered images.May 19, 2021 7:35 AM CDT - Resident Evil: Infinite anime release date announced for Netflix
An official release date has been announced for the highly anticipated Resident Evil anime 'Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness'.May 19, 2021 6:34 AM CDT - Yellowstone super volcano erupting would 'devastate much of the US'
If the supervolcano under Yellowstone National Park erupted, it would 'devastate much of the United States', says top scientist.May 19, 2021 5:33 AM CDT - iPhone busted taking 'invisible' pictures of you every 5 to 10 seconds
Apple has been caught out taking 'invisible' pictures of iPhone users every five to ten seconds with an infrared camera.May 19, 2021 4:35 AM CDT - All Bitcoin price gains deleted since Elon Musk adopted it for Tesla
All Bitcoin price gains have been completely deleted since Elon Musk accepted it as a form of payment for Tesla vehicles.May 19, 2021 3:31 AM CDT - Ethereum co-founder removed 40% of all Shiba token from circulation
One Ethereum co-founder has announced he's burned 40% of the total circulation of Shiba Inu tokens worth around $6.6 billion.May 19, 2021 2:34 AM CDT - ZOTAC's new GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate cards released
ZOTAC makes its GeForce RTX 3060 series Lite Hash Rate (LHR) series GPUs official: powered by GA106-302 LHR GPU + 12GB GDDR6.May 18, 2021 11:43 PM CDT - The Tundra Tracker Kickstarter campaign is selling out
The Tundra Trackers Kickstarter campaign has been so successful the creators had to limit sales to not exceed manufacturing limits.May 18, 2021 11:10 PM CDT - ZOTAC teases huge GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics card, coming soon?
ZOTAC's new FireStorm OC software updated, includes support for NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, RTX 3080 Ti, and RTX 3070 Ti.May 18, 2021 10:32 PM CDT - No Mans Sky, Wrench, Into The Radius Getting VR DLSS Support
The first VR titles to take advantage of NVIDIA's DLSS technology have been announced: No Man's Sky, Into The Radius and Wrench.May 18, 2021 10:02 PM CDT - NVIDIA's new GeForce Game Ready 466.47 drivers are here
NVIDIA's new GeForce Game Ready 466.47 WHQL drivers are here, with Game Ready Driver support for Days Gone on the PC, and more.May 18, 2021 9:37 PM CDT - Ex-Navy Chief: UFO tech outstrips our tech by 100 to 1000 years
Retired US Navy chief says the UFO tech witnessed have 'technology that outstrips our arsenal' by at least 100 to 1000 years.May 18, 2021 9:11 PM CDT - NVIDIA announces GeForce RTX 30 LHR series GPUs: gimped ETH mining
NVIDIA makes its new GeForce RTX 30 Lite Hash Rate (LHR) series cards official: gimped ETH mining, entire stack of cards.May 18, 2021 8:27 PM CDT - Ethereum will soon be 7000x more energy efficient than Bitcoin
Ethereum transitioning to proof of stake (PoS) will reduce its energy consumption by 99.95% which totally blows Bitcoin away.May 18, 2021 7:46 PM CDT - Sony patent teases Bitcoin and crypto-focused esports betting platform
Sony files patent for a platform that lets users bet on livestreamed esports events using real money, bitcoin, and in-game items.May 18, 2021 7:11 PM CDT - eBay banning Adults Only rated video games sales in July
eBay institutes new sales policy that forbids the auction and sale of Adults Only-rated video games on its storefront platform.May 18, 2021 6:43 PM CDT - Outer Worlds 2 may be published by Private Division, not Microsoft
Take-Two says it will 'be participating in the Outer Worlds franchise in whatever the future holds,' sequel may be years away.May 18, 2021 5:48 PM CDT - GTA 6 may release in Take-Two's FY2024 (April 2023 - March 2024)
Grand Theft Auto 6 may release as part of Take-Two Interactive's FY2024 timeline, which runs from April 2023 to March 2024.May 18, 2021 5:07 PM CDT - Grand Theft Auto V has now sold 145 million copies worldwide
GTA V has sold 145 million copies worldwide and represents nearly 42% of all Grand Theft Auto franchise sales across the years.May 18, 2021 4:24 PM CDT - Rockstar teases GTA III surprises, Liberty City in GTA Online?
Rockstar teases 'fun surprises' to celebrate Grand Theft Auto III's big 20th anniversary...is it something big or small?May 18, 2021 2:51 PM CDT - GTA V releases for the third time on PS5, Series X in November 2021
Grand Theft Auto V's anticipated next-gen version releases November 11, 2021 on PS5, Xbox Series X with enhancements/upgrades.May 18, 2021 1:55 PM CDT - China is now the second country to land on another planet successfully
China has now become the second nation in the world to land on another planet successfully. Mars is now has a new friend.May 18, 2021 9:31 AM CDT - US Military officials say they see UFO's beyond our tech 'every day'
Former US military officials have revealed that the US military sees UFOs beyond our technology capabilities 'every day'.May 18, 2021 9:02 AM CDT - Rick and Morty creator and Fox to launch NFT and blockchain TV series
One of the creators behind Rick & Morty has partnered with Fox for a planned blockchain and NFT-enabled animated TV series.May 18, 2021 8:33 AM CDT - Elon Musk went to a Dogecoin-themed party after filming SNL
A publication has reported that Elon Musk attended a Dogecoin-themed party with Miley Cyrus after filming Saturday Night Live.May 18, 2021 7:31 AM CDT - Astronomers watched a black hole violently 'Spaghettify' a star
Astronomers watched in awe as a black hole violently devoured a star by putting it through a 'spaghettification' process.May 18, 2021 6:36 AM CDT - Deepfake platform allows consumers to rent celebrity voices
A new deepfake application will be attempting to monetize celebrities voices recorded through deepfake technology for endorsements.May 18, 2021 5:28 AM CDT - Ethereum founder gives Elon Musk a video guide on how to fix Dogecoin
The founder of Cardano (ADA) has posted a step-by-step video about how Elon Musk can help fix the Dogecoin cryptocurrency.May 18, 2021 4:34 AM CDT - Kelly Slater blasts Tesla CEO, 'Elon is bad for crypto' calls for SEC
Famous surfer Kelly Slater has taken aim at Elon Musk saying that he's 'bad for crypto', and has called for the SEC to 'look'.May 18, 2021 3:34 AM CDT - Elon Musk says you'll 'indeed' slap yourself when Tesla sells Bitcoin
Tesla CEO Elon Musk agrees that Bitcoiners will 'indeed' slap themselves when Tesla sells its Bitcoin holdings next quarter.May 18, 2021 2:33 AM CDT - GIGABYTE + AORUS release GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate series cards
GIGABYTE's new Lite Hash Rate (LHR) series GeForce RTX 3060 family of crypto mining cards teased, with triple-fan coolers and more.May 17, 2021 11:31 PM CDT - Oculus Quest v29 give the original Quest headset multi-user support
The next update for Oculus Quest gives the original model multi-user support and app sharing. Both models get Infinite Office.May 17, 2021 9:51 PM CDT - Sharp Aquos R6 smartphone packs insane 240Hz OLED display
Sharp's new Aquos R6 smartphone has 6.6-inch OLED display at up to 240Hz refresh rate, with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset.May 17, 2021 9:38 PM CDT - AMD Radeon RX 6600 series: up to 8GB GDDR6 + PCIe 4.0 x8 interface
AMD's new Radeon RX 6600 series: RDNA 2 architecture, Navi 23 GPU, and up to 8GB of GDDR6 memory on the PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.May 17, 2021 9:16 PM CDT - Apple Music update: lossless audio coming in June, no extra cost (!)
Apple Music gets lossless audio for no extr acost, Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos will also be hitting the service very soon.May 17, 2021 9:05 PM CDT - Battlefield trailer drops on June 30 says infamous Battlefield leaker
Battlefield leaker Tom Henderson says 'words that rhyme with soon' are '30th June' and 'Boom'... 'IMAGINE if they did that'.May 17, 2021 7:43 PM CDT - Battlefield 6 subreddit lights up with newly leaked Battlefield images
Tom Henderson was pretty damn spot on with his sketches, with these leaked images from the Battlefield trailer coming soon.May 17, 2021 7:06 PM CDT - Tencent's new cloud gaming controller is swappable and modular
Tencent has a unique idea for cloud gaming: A controller that can transform with new designs based for specific video games.May 17, 2021 5:33 PM CDT - Payday 3 company Starbreeze shrinks its losses by 95%
Starbreeze only lost $486 thousand in Q1'21, a reduction of 95% over last year, and latest financials show positive uptick.May 17, 2021 4:25 PM CDT - New Starfield leak shows progress from early 2019 build
A newly leaked screenshot shows how much difference a year's worth of progress makes, shows an early 2019 Starfield build.May 17, 2021 11:31 AM CDT - Report: Starfield release date may be 2/22/22 exclusively on Xbox, PC
Bethesda's new singleplayer space epic Starfield may release in Q1 2022 on Xbox and PC, possibly during the iconic 2/22/22.May 17, 2021 10:35 AM CDT - Hubble drops incredible image of a cosmic cloud with a silver lining
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has dropped an incredible image of a cosmic cloud that has a silver lining - enormous 'nebulae'.May 17, 2021 8:35 AM CDT - One crypto bet took two nearly jobless brothers to multi-millionaires
A simple investment into a particular cryptocurrency took two out-of-work brothers from nearly being broke to being millionaires.May 17, 2021 7:35 AM CDT - Life discovered on Mars may have been taken there by NASA
A genetic scientist from Cornell University has claimed that if we find life on Mars it may have been taken there by NASA.May 17, 2021 6:35 AM CDT - US Navy captures 'spherical' UFO on video disappearing into the ocean
A video taken aboard the USS Omaha shows a UFO flying parallel to the ocean before it quickly drops into the water to disappear.May 17, 2021 5:33 AM CDT - Air Force will use THOR to stop any enemy drones in a nanosecond
The US military is currently developing a weapon called THOR, which will be used as a response to swarms of enemy drones.May 17, 2021 4:32 AM CDT - NASA upgraded its data transfer speeds, 'more data than ever before'
NASA has gone and upgraded its data transfer speeds while simultaneously demonstrated the power of laser communication technology.May 17, 2021 3:36 AM CDT - Bill Gates may have pursued female employees while married to Melinda
A new report from The New York Times has revealed that Bill Gates pursued other women while he was married to Melinda Gates.May 17, 2021 2:37 AM CDT - Elon Musk clarifies 'Tesla has not sold any Bitcoin'
Elon Musk has clarified on his Twitter account that Tesla hasn't sold any of its Bitcoin after stopping Tesla purchases with BTC.May 17, 2021 2:01 AM CDT - Twitter Blue teased: $2.99 per month, includes 'undo tweet' function
Twitter Blue subscription service rumored: $2.99 per month (for now) with paid features: bookmarks, collections, and more.May 16, 2021 9:11 PM CDT - Intel pushes for ATX12VO standard: new 10-pin power connector + PSUs
Intel wants to see the new 'Single Rail Power Supply Desktop Platform Form Factor ATX12VO' power standard become more normal.May 16, 2021 8:28 PM CDT - AMD leaked roadmap teases monster EPYC CPU: 96C/192T on Zen 4
AMD's next-gen Zen 4 architecture will super-power over 64 cores on next-gen EPYC: with 96 cores and 128 threads + DDR5 + PCIe 5.0.May 16, 2021 7:47 PM CDT - Elon Musk talks Dogecoin block time, size and fees
Elon Musk has some suggestions on a Dogecoin upgrade: 'doge speeds up block time 10X, increases block size 10X and drops fee 100X'May 16, 2021 6:40 PM CDT - Elon Musk wants to go 'all in on doge'
Elon Musk pumping Dogecoin again, says in Bitcoin-related thread on Twitter: 'threads like this make me want to go all in on Doge'May 16, 2021 6:17 PM CDT - AT&T to merge WarnerMedia and Discovery to battle Netflix and Disney
AT&T reportedly preparing to spin its media business and merge it with Discovery, for the upcoming battle against Netflix + Disney.May 16, 2021 6:05 PM CDT - Fallout 76 players really don't like the new legendary crafting system
Fallout 76's latest reinvention of itself creates one of the most widely-disliked new feature systems the game has ever offered.May 16, 2021 2:01 PM CDT - FF7 Remake producer Yoshinori Kitase now leads Final Fantasy franchise
Shinji Hashimoto is no longer the brand manager for Final Fantasy, but the 27-year veteran will continue to work at Square Enix.May 16, 2021 12:15 PM CDT - Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker: Tons of screenshots, videos and more
Square Enix releases a ton of new screenshots for Final Fantasy XIV's big new Endwalker expansion showing new areas, jobs, more.May 16, 2021 11:20 AM CDT - Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker release date is November 23 on PS4/PS5, PC
Final Fantasy XIV's epic 8 years-long Hydaelyn-Zodiark arc ends this November with the big new climactic Endwalker expansion.May 16, 2021 10:04 AM CDT - Starfield is Xbox, PC exclusive, will skip PS4 and PS5, report says
Starfield is likely to skip PlayStation consoles and exclusively release on Xbox consoles, Windows 10 PCs and Game Pass sub.May 15, 2021 3:34 PM CDT - Sony releasing black DualSense controller 8 months after PS5's launch
Sony will release two new PlayStation 5 DualSense controller color variants next month in June: Cosmic Red and Midnight Black.May 15, 2021 1:24 PM CDT - Starfield leaked screenshots show third-person, first-person action
New Starfield screenshots leak from an older 2018 build, show rendered interiors, exteriors and third/first-person views.May 15, 2021 12:10 PM CDT - Nintendo: Our production plans are more uncertain now than other years
Nintendo says it may not be able to keep up with Switch console demand throughout 2021, hardware supply is very uncertain.May 15, 2021 11:14 AM CDT - Sony giving away free Call of Duty Warzone double XP tokens on May 20
PS4 and PS5 Warzone players can grab a few double XP tokens to prepare for John McClane's and Rambo's in-game appearances.May 15, 2021 10:14 AM CDT - GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce motherboard costs insane $1600
GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce motherboard: $1600 with beautiful monoblock and 2 x LED readouts for water + CPU temperature.May 14, 2021 10:46 PM CDT - Corsair is preparing for DDR5: the next generation of memory on the PC
Corsair says it is 'preparing for the next generation of memory' with DDR5, will 'share more about DDR5 in the coming months'.May 14, 2021 10:04 PM CDT - This ultra-compact PC has open air chassis, AMD Ryzen CPU + Radeon GPU
Minisforum GameMini is a new ultra-compact gaming PC with an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X + Radeon RX 6700 XT, 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD.May 14, 2021 9:28 PM CDT - AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT overclocked: Navi 21 XTXH GPU breaches 3.3GHz
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT overclocked to 3321MHz and breaks 3DMark Time Spy Extreme benchmark record, single-GPU domination in 3DMark.May 14, 2021 8:44 PM CDT - TSMC to spend tens of billions more on US-based 3nm chip factories
TSMC is looking at spending $23-$25 billion on next-gen 3nm plant in Arizona, USA -- will compete with Samsung's new 5nm tech.May 14, 2021 8:06 PM CDT - Samsung 5nm fab construction starts, NVIDIA 'Ampere Next' GPUs in 2022
Samsung announces construction on its new facility for next-gen 5nm EUV, expected to be completed in 2H 2022 -- ready for NVIDIA.May 14, 2021 7:28 PM CDT - Samsung to invest $151 billion into chip manufacturing through to 2030
Samsung raises investment budget into semiconductor chip manufacturing up to $151 billion between now and 2030 to fight TSMC.May 14, 2021 7:04 PM CDT - Nintendo gearing up R&D spending for next-gen hardware, tons of games
Nintendo is spending more on R&D to fund next-gen hardware, new games, experimental technologies, and service infrastructures.May 14, 2021 4:21 PM CDT - AMD Navi 24 GPU aka 'Beige Goby' teased: Big Navi for under $150
AMD's new lower-end Navi 24 GPU detailed: entry-level 'Beige Goby' should be the Radeon RX 6500, or Radeon RX 6400 series.May 14, 2021 2:34 PM CDT - 80s stars Rambo, John McClane coming to Warzone, Black Ops, COD Mobile
Activision is teaming up with Hollywood to bring 1980s action stars to Call of Duty Mobile, Warzone, and Black Ops Cold War.May 14, 2021 11:36 AM CDT - Remedy to self-publish and self-finance some future games
Remedy has aspirations to self-publish and self-finance its own games, but not every future title will be self-published.May 14, 2021 10:36 AM CDT - NASA's Perseverance rover shows us extremely HD close-up of Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover has dropped a video on its Twitter page showcasing an extreme close-up of the dry Martian surface.May 14, 2021 9:03 AM CDT - China will attempt its first Mars landing on Friday, May 14
If the landing mission is successful China will carve itself into history as the third nation to successfully land on Mars.May 14, 2021 8:34 AM CDT - Target won't sell trading cards after man pulls gun over card dispute
Target has announced that it will stop selling all kinds of trading cards in stores across the United States from May 14 onward.May 14, 2021 7:33 AM CDT - US Customs asks travelers to stop putting cow poo in their luggage
The United States Customs and Border Protection agency has announced that people need to stop putting cow dung in their luggage.May 14, 2021 6:28 AM CDT - Elon Musk handed Ripple 'the best ad campaign' for XRP
Elon Musk has given Ripple officials what could be 'the best ad campaign' for its XRP cryptocurrency, according to an attorney.May 14, 2021 5:35 AM CDT - Elon Musk is working with Dogecoin developers, says it's 'promising'
After suspending Bitcoin payments to Tesla, Elon Musk said that he is currently working with Dogecoin developers on improvements.May 14, 2021 4:32 AM CDT - Telescope that may unlock secrets of the universe is almost finished
The space telescope that will replace the famous Hubble Space Telescope has reached a significant milestone in its development.May 14, 2021 3:37 AM CDT - US suffers crippling 'act of war' cyberattacks on major infrastructure
The US is suffering from an increasing number of cyberattacks that are akin to 'acts of war'. Experts call for a spending increase.May 14, 2021 2:31 AM CDT - The Vive Wireless Adaptor can't drive the Vive Pro 2's full resolution
HTC's new Vive Pro headset offers super high resolution, 120Hz refresh rate and wireless adaptor support. Just not all at once.May 14, 2021 12:17 AM CDT - Orbbec is developing 3D cameras on Microsoft's Azure Depth Platform
Orbbec and Microsoft team up to develop advanced time-of-flight 3D cameras for computer vision and AI developers for 2022 launch.May 13, 2021 11:37 PM CDT - Sci-fi meets the old west in Population: One Season 2
The second season of Population: One just kicked off and it's got a old west theme. It's time to dual wield shotguns in a saloon.May 13, 2021 10:15 PM CDT - Bionik is getting ready to launch a pair of VR headset accessories
Bionik is preparing to release a pair of accessories to upgrade your VR headset. A Quest 2 face cushion and universal headphones.May 13, 2021 9:32 PM CDT - From Alan Wake to Control: Remedy revenues grew 700% in last 10 years
Remedy reveals astronomical 10-year growth in its latest earnings report, and expects 2021 to be another great year for revenues.May 13, 2021 5:50 PM CDT - Control team's new AAA project in early pre-production phase
Remedy's Control team is moving on to a new AAA project that's in very early phases of development, won't launch any time soon.May 13, 2021 5:15 PM CDT - Remedy's new Epic-funded AAA game entering full production
Epic Games is publishing and funding two games at Remedy (one AAA, and both of these projects have entered full production.May 13, 2021 4:40 PM CDT - Spatial is now hosting NFT galleries for artists to display their work
Spatial announced a new version of its virtual collaboration platform that supports NFT artwork and a robust web application.May 13, 2021 8:00 AM CDT - YouTube to combat TikTok with $100 million fund to pay Shorts creators
YouTube is planning on combating the extremely popular app TikTok with a $100 million fund to pay YouTube Shorts creators.May 13, 2021 5:33 AM CDT - Russia is considering using 3,000 year-old warrior DNA to build clones
Russia's Defense Minister has hinted towards using the DNA from 3,000-year-old Scythian warriors to create an army of clones.May 13, 2021 4:29 AM CDT - Hubble drops stunning images of Jupiter that showcase a hellish planet
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has dropped some incredible images that showcase Jupiter as a colorful, hellish, and scary planet.May 13, 2021 3:34 AM CDT - LA residents freaked out about a strange string of lights in the sky
Residents from Los Angeles to Las Vegas have taken to social media to report a strange string of lights appearing in the sky.May 13, 2021 2:36 AM CDT - AMD 4700S PC desktop kit reveal: partially disabled Xbox Series X APU
AMD 4700S PC Desktop Kit gets teardown treatement, looks to be a partially disabled Xbox Series X APU packing 16GB on-board GDDR6.May 13, 2021 12:28 AM CDT - Dell's refreshed XPS 17: Tiger Lake-H CPU, up to 64GB RAM and 4TB SSD
Dell's new XPS 15 and XPS 17 revealed: Intel Tiger Lake-H CPUs, up to 64GB of DDR4-3200 RAM, up to 4TB of M.2 SSD storage.May 12, 2021 11:28 PM CDT - AMD Radeon RX 6600, RX 6600 XT teased: Navi 23 GPU + 8GB GDDR6
AMD's new Radeon RX 6600 XT and Radeon RX 6600 teased, both with Navi 23 GPUs and 8GB of GDDR6 memory expected in Q2 2022.May 12, 2021 10:48 PM CDT - Semiconductors in America Coalition formed to fight tech shortages
SIAC members include: Amazon Web Services, AMD, Apple, AT&T, Google, Intel, Qualcomm, Micron, Microsoft, and many, many others.May 12, 2021 10:19 PM CDT - ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6900 XT TOP Edition announced
ASUS upgrades its STRIX LC with new pre-binned Navi 21 XTXH GPU, with the new ROG Strix LC TOP Edition graphics card announced.May 12, 2021 9:31 PM CDT - MSI lists the new GeForce RTX 3080 Ti on its website a little early
MSI begins listing the new GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics card on its website, pulls it early -- they aren't far away now.May 12, 2021 8:49 PM CDT - AI powered photo realistic textures tease how amazing GTA 6 could look
Intel researchers might have just unlocked the future of photorealistic graphics: check out hyper-realistic GTA V graphics!May 12, 2021 8:08 PM CDT - AORUS 17X gaming laptop: Core i9-11980HK, GeForce RTX 3080 + 300Hz LCD
The new flagship AORUS 17X gaming laptop is a Top-Tier Battle Station, bringing 1080p 300Hz with Tiger Lake-H + GeForce RTX 3080.May 12, 2021 7:44 PM CDT - Elon Musk stops Bitcoin payments for Tesla, cites mining energy costs
Elon Musk has announced that Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases for Bitcoin, as Tesla is concerned about mining energy costs.May 12, 2021 7:15 PM CDT - Intel Arctic Sound Xe-HP 2T GPU teased: 7680 cores, 32GB of HBM2e VRAM
Intel Xe-HP Powered Arctic Sound 1T and 2T GPU specs teased: up to 7680 cores and up to 32GB of HBM2e memory on 10nm SuperFin.May 12, 2021 7:05 PM CDT - Dragon Age 4 release date won't happen before EA's FY2023 period
Dragon Age 4 is still a long ways away and described as an 'out year' game by EA, won't release before its FY2023 timeline.May 12, 2021 6:17 PM CDT - The founder of Ethereum gifted $1 Billion to India Covid Relief Fund
Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum, sold $1 billion worth of gifted Shiba Inu coin and gave it to the India Covid Relief Fund.May 12, 2021 5:46 PM CDT - Sony: 25 new PS5 games in development, will offer incredible variety
Sony's PlayStation Studios brand is working on a huge 25-game slate for PS5, and nearly have of them are brand new IPs/franchises.May 12, 2021 5:11 PM CDT - EA teases 'new business models' for Battlefield 6 for extended play
EA is teasing a new big live service feature for its new Battlefield game that will offer 'new ways to play' across platforms.May 12, 2021 3:54 PM CDT - Quakecon 2021 is all-digital this August, in-person event cancelled
QuakeCon 2021 is digital-only, may highlight new updates with Doom Eternal's next-gen ports along with giveaways and more.May 12, 2021 2:37 PM CDT - EA 'leaning heavily' into big franchises with record R&D spending
Electronic Arts spent more on research and development in FY2021 than it ever has before, big spending will continue in FY2022.May 12, 2021 1:31 PM CDT - EA expects Apex Legends to make $750 million this year in net bookings
EA expects huge earnings for Apex Legends this fiscal year thanks to new seasonal content and the incoming mobile release.May 12, 2021 12:27 PM CDT - EA isn't ready to give up on last-gen consoles, no next-gen exclusives
With lower PS5 and Series X/S install bases, EA isn't ready to give up on the 140 million+ last-gen console platform just yet.May 12, 2021 11:39 AM CDT - EA outlines new three-part plan responsible for $7.3 billion guidance
EA has a three-pillar plan that will help skyrocket it to a record $6.8 billion in net revenue earnings throughout FY2022.May 12, 2021 10:34 AM CDT - NASA releases audio and video of the first flight on another planet
NASA released the audio and the video of the very first flight taken on another planet, marking a milestone achieved in history.May 12, 2021 5:28 AM CDT - Chernobyl neutron emissions are increasing, may cause nuclear reaction
Researchers observed that neutron emissions at Chernobyl have increased by 40% since 2016, which could cause a nuclear reaction.May 12, 2021 4:33 AM CDT - OLED display company hints at Nintendo dropping a 'Switch Pro'
A financial report by OLED manufacturer and developer Universal Display Corporation has hinted at an OLED Nintendo Switch Pro.May 12, 2021 3:34 AM CDT - Big Pharma uses Facebook data to target ads to people's health issues
Big pharmaceutical companies are using Facebook's user data to covertly sell specific drugs to people who have health issues.May 12, 2021 2:34 AM CDT - The Pico Neo 3 Pro is a business-focused XR2 VR headset for $699
Pico Interactive is bringing two VR headsets the US enterprise market at very aggressive prices compared to the recent competition.May 11, 2021 10:41 PM CDT - HP Reverb G2 Omnicept selling for $1249, ships next week
HP is now selling the Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition on its US webstore. The first units of this biometric VR headset ship next week.May 11, 2021 9:31 PM CDT - MSI CMP 30HX MINER series teased, ready to crypto mine with dual fans
MSI introduces new CMP 30HX MINER series for cryptocurrency mining, dual-fan design and no RGB lighting to be found on this one.May 11, 2021 8:37 PM CDT - ASUS ROG Zephyrus M16: super-thin 16-inch laptop with up to 48GB RAM
The new ASUS ROG Zephyrus M16 is their first 16-inch laptop: packs Intel's new Tiger Lake-H CPU, PCIe 4.0, and up to 48GB of RAM.May 11, 2021 7:49 PM CDT - We could be playing the new Battlefield as early as July 22
EA could shadow drop Battlefield out of nowhere sometime in June 2021 -- as early as next month -- like it did with Apex Legends.May 11, 2021 7:05 PM CDT - 14-year Goldman Sachs exec resigns, Dogecoin made him a millionaire
Dogecoin turns managing director and head of emerging market sales of Goldman Sachs, Azia McMahon, into a millionaire: quits job.May 11, 2021 6:49 PM CDT - Sabrent RocketQ Destroyer: fastest, largest PCIe 4.0 SSD in the world
Sabrent RocketQ Battleship SSD: 8 x 8TB SSDs in PCIe 3.0 or 8 x 4TB SSDs in PCIe 4.0 -- will sink the battleship of ANY competitor.May 11, 2021 6:26 PM CDT - Apex Legends earnings hit $1 billion, made $600 million in FY2021
Respawn's Apex Legends F2P battle royale has broken $1 billion microtransaction revenues to date with half a quarter to spare.May 11, 2021 5:33 PM CDT - EA: Battlefield 6 coming to PS4, Xbox One, not next-gen exclusive
Battlefield 6 is NOT a next-gen console exclusive, will also launch on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles, EA has confirmed.May 11, 2021 4:39 PM CDT - EA CEO confirms Battlefield 6 reveal for June, not this month
EA's Andrew Wilson confirms Battlefield 6 will not be revealed this month, a full reveal coming next month sometime in June.May 11, 2021 4:17 PM CDT - ASUS ROG Zephyrus S17 gaming laptop packs 17-inch 4K 120Hz display
ASUS ROG Zephyrus S17 packs Intel's new 11th Gen Core i9-11900H, up to 48GB of RAM (!!!), GeForce RTX 3080 and 4K 120Hz display!May 11, 2021 3:33 PM CDT - Razer's new Blade 15 gaming laptop: Intel Tiger Lake-H + RTX 30 GPU
Razer's new Blade 15 gaming laptops for 2021 rock Intel's new 11th Gen Core CPUs + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 seriees GPUs, and more.May 11, 2021 3:31 PM CDT - Ryze and Shine: Intel's new Core i9-11980HK ready for 4K 120Hz laptops
Intel's new Tiger Lake-H flagship Core i9-11980HK processor is fully unlocked, offering 8 cores and 16 threads with PCIe 4.0 tech.May 11, 2021 2:59 PM CDT - Valve boss teases Steam games coming to consoles
Valve's Gabe Newell teases Steam PC games showing up on on consoles in some capacity, but it 'won't be what you expect' he says.May 11, 2021 2:33 PM CDT - Everything you need to know on Intel 11th Gen Core 'Tiger Lake-H' CPUs
Intel has finally launched its new 11th Gen Core Tiger Lake-H CPUs, with an avalanche of new laptops announced with the new chips.May 11, 2021 2:25 PM CDT - EA Play Live returns in late-July, expect Star Wars, Dragon Age & more
Electronic Arts' summer game show EA Play Live will return in late July, more than a month after E3 2021's showcase in June.May 11, 2021 1:09 PM CDT - HTC's Vive Focus 3 is not the Quest 2 killer you've been dreaming of
HTC's Vive Focus 3 headset looks like a Quest 2 killer on paper but the headset is destined for business use, not VR gaming.May 11, 2021 11:05 AM CDT - HTC Vive Pro 2 packs 5k 120Hz display and supports the Vive Wireless
The new Vive Pro 2 headset features 2.5K per eye resolution, 120Hz refresh, 120-degree FoV, for the same price as the old Vive Pro.May 11, 2021 11:01 AM CDT - Earth's most distant space probe heard a very strange 'hum' sound
Earth's most distant space probe is traveling through interstellar space and detected a strange 'hum' sound out in the darkness.May 11, 2021 9:09 AM CDT - Private trips to the International Space Station may begin in January
Axiom Space and NASA have agreed that they will be taking civilians to the International Space Station to spend eight days there.May 11, 2021 8:34 AM CDT - Chinese media says US is 'anti-intellectual' to fear its rocket debris
Chinese media has fired back at the US and NASA for raising concerns about its Long March 5B rocket recently re-entering Earth.May 11, 2021 7:34 AM CDT - NASA's first asteroid-harvesting space probe begins its journey home
NASA's very first asteroid-harvesting mission has just put a spacecraft holding asteroid samples on a long journey home to Earth.May 11, 2021 6:31 AM CDT - US navy fired 30 warning shots at fast-approaching Iranian warships
A US coast guard ship has fired thirty warning shots at thirteen Iranian vessels that were fast-approaching US navy ships.May 11, 2021 5:34 AM CDT - Netflix just cancelled three TV shows, these are their last seasons
Netflix put three TV shows on the chopping block, some of which will be sorely missed by beloved fans as the final season's air.May 11, 2021 4:33 AM CDT - Elon Musk may allow Tesla vehicles to be purchased with Dogecoin
Elon Musk asked all of his Twitter followers if his car manufacturing company Tesla should start accepting Dogecoin as payment.May 11, 2021 3:49 AM CDT - First look at new Game of Thrones prequel show 'House of the Dragon'
HBO has released the very first official look at the coming Game of Thrones prequel TV show named 'House of the Dragon'.May 11, 2021 2:31 AM CDT - GPU-Z 2.39 supports mobile RDNA 2 + NVIDIA's new CMP mining GPUs
GPU-Z now supports integrated GPUs from Intel's new Rocket Lake CPUs, unreleased mobile RDNA 2 GPUs and NVIDIA's new mining GPUs.May 10, 2021 9:43 PM CDT - Samsung's new Exynos SoC: 5nm chip for laptops with custom AMD GPU
Samsung's next-gen Exynos SoC drops in 2H 2021 on 5nm to compete against Apple M1, will rock a custom AMD integrated GPU.May 10, 2021 9:08 PM CDT - Intel 12th Gen Core 'Alder Lake-S' launch in November: PCIe 5.0 + DDR5
Intel's next-gen 12th Gen Core 'Alder Lake-S' launch rumored for November, will kick AMD's ass for a couple of months at least.May 10, 2021 8:29 PM CDT - Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild running in 8K + ray tracing = WOW
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild running at 8K (7680 x 4320) on the PC through Wii U CEMU emulator at 8K with ray tracing!May 10, 2021 7:47 PM CDT - Uh what: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti can support 22GB GDDR6 if modded
Faulty NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card: physically damaged, not booting -- modded and could work with double the 11GB RAM.May 10, 2021 7:25 PM CDT - Battlefield leaker: we could get surprise trailer drop tomorrow
Tom Henderson says that 'tomorrowr is a big day' for Battlefield: either a 'surprise trailer drop' or confirmation of June date.May 10, 2021 7:10 PM CDT - Sony's next PlayStation VR may have haptic feedback for your face
Sony's next PlayStation VR headset could have 2K per eye resolution, eye-tracking cameras, and haptic feedback for your face.May 10, 2021 6:51 PM CDT - Roblox gears up for significant expansion as Q1 revenues, DAUs soar
Roblox is on a huge hiring spree as it secures more cross-brand promotions, first post-IPO earnings and DAUs soar in Q1 2021.May 10, 2021 6:27 PM CDT - Uncharted 4 was the first time facial capture was used at Naughty Dog
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End was a major breakthrough for Naughty Dog and represented a lot of firsts for the studio's tech.May 10, 2021 5:34 PM CDT - PS5 supply 'won't catch up with demand' despite 6nm refresh in 2022
The PlayStation 5's new 6nm refresh won't come in time to significantly replenish stock throughout 2022, Sony tells analysts.May 10, 2021 4:28 PM CDT - Battlefield 6's reveal set for June, DICE teases a big 'boom'
DICE and EA set to reveal the next-gen Battlefield 6 in June, like during EA Play, not before EA's May 11 earnings report.May 10, 2021 3:31 PM CDT - The Coalition will push Unreal Engine 5 to new levels on Xbox Series X
Gears of War developer The Coalition plans to use Unreal Engine 5 for new games, will redefine what the Series X is capable of.May 10, 2021 2:36 PM CDT - Die Hard's John McClane to join Rambo in Call of Duty Warzone
Raven and Activision are also bringing Die Hard's everyman hero John McClane to Call of Duty Warzone's new 1980s Verdansk.May 10, 2021 1:59 PM CDT - Rambo coming to Call of Duty Warzone on May 20
Activision confirms Rambo is coming to Warzone later on May 20th, complete with his signature flaming bow and arrow combo.May 10, 2021 1:13 PM CDT - Apple purposely didn't notify 128 million iPhone users of stolen data
Epic Games has dropped a bombshell email chain that shows Apple didn't notify 128 million iPhone users of mass malware infection.May 10, 2021 9:32 AM CDT - Space junk hits 'tipping point' should be global priority, says expert
A former NASA senior scientist for orbital debris research has said that space junk has reached a critical 'tipping point'.May 10, 2021 9:03 AM CDT - 1952 scientist predicted Mars would be colonized by someone named Elon
German scientist Dr. Wernher von Braun predicted back in 1952 that Mars will be colonized by someone who was named 'Elon'.May 10, 2021 8:36 AM CDT - Did we just find actual proof of life on Mars?
A new study published in Advances in Microbiology suggested that there's evidence that certain forms of life are growing on Mars.May 10, 2021 7:36 AM CDT - Mars earthquakes lead scientists to believe volcanoes are active
Two large earthquakes that NASA's InSight detected on Mars have lead scientists to believe that Mars still has active volcanoes.May 10, 2021 6:36 AM CDT - Melinda may have divorced Bill Gates over friendship Jeffrey Epstein
Melinda Gates reportedly considered divorce for two years after discovering Bill Gates' public connection with Jeffrey Epstein.May 10, 2021 5:32 AM CDT - Hubble celebrates Mothers Day with image of space that 'raised' stars
Hubble is celebrating Mothers Day by showing off a region of space that has been responsible for raising millions of stars.May 10, 2021 4:32 AM CDT - Elon Musk reveals he has Asperger's on SNL while Dogecoin drops by 22%
Elon Musk has revealed while hosting Saturday Night Live that he has Asperger's, and during his appearance, Dogecoin tanked by 22%May 10, 2021 3:32 AM CDT - Democrats reignite witch-hunt for Trump's financial records
A federal judge is being pushed by a Democrat-led House committee that's saying Trump can no longer withhold financial records.May 10, 2021 2:33 AM CDT - GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 + RTX 3080 LHR series: gimped ETH mining GPUs
GALAX confirms the new Lower Hash Rate (LHR) series cards with the introduction of its new RTX 3080 + RTX 3070 LHR mining GPUs.May 9, 2021 11:09 PM CDT - AORUS 15 OLED gaming laptop: Core i9-11900HK + RTX 3080 + 4K 60Hz OLED
GIGABYTE's latest AERO 15 OLED is for content creators, packing Intel's latest CPU and NVIDIA's latest GPU with an AMOLED display.May 9, 2021 10:33 PM CDT - GIGABYTE's new AORUS 17X YD: Core i9-11980H + RTX 3080 with 16GB GDDR6
GIGABYTE's new AORUS, AERO, and G-Series laptops have Intel's latest Tiger Lake-H processors, RTX 3080 with 16GB of GDDR6!May 9, 2021 9:56 PM CDT - ASUS shows off ROG Zephyrus M16 + S17 gaming laptops with Tiger Lake-H
ASUS ROG Zephyrus M16 and M17 gaming laptops teased: powered by Intel's new Tiger Lake-H processors with full reveal on May 11.May 9, 2021 9:30 PM CDT - AMD Radeon PRO W6800: workstation RDNA 2 GPU with 32GB GDDR6 teased
AMD's new Radeon PRO W6800 workstation card teased: RDNA 2 GPU with 32GB of GDDR6 with Infinity Cache is in the oven, on its way.May 9, 2021 8:56 PM CDT - LiveLeak has been shut down after 15 years being the anti-YouTube
The video sharing website has been replaced with ItemFix, similar to LiveLeak but lets users post and edit videos, images, audio.May 9, 2021 8:40 PM CDT - AMD Ryzen 6000 APUs: Zen 3+ CPU cores on 6nm and 12 RDNA 2 GPU cores
AMD's next-gen Ryzen 6000 series Rembrandt APU: based on new Zen 3+ architecture and packs RDNA 2 GPU cores made on TSMC 6nm node.May 9, 2021 8:27 PM CDT - Microsoft and Adidas rumored to be working on Xbox-themed sneakers
Microsoft is reportedly working on new Xbox-themed sneakers, collaborating with Adidas -- after Nike's new PlayStation sneakers.May 9, 2021 7:48 PM CDT - AMD could reveal next-gen RDNA 3 architecture in December 2021
AMD's next-gen RDNA 3 architecture could be unveiled in December 2021, Radeon RX 7900 XT should be one of the new flagship GPUs.May 9, 2021 7:23 PM CDT - Apple working on 'portable hybrid console': enhanced GPU + ray tracing
Apple's new custom SoC will power the rumored portable hybrid console, with 'enhanced GPU performance' and ray tracing support.May 9, 2021 7:05 PM CDT - DarkSide ransomware group takes down largest US fuel pipeline operator
Colonial Pipeline shut down its operations on Friday after a cyberattack by DarkSide, could spike gas prices throughout the US.May 9, 2021 6:40 PM CDT - Elon Musk on DOGE-1: mission paid in DOGE, first crypto/meme in space
Elon Musk talks about SpaceX launching DOGE-1 to the Moon in 2022: mission paid for in DOGE, first crypto and first meme in space.May 9, 2021 5:51 PM CDT - This battery pack lets you use your Quest 2 all day long
Rebuff Reality's VR Power 2 gives your Oculus Quest 2 enough battery power to spend 8-hours gaming or 10-hours streaming video.May 9, 2021 4:45 PM CDT - The Division gets F2P spinoff, may eventually follow Warzone model
Ubisoft follows Activision's four-part plan with a free-to-play console/PC spinoff and mobile port of its The Division franchise.May 9, 2021 3:06 PM CDT - SpaceX now accepts Dogecoin, DOGE-1 satellite to the Moon in Q1 2022
SpaceX announces its launch of the DOGE-1 satellite to the Moon, the first-ever commercial lunar payload paid for in DOGE!May 9, 2021 1:37 PM CDT - China's rocket crashed back to Earth, US space command won't say where
Chinese state media has said that the out-of-control Long March 5B rocket has landed in the Indian Ocean, NASA criticized China.May 9, 2021 12:32 AM CDT - Leaked Starfield image borrows John Berkey's exotic sci-fi style
Bethesda may have accidentally published concept art for Starfield that mirrors the striking visual style of a sci-fi visionary.May 8, 2021 9:32 PM CDT - PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT HELLHOUND Spectral White released
PowerColor unleashes its new Radeon RX 6700 XT HELLHOUND Spectral White graphic card, Big Navi looks great in its All White style.May 8, 2021 8:29 PM CDT - Elon Musk hosting SNL has 40% chance of driving Dogecoin to $1 or more
Analyst: there's a 40% chance Elon 'The Dogefather' Musk as well as SpaceX and Tesla billionaire sends Dogecoin price up to $1+.May 8, 2021 8:06 PM CDT - Final Fantasy VII Intergrade is PlayStation exclusive, 6 months on PS5
Like Final Fantasy VII Remake, the new FInal Fantasy VII Intergrade will also be PlayStation exclusive for at least six months.May 8, 2021 7:35 PM CDT - Battlefield trailer delayed over Chinese rocket about to hit Earth?
Battlefield leaker Tom Henderson suggests if the Battlefield trailer was delayed, it's over the Chinese rocket exploding on Earth.May 8, 2021 6:36 PM CDT - Here's how to watch Elon Musk host SNL from anywhere in the world
Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk hosts Saturday Night Live tonight, with a special guest: Dogecoin -- here's where you can watch it.May 8, 2021 5:40 PM CDT - CD Projekt may team up with modders for Witcher 3 next-gen release
CD Projekt RED may be working with seasoned modders on The Witcher 3's next-gen optimization port on PS5, Xbox Series X consoles.May 8, 2021 3:43 PM CDT - Warzone to be next Metaverse stage with Rambo, Terminator crossovers
Activision sets Warzone up to be the next Metaverse stage with Rambo and Terminator crossovers, more 80's stars possible.May 8, 2021 2:31 PM CDT - Sony's PlayStation 5 refresh in 2022 won't be a PS5 Pro
Sony is reportedly moving the PS5's SoC to TSMC's 6nm process to accelerate console chip stock, not to make a PS5 Pro model.May 8, 2021 1:38 PM CDT - IBM announces world's-first 2nm chip technology, 50B+ transistors
IBM reveals breakthrough in semiconductor design and process, with the development of the world's first chip on nanosheet tech.May 7, 2021 9:30 PM CDT - AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme WaterForce on the way, pre-binned GPU
GIGABYTE is about to unleash the AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme WaterForce graphics card: custom board + Navi 21 XTXH GPU.May 7, 2021 8:50 PM CDT - Geek out over this Intel Xe-HPG DG2-128EU GPU board diagram
Intel's new DG2-128EU board diagram for laptops gets leaked, packs Intel DG2-128EU GPU and Intel Tiger Lake-H CPU with 4GB GDDR6.May 7, 2021 8:21 PM CDT - PlayStation 5 refresh rumor: would pack tweaked AMD APU on 6nm node
Sony's tweaked PlayStation 5 could use a new AMD CPU on TSMC's new 6nm node, could see it launch sometime later this year.May 7, 2021 7:42 PM CDT - There's a single Dogecoin holder with 28% of supply worth $23 billion
A single Dogecoin address holds 28% of the 'people's crypto', now worth over $23 billion -- up from $2.1 billion in February 2021.May 7, 2021 7:05 PM CDT - Activision exec: Each of our franchises has to have a mobile presence
Activision President Daniel Alegre reiterates how important mobile games are for the company's success and re-affirms F2P stance.May 7, 2021 11:21 AM CDT - Dogecoin co-creator sold all his coins for a $10,000 Honda in 2015
The co-creator of the now internet-famous Dogecoin revealed that he sold his holdings for a $10,000 Honda Civic back in 2015.May 7, 2021 9:03 AM CDT - New study finds evidence that fungus can grow on Mars
Life on Earth can't live on Mars, or at least to our current knowledge, it can't. But what about microbes like black mold fungus?May 7, 2021 8:33 AM CDT - Scientists say they may find alien life in the next 5 to 10 years
The hunt for alien life has been a life-long journey for some scientists, but now researchers are saying we may find it soon.May 7, 2021 7:33 AM CDT - Thousands may die if China's out-of-control rocket hits a city
China launched a rocket that is now out of control orbiting Earth. Upon reentry to Earth, it will kill thousands if it hits a city.May 7, 2021 6:33 AM CDT - US Army's new night vision goggles look like Predator's vision
The US Army has received an upgrade for being able to spot enemies in the night as they now have brand new night vision goggles.May 7, 2021 5:32 AM CDT - China outraged over people buying random pets in mystery boxes
A new craze has sparked outrage online as people in China are ordering a 'blind box', which is a random mystery pet sent via mail.May 7, 2021 4:35 AM CDT - Latest internet trend is to eat raw, decomposed, rotten 'high meat'
The latest internet trend has sparked curiosity into eating raw, rotten, and sometimes decomposed meat. It's called 'high meat'.May 7, 2021 3:33 AM CDT - Elon Musk reveals what is 'critical' for humans to live on Mars
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed what is 'crucial' for humans to eventually live on Mars, and it may be not what you expect.May 7, 2021 2:32 AM CDT - Elon Musk will host SNL exactly 6942 days after SpaceX was founded
The odds of this are pretty insane... and Elon Musk has previously said we live in a simulation... is this proof of that?!May 7, 2021 1:29 AM CDT - Randy Pitchford confirms Borderlands 4: 'We're working on the big one'
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford basically confirms Borderlands 4 is in development, says internal teams are 'working on the big one'May 6, 2021 10:47 PM CDT - Kingston preps DDR5 memory with OC support, ships in Q3 2021
Kingston announces overclockable DDR5 RAM has been sent to motherboard partners to start the qualification process, ships in Q3.May 6, 2021 10:12 PM CDT - Intel's gaming-focused DG2 GPU is 'right around the corner' says Intel
Intel's new gaming-focused Xe-DG2 GPU is 'right around the corner' says Intel Game Developer Relations Engineer Pete Brubaker.May 6, 2021 9:32 PM CDT - Activision teases big financial 'step change' in 2022
Activision says a big financial jump is coming in 2022, and it could be Overwatch 2, Diablo 4, and new Call of Duty in same year.May 6, 2021 8:45 PM CDT - Elon Musk tweets picture of him at SNL set ahead of hosting on May 8
Saturday Night Live tweets out a photo of SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk from Studio 8H ahead of his SNL hosting on May 8.May 6, 2021 8:06 PM CDT - Dogecoin to the moon is a 'middle finger' to financial system, analyst
Dogecoin has mooned in the last few days, fueled by Elon Musk but now an analyst says it's a 'middle finger' to financial system.May 6, 2021 7:31 PM CDT - Listen to the next-gen Battlefield 'reveal tune' (music) right here
The new Battlefield is about to be officially teased with its first trailer, could drop any minute now -- or over the weekend.May 6, 2021 7:05 PM CDT - Nintendo reports all-time profit high of $4.5 billion in FY2021
Nintendo's FY2021 breaks new all-time record highs for profit and operating income, beating out 2009's Wii and DS era surges.May 6, 2021 6:05 PM CDT - KIOXIA showcases next-gen SSD with new PCIe 4.0, 24G SAS solutions
KIOXIA CM6 series PCIe 4.0 Enterprise NVMe SSDs, PM6 Series 24G Enterprise SAS SSDs, CM6 Series PCIe 4.0 Data Center NVMe SSDs.May 6, 2021 5:36 PM CDT - Nintendo made $3.2 billion from digital games in FY2021, up 68% YoY
Nintendo's digital game sales skyrocket as consumers sheltered in place from the coronavirus pandemic, sales up nearly 70% YoY.May 6, 2021 5:11 PM CDT - AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT should be 'minimum 40% faster' than RX 6900 XT
AMD's next-gen RDNA 3-based Radeon RX 7900 XT rumored to be 'at a minimum 40% better' than RDNA 2-based Radeon RX 6900 XT.May 6, 2021 5:05 PM CDT - AMD RDNA 3 GPUs could 'take performance crown' from NVIDIA in 2022
AMD is finding its footing with RDNA 3 and TSMC while NVIDIA struggles with Ampere and Samsung... RDNA 3 to take perf crown?!May 6, 2021 4:46 PM CDT - Xboxes aren't profitable, but the Nintendo Switch certainly is
As Sony and Microsoft sell consoles at a loss, Nintendo made a whopping $8.2 billion from Switch hardware sales in FY2021.May 6, 2021 4:27 PM CDT - Nintendo's top 10 Switch games have each sold 10 million copies
Nintendo's Switch handheld-console family now has 10 best-selling games that have each sold over 10 million copies worldwide.May 6, 2021 3:15 PM CDT - Switch hits 84.59 million sales and conquers Game Boy Advance
The Nintendo Switch hits 85.49 million worldwide sales, beating the Game Boy Advance and becoming Nintendo's fourth best-seller.May 6, 2021 2:37 PM CDT - Days Gone studio Sony Bend ramping up workforce for new IP on PS5
Sony's Bend, Oregon-based first-party studio is working on its next AAA game for PlayStation 5, but it's not Days Gone 2.May 6, 2021 11:25 AM CDT - Tencent could be forced to sell ownership of Riot and stake in Epic
Tencent is negotiating with a U.S. national security committee to keep its full ownership of Riot Games and stake in Epic Games.May 6, 2021 10:44 AM CDT - Twitter has implemented a very small but meaningful change to its app
Twitter has just announced that it has rolled out a very small but quite meaningful change to its app on both iOS and Android.May 6, 2021 9:03 AM CDT - Elon Musk says 500,000 Starlink orders will 'most likely' get service
500,000 people have ordered SpaceX's Starlink internet service, and Elon Musk has said they'll 'most likely' get service.May 6, 2021 8:31 AM CDT - Starlink satellite launch causes people in Washington to cry UFO
Many Washington residents may have heard about streaks of white light that coursed across the western sky, some even cried UFO.May 6, 2021 7:34 AM CDT - Hubble telescope saw a star explode that stretched what's 'possible'
Astronomers watched a star explode in a way that has stretched 'what's physically possible,' as it doesn't fit current theories.May 6, 2021 7:32 AM CDT - Team of scientists warn Mars samples may cause deadly 'Mars plague'
NASA researchers are excited to get new Mars samples, but a group of scientists has warned that they may cause a 'Mars Plague'.May 6, 2021 6:36 AM CDT - SpaceX completes first test flight of rocket that will take us to Mars
SpaceX has completed its first successful test flight of the massive Starship rocket that is poised to carry astronauts to Mars.May 6, 2021 5:33 AM CDT - China's out-of-control rocket will crash down to Earth on this day
US Space Command is tracking China's out-of-control rocket and confirmed that the rocket will crash back to Earth on the weekend.May 6, 2021 4:33 AM CDT - US officials are being attacked with a microwave weapon, Russia blamed
Experts believe that US diplomats and national security officials are being targeted by a very dangerous microwave weapon.May 6, 2021 2:33 AM CDT - Apple's new iPad Pro with mini-LED tech delayed shipping, now mid-July
Apple's new 12.9-inch iPad Pro with its in-house M1 chip launches later this month, but won't ship until at least the end of July.May 5, 2021 9:32 PM CDT - Here's a quick field of view (FOV) fix for Resident Evil Village on PC
Resident Evil Village releases on May 7 and the PC modding community has already pushed out a field of view (FOV) fix for the game.May 5, 2021 9:07 PM CDT - Say hello the AORUS Model X and Model S gaming PCs, inspired by Tesla
GIGABYTE gets inspired by Elon Musk and Tesla, unveils its new AORUS Model X and Model S gaming PCs with GeForce RTX 3080.May 5, 2021 8:32 PM CDT - You can try out Samsung 2021 Frame TVs with risk-free, 100-day trial
Samsung is offering its new 2021 Frame TV 4K QLED with risk-free, 100-day trial offer. Love it? Keep it. Don't? Return it.May 5, 2021 7:35 PM CDT - Intel Core-1800 CPU details: Alder Lake-S with 16C/24T @ up to 4.6GHz
Intel Alder Lake-S engineering sample teased with 16 cores and 24 threads in the form of the codename Core-1800 processor.May 5, 2021 7:06 PM CDT - PlayStation 5's Game Boost titles outlined in new Sony teaser
Sony shines light on which PS4 games play better on PlayStation 5 with the new Game Boost feature offering high-end performance.May 5, 2021 6:37 PM CDT - Sabrent RocketQ Battleship PCIe 4.0 SSD with 64TB is nearly here
Highpoint teases ELITE Class AIC using Sabrent RocketQ SSDs with 'unprecedented storage capacity and class-leading versatility'.May 5, 2021 5:05 PM CDT - Mass Effect remaster trilogy hits 120FPS on Series X, 60FPS on PS5
BioWare's new Mass Effect Legendary Edition can hit 120FPS only on Xbox Series X, and is locked to 60FPS on PlayStation 5.May 5, 2021 4:46 PM CDT - Microsoft exec: Our 30% commission is required to build Xbox consoles
As long as Xbox consoles are manufactured and sold, Microsoft is highly unlikely to ever lower its 30% revenue split for devs.May 5, 2021 3:35 PM CDT - Activision's Q1 2021 performance is the best in 10 years
Activision just delivered its best Q1 performance in the last 10 years thanks to strong monetization of Warzone, WoW, and more.May 5, 2021 2:26 PM CDT - Xbox boss 'hasn't given up' on launching xCloud on PlayStation, Switch
Xbox execs still want to bring Game Pass to competing platforms like PlayStation and Switch, but Sony and Nintendo may disagree.May 5, 2021 1:32 PM CDT - Activision Q1 microtransctions hit $1.343 billion, best Q1 in 6 years
Activision has made a whopping $1.343 billion in microtransactions/subs in Q1 2021, the second-highest quarter in history.May 5, 2021 12:12 PM CDT - Dead Island 2 listed as Epic Games Store timed exclusive
Deep Silver has apparently signed Dead Island 2 and possibly Saints Row V as Epic Games Store timed exclusives at release.May 5, 2021 11:12 AM CDT - Disney just teased a 'real-life' lightsaber in a short video
Disney has just released a very short teaser for a real-life 'working' Star Wars lightsaber that you can see close up in 2022.May 5, 2021 9:07 AM CDT - Blue Origin space trip ticket sales open soon, could cost this much
Blue Origin is very close to announcing that the tickets for its New Shepard rocket are available to purchase for a space trip.May 5, 2021 8:33 AM CDT - NASA's helicopter flying on Mars upgraded the human race in a big way
NASA's Mars helicopter named Ingenuity has upgraded the human race in a very significant way, we have 'unlocked' something new.May 5, 2021 7:34 AM CDT - Trump's social media ban causes him to launch a new communication tool
Former President Donald Trump was removed from Facebook and Twitter, but has now launched his own way to communication with fans.May 5, 2021 6:37 AM CDT - New MMA tournament is off Earth, final fights will be in zero gravity
An MMA league announced that it will be hosting fights in a special spaceship orbiting Earth, winners will fight in zero gravity.May 5, 2021 5:33 AM CDT - Florida man captures 2 floating orbs of light on video, claims UFOs
A Florida man has sent in a video of what appears to be two orbs of lighting flying across the sky, now claiming they are UFOs.May 5, 2021 4:34 AM CDT - Bizzare caterpillar's cartoon-like face absolutely stuns the internet
The internet has been shocked at this extremely strange-looking caterpillar that was spotted in Currumbin Valley on the Gold Coast.May 5, 2021 3:33 AM CDT - The Amazon rainforest is now adding to climate change, says experts
A new study pushed in the journal Nature Climate Change, the Amazon rain forest is now adding to the global climate change problem.May 5, 2021 2:31 AM CDT - Sony teams with Nike for PlayStation 5 themed 'PG5' sneakers
Sony and Nike team up on PlayStation 5-themed signature basketball sneakers for NBA and Los Angeles Clippers Star Paul George.May 4, 2021 11:36 PM CDT - GIGABYTE's new GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming OC model spotted early
GIGABYTE's new custom GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming OC has been spotted, rocking its 12GB of GDDR6X memory and could cost up to $2250.May 4, 2021 10:55 PM CDT - AMD Zen 4 desktop CPUs rumored for Q2 2022: new chips made on 5nm node
AMD's next-gen Zen 4 architecture codenamed 'Raphael' will see Ryzen 7000 series CPUs in Q2 2022 or so, with Navi2 integrated GPU.May 4, 2021 10:15 PM CDT - Analyst: Elon Musk's impending SNL appearance is making Dogecoin moon
Why is the price of Dogecoin cryptocurrency mooning right now? An analyst says SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk and his SNL gig.May 4, 2021 9:47 PM CDT - MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti cards selling for bonkers $3500 in UAE
The pricing situation of the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is already utterly insane, and it hasn't even launched yet -- $3500 in the UAE!!!May 4, 2021 9:31 PM CDT - Dogecoin now worth more than Twitter, Dogecoin price flies to the moon
Dogecoin cryptocurrency skyrockets, has $70 billion market cap on May 4, 2021 -- Twitter market cap is just $43 billion.May 4, 2021 9:11 PM CDT - Red Dead Redemption 2 + ray tracing Reshade + RTX 3090 + 8K = OMG
Red Dead Redemption 2 running on NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 3090 at the glorious 8K (7680 x 4320) res and it looks INCREDIBLE.May 4, 2021 8:26 PM CDT - China could invade Taiwan and gain control of TSMC
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger chats with CNBC, with the topic of China President Xi Jinping seizing Taiwan and taking over TSMC.May 4, 2021 7:48 PM CDT - AMD Navi 31 GPU rumor: at least 2.5x faster than the Radeon RX 6900 XT
AMD Navi 33 has 80 CUs and is a monolithic GPU, but Navi 31 is reportedly an MCM design (2 chiplets with 80 CUs each) - incredible.May 4, 2021 7:09 PM CDT - Activision teases big Warzone boom: 'Were just scratching the surface'
Activision teases big ambitious plans for Call of Duty's F2P Warzone expansion, says CoD Vanguard will offer 'fun' integration.May 4, 2021 5:58 PM CDT - Activision expects to make a record-breaking $8.37 billion in 2021
Activision raises yearly forecasts to a whopping $8.37 billion, up $150 million from previous estimates on CoD confidence.May 4, 2021 5:17 PM CDT - Call of Duty Vanguard built for next-gen PS5, Series X consoles
Activision: Sledgehammer has built Call of Duty Vanguard (COD 2021) from the ground up for next-gen PS5, Xbox Series X consoles.May 4, 2021 3:54 PM CDT - Walmart game streaming service, Project Storm, outed by Epic trial
Walmart is joining Google, Amazon, Microsoft and PlayStation in making its own budget-friendly cloud game streaming service.May 4, 2021 3:36 PM CDT - CD Projekt vice president of game design leaves because of 'bad blood'
Once expected to lead Witcher 4's development, Konrad Tomaszkiewicz leaves CD Projekt due to bad behavior and clashes with team.May 4, 2021 1:14 PM CDT - Asteroid that traveled 23 million years to get to Earth discovered
Researchers and scientists have estimated that the asteroid that landed in Botswana took nearly 23 million years to reach Earth.May 4, 2021 9:04 AM CDT - Scientists have successfully created the first human-monkey embryo
Scientists have successfully created the very first human-monkey chimera in an effort to understand further how humans develop.May 4, 2021 8:35 AM CDT - Super blood moon and four planets visible in May, here's how to see it
NASA has said that in May, we will be able to spot the four inner planets as well as a super blood moon. Here's how to see it.May 4, 2021 7:31 AM CDT - Thousands of carnivorous worms are invading a South Carolina coast
A massive swarm of carnivorous worms is invading a South Carolina coast, but researchers say it's actually a sign of good health.May 4, 2021 6:32 AM CDT - Nearly 1,000 pounds of pork products recalled by New York company
A Long Island company has issued a recall for nearly 1,000 pounds of pork products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens.May 4, 2021 5:33 AM CDT - Bill Gates-funded company released 150K genetically modified insects
A biotech firm funded by Bill and Melinda Gates has released genetically modified mosquitoes were just released in the US.May 4, 2021 4:31 AM CDT - China's rocket is crashing back down to Earth, but where will it land?
China recently launched a rocket that will soon crash back down to Earth, possibly landing in an inhabited zone in this area.May 4, 2021 3:32 AM CDT - Manager owes $500K to black disabled man he enslaved for forced labor
A former South Carolina restaurant manager forced a Black man that is disabled to work 100 hour weeks without pay for five years.May 4, 2021 2:34 AM CDT - Sony buys minority stake in Discord, PSN and Discord to unify in 2022
Sony plans to add Discord functionality to the PlayStation Network in early 2022, and the company just bought a stake in Discord.May 3, 2021 11:37 PM CDT - MSI MEG Z590 ACE Gold Edition has 24K gold heat sink, just because
MSI's new MEG Z590 ACE Gold Edition teased, with a 24K gold foil heat sink, gold/silver/black design that looks incredible.May 3, 2021 11:02 PM CDT - Samsung makes 120Hz OLED displays for iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple's next-generation iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max smartphones will reportedly use 120Hz OLED displays from Samsung.May 3, 2021 10:28 PM CDT - Apple analyst: 8-inch foldable iPhone + OLED display coming in 2023
Apple will launch its first foldable iPhone in 2023 with an 8-inch QHD+ flexible OLED display in 2023, says Apple analyst.May 3, 2021 9:49 PM CDT - Samsung's new Galaxy Z Fold 3 tipped to have under-display camera
Samsung's next-gen Galaxy Z Fold 3 smartphone should have under-display camera (a first for Samsung) and even S-Pen support.May 3, 2021 9:01 PM CDT - ASUS Z690 + ROG Maximus XIV mobos teased for Intel Alder Lake CPUs
ASUS Z690 and ROG Maximus XIV motherboards teased: ready for Intel's next-gen Alder Lake-S family of 12th Gen Core CPUs.May 3, 2021 8:32 PM CDT - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti: announce on May 31, reviews on June 9
NVIDIA expected to reveal the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti + RTX 3080 Ti on May 31, June 2 release for RTX 3070 Ti, June 9 for RTX 3080 Ti.May 3, 2021 8:03 PM CDT - Remember the Disaster Girl meme? Disaster Girl NFT sells for $500,000
NFT (Non-Fungible Token) auction sales see 'Disaster Girl' NFT selling for over $500,000 -- or 180 Ethereum at Foundation auction.May 3, 2021 7:31 PM CDT - NVIDIA DLSS tech helps GeForce RTX 3090 drive 8K 60FPS in COD: Warzone
Call of Duty: Warzone can actually run at 8K (7680 x 4320) and 60FPS... but you'll need the GeForce RTX 3090 and DLSS 2.0 enabled.May 3, 2021 7:09 PM CDT - Bill and Melinda Gates announce divorce after 27 years of marriage
Bill and Melinda Gates announce they're ending their marriage after 27 years, asking for privacy as they navigate this new life.May 3, 2021 3:59 PM CDT - FPS Boost breathes new life into 97 Xbox games
FPS Boost expands to 97 games on Xbox Series X and Series S consoles, offering 60FPS in a huge collection of last-gen games.May 3, 2021 3:45 PM CDT - NASA's simulation proves we couldn't stop an asteroid even if we tried
A worrying simulation from NASA has revealed that if an asteroid was headed towards Earth we couldn't even stop it if wanted to.May 3, 2021 9:04 AM CDT - Scientists finally confirm how long a day is on Venus
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles have finally managed to confirm just how long a single day is on Venus.May 3, 2021 8:33 AM CDT - China's rocket will crash back to Earth this week, could hit a city
A Chinese rocket that was recently launched is now out of control and is expected to impact Earth at some point this week.May 3, 2021 7:32 AM CDT - World's largest plane completes fight test, watch the video here
The world's largest plane has been caught on camera completing its official second flight test over California's Mojave Desert.May 3, 2021 6:32 AM CDT - Scientists caught a real-life giant 'kraken' on video, here's how
Researchers managed to capture a real-life giant 'kraken' on video after discovering its enormous eyes caused it to be camera shy.May 3, 2021 5:34 AM CDT - NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 3080 Ti listed at $1300 to $2250 online
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti in custom AIB models listed online early, GIGABYTE and MSI models are costing between $1300 and $2250.May 3, 2021 5:17 AM CDT - Rockstar is looking for game testers, probably playing GTA 6 right now
Grand Theft Auto 6 game testers required by Rockstar Games, developer had internal release for late 2023 -- but that can change.May 3, 2021 5:02 AM CDT - FDA and Biden administration to ban menthol cigarettes, here's why
The United States Food and Drug Administration and the Biden administration will be banning the use of menthol cigarettes.May 3, 2021 4:33 AM CDT - US Defense Secretary drops warning about next major war
The US defense secretary has warned that the 'next major war is going to look very different' from US's previously fought wars.May 3, 2021 3:32 AM CDT - Flat Earth theory was debunked 2,000 years ago, explains Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan explained that an ancient Greek mathematician was able to prove that the surface of Earth is curved and not flat.May 3, 2021 2:31 AM CDT - AMD Navi 33 GPU: next-gen RDNA 3 with 80 CUs + 5120 cores = beast GPU
AMD's next-gen Navi 3X family of graphics cards are still a while away, but we should expect big things from the new GPUs.May 3, 2021 1:23 AM CDT - Check out the Royal Marines board a ship with jetpacks like Iron Man
Royal Marines test out the Gravity Jet Suit to board ship during test operations, flying onto the ship and landing with grace.May 2, 2021 10:31 PM CDT - Elon Musk's brain implant startup Neuralink loses its co-founder
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk sees co-founder of brain-computer interface startup Neuralink quietly leave 'a few weeks ago'.May 2, 2021 9:47 PM CDT - TSMC is using AMD's industry-leading EPYC CPUs to make next-gen chips
Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announces it's now using AMD EPYC CPUs to manufacture, make next-gen chips.May 2, 2021 9:08 PM CDT - Apple's new 12.9-inch iPad Pro costs $699 to repair without AppleCare+
The new 12.9-inch 2021 iPad Pro costs $699 to repair if you don't have AppleCare+ but for $100 more you can buy a new 11-inch iPad.May 2, 2021 8:26 PM CDT - STALKER 2: Xbox and PC exclusive for 3 months, sorry PS5 gamers
STALKER 2 will be exclusive to the Xbox and PC for 3 months, with PlayStation 5 gamers left out in the dark... at least for now.May 2, 2021 7:42 PM CDT - Battlefield teased again, with two new sketches from teaser trailer
The latest sketches from Battlefield's upcoming teaser trailer are here, teasing armored helmets + Juggernaut-type suits, and more.May 2, 2021 7:06 PM CDT - How to play the Resident Evil Village demo as much as you want on PC
Steam gamers manipulate a few folders to play Capcom's new free Resident Evil Village demo as many times as they want on PC.May 2, 2021 5:39 PM CDT - Elden Ring may be delayed further, FromSoftware parent company warns
Epic RPG Elden Ring may be delayed even further as FromSoftware parent company warns investors about COVID-19 uncertainties.May 2, 2021 4:34 PM CDT - Mass Effect trilogy remaster comes with a 11GB day one patch
Mass Effect Legendary Edition comes with a day one patch that clocks in at 11.8GB on PS4 that adjusts lighting, AO, performance.May 2, 2021 4:08 PM CDT - Microsoft may reduce Xbox game store cut from 30% to just 12%
Microsoft will soon let developers and publishers keep 88% of revenues of games sold on the Xbox console storefront in 2021.May 2, 2021 3:09 PM CDT - Nintendo to solve Switch shortage in 2021 with 30 million unit influx
Nintendo plans to solve Switch shortages with a massive production order of 30 million units, will lead to boosted supply.May 2, 2021 12:41 PM CDT - ASUS ROG Zephryus S17 high-end gaming laptop to be revealed on May 11
ASUS teases next-gen ROG Zephryus S17 gaming laptop, special unveiling event for May 11 -- powered by Intel's new Tiger Lake-H.May 1, 2021 10:43 PM CDT - NASA + SpaceX $2.9B moon lander deal paused, competitors file protests
NASA suspends work on SpaceX's new lunar lander contract, with the $2.9 billion deal on hold because of disputes from competitors.May 1, 2021 10:06 PM CDT - Tesla Powerwall+ teased: upgraded battery for improved off-grid living
Tesla looks to upgrade Powerwall with Powerwall+ that has upgraded 9.6kW peak output, up from 7kW -- same 13.5kWh battery capacity.May 1, 2021 9:30 PM CDT - NVIDIA teases custom Overwatch-themed GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card
NVIDIA GeForce China has made a custom GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition graphics card, inspired by Blizzard's popular Overwatch.May 1, 2021 9:08 PM CDT - Intel Core i9-11950H: high-end laptop CPU with 8C/16T @ 4.9GHz
Intel's new Core i9-11950H processor packs 8 cores, 16 threads @ up to 4.9GHz -- a another Tiger Lake-H processor offering.May 1, 2021 8:27 PM CDT - Check out the first leaked screenshots from the new Battlefield
Battlefield leaker Tom Henderson confirms the leaked Battlefield images are real... we should expect the trailer any minute now.May 1, 2021 7:23 PM CDT - Chia Coin now using over 1 exabyte of storage, HDD/SSD shortage feared
Chia Coin cryptocurrency mining continues to explode, HDD and SSD shortage concerns growing by the day with storage-fueled mining.May 1, 2021 7:06 PM CDT - Epic Games buys creative powerhouse ArtStation, all tutorials now free
Epic Games snaps up art powerhouse platform ArtStation to empower creatives, developers, and artists in the games industry.May 1, 2021 6:34 PM CDT - Hitman dev's new IP may be a medieval fantasy online game with dragons
We have a third universe that we're working actively on, which is something a bit different,' IO's CEO Hakan Abrak said in April.May 1, 2021 5:32 PM CDT - Here's a look at guns in Halo PC's third-person shooter prototype
Old Bungie archival footage shows what Halo's original guns looked like back in the ancient third-person shooter prototype days.May 1, 2021 2:22 PM CDT - Konami is in 'deep development' on new games, maybe Silent Hill?
Konami says it's developing some new games, but it won't actually be at E3 2021 this year. Will get partner showcases instead?May 1, 2021 12:40 PM CDT
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