News Archive: October 2024

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Epic Games is now 'financially sound,' CEO Tim Sweeney saysEpic Games is now financially sound and there's no economic hurdles facing the publisher-and-platform operator--Fortnite is at an all-time peak right now.Oct 1, 2024 3:18 PM CDT
There's not 'zero hope' for a Final Fantasy 16 Xbox port, Square Enix producer Yoshi-P saysSquare Enix wants to bring Final Fantasy 16 to Xbox, with Yoshi-P saying 'it's not as if there's zero hope,' but no official details have been announced.Oct 1, 2024 6:06 PM CDT
Epic Games shows off new Unreal Engine 5.5 feature 'MegaLights' but the video is in 720pEpic Games Unreal Fest showcases Unreal Engine 5.5 update: new experimental MegaLights technology, and more improvements across the board for UE5.5.Oct 2, 2024 4:38 AM CDT
Palworld is coming to mobile phones courtesy of PUBG maker, despite that Nintendo lawsuitKrafton says it plans to faithfully reinterpret the original game's 'main fun elements' with PUBG Studios at the helm for the smartphone version.Oct 2, 2024 10:25 AM CDT
Rumor: Assassin's Creed Shadows has a co-op mode - but not at launch, you'll have to waitCo-op mode to be added post-release will presumably see Naoe and Yasuke fighting side-by-side against enemies, but we don't have any firm details yet.Oct 3, 2024 11:43 AM CDT
Ubisoft loses key Rainbow Six exec at a critical point for the publisherThe pressure is on at Ubisoft right now, and now one key executive has reportedly departed Rainbow Six, one of the company's most important franchises.Oct 3, 2024 7:03 PM CDT
Ubisoft could go private, Tencent can't force hostile takeoverUbisoft's current majority holders, the Guillemot family and Tencent, are thinking of teaming up to buy out all existing shares and take Ubisoft private.Oct 4, 2024 3:23 PM CDT
PS5 Pro enhanced game list now includes over 60 gamesThe list of games that'll be enhanced on Sony's new PlayStation 5 Pro has tripled in size, now including 60+ PlayStation 5 titles both new and old.Oct 4, 2024 11:33 PM CDT
Capcom on PS5 Pro's beastly GPU: 'We're excited for the possibilities'Capcom is receiving strong support from Sony with PlayStation 5 Pro game optimization, and the Japanese publisher is excited about the Pro's raw power.Oct 5, 2024 11:30 AM CDT
Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games enforces 7-day work week ahead of CitizenconCloud Imperium Games reportedly imposes 7-day work week for Star Citizen developers, with Citizencon right around the corner on October 19.Oct 5, 2024 7:08 PM CDT
Saudi Arabia may buy more Nintendo stock, already owns 8.5% or $5.8 billion worth of sharesSaudi Arabia's public investment fund (PIF) may increase its shares in Nintendo, but the fund already owns 8.5% of or $5.8 billion worth of Nintendo stock.Oct 6, 2024 2:02 PM CDT
Sims 5 isn't happening, EA to continue mining Sims 4 with new user-generated content economyElectronic Arts has confirmed it will not be making The Sims 5, and will instead add new ways to monetize and make money from the existing Sims 4 game.Oct 6, 2024 5:10 PM CDT
NVIDIA ACE digital human AI technology is now an Unreal Engine 5 pluginNVIDIA ACE technology, a powerful set of generative AI tools used to create Digital Humans, is now an Unreal Engine 5 plugin for developers.Oct 6, 2024 8:34 PM CDT
Multiple new Halo games in development, next-gen Halo games dazzle in Unreal Engine 5Halo has been reborn in Unreal Engine 5 with incredible next-gen visuals, and the new Halo Studios are working on multiple upcoming Halo projects.Oct 6, 2024 11:32 PM CDT
This is what Grand Theft Auto 7 could look like on the PlayStation 7 with AI-powered graphicsGTA 6 looks really, really good in its brief teasers... but a next-gen GTA 7 running on Sony's future-gen PlayStation 7 -- yes PS7 -- could look INSANE.Oct 7, 2024 11:11 AM CDT
Ubisoft is focusing on two main goals: open-world adventures and games-as-a-service experiencesWill Ubisoft go private? The company won't say, but it did reiterate its two main goals for gaming: open-world adventures and native live service games.Oct 7, 2024 2:32 PM CDT
Epic's Tim Sweeney is teasing Unreal Engine 6, and it's much more than a game engineThe plan for Unreal Engine 6 is to merge the current game development tools with Fortnite's easy-to-use editor to create a persistent metaverse.Oct 7, 2024 8:27 PM CDT
Starfield Shattered Space DLC is suffering from mass negative Steam reviewsBethesda has released its first major Starfield DLC expansion, Shattered Space, and the initial reaction has been quite negative, indicating poor sales.Oct 8, 2024 2:04 AM CDT
Red Dead Redemption coming to PC October 29 with native 4K 144 FPS supportIt's happening - Rockstar officially confirms Red Dead Redemption's PC launch with a ton of optimizations and upgrades including 4K resolution at 144Hz.Oct 8, 2024 10:33 AM CDT
Saudi Arabia actually reduced its stake in NintendoSaudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) actually reduced its stake in Nintendo's shares, dropping by a percentage point following recent reports.Oct 8, 2024 6:55 PM CDT
Google appeals historic antitrust lawsuit ruling that threatens its $12.4 billion mobile bizFederal courts have ordered Google to break open its Google Play Store, a move that severely jeopardizes Google's $12.4 billion mobile gaming empire.Oct 8, 2024 9:01 PM CDT
Bethesda may be too big for its own good14-year Fallout and Skyrim veteran developer Nate Purkeypile describes why he left Bethesda Game Studios while it was in mid-development of Starfield.Oct 9, 2024 12:02 PM CDT
Nintendo's mysterious FCC device filing has nothing to do with Switch 2Talk about a false alarm: The mysterious Nintendo FCC filing turned out to be the company's new $100 interactive Alarmo alarm clock, not a Switch 2 device.Oct 9, 2024 5:05 PM CDT
Ex-Blizzard president Mike Ybarra wanted to reduce Diablo 4's microtransactionsFormer Blizzard president Mike Ybarra wasn't satisfied with Diablo 4's over-priced cosmetics and microtransactions, and wanted to change the store.Oct 10, 2024 12:32 PM CDT
Black Ops 6 is shaping up to be the least toxic Call of Duty game everCall of Duty Black Ops 6 will launch with some anti-toxicity features Activision has improved upon after testing them on other Call of Duty titles.Oct 11, 2024 1:01 AM CDT
Nintendo forces players to be silent about its mysterious online testNintendo is conducting a mysterious Nintendo Switch Online test, and participants are required not to disclose or discuss its contents.Oct 12, 2024 12:03 AM CDT
Steam now reminds you that you don't actually own your PC games libraryValve's digital games storefront now reminds users that they don't actually own the software that they purchase, but only a license to access the software.Oct 12, 2024 1:01 PM CDT
Pokemon developer GameFreak confirms hack, apologizes for leaksPokemon developer Game Freak confirms recent hack and subsequent leak of information, issues a formal statement on the matter on its official website.Oct 13, 2024 4:02 PM CDT
Mark Zuckerberg has put over 1000 hours into this classic PC game, says he's unbeatableMark Zuckerberg's PC game of choice is Sid Meier's Civilization, and with over 1,000 hours in a single entry he claims to be 'unbeatable.'Oct 14, 2024 12:36 AM CDT
This custom laptop packs a desktop GeForce RTX 4090 with 450W power, weighs close to 7kgA chinese modder has created a custom laptop that packs a desktop NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card with 450W of power, Ryzen 9 7950X3D processor.Oct 1, 2024 3:03 AM CDT
GeForce RTX 4060 is now the second most popular GPU, and the RTX 4060 Ti not far behindThe Steam Hardware and Survey results for September 2024 show another sea of green when it comes to GPUs, with NVIDIA's lead continuing to grow.Oct 1, 2024 9:29 PM CDT
NVIDIA 'halting developing' of GB200 NVL36x2 AI servers (dual-rack 72 GPUs versions)NVIDIA is 'halting development' of its GB200 NVL36x2 AI server (dual-rack 72 GPU version) with long-term AI and NVIDIA trends 'remaining positive'.Oct 2, 2024 2:45 AM CDT
Fed up with Windows 11's oversized taskbar icons? Microsoft's thinking about shrinking themAnd giving users the option to make the taskbar itself more compact, maybe? We shall see, but there's only a choice to make the icons smaller right now.Oct 2, 2024 5:10 AM CDT
MSI's new RTX 4070 Ti SUPER STALKER 2 graphics card includes the game for FREEMSI's upcoming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER STALKER 2 graphics card includes STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl for FREE, check it all out here.Oct 2, 2024 8:59 PM CDT
Scientists discover humble planet orbiting one of Earth's closest known starsA team of astronomers has used the Very Large Telescope to discover a humble planet orbiting Barnard's star, one of the closest known stars to Earth.Oct 3, 2024 1:03 AM CDT
Windows 11 24H2 sees Microsoft finally axe WordPad - but there's a way you can keep the appAfter nearly three decades of processing words in Windows, WordPad is finally being shoved out of the door with the freshly released 24H2 update.Oct 3, 2024 2:00 PM CDT
NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU specs leak: 24GB GDDR7 on a 256-bit memory busNVIDIA's next-generation GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU rumored specs: 24GB of ultra-fast GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit memory bus, launching in Q1 2025.Oct 3, 2024 8:25 PM CDT
Samsung's 3nm chip yields are so low its foundry division's future is in jeopardyAccording to reports, Samsung's foundry troubles and low yields for its 3nm process tech could see the company spin off the division.Oct 4, 2024 2:31 AM CDT
Windows 11 can now reply to your texts, as AI auto-replies arrive in Microsoft's Phone Link appNew 'suggested replies' feature was in testing earlier this year, and is now rolling out to all Windows 11 users - uses cloud-based AI to respond to texts.Oct 4, 2024 8:35 AM CDT
Intel Core i9-13900KF is a hell of a lot of CPU for $389 in early Prime Day dealIntel's 13900K is also on sale, so if you're after a previous-gen flagship with an iGPU, you can grab this - just make sure you patch up these CPUs.Oct 4, 2024 12:39 PM CDT
NASA officially switches off a scientific instrument 12.8 billion miles from EarthNASA has officially switched off one of the scientific instruments aboard a spacecraft that has been sending data back to Earth for 47 years.Oct 5, 2024 2:48 AM CDT
Montech and GearSeekers team up to create the limited-edition KING 95 ULTRA PC CaseThe new Montech x Gear Seekers KING 95 ULTRA is limited to only a few thousand units worldwide, and it's a stylish and premium take on the King 95.Oct 6, 2024 8:02 PM CDT
Amazon is closing in on approving a third season of The Rings of PowerThe third season of Amazon's The Rings of Power is currently in doubt, but reports indicate Amazon is scheduled to officially greenlight it very soon.Oct 7, 2024 12:03 AM CDT
AMD gives game developers control over Radeon GPUs with new 'Driver Experiments' toolAMD's latest Radeon tools for game developers give them low-level access to its driver settings for bug tracking and optimization.Oct 7, 2024 2:03 AM CDT
Amazon Prime Video is about to get a whole lot worse with even more adsAmazon is planning on increasing the number of advertisements it displays on its Prime Video streaming service, with the ramp up beginning in 2025.Oct 7, 2024 8:24 AM CDT
Hurricane Helene ruins North Carolina town that mines 70-100% of quartz used in semiconductorsHurricane Helene has been one of the deadliest storms in US history, massively impacting the semiconductor in North Carolina with quartz mines affected.Oct 7, 2024 10:10 AM CDT
NVIDIA's CES 2025 keynote is on January 6, where we could see RTX 5090 and 5080 GPUs revealedIf the rumors of a CES 2025 launch are correct - and they've been piling up lately - Jensen Huang's keynote on January 6 will see next-gen GPUs revealed.Oct 7, 2024 12:35 PM CDT
Check out these beautiful high-res die shots of AMD's new Zen 5 CCD, ready for 3D V-Cache CPUsAMD's new Zen 5-powered Ryzen 9000 series 'Granite Ridge' CPUs get some absolutely beautiful high-res die shots, new TSV layout for 3D V-Cache CPUs.Oct 7, 2024 10:26 PM CDT
New research in next-gen optical interposers: mutliple chiplets connected with low latencyCEA-Leti, a European technology research institute is working on optical interposers, could fuel new innovation in the semiconductor industry.Oct 8, 2024 1:08 AM CDT
Surveillance mission launches to the asteroid NASA obliterated in deep spaceThe highly anticipated surveillance mission of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has launched on a journey to investigate the scene.Oct 8, 2024 4:02 AM CDT
Worst storm in 100 years to hit Tampa Bay Florida pictured from spaceIf Hurricane Milton continues on its same trajectory it will become the worst storm to have hit the Tampa Bay, Florida region in the last 100 years.Oct 8, 2024 5:32 AM CDT
AMD Radeon PRO V710 GPU: Navi 32 chip, 54 RDNA 3 GPU CUs, 28GB GDDR6 memory for cloud providersAMD intros its new Radeon PRO 710V: powered by the Navi 32 GPU with 54 RDNA 3 GPU CUs, 28GB of VRAM, and available at Microsoft Azure.Oct 8, 2024 9:34 AM CDT
Intel Arrow Lake CPUs get full specs leaked, with apparent confirmation of TVB for all chipsApparent confirmation that TVB (Thermal Velocity Boost) is in place across the whole range, including Core Ultra 5 chips, with these first K series CPUs.Oct 8, 2024 2:20 PM CDT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 leaked specs: 16GB GDDR7 at fastest 32Gbps, 1TB/sec bandwidthNVIDIA's second-fastest Blackwell GeForce RTX 50 series GPU will feature the fastest GDDR7 memory at 32Gbps, with 16GB GDDR7 at 1TB/sec memory bandwidth.Oct 8, 2024 9:33 PM CDT
SpaceX pencils in the date for its most daring and highest stake Starship launchSpaceX has provided an update on when it plans on launching Starship for its fifth test flight that will involve attempting to land and catch the booster.Oct 9, 2024 1:02 AM CDT
Astronaut captures the monstrous power of Hurricane Milton from spaceAn astronaut aboard the International Space Station has captured an incredible timelapse video of Hurricane Milton as the station passed overhead.Oct 9, 2024 6:02 AM CDT
NVIDIA to launch GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 later this year: RTX 5070 at CES 2025NVIDIA's ultra-enthusiast GeForce RTX 5090 32GB and GeForce RTX 5080 16GB to launch late this year, while the RTX 5070 12GB set to debut at CES 2025.Oct 9, 2024 3:33 PM CDT
Intel 14th Gen Core CPUs get huge 'discount bomb': 14900KF for $417, 14600KF for $204Before its next-gen Arrow Lake CPUs launch, Newegg kicks off a 'discount bomb' on 14th Gen Core CPUs: 14900KF for $417, 14700KF for $327, 14600KF for $204.Oct 9, 2024 8:07 PM CDT
DDR5-8000 is the new standard for Intel Arrow Lake, and DDR5-9000 is easy to achieveDRR5-8000 will be a breeze with MSI's new Z890 motherboard series, DDR5-9000+ descired as 'easy' to achieve thanks to revamped one-click memory OC.Oct 10, 2024 8:17 AM CDT
MSI teases absolute monster Z890 GODLIKE motherboard ready for Intel Arrow LakeMSI teased its beastly MEG Z890 GODLIKE motherboard, which is outfitted with all the bells and whistles you would expect for enthusiast-level gaming.Oct 10, 2024 9:05 AM CDT
MSI's Z890 motherboards have reinforced aluminum PCIe slots for next-gen graphics cardsGPUs aren't getting any smaller, so MSI is making sure that its new motherboards are ready for the next-gen GeForce RTX 50 Series.Oct 10, 2024 9:46 AM CDT
MSI details exclusive 'AI Boost' feature that overclocks the NPU for a performance boostMSI has released an upgrade to its BIOS as part of the company upcoming launch of new Z890/X870 motherboards designed for Intel and AMD's new CPUs.Oct 10, 2024 10:33 AM CDT
Honored scientist had his ashes dropped into the eye of Hurricane MiltonA longtime radar scientist and hurricane hunter was honored for his contributions to meteorology by having his ashes dropped into Hurricane Milton.Oct 10, 2024 11:32 AM CDT
Scientists accidentally discover first working breakthrough Spider-Man web fluidResearchers are attempting to create the iconic web fluid used by everyone's friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, and it's 'superhero-inspired material.'Oct 11, 2024 12:02 AM CDT
Man accused of creating Bitcoin denies involvement, points to QAnon conspiracy theoriesThe man who is allegedly the mysterious famous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, has denied the mind behind the world's most valuable digital currency.Oct 12, 2024 12:32 AM CDT
NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090 won't have huge price increase over RTX 4090 says leakerNVIDIA's next-generaiton GeForce RTX 5090 rumored pricing at up to $2499 is wrong says another leaker, RTX 5090 shouldn't be too much more than RTX 4090.Oct 13, 2024 6:44 PM CDT
NVIDIA GeForce 256 25th Anniversary - Celebrating the world's first GPUBack in 1999 the world's first GPU hit the scene transforming the PC gaming landscape while powering classics like Unreal Tournament and Quake III Arena.Oct 13, 2024 8:32 PM CDT
Phison president promises AI training and AI tuning with a $50K workstation systemPhison GM and President Michael Wu has changed the $1M to $1.5M cost of fine-tuning a PC for ChatGPT, to just $50,000 for a new AI workstation.Oct 13, 2024 10:19 PM CDT
Analyst says new Apple Vision Pro costs around $2000: slower chip, cheaper materials in 2025Apple rumored to be working on second-generation Vision Pro headset: lower-end model costs around $2000, built with slower chip, cheaper materials.Oct 14, 2024 1:43 AM CDT
KIOXIA XD8 Series SSDs for data centers are up to 73% faster thanks to new PCIe Gen 5 techKIOXIA's next-gen XD8 Series E1.S Data Center SSD Series is here, leveraging PCIe 5.0 and the latest NVMe standards for cutting-edge speed and performance.Oct 14, 2024 8:01 AM CDT

Interstellar's Hans Zimmer co-composed Dragon Age: The Veilguard's soundtrackBioWare has revealed new details for Dragon Age: The Veilguard's soundtrack, confirming that the legendary Hans Zimmer co-composed the fantasy score.Oct 1, 2024 4:03 PM CDT
17 countries call for regulation on virtual currencies like V-Bucks and COD Points17 countries have banded together to create an analytical & scathing report that calls for virtual currencies to be better regulated in the European Union.Oct 1, 2024 7:07 PM CDT
Can it run Doom? There's now a Doom port for a quantum computer (that doesn't exist yet)'Quandoom' has caused quite a stir - a powerful enough quantum computer to run it doesn't exist yet, but this Doom port can be run in a quantum simulator.Oct 2, 2024 6:54 AM CDT
First Yuzu, now Ryujinx Switch emulator has been shut down, after an 'agreement' with NintendoSwitch emulator is reportedly no more, as we're told by a message on Discord that the creator pulled the plug after Nintendo apparently applied pressure.Oct 2, 2024 11:44 AM CDT
Hi-Fi Rush 2 was in development before Bethesda shut down Tango GameworksNew owner Krafton has confirmed that Tango Gameworks had a 6-month old build of Hi-Fi Rush 2 in development before it was shut down by Bethesda and Xbox.Oct 3, 2024 1:21 PM CDT
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 is coming to GeForce NOW alongside 21 more games in OctoberThe GeForce NOW library is growing this month, and it's adding what will end up being one of the biggest games of the year - Call of Duty: Black Op 6.Oct 4, 2024 12:59 AM CDT
Halo's cancelled battle royale detailed in new reportNew details on Halo Infinite's cancelled battle royale mode, aka Project Tatanka, have been revealed...but 343 Industries cancelled it to focus on Halo 7.Oct 4, 2024 5:26 PM CDT
10 Assassin's Creed games coming in next 5 years, at least that was Ubisoft's original planUbisoft had originally planned to release 10 new Assassin's Creed games in the next 5 years, but recent events may have disrupted this pipeline goal.Oct 5, 2024 12:32 AM CDT
SEGA and Sonic Team will continue supporting PS4 to ensure higher sales potentialSEGA has no plans to stop supporting the PlayStation 4 because the system is still very popular, and the publisher wants to widen sales potential.Oct 5, 2024 12:28 PM CDT
Overwatch 2 intros new Competitive Drives feature: rewards gamers for playing more ranked gamesBlizzard has announced a new Competitive Drives mode for Overwatch 2: incentivizing more ranked games, with new rewards, and more.Oct 5, 2024 8:00 PM CDT
FromSoftware boosts employee wages following years of low payFromSoftware, the devs behind the best-selling Elden Ring and Dark Souls games, have increased wage pay after years of comparatively low salaries.Oct 6, 2024 3:08 PM CDT
Halo Infinite's new mode will change the franchise foreverHalo Infinite will be the first game to completely break the FPS barrier with a new third-person mode, will change the series forever in November 2024.Oct 6, 2024 6:06 PM CDT
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered requires PSN account on PC, original version no longer availableHorizon Zero Dawn Remastered ups the price and replaces the original on Steam, with Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition no longer available.Oct 6, 2024 9:01 PM CDT
Top Ubisoft executive jumps ship amid the company's slow boilingThe Vice President of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege has officially left the franchise amid what could be considered the most tumultuous time for Ubisoft.Oct 7, 2024 1:02 AM CDT
Alien Isolation 2 confirmed in development, Creative Assembly announces sequelCreative Assembly officially confirms that a new sequel to SEGA's best-selling hit Alien: Isolation is in development, but the project is in early phases.Oct 7, 2024 12:04 PM CDT
This patent could be why Nintendo is suing Palworld developer PocketpairThis patent filed by Nintendo could be the reason why the Pokemon games giant is suing Palworld developer Pocketpair for patent infringement in Japan.Oct 7, 2024 3:51 PM CDT
Epic will offer free games on the mobile Epic Store tooEpic Games plans to offer its free games promotional initiative on the new mobile version of the Epic Games Store, may extend to mTX and premium games.Oct 7, 2024 9:04 PM CDT
Switch modder sued by Nintendo represents himself in court and denies any wrongdoingA modder that is allegedly the owner of the company that Nintendo claims offers solutions to play pirated Nintendo games has appeared in court.Oct 8, 2024 7:31 AM CDT
Dragon ball Sparking Zero conquers PlayStation & Steam sales charts, early access now availableBandai Namco's new Budokai Tenkaichi game has taken over gaming's top storefronts, is #1 best-seller on PlayStation and Steam as it enters early access.Oct 8, 2024 1:48 PM CDT
The Diablo 4 that never was: Permadeath hardcore by default with third-person viewDiablo IV was originally a much, much different game than what we have today: Diablo 4 aka Project Hades had a permadeath hardcore mechanic by default.Oct 8, 2024 8:03 PM CDT
Google responds to claims Pixel smartphones send private user data to Google every 15 minutesGoogle has responded to a recent report that claimed a Pixel smartphone was sending private user data back to Google servers every 15 minutes.Oct 8, 2024 11:25 PM CDT
Roblox responds to controversial claims, says its metrics are soundRoblox has delivered an official statement refuting the recent controversial claims made by Hindenburg Research, says that its player metrics are sound.Oct 9, 2024 3:03 PM CDT
Nintendo testing new mysterious Switch Online featureNintendo is allowing users to sign up to test out a mysterious new feature for its Switch Online + Expansion Pack service, no details are currently known.Oct 9, 2024 5:27 PM CDT
Football Manager 25 delayed by SEGA, may impact company financialsSEGA and developer Sports Interactive have made the decision to delay Football Manager 25 outside of the Holiday 2024 season, may impact SEGA's earnings.Oct 10, 2024 3:15 PM CDT
EA reveals official drop rates for the rarest Apex Legends lootbox itemEA has shared a global breakdown of the minimum drop rates of cosmetics in Apex Legends to introduce more transparency with players.Oct 11, 2024 1:32 AM CDT
Piracy can reduce sales revenues by 20%, a sizable loss for publishers and developersA new study indicates that Denuvo DRM helps protect 'total revenue from piracy by a mean of 15% and a median of 20%' on the initial impact of sales.Oct 12, 2024 9:48 AM CDT
Xbox gamers can soon stream purchased games via the cloudStarting next month, Xbox gamers will be able to stream games from their purchased library of titles wirelessly over the cloud via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.Oct 13, 2024 2:14 PM CDT
Cyberpunk 2077's photorealistic DreamPunk mod looks incredible in 8K with a GeForce RTX 4090DreamPunk 2.1 is the latest photorealistic mod for Cyberpunk 2077 from NextGen Dreams, and it looks incredible running on a GeForce RTX 4090.Oct 13, 2024 11:34 PM CDT
Check out this amazing Alien PC and other cool tech we saw at PAX Australia 2024At PAX Australia we got to see some of the most impressive custom PC builds we've ever seen and even went hands-on with new Intel Core Ultra 200 rigs.Oct 14, 2024 2:42 AM CDT
Microsoft puts latest Windows 11 update on hold after admitting it has some nasty bugsBlue and green screens of extreme unpleasantness have been affecting some of those installing September's optional update for Windows 11.Oct 1, 2024 10:03 AM CDT
NVIDIA App adds G-SYNC Controls and more RTX HDR, will exit Beta before the end of the yearWith another major update, NVIDIA confirms that the NVIDIA App will exit beta before the end of the year, and it will retire GeForce Experience.Oct 1, 2024 9:57 PM CDT
NVIDIA's new GB200 NVL72 AI server: 'highest-power-consuming server in HISTORY' with 132kW TDPNVIDIA's biggest challenges in GB200 NVL72 AI server development mostly the 132kW TDP, making it the highest-power-consuming server in HISTORY.Oct 2, 2024 3:10 AM CDT
Apple MacBook Pro, Mac mini and iMac with M4 CPU might be delayed until later in 2024Leaker Mark Gurman seems to be less sure that Apple is about to spring these M4-toting Macs on us - we could be waiting until November, perhaps.Oct 2, 2024 12:16 PM CDT
Apple A18 Pro, A18 SoC die sizes compared: a bit bigger than A17 Pro, built on TSMC N3E nodeApple's new A18 Pro and A18 SoC die sizes compared: the chip that powers the new iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max smartphones.Oct 2, 2024 9:11 PM CDT
NVIDIA CEO: Blackwell is in full production, as planned, and demand for Blackwell is 'insane'NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says: 'Blackwell is in full production as planned, the demand is insane; everybody wants to be first' and wants it the most.Oct 3, 2024 1:22 AM CDT
Intel's new Lunar Lake CPU beats current-gen gaming handhelds: improved IPC, more efficientIntel's new Core Ultra 200V series 'Lunar Lake' CPU tested by Geekerwan: 15W perforamnce for current-gen gaming handhelds, Intel impresses.Oct 3, 2024 4:51 PM CDT
Radeon RX 7700 XT for $350 is a pretty good deal, and it comes with Space Marine 2The Radeon RX 7700 XT for $350 is a pretty good GPU deal, offering the sort of 1080p and 1440p performance you can't find elsewhere for this price.Oct 4, 2024 12:32 AM CDT
Razer is improving one of its best wireless gaming mice with the all-new Basilisk V3 Pro 35KThe all-new Razer Basilisk V3 Pro 35K and Razer Basilisk V3 35K upgrade the classic mouse design with the latest Focus Pro 35K Optical Sensor.Oct 4, 2024 3:01 AM CDT
81-year-old sentenced to prison for breeding and selling enormous sheep clonesAn 81-year-old Montana man who pleaded guilty to creating enormous hybrid sheep clones has received a prison sentence and a hefty fine.Oct 4, 2024 10:52 AM CDT
YouTube confirms its latest update mistakenly removed videos and deleted channelsYouTube has confirmed that its latest update mistakenly removed some channels and deleted videos for 'Spam & Deceptive Practices.'Oct 4, 2024 10:16 PM CDT
AMD's RX 7000 GPUs are getting price cuts left, right and center - so should you buy now?AMD's Radeon RX 7900 XTX is the latest RDNA 3 GPU to get a sizeable discount, following the 7700 XT and 7900 XT. But should you hold out for better deals?Oct 5, 2024 4:55 AM CDT
Patriot's Viper Gaming brand now has a gaming microSD for handhelds like the Steam DeckThe new Viper Gaming Series V30 A2 microSD card is tailor-made for the Switch, Deck, and ROG Ally. Up to 100MB/s read speeds and 90MB/s write speeds.Oct 6, 2024 9:32 PM CDT
M4 MacBook Pro unboxed weeks before Apple's official announcementA retail sample of Apple's upcoming M4 MacBook Pro has been leaked online before the rumored official announcement scheduled for late October.Oct 7, 2024 12:28 AM CDT
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K smashes PassMark record to become single-thread performance champIntel's new flagship is looking to take the performance crown, with single-core benchmark results showing an 11% lead over the 14900K and 9950X.Oct 7, 2024 2:36 AM CDT
HP unveils the world's first gaming PC with Intel's new Core Ultra 9 285K CPUHP is the first with a new gaming PC powered by Intel's new Core Ultra 9 285K 'Arrow Lake-S' desktop CPU, with the upcoming HP Omen 35L Gaming PC.Oct 7, 2024 9:11 AM CDT
Has Black Friday come early? AMD Ryzen 5800X CPU spotted at $128 (or lower for Prime members)Amazon's offering it for $121 to Prime members, and this 8-core CPU is a steal at this kind of price to cater for your all-round computing and gaming needs.Oct 7, 2024 10:42 AM CDT
Foldable keyboard with built-in Ryzen 7 8840 processor and up to 32GB of RAM available nowThe Lunar 2-in-1 is a foldable keyboard and mini PC small enough to fit in your pocket, and it's powered by the impressive Ryzen 7 8840 processor.Oct 7, 2024 9:31 PM CDT
Former Google CEO says AI will solve the climate issue, 'we're not organized to do it'With the AI boom leading to rising power consumption and energy usage, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt believes the problem will help create the solution.Oct 7, 2024 11:01 PM CDT
AMD should be TSMC's next huge customer for Arizona: HPC AI chips made in the USA in 2025AMD is reportedly set to make its next-gen, high-perf chips at TSMC's new fab in Arizona, making it the second big client for the new fab after Apple.Oct 8, 2024 1:44 AM CDT
Four teen students create device that could save drivers $80 million every yearFour STEM students have created a device that could dramatically reduce the number of wildlife collisions across Colorado each year.Oct 8, 2024 4:31 AM CDT
World's first USB4 2.0 cables receive certification for double transfer speedsElecom has officially become the first company to receive certification for its USB4 2.0 cables, which are capable of doubling speeds compared to USB4.Oct 8, 2024 6:01 AM CDT
NVIDIA, Foxconn to build Taiwan's fastest supercomputer: with Blackwell GB200 NVL72 AI serversNVIDIA and Foxconn team to build Taiwan's largest supercomputer: powered by NVIDIA's new Blackwell GB200 NVL72 AI servers, 90 exalops of AI performance.Oct 8, 2024 11:11 AM CDT
Get rid of Wi-Fi dead zones with the Dynalink AXE10200 Wi-Fi 6E Whole Home Mesh SystemIf you're looking for a Wi-Fi mesh system, or want to upgrade the speed of your network, check out the Dynalink AXE10200 Wi-Fi 6E Whole Home Mesh System.Oct 8, 2024 7:05 PM CDT
NVIDIA x MediaTek AI PC SoC to arrive in 2H 2025: will be used by Dell, Lenovo, HP, and ASUSNVIDIA and MediaTek to unveil their highly-anticipated AI PC processor in the second half of 2025: will be inside of Dell, Lenovo, HP, ASUS products.Oct 8, 2024 11:37 PM CDT
Elon Musk's 'free' Starlink service for Hurricane Helene victims could be predatorySpaceX's Starlink service was touted as free for 30 days for people affected by Hurricane Helene, but it still appears to cost nearly $400.Oct 9, 2024 2:02 AM CDT
AI just won a Nobel Prize for its ability to predict protein structuresArtificial intelligence has won its second Nobel prize with Google engineers creating an AI capable of predicting protein structures.Oct 9, 2024 8:15 AM CDT
The first scripted short film made for Apple's Vision Pro headset puts your INSIDE the actionSubmerged is the first scripted film made for the Apple Vision Pro, totally immersing you into the movie in Apple Immersive Video.Oct 9, 2024 6:30 PM CDT
Casio confirms its suffering from a cyberattack forcing internal shutdownsCasio has confirmed in a short post on its website that it has detected a breach in its infrastructure that has caused a system failure.Oct 10, 2024 12:04 AM CDT
Intel Arrow Lake confirmed Thunderbolt 4 support with 40Gbps transfer speedIntel's upcoming Arrow Lake CPUs will feature Thunderbolt 4 support, which will enable a transfer rate of up to 40Gbps and daisy-chain connections.Oct 10, 2024 8:33 AM CDT
MSI Click BIOS X is the company's revamped UI for Intel Core Ultra and AMD motherboardsMSI's new BIOS UI, design, and features for Intel Core Ultra and AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs and systems is a massive improvement over previous versions.Oct 10, 2024 9:14 AM CDT
You'll achieve full Wi-Fi 7 speeds of 5.8 Gbps with MSI's new Z890 Arrow Lake motherboardsWith next-gen Intel Core Ultra 200 Series CPUs, and the arrival of Z890 motherboards, we're also getting game changing full-speed Wi-Fi 7.Oct 10, 2024 10:03 AM CDT
MSI's impressive profile for Zen 5 CPUs maintains performance at lower temperaturesMSI has demonstrated the power of its Set Thermal Point profile on AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X, revealing it can reduce temperatures while maintaining performance.Oct 10, 2024 11:01 AM CDT
Unreleased M4 MacBook Pro goes on sale before Apple has even announced itA retail sample of what appears to be a legitimate unreleased M4 MacBook Pro has been unboxed online before Apple's announcement slated for late October.Oct 10, 2024 12:02 PM CDT
Internet Archive hit by 'catastrophic' hack private user data of millions now exposedThe Internet Archive has experienced a massive data breach that has exposed tens of millions of user account details such as email addresses and passwords.Oct 11, 2024 12:31 AM CDT
AMD Ryzen 9800X3D CPU spotted with all-core boost of 5.2GHz, could go on sale on November 7Fresh rumors indicate that we could see the Ryzen 9800X3D revealed in just a couple of weeks, with a top-end single-core boost of 5.4GHz, even?Oct 12, 2024 4:25 AM CDT
YEYIAN unveils 3 new PCs with Intel Core Ultra 200S CPUs: starts from $1699 with RTX 4070 SUPERYEYIAN Gaming unveils 3 new Gaming PCs powered by Intel's new Core Ultra 200S processor, with prices starting at $1699 packing the RTX 4070 SUPER.Oct 13, 2024 7:20 PM CDT
NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs for AI are effectively 'sold out' for the next 12 monthsWith overwhelming demand for cutting-edge AI hardware NVIDIA's Blackwell AI GPUs are 'sold out,' and will be for the next 12 months.Oct 13, 2024 9:01 PM CDT
Corsair is releasing Call of Duty-themed headsets, keyboards, streaming equipment, and moreFrom controllers to keyboards, mice, headsets, to microphones, full PC rigs, and more - here's a look at Corsair's new Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 line-up.Oct 13, 2024 10:56 PM CDT
Apple rumor: AirPods with cameras in 2027: smart glasses to compete with Meta Ray-BansApple is reportedly working on a Meta Ray-Bans smart glasses competitor: AirPods with cameras to 'salvage the billions of dollars spent on Vision Pro'.Oct 14, 2024 2:22 AM CDT
KIOXIA SSD 'Flexible Data Placement' tech is a game changer for generative AI and the cloudKIOXIA will be demoing tech that increases SSD lifespan threefold while also boosting performance at the 2024 Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit.Oct 14, 2024 8:32 AM CDT

Epic offers new 3.5% royalty to developers if they launch on Epic Games StoreEpic Games has rolled out a new initiative called Launch Everywhere, a program that could reduce royalties from Unreal Engine games from 5% to 3.5%Oct 1, 2024 5:02 PM CDT
AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 exits Technical Preview with optimizations for PC gaming handheldsAMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 is out of beta and a part of AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.9.1, bringing enhanced frame generation to thousands of PC games.Oct 2, 2024 12:34 AM CDT
Krafton is buying Hi-Fi Rush from Microsoft, but there's no acquisition cost of Tango GameworksSouth Korean publisher Krafton is re-forming Tango Gameworks' core team so there's no acquisition costs with the studio, but IP rights must be purchased.Oct 2, 2024 9:54 AM CDT
Microsoft could revolutionize gadgetry with its 360-degree foldable creaseless deviceAccording to a new patent, Microsoft could be gearing up to enter the smartphone market with an ambitious new 360-degree rotating phone design.Oct 3, 2024 12:03 AM CDT
Xbox president explains why Game Pass was createdXbox gaming president Sarah Bond seems to say that Game Pass was created to disrupt Microsoft's games business before a competitor could do the same.Oct 3, 2024 6:02 PM CDT
Valve is using ChatGPT to help develop its new multiplayer shooter DeadlockA Valve engineer has taken to social media to explain how they used ChatGPT to improve and find the optimal solution for Deadlock's matchmaking system.Oct 4, 2024 1:37 AM CDT
PS5 Pro benchmarked against PS5 in The Last of Us Part 2 revealing key differencesDigital Foundry has received unfettered access to Naughty Dog's PS5 port of The Last of Us Part 2 but has run it on a PlayStation 5 Pro.Oct 4, 2024 10:53 PM CDT
Ubisoft director blames gamers, says they've been exposed as 'non-decent humans'The Monetization Director at Ubisoft has said industry figures vocalizing their disagreements with Ubisoft revealed themselves as 'clearly non-decent'.Oct 5, 2024 1:34 AM CDT
Konami remade almost all of MGS3's animations in Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake EaterKonami has put in laborious work with its new Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater remake, confirms the team has essentially remade nearly all animations.Oct 5, 2024 1:32 PM CDT
Avatar: The Last Airbender is getting a big AAA game from Space Marine 2 devs Saber InteractiveNickelodeon's legendary anime Avatar: The Last Airbender is getting a fully-fledged AAA game, and the devs behind Space Marine 2 are making it happen.Oct 6, 2024 12:43 PM CDT
Palworld has 'absolutely taken over' ChinaPalworld has seen thunderous success across all of gaming, especially in China, where the Pokemon with guns indie is said to have 'absolutely taken over'Oct 6, 2024 4:05 PM CDT
PC gaming nearly triples in Japan, Microsoft has captured some of this growth via PC Game PassJapan's PC gaming market has nearly tripled in size across the last 5 years, and Microsoft has successfully captured some of this growth via PC Game Pass.Oct 6, 2024 7:07 PM CDT
343 Industries is no more as Halo moves to Unreal Engine 5343 Industries is no more as the team now becomes Halo Studios, and the Halo franchise moves over to Unreal Engine with a new era of games planned.Oct 6, 2024 10:29 PM CDT
Nearly six million gamers teamed up to take down Marvel's latest supervillainNearly six million gamers joined forces to take down a 150-foot Marvel supervillain in the grand finale of Fortnite's latest season.Oct 7, 2024 3:05 AM CDT
53% of worldwide gamers prefer singleplayer, but young players between 16-24 prefer online PVPOn average, surveyed gamers from across the globe mostly enjoy singleplayer games, but younger players still prefer to play online multiplayer PVP titles.Oct 7, 2024 1:28 PM CDT
Google must allow third-party stores on Google Play as judge issues final Epic v Google rulingGoogle will have to allow third-party storefronts on the Google Play Store for the next 3 years as Judge Donato issues final ruling in Epic v Google case.Oct 7, 2024 6:41 PM CDT
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim town Riften looks incredible in Unreal Engine 5It's just a tech demo, and a fantastic one at that, but maybe Bethesda should consider switching to Unreal Engine for The Elder Scrolls 6.Oct 7, 2024 11:27 PM CDT
Nintendo's next-gen Switch 2 will support all Unreal Engine 5 features, possibly MegaLightsNintendo Switch 2 will support every single feature inside of Unreal Engine 5, possibly even Epic Games' just-revealed MegaLights technology.Oct 8, 2024 9:59 AM CDT
Halo may come to PS5 thanks to Unreal Engine 5 pivotHalo is now being developed in Unreal Engine 5, allowing Halo Studios even more opportunities to bring new Halo games to other platforms like PlayStation.Oct 8, 2024 5:29 PM CDT
NVIDIA showcases stunning LEGO Fortnite PC with GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER GPUNVIDIA has showcased a very cool Fortnite LEGO with RTX mod from czuga that looks incredible. 1,000 Bricks, 1 GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER.Oct 8, 2024 8:34 PM CDT
Nintendo's new Alarmo alarm clock makes waking up funNintendo's latest hardware product isn't the Switch 2, but an interactive alarm clock called Alarmo that responds to movement with Nintendo game sounds.Oct 9, 2024 9:57 AM CDT
Sony's new refurbished PS5s are 'as good as new,' come with discounted pricingOn the eve of the PS5 Pro's $700 release, Sony is selling refurbished PlayStation 5 models from its 2020 lineup with a sizable $50 discount on both models.Oct 9, 2024 4:04 PM CDT
Amazon praises Throne and Liberty player count after its first week of releaseThe newly released MMORPG Throne and Liberty developed by NCSOFT and published by Amazon Games has amassed millions of players in its first week.Oct 9, 2024 6:37 PM CDT
AI is an opportunity for game devs, Fallout creator Tim Cain saysFallout co-creator Tim Cain shares his thoughts on how artificial intelligence tools, including generative AI, will affect the video games industry.Oct 10, 2024 4:02 PM CDT
Concord may not be dead after all as game files update fueling free-to-play speculationConcord, one of the biggest flops in video game history, may not be dead after all as its developers have been quietly updating the Steam game files.Oct 11, 2024 9:41 AM CDT
Xbox mobile store is coming, integrated directly into Xbox appMicrosoft's Xbox app on Android will soon become a fully-fledged storefront that allows users to buy games directly from their mobile phones and devices.Oct 12, 2024 12:17 PM CDT
Xbox Game Pass cloud-only subscription tier may be in the worksWith a favorable ruling in the Epic v Google trial, now is the time to strike as Microsoft prepares a cloud-only subscription tier for Xbox Game Pass.Oct 13, 2024 2:53 PM CDT
Red Dead Redemption's PC price has left many fans upsetAfter over a decade of wondering if it'll ever be released, Rockstar has finally confirmed that Red Dead Redemption is coming to PC. But, it'll cost you.Oct 14, 2024 12:02 AM CDT
NZXT reveals its new N9 X870E motherboard: ready for Zen 5, launches in 2025NZXT unveils its new N9 X870E motherboard: ready for high-performance Zen 5 processors, with a beautiful sleek design that arrives in 2025.Oct 1, 2024 2:45 AM CDT
Windows 11 24H2 arrives out of the blue - here's what to expect on normal (non-Copilot+) PCsThere's plenty of new features in the 24H2 update, including a host of overhauls for the interface, new energy saving capabilities, and more...Oct 1, 2024 11:11 AM CDT
GeForce Game Ready Driver adds support for MMO Throne and Liberty and new MechWarrior gameGeForce Game Ready Driver 565.90 WHQL adds support for Throne and Liberty, MechWarrior 5: Clans, and Starship Troopers: Extermination.Oct 1, 2024 10:33 PM CDT
Rambus details HBM4 memory controller: up to 10Gb/s, 2.56TB/sec bandwidth, 64GB per stackRambus details its new HBM4 memory controller: up to 10Gb/s speeds, 2.56TB/sec of memory bandwidth, and 64GB capacities per stack for next-gen AI GPUs.Oct 2, 2024 3:27 AM CDT
NVIDIA's rumored to be halting production of RTX 4060 GPU - but it's nothing to worry aboutThis is a temporary halt of the chips for the RTX 4060 and 4060 Ti, not to be confused with the apparent discontinuation of the RTX 4090 graphics card.Oct 2, 2024 1:55 PM CDT
Microsoft officially axes HoloLens 2 production indicating a step away from mixed realityMicrosoft has informed a publication that it has halted all production of the HoloLens 2 and that there will be no replacement for the mixed-reality device.Oct 3, 2024 12:31 AM CDT
AMD's RX 7900 XT has dropped to $659 - just be careful where you grab your bargain GPUTwo major retailers are currently offering XFX's RX 7900 XT at a very tempting price, but not directly - so some caution is required here.Oct 3, 2024 8:25 AM CDT
Intel confirms Core Ultra 200 series CPUs launching October 10: reviews arrive 2 weeks laterIntel's new Core Ultra 7 265K processor compared against (and gets close to the performance of the flagship) Core Ultra 9 285K processor.Oct 3, 2024 5:10 PM CDT
Corsair's new K70 CORE TKL Series keyboards arrive with new switches and sound dampeningThe gaming keyboard market is highly competitive, and Corsair's new K70 CORE TKL keyboards are stepping up their game regarding hardware and performance.Oct 4, 2024 2:02 AM CDT
Meta smart glasses can be used to secretly identify people's facesTwo Harvard students have proven that Meta's smart glasses can be used to discreetly find people's identities using Instagram and AI.Oct 4, 2024 8:02 AM CDT
Google's April Fool comes early in the form of a truly mind-bending mobius strip keyboardThere is this theory of the mobius. A twist in the fabric of peripherals, where the keys become a loop from which there is no escape...Oct 4, 2024 11:41 AM CDT
Google Pixel smartphone busted sending private user data back to Google every 15 minutesGoogle's latest flagship smartphone, the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL, reportedly sends private user information back to Google servers every 15 minutes.Oct 5, 2024 1:02 AM CDT
AMD Ryzen 9800X3D benchmark suggests this won't be just a great gaming CPU, but an all-rounderLeaked benchmark for Cinebench shows big single-core, and even bigger multi-core, gains for the Ryzen 9800X3D and also the 9950X3D processor.Oct 5, 2024 6:00 AM CDT
NVIDIA is discontinuing the GeForce RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 to make way for the RTX 50 SeriesNVIDIA is reportedly halting production on flagship Ada GPUs, which means GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER and RTX 4090 GPUs could become hard to find - very soon.Oct 6, 2024 10:01 PM CDT
NVIDIA's CEO is currently worth more than the entirety of IntelNVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's net worth of $109 billion is higher than Intel's $97 billion, which means he has enough capital to buy Intel on his own.Oct 7, 2024 1:32 AM CDT
Apple Intelligence slated to release with iOS 18.1 on coming release dateApple is slated to roll out Apple Intelligence in an upcoming iOS update, with a renowned Apple insider pointing to the end of the month for release.Oct 7, 2024 7:55 AM CDT
Release date for Apple's new M4 Macs models surfaces from insiderApple is expected to announce its new lineup of M4 Mac models at the end of the month and have them available in the first week of November.Oct 7, 2024 9:41 AM CDT
Apple iMac M1 PCs are increasingly suffering reported issues with the screen being corruptedBlack horizontal lines are obscuring large chunks - or even the majority - of the screen in iMac M1 models which are a couple of years old.Oct 7, 2024 11:40 AM CDT
TT Show Episode 54 - NVIDIA has won the GPU MarketThis week on The TT Show, NVIDIA's complete dominance of the GPU market is a concern, AMD's new X870 boards are here, RTX 5090 rumors, and more.Oct 7, 2024 10:02 PM CDT
China pushes local companies to not buy AI chips from NVIDIAChina has reportedly informed local companies to steer away from purchasing NVIDIA AI chips and instead decide to go with Chinese solutions.Oct 8, 2024 12:02 AM CDT
Meta confirms new Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses can harvest what wearers seeMeta has confirmed in a statement that its new Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses can harvest visual data captured through images and video.Oct 8, 2024 2:35 AM CDT
Scientists accidentally discover the first species that fuse together if injuredA team of researchers has discovered a fascinating new attribute of a specific species of jellyfish that enables two of these creatures to fuse into one.Oct 8, 2024 5:02 AM CDT
Valve could soon be forced to make Steam game libraries inheritableThe European Union is currently drafting laws through a project that would enable game buyers to pass on their collected digital inheritance.Oct 8, 2024 7:06 AM CDT
How's this for a Microsoft bug: saving a Word document ends up with the file being deleted'Save = delete' is quite the mistake to make, really, but this is what's happening to some Word users who save files with capitalized extensions.Oct 8, 2024 11:59 AM CDT
GPU Deals - Save big on these Radeon RX 7800 XT and GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER cardsWith Prime Day sales underway you can save big on a pair of GPUs, a Radeon RX 7800 XT from XFX and a GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER from MSI.Oct 8, 2024 7:31 PM CDT
Qualcomm issues response to possible spyware exploit within devicesQualcomm has urged device makers to implement its update for severe vulnerabilities with its chipsets that could have already been exploited.Oct 9, 2024 12:32 AM CDT
Interstellar 10th Anniversary: back in theaters, in IMAX, new 4K Collector's Edition box setParamount is celebrating Interstellar's 10th anniversary, with a re-release to cinemas and IMAX, as well as a new 4K Blu-ray Collector's Edition box set.Oct 9, 2024 3:33 AM CDT
New update for Windows 11 23H2 fixes some nasty bugs - but 24H2's update is a different storyThose on Windows 11 24H2 are finding the October update problematic in some cases, and there's a weird bug that eats some of your drive space.Oct 9, 2024 1:50 PM CDT
OpenAI gets one of the first engineering builds of NVIDIA's new Blackwell DGX B200 AI systemChatGPT creator OpenAI receives one of the first engineering builds of NVIDIA's new Blackwell AI GPU-based DGX B200 AI systems, are they're excited.Oct 9, 2024 7:07 PM CDT
RTX 50 pricing leak: RTX 5090 for $1999-$2499, RTX 5080 for $1199-$1499, RTX 5070 for $599-$699NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 50 series 'Blackwell' GPU pricing leaked: RTX 5090 for $1999 to $2499, RTX 5080 for $1199 to $1499, RTX 5070 for $599 to $699.Oct 10, 2024 3:51 AM CDT
Intel's Core Ultra 200 Series CPUs have a different hot spot, so you might need a new coolerOne interesting fact about Intel's Core Ultra 200 Series and its new architecture, the hotspot is changing, and so too are the cooling requirements.Oct 10, 2024 8:47 AM CDT
MSI's new Z890 motherboards have an additional 8-pin PCIe power connection, here's whyLike other new boards, MSI's new Arrow Lake Z890 line-up features an additional 8-pin PCIe connection, so we asked MSI what it's for.Oct 10, 2024 9:31 AM CDT
MSI's new fleet of Z890 motherboards go official with style and graceMSI has officially unveiled a fleet of new dazzling motherboards designed to support Intel's highly anticipated next CPU generation, Arrow Lake.Oct 10, 2024 10:14 AM CDT
AMD Ryzen 9800X3D CPU could be revealed imminently to steal Intel's Arrow Lake thunderAre we about to see the Ryzen 9800X3D today? Quite possibly, and AMD may be rushing this processor to the shelves to run interference with Arrow Lake.Oct 10, 2024 11:15 AM CDT
New budget GPU hope? AMD RX 7650 GRE could be a surprise launch from nowhere at CES 2025It should really be the Golden Dragon Edition (or Snake, timing dependent), but naming niggles aside, let's hope for a compelling affordable graphics card.Oct 10, 2024 1:02 PM CDT
TT Show Episode 55 - Arrow Lake, GeForce RTX 5070, and Google's Pixel smartphone trackingArrow Lake CPUs and Z890 boards have been officially unveiled, GeForce RTX 5070 specs have leaked, and Google 'caught' harvesting data from Pixel phones.Oct 11, 2024 11:41 PM CDT
NVIDIA's next-gen Blackwell Ultra 'B300' AI GPU for GB300 AI servers: socketed design rumoredNVIDIA's upcoming Blackwell Ultra 'B300' AI GPUs could use a socketed design on GB300 AI servers, which will make maintainance and upgrades even easier.Oct 13, 2024 6:13 PM CDT
Patriot Viper PV573 Gen5 SSD is here: 14,000 MB/s read speeds, high capacity, active coolingThe new Patriot Viper PV573 PCIe Gen5 x4 M.2 2280 SSD delivers 4TB with read speeds of up to 14,000 MB/s. So fast it needs an active cooling solution.Oct 13, 2024 7:58 PM CDT
Intel starts next-gen Xe3 GPU enablement for Linux: ready for future-gen Panther Lake CPUsIntel has started next-gen Xe3 'Celestial' GPU enablement in Linux, also announces Xe-LPG+ GPU for its upcoming Arrow Lake-H processors.Oct 13, 2024 9:33 PM CDT
Tesla Optimus Gen 2 humanoid robot: serves drinks, helps you out, dances, costs $20K to $30KTesla hosts its 'We Robot' event: unveils its new Robotaxi Cybercab, and its new Optimus Gen 2 humanoid robot which costs between $20K and $30K.Oct 14, 2024 1:19 AM CDT
Analyst says NVIDIA Blackwell GPU production volume will hit 750K to 800K units by Q1 2025NVIDIA's next-gen Blackwell AI GPUs expected to sell so well, revenues will surpass Hopper AI GPUs by as soon as Q1 2025 says Morgan Stanley.Oct 14, 2024 3:33 AM CDT

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