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- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's launch took up 19% Comcast's total weekly internet traffic
When you add Thursday Night Football streaming, watching sports and downloading video games are now the 'biggest Internet traffic events' in the U.S.Oct 31, 2024 11:59 PM CDT - Corsair introduces the new K70 PRO TKL keyboard with Rapid Trigger and FlashTap for gamers
With Rapid Trigger and FlashTap, Corsair's new $180 K70 PRO TKL keyboard is for the competitive shooter fans out there looking to step up their game.Oct 31, 2024 11:36 PM CDT - Cyberpunk 2077 is coming to Mac, will run natively on Apple silicon with Path Tracing
With Apple announcing its new M4 Pro and M4 Max chips, CD Projeckt Red has announced that Cyberpunk 2077 is coming to Mac with full ray tracing.Oct 31, 2024 9:33 PM CDT - Microsoft continues to fumble AI PCs: delays Recall feature AGAIN, now drops in December
Microsoft delays its Recall feature AGAIN, Copilot+ PCs won't get the new feature until December... stumbling over itself after criticism with Recall.Oct 31, 2024 9:11 PM CDT - Intel's new Core Ultra 9 285K hits OC world record with LN2-optimized heatsink, smashes 7.4GHz
ASUS ROG announcs that its new ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboard was used for 5 new world records using Intel's new Core Ultra 9 285K processor.Oct 31, 2024 8:28 PM CDT - Dragon Age The Veilguard tops Steam best-sellers, appears to be singleplayer hit for EA
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is finding clear success on Steam and has now apparently become EA's top singleplayer game by total cumulative player count.Oct 31, 2024 8:02 PM CDT - Black Ops 6 on Game Pass may not have significantly cannibalized sales after all
Microsoft's bet to put Call of Duty Black Ops 6 on Xbox Game Pass has apparently paid off well, and full game sales may not have been impacted that much.Oct 31, 2024 7:04 PM CDT - Supermicro stock plummets 35% after accounting firm resigns on the spot after DOJ probe
Supermicro stock takes a 35% dive in a single day, as its accounting firm resigns on the spot: citing unreliable management, and possible law violations.Oct 31, 2024 6:36 PM CDT - Xbox console sales down 30%, hardware only represents 9% of Microsoft's gaming revenue
Xbox hardware revenues increase after two consecutive quarters of low sales, yet console sales only represent less than 10% of total quarterly earnings.Oct 31, 2024 6:07 PM CDT - Capcom's digital sales ratio hits 94% as company reiterates lofty 50 million game sales goal
Capcom's latest financials show the company makes the vast majority of its game sales from digital, especially in lull periods in between big releases.Oct 31, 2024 4:01 PM CDT - Microsoft throws Windows 11 haters a lifeline - but a year more of Windows 10 support costs $30
Want to stick with the world's most popular desktop OS going forward? For a small fee you can have support for Windows 10 extended to October 2026.Oct 31, 2024 3:00 PM CDT - Nintendo Music mobile app is basically Spotify for Zelda, Super Mario, and other favorite games
Want to rock out to Animal Crossing tunes, or a selection of boss battle themes from across the Nintendo-verse? New music app is out for Android and iOS.Oct 31, 2024 11:11 AM CDT - Apple MacBook Air gets unexpected upgrade: entry-level now has 16GB of RAM, with no price hike
Before, it cost you $200 to upgrade from the base 8GB MacBook Air to 16GB, but now you get the latter at the entry-level, with no price increase from Apple.Oct 31, 2024 8:45 AM CDT - AMD Ryzen 9800X3D price rumor: $479 MSRP may leave some gamers regretting not buying a 7800X3D
PC gamers who had the chance to pick up a Ryzen 7800X3D for not much more than $300 in sales over the summer may be regretting not doing so.Oct 31, 2024 7:23 AM CDT - Ubisoft very silently launches blockchain RPG with playable NFTs that cost up to $63,000
Ubisoft quietly launched Champions Tactics: a new PvP blockchain RPG, with playable characters as NFTs that cost up to an insane $63,000.Oct 30, 2024 11:55 PM CDT - OneXFly F1 Pro gaming handheld rocks AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU, 7-inch 144Hz OLED display
OneXPlayer teases its upcoming OneXFly F1 Pro gaming handheld: the first handheld powered by AMD's new Strix Point APU + 7-inch 144Hz OLED display.Oct 30, 2024 11:33 PM CDT - Intel CEO ran his mouth: lost a huge 40% discount from TSMC after remarks about Taiwan, China
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger made some rather negative comments about TSMC, Taiwan, and China... hurting relations with TSMC, and losing a huge 40% discount.Oct 30, 2024 11:11 PM CDT - Check out this review of the retail BOX of Sony's upcoming PlayStation 5 Pro console
Sony's new beefed-up PlayStation 5 Pro console goes on sale next week for $699, with 4Gamer doing a review of the retail box, and it's amazing.Oct 30, 2024 10:30 PM CDT - Elon Musk's xAI to double Colossus AI supercomputer power to 200K NVIDIA Hopper AI GPUs
Elon Musk's xAI and its massive Colossus AI supercomputer is about to double its GPU power: from 100,000 NVIDIA Hopper AI GPUs to 200,000 Hopper AI GPUs.Oct 30, 2024 10:10 PM CDT - Red Dead Redemption's official PC port runs at 8K 60 FPS on the GeForce RTX 4070
The original Red Dead Redemption is now available on PC, and if you've got a GeForce RTX 4070 you'll be able to play it in 8K at 60 FPS.Oct 30, 2024 9:36 PM CDT - Apple details its M4, M4 Pro, M4 Max chips: M4 Max has up to 16 CPU cores, 128GB unified memory
Apple details its new M4 Max processor: up to 16 cores (12 performance + 4 efficiency) with up to 40 GPU cores, and up to 128GB of unified memory.Oct 30, 2024 9:11 PM CDT - EA confirms new Mass Effect game will 'maintain the mature tone of the original trilogy'
'Mass Effect will maintain the mature tone of the original trilogy.' That's Mass Effect 5's game director Michael Gamble responding to concerned fans.Oct 30, 2024 8:57 PM CDT - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will target 60fps consoles
MachineGames is targeting 60 frames-per-second for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on both the Xbox Series X and the Xbox Series S.Oct 30, 2024 8:33 PM CDT - AMD's RDNA team says its working toward AI-powered 4K Path Tracing for Radeon GPUs
AMD is working on its own version of DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction and 'Highly optimized performance for real-time path tracing at 4K resolution.'Oct 30, 2024 8:03 PM CDT - AMD's Lisa Su confirms RDNA 4 GPU details - 2025 launch, powerful ray tracing, and AI
AMD CEO Lisa Su confirms next-gen Radeon RX 8000 Series GPUs are coming 'early 2025,' while teasing advanced ray tracing performance and new AI features.Oct 30, 2024 7:29 PM CDT - EA CEO says Dragon Age: The Veilguard has 'breakout potential' with 'incredibly strong' reviews
A lot of critical reaction to Veilguard, which is out tomorrow, has been glowing - but there have been some more negative perspectives out there, too.Oct 30, 2024 12:14 PM CDT - Apple's new MacBook Pro M4: 16GB RAM for base 14-inch and no price hike, 24-hour battery life
The new MacBook Pro models can have the M4, M4 Pro or M4 Max, and there's a small (optional) upgrade for the display - and a claimed 24-hour battery life.Oct 30, 2024 11:18 AM CDT - Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 season 1 start date confirmed by Activision
Activision has confirmed when the first season of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will begin and what it will entail for players of the newly released game.Oct 30, 2024 11:02 AM CDT - China says it discovered secret 'underwater lighthouses' being used for spying
China has accused its foreign adversaries of using hidden devices within the seabed and on the waves to spy on its maritime activities.Oct 30, 2024 10:31 AM CDT - Homeworld 3 ditches controversial Denuvo, the latest in a line of PC games to drop the DRM
Denuvo has a reputation for dragging down FPS with some PC gamers, and those folks will doubtless be pleased to see the DRM disappear from another title.Oct 30, 2024 10:10 AM CDT - Dying Light director highlights the most important feature in the PS5 Pro
The director of Techland, the developer of the Dying Light franchise has highlighted what he believes could be the best feature in the PS5 Pro.Oct 30, 2024 9:40 AM CDT - Microsoft seems to have botched the rollout of a nifty AI feature for Windows 11's Photos app
Super resolution has arrived in preview, but first went to PCs that shouldn't have got it - and is now failing to come to Copilot+ PCs that should have it.Oct 30, 2024 5:55 AM CDT - Microsoft confirms US government officials are being targeted by notorious hackers
Microsoft has confirmed that Russian threat actor Midnight Blizzard is sending a wave of attacks that are targeting US government officials.Oct 30, 2024 2:32 AM CDT - Russia officially fines Google more money than what exists in total on Earth
A Russian court has fined Google an astonishing $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, or $2.5 decillion, for blocking Russian media content.Oct 30, 2024 2:01 AM CDT - Robert Downey Jr. threatens to sue from the grave if Hollywood recreates him with AI
Oscar winner and Marvel star Robert Downey Jr. has threatened to sue anyone from the grave if Hollywood uses his likeness to recreate him.Oct 30, 2024 12:30 AM CDT - Sony seals Concord and its developers fate after catastrophic $400 million failure
Sony has fired the developer of Concord, the multi-million catastrophic failure that will result in 210 people being let go from the studio.Oct 30, 2024 12:01 AM CDT - OpenAI to build its first AI chip with Broadcom and TSMC, scaling back its foundry ambitions
OpenAI is working with Broadcom and TSMC to build its first in-house chip designed to support its AI systems, with AMD and NVIDIA chips joining the fray.Oct 29, 2024 11:33 PM CDT - Turtle Beach's Stealth Pivot controller for PC and Xbox has a rotating stick and button layout
As a new premium controller, the Turtle Beach Stealth Pivot has a unique feature that lets you rotate, flip, and change the thumbstick and button layout.Oct 29, 2024 11:01 PM CDT - G.SKILL and ASUS break DDR5 frequency world record with incredible DDR5-12112 speed
The 'unprecedented' DDR5-12112 record was recorded by ASUS ROG extreme overclocker Safedisk, using a single G.SKILL DDR5 memory module.Oct 29, 2024 10:37 PM CDT - Phanteks launches Revolt 2200W PSU: weighs an insane 5.7kg, supports dual Xeons, dual RTX 4090s
Phanteks unveils its new Revolt 2200W Platinum PSU: weighs a hefty 2.7kg, but will power dual Intel Xeon CPUs and dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 cards.Oct 29, 2024 10:10 PM CDT - Dragon Age: The Veilguard's 'Ultra Ray Tracing' is so well optimized on PC it doesn't need DLSS
It's so well optimized that the GeForce RTX 4090 can run Dragon Age: The Veilguard's demanding Ultra Ray Tracing mode at 4K 60+ FPS without DLSS.Oct 29, 2024 9:33 PM CDT - Linux creator Linus Torvalds: AI is useless: it's '90% marketing' while he ignores AI for now
Linux creator Linus Torvalds says that AI at this stage of the game is '90% marketing' with gigantic industry hype, and only '10% reality' right now.Oct 29, 2024 9:11 PM CDT - AMD's Q3 2024 financial results - Data Center revenue up 122%, Gaming revenue down 69%
AMD's Gaming revenue is down almost 70% with razor thin income margins of just 2%, but its Data Center revenue is through the roof.Oct 29, 2024 8:32 PM CDT - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 laptops to be mostly powered by older Intel and AMD processors
Don't expect new high-end CPUs inside of 2025's next-gen gaming laptops: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series Laptop GPUs to be powered by old CPU architectures.Oct 29, 2024 8:08 PM CDT - PNY's new XLR8 Gaming DDR5 memory - Intel XMP and AMD EXPO, RGB and no RGB
PNY's new XLR8 Gaming DDR5 and XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGB DDR5 memory supports Intel and AMD systems and comes in two flavors - low-profile and RGB.Oct 29, 2024 7:32 PM CDT - Apple's flagship M4 Max processor teased, will power next-gen MacBook Pro laptops
Apple's flagship M4 Max chip leaks ahead of the new MacBook Pro announcement: expect up to 16 CPU cores, up to 40 GPU cores, and up to 128GB unified RAM.Oct 29, 2024 6:54 PM CDT - Apple M4 Pro chip has 'world's fastest CPU core': up to 14 CPU cores, 20 GPU cores, 64GB of RAM
Apple's newly announced Mac mini features its new M4, M4 Pro chips: M4 Pro has 'world's fastest CPU core with lighting-fastest single-threaded performance'Oct 29, 2024 6:35 PM CDT - Apple's Mac mini M4: faster, smaller, 16GB standard, and the firm's first 'carbon neutral' Mac
Apple's fresh take on the Mac mini is even smaller than before, and at the top-end it has a 14-core M4 Pro CPU (with 10 performance, 4 efficiency cores).Oct 29, 2024 11:36 AM CDT - AMD could have a ton of reveals for CES 2025: Strix Halo, RDNA 4 GPUs, new X3D CPUs and more
You can also expect Kraken Point and Fire Range chips, plus new Z2 and Z2 Extreme APUs for gaming handhelds - there's going to be a lot to see.Oct 29, 2024 9:03 AM CDT - AMD Ryzen 9800X3D price leaks again hint that this gaming CPU could see a price hike - to $499?
Will the new 3D V-Cache workhorse processor be 10% more expensive than its predecessor? More than a few price leaks are suggesting that, certainly.Oct 29, 2024 7:30 AM CDT - Apple's new Magic Mouse suffers from the same two fatal flaws as the last generation
Apple has announced a new generation of Magic Mouse with the same critical flaw as the first one: the charging port is in the wrong spot.Oct 29, 2024 5:29 AM CDT - Elon Musk xAI Colossus AI supercomputer with 100,000 NVIDIA H100 AI GPUs gets in-depth look
Take a look inside of the world's largestr AI supercluster, with Elon Musk's xAI supercomputer powered with 100,000 x NVIDIA H100 AI GPUs.Oct 29, 2024 3:33 AM CDT - Amazon leaks new Mac Mini with M4 chip ahead of Apple's announcement
Amazon has leaked some specifications for the upcoming Mac Mini refresh that will feature Apple's latest M4 chip and other improvements.Oct 29, 2024 3:02 AM CDT - Christopher Lee brought back to life to play Saruman in new Lord of the Rings movie
The upcoming animated Lord of the Rings prequel will see Christopher Lee return to his iconic role of Saruman the White post-humorously.Oct 29, 2024 2:32 AM CDT - Elon Musk leaks SpaceX staff call while gaming, revealing how close Starship was to disaster
Elon Musk has leaked a SpaceX staff briefing him on Flight 5, the launch that Starship reached orbit and its booster was caught by the launch tower.Oct 29, 2024 2:04 AM CDT - AMD will release its the new Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor on November 7, reviews on November 6
AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor review embargo will lift on November 6, the 8-core, 16-thread Zen 5 CPU with next-gen 3D V-Cache is nearly here.Oct 29, 2024 1:36 AM CDT - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D full specs: 8C/16T Zen 5, 120W TDP, 96MB L3 cache, unlocked multiplier
AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7 9800X3D full specs revealed: 8 cores, 16 threads of Zen 5 at up to 5.2GHz, 120W TDP, 96MB L3 cache, unlocked multiplier.Oct 29, 2024 1:19 AM CDT - Apple's next-gen M5 chip to launch by end of 2025, new iPad Pro expected in late 2025, or 2026
Apple's next-gen M5 family of processors expected in late 2025: ready for the new 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Pro, and new M5 MacBook laptops.Oct 29, 2024 1:08 AM CDT - SK hynix exec says advanced semiconductor packaging 'may determine the survival of companies'
SK hynix vice president in charge of PKG Development, Lee Kang-wook, says advanced semniconductor packaging 'may determine the survival of companies'.Oct 29, 2024 12:50 AM CDT - Meta is developing a search engine so it can decrease its reliance on Google and Microsoft
Meta is developing its own search engine specifically for its Meta AI chatbot and platform. That way it's not reliant on Google Search or Microsoft Bing.Oct 28, 2024 11:33 PM CDT - Xbox app on Windows updated to be faster and 'easier to find your next favorite game'
The Xbox app for PC is getting an overhaul to make it faster and easier to navigate for Game Pass users and those that want to access the store.Oct 28, 2024 11:01 PM CDT - Hitman in Skyrim and God of War in Grand Theft Auto 5, two more reasons to be a PC gamer
The PC modding community is untouchable when it comes to creativity and fun - and these two mod mashups for Skyrim and GTA V are exactly that.Oct 28, 2024 10:26 PM CDT - Google's new 'Project Jarvis' AI will help you with online research, do your shopping, and more
Google's new 'Project Jarvis,' like the helpful AI from the Marvel movies, will be able to do everything you can do in Chrome and do it for you.Oct 28, 2024 9:34 PM CDT - Apple's new Magic Mouse brings a wizard improvement - and an inexplicably dumb move too
We say dumb move, it's actually a lack of any movement that's the problem: the charging port - which is now USB-C - remains on the bottom of the mouse.Oct 28, 2024 12:40 PM CDT - Apple's iMac M4 has 16GB of RAM minimum, brings back nano-texture glass as an anti-glare option
Nano-texture glass cuts down glare, but is only an option, so instead of paying to double 8GB of RAM, you may be forking out to upgrade the display instead.Oct 28, 2024 12:00 PM CDT - 'Highly secretive' Apple app is being tested among employees, designed to prevent diabetes
Apple is reportedly testing a 'highly secretive' new health app among employees that's designed to reduce the chances of developing diabetes.Oct 28, 2024 11:31 AM CDT - Apple is officially banned from selling iPhones in Indonesia
Apple has officially been banned from selling its iPhones in Indonesia after the company failed to meet requirements set by the Indonesian government.Oct 28, 2024 11:02 AM CDT - Halo 5 PC port cancelled over technical issues says former developer
Microsoft released Halo 5 in 2016, and now we are hearing the PC port that was being worked on was canceled due to technical reasons.Oct 28, 2024 10:34 AM CDT - Intel Z890 motherboards and Arrow Lake CPUs reportedly have serious issues with Windows 11 24H2
If you've gone all-in with Intel's Core Ultra 200S processors, make sure you update the firmware on your Z890 motherboard before installing Windows 11 24H2.Oct 28, 2024 9:33 AM CDT - AMD Ryzen 9800X3D full specs spilled, plus benchmark leak sees the CPU equal 9950X in Geekbench
In single-core, anyway, and the incoming Ryzen 9800X3D processor is looking very strong for non-gaming performance, as previous rumors have indicated.Oct 28, 2024 7:45 AM CDT - Scientists release world's first footage of a water molecule forming out of thin air
A team of scientists has captured a molecular-scale video of hydrogen and oxygen atoms magically fusing to form a water molecule or H20.Oct 28, 2024 7:15 AM CDT - NVIDIA briefly dethrones Apple to become the world's most valuable company
NVIDIA's AI dominance and leadership saw the company dethrone Apple to become the most valuable company in the world. At least, momentarily.Oct 28, 2024 6:31 AM CDT - TCL plans to reduce the cost of OLED displays dramatically, with inkjet printing
TCL will begin limited inkjet OLED production at the end of this year, which will bring down costs and even lead to brighter displays.Oct 28, 2024 6:03 AM CDT - AMD claims Radeon has up to 38% more performance than NVIDIA in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
AMD has claimed its Radeon graphics cards can offer up to 38% more performance in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 compared to its market competition.Oct 28, 2024 3:02 AM CDT - Elden Ring is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 in a 'Definitive Edition' says leaker
A new rumor suggests that FromSoftware's cult-classic title Elden Ring will be released on the Nintendo Switch 2 in the form of a 'Definitive Edition.'Oct 28, 2024 2:33 AM CDT - Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered PC requirements revealed, GeForce RTX 4080 required for 4K 60FPS
The 1080p 60FPS GPU requirements for Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered have also been updated, going from a GeForce GTX 1060 to the GeForce RTX 3060.Oct 28, 2024 2:03 AM CDT - Samsung's new and potentially breakthrough memory technology blends RAM and SSDs
Samsung's latest memory technology combines properties from flash storage and DRAM's extremely quick read-and-write speeds to create Selector-Only Memory.Oct 28, 2024 1:35 AM CDT - PlayStation 4 console modded into a portable gaming handheld, and it works
The PlayStation 4 has been turned into a portable gaming handheld in an impressive new mod, new video shows how it went from concept to working device.Oct 28, 2024 1:04 AM CDT - Apple to unveil new smartphone device that's between an iPad and a HomePod
An industry analyst has teased that Apple is working on a new smart home device that resembles one the company launched 22 years ago.Oct 28, 2024 12:31 AM CDT - Hacker mysteriously gives $20 million in stolen funds back to the US government
Blockchain analysts have flagged a series of seemingly nefarious and mysterious transactions that involve US government-owned wallets.Oct 28, 2024 12:03 AM CDT - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Laptop GPU PCI IDs: RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti, 5070, 5060, 5050 confirmed
NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 50 Laptop GPU series leaked: RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5070, RTX 5060, RTX 5050 all confirmed with PCI IDs.Oct 27, 2024 11:33 PM CDT - NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang joins King of Denmark to launch sovereign AI supercomputer
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang joins the King of Denmark to launch the country's largest sovereign AI supercomputer, with 1528 NVIDIA H100 AI GPUs.Oct 27, 2024 11:11 PM CDT - India-based Reliance supercomputer to be powered by NVIDIA's new Blackwell AI GPUs
NVIDIA to supply its new Blackwell AI GPUs for India's new Reliance supercomputer: will be a 1 GWh (one-gigawatt hour) data center for AI.Oct 27, 2024 10:44 PM CDT - Check out AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D get delidded: next-gen 3D V-Cache shown off
AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7 9800X3D gets delidded: our first look at the next-gen 3D V-Cache that will stop on Intel's new Core Ultra 9 285K processor.Oct 27, 2024 10:10 PM CDT - Spider-Man 2 and Ratchet & Clank PS5 Pro updates add PC-like graphics toggles
New PC-like graphics toggles in Insomniac's games will let PS5 Pro players adjust the quality settings for reflections and ambient occulsion.Oct 27, 2024 9:32 PM CDT - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K's in-built Arc Graphics can run DOOM Eternal at 1080p 60 FPS
The new flagship Intel Core Ultra 9 285K's built-in Arc GPU is surprisingly capable, with many PC games playable at 1080p at 60 FPS.Oct 27, 2024 9:02 PM CDT - Kingston breaks memory OC world record using new DDR5 CUDIMM at insane 12,108MT/s speeds
Kingston breaks memory OC world record with new FURY Renegade DDR5 CUDIMM memory, achieving speeds of 12,108MT/s on Intel's new Z890 platform.Oct 27, 2024 8:36 PM CDT - AYANEO's stylish AG01 Starship Graphics Dock with Radeon RX 7600M XT is available for $599
AYANEO's Graphics Starship is now available to purchase, with the sci-fi dock and eGPU housing a Radeon RX 7600M XT GPU to boost mobile gaming performance.Oct 27, 2024 8:04 PM CDT - Intel Foundry rumored to team with Samsung Foundry, in order to better compete against TSMC
Intel Foundry rumored to team with Samsung Foundry in order to compete with TSMC, as the future of the semiconductor business heats up.Oct 27, 2024 6:45 PM CDT - Gamers suffer major blow after US Copyright Office rules against video game preservation
A three-year fight for the rights to preserve video games that are no longer shipping in a digital library has failed to be established.Oct 27, 2024 1:14 AM CDT - Kingston confirms FURY Renegade DDR5-8400 CUDIMM memory is coming, ready for Arrow Lake
Kingston Technology confirms that its upcoming FURY Renegate CUDIMM memory modules are coming: up to 8400MT/s speeds, in up to 48GB kits.Oct 27, 2024 12:33 AM CDT - NVIDIA CEO says AI workers will have 1000x higher productivity than humans in 'specific jobs'
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says AI won't replace humans at all, but in 'specific jobs', AI will have 1000x higher productivity than humans.Oct 27, 2024 12:00 AM CDT - Intel missed out on buying NVIDIA in 2005 for just $20 billion, missed the 'deal of a lifetime'
Intel CEO Paul Otellini floated the idea of buying NVIDIA back in 2005 for just $20 billion... NVIDIA is now worth over $3.3 trillion and leads AI.Oct 26, 2024 10:49 PM CDT - AMD confirms Ryzen 7 9800X3D with next-gen 3D V-Cache tech: fastest gaming CPU at up to 5.2GHz
AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9000X3D processors will feature reversed CCD and 3D V-Cache laying, new Ryzen 7 9800X3D to destroy Intel's new Core Ultra 9 285K.Oct 26, 2024 6:43 AM CDT - SK hynix posts record-high Q3 2024 profit, sales of 'explosive' demand of AI memory, HBM, eSSDs
SK hynix announces Q3 2024 financial results: breaking records once again, and cementing itself as the #1 AI memory technology provider in the world.Oct 26, 2024 5:31 AM CDT - Tesla Q3 2024 earnings report is out: stock rises for the best day since 2013
Tesla Q3 2024 earnings report is out: 462,890 vehicles delivered, a 6% increase from last year, with 16,000+ Cybertrucks now on the road.Oct 26, 2024 5:05 AM CDT - V-Color launches Manta Xfinity CUDIMM memory: up to DDR5-8800 speeds, beautiful designs
V-Color introduces its new Manta Xfinity CUDIMM memory: up to DDR5-8800 speeds in 48GB kits, two color schemes with black and silver, or black and gold.Oct 26, 2024 4:26 AM CDT - Researchers create eye implant that enables blind people to read again
A team of researchers designed a eye implant that has enabled legally blind patients to read again, sparking new competition with Neuralink.Oct 26, 2024 3:52 AM CDT - Corsair teases Vengeance DDR5 CUDIMM memory: overclocked to 10000MT/s coming in November
Corsair teases its new Vengeance DDR5 CUDIMM memory modules running at 10000MT/s and they 'look good while doing it'. The new RAM drops in November.Oct 26, 2024 3:32 AM CDT - Nintendo's secret Minecraft-style and Roblox-like game is being leaked online
Nintendo requested approximately 10,000 people to playtest a secret title it has in development and now footage and images are leaking online.Oct 26, 2024 12:32 AM CDT - Delta Airlines files lawsuit against CrowdStrike, the team behind the world's largest IT outage
Delta Air Lines on Friday officially filed a lawsuit against CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity company responsible for the world's largest IT outage.Oct 26, 2024 12:02 AM CDT - Xbox exclusives are still important for Microsoft and are used to determine 'growth in gaming'
Microsoft says that exclusive games and content are still important for the Xbox brand and is one of the main metrics used to determine gaming growth.Oct 25, 2024 12:04 PM CDT - NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR upscaling are reportedly broken and pointless in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
And Intel XeSS, to boot - in fact all upscalers appear to be borked with Black Ops 6, and you're much better off steering clear, if these reports are right.Oct 25, 2024 11:43 AM CDT - Ubisoft confirms its developing a new Rayman project, possible remake
Ubisoft has confirmed in a recent statement that its currently working on a new Rayman project and that it's in the 'exploration phase.'Oct 25, 2024 11:02 AM CDT - Ubisoft blamed for poor sales of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown by Baldur's Gate 3 director
The director of publishing for Baldur's Gate 3 has pointed his finger at Ubisoft for the poor sales of the Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.Oct 25, 2024 10:34 AM CDT - First Apple Intelligence features hit iPhone's in latest iOS 18.1 update
Apple has rolled out the first features of its highly anticipated Apple Intelligence, and here's a complete list of what's within iOS 18.1.Oct 25, 2024 10:02 AM CDT - Nintendo Switch 2 announcement hinted at by developer in new game trailer
The Nintendo Switch successor has been teased by a game developer, fueling the already spreading rumors that Nintendo will make an announcement in October.Oct 25, 2024 9:33 AM CDT - Played Overcooked to death? Still got friends? Coop chaos Moving Out is a free game on Epic now
If you'd rather be a house mover than a chef, then Moving Out could be the party game for you - and a few other friends who you want to fall out with.Oct 25, 2024 9:23 AM CDT - Capcom reveals Rompopolo in Monster Hunter Wilds - the most horrific monster ever in PC gaming?
A bulbous Brute Wyvern found in the Oilwell Basin, the Rompopolo looks like a beast ripped from a sweat-soaked, feverish nightmare, if ever there was one.Oct 25, 2024 8:31 AM CDT - TT Show Episode 57 - AMD's next-gen Ryzen X3D chips, the PS5 Pro's secret weapon, and more
This week on The TT Show, Apple's M4 chip comes to a range of new devices, Valve confirms that it's working on the Steam Deck 2, and more!Oct 25, 2024 6:19 AM CDT - OpenAI senior safety staffer leaves company to write unbiased warning about coming AI
A senior staffer in OpenAI's AGI readiness team has left the company and posted a warning about how OpenAI and the world simply aren't ready.Oct 25, 2024 3:31 AM CDT - Microsoft CEO responds to rumors Xbox paused game ports for PlayStation and Switch
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has inadvertently squashed the rumours that Xbox ports for PlayStation and the Nintendo Switch are slowing down.Oct 25, 2024 2:45 AM CDT - 250-year-old lost city discovered in Amazon rainforest by advanced technology
Archaeologists have discovered a 250-year-old lost city in Brazil's Amazon rainforest with the help of advanced remote sensing technology.Oct 25, 2024 1:45 AM CDT - Researchers discover origins for the majority of meteorites that have hit Earth
An international team of researchers has demonstrated that 70% of all known meteorite collisions with Earth have come from just three meteorite families.Oct 25, 2024 1:16 AM CDT - Razer Barracuda X Chroma announced - lightweight gaming and on-the-go audio, now with RGB
The new Razer Barracuda X Chroma updates one of the company's most popular wireless gaming headsets, adding RGB lighting to six customizable zones.Oct 25, 2024 12:33 AM CDT - AYANEO 3 handheld teased, and it's 'not a simple upgrade' but a 'new direction' for the company
AYANEO is teasing its next flagship gaming handheld, promising that it's going to be a game changer. Will it feature AMD's Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor?Oct 24, 2024 11:59 PM CDT - Steam Deck's new SteamOS 3.6.19 update is a must; it boosts performance and battery life
Valve's SteamOS 3.6.19 update for the Steam Deck is here, bringing performance and battery life improvements to both the LCD and OLED models.Oct 24, 2024 11:26 PM CDT - Ryzen 9800X3D benchmarks show up to a 20% performance jump over 7800X3D
Geekbench results for the Ryzen 9800X3D show a big improvement over the 7800X3D, which bodes well for the Zen 5 chip's gaming performance.Oct 24, 2024 10:58 PM CDT - Xbox has 20 video game franchises that have earned $1 billion
After ABK, Microsoft now has 20x separate video game franchises that have made at least $1 billion in both sales revenues and in-game microtransactions.Oct 24, 2024 10:33 PM CDT - Denuvo rep calls PC gamers 'very toxic' and misinformed when it comes to its DRM software
What you've been reading about Denuvo anti-tamper software is false, according to the company. Especially when it comes to the performance impact.Oct 24, 2024 8:58 PM CDT - Microsoft's DirectSR tool updated to support AMD FSR 3.1 for easy game integration
DirectSR is a new tool for DriectX that makes it easy for developers to add all of the various upscaling options into their games.Oct 24, 2024 8:33 PM CDT - The Last of Us Part 1 and The Last of Us Part 2 have been updated for PS5 Pro
Both The Last of Us Part 1 and The Last of Us Part 2 will use PSSR in a new 4K 60FPS 'Pro Mode' exclusive to the new PS5 Pro console.Oct 24, 2024 7:57 PM CDT - Joe Rogan to host President Donald Trump on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast on October 25
President Donald Trump will joining Joe Rogan on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast tomorrow, October 25... just days away from the November 5 election.Oct 24, 2024 7:19 PM CDT - Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has a $20 premium 'Enhanced Headphone Mode' tier just for audio
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 includes some fancy new audio tech for gaming headsets, and for $20 you can get your own Personalized Profile.Oct 24, 2024 6:58 PM CDT - Apple officially reveals new Macs are coming next week - but it all sounds ominously lowkey
No big press event is happening, which was obvious enough by now, and it seems like Apple will drip-feed us the new M4 Macs day by day.Oct 24, 2024 12:37 PM CDT - Corsair iCUE eating your CPU alive? NVIDIA's new GPU driver has a nasty bug, but there's a fix
Or potential workarounds anyway - which are well worth trying - and we should also note that the Bluestacks Android emulator is hit by this bug, too.Oct 24, 2024 12:01 PM CDT - Reminder: Black Ops 6 launching day one on GeForce Now cloud streaming too
Gamers won't need a console or a PC in order to play Call of Duty Black Ops 6 thanks to cloud game streaming via Project xCloud and NVIDIA GeForce Now.Oct 24, 2024 11:31 AM CDT - Microsoft officially unveils tools to create AI employees that work for humans
Microsoft has announced its releasing a suit of autonomous AI agents that will serve people as employees and carry out tasks as requested.Oct 24, 2024 10:29 AM CDT - Beyond Good and Evil 2 not cancelled, new developers assigned to game
Half a decade of radio silence aside, Ubisoft has confirmed that Beyond Good and Evil 2 is still in active development but no release window given.Oct 24, 2024 9:54 AM CDT - Microsoft shows how much faster Windows 11 24H2 updates are - nearly 50% quicker, in fact
In tests against 22H2, Microsoft demonstrated that cumulative updates in 24H2 were rattled through around 45% faster (with quicker reboots, too).Oct 24, 2024 9:03 AM CDT - AMD leak shows Ryzen 9800X3D CPU is 8% faster than 7800X3D in games - this won't go down well
An 8% generational uplift for PC gaming with the 9800X3D is very much on the low side compared to the expectations built up among gamers by recent leaks.Oct 24, 2024 7:10 AM CDT - AI-generated product reviews deemed officially illegal by US government authority
A United States government agency has ruled that AI-generated consumer reviews are now illegal, which means the agency can now chase offenders.Oct 24, 2024 6:46 AM CDT - Ubisoft shifts gears from Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown to the new Rayman Remake
An exclusive report has revealed that Ubisoft has moved its developers from Prince of Persia: The Crown to a new remake of Rayman.Oct 24, 2024 6:15 AM CDT - Former NVIDIA engineer uses A100 GPU to discover world's largest prime number
A former NVIDIA engineer used an NVIDIA A100 GPU to discover the largest known prime number, which is an insane 41 million digits long.Oct 24, 2024 5:45 AM CDT - Fallout: London surpasses 1 million downloads, one of the biggest releases in GOG history
With over 1 million players Fallout: London's success highlights just how much gamers want to play a new single-player game in the franchise.Oct 24, 2024 2:57 AM CDT - HBM chip market to grow 156% year-on-year to $46.7B in 2025: up from $18.2B in 2024
Analyst estimates that the HBM market will grow 156% year-on-year to $46.7 billion in 2025, driven by the unstoppable demand of AI memory.Oct 24, 2024 2:22 AM CDT - Apple is reportedly winding down and halting Vision Pro production
Apple is not only slowing down Vision Pro headset production due to weak demand, but it might stop completely before the end of the year.Oct 24, 2024 2:02 AM CDT - NVIDIA CEO: 'we had a design flaw in Blackwell, it was 100% NVIDIA's fault' not TSMC's fault
NVIDAI CEO Jensen Huang said that the design flaws of Blackwell AI GPUs were fixed thanks to TSMC, 'we had a design flaw in Blackwell'.Oct 24, 2024 12:58 AM CDT - Salesforce CEO says 'Copilot is a flop' and that Microsoft is in 'panic mode' over AI failing
Salesforce CEO calls out Microsoft, says 'Copilot is a flop' and that the OS giant is in 'panic mode' as it lacks ingredients to make real intelligence.Oct 24, 2024 12:31 AM CDT - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU leaks: estimated 45-65% faster than RTX 4080 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU rumored to be an estimated (and bloody impressive if true) 45% to 65% faster than the RTX 4080 Laptop GPU.Oct 23, 2024 10:25 PM CDT - Linux creator names and shames Intel, NVIDIA, and AMD for having 'buggy hardware'
Linux creator Linus Torvalds is 'pretty damn fed up with buggy hardware' from the likes of Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA: blaming them for vulnerabilities.Oct 23, 2024 10:10 PM CDT - Qualcomm responds to Arm scrapping license agreement to design chips based on its technology
Arm has reportedly scrapped its license with Qualcomm, which granted the company the right to design chips based on Arm technology standards.Oct 23, 2024 10:02 PM CDT - Google's next-gen Tensor G6 codename 'Malibu' chip: TSMC 2nm for major perf, power improvements
Google's future-gen Pixel 11 smartphone will feature next-gen Tensor G6 processor codenamed 'Malibu' made on TSMC's new 2nm process node.Oct 23, 2024 9:36 PM CDT - ORIGIN PC unveils NSL-14 and NSL-16 workstation laptops with new Intel Core Ultra 7 CPUs
ORIGIN PC unveils its new workstation laptops: NSL-16 and NSL-14 feature Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU, up to 32GB RAM, up to 8TB SSD, and up to 20 hours battery.Oct 23, 2024 9:11 PM CDT - ASUS launches Thunderbolt 5 add-in card: up to 120Gbps bandwidth, with DisplayPort 2.1 support
ASUS has launched its own Thunderbolt 5 add-in card with the ASUS ThunderboltEX 5: single 6-pin power connector, up to 130W USB-PD support, and more.Oct 23, 2024 8:08 PM CDT - Micron 9550 PCIe Gen5 SSDs qualified for NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 recommended vendor list
Micron 9550 Gen5 data center SSD has been added to the NVIDIA recommended vendor list (RVL) for the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 AI server and its custom models.Oct 23, 2024 7:25 PM CDT - Intel's new Core Ultra 9 285K loses to 14900K, 13900K, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, 7800X3D in gaming
Intel's new flagship Core Ultra 9 285K processor loses to the Core i9-14900K, 13900K, and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, 7800X3D, and even the Ryzen 7 7700X in gaming.Oct 23, 2024 6:54 PM CDT - AMD Ryzen 9800X3D CPU leaked by two US retailers - but let's all agree to ignore the price tags
As ever, this looks like placeholder pricing, although the slight worry for some is that it's pitched north of $450 - a hint that AMD might be considering this route?Oct 23, 2024 11:21 AM CDT - Check out this GPU die shot of NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card
NVIDIA's new GB203 GPU die shot teased: will power the GeForce RTX 5080 desktop, GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and RTX 5080 Laptop GPUs in 2025.Oct 23, 2024 8:42 AM CDT - NVIDIA renames Blackwell Ultra to B300 series: HBM3E 12-Hi memory, TSMC CoWoS-L packaging
NVIDIA has reportedly renamed its upcoming Blackwell Ultra to B300 series: HBM3E 12-Hi memory, TSMC CoWoS-L advanced packaging expected in 2025.Oct 23, 2024 7:45 AM CDT - SK hynix shows off HBM3E 12-Hi chips: 12 chips stacked, 40% thinner than 8-Hi stacks for 2025
SK hynix shows off its cutting-edge HBM3E 12-Hi stack at the OCP Global Summit: max capacity of 36GB by making the DRAM chips 40% thinner.Oct 23, 2024 7:26 AM CDT - Apple slated to launch new MacBook Pro, iMac, and Mac Mini models within 7 days
A renowned Apple insider has claimed the Cupertino company is planning on revealing its new line-up of M4-powered Macs within the coming week.Oct 23, 2024 3:03 AM CDT - Amazon officially unveil star-studded cast for video game TV show 'Secret Level'
Amazon has officially unveiled the cast for its upcoming video game TV show, Secret Level, which is scheduled to premiere on Prime Video in December.Oct 23, 2024 2:30 AM CDT - NVIDIA DLSS support comes to several major PC game releases this week
Alan Wake 2: The Lake House, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, No More Room In Hell 2, Dragon: Age: The Veilguard, The Axis Unseen, and more.Oct 23, 2024 2:02 AM CDT - Elon Musk shares high detail footage of Starship launch captured on $17,000 camera lens
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shared some high-detail footage of the launch and catch of Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket.Oct 23, 2024 1:32 AM CDT - 100,000+ United Nations documents exposed by cybersecurity researcher
A cybersecurity researcher has discovered more than 100,000 documents associated with the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women.Oct 23, 2024 1:03 AM CDT - Ubisoft reportedly disbands Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown team even after positive reviews
Ubisoft has reportedly dropped the axe on the team behind the Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, a 2.5D side-scrolling action-adventure game.Oct 23, 2024 12:31 AM CDT - Researchers create new microchip design that abandons electricity for sound and light
Researchers have for the first time used lasers to make, control and detect high-frequency sound waves on the surface of a microchip.Oct 23, 2024 12:02 AM CDT - Biwin unveils new UDIMM memory: up to 8800MT/s speed on Intel's new Z890 platform
Biwin unveils its new UDIMMs with cutting-edge speeds of up to 8800MT/s on Intel's new Z890 platform, and up to 8400MT/s on AMD's new X870 platform.Oct 22, 2024 11:11 PM CDT - GeForce Game Ready Driver for Dragon Age, Call of Duty, and Red Dead Redemption is here
GeForce Game Ready Driver 566.03 is available now, and it's a big one for new PC games - with support for Call of Duty, Dragon Age, and more.Oct 22, 2024 10:29 PM CDT - Morgan Stanley says NVIDIA 2U air-cooled MGX GB200 NVL2 still suffers from 'thermal issues'
Morgan Stanley notes that NVIDIA's 2U air-cooled MGX GB200 NVL2 continues to suffer from 'thermal issues' and we could expect it in 4U form factor instead.Oct 22, 2024 10:10 PM CDT - 200 semiconductor engineers working for Samsung applied for jobs with rival SK hynix
Hundreds of Samsung semidonductor engineers apply for jobs at South Korean rival, SK hynix, with a growing concern of Samsung's chip business.Oct 22, 2024 9:11 PM CDT - Nintendo is developing a new Minecraft-style MMO, and 10,000 people are playtesting it
Nintendo is currently testing a new game on the Switch, an MMO where players work together to build or 'develop' and entire planet.Oct 22, 2024 8:26 PM CDT - GeForce RTX 5090 in leaked footage was just a massive RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
No that wasn't footage of a GeForce RTX 5090 being powered up at a factory, it was the chunky ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER SOLID.Oct 22, 2024 7:34 PM CDT - Rambus reveals chipsets ready for next-gen DDR5 MRDIMM memory: speeds of up to 12,800 MT/s
Rambus unveils memory interface chipsets for Gen5 DDR5 RDIMMs and next-gen DDR5 Multiplexed Rank Dual Inline Memory Modules (MRDIMMs).Oct 22, 2024 6:36 PM CDT - Intel's new Core Ultra 9 285K fully unlocked hits huge 370W power consumption
Intel's unlocked Core Ultra 9 285K processor uses an insane 370W of power during a Cinebench R23 benchmark run, with the P-Cores hitting 5.6GHz.Oct 22, 2024 5:51 PM CDT - Black Myth: Wukong physical release on PS5 requires no internet connection
Developers Game Science have partnered with Pm Studios to release a physical edition of Black Myth: Wukong for the PS5, and everything is on disc.Oct 22, 2024 9:04 AM CDT - Footage from Nintendo's unreleased co-op multiplayer Pokémon game leaks online
Footage for an online co-op multiplayer Pokémon game has leaked online along with details about the scrapped project such as how long it was in dvelopment.Oct 22, 2024 8:31 AM CDT - Amazon's next-generation nuclear reactors use Billiard ball-sized fuel to solve the big problem
Amazon announces significant investment into advanced nuclear technology designed to solve the energy problem within exponentially growing data centers.Oct 22, 2024 6:31 AM CDT - PS5 Pro's PSSR AI upscaling is significantly better than AMD FSR 3.1, new deep dive shows
A new deep dive into the PS5 Pro's PSSR upscaling shows that it's the console's secret weapon, and a DLSS moment for PlayStation gaming.Oct 22, 2024 6:03 AM CDT - World's biggest tech companies and government agencies hit by DDoS attacks by two men
Federal authorities have identified two men responsible for directed and sustained DDoS attacks against some of the biggest tech companies.Oct 22, 2024 5:34 AM CDT - Elon Musk announces he's giving away $1 million a day to select people until Election Day
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced he will be giving away $1 million a day to until Election Day, he said 'I think its kind of fun'.Oct 22, 2024 5:04 AM CDT - Check out this beautiful die shot of Intel's new Core Ultra 9 285K on TSMC's 3nm process node
Intel's new flagship Core Ultra 9 285K processor gets delidded, die shot treatment: up close with the Compute, Graphics, SoC, and I/O Tiles.Oct 22, 2024 3:33 AM CDT - Anonymous hacker charged with seeking to kill after cyberattacks hit hospitals globally
Two brothers have been accused of being Anonymous Sudan, a group that allegedly targeted hospitals in a series of serious cyberattacks.Oct 22, 2024 2:33 AM CDT - Valve confirms it's working on the Steam Deck 2, but it's waiting for two things
Steam Deck designer Lawrence Yang says the Steam Deck 2 will arrive when there's 'a generational leap in compute without sacrificing battery life.'Oct 22, 2024 2:01 AM CDT - GIGABYTE's new Z890 AORUS TACHYON ICE motherboard has CAMM2 memory support
GIGABYTE is preparing the Z890 AORUS TACHYON ICE CAMM2 motherboard: support for CAMM2 memory, RAM that is SCREWED INTO the motherboard.Oct 22, 2024 1:46 AM CDT - Blade Runner 2049 creators sue Elon Musk, Tesla, and Warner Bros over robotaxi event
The producers of Blade Runner 2049 filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk and Tesla for copyright infringement and false endorsement over Tesla's robotaxi event.Oct 22, 2024 1:05 AM CDT - Support for world's most popular operating system will die in less than a year
It is officially less than a year before support for the world's most popular operating system will end in the 'biggest CTRL-ALT-Delete' in history.Oct 22, 2024 12:34 AM CDT - Kingston Fury Renegade DDR5-8200 CUDIMM memory spotted: coming soon to a motherboard near you
Kingston's new Fury Renegate DDR5-8200 CUDIMM memory spotted as part of the MSI Media Kit for the Intel Core Ultra 200 series 'Arrow Lake-S' CPU launch.Oct 21, 2024 11:54 PM CDT - Taiwan is 'very open' to using new nuclear technology as AI demand devours electricity supply
Taiwan says that it is 'very open' to using nuclear technology, as the AI demand has been unstoppable so far... and it's only going to get bigger.Oct 21, 2024 11:19 PM CDT - Apple's next-gen M4 chips in M4, M4 Pro, M4 Max will power new wave of MacBook Pro laptops
Apple will unveil its next-gen MacBook Pros later this month: inside, featuring next-gen M4, M4 Pro, M4 Max processors made by TSMC on its 3nm node.Oct 21, 2024 10:19 PM CDT - Apple's next-gen iPhone 17 Air rumors: A17 chip, 8GB RAM, single 48MP rear camera, and more
Apple's rumored ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air teased with A17 processor made on TSMC's 3nm process node, single 48MP rear camera, 8GB RAM, and more.Oct 21, 2024 9:47 PM CDT - Valve's new ragdoll, gore systems: primed for Half-Life 3, would be perfect for Left 4 Dead 3
Valve has been cooking up a new ragdoll + gore systems would work so well in Half-Life 3, and be an amazing upgrade for an eventual Left 4 Dead 3.Oct 21, 2024 9:26 PM CDT - Intel Core Ultra 200H 'Arrow Lake-H' laptop CPUs: flagship Core Ultra 9 285H has 45W TDP
Intel's mainstream Arrow Lake CPUs for laptops should be the Core Ultra 200H series: will be joined by the Core 200H, Core 200U, and Ultra 200HX processors.Oct 21, 2024 9:11 PM CDT - AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D at 5.6GHz on all cores: up to 35% faster than 7800X3D at stock
AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D tuned at 5.6GHz all-core is 35% faster than the 7800X3D at stock, scores a huge 25,000+ points in Cinebench R23 with PBO and OC.Oct 21, 2024 8:08 PM CDT - Alan Wake 2 on PS5 Pro in Performance mode: 864p res upscaled to 4K at 60FPS
Alan Wake 2 running on the new PlayStation 5 Pro and its Performance mode renders at 864p and upscales to 4K at 30FPS, Quality mode is only 30FPS.Oct 21, 2024 7:25 PM CDT - Unreal Engine 5.4-powered The Matrix Awakens demo: huge 40% CPU perf increase over UE5.0 build
Unreal Engine 5.4-powered build of The Matrix Awakens tech demo has 40% more CPU performance over the Unreal Engine 5.0 build of the demo.Oct 21, 2024 6:44 PM CDT - AMD Ryzen 9000 Series CPU prices drop by up to $50 ahead of Zen 5 X3D debut
With Zen 5 X3D arriving in a few weeks you can save up to $50 off the current non-X3D AMD Ryzen 9000 Series CPU line-up - from the 9600X up to the 9950X.Oct 21, 2024 9:06 AM CDT - AMD officially confirms Ryzen 9000 X3D CPUs and November release date
AMD teases the upcoming launch of its new X3D CPUs for gaming, with the first Ryzen 9000 X3D CPU or CPUs set to debut on November 7, 2024.Oct 21, 2024 9:00 AM CDT - Cybersecurity firm sounds alarm on data breaches after global account leaks almost double
The global data breach monitoring tool operated by cybersecurity company Surfshark indicates global data breaches have almost doubled.Oct 21, 2024 6:35 AM CDT - God of War TV series from Sony and Amazon is reportedly in production hell
After two years of production at Sony Pictures TV and Amazon MGM Studios, the God of War TV Series is 'starting over' with new writers.Oct 20, 2024 11:58 PM CDT - Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2's official 4K Texture Pack requires a beast of a PC to run
Recommended CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D or Intel Core i9-14900K. Recommended GPU: Radeon RX 7900 XTX or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER.Oct 20, 2024 11:02 PM CDT - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is coming to PC in January 2025, just in time for next-gen GPUs
Sony confirms the release date for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 on PC, and it's timed perfectly for the next-gen GeForce RTX 50 and Radeon RX Series launch.Oct 20, 2024 10:03 PM CDT - Intel Arc graphics driver brings up to 24% more performance to Core Ultra 'Lunar Lake' devices
The latest Intel Graphics Driver brings some improvements to Intel Core Ultra Series 2 'Lunar Lake' gaming, with up to 24% more performance in some games.Oct 20, 2024 9:31 PM CDT - AMD Radeon driver for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is here, bringing optimized day one support
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.10.1 is available now, brings day one support for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - including optimized FSR 3.1 settings.Oct 20, 2024 8:59 PM CDT - Microsoft's new gaze-based video streaming tech will reduce the bandwidth required for meetings
Microsoft's latest patent uses AI to detect where you're looking during a video meeting or conference call, and reduce the quality of streams not in focus.Oct 20, 2024 8:01 PM CDT - Microsoft's demand for NVIDIA GB200 AI servers is more than all other cloud companies combined
Microsoft is the 'most aggressive customer' in procuring NVIDIA's new GB200 AI serrvers, with GB200 orders surging 3-4x beating all other CSPs.Oct 20, 2024 6:36 PM CDT - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D specs leak: 4.7GHz base clock with 120W TDP now confirmed
AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor specs confirmed: 8 cores, 16 threrads of Zen 5 + new 3D V-Cache, 4.7GHz base clock and 120W TDP.Oct 20, 2024 5:55 PM CDT - KLEVV intros DDR5 CU/CSO-DIMM memory: up to 48GB per module, up to 6400MT/s speeds
KLEVV introduces its first-ever CU-DIMM and CSO-DIMM memory modules, ready for Intel's new Arrow Lake-S CPUs and Z890 platform for increased DDR5 perf.Oct 20, 2024 4:44 PM CDT - NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090 spotted: Blackwell gaming GPU used in factory trial video
NVIDIA's next-generation ultra-enthusiast flagship GeForce RTX 5090 spotted in factory trial video, being tested in Indonesia right now.Oct 20, 2024 4:04 PM CDT - Squadron 42 pushed back with 2026 window, new gameplay demo teased at CitizenCon 2024
Squadron 42 gets a new 2026 release window, and a new gameplay demo that runs for over an hour... starring half of Hollywood, and it looks beautiful.Oct 20, 2024 3:33 PM CDT - GIGABYTE launches Thunderbolts 5 AIC with Thunderbolt 5 ports with Gen4 interface
GIGABYTE intros its first Thunderbolt 5 add-in card (AIC) with the introduction of the Thunderbolts 5: Gen4 card with up to 100W USB-PD charging.Oct 20, 2024 2:58 PM CDT - SuperMicro unveils NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 SuperCluster: liquid-cooled AI servers
SuperMicro is now sampling its new liquid-cooled Exascale Compute in a Single Rack: with the new NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 AI server rack now shipping.Oct 20, 2024 7:14 AM CDT - Half-Life 3 to push boundaries of game physics, destruction, NPC AI behavior in fresh leaks
Half-Life 3 leaks tease developer Valve is pushing the boundaries of game physics, interactivity, NPC AI behavior, heat and fluid simulation.Oct 20, 2024 6:33 AM CDT - NVIDIA Blackwell AI GPU issues hurt relations with TSMC, RTX 50 GPUs nearly made by Samsung
NVIDIA's issues with Blackwell AI GPUs in August 'hurt relations' with TSMC, which saw NVIDIA consider Samsung to fab its GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs.Oct 20, 2024 5:55 AM CDT - Check out this modded Xbox gaming handheld: uses original Xbox motherboard, upgraded insides
This is the first-ever Xbox gaming handheld mod: original Xbox motherboard used, modded with 9-inch 480p display, Wi-Fi 6, and 100W USB PD charging.Oct 20, 2024 4:44 AM CDT - Intel Arc Battlemage GPU leaks: AIBs have 'almost ZERO desire to gamble on Arc' again
Intel's next-gen Battlemage GPU update: top Battlemage GPU will offer RTX 4070 levels of performance, but AIBs have almost 'zero desire' in Arc.Oct 20, 2024 3:33 AM CDT - Intel Griffin Cove CPUs in 2027+ with 'Unified Core' teased: E-Cores eliminated from desktop
Intel's next-gen Panther Lake (Intel 18A) drops in 2025, Nova Lake (Intel 18A-P) in 2026, next-gen CPU on Intel 14A-P with Griffin Cove P-Cores teased.Oct 20, 2024 2:22 AM CDT - Qualcomm kills its Snapdragon Dev Kit: refunds all orders with stumbled Windows on Arm push
Qualcomm has killed its Snapdragon Dev Kit, emails customers explaining they'll get a full refund for their purchases, project is dead 'indefinitely'.Oct 20, 2024 1:45 AM CDT - GMKTech EVO-X1 Mini-PC features AMD Ryzen AI HX 370 'Strix Point' APU, OCulink connectivity
GMK unveiled its new EVO-X1 Mini-PC which features AMD's new Ryzen AI HX 370 'Strix Point' APU with Zen 5 + RDNA 3.5 as well as OCulink connectivity.Oct 20, 2024 12:48 AM CDT - Alan Wake 2: The Lake House Expansion release date confirmed in new launch trailer
Alan Wake 2: The Lake House Expansion has had its release date revealed by Australian and New Zealand retailers that have posted it as a listing.Oct 18, 2024 8:33 PM CDT - Pokemon developer officially responds to hack that confirms Switch 2's codename
Pokemon developer Game Freak has confirmed it has been hacked, and now internal codenames for projects, along with the Nintendo Switch successors codename.Oct 18, 2024 7:56 PM CDT - Another leak suggests AMD Ryzen 9800X3D is close - so imminent CPU launch seems very likely now
Given the volume of leaks and rumors around the Ryzen 9800X3D being launched next week, it'd be a surprise at this point if the processor didn't show.Oct 18, 2024 1:46 PM CDT - Game over for Intel? Leaked X3D 'turbo mode' set to give Ryzen 9800X3D up to a 35% gaming boost
Will Ryzen 9000X3D be Intel's worst nightmare? GIGABYTE reveals what could be AMD's ace up its sleeve - and it'll pep up vanilla Ryzen 9000 CPUs too.Oct 18, 2024 11:52 AM CDT - TT Show Episode 56 - PAX Australia Round-Up, NVIDIA's PC Gaming Handheld, and more
This week on The TT Show - PAX Australia 2024, a potential GeForce PC gaming handheld, Concord returns, and the Nintendo Museum's dark secret.Oct 18, 2024 1:33 AM CDT - Western Digital celebrates 20 years of My Passport storage with a Special Edition Drive
The 20th Emerald Anniversary Edition My Passport drive from Western Digital features a protective emerald green anodized metal body and a USB-C interface.Oct 17, 2024 11:29 PM CDT - SSD prices are expected to drop by up to 10% in Q4 2024 due to weaker NAND Flash demand
Consumer demand for SSDs and NAND Flash Memory remains 'sluggish,' which is going to drive wafer prices down by up to 15% over the next couple of months.Oct 17, 2024 11:04 PM CDT - Analogue 3D is a new Nintendo 64 console that can play every N64 game in 4K without emulation
The new Analogue 3D is an N64 console engineered in FPGA with zero emulation, and it can output in 4K with a look that replicates the feel of a CRT TV.Oct 17, 2024 10:28 PM CDT - OLED monitor shipments have grown by a massive 181% this year
OLED monitor sales and shipment are through the roof and MSI has managed to carve out a sizable chunk of the market share with its line-up.Oct 17, 2024 10:02 PM CDT - Samsung teases next-gen 24Gb GDDR7 memory: enables higher-capacity VRAM, up to 42.5Gbps speeds
Samsung has developed next-gen 24Gbps GDDR7 memory modules: offering higher VRAM capacities on future consumer GPUs, with up to 42.5Gbps speeds.Oct 17, 2024 9:33 PM CDT - FBC: Firebreak is Remedy's co-op multiplayer shooter set in the Control universe
Remedy's latest is a co-op shooter set in the Control universe, and the first gameplay trailer for FBC: Firebreak showcases its 'hectic' action.Oct 17, 2024 9:01 PM CDT - Blizzard's controversial Warcraft remaster is reportedly getting a significant update
Warcraft III: Reforged should have been an easy win but with promised features missing, modes removed, and broken multiplayer - it was a mess.Oct 17, 2024 8:33 PM CDT - GeForce NOW Ultimate subscribers get a free copy of Dragon Age: The Veilguard
GeForce NOW Ultimate subscribers get to play on a GeForce RTX 4080 rig in the cloud, and six month subs get a free copy of Dragon Age: The Veilguard.Oct 17, 2024 8:03 PM CDT - NVIDIA wants to know which legacy Control Panel features you want to see in the NVIDIA App
The NVIDIA App is exiting Beta soon, so NVIDIA wants to know which of these legacy Control Panel features you want to see make the jump.Oct 17, 2024 7:27 PM CDT - Surface Laptop with Intel Lunar Lake processor spotted, new design launching in 2025
Copilot+ PC Surface Laptops with Intel Lunar Lake are on the way thanks to a Intel Core Ultra 7 268V-powered variant appearing on an auction site in China.Oct 17, 2024 6:56 PM CDT - In loving memory of Tyler Bernath, TweakTown Hardware Editor
We regretfully report that Tyler Bernath, TweakTown Hardware Editor, lost his battle with cancer yesterday at age 41. We will remember you!Oct 17, 2024 1:36 PM CDT - WD rushes out a firmware fix for SSDs hit by nightmarish Windows 11 24H2 BSoD bug
Western Digital 'highly recommends updating firmware' on its SSDs which are affected by the HMB-related glitch that's left some folks in a BSoD boot loop.Oct 17, 2024 12:11 PM CDT - FTC's click-to-cancel rule makes it easy to cancel subscriptions without jumping through hoops
Ever torn your hair out trying to cancel a subscription? You'll no longer have to deal with firms making it really difficult to escape from their service.Oct 17, 2024 11:32 AM CDT - Doom Eternal is now free for Amazon Prime members - but some PC gamers still aren't happy
Don't look a gift Cacodemon in the mouth? Yes, Doom Eternal might be free, but the devilish twist is you'll have to download it from... The Microsoft Store.Oct 17, 2024 10:33 AM CDT - AI in real-life usage: Can't win an argument with your partner? Get ChatGPT to do it for you
Girlfriend goes viral for using ChatGPT to make her arguments when couple disagrees, apparently telling her partner that they lack 'emotional bandwidth.'Oct 17, 2024 9:05 AM CDT - New Kindle Colorsoft is Amazon's first-ever color Kindle and it's available for preorder
Kindle Colorsoft is the first Amazon Kindle with a full color e-ink display, and the 32GB Signature Edition is available for preorder for $279.99.Oct 17, 2024 2:02 AM CDT - Dell PowerEdge XE9712: NVIDIA GB200 NVL72-based AI GPU cluster for LLM training, inference
Dell's new PowerEdge XE9712 with NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 AI server: the future of high-performance dense acceleration for real-time AI inference.Oct 16, 2024 10:49 PM CDT - ASUS's ROG THOR III PSUs have patented 'GPU-First' tech for next-gen GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs
ASUS says that its intelligent voltage stabilizer (IVS) cable enhances voltage delivery to your GPU by up to 45% for 'smooth and consistent gaming.'Oct 16, 2024 9:04 PM CDT - Intel and AMD are testing 12V-2x6 PCIe power connectors for their next-gen Radeon and Arc GPUs
The question is, will Intel and AMD stick with the traditional 8-pin PCIe connectors for its next-gen GPUs or shift to the new 12V-2x6 PCIe standard.Oct 16, 2024 8:32 PM CDT - Google to buy nuclear energy from multiple small modular reactors developed by Kairos Power
Google signs the world's first corporate agreement to purchase nuclear energy from multiple small modular reactors (SMR) to be developed by Kairos Power.Oct 16, 2024 8:08 PM CDT - Google shares photos of liquid-cooled NVIDIA Blackwell GB200 NVL racks for AI cloud platform
Google has been working closely with NVIDIA to sustainablyt built compute infrastructure of the future: uses liquid-cooled Blackwell GB200 NVL racks.Oct 16, 2024 7:47 PM CDT - Qualcomm waiting for 2024 US election results before making its big move on Intel
Qualcomm is still thirsty to acquite Intel, is reportedly waiting for the 2024 US presidential elections to be over, to see if Harris or Trump wins.Oct 16, 2024 7:28 PM CDT - Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 boosts publisher revenues by 1200%
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is such a mega-successful hit that the sequel has helped boost its publisher's revenues by over 1200% year-over-year.Oct 16, 2024 7:02 PM CDT - Sonos announces 'breakthrough' Arc Ultra soundbar and Sub 4 with new 'Sound Motion' tech
Sonos reveals Arc Ultra: its new premium soundbar featuring revolutionary transducer technology called Sound Motion, unprecedented 9.1.4 spatial audio.Oct 16, 2024 6:30 PM CDT - Dragon Ball Sparking Zero sells 3 million copies in first day
Bandai Namco's latest Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi game is a certified mega-hit with 3 million copies sold in the first 24 hours on all platforms.Oct 16, 2024 5:31 PM CDT - Halo Infinite's cancelled Tatanka battle royale would have been a 'game changer,' director says
Certain Affinity designer confirms that Halo Infinite's unannounced battle royale mode has been cancelled, says it would've been a 'game changer'Oct 16, 2024 4:33 PM CDT - Discord only exists because of Final Fantasy XI
Discord, the most popular voice chatting app for gaming, only exists because Discord's creator wanted a place to voice chat about Final Fantasy XI.Oct 16, 2024 3:23 PM CDT - Microsoft 'resolves' class-action antitrust lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard merger
Microsoft has sufficiently 'resolved' a class-action antitrust lawsuit that was filed in opposition of the $70 billion Microsoft-Activision merger.Oct 16, 2024 1:01 PM CDT - Hate Windows 11's modern looks and interface? Now you can make it look like Windows 95
Windows 11: Classic Mode - a trip back to the 90s for your modern PC, courtesy of a pile of apps including Stardock WindowBlinds and Winaero Tweaker.Oct 16, 2024 12:32 PM CDT - Reminder: Microsoft also sells refurbished Xbox Series X/S consoles at a discount
Just like Sony, Microsoft also sells refurbished generation 9 consoles at a discounted rate, with Series X/S reburb consoles costing about $50 less.Oct 16, 2024 12:02 PM CDT - Own a Western Digital SSD? Windows 11 24H2 could be a BSoD nightmare - but there's a fudged fix
Windows 11 24H2 looks like really bad news for some Western Digital NVMe SSDs, but if you're happy popping into the Registry, there's a workaround.Oct 16, 2024 10:50 AM CDT - RTX 50 for Q1 2025 launch: RTX 5090, 5080 in January, RTX 5070 in February, RTX 5060 in March
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series rumored launch schedule for Q1 2025: RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 in January, RTX 5070 in February, RTX 5060 in March 2025.Oct 16, 2024 10:19 AM CDT - Ubisoft rumored to kill support for a major title after sharp player count decline
Rumors indicate that XDefiant is on the chopping block at Ubisoft and if the game doesn't find a fresh influx of players support will be cut after S4.Oct 16, 2024 9:45 AM CDT - Intel Battlemage desktop GPU reveal could be imminent - mark October 29 in your diary
Inside two weeks we could know what the 2nd-gen of Arc looks like, and whether Battlemage graphics cards are going to really pep up the budget GPU market.Oct 16, 2024 9:15 AM CDT - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will get hands-on previews this month
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is expected to get hands-on previews at the end of the month as some creators have teased a secret upcoming event.Oct 16, 2024 9:02 AM CDT - Google announces it's blocking access to extremely popular Chrome ad blocker
Google has announced it is targeting one of Chrome's biggest ad blockers in a new update, which will involve removing Chrome Web Store support.Oct 16, 2024 8:40 AM CDT - NASA confirms the Sun has reached its most dangerous period in its 11-year cycle
NASA has confirmed the Sun has reached its solar maximum in its 11-year solar cycle, which is where solar activity is at its highest levels.Oct 16, 2024 8:19 AM CDT - I, Robot director accuses Elon Musk of stealing his vision with Optimus robots
The director of the extremely popular Will Smith blockbuster 'I, Robot' has accused Elon Musk of stealing the films designs for his humanoid robots.Oct 16, 2024 7:50 AM CDT - Microsoft announces new version of world's most popular OS despite its looming death
Microsoft has released a new version of the world's most popular operating system despite the fact that support is officially ending in less than a year.Oct 16, 2024 7:20 AM CDT - Parents of student that used AI to cheat sue school, claiming AI tools aren't bannable
Parents of the student that was punished for using AI tools on a history project are now suing the school over claims the student's future has been harmed.Oct 16, 2024 6:52 AM CDT - Scientists create artificial vision capable of seeing in dark and bright environments
Researchers have created a new robotic vision system that's inspired by cat eyes and how they can dynamically adapt to bright and dark environments.Oct 16, 2024 6:18 AM CDT - SpaceX release tower perspective footage of Starship being caught mid-air
The world's largest and most powerful rocket has been caught by Mechazilla and its chopstick arms in what looks like real-life science fiction.Oct 16, 2024 5:35 AM CDT - NVIDIA and MediaTek's AI PC chip sounds perfect for a GeForce RTX-powered PC gaming handheld
With rumors pointing to NVIDIA and MediaTek releasing a new AI PC SoC with an NVIDIA GPU in 2025, here's hoping this extends to PC gaming handhelds.Oct 16, 2024 2:04 AM CDT - NVIDIA's DLSS weekly update includes MechWarrior 5: Clans and a stunning Final Fantasy 16 PC
This week's NVIDIA DLSS update includes MechWarrior 5: Clans, A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, Forgive Me Father 2, and one impressive Final Fantasy PC mod.Oct 16, 2024 1:29 AM CDT - AMD launches new Ryzen AI PRO 300 Series Processors, 50+ NPU TOPS for business laptops
AMD and its OEM partners like HP and Lenovo will release over 100 business laptops/Copilot+ PCs with the new Ryzen AI PRO 300 Series processors.Oct 16, 2024 12:33 AM CDT - Corsair's 9000D RGB AIRFLOW Super Tower has launched, fits up to 18 x 120mm fans
8 x 120mm, 7 x 140mm, or 4 x 200mm fans, the Corsair iCUE LINK 9000D RGB AIRFLOW Super-Tower PC Case is a monster of a PC case that supports two systems.Oct 15, 2024 11:59 PM CDT - Call of Duty Black Ops 6 PC requirements revealed, GeForce RTX 4070 required for 4K Ultra
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 will also support AMD FSR 3.1 on day one, including FSR Super Resolution and FSR Frame Generation - as seen in the new PC trailer.Oct 15, 2024 10:32 PM CDT - Corsair's new VIRTUOSO MAX gaming headset promises 'ultra-immersive' Dolby Atmos audio
Corsair's new premium wireless gaming headset has arrived, the new VIRTUOSO MAX features Dolby Atmos, ANC, Bluetooth, High-Res Audio, and more.Oct 15, 2024 10:03 PM CDT - Crucial unveils DDR5 CUDIMM memory: up to 6400MT/s, with 64GB modules dropping in 2025
Micron and its sub-brand Crucial introduce new CUDIMM memory module: on-module Clock Driver (CKD) improves speed, stability, up to 6400MT/s speeds.Oct 15, 2024 9:44 PM CDT - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D reveal rumored for October 25, the day after Intel launches Arrow Lake CPUs
AMD to reveal its new Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor on October 25, the day after Intel launches its new Core Ultra 200K series 'Arrow Lake-S' desktop CPUs.Oct 15, 2024 9:11 PM CDT - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 uses up to 81GB of downloads per HOUR to play the game
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 consumes 180Mbps of internet bandwidth while flying, which works out to a data cap busting 81GB per hour.Oct 15, 2024 8:35 PM CDT - ASUS teases 'exciting' upgrades to Z890 BTF motherboards, ready for Intel Arrow Lake CPUs
ASUS doesn't have any BTF motherboards in its upcoming Z890 family, but it does tease that there are some exciting upgrades on the way.Oct 15, 2024 8:01 PM CDT - NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang calls Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk 'superhuman'
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang calls Elon Musk's insane xAI supercomputer a 'superhuman' feat, 100,000 x H200 AI GPUs setup in 19 days, usually takes 4 years.Oct 15, 2024 7:27 PM CDT - Bandai Namco cancels projects, reduces headcount to improve margins and reduce costs
Elden Ring and Dragon Ball publisher Bandai Namco has reportedly cancelled multiple projects as it becomes more selective in its production spending.Oct 15, 2024 7:03 PM CDT - Xbox Series consoles now use 6nm chips, but there's no CPU or GPU gains
Microsoft's new Xbox Series X and Series S consoles are all built with 6nm chips on TSMC's N7 family, similar to the existing PlayStation 5 Slim models.Oct 15, 2024 6:02 PM CDT - Atlus and SEGA are having an incredibly successful year
With multiple platinum-selling hit games across multiple franchises like Yakuza and Persona, SEGA and Atlus are having an incredibly successful year.Oct 15, 2024 5:04 PM CDT - Blizzard co-founder 'blown away' at the progress of generative AI
Blizzard co-founder and current Dreamhaven CEO Mike Morhaime shares his thoughts about how AI and generative AI could help change the games industry.Oct 15, 2024 4:03 PM CDT - Asmongold banned from Twitch following anti-Palestinian tirade
Twitch has banned one of the accounts of popular World of Warcraft streaming Asmongold for his anti-Palestinian remarks made during a recent stream.Oct 15, 2024 3:04 PM CDT - Dragon Age: The Veilguard won't have DRM protection, Denuvo or otherwise
BioWare has confirmed that the new Dragon Age: The Veilguard action RPG will not have any kind of DRM protections on PC, including Denuvo or others.Oct 15, 2024 2:03 PM CDT - BioWare praises PS5 Pro's PlayStation Spectral Resolution AI upscaling
BioWare's new Dragon Age: The Veilguard action RPG will leverage the PlayStation 5 Pro's new AI-driven upscaling tech to deliver higher-end performance.Oct 15, 2024 1:01 PM CDT - Is Windows 11 24H2 stealing some of your SSD space? Microsoft explains what's really going on
No, the 24H2 update isn't eating a portion of your drive space with no intention of giving it back - in fact, the 'stolen' storage is a reporting error.Oct 15, 2024 12:34 PM CDT - Disc-less Xbox Series X now available for $450
Microsoft's new Xbox Series X and Series S models are now available to buy for the holidays, including the new white tower Series X and 2TB black Series S.Oct 15, 2024 12:04 PM CDT - The video games industry is growing, Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime says
Former Blizzard president Mike Morhaime shares his thoughts on the games industry's current events, including the mass layoffs and margin squeezes.Oct 15, 2024 11:07 AM CDT - Windows 10's on life support, with less than a year left, but it still gets Windows 11 features
Windows 10 is going to be officially unsupported in less than a year's time, but Microsoft is still porting Windows 11 features across.Oct 15, 2024 10:55 AM CDT - Apple sneaks out mostly unchanged iPad mini with same screen, but it offers a few key upgrades
Notched up to 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage as a bare minimum, with faster connectivity, and a peppier CPU, but is that enough? Not for many folks.Oct 15, 2024 10:24 AM CDT - OCP Global Summit underway, KIOXIA demoing its cutting-edge SSD solutions
The 2024 Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit is underway and KIOXIA is there demonstrating cutting-edge speed, scalability, and energy efficiency.Oct 15, 2024 8:04 AM CDT - SpaceX's successful Starship flight grabbed by giant mech arms
SpaceX has been successful in its most ambitious Starship launch test flight yet, as Elon Musk has achieved the landing of the world's largest rocket.Oct 15, 2024 7:04 AM CDT - NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang talks about Elon Musk building world's largest supercomputer
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang sat down for an hour-and-a-half conversation, where he touched on NVIDIA powering the world's most powerful supercomputer.Oct 15, 2024 6:32 AM CDT - Windows update spawns undeletable data on user PCs after being downloaded
Microsoft recently rolled out its new Windows 11 24H2 update, and it's been discovered that it spawns a small clump of undeletable data.Oct 15, 2024 5:50 AM CDT - ASRock Z890 Taichi AQUA motherboard - USB-C only, detachable VRM, and M.2 water block
ASRock's Z890 Taichi AQUA motherboard is all USB-C, with the rear panel featuring ten Type-C connections and not a single USB Type-A port.Oct 15, 2024 3:07 AM CDT - Nintendo Museum likely uses PC emulation for its classic consoles and Super Mario games
This is ironic because Nintendo is against PC emulation, even when it comes to videogame preservation, calling it 'copyright infringement' and 'illegal.'Oct 15, 2024 2:33 AM CDT - AMD reveals world's first Ultra Ethernet 400 Gbps network card
AMD has unveiled the Pensando Pollara 400, a 400 Gbps Ultra Ethernet network interface card that is designed to support the growing AI demand.Oct 15, 2024 2:03 AM CDT - Elon Musk's Tesla humanoid Optimus robots weren't fully autonomous, humans piloted them
Tesla unveiled its fleet of Cybercabs last week. Optimus humanoid robots participated in the event, mingling with the crowd, serving drinks, and speaking.Oct 15, 2024 1:31 AM CDT - Scientists birth organisms in 'third state' that's beyond life and death
Researchers have created a new organism that exists in a 'third state' that will challenge how scientists think about and understand cell behavior.Oct 15, 2024 1:02 AM CDT - Amazon's video game TV show 'Secret Level' trailer leaks revealing star studded cast
The trailer for 'Secret Level,' an animated anthology series created for Prime Video, has leaked via Telegram, revealing the cast for the upcoming show.Oct 15, 2024 12:32 AM CDT - Dockcase MagSafe SSD makes shooting LOG on iPhone easy and stylish
iPhone users who want to push their camera capabilities to the absolute limit will enjoy the Dockcase MagSafe SSD, which enables up to 2TB of storage.Oct 15, 2024 12:04 AM CDT - NVIDIA stock closes at a record high: market value at $3.39T, just below Apple at $3.52T
NVIDIA rides massive Blackwell AI GPU wave into record stock close: market value hits $3.39 trillion, just below Apple with a market cap of $3.52 trillion.Oct 14, 2024 11:45 PM CDT - NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang to boost company headcount to 50K, plus 100 million AI assistants
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang plans to boost NVIDIA headcount to 50,000 along with 1 million AI assistants, in order to super-boost the company's output.Oct 14, 2024 11:19 PM CDT - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 rumor: faster than RTX 4070 Ti SUPER in raster, slightly faster in RT
NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5070 12GB rumored to be 5% faster in rasterization than the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, and around 5-10% faster in RT.Oct 14, 2024 10:44 PM CDT - Overwatch 2 Season 13: Competitive Play matchmaking being tweaked, lots of other changes
Blizzard is about to unleash Overwatch 2 Season 13: with new map reworks, system updates, Mythic Spellbinder Widowmaker skin, and so much more.Oct 14, 2024 10:25 PM CDT - Intel's non-K Arrow Lake Core Ultra CPUs could top out at DDR5-7200
Intel's Core Ultra 200S desktop CPUs are launching late this month, and it looks like the non-K variants could be limited when it comes to DDR5 support.Oct 14, 2024 9:57 PM CDT - Windows 11 just got new functionality for PC gaming handhelds and controllers
Windows 11 is adding the ability to navigate the on screen keyboard with a controller, an excellent feature for PC gaming handhelds.Oct 14, 2024 8:28 PM CDT - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 rumored with an 18GB GDDR7 version (huh?!)
NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5070 rumored with 18GB of GDDR7 memory, would launch in an RTX 5070 12GB model at first, breaking the VRAM mould.Oct 14, 2024 7:55 PM CDT - Chinese quantum computer cracked multiple SPN algorithms: 'future of encryption is at stake'
Chinese researchers using a D-Wave quantum computer, claim to have executed the first successful quantum attack that is a threat to the military, banking.Oct 14, 2024 7:07 PM CDT - TSMC's 3nm project list grows: AMD MI350 series, NVIDIA Rubin AI GPU, expected in 2H 2025
TSMC's huge 3nm project list adds AI chips to the fray: AMD Instinct MI350 and NVIDIA Rubin AI GPU chips to be made on TSMC 3nm in 2025.Oct 14, 2024 6:34 PM CDT - Xbox Game Studios gets second new leader in a year
Xbox Game Studios is now led by Craig Duncan, who served as studio head of Rare for the last 13 years, as current XGS boss Alan Hartmann retires soon.Oct 14, 2024 6:34 PM CDT - Windows 11 24H2 update is reportedly leaving some users with no internet connection
A nasty sounding bug has joined the collection of problems with Microsoft's 24H2 update, and this one is taking down Wi-Fi and wired internet connections.Oct 14, 2024 2:32 PM CDT - Bungie didn't make the new Destiny mobile game
Destiny: Rising is a new mobile game that's licensed to NetEase and not developed or published by Bungie, NetEase paid $100 million to license Destiny.Oct 14, 2024 2:02 PM CDT - $31 billion Call of Duty franchise coming to cloud streaming for the first time ever
Activision's uniquely powerful Call of Duty franchise will soon be accessible via cloud streaming for the first time ever, complete with 3 different games.Oct 14, 2024 1:01 PM CDT - New AMD RX 7650 GRE rumor suggests it won't be the answer to your budget GPU prayers
Apparently the RX 7650 GRE is set to use the Navi 33 GPU, and not Navi 32, so we can temper our expectations - plus it may not launch in the US either.Oct 14, 2024 11:50 AM CDT - CD Projekt CEO dismisses outlandish DEI claims
CD Projekt RED co-CEO Michal Nowakowski has quickly dismissed the recent outlandish DEI claims surrounding the Cyberpunk 2077 and Witcher developer.Oct 14, 2024 11:16 AM CDT - Creation Engine is 'perfectly tuned' for Elder Scrolls 6, former Bethesda dev says
Bethesda's new Creation Engine 2 iteration is apparently 'perfectly tuned' for the immersive RPGs that the company makes, including Elder Scrolls 6.Oct 14, 2024 10:06 AM CDT - KIOXIA SSD 'Flexible Data Placement' tech is a game changer for generative AI and the cloud
KIOXIA 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 - KIOXIA XD8 Series SSDs for data centers are up to 73% faster thanks to new PCIe Gen 5 tech
KIOXIA'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 - Analyst says NVIDIA Blackwell GPU production volume will hit 750K to 800K units by Q1 2025
NVIDIA'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 - Check out this amazing Alien PC and other cool tech we saw at PAX Australia 2024
At 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 - Apple rumor: AirPods with cameras in 2027: smart glasses to compete with Meta Ray-Bans
Apple 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 - Analyst says new Apple Vision Pro costs around $2000: slower chip, cheaper materials in 2025
Apple 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 - Tesla Optimus Gen 2 humanoid robot: serves drinks, helps you out, dances, costs $20K to $30K
Tesla 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 - Mark Zuckerberg has put over 1000 hours into this classic PC game, says he's unbeatable
Mark 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 - Red Dead Redemption's PC price has left many fans upset
After 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 - Cyberpunk 2077's photorealistic DreamPunk mod looks incredible in 8K with a GeForce RTX 4090
DreamPunk 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 - Corsair is releasing Call of Duty-themed headsets, keyboards, streaming equipment, and more
From 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 - Phison president promises AI training and AI tuning with a $50K workstation system
Phison 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 - Intel starts next-gen Xe3 GPU enablement for Linux: ready for future-gen Panther Lake CPUs
Intel 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 - NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs for AI are effectively 'sold out' for the next 12 months
With 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 - NVIDIA GeForce 256 25th Anniversary - Celebrating the world's first GPU
Back 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 - Patriot Viper PV573 Gen5 SSD is here: 14,000 MB/s read speeds, high capacity, active cooling
The 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 - YEYIAN unveils 3 new PCs with Intel Core Ultra 200S CPUs: starts from $1699 with RTX 4070 SUPER
YEYIAN 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's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090 won't have huge price increase over RTX 4090 says leaker
NVIDIA'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's next-gen Blackwell Ultra 'B300' AI GPU for GB300 AI servers: socketed design rumored
NVIDIA'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 - Pokemon developer GameFreak confirms hack, apologizes for leaks
Pokemon 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 - Xbox Game Pass cloud-only subscription tier may be in the works
With 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 - Xbox gamers can soon stream purchased games via the cloud
Starting 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 - Steam now reminds you that you don't actually own your PC games library
Valve'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 - Xbox mobile store is coming, integrated directly into Xbox app
Microsoft'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 - Piracy can reduce sales revenues by 20%, a sizable loss for publishers and developers
A 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 - AMD Ryzen 9800X3D CPU spotted with all-core boost of 5.2GHz, could go on sale on November 7
Fresh 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 - Man accused of creating Bitcoin denies involvement, points to QAnon conspiracy theories
The 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 - Nintendo forces players to be silent about its mysterious online test
Nintendo 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 - TT Show Episode 55 - Arrow Lake, GeForce RTX 5070, and Google's Pixel smartphone tracking
Arrow 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 - Concord may not be dead after all as game files update fueling free-to-play speculation
Concord, 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 - EA reveals official drop rates for the rarest Apex Legends lootbox item
EA 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 - Black Ops 6 is shaping up to be the least toxic Call of Duty game ever
Call 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 - Internet Archive hit by 'catastrophic' hack private user data of millions now exposed
The 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 - Scientists accidentally discover first working breakthrough Spider-Man web fluid
Researchers 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 - AI is an opportunity for game devs, Fallout creator Tim Cain says
Fallout 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 - Football Manager 25 delayed by SEGA, may impact company financials
SEGA 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 - New budget GPU hope? AMD RX 7650 GRE could be a surprise launch from nowhere at CES 2025
It 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 - Ex-Blizzard president Mike Ybarra wanted to reduce Diablo 4's microtransactions
Former 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 - Unreleased M4 MacBook Pro goes on sale before Apple has even announced it
A 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 - Honored scientist had his ashes dropped into the eye of Hurricane Milton
A 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 - AMD Ryzen 9800X3D CPU could be revealed imminently to steal Intel's Arrow Lake thunder
Are 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 - MSI's impressive profile for Zen 5 CPUs maintains performance at lower temperatures
MSI 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 - MSI details exclusive 'AI Boost' feature that overclocks the NPU for a performance boost
MSI 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 - MSI's new fleet of Z890 motherboards go official with style and grace
MSI 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 - You'll achieve full Wi-Fi 7 speeds of 5.8 Gbps with MSI's new Z890 Arrow Lake motherboards
With 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 Z890 motherboards have reinforced aluminum PCIe slots for next-gen graphics cards
GPUs 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's new Z890 motherboards have an additional 8-pin PCIe power connection, here's why
Like 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 Click BIOS X is the company's revamped UI for Intel Core Ultra and AMD motherboards
MSI'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 - MSI teases absolute monster Z890 GODLIKE motherboard ready for Intel Arrow Lake
MSI 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 - Intel's Core Ultra 200 Series CPUs have a different hot spot, so you might need a new cooler
One 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 - Intel Arrow Lake confirmed Thunderbolt 4 support with 40Gbps transfer speed
Intel'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 - DDR5-8000 is the new standard for Intel Arrow Lake, and DDR5-9000 is easy to achieve
DRR5-8000 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 - RTX 50 pricing leak: RTX 5090 for $1999-$2499, RTX 5080 for $1199-$1499, RTX 5070 for $599-$699
NVIDIA'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 - Casio confirms its suffering from a cyberattack forcing internal shutdowns
Casio 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 14th Gen Core CPUs get huge 'discount bomb': 14900KF for $417, 14600KF for $204
Before 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 - OpenAI gets one of the first engineering builds of NVIDIA's new Blackwell DGX B200 AI system
ChatGPT 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 - Amazon praises Throne and Liberty player count after its first week of release
The 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 - The first scripted short film made for Apple's Vision Pro headset puts your INSIDE the action
Submerged 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 - Nintendo testing new mysterious Switch Online feature
Nintendo 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 - Nintendo's mysterious FCC device filing has nothing to do with Switch 2
Talk 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 - Sony's new refurbished PS5s are 'as good as new,' come with discounted pricing
On 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 - NVIDIA to launch GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 later this year: RTX 5070 at CES 2025
NVIDIA'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 - Roblox responds to controversial claims, says its metrics are sound
Roblox 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 - New update for Windows 11 23H2 fixes some nasty bugs - but 24H2's update is a different story
Those 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 - Bethesda may be too big for its own good
14-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 new Alarmo alarm clock makes waking up fun
Nintendo'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 - AI just won a Nobel Prize for its ability to predict protein structures
Artificial 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 - Astronaut captures the monstrous power of Hurricane Milton from space
An 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 - Interstellar 10th Anniversary: back in theaters, in IMAX, new 4K Collector's Edition box set
Paramount 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 - Elon Musk's 'free' Starlink service for Hurricane Helene victims could be predatory
SpaceX'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 - SpaceX pencils in the date for its most daring and highest stake Starship launch
SpaceX 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 - Qualcomm issues response to possible spyware exploit within devices
Qualcomm 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 - NVIDIA x MediaTek AI PC SoC to arrive in 2H 2025: will be used by Dell, Lenovo, HP, and ASUS
NVIDIA 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 - Google responds to claims Pixel smartphones send private user data to Google every 15 minutes
Google 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 - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 leaked specs: 16GB GDDR7 at fastest 32Gbps, 1TB/sec bandwidth
NVIDIA'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 - Google appeals historic antitrust lawsuit ruling that threatens its $12.4 billion mobile biz
Federal 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 - NVIDIA showcases stunning LEGO Fortnite PC with GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER GPU
NVIDIA 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 - The Diablo 4 that never was: Permadeath hardcore by default with third-person view
Diablo 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 - GPU Deals - Save big on these Radeon RX 7800 XT and GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER cards
With 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 - Get rid of Wi-Fi dead zones with the Dynalink AXE10200 Wi-Fi 6E Whole Home Mesh System
If 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 - Saudi Arabia actually reduced its stake in Nintendo
Saudi 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 - Halo may come to PS5 thanks to Unreal Engine 5 pivot
Halo 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 - Intel Arrow Lake CPUs get full specs leaked, with apparent confirmation of TVB for all chips
Apparent 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 - Dragon ball Sparking Zero conquers PlayStation & Steam sales charts, early access now available
Bandai 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 - 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 - NVIDIA, Foxconn to build Taiwan's fastest supercomputer: with Blackwell GB200 NVL72 AI servers
NVIDIA 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 - Red Dead Redemption coming to PC October 29 with native 4K 144 FPS support
It'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 - Nintendo's next-gen Switch 2 will support all Unreal Engine 5 features, possibly MegaLights
Nintendo 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 - AMD Radeon PRO V710 GPU: Navi 32 chip, 54 RDNA 3 GPU CUs, 28GB GDDR6 memory for cloud providers
AMD 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 - Switch modder sued by Nintendo represents himself in court and denies any wrongdoing
A 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 - Valve could soon be forced to make Steam game libraries inheritable
The 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 - World's first USB4 2.0 cables receive certification for double transfer speeds
Elecom 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 - Worst storm in 100 years to hit Tampa Bay Florida pictured from space
If 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 - Scientists accidentally discover the first species that fuse together if injured
A 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 - Four teen students create device that could save drivers $80 million every year
Four 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 - Surveillance mission launches to the asteroid NASA obliterated in deep space
The 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 - Meta confirms new Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses can harvest what wearers see
Meta 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 - Starfield Shattered Space DLC is suffering from mass negative Steam reviews
Bethesda 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 - AMD should be TSMC's next huge customer for Arizona: HPC AI chips made in the USA in 2025
AMD 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 - New research in next-gen optical interposers: mutliple chiplets connected with low latency
CEA-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 - China pushes local companies to not buy AI chips from NVIDIA
China 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 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim town Riften looks incredible in Unreal Engine 5
It'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 - 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 - Check out these beautiful high-res die shots of AMD's new Zen 5 CCD, ready for 3D V-Cache CPUs
AMD'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 - TT Show Episode 54 - NVIDIA has won the GPU Market
This 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 - Foldable keyboard with built-in Ryzen 7 8840 processor and up to 32GB of RAM available now
The 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 - Epic will offer free games on the mobile Epic Store too
Epic 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 - Epic's Tim Sweeney is teasing Unreal Engine 6, and it's much more than a game engine
The 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 - Google must allow third-party stores on Google Play as judge issues final Epic v Google ruling
Google 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 - This patent could be why Nintendo is suing Palworld developer Pocketpair
This 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 - Ubisoft is focusing on two main goals: open-world adventures and games-as-a-service experiences
Will 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 - 53% of worldwide gamers prefer singleplayer, but young players between 16-24 prefer online PVP
On 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 - NVIDIA's CES 2025 keynote is on January 6, where we could see RTX 5090 and 5080 GPUs revealed
If 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 - Alien Isolation 2 confirmed in development, Creative Assembly announces sequel
Creative 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 - Apple iMac M1 PCs are increasingly suffering reported issues with the screen being corrupted
Black 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 - This is what Grand Theft Auto 7 could look like on the PlayStation 7 with AI-powered graphics
GTA 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 - 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 - Hurricane Helene ruins North Carolina town that mines 70-100% of quartz used in semiconductors
Hurricane 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 - Release date for Apple's new M4 Macs models surfaces from insider
Apple 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 - HP unveils the world's first gaming PC with Intel's new Core Ultra 9 285K CPU
HP 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 - Amazon Prime Video is about to get a whole lot worse with even more ads
Amazon 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 - Apple Intelligence slated to release with iOS 18.1 on coming release date
Apple 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 - Nearly six million gamers teamed up to take down Marvel's latest supervillain
Nearly 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 - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K smashes PassMark record to become single-thread performance champ
Intel'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 - AMD gives game developers control over Radeon GPUs with new 'Driver Experiments' tool
AMD'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 - NVIDIA's CEO is currently worth more than the entirety of Intel
NVIDIA 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 - Top Ubisoft executive jumps ship amid the company's slow boiling
The 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 - M4 MacBook Pro unboxed weeks before Apple's official announcement
A 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 - Amazon is closing in on approving a third season of The Rings of Power
The 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 - Multiple new Halo games in development, next-gen Halo games dazzle in Unreal Engine 5
Halo 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 - 343 Industries is no more as Halo moves to Unreal Engine 5
343 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 - NVIDIA is discontinuing the GeForce RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 to make way for the RTX 50 Series
NVIDIA 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 - Patriot's Viper Gaming brand now has a gaming microSD for handhelds like the Steam Deck
The 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 - Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered requires PSN account on PC, original version no longer available
Horizon 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 - NVIDIA ACE digital human AI technology is now an Unreal Engine 5 plugin
NVIDIA 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 - Montech and GearSeekers team up to create the limited-edition KING 95 ULTRA PC Case
The 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 - PC gaming nearly triples in Japan, Microsoft has captured some of this growth via PC Game Pass
Japan'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 - Halo Infinite's new mode will change the franchise forever
Halo 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 - Sims 5 isn't happening, EA to continue mining Sims 4 with new user-generated content economy
Electronic 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 - Palworld has 'absolutely taken over' China
Palworld 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 - FromSoftware boosts employee wages following years of low pay
FromSoftware, 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 - Saudi Arabia may buy more Nintendo stock, already owns 8.5% or $5.8 billion worth of shares
Saudi 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 - Avatar: The Last Airbender is getting a big AAA game from Space Marine 2 devs Saber Interactive
Nickelodeon'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 - Overwatch 2 intros new Competitive Drives feature: rewards gamers for playing more ranked games
Blizzard 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 - Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games enforces 7-day work week ahead of Citizencon
Cloud 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 - Konami remade almost all of MGS3's animations in Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
Konami 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 - SEGA and Sonic Team will continue supporting PS4 to ensure higher sales potential
SEGA 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 - 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 - AMD Ryzen 9800X3D benchmark suggests this won't be just a great gaming CPU, but an all-rounder
Leaked 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 - 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 - NASA officially switches off a scientific instrument 12.8 billion miles from Earth
NASA 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 - 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 - Google Pixel smartphone busted sending private user data back to Google every 15 minutes
Google'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 - 10 Assassin's Creed games coming in next 5 years, at least that was Ubisoft's original plan
Ubisoft 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 - PS5 Pro enhanced game list now includes over 60 games
The 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 - PS5 Pro benchmarked against PS5 in The Last of Us Part 2 revealing key differences
Digital 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 - YouTube confirms its latest update mistakenly removed videos and deleted channels
YouTube has confirmed that its latest update mistakenly removed some channels and deleted videos for 'Spam & Deceptive Practices.'Oct 4, 2024 10:16 PM CDT - Halo's cancelled battle royale detailed in new report
New 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 - Ubisoft could go private, Tencent can't force hostile takeover
Ubisoft'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 - Intel Core i9-13900KF is a hell of a lot of CPU for $389 in early Prime Day deal
Intel'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 - Google's April Fool comes early in the form of a truly mind-bending mobius strip keyboard
There 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 - 81-year-old sentenced to prison for breeding and selling enormous sheep clones
An 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 - Windows 11 can now reply to your texts, as AI auto-replies arrive in Microsoft's Phone Link app
New '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 - Meta smart glasses can be used to secretly identify people's faces
Two 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 - Razer is improving one of its best wireless gaming mice with the all-new Basilisk V3 Pro 35K
The 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 - Samsung's 3nm chip yields are so low its foundry division's future is in jeopardy
According 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 - Corsair's new K70 CORE TKL Series keyboards arrive with new switches and sound dampening
The 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 - Valve is using ChatGPT to help develop its new multiplayer shooter Deadlock
A 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 - Call of Duty Black Ops 6 is coming to GeForce NOW alongside 21 more games in October
The 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 - Radeon RX 7700 XT for $350 is a pretty good deal, and it comes with Space Marine 2
The 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 - NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU specs leak: 24GB GDDR7 on a 256-bit memory bus
NVIDIA'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 - Ubisoft loses key Rainbow Six exec at a critical point for the publisher
The 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 - Xbox president explains why Game Pass was created
Xbox 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 - Intel confirms Core Ultra 200 series CPUs launching October 10: reviews arrive 2 weeks later
Intel'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 - Intel's new Lunar Lake CPU beats current-gen gaming handhelds: improved IPC, more efficient
Intel'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 - Windows 11 24H2 sees Microsoft finally axe WordPad - but there's a way you can keep the app
After 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 - Hi-Fi Rush 2 was in development before Bethesda shut down Tango Gameworks
New 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 - Rumor: Assassin's Creed Shadows has a co-op mode - but not at launch, you'll have to wait
Co-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 - AMD's RX 7900 XT has dropped to $659 - just be careful where you grab your bargain GPU
Two 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 - 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 - Scientists discover humble planet orbiting one of Earth's closest known stars
A 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 - Microsoft officially axes HoloLens 2 production indicating a step away from mixed reality
Microsoft 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 - Microsoft could revolutionize gadgetry with its 360-degree foldable creaseless device
According 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 - Apple A18 Pro, A18 SoC die sizes compared: a bit bigger than A17 Pro, built on TSMC N3E node
Apple'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 - MSI's new RTX 4070 Ti SUPER STALKER 2 graphics card includes the game for FREE
MSI'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 - NVIDIA's rumored to be halting production of RTX 4060 GPU - but it's nothing to worry about
This 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 - Apple MacBook Pro, Mac mini and iMac with M4 CPU might be delayed until later in 2024
Leaker 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 - First Yuzu, now Ryujinx Switch emulator has been shut down, after an 'agreement' with Nintendo
Switch 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 - Palworld is coming to mobile phones courtesy of PUBG maker, despite that Nintendo lawsuit
Krafton 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 - Krafton is buying Hi-Fi Rush from Microsoft, but there's no acquisition cost of Tango Gameworks
South 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 - 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 - Fed up with Windows 11's oversized taskbar icons? Microsoft's thinking about shrinking them
And 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 - Epic Games shows off new Unreal Engine 5.5 feature 'MegaLights' but the video is in 720p
Epic 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 - Rambus details HBM4 memory controller: up to 10Gb/s, 2.56TB/sec bandwidth, 64GB per stack
Rambus 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 new GB200 NVL72 AI server: 'highest-power-consuming server in HISTORY' with 132kW TDP
NVIDIA'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 - 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 - AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 exits Technical Preview with optimizations for PC gaming handhelds
AMD 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 - GeForce Game Ready Driver adds support for MMO Throne and Liberty and new MechWarrior game
GeForce 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 - NVIDIA App adds G-SYNC Controls and more RTX HDR, will exit Beta before the end of the year
With 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 - GeForce RTX 4060 is now the second most popular GPU, and the RTX 4060 Ti not far behind
The 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 - 17 countries call for regulation on virtual currencies like V-Bucks and COD Points
17 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 - There's not 'zero hope' for a Final Fantasy 16 Xbox port, Square Enix producer Yoshi-P says
Square 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 offers new 3.5% royalty to developers if they launch on Epic Games Store
Epic 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 - Interstellar's Hans Zimmer co-composed Dragon Age: The Veilguard's soundtrack
BioWare 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 - Epic Games is now 'financially sound,' CEO Tim Sweeney says
Epic 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 - Windows 11 24H2 arrives out of the blue - here's what to expect on normal (non-Copilot+) PCs
There'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 - Microsoft puts latest Windows 11 update on hold after admitting it has some nasty bugs
Blue 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 - This custom laptop packs a desktop GeForce RTX 4090 with 450W power, weighs close to 7kg
A 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 - NZXT reveals its new N9 X870E motherboard: ready for Zen 5, launches in 2025
NZXT 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
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