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- PlayStation's big new live game won't have a battle passSony Interactive Entertainment's new live service first-person shooter won't have a battle pass at launch, but will this decision be reversed over time?Jul 26, 2024 4:14 PM CDT
- ASRock launches AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, 7900 XT passively-cooled cards and 12V-2x6 connectorASRock unveils its new Radeon RX 7900 XTX Passive 24GB and Radeon RX 7900 XT Passive 20GB graphics cards, both passively cooled... no fans!Jul 26, 2024 8:03 AM CDT
- Reddit officially blocks all major search engines besides oneReddit has cracked down on its data being scraped for the likely purpose of training AI models, as the social platform has now banned all crawling.Jul 26, 2024 3:52 AM CDT
- NASA sends 4K video to the ISS faster than you can download gamesNASA transferred 4K video from an aircraft in mid-flight to a satellite and then to the International Space Station at a speed that is beyond 900 Mbps.Jul 26, 2024 2:05 AM CDT
- AMD Ryzen 9000 reviews, here's when you can read all about the new Ryzen 9 9950X and Zen 5 CPUsWe now know when we can expect official reviews to appear online for the Ryzen 9 9950X, Ryzen 9 9900X, Ryzen 7 9700X, and Ryzen 5 9600X.Jul 26, 2024 12:28 AM CDT
- Half-Life: Alyx on PlayStation VR2 arrives August 6 via the PS VR2 App on SteamPlayStation VR2 + Half-Life: Alyx is here, but not in the form PlayStation fans were hoping. Official PC support is here via the new PS VR2 App for SteamVR.Jul 25, 2024 10:33 PM CDT
- AMD Zen 5 HX 'Fire Range' APUs use FL1 package, RTX 50 GPU laptops with Ryzen chips comingAMD's beefed-up Zen 5 HX 'Fire Range' APUs to use same FL1 package as Zen 4 HX 'Dragon Range' processors, RTX 50 series GPUs coming to Ryzen gaming laptops.Jul 25, 2024 9:33 PM CDT
- ADATA's new SC750 External SSD shows us the future of USB thumb drivesADATA's new SC750 External SSD is the size of a USB thumb drive, but with the added speed, capacity, and versatility of a high-speed external SSD.Jul 25, 2024 8:26 PM CDT
- Bethesda Game Studios votes to unionize, over 1,750 games workers now unionized under MicrosoftBethesda Game Studios votes to unionize, and combined with the recent Blizzard WoW union, over 1,750 games workers are now unionized under Microsoft.Jul 25, 2024 4:28 PM CDT
- Blizzard's World of Warcraft team unionizes as devs push back against volatile games marketBlizzard's World of Warcraft development team has voted to unionize, with all disciplines--art, programming, QA, etc--being included in the union.Jul 25, 2024 2:32 PM CDT
- Microsoft rolls out new Windows 11 update that adds more advertisements to your PCMicrosoft has rolled out a new Windows 11 update that adds more advertisements to the Microsoft Store, fuelling the talk about Windows 11 adpocalypse.Jul 25, 2024 10:28 AM CDT
- $58 idea solves Windows outage problem saving countless painful hoursA senior systems engineer facing the terror of countless Windows PC's blue screen created a fix that saved him possibly hundreds of hours of maintenance.Jul 25, 2024 5:45 AM CDT
- Apple Intelligence expected to release with coming iOS 18 updateApple released the iOS 18 beta but doesn't include the highly anticipated Apple Intelligence features, which introduces a slew of AI features.Jul 25, 2024 12:05 AM CDT
- Elon Musk's new Memphis Supercluster uses gigantic portable power generators, grid isn't enoughElon Musk's new Memphis Supercluster with 100,000 liquid-cooled NVIDIA H100 AI GPUs uses so much power that 14 huge mobile generators help power facility.Jul 24, 2024 9:47 PM CDT
- Apple's foldable iPhone is codenamed V68: chamshell foldable iPhone expected in 2026Apple's future foldable iPhone teased again: in development stage with 'V68' codename, reportedly a clamshell design that is thinner than current iPhone.Jul 24, 2024 8:23 PM CDT
- Report: Xbox aiming for standalone Game Pass cloud subscriptionReports indicate that Microsoft may be considering some sort of standalone cloud gaming tier for Xbox Game Pass that allows users to stream titles.Jul 24, 2024 5:41 PM CDT
- Don't want more ads in Windows 11? Well, more could be coming, but you may not care about theseMainly because you may never see the latest recommendations, as they're locked away in the Microsoft Store - and just in testing for now, anyway.Jul 24, 2024 2:00 PM CDT
- CrowdStrike offers $10 Uber Eats gift cards to Windows outage victimsCrowdStrike, the cybersecurity company behind the 8.5 million Windows machines that were knocked offline on Friday, disrupting multiple industries.Jul 24, 2024 11:32 AM CDT
- Intel confirms fears about its biggest failure in yearsIntel has confirmed the suspicions of two main problems causing instability issues with its 13th and 14th Gen CPUs, oxidization and excessive voltage.Jul 24, 2024 9:32 AM CDT
- AMD FSR 3.1, FSR 3, and FSR 2 2024 games list, titles available now and those coming soonHere's the full list of games (available now and coming soon) that support AMD FSR 2, FSR 3, and the new FSR 3.1 to boost in-game performance.Jul 24, 2024 7:02 AM CDT
- Visual FX studio claims 50% failure rate for Intel CPUs, will switch PCs to AMD Ryzen 9 9950XMore Intel Core i9 13900K and 14900K woes as a VFX studio comes out to state that it's switching to AMD because of instability and crashes.Jul 24, 2024 3:01 AM CDT
- AMD launches FLM Frame Latency Meter, a tool for PC gamers looking to measure response timesAMD's FLM works with Radeon, GeForce RTX, and even Intel Arc GPUs, a new tool designed to measure input latency and response times for PC gamers.Jul 24, 2024 1:04 AM CDT
- Old school CRT monitor becomes world's fastest gaming display after hitting 700 Hz refresh rateIs the IIyama Vision Master Pro 512 CRT monitor the fastest display in the world for gaming? Not quite, but it manages to display an image at 700 Hz.Jul 23, 2024 9:29 PM CDT
- Overwatch 2 gets its very first Mythic skin: the Bound Demon Mythic Weapon Skin for ReinhardtBlizzard introduces Overwatch 2's very first Mythic Weapon skin, with the new Bound Demon Mythic Weapon Skin available for Reinherdt players.Jul 23, 2024 7:23 PM CDT
- HighPoint teases industry's first PCIe 5.0 x16 NVMe storage: up to 2PB capacity, 60GB/sec readsHighPoint unveils the industry's first PCIe Gen5 x16 NVMe solution that pushes nearly 60GB/sec, and offers up to 2PB (2 petabytes) from a single PCIe slot.Jul 23, 2024 10:00 AM CDT
- GTA 6 won't be delayed from game actors strikeGrand Theft Auto 6 won't be affected by the new game actor strike that is now in effect--the game will not be delayed due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.Jul 26, 2024 2:49 PM CDT
- TT Show Episode 44 - Global IT outage presses pause on 'Planet Earth'This week on The TT Show - CrowdStrike causes millions of Windows PC crashes, Intel CPU troubles, AMD delays, and GeForce RTX GPUs overheating.Jul 26, 2024 4:27 AM CDT
- SpaceX announces Falcon 9 will return to the skies after its critical failure flightSpaceX provided an update on the investigation that was launched into the faulty Falcon 9 rocket that resulted in a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or boom.Jul 26, 2024 3:01 AM CDT
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X overclocked to nearly 6GHz, beats all other flagship CPUs in single-core perfAMD's new Zen 5-based Ryzen 9 9950X processor overclocked to nearly 6GHz and benchmarked: 20% faster than stock, beats Core i9-14900KS by 19%.Jul 26, 2024 1:33 AM CDT
- Global Windows outage estimated to cost Earth multiple billionsThe CrowdStrike update that struck down approximately 8.5 million Windows PCs may cost billions and billions of dollars for affected companies.Jul 26, 2024 12:02 AM CDT
- Micron intros 9550 Gen5 SSD: the world's fastest data center SSD, 14GB/sec for AI workloadsMicron's new 9550 PCIe Gen5 SSD announced: delivers best-in-class performance with 14GB/sec reads, ready for demanding workloads including AI.Jul 25, 2024 9:59 PM CDT
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 rumor: 48% faster than RTX 4090, TITAN AI is 63% faster than RTX 4090NVIDIA's next-generation GB202-based TITAN AI and GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards are 63% and 48% faster than the RTX 4090, respectively, says new rumors.Jul 25, 2024 9:11 PM CDT
- Fallout: London available now, impressive DLC-sized mod launches after several delaysAfter an 11th hour delay due to Bethesda's surprise net-gen update making core changes to Fallout 4, the ambitious Fallout: London mod is finally here.Jul 25, 2024 7:58 PM CDT
- Your Top Gaming Destinations - Choose WiselyIs it time to pack your bags, head to the airport, and go on a gaming trip? We compare some of the top locations around the world to visit.Jul 25, 2024 3:45 PM CDT
- Don't use Google? Then forget about getting useful Reddit posts in your search resultsIf you like Reddit, and you prefer Bing or another alternative search engine to the dominant Google, well, you're pretty much out of luck we're sad to say.Jul 25, 2024 1:55 PM CDT
- MAINGEAR drops new 17-inch ML-17 gaming laptop: up to 14900HX, RTX 4090, Thunderbolt 5 120GbpsMAINGEAR's new 17-inch ML-17 gaming laptop: up to Core i9-14900HX, up to RTX 4090, Thunderbolt 5 ports, 1440p 240Hz display, up to 12TB Gen4 SSDs, and more.Jul 25, 2024 9:00 AM CDT
- Hydrothermal explosion rocks Yellowstone causing onlookers to run in panicVisitors of Yellowstone National Park near one of its 500 geysers were frightened by a hydrothermal explosion on Tuesday, and the event caught on video.Jul 25, 2024 3:02 AM CDT
- Microsoft unveils Bing Generative Search: AI enhanced, a complete overhaul of search on BingMicrosoft announces Bing Generative Search: AI-generated answers will show up alongside traditional search results when using Bing.Jul 24, 2024 11:33 PM CDT
- Elon Musk asks if Tesla should invest another $5 billion into xAI startupElon Musk posts on his personal X account, a poll asking his followers whether his Tesla should invest in a further $5 billion into xAI startup.Jul 24, 2024 9:15 PM CDT
- NVIDIA to make $210 billion revenue from selling its Blackwell GB200 AI servers in 2025 aloneNVIDIA to ship as many Blackwell GB200 AI servers as it can get made in 2025, pulling in $210 billion in revenue and dominating the AI industry (again).Jul 24, 2024 7:47 PM CDT
- Capcom says digital has helped reduce the high volatility of the games industryFor Capcom, digital game sales have helped the company offset the high volatility of the video games industry through lower costs and higher volume.Jul 24, 2024 3:38 PM CDT
- Respawn reverses incredibly unpopular Apex Legends decisionGamers have made their frustrations heard loud and clear as EA and Respawn reverse course on Apex Legends' new disastrous battle pass marketing scheme.Jul 24, 2024 1:31 PM CDT
- Google backpedals on decision to completely remove third-party cookiesGoogle has decided to cancel its plans to remove third-party cookies on its Chrome web browser and instead will let users choose the level of access.Jul 24, 2024 11:01 AM CDT
- Scientists discover 'dark oxygen' and break the theory of human evolutionResearchers have been left scratching their heads at discovering a new source of oxygen that raises more questions than it answers.Jul 24, 2024 8:03 AM CDT
- Spotify CEO says HiFi audio streaming is still 'in early days' after announcing it 3 years agoSpotify first announced HiFi music streaming more than three years ago, and now Spotify's CEO has spoken about price in a recent earnings call.Jul 24, 2024 6:33 AM CDT
- KIOXIA earns lifetime achievement award for its role in creating and developing flash memoryKIOXIA invented NAND flash memory, and with its BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory it has continued to innovate and push the industry forward.Jul 24, 2024 2:32 AM CDT
- Final Fantasy 14 Online finally adds DLSS 2 Super Resolution supportFinal Fantasy XIV Online: Dawntrail is the latest expansion for the game and it features a graphical overhaul that adds DLSS support.Jul 23, 2024 10:26 PM CDT
- AMD's next-gen EPYC 9755 'Turin' CPU spotted: 128C/256T Zen 5 up to 4.1GHz, with 650MB cacheAMD's next-gen EPYC 9755 'Turin' CPU: 128 cores, 256 threads of Zen 5 power with up to 4.1GHz CPU clocks and 650MB of cache gets tested.Jul 23, 2024 9:11 PM CDT
- Hackers steal and leak documents from Pentagon, Homeland Security, NASA, other US gov agenciesHackers have stolen and leaked internal documents stolen from Leidos Holdings: a large IT service producer to the Pentagon, NASA, Homeland Security, more.Jul 23, 2024 6:48 PM CDT
- Sabrent 128GB V60 SD card has reads of 270MB/sec, on sale right now on Amazon UK dealsSabrent has an amazing deal on its 128GB V60 SDXC card UHS-II, offering up to 270MB/sec and 128GB of capacity for 8K video recording.Jul 23, 2024 9:37 AM CDT
- TEAMGROUP launches T-FORCE GC PRO Gen5 SSD: up to 12.5GB/sec reads, up to 2TB capacityTEAMGROUP launches its new T-FORCE GC PRO Gen5 SSD with the InnoGrit 'Tacoma' IG5666 SSD controller, in 2TB and 4TB capacities, up to 12.5GB/sec reads.Jul 26, 2024 9:15 AM CDT
- SK hynix board approves Yongin Semiconductor Cluster: the 'world's largest mega fab complex'SK hynix board approves Yongin semiconductor cluster investment plan: turn Yongin cluster into a 'global AI semiconductor production base'.Jul 26, 2024 4:20 AM CDT
- NASA releases images of the coldest exoplanet ever photographedNASA's James Webb Space Telescope used its extremely sensitive instruments to image the coldest, most Jupiter-like exoplanet that resides close to Earth.Jul 26, 2024 2:34 AM CDT
- Runway busted stealing 100,000+ YouTube videos for AI trainingA popular and viral text-to-video AI generator has been busted using YouTube videos to train its AI without the permission of the creator or YouTube.Jul 26, 2024 1:01 AM CDT
- NVIDIA has a new GeForce RTX 3050, and it's built on Ada LovelaceThere's a new GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU and it will use a bigger chip than the GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, with newer Ada Lovelace architecture.Jul 25, 2024 11:07 PM CDT
- Bethesda's Skyrim is now available on GeForce NOW, making sure you can play it on anythingBethesda's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is one of the most popular games of all time, and now it's playable over the cloud via GeForce NOW.Jul 25, 2024 9:34 PM CDT
- NVIDIA AI Foundry helps companies train and develop custom AI 'supermodels'NVIDIA AI Foundry sees NVIDIA software, Meta, the new Llama 3.1 model, and DGX Cloud come together in a new service for enterprise.Jul 25, 2024 9:01 PM CDT
- Monopoly Go! has made $3 billion in little over a yearHasbro announces mobile megahit Monopoly Go! has made over $3 billion in revenue in just 14 months of availability on the smartphone gaming market.Jul 25, 2024 5:26 PM CDT
- SAG-AFTRA voice and mocap gaming actors strike over AI concernsSAG-AFTRA's video game performers are advised to strike as concerns over AI hit a wall with allegations of 'flagrant exploitation' among publishers.Jul 25, 2024 3:26 PM CDT
- Netflix working on over 80 games, will launch one new 'interactive narrative game' per monthNetflix talks about its plans regarding game expansion, and says that it will double-down on 'interactive narrative games' to help boost engagement.Jul 25, 2024 12:32 PM CDT
- Microsoft confirms new Windows update is sending PCs into recoveryMicrosoft has officially confirmed that a security update for Windows 11 is causing some machines to the BitLocker recovery screen.Jul 25, 2024 7:02 AM CDT
- Apple to ditch Qualcomm 5G chips with its own in-house 5G chips in new ultra-slim iPhone 17Apple is 'accelerating its move away from reliance on Qualcomm' says analyst, ditch Qualcomm 5G chips for in-house 5G chips in some new iPhones in 2025.Jul 25, 2024 12:59 AM CDT
- SK hynix Q2 2024 financials: quarter revenues hit all-time high, global #1 AI memory providerSK hynix announces Q2 2024 financial results: quarter revenues all-time high, AI memory like HBM solidify its global #1 AI memory provider position.Jul 24, 2024 11:07 PM CDT
- Analyst says there's too much 'AI FOMO' for AI to stop its momentum, says AI halt is 'fiction'Moor Insights & Strategy founder, CEO, and chief strategist Patrick Moorhead says that 'this whole notion of AI coming to a screeching halt' is 'fiction'.Jul 24, 2024 8:58 PM CDT
- AMD delays Ryzen 9000 series 'Zen 5' launch to August 15, 'QA issues' with first Zen 5 chipsAMD delays the launch of its Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series CPUs to August 15, says initial production units to partners didn't meet quality expectations.Jul 24, 2024 7:26 PM CDT
- Review bombing proves to be one of the most effective ways to instigate changeReview bombing is one of the most effective levers for gamers to pull in order to send a clear message to publishers and instigate change in games.Jul 24, 2024 2:28 PM CDT
- Capcom won't eliminate physical games despite digital making up 93% of all game salesCapcom management says the company will not discontinue physical game products despite the fact that digital has dominated the publisher's game sales.Jul 24, 2024 12:43 PM CDT
- CrowdStrike blames own test software for causing global Windows meltdownCrowdStrike has identified a problem within the company's own test software as the cause of a faulty driver shipping to 8.5 million Windows PCs.Jul 24, 2024 10:02 AM CDT
- Meta releases 'world's largest' AI model trained on $400 million worth of GPUsMeta has released what it's calling the 'world's largest' open-source AI model that was trained on more than 15 trillion tokens and 15,000 NVIDIA GPUs.Jul 24, 2024 7:33 AM CDT
- Rarest Nintendo game of all time is up for auction, current bid sits at $130,000One of the rarest Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games of all time, the 1990 Nintendo World Championships cartridge, is up for auction.Jul 24, 2024 3:34 AM CDT
- AMD Ryzen 9 9900X review shows gaming performance falling behind the Ryzen 7 7800X3DAn early review of AMD's new Zen 5 Ryzen 9 9900X CPU has appeared, and with the focus on gaming performance we see it fall behind the Ryzen 7 7800X3D.Jul 24, 2024 1:57 AM CDT
- LG's new 34-inch curved UltraWide monitor is designed to work without a PCIntroducing the new LG MyView Smart Monitor (34SR65QC), a 34-inch UltraWide display where you don't need a connect a PC or device.Jul 23, 2024 9:56 PM CDT
- TSMC declined NVIDIA's request for a dedicated packaging manufacturing line for its GPUsTSMC reportedly turned down NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's request for the company to set up a dedicated packaging manufacturing line for NVIDIA products.Jul 23, 2024 8:40 PM CDT
- Google Chrome could detect websites that are bogging down performance - and deal with themBrowser tabs that are eating more than their fair share of resources will be flagged up, and you'll be able to make them all inactive with a single click.Jul 23, 2024 12:15 PM CDT
- NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg to explore future of AI at SIGGRAPH 2024NVIDIA CEO and founder Jensen Huang and Facebook and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg will be appearing at SIGGRAPH 2024 to discuss AI.Jul 23, 2024 8:33 AM CDT