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• Chinese GTX 750 'Ti' with 8GB of GDDR5 runs Cyberpunk at over 30 FPSYouTuber benchmarks China's makeshift 8GB GTX 750 'Ti' revealing that the card can technically play modern games such as Cyberpunk 2077 at playable FPS.Jul 22, 2026 11:50 AM CDT
• Anthropic ordered to pay $1.5 billion to authors in landmark AI copyright caseAnthropic has agreed to a $1.5 billion copyright settlement, under which it must pay $3,000 per stolen book back to the authors of those books.Jul 22, 2026 8:10 AM CDT
• PS5 emulator for PC takes major step as Demon Souls hits character creation screenA PS5 emulator has made significant progress with successfully emulating FromSoftware's Demon Souls for PS5, as it has now reached character creation.Jul 22, 2026 7:49 AM CDT
• OpenAI admits an advanced AI model escaped testing into the internetOpenAI has addressed an unprecedented cybersecurity incident that occurred when it was testing GPT 5.6 Sol and a more powerful unreleased model.Jul 22, 2026 7:28 AM CDT
• Nintendo shrunk a 64 console down into a controller to break into the Chinese marketNintendo shrunk a Nintendo 64 console into a controller to circumvent Chinese government restrictions on traditional consoles from entering the country.Jul 22, 2026 6:58 AM CDT
• Ubisoft teases new Ghost Recon after seven years of series being MIAIt's a long time since Ubisoft has released a Ghost Recon game, and with the 25th Anniversary around the corner, the company is teasing something new.Jul 22, 2026 2:37 AM CDT
• Portals spotted between GTA 3, Vice City and San AndreasA Grand Theft Auto modder has spawned portals between GTA III, San Andreas, and Vice City, enabling teleportation between each of the games.Jul 22, 2026 2:20 AM CDT
• SK hynix CEO says 2027 will be the worst year on record for memory supply'We forecast that next year will be the worst year in the industry's history from the supply perspective,' SK Hynix CEO Kwak Noh-Jung said.Jul 22, 2026 1:58 AM CDT
• NVIDIA Vera CPU performance shows impressive gains over its x86 rivalsNVIDIA offers an in-depth look at its new Vera CPU built for the Agentic AI era, showcasing massive performance gains over x86 CPUs like AMD EPYC Turin.Jul 22, 2026 1:29 AM CDT
• Acer Predator Atlas 8 pricing is here, portable PC gaming is now a very expensive hobbyAcer is now letting PC gamers in the UK register their interest for the new Predator Atlas 8 gaming handheld, with pricing for the various models.Jul 22, 2026 12:59 AM CDT
• First NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 benchmarks show 10X improvement over Grace BlackwellCoreWeave ran the same DeepSeek-R1 benchmark on both Vera Rubin NVL72 and Grace Blackwell NVL72 systems and found a 10X improvement in one key area.Jul 22, 2026 12:26 AM CDT
• Razer Seiren V3 Chroma 32-Bit DSP is a new USB microphone all about studio-grade vocal qualityThe new plug-and-play Razer Seiren V3 Chroma 32-Bit DSP brings plug-and-play simplicity and vibrant RGB lighting to pro-grade audio.Jul 22, 2026 12:03 AM CDT
• Woot is selling the Nintendo Switch 2 for $399 with a promo code - $100 below the incoming September priceNew Woot customers can use code GIFT26 at checkout to bring the price to $399, $50 below current retail and $100 below the September price, until July 25.Jul 21, 2026 11:45 PM CDT
• Battlefield 6's latest update is causing crashes on GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUsBattlefield 6's Season 4 update is here, and in addition to introducing the largest map for the game so far, it's also causing issues for GeForce gamers.Jul 21, 2026 11:34 PM CDT
• Pulsar and Noctua launch Feinmann F01 Noctua Edition gaming mouse with built-in fan for sweaty palmsThe 40mm Noctua fan pushes air upward through the ventilation cutouts, with adjustable speed settings and an upgraded XS-2 sensor over the standard model.Jul 21, 2026 11:25 PM CDT
• Redditor walked into Costco for groceries and left with a $2,000 Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RTX 5070 gaming PC for just $1,220Marked down from $1,899 to $1,140 before tax, the iBUYPOWER gaming PC packs a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, GeForce RTX 5070, 32GB DDR5, and 2TB SSD for $1,220.Jul 21, 2026 11:11 PM CDT
• Old School RuneScape players just reminded everyone why MMO games are unmatchedOld School RuneScape players are brewing a religious battle between followers of the god Saradomin and Zamorak, with the date and location now locked in.Jul 21, 2026 10:27 PM CDT
• Sales data indicates bleak future for physical games in USCircana's sales data shows that discs have been on a decline in the US for years now, adding more weight to Sony's decision to cut physical game discs.Jul 21, 2026 9:09 PM CDT
• Game Pass starter edition now bundled with Meta Horizon+, Xbox gamepad emulation coming to Meta Quest Touch controllersMicrosoft and Meta team up for a subscription cross-over with Game Pass access coming to Horizon+ users, as well as Xbox controller emulation.Jul 21, 2026 8:08 PM CDT
• Xbox Game Pass was a good idea, but not enough people subscribed, says former Forza Horizon 5 directorForza Horizon 5 director Mike Brown says Game Pass was a good idea that simply never attracted enough paying subscribers to work as a business.Jul 21, 2026 7:10 PM CDT
• Your physical PS5 and PS4 game collection might not last as long as you thinkA new study reveals PS5 and PS4 discs may only last 10-20 years under normal conditions, raising concerns as Sony plans to discontinue physical games.Jul 21, 2026 6:16 PM CDT
• Apple is about to unveil a new program for cheap iPhone, Mac, and iPad accessApple is preparing to roll out a new subscription service that grants access to a range of its products, such as iPhones, Macs, and Apple Watches.Jul 21, 2026 5:50 PM CDT
• Xbox engineering VP leaves Microsoft to join Cognition AI labFormer Xbox engineering VP Jared Palmer has left Microsoft years ahead of Project Helix's release and is now serving a similar role at AI lab Cognition.Jul 21, 2026 5:35 PM CDT
• NAND Flash shortages are expected to end in 2027, per new reportA new TrendForce report says NAND flash shortages should finally end in 2027, even as DRAM shortages show no sign of slowing down.Jul 21, 2026 4:45 PM CDT
• Amazon customer orders an Intel Core i5-14400, receives 5 CPUs insteadAmazon accidentally sent a Japanese buyer five Core i5-14400 CPUs instead of one, and perhaps more interestingly, they kindly returned the extras.Jul 21, 2026 4:00 PM CDT
• Old School RuneScape is so popular now that it has broken nearly every record that Jagex hasOld School RuneScape is still highly popular despite being decades old, and more modern age gamers are choosing to try OSRS as their first RuneScape game.Jul 21, 2026 3:39 PM CDT
• KB5121767 out-of-band Windows Update fixes shutdown bug on affected Dell PCsMicrosoft issues out-of-band KB5121767 and KB5121768 Windows Updates to fix a shutdown bug on certain Dell PCs caused by a driver conflict.Jul 21, 2026 11:35 AM CDT
• Sony is seeking potential copyright damages of up to $4.5 billionSony sues Udio again over 30,000 unlicensed tracks, demanding $150,000 per infringement as AI music copyright wars heat up while AI tools spread.Jul 21, 2026 9:03 AM CDT
• Future GPUs, CPUs and smartphones could get pricier as TSMC hikes chip pricesTSMC is set to raise chip prices by about 10%, indicating that products such as GPUs, CPUs, and smartphones could get even more expensive.Jul 21, 2026 8:34 AM CDT
• Developer cracks universal offline exploit for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2A developer has discovered a vulnerability within the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 that opens the door to emulation, custom applications and more.Jul 21, 2026 8:03 AM CDT
• New Witcher 3 DLC 'Songs of the Past' confirmed, a prelude to The Witcher 4CD Projekt Red has confirmed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, released in 2015, is getting a brand new Witcher 4-designed DLC called 'Songs of the Past'.Jul 21, 2026 7:18 AM CDT
• NVIDIA showcases updated DLSS 5 with developer tools that help 'preserve artistic intent'NVIDIA showcases a new and improved version of DLSS 5 at SIGGRAPH 2026 with its presentation focusing on the in-depth developer controls over the effect.Jul 21, 2026 6:55 AM CDT
• RAM shortages could continue for another decade, warns ADATA chairmanADATA's chairman has warned that the memory shortage could last for another 10 years and that any discussion of an AI bubble should wait until 'even 2040'.Jul 21, 2026 3:33 AM CDT
• NVIDIA's Synthetic Video Detector can detect AI-generated video with 92% accuracy in less than a secondThe new Synthetic Video Detector NVIDIA NIM microservice can be integrated at scale to detect AI-generated video content with an accuracy of up to 92%.Jul 21, 2026 2:02 AM CDT
• Sony patent reveals how the PS6 could dramatically outperform the PS5A Sony patent has revealed what appears to be a next-generation cooling system headed for the PlayStation 6, enabling downside-free orientations.Jul 21, 2026 1:51 AM CDT
• You can now check GDDR7 memory temps on GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs per module thanks to the work of moddersThanks to a team of Brazilian modders you can now monitor GDDR6, GDDR6X, and even GDDR7 memory module temps on GeForce RTX graphics cards.Jul 21, 2026 1:29 AM CDT
• Samsung's new OLED panels for laptops push peak brightness to 1,600 nits, enough for a bright outdoors settingLaptops with Samsung's new tandem OLED panels are starting to become available, and they're delivering impressive peak brightness.Jul 21, 2026 12:58 AM CDT
• MSI introduces minimalist and compact GeForce RTX 5080 INSPIRE in all-blackThe new MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G INSPIRE 3X OC BLACK delivers a stealthier version of MSI's new INSPIRE series of GeForce RTX 50 Series cards.Jul 21, 2026 12:31 AM CDT
• Razer's new Hammerhead V3 X gaming earbuds come in Xbox and PlayStation flavorsThe new Razer Hammerhead V3 X HyperSpeed for Xbox and PlayStation deliver gaming headset audio in earbud form, styled for each gaming platform.Jul 20, 2026 11:57 PM CDT
• PS Store pre-order charts show gamers lean towards higher-priced editions, suggests new price tolerance thresholdPlayStation Store pre-order charts show that gamers are choosing to buy higher-priced editions of video games, indicating a new price tolerance threshold.Jul 20, 2026 9:33 PM CDT
• New RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker is complete on disc, doesn't require download to playAs Sony plans to phase out disc production for new games in the PS6 era, some developers are still choosing to print a full playable build on disc.Jul 20, 2026 8:34 PM CDT
• Gamers jump back on Assassin's Creed Odyssey after watching Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'Assassin's Creed Odyssey was not loved when it was launched, but The Odyssey seems to have given it a second chance after eight years.Jul 20, 2026 7:15 PM CDT
• Ayaneo has officially brought high-end gaming PC pricing to handheldsAyaneo's Next 2 handheld console now costs up to $5,299, making it as much as some high-end gaming PCs that are far more powerful.Jul 20, 2026 5:30 PM CDT
• Valve confirms if Half-Life 3 will be a Steam Machine exclusiveValve has confirmed that it isn't planning to release Steam Machine-exclusive games, debunking theories that Half-Life 3 would be a Steam Machine exclusive.Jul 20, 2026 4:55 PM CDT
• Der8auer strips the AIO out of a $7,000 RTX 5090 Lightning and replaces it with a custom loop, achieving 55C at 800WYouTuber Der8auer modifies an RTX 5090 Lightning's waterblock to support a custom loop, dropping temperatures by 10C at 800W of load.Jul 20, 2026 3:50 PM CDT
• Modder straps a 2.5kg heatsink to an RTX 4060 for completely fanless coolingA modder ditched the fans on their RTX 4060 entirely, opting for a 2.5kg aluminum heatsink block that completely dwarfs the card itself.Jul 20, 2026 3:05 PM CDT
• Redditor builds his own PS4 handheld, the 'PS4P' has a 1080p screen and a cooling fan from a GTX 750A Reddit modder shrank their DIY PS4 handheld even further for round two, this time borrowing a GTX 750 cooling fan to keep things running.Jul 20, 2026 2:30 PM CDT
• Sony's PS6 controller could feature a touchscreen display and fully modular inputs, according to a new patentA magnetic grid lets players reposition thumbsticks and other controls, while the touchscreen handles menus, notifications, and even incoming calls.Jul 20, 2026 1:45 PM CDT
• Marathon loses game director as Bungie shifts to PvE modelMarathon game director Joe Ziegler has left Bungie as the live service shooter shifts to include a PVE focus, and amid tumult at the studio and Sony.Jul 20, 2026 1:31 PM CDT
• Bethesda's Todd Howard no longer thinks about retirementBethesda superstar Todd Howard apparently has no plans to retire anytime soon, says that he no longer thinks about taking a break away from games.Jul 20, 2026 12:29 PM CDT
• $30 Quadro M4000 8GB from 2015 plays Cyberpunk 2077 at almost 60 FPS with an overclockYouTuber discovers that NVIDIA's Maxwell-based Quadro M4000 8GB from 2015 is capable of playing the latest Unreal Engine 5 games despite its age.Jul 20, 2026 10:50 AM CDT
• Valve replaces stolen Steam Machine after Royal Mail left £1,000 package on a doorstepValve replaced the unit under UK consumer law, and buyers in several countries are now calling for mandatory signatures on expensive hardware orders.Jul 20, 2026 10:05 AM CDT
• Former GTA V producer says Rockstar cut fully finished minigames and entire levels that 'just disappeared'John Ricchio says animators became the bottleneck, and fully finished minigames and entire levels were cut when there wasn't enough time to polish them.Jul 20, 2026 9:30 AM CDT
• Elon Musk responds to $52 billion deal between SpaceX and Foxconn for insane NVIDIA computeFoxconn has penned a $52 billion deal with SpaceXAI for 13,000 racks of NVIDIA GB300 GPUs to power its next-generation AI server ambitions.Jul 20, 2026 9:24 AM CDT
• TSMC's factories are draining 9% of Taiwan's grid, triggering drastic new power rulesTSMC consumes approximately 9% of Taiwan's electricity, but a new law requires TSMC and similar companies to generate and store their own power.Jul 20, 2026 9:12 AM CDT
• Netflix pays $600 million for Ben Affleck's company to supercharge its content with AINetflix has bought Ben Affleck's AI company InterPositive for nearly $600 million as the streaming giant moves to integrate AI tools across its projects.Jul 20, 2026 9:03 AM CDT
• The Mac Pro nearly got a chip twice as powerful as the M3 Ultra and a new Intel model, until Apple cancelled bothApple scrapped the M2 and M3 Extreme chips, along with two unreleased Mac Pro models, before officially discontinuing the machine in March this year.Jul 20, 2026 8:40 AM CDT
• LG monitors are silently installing spyware on Windows 11 PCs without user consentLG gaming monitors are silently installing software onto freshly installed Windows 11 machines without any user consent or authorization.Jul 20, 2026 8:18 AM CDT
• China just had another DeepSeek moment, and its new AI model is rattling global marketsChina's Moonshot AI, founded by a former Google researcher, has had to pause sign-ups after the Kimi K3 model exploded in popularity over the weekend.Jul 20, 2026 6:02 AM CDT
• Man sues JPMorgan for approving mortgage on $5.5m mansion headed for the seaA lawsuit has been filed against JPMorgan Chase for allegedly ignoring the mental health of a man who signed up for a $5.5 million loan for a mansion.Jul 20, 2026 5:46 AM CDT
• Amazon confirms some customers are waking up to billion-dollar bills for cloud services they didn't useSome Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers have received multi-billion-dollar bills for AWS cloud usage that they didn't actually use.Jul 20, 2026 5:31 AM CDT
• Mexican government put PlayStation in its crosshairs over physical disk phase outMexican regulators are taking aim at Sony Interactive Entertainment over its decision to phase out physical PlayStation disc games by January 2028.Jul 20, 2026 5:15 AM CDT
• Uber Eats deliveries bust scammer who stole $200,000+ through Steam gamesA Florida student has been arrested by the FBI over scamming Steam gamers out of more than $200,000 through injecting malicious code into several games.Jul 20, 2026 1:30 AM CDT
• NVIDIA RTX Spark 'Developer Preview' driver lets devs get their apps ready for the new Windows on Arm devicesNVIDIA has released its first 'Developer Preview' driver for RTX Spark so that developers can get their apps up and running on the Windows on Arm chip.Jul 20, 2026 1:01 AM CDT
• One of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's leather jackets sells for close to $1 million at a charity auctionDescribed as the 'symbol of his leadership style,' NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's leather jacket brings in close to $1 million at a recent charity auction.Jul 20, 2026 12:34 AM CDT
• AMD 'Medusa Point' APU benchmarks show that Zen 6 is impressively fast in a mobile chipA new benchmark result for an upcoming Zen 6 10-core 'Medusa Point' processor points to impressive performance for AMD's next-gen Ryzen tech.Jul 19, 2026 11:56 PM CDT
• SK hynix says memory supply 'must be expanded' to save the consumer tech market and prevent 'chipflation''Since most customers for these products are individuals, there are limits to how much prices can be raised,' SK hynix on the memory crisis for consumers.Jul 19, 2026 11:31 PM CDT
• Chinese memory maker CXMT has reportedly seen its DRAM capacity booked through 2027As PC OEMs and hardware companies look to Chinese memory manufacturer CXMT to secure supply, this alternate source is also reaching its capacity.Jul 19, 2026 10:58 PM CDT
• Report: $55 billion EA deal to be approved by EU regulatorsEuropean regulators are likely to approve Electronic Arts' $55 billion privatization deal after a review under its Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR).Jul 19, 2026 9:09 PM CDT
• Microsoft restores access to 25-year-old Xbox account worth thousands of dollars, exposes pitfalls of digital gamingA positive turnaround to a disastrous loss of content has shone a spotlight on the pitfalls of digital gaming, as users can lose access at any time.Jul 19, 2026 8:08 PM CDT
• Bethesda's paid mods inspired by custom D&D campaigns: 'That's the spirit of creation'Bethesda's Creation Club paid mods take some inspiration from custom D&D campaigns of yore, and it sounds like they're not going anywhere anytime soon.Jul 19, 2026 7:21 PM CDT
• Xbox Studio leadership reportedly 'detests' Game Pass, as they think it destroys the value perceptionXbox studio leaders reportedly hate what Game Pass did to their games' value, but Microsoft has no real plan to walk away from it.Jul 19, 2026 5:30 PM CDT
• No new Half Life - Valve is not planning to release any exclusives for the Steam MachineValve says exclusives are unfair to gamers, but its no-exclusives stance for Steam Machine lines up neatly with its own bottom line too.Jul 19, 2026 4:45 PM CDT
• NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X Cinebench score spotted, matches the Apple M3 MAXNVIDIA's N1X chip reportedly matches the Apple M3 Max in Cinebench 2026, but early leaks come with plenty of caveats worth knowing.Jul 19, 2026 4:00 PM CDT
• RAM crisis is getting worse, Valve engineer warnsThe ongoing RAM crisis continues to get worse over time, says one Valve engineer, with the largest industry impacts to be felt next year and beyond.Jul 19, 2026 8:19 AM CDT

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