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• NVIDIA grip loosens as OpenAI nears completion of custom AI chipOpenAI is closing in on the final design for its first in-house AI chip that will be used as negotiating leverage against other chip suppliers.Feb 11, 2025 5:21 AM CST
• Take-Two CEO comments on GTA 6 releasing on PC and falling console salesTake-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has touched on Grand Theft Auto VI releasing on PC, and how the title is expected to impact the console market.Feb 11, 2025 2:33 AM CST
• Bill Gates reveals Steve Jobs told him to take acid to make Microsoft's products coolerMicrosoft founder Bill Gates has revealed in an interview that Apple founder Steve Jobs told him to take acid to make Microsoft's products more interesting.Feb 11, 2025 2:04 AM CST
• Intel suffers another blow after C-level staffer leaves to run NokiaAfter Intel lost its CEO Pat Gelsinger, the company has suffered another blow as its CEO of Datacenter and AI has now officially joined Nokia.Feb 11, 2025 1:34 AM CST
• Trump administration's stance heading into Paris AI summit: 'America first'Heading into the Paris AI Action Summit, the Trump administration are focused on maintaining US dominance in the field of artificial intelligence.Feb 11, 2025 1:02 AM CST
• Apple is about to make Siri a whole lot smarter in a new imminent updateApple is slated to release a new update that will be aimed at making Siri much more intelligent, making it one of the most important Siri updates yet.Feb 11, 2025 12:31 AM CST
• Meta accused of pirating 82 terabytes of books from 'shadow libraries' to train AILeaked court documents reveal Meta has been accused of downloading 82 terabytes of data from illegal sources to train its artificial intelligence.Feb 11, 2025 12:01 AM CST
• Lemokey L5 HE 8K, the 'Ultimate Magnetic Gaming Keyboard,' available for pre-orderThe new Lemokey L5 HE 8K Magnetic Gaming Keyboard from Keychron looks stunning with its cyberpunk influenced design, and its features are impressive too.Feb 10, 2025 11:33 PM CST
• Microsoft rejected John Carmack's plan to bring Quake 3 VR to Meta QuestJohn Carmack tried to get an impressive but unofficial Quake 3 VR port officially released on the Meta Store, but was rejected by id and Microsoft.Feb 10, 2025 11:01 PM CST
• John Carmack calls PC VR gaming a 'boutique niche,' says Half-Life Alyx wasn't that important'Beat Saber was far more important than Half-Life: Alyx.' John Carmack chimes in to say that VR's success was always going to be never going to be PC.Feb 10, 2025 10:32 PM CST
• NVIDIA's RTX Kit for developers updated with game-changing AI-powered RTX Neural ShadersRTX neural rendering is now available for game developers thanks to NVIDIA updating the RTX Kit with its latest groundbreaking AI technologies for games.Feb 10, 2025 9:59 PM CST
• GeForce RTX 5070 Ti launch confirmed for February 20 thanks to this countdown pageMSI posted a page on its French storefront counting down to the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti launching on February 20, which has since been taken down.Feb 10, 2025 9:29 PM CST
• MSI introduces new GeForce RTX 50 Series 'Shadow' models for RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 TiThe new MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SHADOW and MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SHADOW cards are new MSRP models for those that want a minimal all-black GPU.Feb 10, 2025 7:01 PM CST
• Apple is launching a new iPhone this week for around $500Industry analyst and Bloomberg report Mark Gurman has predicted Apple will announce a new iPhone this week and it will be approximately $500.Feb 10, 2025 5:42 PM CST
• NVIDIA RTX 4090 GPU flat-out stress-tested runs at 20°C with home aircon unit cooling setupInnovative PC cooling solution is ready for the RTX 5090, the owner just needs to wait for the water block for the Blackwell flagship GPU to be released.Feb 10, 2025 1:42 PM CST
• NASA scientists discover a 'highway' beneath the surface of MarsResearchers have discovered a 'highway' beneath the surface of Mars with the assistance of AI after an analysis of Mars craters was conducted.Feb 10, 2025 10:14 AM CST
• Sri Lanka confirms a monkey brought down the power gridA monkey has been blamed for a nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka after a fight between monkey's broke out and a transmission line was impacted.Feb 10, 2025 9:14 AM CST
• Valve issues platform-wide ban for any games that force advertisingValve has introduced new guidelines to their Steamworks documentation, very clearly outlining a no-tolerance stance on in-game advertising.Feb 10, 2025 8:47 AM CST
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 FE with a custom water block: GPU runs 25C cooler, GDDR7 is 30C coolerDer8auer uses a custom water block on NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition: 25C temp drop from stock on the GPU, 30C drop on the GDDR7 memory.Feb 10, 2025 8:08 AM CST
• AMD 'very aggressively' pricing Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs says rumor, ready to attack NVIDIAAMD's next-generation Radeon RX 9000 series 'RDNA 4' graphics cards will be 'very aggressively' priced, they will attack NVIDIA and even its own RX 7800 XT.Feb 10, 2025 7:14 AM CST
• US startup reports 'major breakthrough' in robot intelligenceFigure AI, a US-based robotics company specialising in AI-powered humanoid robots, recently teased a 'major breakthrough' in robot intelligence.Feb 10, 2025 7:01 AM CST
• Perplexity update outperforms ChatGPT's paid plan (and it's free)In a social media post, Perplexity announced that they've increased the context window of their file and image processing tools for free users.Feb 10, 2025 6:31 AM CST
• NVIDIA's new AI model trains robots to move like LeBron and RonaldoResearchers from NVIDIA and Carnegie Melton published a paper, and footage, highlighting their new model which trains robots to move like famous athletes.Feb 10, 2025 6:00 AM CST
• Samsung's new display is basically a Kindle - but 75 inches and in full colorAt a conference in Europe, Samsung revealed their latest range of commercial ePaper displays, designed to display full colour with almost zero power draw.Feb 10, 2025 5:30 AM CST
• Global hardware scam: 'brand new' Seagate hard drives exposed as used mining equipmentRecent investigations in Germany have revealed that used Seagate hard drives have been repackaged and sold as brand new, with over 200 cases confirmed.Feb 10, 2025 5:00 AM CST
• Google plans to make search even more AI-driven in 2025Statements from Google's CEO Sundar Pichai, during a recent earnings call, suggest that Google will be doubling down on AI-powered search in 2025.Feb 10, 2025 3:19 AM CST
• TSMC to host board meeting on Feb 11-12 in the US for the first time in its 37-year historyTSMC will be hosting board meetings in the United States for the first time in its 37-year history on February 11-12, will discuss geopolitics, tariffs.Feb 10, 2025 3:03 AM CST
• NASA captures a 'boom' in space from 600 million light years awayNASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a 'boom' in deep space, estimated to be at least 600 million light years away from Earth.Feb 10, 2025 2:32 AM CST
• TSMC plans to boost investment in Arizona to help President Trump 'manufacture in USA' policyTSMC plans to increase its investment in Arizona, expanding its fabs to cooperate with the 'manufacture in USA' policy pushed by President Trump.Feb 10, 2025 2:02 AM CST
• NASA footage shows enchanting dance of auroras over a country from spaceThe International Space Station passed through a stunning aurora and captured it dancing above a country where city lights can be seen.Feb 10, 2025 1:31 AM CST
• Top 5 best indie games showcased and played at SAGE 2025Indie developers gathered at SAGE in South Australia to showcase their project and these were some of the best titles I saw at the event.Feb 10, 2025 12:30 AM CST
• Here are all the super expensive ads and movie trailers played during Super Bowl 2025Here is every single ad and movie trailer tht aired during Super Bowl 2025: Thunderbolts, Jurassic World Rebirth, and the very last Mission: Impossible.Feb 9, 2025 8:25 PM CST
• ZOTAC is selling GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs direct to its Discord communityZOTAC GAMING is bypassing retail and scalpers by offering members of its US-based Discord community the chance to purchase a GeForce RTX 5080 or RTX 5090.Feb 9, 2025 7:57 PM CST
• AMD launches new RDNA 3 GPU in China, the Radeon RX 7650 GREThe Radeon RX 7650 GRE or Golden Rabbit Edition is a new RDNA 3 GPU launching in China, and with 8GB of VRAM performance should be on par with the 7600.Feb 9, 2025 7:26 PM CST
• Sony offers PlayStation gamers compensation for 24-hour PSN outageSony is offering PlayStation gamers compensation for this weekend's major PSN outage which saw all services go offline for close to 24 hours.Feb 9, 2025 6:58 PM CST
• Apple still cautiously working on standalone AR glasses after Vision Pro was a massive flopApple recently scrapped plans for tethered AR glasses to its Mac, long-term AR glasses goal moves ahead after massive Vision Pro flopped.Feb 9, 2025 3:03 PM CST
• Apple's long-awaited foldable device rumored for 2026: foldable iPhone, iPad, or something elseApple has still not launched a foldable smartphone yet, and with 5 years behind the competition, we're now expecting a foldable iPhone sometime in 2026.Feb 9, 2025 2:02 PM CST
• NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti launch confirmed for February 20 by another huge retailerOne of the largest IT retailers in France has just confirmed NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card launches on February 20.Feb 9, 2025 1:11 PM CST
• CPU-Z gets support for AMD's new Ryzen 9000HX 'Fire Range' CPUs, including new Ryzen 9 9950HX3DCPU-Z updated to support AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9000HX range of CPUs, including the new Ryzen 9 9950HX3D, 9950HX, and 9850HX processors.Feb 9, 2025 12:44 PM CST
• AMD's next-gen Medusa Ridge CPU leak: desktop Zen 6 processors with 24 cores, 48 threads comingAMD's next-gen Zen 6 desktop CPUs codenamed Medusa Point rumored to bump up the core count: 24 cores, 48 threads coming with Zen 6.Feb 8, 2025 5:41 PM CST
• AMD's new flagship Ryzen 9 9950X3D rumored to retail at $699, 9900X3D at $599 on NeweggAMD's new flagship Ryzen 9 9950X3D listed on Newegg for $699 and Ryzen 9 9900X3D for $599, new high-end Ryzen 9000X3D processors should launch in March.Feb 8, 2025 4:20 PM CST
• PlayStation Network outage: PSN servers offline for 17 hours and countingSony's PlayStation Network infrastructure has been down for 17 consecutive hours and has impacted untold numbers of game sales and other purchases.Feb 8, 2025 11:00 AM CST
• PlayStation State of Play details and new God of War rumors surfaceSony's State of Play event is rumored for mid-next week, and the new God of War game isn't going to Egypt but will instead return to Greece.Feb 8, 2025 7:33 AM CST
• NVIDIA officially responds to RTX 50-series black screen and crashing reportsOwners of the new RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards are reporting crashing, which NVIDIA has now recognized in a new statement.Feb 8, 2025 7:02 AM CST
• Scientists prove how to cook eggs perfectly every timeCooking an egg can both be difficult and easy depending on your goal with the egg, and scientists have now proven how to cook it perfectly every time.Feb 8, 2025 6:02 AM CST
• Elon Musk rumored to spend $40M on Superbowl ads to expose US government waste found by DOGESpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk rumored to have spent $40 million of his own money on Superbowl ads to expose US government waste that DOGE has discovered.Feb 8, 2025 2:30 AM CST
• China's humanoid robots slated for mass production by end of 2025Recent reports highlight how Chinese robotics manufacturer, UBTech, are pushing forward with the release of AI-enabled humanoid robots this year.Feb 7, 2025 10:50 PM CST
• China's AI expansion continues, DeepSeek now in PCs, Robotics, EVs and moreRecent reports reveal that Chinese firms are rapidly deploying DeepSeek R1 AI across multiple industries, integrating it into PCs, robotics, EVs, and more.Feb 7, 2025 9:45 PM CST
• Elon Musk, President Trump, and DOGE working on custom chatbot called GSAi for US governmentElon Musk, President Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are developing GSAi, an AI chatbot for the US General Services Administration.Feb 7, 2025 7:07 PM CST
• GTA+ subscriptions are on the rise, here's what Take-Two thinks about the serviceWe take a look at management comments on the GTA+ subscription to see where the service could go next, and how it could link to Grand Theft Auto VI.Feb 7, 2025 6:36 PM CST
• Meta accused of downloading torrents of 81.7TB of pirated books to train its Llama AI modelsMeta torrented at least 81.7TB of data across multiple shadow libraries to train its Llama AI: Mark Zuckerberg is in trouble yet again.Feb 7, 2025 6:06 PM CST
• GTA franchise may hit $10 billion revenue between GTA 5 and GTA 6Trends indicate that Rockstar Games could finish Grand Theft Auto V's legacy with $10 billion in cumulative revenue since the game's launch in 2013.Feb 7, 2025 5:35 PM CST
• NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU tested: 16% faster than RTX 4080 in 3DMark TimeSpyNVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU benched in 3DMark TimeSpy: shows a 16% performance improvement over the RTX 4080 Laptop GPU.Feb 7, 2025 5:05 PM CST
• Grand Theft Auto has made $9.54 billion since GTA V's launchUpdated earnings from Take-Two Interactive shows that the Grand Theft Auto franchise has generated a cumulative $9.5 billion in revenue since GTA V.Feb 7, 2025 4:34 PM CST
• Ukrainian military says Call of Duty gamers would make 'great' drone pilots in a real warUkrainian special military unit says that Call of Duty players make for great drone pilots, thanks to gamers' quick decision-making skills, reactions.Feb 7, 2025 4:04 PM CST
• Take-Two stock leaps 15% after GTA 6 release date 'reaffirmed' by CEOTake-Two Interactive stock has leaped by 15% just a day after the company 'reaffirmed' GTA 6's 2025 launch and expressed high confidence in FY26 results.Feb 7, 2025 2:31 PM CST
• HP's new EliteBook X laptop features AMD Strix Point APU, up to 128GB of LPDDR5X-8533 memoryHP's upcoming EliteBook X1 laptop is the first laptop featuring 128GB LPDDR5X-8533 memory, powered by AMD's Zen 5-based Strix Point APU.Feb 7, 2025 1:01 PM CST
• Acer unveils new Predator Helios Neo AI gaming laptops: up to RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPUAcer reveals new Predator Helios Neo 18 and 16 gaming laptops: up to Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU.Feb 7, 2025 12:27 PM CST
• Intel Nova Lake flagship CPU rumor claims 52-cores: 16 performance, 32 efficiency, 4 low-powerThat's the purported core configuration right now, which may change - and the other question with Nova Lake is will it be Intel's next-gen desktop range?Feb 7, 2025 11:29 AM CST
• AI agents are evolving beyond tools into full-fledged 'coworkers'A recent article published by specialists from BCG (Boston Consulting Group) and INSEAD discusses how AI 'coworkers' are being integrated into workforces.Feb 7, 2025 9:20 AM CST
• GTA 6 publisher commits full support Nintendo Switch 2Take-Two Interactive, the publisher of the Grand Theft Auto franchise, has stated that it fully intends to support Nintendo's upcoming console.Feb 7, 2025 7:55 AM CST
• Marvel responds to claims Fantastic Four marketing was created with AIMarvel Studios recently unveiled the new Fantastic Four, and fans immediately questioned marketing posters for being created with AI.Feb 7, 2025 7:01 AM CST
• Apple stays cautious on AI as DeepSeek's budget model shakes up the industryAs DeepSeek disrupts AI with low-cost innovation, and tech giants battle for users - Apple sticks to its slow-and-steady strategy. Will it pay off?Feb 7, 2025 6:40 AM CST
• If hostile aliens exist they could detect Earth from 12,000 light-years awayResearchers have discovered the maximum distance aliens would be able to detect signatures from Earth using technology similar to ours.Feb 7, 2025 5:54 AM CST
• Microsoft could soon bring three staple Xbox titles over to PS5Microsoft is continuing its push to bring Xbox titles to more platforms and is now reportedly considering Halo, Gears of War, and Flight Simulator for PS5.Feb 7, 2025 5:33 AM CST
• Gemini vs. ChatGPT: AI takes center stage at the Super BowlIn the battle for users, both Google and OpenAI have confirmed their plans to advertise their AI models on the world's biggest stage.Feb 7, 2025 4:32 AM CST
• NASA confirms discovery of Mars sample unlike any it has found beforeNASA's famous Mars rover named Perseverance has discovered a 'one-of-a-kind treasure' while exploring the surface of the Red Planet.Feb 7, 2025 4:29 AM CST
• NASA telescope photographs planet-transforming grains in deep spaceNASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope has captured grains the size of a single bacterium that'll likely transform into planets.Feb 7, 2025 4:02 AM CST
• Monster Hunter Wilds free Benchmark Tool running on the GeForce RTX 5080 in 4KCapcom has released a free Benchmark Tool for Monster Hunter Wilds, so we decided to give it a go on the new MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC.Feb 7, 2025 12:57 AM CST
• ASRock to move its GPU manufacturing to other countries in response to Trump's tariffsASRock is responding to the new 10% tariffs imposed by President Trump on its GPUs and motherboards by moving its manufacturing to other parts of Asia.Feb 6, 2025 11:36 PM CST
• ChatGPT makes previously paid feature available to everyone - no login requiredOpenAI took to X on Wednesday to inform users that ChatGPT's AI-powered search feature is now available for all users without needing an account.Feb 6, 2025 11:03 PM CST
• Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con mouse functionality revealed in new imagesA new Nintendo Switch 2 patent for the upcoming console's joy-cons has revealed the possible functionality of the joy-con working like a mouse.Feb 6, 2025 10:32 PM CST
• EA's CEO comments raise doubts about Mass Effect 5's futureEA CEO Andrew Wilson says Dragon Age: The Veilguard's failure came down to it not being a live-service game with 'shared-world features.'Feb 6, 2025 10:04 PM CST
• US researchers built a DeepSeek competitor for less than a tank of gas - and it's actually goodA recent paper, published by researchers from Stanford and the University of Washington, highlights a notable development in the creation of low-cost AI.Feb 6, 2025 9:39 PM CST
• PC gamer orders GeForce RTX 5080, finds it is labeled as RTX 5090... but it's just an RTX 5080Redditor buys NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition, but gets RTX 5080 FE instead: but, the RTX 5090 engraved on it was wrong, it's an RTX 5080 FE.Feb 6, 2025 9:09 PM CST

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