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• Sony can't expect PS5 Pro to sell like the PS4 ProSony is convinced that there's a market for its new $700 PlayStation 5 Pro console, but the games company can't expect it to sell like the PS4 Pro.Nov 1, 2024 12:34 PM CDT
• PlayStation CEO on layoffs: 'We have to run a sustainable business'Sony's PlayStation Studios CEO Hermen Hulst comments on the layoffs at the games division, saying that running a sustainable business.Nov 1, 2024 11:31 AM CDT
• EA bans Linux gamers from Apex Legends to 'meaningfully reduce' cheating in the battle royaleEA explains that Linux cheats are harder to detect, and that their numbers are growing so much that the issue requires an 'outsized' level of attention now.Nov 1, 2024 8:35 AM CDT
• Samsung teases 400-layer V-NAND using vertical bonding, offers higher storage capacitySamsung teases next-gen 400-layer V-NAND coming in 2026: expect even bigger storage devices, faster... all thanks to veritcal bonding tech.Nov 1, 2024 8:08 AM CDT
• AMD says it's already working hard on bringing AI-powered FSR 4 to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6Next-generation machine learning-based FSR is inbound for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 already - could it be the first game to support FSR 4?Nov 1, 2024 7:35 AM CDT
• Meta using over 100,000 NVIDIA H100 AI GPUs for Llama 4, Zuck: 'bigger than anything I've seen'Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg provides an update on its new Llama 4 model: trained on a cluster of NVIDIA H100 AI GPUs 'bigger than anything' Zuck has seen.Nov 1, 2024 7:07 AM CDT
• Intel to launch next-gen Panther Lake in 2H 2025: drops on-package memory moving forwardIntel drops on-package memory: next-gen Panther Lake launches without it, CEO Pat Gelsinger says on-package memory on Lunar Lake was a 'one-off for us'.Nov 1, 2024 6:31 AM CDT
• AMD's new Strix Halo leaks: powerhouse APU 'at least trades blows' with RTX 4070 Laptop GPUAMD's beefed-up Ryzen AI 300 MAX PRO 'Strix Halo' render leaked: 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, 40 RDNA 3.5 GPU cores for the Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 processor.Nov 1, 2024 6:17 AM CDT
• Intel lost $16.6 billion in Q3 2024, revenues were down to just $13.3 billionIntel unveiled its Q3 2024 financial results: beating expectations with $13.3 billion in revenue, but the company bled a huge $16.6 billion in Q3 2024, too.Nov 1, 2024 4:00 AM CDT
• ASUS launches ProArt Display 5K: pro-grade 5K (5120 x 2880) monitor costs $799ASUS launches its new ProArt Display 5K monitor: 27-inch IPS panel with a native 5K resolution (5120 x 2880) at 60Hz, aimed at professionals.Nov 1, 2024 3:03 AM CDT
• GeForce NOW lets you stream Dragon Age: The Veilguard today and STALKER 2 in a few weeksS.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 joins sixteen other titles coming to the GeForce NOW library in November, playable over the cloud on an RTX 4080-powered rig.Nov 1, 2024 12:34 AM CDT
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's launch took up 19% Comcast's total weekly internet trafficWhen 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 gamersWith 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 TracingWith 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 DecemberMicrosoft 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 7.4GHzASUS 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 EADragon 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 allMicrosoft'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 probeSupermicro 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 revenueXbox 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 goalCapcom'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 $30Want 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 gamesWant 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 hikeBefore, 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 7800X3DPC 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 $63,000Ubisoft 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 displayOneXPlayer 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, ChinaIntel 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 consoleSony'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 GPUsElon 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 4070The 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 memoryApple 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 consolesMachineGames 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 GPUsAMD 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 AIAMD 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' reviewsA 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 lifeThe 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 ActivisionActivision 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 spyingChina 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 DRMDenuvo 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 ProThe 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 appSuper 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 hackersMicrosoft 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 EarthA 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 AIOscar 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 failureSony 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 ambitionsOpenAI 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 layoutAs 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 speedThe '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 4090sPhanteks 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 DLSSIt'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 nowLinux 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 processorsDon'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 RGBPNY'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 laptopsApple'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 RAMApple'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' MacApple'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 moreYou 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 generationApple 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 lookTake 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 announcementAmazon 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 movieThe 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 disasterElon 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 6AMD'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 multiplierAMD'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 2026Apple'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 MicrosoftMeta 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 gamerThe 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 moreGoogle'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 tooWe 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

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