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- 8.8 million AI PCs shipped in Q2 2024, analyst expects 44 million AI PCs shipped this yearAccording to Canalys, over 8.8 million AI-capable PCs were shipped in Q2 2024: with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm all releasing AI processors for Copilot+ PCs.Aug 14, 2024 10:13 AM CDT
- SK hynix tells customers it will raise DDR5 DRAM prices by 15-20%, Samsung, Micron to followSK hynix notifies its clients that it will raise DDR5 DRAM prices by 15-20% and that RAM competitors Samsung and Micron are 'likely to follow'.Aug 14, 2024 7:16 AM CDT
- Borderlands 4 teased following the catastrophic movie flop at the box officeThe CEO of Gearbox Studios, the developers behind the Borderlands franchise has teased the next installment following the tragic movie flop.Aug 14, 2024 3:05 AM CDT
- SpaceX fires back at explosive CNBC story claiming it's polluting water systemsSpaceX has responded to explosive report from CNBC claiming it has obtained evidence the company 'repeatedly polluted waters in Texas.'Aug 14, 2024 1:25 AM CDT
- Google unveils its new Pixel 9 Pro Fold powered by its new Tensor G4 processorGoogle unveils its new Pixel 9 Pro Fold smartphone: 8-inch 1080p 120Hz display, new Tensor G4 processor powering new AI abilities like Gemini Live.Aug 13, 2024 7:42 PM CDT
- Xbox delivers record-breaking $21.5 billion revenue amid slight hardware declineMicrosoft's games division has delivered a record-breaking $21.52 billion in revenue throughout FY24, setting a new high water mark for Xbox earnings.Aug 13, 2024 4:24 PM CDT
- Suddenly canceled The Last of Us Online was unfortunately deep into developmentA new report has shared some insight into the canceled The Last of Us multiplayer game, such as its development timeline before it was canned.Aug 13, 2024 12:16 PM CDT
- Red Dead Redemption PC port leaks on the PlayStation StoreA leak spotter has found a product page listing for Red Dead Redemption, but the description states 'PC specific enhancements' such as increased FPS.Aug 13, 2024 4:10 AM CDT
- 200,000 students, staff and parents personal data exposed in recent hackAn Arizona tech school is sending out an astonishing 209,000 letters to current and former students and staff after their data was exposed in a breach.Aug 13, 2024 2:27 AM CDT
- SK hynix developing 3D DRAM it calls 4F2 DRAM: joins South Korean competitor Samsung's 3D DRAMSK hynix announces it plans to develop 4F2 (square) DRAM, joining South Korean rival Samsung with vertically stacked DRAM tech for AI chips of the future.Aug 13, 2024 12:48 AM CDT
- AMD acquires Silo AI for $665 million in cash, 'AI is our number one strategic priority'$665 million in cash is nothing to sneeze at. For AMD, the Silo AI acquisition is the latest step in focus on AI. 'Our number one strategic priority.'Aug 12, 2024 10:34 PM CDT
- STALKER 2 just got a 35-minute developer deep dive video, and it looks incredibleS.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl looks incredible and terrifying in equal measure, as developer GSC Game World presents a new deep dive look.Aug 12, 2024 9:01 PM CDT
- NVIDIA and MediaTek's new Arm-based AI chip rumored for 1H 2025 to fight Intel, AMD, QualcommMediaTek and NVIDIA expected to unveil their Arm-based AI processor in the first half of 2025, will fight AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm's new AI processors.Aug 12, 2024 7:26 PM CDT
- Windows 11 has a rare Start menu change inbound, possibly - one that might make you smileMore often than not, tweaks to the Start menu these days are more likely to annoy - so a switch in the interface that could make you smile is welcome.Aug 12, 2024 2:16 PM CDT
- John Carpenter is helping make a new Halloween gameThe developers behind Evil Dead: The Game are currently working on a new Halloween video game, and director John Carpenter is 'intimately involved'Aug 12, 2024 10:33 AM CDT
- CrowdStrike president accepts 'Most Epic Fail' award over world's largest IT outageA CrowdStrike official has accepted the 2024 Pwnie Award for Most Epic Fail at one of the world's biggest hacking conventions, DEF CON 2024.Aug 12, 2024 8:31 AM CDT
- Fractal Design's latest isn't a PC case, Refine is a 'comfortable, versatile' gaming chairIf you're after a gaming chair to match your Fractal Design Mood or Fractal Design North XL case, look no further - the Fractal Refine is here.Aug 12, 2024 5:06 AM CDT
- Microsoft is retiring 2017's Paint 3D and keeping the original MS Paint from 1985MS Paint will never die, as the aging app gets shiny new AI creator features Microsoft has decided it's time to pull the plug on its successor, Paint 3D.Aug 12, 2024 3:29 AM CDT
- Huawei CEO photographed on plane with world's first tri-foldable smartphoneHuawei CEO Yu Richard has been photographed on a plane with what appears to be the world's first tri-foldable smartphone with a dual-hinge mechanism.Aug 12, 2024 2:05 AM CDT
- Another major Activision Blizzard franchise has been added to the Xbox Game Pass libraryActivision Blizzard games have been a little slow coming to Xbox Game Pass, but the latest has Crashed the party and is available on PC, Console, and Cloud.Aug 12, 2024 12:02 AM CDT
- South Korea chip exports to Taiwan surge 225% year-over-year, SK hynix HBM memory is kingSouth Korea's memory chip exports to Taiwan surged over 225% in the first half of 2025, thanks to the unstoppable demand of HBM for AI GPUs.Aug 11, 2024 10:17 PM CDT
- PUBG parent Krafton buys Tango Gameworks, new Hi-Fi Rush games on the wayTango Gameworks now has a new home at Krafton, the parent company of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, and the rights to Hi-Fi Rush also carry over too.Aug 11, 2024 7:46 PM CDT
- Take-Two still thinks day-and-date games on Xbox Game Pass is irrational for its businessDon't expect big Take-Two games like Grand Theft Auto 6, NBA 2K, or BioShock to ever release day one on a subscription like Xbox Game Pass, CEO indicates.Aug 11, 2024 5:44 PM CDT
- Grand Theft Auto franchise made $175 million in Q1'25, down 5.7% from last quarterThe Grand Theft Auto franchise generated $175 million in game sales and microtransaction revenues through last quarter, Take-Two Interactive says.Aug 11, 2024 1:13 PM CDT
- Intel's next-gen consumer CPU platform will be Nova Lake-S, Panther Lake could be mobile onlyIntel's upcoming LGA 1851 platform will first house Arrow Lake, while next-gen desktop CPUs will arrive with Nova Lake: Panther Lake is mobile only.Aug 11, 2024 7:02 AM CDT
- SK hynix preparing to expand DRAM capacity (HBM, DRAM) by 80K wafers per month at M16, M10 fabsSK hynix begins ordering equipment to expand HBM caapcity (HBM + general use DRAM) by 80,000 wafers per month at its M16 and M10 fabs.Aug 14, 2024 8:26 AM CDT
- Texas accuses General Motors of collecting and selling driver 'bad' habitsGeneral Motors has been accused of collecting data about the 'bad' habits of drivers and selling it on to insurers, according to the state of Texas.Aug 14, 2024 4:05 AM CDT
- Black Myth: Wukong Benchmark Tool is here for PC gamers - here's our 4K performance resultsDeveloper and publisher Game Science has released a free Black Myth: Wukong Benchmark Tool on Steam, and we put it to the test with a GeForce RTX 4090.Aug 14, 2024 2:31 AM CDT
- GPD's new Pocket 4: the first handheld powered by AMD's new Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 'Strix Point' APUGPD's new Pocket 4 is officially the first handheld with AMD's new Zen 5-based Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 'Strix Point' APU, launches in October.Aug 13, 2024 9:09 PM CDT
- NVIDIA's new Blackwell GB200 AI servers 'component shortage' leading to short supply in Q4 2024NVIDIA's next-gen Blackwell GB200 AI servers experiencing 'component shortage' with limited supply of the new AI servers expected in Q4 2024.Aug 13, 2024 7:08 PM CDT
- Nintendo reveals Switch 2 release window to developersNintendo has reportedly revealed the Switch 2's expected release window to developers, indicating the system won't have a similarly timed launch as Switch.Aug 13, 2024 2:24 PM CDT
- VPN demand skyrockets in Venezuela after government blocks access to XOnly days after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro signed a 10-day ban on Elon Musk's X, VPN use across the country has increased by nearly 500%.Aug 13, 2024 11:39 AM CDT
- Scientists discover a place on Mars that should be sustaining Martian lifeResearchers used data from NASA's now-retired InSight lander to identify a location on Mars that has a good chance of hosting life.Aug 13, 2024 3:34 AM CDT
- Doom II: Ray Traced is an incredible Path Tracing mod that transforms the 1994 originalDoom II, like you've never seen before. A new path tracing mod has been released and it totally transforms the iconic FPS - and looks stunning in motion.Aug 13, 2024 1:32 AM CDT
- Radeon 890M 'RDNA 3.5' iGPU bests GeForce GTX 1650 in gaming benchmarksRDNA 3.5 mobile graphics delivering PlayStation 4 levels of performance is great to see, with the Radeon 890M outperforming the desktop GeForce GTX 1650.Aug 13, 2024 12:34 AM CDT
- Borderlands movie flops at the box office, one of the worst-reviewed blockbusters in yearsWith the recent success of The Last of Us and Fallout on TV, the animated Super Mario Bros. film, Borderlands feels like a giant step back.Aug 12, 2024 10:03 PM CDT
- Historic Donald Trump and Elon Musk interview on X hit by 'massive' DDOS attackTesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced that X is currently experiencing a DDOS attack ahead of President Donald Trump being interviewed on Spaces.Aug 12, 2024 8:36 PM CDT
- Western Digital teases Gen5 SSD: up to 15GB/sec reads with just 5W in low-power modeWestern Digital teases super-fast Gen5 SSD using its in-house Gen5 SSD controller: 15GB/sec for just 7W power, 5W 'mainstream' SSD at up to 10.7GB/sec.Aug 12, 2024 6:38 PM CDT
- World's fastest charging to be officially unveiled on August 14A new battery charging technology will be unveiled on August 14, and the company behind it claims it will be the world's fastest charge ever.Aug 12, 2024 12:37 PM CDT
- YouTube Music adds personal radio feature that can be shared with friendsYouTube Music is slowly adding social features, and one new feature is a personalized radio playlist that can be shared with friends via a link.Aug 12, 2024 9:56 AM CDT
- Chinese AI, cloud firms add VRAM to RTX 40 series GPUs: RTX 4090D with 48GB, RTX 4080 with 32GBChinese companies are renting out NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4090D with 48GB VRAM, GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER with 32GB VRAM for as little as $0.03 per hour.Aug 12, 2024 6:02 AM CDT
- 4.3 million Americans are at risk of fraud after savings account data breachA Utah-based fintech firm was breached by hackers, putting millions of Americans at risk of fraud due to a trove of sensitive information being stolen.Aug 12, 2024 4:33 AM CDT
- Google puts one of Chrome's biggest ad blockers on the chopping blockGoogle is moving to curb the use of Chrome ad blocker extensions with a new update that will remove one of the most popular ad blockers.Aug 12, 2024 3:02 AM CDT
- id Software's new mod tools for DOOM Eternal offer fans Skyrim levels of customizationidStudio is a new app that gives modders the same tools id Software used to develop DOOM Eternal, and is available now in Beta form on Steam.Aug 12, 2024 1:31 AM CDT
- Dishonored and Prey creator's next game mixes first-person action with FalloutA new game from the co-creator of Dishonored and Prey that will excite fans of both? Sounds tasty, especially when you add Fallout into the mix.Aug 11, 2024 11:28 PM CDT
- Qualcomm's Adreno GPU vulnerability found: Snapdragon chips join problematic Intel, AMD CPUsQualcomm Adreno GPU has 9 vulnerabilities discovered by Google researchers, with Qualcomm already patching it, you still need to be careful.Aug 11, 2024 9:46 PM CDT
- ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 laptop available: Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 + up to RTX 4070, starts from $1899ASUS announces its new ROG Zephyrus G16 laptop is now available: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 'Strix Point' APU and up to RTX 4070 GPU, starts from $1899.Aug 11, 2024 7:20 PM CDT
- Take-Two CEO: 'I think Gen 9 consoles will grow meaningfully'Despite slower total hardware growth, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick is a big believer in Gen 9 consoles and says they can grow 'meaningfully'Aug 11, 2024 4:50 PM CDT
- Witcher 4 updates: 'We know Geralt will be a part of the game,' voice actor saysGeralt of Rivia voice actor Doug Cockle apparently confirms that the Butcher of Blaviken will be a part of The Witcher 4, but CDPR has yet to confirm.Aug 11, 2024 11:50 AM CDT
- Microsoft Flight Simulator boss: we have 2,500,000GB of aerial data, streamed from the cloudMicrosoft Flight Simulator boss Jorge Neumann says that the developer has two and a half petabytes (2,500,000GB) of aerial data, streamed to gamers.Aug 11, 2024 6:30 AM CDT
- KLEVV unveils CRAS V RGB ROG Certified DDR5-7200 RAM with Intel XMP, AMD EXPO profilesKLEVV introduces its new CRAS V RGB ROG certified memory with DDR5-7200 speeds, bringing Intel XMP and AMD EXPO profiles along for the ride.Aug 14, 2024 7:45 AM CDT
- Black Myth: Wukong 'Final Trailer' - over four minutes of epic action and stunning visualsAfter several years of development, the highly anticipated Black Myth: Wukong is almost here, and the 'Final Trailer' is all kinds of epic.Aug 14, 2024 3:34 AM CDT
- Former Twitter employee wins $600,000+ for Elon Musk's 24-hour email ultimatumIn an effort to lean out then-Twitter, company owner Elon Musk sent out an email to all employees that gave them 24 hours to accept new terms or be fired.Aug 14, 2024 2:02 AM CDT
- Intel has just sold ALL of its Arm shares, as the CPU behemoth continues to struggleIntel dumps all of its Arm shares as the CPU giant struggles after laying off 15,000 employees, bleeding market share to AMD, and failing CPUs worldwide.Aug 13, 2024 8:27 PM CDT
- Activision made 27% of Xbox's yearly earningsActivision Blizzard King made about 27% of Xbox's total yearly earnings and helped Microsoft achieve over $21.5 billion in annual video games revenues.Aug 13, 2024 5:48 PM CDT
- First grabs of Bloodborne running on PC appear - so is a finished emulated version close now?Development of Bloodborne with shadPS4 has progressed so the devs can now get into the game - dare we hope it'll be finished before the end of 2024?Aug 13, 2024 1:28 PM CDT
- Elon Musk and Donald Trump interview combined views hit 1 billionElon Musk and X have posted some numbers about the recent interview with former US President Donald Trump, who sat down with Musk for three hours.Aug 13, 2024 10:29 AM CDT
- Corsair blames disappointing financials on Grand Theft Auto VI not being outCorsair has published its second-quarter earnings report for 2024 and explained to investors why its results are weaker than anticipated.Aug 13, 2024 2:52 AM CDT
- AMD has its highest server CPU market share in DECADES, slowly kicking Intel's ass in CPUsAMD records its highest server market share in decades, riding the successful wave of EPYC and Ryzen CPUs against Intel... which is struggling, big time.Aug 13, 2024 1:06 AM CDT
- AMD's Radeon partners are all 'focused' on creating RDNA 4 graphics cardsIt's great to hear that AMD's AIB partners are all in on next-gen Radeon, especially with the rumored reveal and launch happening at CES in January 2025.Aug 12, 2024 11:31 PM CDT
- Valve's next game hasn't even been announced and it already has over 18,000 concurrent playersValve's next game is an Overwatch-style third-person hero shooter called Deadlock, and with players already jumping in it's a hit.Aug 12, 2024 9:29 PM CDT
- James Cameron says he's working on something Terminator related, says 'it's totally classified'Avatar and Terminator director James Cameron says he's working on new 'Terminator stuff' says that it is 'totally classified'. Alright, hype begins.Aug 12, 2024 8:13 PM CDT
- Here's how to watch the historic interview with President Donald Trump and Elon Musk on X todayPresident Donald Trump returns to X for an 'unscripted with no limits on subject matter' interview with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.Aug 12, 2024 6:21 PM CDT
- Big 3 console hardware revenues compared: Xbox made just 13% of annual earnings from hardwareXbox console hardware sales generated just 13% of total annual earnings for Microsoft as game sales, monetization, and subscription lead the charge.Aug 12, 2024 12:01 PM CDT
- Geralt confirmed to be in The Witcher 4, CD Projekt Red's 'most advanced' gameGeralt's voice actor confirms the character will be returning in the next Witcher game, but gamers won't get him as the main character.Aug 12, 2024 8:53 AM CDT
- World's first 8TB SD card and 16TB external SSD officially unveiledWestern Digital has announced the world's first 8TB SD card and a 16TB external SSD at the 2024 Future of Memory and Storage Conference.Aug 12, 2024 5:33 AM CDT
- ASUS rolling out BIOS updates for Intel boards with new 'microcode', over 200 updated so farASUS issued 211 motherboard BIOS updates as soon as Intel's fix was made available, with the full official rollout commencing this week.Aug 12, 2024 4:02 AM CDT
- AMD won't be fixing a major security flaw on these older Ryzen CPUsNot all AMD Ryzen and EPYC processors exposed to new 'Sinkclose' vulnerability will be fixed according to AMD, which is surprising.Aug 12, 2024 2:33 AM CDT
- Hypercasket is a casket with a design inspired by the Tesla Cybertruck, and it has a seatbeltThe Hypercasket is 'available to families who want a truly unique final resting place.' The price tag? $9,999.99 USD. Seatbelt optional.Aug 12, 2024 12:56 AM CDT
- Sony has sold 61.7 million PlayStation 5 consoles to date, but sales are down year-on-yearSony has reported increased revenue for the PlayStation division even though PS5 console sales are down compared to the previous year.Aug 11, 2024 10:34 PM CDT
- NEO Semiconductor's new 3D X-AI chip tech: replace HBM used in AI GPUs with 100x more perfNEO Semiconductor teases its new 3D X-AI technology, with 100x performance acceleration, 99% power reduction, and 8x the memory density for AI GPUs.Aug 11, 2024 8:17 PM CDT
- Beelink's new GPU dock features built-in 600W PSU: handles monster RTX 4090 as external GPUBeelink unveils its new external GPU dock: features a 600W built-in PSU, and supports NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card.Aug 11, 2024 6:49 PM CDT
- GTA V game sales flatten as GTA+ subscriptions rise by double digitsAfter selling millions of copies for consecutive quarters in a row, sales of Grand Theft Auto V have finally started to stall out as GTA+ subs rise.Aug 11, 2024 3:49 PM CDT
- New 'Sinkclose' vulnerability in AMD CPUs, only way to remove it is to 'throw your PC away'AMD Ryzen and EPYC processors exposed to new 'Sinkclose' vulnerability, could affect millions and millions of processors worldwide. Sigh.Aug 11, 2024 7:33 AM CDT
- Remedy says Max Payne 1+2 remake is now in 'full production' with a HUGE budgetRemedy Games announces that the Max Payne 1&2 remake have progressed from production to the 'full production stage' and is in the works.Aug 11, 2024 5:50 AM CDT
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