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- Nintendo Switch 2 rumors point to fast-charging and cooler on the dockThe latest Nintendo Switch 2 rumor comes from a shipping manifest that suggests the device will include a 60W charger and a second cooler.Aug 10, 2024 9:59 PM CDT
- Intel says Arrow Lake CPUs 'remains on track' for Q4 2024, after delaying Innovation 2024 eventIntel reaches out to us to clarify that even though its Innovation 2024 event was postponed to 2025, its next-gen Arrow Lake CPUs are on track for Q4 2024.Aug 9, 2024 7:46 PM CDT
- Roblox officially banned by Turkish government over 'child exploitation'Roblox has been officially banned by the Turkish government over 'child exploitation' concerns, mounting lawsuits and child labor concerns.Aug 9, 2024 10:36 AM CDT
- Advertising group disbands after Elon Musk's X files lawsuit with RumbleThe advertising group, 'The World Federation of Advertisers', informed its members that it's 'discontinuing' activities for the GARM.Aug 9, 2024 9:01 AM CDT
- AMD's new Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series CPU delidding 'goes wrong' with a cracked dieThe first Zen 5-based AMD Ryzen 9000 series CPU has been delidded for the first time by ASUS China manager, I/O die breaks into literal 'pieces'.Aug 9, 2024 7:02 AM CDT
- Google can't rig the search market to exclude competitors: Elon Musk says 'now, it is war'Elon Musk's social network X has filed an antitrust lawsuit against advertisers boycotting X, says they tried for peace for 2 years, but 'now it is war'.Aug 9, 2024 5:34 AM CDT
- Take-Two confirms Grand Theft Auto 6 release windowDuring it's latest financial earnings call, Grand Theft Auto 6 publisher Take-Two locked down the game's release window - still no word on the PC version.Aug 9, 2024 3:58 AM CDT
- Corsair is moving away from 80 PLUS certification for PSUs, embraces CybeneticsCorsair's PSUs will no longer feature 80 PLUS ratings, the company is switching to the more detailed Cybenetics certification that also rates noise levels.Aug 9, 2024 12:03 AM CDT
- Intel microcode fix for 13th and 14th Gen Intel Core CPUs now available for select motherboardsNew BIOS updates with the '0x129 microcode' is now available for these ASUS, MSI, and ASRock motherboards, reportedly fixes Intel CPU issues.Aug 8, 2024 8:34 PM CDT
- Intel passed on investing in OpenAI back in 2017, missing out on the start of generative AIBack in 2017, Intel passed on investing in a little startup called OpenAI - turning down the opportunity to get in on the generative AI ground floor.Aug 8, 2024 2:29 AM CDT
- Phison's is taking PCIe Gen5 SSD storage mainstream, and improving PCIe Gen4 one more timePhison showcased some exciting new SSD technology at FMS, mainstream PCIe Gen5 storage, efficient PCIe Gen4, and 61.44TB SSDs for enterprise.Aug 8, 2024 1:04 AM CDT
- PlayStation VR2 is now officially supported on Steam and PC, requires purchase of an adapterPC gamers can now use the PlayStation VR2 or PSVR2 headset to play the thousands of games available in the SteamVR library - including Half-Life: Alyx.Aug 7, 2024 9:02 PM CDT
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor for PS4 and Xbox One launch date revealedElectronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment have announced that Star Wars Jedi: Survivor will be available for the Xbox One and PS4 next month.Aug 7, 2024 6:01 AM CDT
- Google kills off Chromecast with a new far superior streaming deviceGoogle has officially announced that it is killing off the Chromecast branding to introduce a new form of streaming hardware called Google TV Streamer.Aug 7, 2024 3:36 AM CDT
- Reddit CEO says users will soon be able to earn themselves moneyDuring Reddit's quarterly earnings report company CEO Steve Huffman said the platform is working on a new monetization method for users.Aug 7, 2024 2:01 AM CDT
- Intel's future-gen Core Ultra 300 series 'Panther Lake' powered on, on track for 2025Intel's next-generation Panther Lake CPU has been powered on, on track for 2025 production on the Intel 18A process node, and they need a win.Aug 6, 2024 7:17 PM CDT
- Amazon Web Services unveils the Iron Dome of cloud security systemsAmazon Web Services has revealed its industry-leading threat intelligence program that is designed to keep its vast cloud services secure.Aug 6, 2024 10:34 AM CDT
- NVIDIA caught scraping 'human lifetime' of YouTube videos per day to train AILeaked emails, internal Slack chats, and documents have revealed that NVIDIA allegedly scraped millions of YouTube videos to train its AI products.Aug 6, 2024 6:33 AM CDT
- OpenAI creates ChatGPT content detector with 99.9% accuracyOpenAI has developed a new method of detecting content generated by the very popular artificial intelligence-powered tool ChatGPT.Aug 6, 2024 1:18 AM CDT
- NVIDIA preps GeForce RTX 4070 with regular non-X GDDR6 memory, specs leakedNVIDIA looks to be prepping a GeForce RTX 4070 with 12GB of GDDR6 memory due to a GDDR6X shortage, with leaked specs detailing what to expect.Aug 6, 2024 12:04 AM CDT
- Microsoft delays RPG Avowed to 2025 because it has too many games coming later this yearAvowed is the next RPG from the studio behind Fallout: New Vegas and The Outer Worlds, and it's release has been delayed to early 2025.Aug 5, 2024 10:56 PM CDT
- Silicon Motion SM2508: best perf-per-watt Gen5 SSD controller ready for next-gen AI PCsSilicon Motion unveils the best performance per watt PCIe Gen5 SSD controller at FMS 2024 with the introduction of the Silicon Motion SM2508.Aug 5, 2024 9:27 PM CDT
- Sad day for gamers: Intel's 36-core Beast Lake CPU, rumored to blow away AMD's X3D, is canceledThe rumored Beast Lake range of processors, set to offer monstrous gaming performance, has been canned by Intel, a leaker tells us.Aug 5, 2024 2:37 PM CDT
- US recession scare wipes trillions from stock market, trading platforms are going downThere's blood in the water: potential US recession has wiped trillions of the stock market, causing multiple trading platforms going down across the US.Aug 5, 2024 12:49 PM CDT
- Micron develops industry's first PCIe Gen6 datacenter SSD: new Gen6 SSD pumps over 26GB/secMicron announces it's the first to develop PCIe Gen6 data center SSD technology for ecosystem enablement: ready for ultra-fast AI storage, and more.Aug 5, 2024 12:04 PM CDT
- Intel Arc Battlemage graphics card tease: 14 Xe2 GPU cores, 12GB GDDR6 at 19Gbps on 192-bit busIntel's next-generation Arc Battlemage 'Xe2' graphics card spotted: 14 Xe2 GPU cores, 12GB of GDDR6 at 19Gbps on a 192-bit memory bus.Aug 9, 2024 9:11 PM CDT
- TT Show Episode 46 - Ryzen 9000 Series CPU reviews and NVIDIA's AI training scandalThis week on the TT Show... Ryzen 9000 Series CPU reviews, NVIDIA in some AI hot water, and Intel's troubles go from bad to worse.Aug 9, 2024 5:55 PM CDT
- President signs 10-day ban on Elon Musk's X for 'inciting hatred'The president of a country has announced Elon Musk's X social media platform has been banned for 'inciting hatred, fascism, civil war, death.'Aug 9, 2024 10:02 AM CDT
- Intel hit with lawsuit alleging investors were hoodwinked by CEO and CFOA new class-action lawsuit alleges Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and CFO David Zinser hoodwinked investors about the health of its foundry business.Aug 9, 2024 8:21 AM CDT
- AOOSTAR: AMD's new Ryzen AI 300 series 'Strix Point' APU-powered Mini-PCs expected in OctoberAOOSTAR says that Mini-PCs based on AMD's new Ryzen AI 300 series 'Strix Point' APUs will arrive in October, if things go smoothly.Aug 9, 2024 6:30 AM CDT
- Intel rumored to outsource even more 3nm manufacturing to TSMC for advanced packaging, and moreIntel plans to outsource more 3nm manufacturing to TSMC and have its related advanced packaging and more done by local Taiwanese companies.Aug 9, 2024 5:04 AM CDT
- God of War Ragnarok PC specs announced, will support DLSS 3.7, FSR 3.1, and XeSS 1.3 on day oneThe good news? You'll be able to hit 60 FPS with a GeForce RTX 2060 when playing God of War Ragnarok. The downside? 190GB of SSD storage is required.Aug 9, 2024 3:31 AM CDT
- Intel Inside cars, launches 'new' GPU for 'next-level, high-fidelity experiences' in vehiclesIntel launches its A760A GPU which is made for cars, offering 'next-level, high-fidelity experiences' with higher performance, including AI.Aug 8, 2024 10:43 PM CDT
- AMD is hosting a mysterious Gamescom Event on August 23, is a new Radeon announcement coming?AMD Gamescom Event is happening on August 23, will Team Red use this as an opportunity to announce or tease the next-generation of Radeon GPUs?Aug 8, 2024 3:31 AM CDT
- Intel's next-generation Arrow Lake desktop CPUs will draw 'at least' 100W less powerAt a recent event in China, Intel confirmed that its next-gen Arrow Lake CPUs for desktop PCs will draw less power at higher frequencies.Aug 8, 2024 2:01 AM CDT
- Microsoft works with Samsung to launch mixed reality (MR) headset for games, media in 2026Microsoft is developing a mixed reality (MR) headset for games and multimedia consumption, working with Samsung Display on OLED panel for the headset.Aug 7, 2024 9:56 PM CDT
- Phison's groundbreaking aiDAPTIV+ makes training AI easier by combining GPUs and SSDsPhison's aiDAPTIV+ is a groundbreaking hybrid software and hardware solution for LLM training by leveraging SSDs to expand GPU memory.Aug 7, 2024 7:57 AM CDT
- Photo of extremely rare 'Nintendo Dolphin' console surfaces onlineA social media account called Console Variants has posted a new photo of a GameCube prototype that was called the Nintendo Dolphin.Aug 7, 2024 5:34 AM CDT
- World's first fully automated robot dentist performs surgery on humanA company has announced it performed the world's first fully automated dental procedure with the thorough help of an AI-powered robot.Aug 7, 2024 3:01 AM CDT
- Elon Musk's X teams up with Rumble to sue advertisers over boycottingElon Musk's social media platform X, Rumble and others are suing an international advertising group for allegedly boycotting companies.Aug 7, 2024 1:33 AM CDT
- Google 'is a monopolist' in search dominance, US judge rules in game-changing anti-trust caseGoogle is in serious trouble after a US federal judge ruled that the search giant abused a monopoly over the search industry in new anti-trust case.Aug 6, 2024 6:43 PM CDT
- Memblaze will tease a monster 30.72TB PBlaze7 7940 Gen5 SSD at FMS 2024, up to 14GB/sec readsMemblaze ships 150,000+ units of its PBlaze7 7940 SSD, its PCIe Gen5 enterprise NVMe SSD, will show off 30.72TB PBlaze7 7940 SSD at FMS 2024.Aug 6, 2024 9:00 AM CDT
- Dell crushes its HR department with 12,500 layoffs in a single dayThe stock market is wobbling seeing a massive sea of red that was followed by Dell announcing its laying off 12,500 workers to become a leaner company.Aug 6, 2024 5:01 AM CDT
- Elon Musk files lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for tricking himElon Musk has filed a new lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over his involvement in the founding of OpenAI and the later release of ChatGPT.Aug 6, 2024 12:46 AM CDT
- Foxconn still plans to ship NVIDIA's new GB200 AI servers on schedule in Q4 2024 amid issuesFoxconn plans to ship NVIDIA's new GB200 AI servers on schedule: Q4 2024, and is the only contract serer maker able to get enough Blackwell supply.Aug 5, 2024 11:45 PM CDT
- Lenovo teases a more compact Lite version of its Legion Go handheld coming soonWe were immediately impressed by Lenovo's portable gaming handheld, the Legion Go, in our review. So a more compact variant sounds like a great idea.Aug 5, 2024 10:31 PM CDT
- Logitech MIXLINE is a new and free audio-mixing app for creators and gamersMIXLINE is a free piece of software from Logitech that makes delaing with multiple audio inputs and outputs as easy as possible for gamers and creators.Aug 5, 2024 8:59 PM CDT
- AOOSTAR's new external GPU dock with OCulink launched: built-in 400W PSU, costs just $149AOOSTAR has announced its new AG102 OCulink external GPU dock, with a built-in 400W PSU, and supports graphics cards of up to 250W of power.Aug 5, 2024 1:33 PM CDT
- $2 trillion wiped from stock market implosion: Amazon, Meta, Google, Apple, NVIDIA all downBloodbath: 10 S&P 500 stocks including NVIDIA, Microsoft, Google, Apple and Amazon wiped an astonishing $2 trillion from the US stock market today, so far.Aug 5, 2024 12:38 PM CDT
- NFL to roll out facial recognition software in stadiums across the entire leagueThe NFL is going to be rolling out facial recognition software across 32 stadiums that will be powered by artificial intelligence and ready for preseason.Aug 5, 2024 10:34 AM CDT
- MSI's new AM5 exclusive BIOS options add up to 10% more perf on AMD Ryzen 9000 series CPUsMSI's latest AM5 BIOS features offer up to 10% more performance in gaming with AMD's new Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series CPUs, download the new BIOS now.Aug 9, 2024 8:33 PM CDT
- DOOM and DOOM II bundle releases with new levels and 4K supportThe first two DOOM games have been bundled together and released on every platform but with completely new levels and various other improvements.Aug 9, 2024 11:03 AM CDT
- US man arrested for 'laptop farm' fuelling North Korean weapons programsThe FBI has arrested a Tennessee man for running a 'laptop farm' that allegedly generated money for North Korean weapons programs.Aug 9, 2024 9:31 AM CDT
- Mac Mini with M4 chip will be the biggest design change since the Steve Jobs eraAn industry insider has revealed that Apple's upcoming M4 Mac Mini will usher in massive design changes and will essentially be an iPad Pro in a box.Aug 9, 2024 7:47 AM CDT
- SK hynix signs agreement with US Department of Commerce for advanced packaging plant in IndianaSK hynix signs preliminary memorandum of terms with US Department of Commerce, for its new advanced packaging facility in Indiana, USA.Aug 9, 2024 6:03 AM CDT
- Intel's next-gen Arc Battlemage 'Xe2' GPUs rumored to launch in Q4 2024Intel's next-generation Arc Battlemage 'Xe2' GPUs rumored for a Q4 2024 launch, with a 50% performance improvement over Arc Alchemist.Aug 9, 2024 4:20 AM CDT
- NVIDIA's Game Ready Driver has Final Fantasy 16 profiles, suggests PC release is coming soonFinal Fantasy 16's PC looks to be right around the corner thanks to new profiles for the game and a demo in NVIDIA's latest Game Ready drivers.Aug 9, 2024 12:36 AM CDT
- Intel delays Innovation event from September to 2025, Arrow Lake CPUs now in trouble too?Intel's challenges continue: the company postpones its Intel Innovation 2024 event from September 'until 2025' with smaller events between now and then.Aug 8, 2024 9:31 PM CDT
- AMD gaming bundle - two free games when you purchase a Ryzen 7000 CPU or Radeon RX 7000 GPUPurchase an eligible Ryzen 7000 Series GPU or Radeon RX 7000 Series GPU and get two games: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and Unknown 9: Awakening.Aug 8, 2024 3:03 AM CDT
- KIOXIA RAID Offload technology for SSDs earns 'Best in Show' award at FMS for innovationKIOXIA's new RAID Offload data protection technology ensures performance scales as the number of SSDs increases, and it just won an award at FMS.Aug 8, 2024 1:34 AM CDT
- Sabrent Rocket 4 4TB coming soon: teases Rocket 5 SSDs, lots of storage leadership at FMS 2024Sabrent teases Rocket 5 1TB, 2TB, 4TB monster-fast SSDs at FMS 2024: 4TB version of Rocket 4 and Rocket XTRM5 Thunderbolt 5 external SSD coming soon.Aug 7, 2024 9:20 PM CDT
- KIOXIA is developing Optical SSDs for the next-generation of green data centers and outer spaceAt the Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) conference KIOXIA is demoing a brand-new style of SSD, one with an optical interface. Optical storage is back!Aug 7, 2024 7:29 AM CDT
- Major Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 leak traced back to jailbroken PS4sCall of Duty: Black Ops 6 multiplayer was uploaded to COD HQ in preparation for the open beta, but jailbroken PS4s accessed it and leaked it online.Aug 7, 2024 4:45 AM CDT
- Microsoft responds to Delta's threats over $500 million CrowdStrike outageMicrosoft has responded to Delta Air Lines' accusations that it is partly responsible for the CrowdStrike outage that cost the air line $500 million.Aug 7, 2024 2:34 AM CDT
- President Trump announces he'll do an 'major interview' with Elon Musk on MondayPresident Donald Trump says that he'll be interviewed by Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Monday night, mark your calendars, people!Aug 6, 2024 7:45 PM CDT
- NVIDIA app updates adding more features and free Xbox Game PassNVIDIA has rolled out a new update to its NVIDIA app, the one-stop shop for driver-level game setting changes, monitor customization, and driver updates.Aug 6, 2024 11:03 AM CDT
- NVIDIA scrambles to respond to regulator probing over 90% share of AI chip marketNVIDIA faces global scrutiny from government regulators over its dominance in the AI chip market, as the GPU maker sells more than 90% of all AI chips.Aug 6, 2024 7:18 AM CDT
- World's most used operating system loses millions of users to Windows 11Microsoft's Windows 10 is slowly losing market share to the company's latest OS as millions of users make the transition to Windows 11.Aug 6, 2024 1:49 AM CDT
- AMD reportedly planning to release entry-level Radeon RX 7400 and 7300 RDNA 3 GPUsAMD isn't quite ready to call it quits on the Radeon RX 7000 Series, with rumors pointing to more RDNA 3 on the way... GeForce RTX 3050 competitors.Aug 6, 2024 12:31 AM CDT
- Elon Musk wants to 'give people superpowers', 'outperform a pro gamer' with his brain implantsElon Musk wants his Neuralink brain computer interface (BCI) patients to 'outperform a pro gamer' and says 'let's give people superpowers'.Aug 5, 2024 11:19 PM CDT
- Stable Diffusion AI image generation optimized for GeForce RTX, generates images in real-timeWith TensorRT acceleration and optimizations the GeForce RTX 4090 can generate Stable Diffusion 3.0 images in real-time, as you type.Aug 5, 2024 9:59 PM CDT
- Kick streamer Adin Ross gives President Trump custom Tesla Cybertruck, vibes to tunes with himPresident Donald Trump vibes to music in a Tesla Cybertruck with Kick streamer Adin Ross during Ross' livestream at Mar-a-Lago, Trump chose the songs.Aug 5, 2024 8:46 PM CDT
- ASUS ROG Z13 Flow 2025 teased: new gaming tablet with AMD Strix Halo APU at 110WASUS working on ROG Z13 Flow 2025 gaming tablet: powered by AMD's upcoming beefed-up Strix Halo APU with 110W power, HEAVILY upgraded RDNA 3.5 GPU.Aug 5, 2024 1:19 PM CDT
- Cooler Master says its new fanless 850W PSU supports NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090Cooler Master says that its new fanless power supplies are ready for NVIDIA's new ultra-enthusiast GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card, hot damn.Aug 5, 2024 12:18 PM CDT
- Elon Musk reveals Neuralink has implanted its second human patientElon Musk's brain-implant company Neuralink has completed its second surgery on a human patient, with Musk saying in an interview it's 'working very well.'Aug 5, 2024 9:32 AM CDT
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