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- NASA's Mars rover snapped an incredible photo of a dusty Mars helicopterNASA's Mars rover named Perseverance has snapped an incredible close-up photograph with its Mastcam-Z of NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity.Apr 24, 2023 5:34 AM CDT
- Parrot-to-Parrot video calling is real and the results are surprisingEighteen parrots have been taught how to video call other parrots and have been observed by researchers that analyzed any behavioral changes.Apr 24, 2023 2:39 AM CDT
- Acer Predator X34 V is a new 34-inch ultrawide OLED with impressive brightnessThe Acer Predator X34 was the first ultrawide display I experienced, so the news that the 2023 model is set to go OLED is cause for celebration.Apr 24, 2023 12:32 AM CDT
- Nintendo very unlikely to get full $10 million restitution from BowserCourts have ordered Gary Bowser to pay Nintendo $10 million for his involvement in Team Xecuter, however the company is unlikely to receive full amount.Apr 23, 2023 4:53 PM CDT
- Nintendo asks FTC judge to dismiss testimony subpoena in Activision merger caseNintendo of America legal counsel asks FTC law judge to dismiss a subpoena that would require Nintendo executives to testify in the Activision merger case.Apr 22, 2023 10:16 PM CDT
- Buy an NVIDIA RTX 4090, get an Intel A750 GPU for free from Japanese retailerThis is one of the more bizarre bundle deals we've ever seen, but there are several catches to bear in mind here, including a very limited stock.Apr 21, 2023 2:17 PM CDT
- Meta lays off 1/3rd of Ready at Dawn, the devs that made The Order 1886Ready At Dawn, the devs behind The Order 1886 launch game on PlayStation 4 and the Lone Echo VR games, has been affected by Meta's recent layoffs.Apr 21, 2023 9:32 AM CDT
- Elon Musk is paying for these Twitter accounts to keep their blue checkmarksAfter announcing the change, Twitter has removed a swath of legacy verification checkmarks across its platform, leaving the accounts Musk is paying for.Apr 21, 2023 5:35 AM CDT
- AI-generated Drake song featuring The Weekend forced to be taken offlineThe major record label, Universal Music Group, has removed a popular AI-generated song featuring imitated vocals from Drake and The Weekend.Apr 21, 2023 2:36 AM CDT
- Netflix will finally stop sending out DVDs in red envelopes to people this yearIt's the end of an era with Netflix looking to send out its final red envelope with a DVD inside sometime later this year after 25 years.Apr 20, 2023 10:57 PM CDT
- Google was warned against launching 'cringeworthy' Bard AI, report claimsStaff reportedly called the AI a 'pathological liar' while voicing concerns about inaccuracies, and felt it was worse than useless in one case - ouch.Apr 20, 2023 2:03 PM CDT
- GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition axial fans are great for cooling CPUsTurns out the RTX 40 Series Founders Edition fans are great for cooling things other than high-end Ada Lovelace cards, like CPUs in these custom builds.Apr 20, 2023 12:28 AM CDT
- Microsoft updates DirectStorage to version 1.2 with support for older HDDsMicrosoft has released Version 1.2 of the DirectStorage SDK, where in addition to performance improvements there's now support for older HDDs.Apr 19, 2023 9:57 PM CDT
- The iPhone 15 wasn't always going to have a USB-C portApple's iPhone 15 is expected to get a USB-C port but a new report suggests that wasn't always the plan - it was originally getting a Lightning port.Apr 19, 2023 4:29 PM CDT
- PS5 driving US console market gains, breaks new PlayStation monthly sales recordPlayStation 5 remains the best-selling console of 2023 in the U.S. and is driving hardware sales for the region while breaking new sales records.Apr 19, 2023 2:39 PM CDT
- Capcom shares hit all-time high following Monster Hunter Now mobile game newsCapcom's shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange reached a new high point following the announcement of a new Niantic-developed Monster Hunter mobile game.Apr 19, 2023 12:29 PM CDT
- Gamer uses a brain signal controller to beat Elden Ring boss MelaniaA Twitch streamer has beaten one of the most annoying bosses in FromSoftware's notorious title Elden Ring just using her brain signals.Apr 19, 2023 4:31 AM CDT
- College students set to beat NASA at landing first robotic US rover on the MoonNASA will be stepping aside to allow college students to helm the mission that will put the very first autonomous rover on the surface of the Moon.Apr 19, 2023 3:08 AM CDT
- Google's Pixel Fold detailed as launch window all but confirmedGoogle's Pixel Fold is now just around the corner with CNBC reporting that it'll cost around the same as the Galaxy Z Fold 4 after its announcement in May.Apr 19, 2023 2:24 AM CDT
- Mother receives ransom AI phone call about her daughter's kidnappingA mother has been terrified after receiving a phone call from a loved one that informed her that her daughter had been tragically kidnapped.Apr 19, 2023 1:52 AM CDT
- Instagram just got 'one of the most requested features we've had'Instagram has finally realized that its stance on links in profiles was unnecessary. Now, up to five of them can be added which is a big improvement.Apr 18, 2023 2:34 PM CDT
- NVIDIA RTX 4070 GPU may get a $50 price cut - and that could happen very soonAn up to $50 rebate is being mulled by NVIDIA, if the rumor mill is right, and this could be how Team Green helps to stoke sales if they end up flagging.Apr 18, 2023 10:10 AM CDT
- Photographer wins prestigious competition with AI image and refuses the awardA German artist has refused his award for the creative open category that he won at Sony's world photography awards to spark a debate.Apr 18, 2023 5:05 AM CDT
- Two new Motorola Razr foldable phones tipped for June ReleaseMotorola is said to have not just one but two new foldables ready for the market and they're set to be announced in June according to a new leak.Apr 18, 2023 3:52 AM CDT
- Don't expect a mystery third Samsung foldable in 2023Samsung had been rumored to have a third foldable device in the works, possibly with a tri-fold design. Now, one analyst says that it won't arrive in 2023.Apr 18, 2023 1:39 AM CDT
- Watch SpaceX's Starship launch and explode in 8K slow motionSpaceX's conducted its first orbital test flight for the world's largest and most powerful rocket, and it was captured in high-definition slow motion.Apr 24, 2023 5:04 AM CDT
- Explore an anime version of Tokyo in this free Unreal Engine 5 demoUnreal Engine 5 is upping the visual fidelity we see in a number of games, with Anime Tokyo recreating the iconic Shibuya district.Apr 24, 2023 1:57 AM CDT
- GeForce RTX 4070 shows up in Amazon's best-selling graphics cards, behind RX 580The GeForce RTX 4070 has been selling (as seen on Amazon in US), but the current trends point to people snapping up older GPUs before they disappear.Apr 24, 2023 12:06 AM CDT
- FTC seeks info on Microsoft's 10-year Call of Duty deal with NintendoThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking more information about the 10-year Call of Duty licensing deal that Microsoft signed with Nintendo.Apr 23, 2023 1:50 AM CDT
- Blizzard wants you to help slam its Diablo IV servers in second beta testBlizzard wants to make sure Diablo IV's launch goes as smoothly as possible, so they're holding a second beta that will massively stress test the servers.Apr 22, 2023 2:52 PM CDT
- AMD RX 580 GPUs are now being used as... keychains?If you want a novelty keychain, and fancy a GPU theme, maybe someone will start making these outside of China - but we wouldn't bank on it.Apr 21, 2023 11:19 AM CDT
- Important Xbox sharing feature now gone, likely due to Elon Musk's TwitterElon Musk's new Twitter API fee may have massively inconvenienced Xbox gamers and shrunk the available engagement pool for Microsoft's gaming business.Apr 21, 2023 7:38 AM CDT
- NASA confirms 660-pound satellite has crashed into Earth after 21 years in orbitAn out-of-commission NASA satellite has plummeted back down to Earth after spending 21 years in orbit observing solar flares from low-Earth orbit.Apr 21, 2023 5:04 AM CDT
- ASUS ROG Ally gaming handheld's Ryzen Z1 Extreme CPU confirmed via GeekbenchGeekbench results for the Ryzen Z1 Extreme CPU inside the ASUS ROG Ally have appeared, confirming a boost clock of just over 5 GHz.Apr 21, 2023 12:32 AM CDT
- AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 23.4.2 driver released, Dead Island 2 support addedThe latest Radeon driver release from AMD adds support for Dead Island 2, but several known issues for the Radeon RX 7000 Series remain.Apr 20, 2023 10:27 PM CDT
- New password manager from Proton Mail devs promises to be super-secureProton Pass, which is still in beta, runs a tight ship with encryption applied to everything - and it boasts a nifty trick with email aliases, too.Apr 20, 2023 9:52 AM CDT
- Radeon 780M RDNA 3 GPU in AMD Phoenix Laptop sees impressive benchmark resultsTech reviewer tests out the latest ASUS TUF system powered by the new Ryzen 9 7940HS processor with a Radeon 780M RDNA 3 iGPU, with impressive results.Apr 19, 2023 11:04 PM CDT
- The Pixel Tablet's price is unknown, but its charging dock isn't cheapThe Google Pixel Tablet is expected to be announced soon and its charging dock is already expected to be expensive when it's bought separately.Apr 19, 2023 5:05 PM CDT
- Atari looks to the past for its future, buys up more than 100 classic gamesAtari announces that it has acquired more than 100 classic PC and console games including the notorious platformer Bubsy to bolster its nostalgia model.Apr 19, 2023 3:43 PM CDT
- Halo dev leads Netflix's push into prime AAA gamingOld school Halo developer Joe Staten has been hired to creatively direct Netflix's first major AAA game as the streamer transforms into a multimedia giant.Apr 19, 2023 2:08 PM CDT
- New adventure game from developer of Myst has a recommended PC spec of 32GB RAMThat's stupidly steep for an adventure game, right? Well, the developer does offer up an explanation for the big ask on the system RAM front.Apr 19, 2023 11:11 AM CDT
- Chocolate 3D Printer from Cocoa Press is available for pre-order, yes chocolateThe Cocoa Press 3D is available for pre-order, a new 3D printer that prints chocolate creations that you will need to do your best not to eat right away.Apr 19, 2023 3:56 AM CDT
- Microsoft is building its own AI chip using TSMC's 5nm process to save moneyWith the rise of AI and the surging costs surrounding all things AI hardware, Microsoft is developing its own AI chips under the project name 'Athena.'Apr 19, 2023 2:53 AM CDT
- Seagate's new 22TB IronWolf Pro is the company's highest-capacity CMR HDDThe new Seagate IronWolf Pro 22TB is designed for NAS, DAS, and RAID environments with multiple users and it offers impressive capacity.Apr 19, 2023 2:15 AM CDT
- Google reveals its AI taught itself a skill that it wasn't supposed to haveThe CEO of Google has sat down for an interview to discuss artificial intelligence developments and how parts of it remain mysterious.Apr 19, 2023 1:19 AM CDT
- Forget ChatGPT, Elon Musk is making TruthGPT, an AI to 'understand the universe'A truth-seeking AI that attempts to understand the very nature of the universe? You can't accuse Musk of lacking ambition, that's for sure.Apr 18, 2023 2:12 PM CDT
- Linux beats Windows 11 in AMD Ryzen 7800X3D speed tests - but does that matter?Performance showdown sees Linux victorious over Microsoft's OS, but the margin of victory has to be taken into account - plus other factors besides.Apr 18, 2023 9:05 AM CDT
- MIT physicist says humans will give birth to an advanced alien civilizationMax Tegmark, a physicist, cosmologist, and artificial intelligence researcher, says humans will give birth to an advanced alien civilization.Apr 18, 2023 4:23 AM CDT
- Google DeepMind CEO warns AI is heading towards self awarenessThe head of Google's DeepMind, an artificial intelligence research laboratory, has said that AI is heading in the direction of becoming self-aware.Apr 18, 2023 2:34 AM CDT
- The GeForce RTX 4070 is here, so where's AMD's mid-range response?AMD has yet to release or talk about more affordable RDNA 3 graphics cards, but that doesn't mean there's no info out there for the 7800 XT and 7700 XT.Apr 18, 2023 1:32 AM CDT
- China to copy NASA's helicopter to beat the US in the Mars sample return raceChina has released more details about its Tianwen-3 mission, which is set to deliver Mars samples back to Earth before any other country.Apr 24, 2023 3:13 AM CDT
- Hundreds of 24-ton bricks set to solve a major problem with renewable energyA company is constructing two facilities that will raise and lower 24-ton blocks of compressed dirt to solve a significant renewable energy problem.Apr 24, 2023 1:35 AM CDT
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti could be priced at $399, on par with the RTX 3060 TiWith reports that the GeForce RTX 4070 is not selling as expected NVIDIA might be looking at a more gamer-friendly price for the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti.Apr 23, 2023 11:46 PM CDT
- South Africa likely to approve Microsoft-Activision mergerSouth Africa is likely to be the sixth worldwide regulator to approve Microsoft's proposed $68.7 billion mega-merger with Activision Blizzard King.Apr 23, 2023 12:49 AM CDT
- HiFi Rush exceeded expectations, Xbox executive fact checks recent reportsXbox executive management responds to recent rumors of Hi-Fi Rush failing to meet expectations, says the game was actually a big hit for the Xbox brand.Apr 21, 2023 3:11 PM CDT
- Intel XeSS brings jaw-dropping frame rate boosts to Cyberpunk 2077 with Arc GPUsXeSS in 'performance' mode offers up to a 71% boost in frame rates, allowing the A750 GPU to run the game at well over 60 fps with ray tracing.Apr 21, 2023 10:10 AM CDT
- NASA selects who will live in a Mars surface simulation for 1 yearNASA has selected four participants that will undertake the challenge of living in a simulated version of the surface of Mars for an entire year.Apr 21, 2023 6:04 AM CDT
- Elon Musk congratulates SpaceX after Starship was deliberately blown upOnly four minutes after liftoff, SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded, ending the first trial flight for the world's largest and most powerful rocket.Apr 21, 2023 3:04 AM CDT
- Seagate to pay the US Gov $300 million for selling hard drives to HuaweiSeagate has reached an agreement with the US Department of Commerce where it will pay a penalty of $300 million for selling millions of HDDs to Huawei.Apr 20, 2023 11:56 PM CDT
- NVIDIA is reportedly slowing GeForce RTX 4070 production due to low salesThe GeForce RTX 4070 isn't selling well, with a new report outlining that NVIDIA has informed its partners that it plans to pause production for a month.Apr 20, 2023 9:59 PM CDT
- Windows 11 tweaks aim to save power and boost battery life for laptopsBetter longevity on the move is always a major boon for notebooks, and a tweak to usher in improved power-efficiency for the display is good to see, too.Apr 20, 2023 7:25 AM CDT
- MSI Afterburner gets a long-awaited update, with version 4.6.5 available nowMSI Afterburner is back with a new official release, and it's a massive update that adds support for all new GeForce RTX 40 Series and AMD Radeon RX GPUs.Apr 19, 2023 10:28 PM CDT
- Cliffy B hopeful for Lawbreakers revival, but Nexon owns the rightsFPS maven Cliff Bleszinski is hopeful for a Lawbreakers revival, but there's just one potential snag: The shooter IP is owned by South Korea's Nexon.Apr 19, 2023 5:05 PM CDT
- Patch Chrome now, as Google's browser has a nasty security flawThat makes two zero-day vulnerabilities that have hit the Chrome browser in the space of a week, which isn't a good look for Google.Apr 19, 2023 3:10 PM CDT
- CMA to deliver final decision on Microsoft-Activision merger next weekUK regulators at the Competition and Markets Authority will deliver a final decision on the proposed Microsoft-Activision merger next week on April 26.Apr 19, 2023 1:24 PM CDT
- NVIDIA RTX 4080 GPU gets a tempting price cut at some retailersThe RTX 4090 was also discounted in the US, but stock has now vanished, while RTX 4080 deals currently remain - though you might want to think carefully.Apr 19, 2023 6:58 AM CDT
- ASUS ROG Ally handheld to be powered by a custom AMD Ryzen Z1 Series processorHardware details for ASUS's powerful ROG Ally gaming handheld PC emerge, pointing to a custom AMD Phoenix APU called the Ryzen Z1 Series.Apr 19, 2023 3:27 AM CDT
- Never released GeForce RTX 3060 SUPER would have featured a fully unlocked GA106Looks like NVIDIA were testing a fully unlocked GeForce RTX 3060 with more CUDA Cores that could have ended up being an RTX 3060 SUPER.Apr 19, 2023 2:36 AM CDT
- Big changes are coming to Netflix in the United StatesNetflix says it's going to stop sending plastic discs out in the mail after 25 years, while password sharing is going to have to end in the United States.Apr 19, 2023 2:05 AM CDT
- Leaker claims watchOS 10 will finally make app management betterThe Apple Watch is getting some new software later this year and it's said it'll finally add app folders to the mix when watchOS 10 arrives in September.Apr 18, 2023 3:00 PM CDT
- New NVIDIA GPU driver supports Dead Island 2, fixes nasty Counter-Strike 2 bugDead Island 2 and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor get support, and those in the limited test of Counter-Strike 2 will welcome a bug fix present in driver 531.68.Apr 18, 2023 11:26 AM CDT
- WhatsApp is upgrading its emoji game with animationsWhatsApp could be about to change its emoji game by adding support for animated emojis for the first time. The feature is said to be ready for beta testing.Apr 18, 2023 6:33 AM CDT
- Google's Pixel 7a won't mean the death of the Pixel 6a, report claimsGoogle's Pixel 7a is coming but unlike previous releases, Google isn't expected to kill off the previous mid-range phone to make space for it in the lineup.Apr 18, 2023 4:17 AM CDT
- Students create ChatGPT smart glasses to coach you through your next dateA new pair of smart glasses allow users to access OpenAI's ChatGPT to provide additional information to the wearer in real-time during conversations.Apr 18, 2023 2:05 AM CDT
- This Sony Trinitron CRT turned into a custom water-cooled PC is pure retro goldThis custom build takes a classic Sony Trinitron CRT monitor and turns it into an all-in-one retro gaming PC, and it looks awesome.Apr 18, 2023 12:26 AM CDT
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