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- Scientists create next-generation battery for 'smartphones to operate indefinitely'A company has created a new battery that is able to provide a device 50 years of electricity without needing a recharge, and it works for smartphones.Jan 22, 2024 8:35 AM CST
- Holographic technology set to bring Steven Hawking back from the dead to teach studentsAI-powered holographic technology is set to enter universities for remote guest speaking for classes that could even come from as far as the grave.Jan 22, 2024 7:09 AM CST
- Samsung unveils Galaxy Ring with 'leading sensor technology' and a 24/7 comfort levelSamsung has unveiled its foray into the smart ring market at its Unpacked event a few days ago, showcasing to the world the Galaxy Ring.Jan 22, 2024 1:03 AM CST
- Opinion: Microsoft needs to be more transparent with its digital gaming plansDigital is at the forefront of the Xbox business model, but Microsoft still needs to more clearly outline its plans for a digital-based future of gaming.Jan 21, 2024 10:32 PM CST
- Intel Xeon 'Granite Rapids' CPUs get major cache upgrade: top SKU now has 480MB of L3 cacheIntel's next-gen Xeon 'Granite Rapids' CPus get huge boost in L3 cache: up to 480MB of L3 cache, a huge 50% boost in L3 cache over Emerald Rapids CPUs.Jan 21, 2024 8:37 PM CST
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090M, RTX 4080M appear in China: laptop GPUs marketed as desktop GPUsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 Laptop GPUs have been made into desktop GPUs in China, but expect less performance than desktop versions (obviously).Jan 21, 2024 7:09 PM CST
- Opinion: Now is an opportune time to push digital-only gamingWith the current inflation-driven economic landscape, consumers are trying to save money wherever possible--and this could bode well for digital gaming.Jan 21, 2024 1:38 PM CST
- These are the apps your Vision Pro will come with, but there's a huge caveatThe Vision Pro ships next month with a whole load of apps, but a lot of them are going to be iPad versions instead of revamped AR/VR upgrades.Jan 21, 2024 3:44 AM CST
- Palworld, gaming's latest viral sensation, hits 2 million sales in 24 hoursPalworld aka 'Pokemon with guns' is the latest instant viral indie sensation, achieving huge sales numbers in a short span on both PC and Xbox consoles.Jan 20, 2024 5:44 PM CST
- Microsoft's take on Civilization is a grand strategy epic that promises not to waste your timeInstead of letting you play all the way to the end, and realize you lost early on, Ara: History Untold will dump you out of a losing game early on.Jan 19, 2024 11:11 AM CST
- Manor Lords, a city builder from a lone developer, is now the number 2 wished-for game on SteamWith over 2 million PC gamers having wishlisted Manor Lords on Steam, it's second only to Hades II in terms of the most anticipated games for 2024.Jan 19, 2024 6:49 AM CST
- Starlink's new 10Gbps satellite internet costs $1.25M upfront, then $750,000 per month afterSpaceX is now advertising a new Starlink service with 1Gbps speeds for its satellite internet service: $1.25 million up front and $750K per month after.Jan 18, 2024 6:23 PM CST
- Harrison Ford stars in new Indiana Jones and the Great Circle gameMachineGames new Indiana Jones and the Great Circle game will star Harrison Ford, is first-person and takes place between Raiders and The Last Crusade.Jan 18, 2024 3:31 PM CST
- Street Fighter 6 breaks 3 million sales, total Street Fighter franchise now at 52 millionCapcom's latest hit Street Fighter 6 has now sold 3 million copies since launching in June 2023, pushes total Street Fighter franchise sales to 52 million.Jan 18, 2024 12:31 PM CST
- NVIDIA's RTX 4070 Super is below MSRP already in Europe - another hint this GPU is struggling?Retailers in Austria, Germany, and Poland have already cut the price of the RTX 4070 Super graphics card below the MSRP, which could be a telling sign.Jan 18, 2024 9:59 AM CST
- SPARKLE has new low-profile Intel Arc A380 GENIE and Arc A310 ECO graphics cards comingSPARKLE's latest Intel Arc GPUs sport low-profile form-factors designed for small builds and media PCs wanting AV1 encoding and AI hardware.Jan 17, 2024 11:59 PM CST
- AMD FSR 3 with Frame Generation added to Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 and WarzoneCall of Duty's latest update adds support for FSR 3, bringing Frame Generation to multiple generations of RDNA and GeForce GPU owners.Jan 17, 2024 10:31 PM CST
- The Apple Watch has been banned again and it's likely to stay that wayThe Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 have been banned again and Apple might have to remove functionality to fix the situation.Jan 17, 2024 2:21 PM CST
- InWin showed some interesting new computer cases at CES 2024, such as the Mod Free Mini and D5InWin had some cases that return to what InWin was all about, being a little bit different than the rest of the industry, and it shows.Jan 17, 2024 12:40 PM CST
- Linux is suddenly 6% faster in one respect after a developer spent 5 minutes tinkering with itDeveloper says the claimed 6% boost to file system performance was something that took just a few minutes, and it'll hopefully be included in Linux v6.9.Jan 17, 2024 10:50 AM CST
- CES 2024 shaken up by Rabbit's walkie-talkie AI-powered virtual assistantCES 2024 had some crazy new announcements, and one of them came from the new AI startup Rabbit with its unveiling of the R1, a companion smartphone device.Jan 17, 2024 9:51 AM CST
- iOS 17.3 and watchOS 10.3 will be released next week, Apple confirms.Apple has confirmed when it will make the iOS 17.3 and watchOS 10.3 software updates available to the public and it's going to be soon.Jan 17, 2024 9:00 AM CST
- Apple could make the iPhone 16 Pro slower in the name of cutting costsApple's 1TB iPhone 16 Pro is tipped to feature a cheaper type of storage in an attempt to reduce costs, but it's also slower as a result.Jan 17, 2024 8:00 AM CST
- Elon Musk airs out some of Tesla's dirty laundry on X in new postTesla CEO Elon Musk is going for more control at the company, and if he doesn't get it, he said he isn't comfortable making Tesla a leader in AI & robotics.Jan 17, 2024 4:51 AM CST
- GALAX GeForce RTX 4090D is 5% slower for gaming and 10% slower for AI when compared to RTX 4090Redesigned to comply with sanctions, the GeForce RTX 4090D for China has been benchmarked and performance isn't too far off the current RTX 4090.Jan 17, 2024 1:59 AM CST
- Intel Arrow Lake might have a surprise up its sleeve: some peppy low-end laptop CPUsHopefully Arrow Lake U low-power mobile processors will be the engine for some affordable thin-and-light laptops that have a decent amount of pep.Jan 22, 2024 8:05 AM CST
- NASA announces its reconnected with helicopter stationed on MarsNASA has announced that global worries can now stop as it has re-established a solid connection with the helicopter stationed on Mars.Jan 22, 2024 3:40 AM CST
- Palworld, the Pokemon with guns hit, surpasses 1 million concurrent players on SteamAnd with that Palworld surpasses Cyberpunk 2077, Baldur's Gate 3, and Hogwarts Legacy's Steam records - becoming the 5th most played game of all time.Jan 21, 2024 11:31 PM CST
- Halo Infinite seasons are done, 343 teases new Halo game and/or content343 Industries has officially stopped Halo Infinite's seasons as the developers move on to new projects: 'There are a lot of things cooking here.'Jan 21, 2024 9:31 PM CST
- Intel Arrow Lake-S CPU details: should have 24 cores, 125W default TDPIntel's next-gen Arrow Lake-S processors detailed in new leaked slides: 24-core CPUs (8 P-Cores and 16 E-Cores) with new 800 series chipset details, too.Jan 21, 2024 8:05 PM CST
- Meta's long-term vision for AGI: 600,000 x NVIDIA H100-equivalent AI GPUs for future of AIMark Zuckerberg unveils Meta's goal in creating artificial general intelligence (AGI) with nearly 600,000 AI GPUs by the end of this year alone.Jan 21, 2024 6:28 PM CST
- Report: Walmart to dispose of physical copies of Starfield at behest of Microsoft, BethesdaAt the behest of suppliers Bethesda and Microsoft, retailer Walmart will reportedly remove and dispose of all physical disc copies of Starfield tomorrow.Jan 21, 2024 11:54 AM CST
- The Vision Pro can AirPlay what's on its display to other Apple devices, but it's limitedThe Apple Vision Pro will allow people to AirPlay its display to other devices but the output will be limited to just 720p, the company has confirmed.Jan 21, 2024 2:45 AM CST
- TT Show Episode 18 - RTX 4070 SUPER review, game-changing monitors and headsets, and AI robots!GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER reviews, self-charging headsets, game-cheating displays, SpaceX, robots folding clothes, YouTube controversy, and more!Jan 19, 2024 5:09 PM CST
- Windows 11 is getting a feature to make editing your Android phone photos so much easierThe previous remote capture feature has been ditched by Microsoft, and a new hook-up between Android phones and Windows 11 PCs is being tested.Jan 19, 2024 8:35 AM CST
- GALAX GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER HOF OC Lab 'Master-X' announced with 320W TGP, 211MHz+ OCGALAX introduces its new GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER HOF OC Lab in Master-X and Master Editions, with a beautiful all-white design including the PCB.Jan 18, 2024 8:58 PM CST
- Avowed release timing announced by ObsidianObsidian Entertainment confirms their new narrative-driven fantasy RPG Avowed will launch in Fall 2024 on Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Xbox Game Pass.Jan 18, 2024 5:33 PM CST
- Gaming subscriptions make up 10% of annual US spending, in excess of $5 billionVideo game subscription services like PlayStation Plus, Xbox Game Pass, and Nintendo Switch Online help generate over $5 billion revenues in the US.Jan 18, 2024 2:33 PM CST
- Intel Arrow Lake support is in CPU-Z - a sign 15th-gen CPUs will arrive earlier than expected?We can but hope - looking at past additions for preliminary support to CPU-Z, this at least hints that Arrow Lake CPUs could be out in Q3 rather than Q4.Jan 18, 2024 11:57 AM CST
- Got your heart set on an NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti Super? Sadly this GPU could be tricky to buyThis graphics card will have the lowest production allocation of all NVIDIA's RTX Super refreshes, apparently, and might sell out in a flash.Jan 18, 2024 8:07 AM CST
- ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 4070 SUPER OC Edition pushes performance to 4070 Ti and 7900 XT levelsBy increasing the power draw and boosting clock speeds ASUS's OC Edition GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER pushes performance into RTX 4070 Ti and 7900 XT territory.Jan 17, 2024 11:36 PM CST
- Bethesda brings Fallout Shelter antics to Elder Scrolls with new mobile gameBethesda's mysterious mobile game is Elder Scrolls Castles, a Fallout Shelter-esque overseer simulation game for the popular medieval fantasy franchise.Jan 17, 2024 4:04 PM CST
- Top-end GIGABYTE RTX 4070 Super GPU looks tempting - it's very nearly as fast as an RTX 4070 TiThird-party RTX 4070 Super models are really cranking the wattage and clocks, with some impressive results as GIGABYTE's AORUS Master variant shows.Jan 17, 2024 1:45 PM CST
- Apple wants Epic to pay $73 million for its own court costs over their App Store legal spatApple wants Epic Games to pay $73 million to cover its court costs as part of the now-ended App Store legal battle between the two.Jan 17, 2024 12:15 PM CST
- eBay to pay $3 million to a couple after employees sent them live spiders and fetal pigeBay has announced it will be paying two critics $3 million over former employees sending them live spiders, cockroaches and a fetal pig.Jan 17, 2024 10:20 AM CST
- Tech start-up unveils new way to control smartphones and laptops by tilting your headA tech start-up called Augmental has unveiled the MouthPad, a new device designed to allow the physically impaired to interact more easily with devices.Jan 17, 2024 9:36 AM CST
- The $3,499 Vision Pro lacks fast Wi-Fi 6E and any kind of Ultra Wideband technologyApple's Vision Pro doesn't have Wi-Fi 6E, let alone Wi-Fi 7, and there's no place for the Ultra Wideband technology used for Find My and AirTags, either.Jan 17, 2024 8:45 AM CST
- Apple broke podcasting for everyone with one simple change in iOS 17If you're a podcaster and you've wondered why your download figures have plummeted, you can blame Apple and the iOS 17 update from September 2023.Jan 17, 2024 7:45 AM CST
- Diablo 4 Season 3 gives you a robotic companion that fights, while adding WASD controls on PCBlizzard outlines what to expect with Diablo 4's third season, and with the focus on mechanized constructs players will get a robotic pet that fights.Jan 17, 2024 2:57 AM CST
- Ubisoft director: gamers need to become more comfortable 'not owning' their gamesThe director of subscriptions at Ubisoft has said gamers need to get more comfortable with not owning games for the subscription services to expand.Jan 17, 2024 1:48 AM CST
- Scientists discover star that defies current understanding of the cosmosA team of scientists discovered a star that is shattering the general understanding of how the cosmos works, according to a newly published study.Jan 22, 2024 7:35 AM CST
- Seagate launches the world's largest hard drive at a very reasonable priceSeagate has knocked Western Digital Gold's 24TB hard drive off the first-place podium for the world's largest HDD with the Exos X Mozaic 3+.Jan 22, 2024 3:10 AM CST
- OpenAI founder Sam Altman is building a global network of dedicated chip fabrication plantsOpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to use billions of dollars setting up a network of factories to manufacture semiconductors, future AI processors.Jan 21, 2024 11:09 PM CST
- Starfield's first 'quality of life' post-launch update is just bug fixes with no new featuresBethesda's first 'quality-of-life' focused update for Starfield, doesn't really include any notable 'quality-of-life' updates to the game.Jan 21, 2024 9:02 PM CST
- Apple Vision Pro costs $3499, but without AppleCare+ the repair cost is an insane $2400Apple Vision Pro headset costs $3499 for the base model, or $4800 if it has 1TB of internal storage... while repair costs are a huge $2400!Jan 21, 2024 7:38 PM CST
- Sabrent's next-gen Rocket 5 Gen 5 SSD runs at just 60C under load, without a huge heatsinkSabrent benchmarks its new Rocket 5 Gen 5 SSD powered by Phison's new E26 Max14um controller, with 14GB/sec+ speeds running at 52C under load.Jan 21, 2024 5:55 PM CST
- iPhone 16 Pro tipped for a massive 2TB storage upgradeApple's new iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max could both ship with double the maximum storage this year according to a new report.Jan 21, 2024 4:50 AM CST
- You might want to give Apple's Vision Pro a miss if you have one of these medical conditionsApple's Vision Pro headset goes on sale on February 2 but Apple has warned people with these medical conditions that they might experience problems.Jan 21, 2024 2:28 AM CST
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth introduces a new gaming paywall - New Game+ is a $15 upgradeThe base game of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth doesn't come with the New Game+ feature and many Yakuza fans are seriously unhappy about it.Jan 19, 2024 1:50 PM CST
- Another game gets AMD's FSR 3 frame generation - but (probably) not the one you were hoping forAlthough to be fair, Farming Simulator 22 is a popular enough title with its fans, and it's now the seventh game to benefit from FSR 3.Jan 19, 2024 8:05 AM CST
- GEEKOM APro8 Max Mini-PC: AMD Ryzen 9 8940HS and Radeon RX 7600M XT insideGEEKOM's new APro8 Max Mini-PC features AMD Ryzen 9 8940HS, Radeon RX 7600M XT dedicated GPU, up to 64GB of RAM and up to 2TB SSD storage.Jan 18, 2024 8:15 PM CST
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle confirmed Xbox exclusive, won't launch on PlayStationMachineGames new Indiana Jones and the Great Circle video game will apparently be exclusive to Xbox and PC, will not release on PlayStation consoles.Jan 18, 2024 4:37 PM CST
- Take-Two vs Remedy logo dispute is a 'formality,' both companies have already worked out issuesRockstar Games parent company Take-Two Interactive has filed a trademark opposition of Remedy Entertainment's new logo, but the two have worked things out.Jan 18, 2024 1:31 PM CST
- 2024 could be the year all laptops get 16GB of RAM - and you can thank Microsoft's AI for thatIt seems all new AI PCs, and more broadly all laptops, will be going for 16GB of RAM this year, as that's the minimum reportedly stipulated by Microsoft.Jan 18, 2024 11:03 AM CST
- Feelbelt is designed to immerse you in sound as it 'transmits every Frequency to your skin'It might look like Batman's toolbelt but the Feelbelt isn't packing gadgets - it's all about haptic technology so you can 'feel' games, music, and movies.Jan 18, 2024 12:28 AM CST
- NVIDIA Reflex is now available in over 100 games, lowering system latency on GeForce GPUsNVIDIA Reflex reduces system latency to improve responsiveness when gaming, and its now available in over 100 games - with more to come.Jan 17, 2024 11:02 PM CST
- Xbox Developer Direct wont have shadow drops, all games will come later in 2024Microsoft has officially confirmed it will not shadow drop or surprise release a new game as part of tomorrow's big Xbox Developer Direct showcase.Jan 17, 2024 3:02 PM CST
- GAMDIAS up its computer chassis game by introducing cases like the Neso P1 Elite at CES 2024GAMDIAS has taken steps to up its game in the PC case market, has two flagship cases that compete with high-end offerings from other companies.Jan 17, 2024 12:47 PM CST
- NVIDIA's new driver brings RTX 4070 Super support, and 100+ games now have Reflex techNVIDIA Reflex for tackling input lag is getting wider support, plus Team Green has introduced DLSS 2 and DLSS 3 to some new games, as well.Jan 17, 2024 11:32 AM CST
- Rabbit sells more than 10,000 units of its extremely interesting pocket AI companionAI startup company Rabbit has announced that it has sold out two batches of its R1, an AI companion device designed to be a pocket virtual assistant.Jan 17, 2024 10:05 AM CST
- NASA telescope photographs two cosmic monsters smashing into each otherNASA has released a photo snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope that shows two cosmic monsters merging into one out in deep space.Jan 17, 2024 9:16 AM CST
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl now has a final release date - September 5, 2024This is the concrete release date for the long-awaited shooter, we're told, which has been in development since 2009 (well, on and off).Jan 17, 2024 8:30 AM CST
- Apple's Vision Pro App Store is now live as early adopters get ready to preorderApple's Vision Pro will go on sale very soon and the company has now started to make third-party apps available in the App Store ahead of time.Jan 17, 2024 7:00 AM CST
- AVerMedia launches Live Gamer 4K 2.1 and Live Streamer ULTRA HD capture cardsAVerMedia's new flagship Live Gamer 4K 2.1 (GC575) HDMI 2.1 PCIe capture card with full 4K144 passthrough with HDR and VRR support.Jan 17, 2024 2:31 AM CST
- AMD drops Radeon RX 7900 XT price to $749, ASRock and other models already $709.99 on NeweggA repsonse to the new GeForce RTX 40 SUPER Series? Quite possivbly, but either way AMD is dropping the price of its Radeon RX 7900 XT for a limited time.Jan 17, 2024 1:27 AM CST