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Russia upgrading its 'Doomsday planes' in case of a nuclear warRussia is building a next-gen 'Doomsday plane' that will let them control their nukes from the sky, in case of a nuclear war.Jul 27, 2021 9:11 PM CDT
Don't worry, Intel's new Z690 chipset mobos keep 24-pin connectorIntel's next-gen Alder Lake CPUs and the new Z690-based motherboards retain their 24-pin connector, no need to buy a new PSU.Jul 27, 2021 7:42 PM CDT
Xbox Series X/S are the fastest-selling Xbox consoles in historyMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella confirms the new Xbox Series S and X consoles are the fastest-selling Xbox consoles in history.Jul 27, 2021 6:10 PM CDT
Xbox smashes records with $15 billion revenues in FY2021Microsoft just made more money from Xbox gaming than it ever has before, smashing through the $15 billion revenues mark in FY2021.Jul 27, 2021 4:33 PM CDT
Hubble spots key ingredient for life on the solar systems largest moonNASA's Hubble Space Telescope has spotted one of the key ingredients of life on the solar system and Jupiter's largest moon.Jul 27, 2021 5:35 AM CDT
French Navy to test new WALL-E laser turret that kills enemy dronesThe French navy is about to begin testing on a new laser defense system named HELMA. It's designed to bring down enemy drones.Jul 27, 2021 4:06 AM CDT
Harvard-led team to hunt cosmos for 'interstellar travellers' and UFOsAn international team of scientists led by a Harvard researcher will search the cosmos for any viable evidence of aliens.Jul 27, 2021 2:32 AM CDT
Aftershock PC opens up huge new HQ in Melbourne, AustraliaCustom PC maker Aftershock PC opens its huge new 40,000 sqft facility in Melbourne, Australia building some of the best PCs ever.Jul 26, 2021 8:29 PM CDT
Assassin's Creed Valhalla will set fire to Paris on August 12Assassin's Creed Valhalla's most ambitious expansion to date will chronicle the brutal Siege of Paris when it launches August 12.Jul 26, 2021 6:38 PM CDT
Amazon's GPU-killing New World is trying to spin fans at 200,000 RPMEVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra fans are trying to spin at 200,000 RPM (that's not a typo) in Amazon's New World, killing GPUs.Jul 26, 2021 2:35 PM CDT
Experts analyzed that 'authentic' viral Bigfoot footage and found thisExperts have recently analyzed that viral footage that people claim to be 'authentic' evidence that Bigfoot or a sasquatch exists.Jul 26, 2021 5:04 AM CDT
FAA rule change stops Jeff Bezos and crew from getting astronaut wingsThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has changed its rules on giving out astronaut wings, stopping Jeff Bezos and crew.Jul 26, 2021 3:35 AM CDT
Hubble showcases an astronomical phenomenon with an amazing imageNASA has released an incredible image that showcases an astronomical phenomenon that can warp and magnify distant galaxies.Jul 26, 2021 2:33 AM CDT
AMD rumored to price Radeon RX 6600 XT at $349, Radeon RX 6600 at $299AMD could price its new RDNA 2-based mid-range Radeon RX 6600 XT at $349, but the state of the GPU market will dictate that.Jul 25, 2021 7:43 PM CDT
Ubisoft still has no plans for a Rainbow Six Siege sequelUbisoft developers still have no plans for a Rainbow Six Siege sequel, will focus on expanding the base game with new content.Jul 25, 2021 4:12 PM CDT
Here's what the cancelled PS3 Superman game looked likeFactor 5 was working on an early Superman game for the PlayStation 3 that took lots of inspiration from the animated series.Jul 25, 2021 1:41 PM CDT
Grandfather dies after minors swatted him over his rare Twitter handle60-year-old man dies in stupid swatting incident, idiots online wanted his Twitter handle @tennessee because it was worth money.Jul 24, 2021 10:23 PM CDT
China's new Loongson CPU is nearly as good as first-gen AMD RyzenLoongson's next-generation 3A5000 CPUs use their own properitary microarchitecture, offering first-gen AMD Ryzen level performance.Jul 24, 2021 8:33 PM CDT
What's going on with Respawn's new game? Here's some cluesRespawn Entertainment is currently expanding its incubation team for a new singleplayer adventure game, and it could be a new IP.Jul 24, 2021 6:18 PM CDT
Fallout 76 mods: FO76 is a lot more fun with new custom games modeFallout 76 gets a new mode that prioritizes fun, freedom, and customization above all things, which are hallmarks of mod support.Jul 24, 2021 2:40 PM CDT
Incredible video shows Olympics drones creating our home in the skyThe 2021 Tokyo Olympics have kicked off, and during the openings, drones were programmed to create the place we call home.Jul 24, 2021 2:28 AM CDT
Dead Space reboot: Ray tracing, no load screens or microtransactionsEA Motive's new Dead Space reboot will leverage high-end effects like ray-tracing on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S and no load screens.Jul 23, 2021 4:04 PM CDT
TechTubers saying GPU prices will drop soon is 'absolute BULLS**T'There are some TechTubers saying GPU prices are going to crash soon, but reliable leaker says that this is 'absolute BULLS**T'.Jul 22, 2021 9:52 PM CDT
AMD's next-gen RDNA 3 GPU: up to 2.5x faster than GeForce RTX 3080 TiAMD will have multiple Navi 3X GPUs based on its RDNA 3 architecture, with the Multi-Compute Die (MCD) GPU with Navi 31 soon.Jul 22, 2021 7:41 PM CDT
16-year Assassin's Creed vet leaves to join Jade Raymond's Haven teamIn a somewhat ironic twist of fate, veteran Assassin's Creed art director Raphael Lacoste leaves Ubisoft to join Jade Raymond.Jul 22, 2021 5:08 PM CDT

Vigilante app Citizen will PAY YOU to livestream crime scenes in USACitizen is paying Americans in LA and NYC to livestream crime scenes, emergencies -- $25 an hour, with $200-$250 per day on offer.Jul 27, 2021 8:32 PM CDT
Sorry, 59 million Americans -- you can't buy Alienware's new gaming PCDell's new Alienware Aurora R12 gaming desktop PC can't be sent to California, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, or Washington.Jul 27, 2021 7:11 PM CDT
This gaming event is the first to require COVID-19 vaccination recordsPAX West becomes the first on-site gaming event to require COVID-19 vaccination records or proof of negative COVID-19 tests.Jul 27, 2021 5:55 PM CDT
Ubisoft finally adds this big feature into Assassin's Creed ValhallaOne-handed swords are being added to Assassin's Creed Valhalla alongside a level-scaling option to add more challenge to combat.Jul 27, 2021 3:31 PM CDT
Amazon officially comments on rumors about supporting Bitcoin paymentsAmazon has officially commented on the recent rumors surrounding the company purportedly creating its own coin and supporting BTC.Jul 27, 2021 5:07 AM CDT
Tesla 'boat mode' video shows electric cars wading through flood waterIf your area is prone to flooding, it may be time to look at getting a Tesla vehicle as the 'boat mode' really seems to work.Jul 27, 2021 3:33 AM CDT
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3080 Ti X-Gaming Naraka Bladepoint Edition announcedZOTAC RTX 3080 Ti X-Gaming Naraka Bladepoint Edition full custom GPU launches along side the game on August 12, check it out!Jul 26, 2021 10:45 PM CDT
Intel retires +++ scheme: Intel 7, Intel 4, Intel 3, Intel 20A nodesIntel changes its node naming scheme: RIP Enhanced SuperFin, introducing Intel 7, Intel 4, Intel 3, and the Intel 20A nodes.Jul 26, 2021 7:59 PM CDT
Mortal Kombat franchise is now the best-selling fighting seriesMortal Kombat is now the best-selling fighting franchise of all time with 73 million sales, beating series like Super Smash Bros.Jul 26, 2021 5:08 PM CDT
Bumble dating app match leads FBI to a US Capitol Riot suspectThe Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has been lead to a capitol building rioter from data provided to them by Bumble.Jul 26, 2021 6:04 AM CDT
Elon Musk drops big hint for Dogecoin that want to make a lot of moneyTesla and Space CEO Elon Musk has dropped a big hint for Dogecoin holders that are interested in making 'a lot of money'.Jul 26, 2021 4:36 AM CDT
Putin warns Russia will carry out a 'unpreventable strike' if requiredPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin has warned that the Russian navy is approved to carry out an 'unpreventable strike' if required.Jul 26, 2021 3:34 AM CDT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 leaks: beast GPU, 100%+ faster than RTX 3090NVIDIA's next-gen AD102: Ada Lovelace GPU rumors on TSMC 5nm, insane-fast 24Gbps GDDR6X memory from Micron, and oh-so-much more.Jul 25, 2021 11:52 PM CDT
EVGA replacing bricked RTX 3090s from New World, and so they shouldEVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra graphics cards being bricked by Amazon's New World are being replaced by EVGA under RMA.Jul 25, 2021 7:13 PM CDT
Steam Deck will have a built-in FPS limiter to help battery lifeValve's new handheld-PC hybrid Steam Deck will have built-in options like a frame rate limiter to help preserve battery life.Jul 25, 2021 3:18 PM CDT
NASA: Great Pyramid of Giza-size asteroid to fly 'close' by Earth soonNASA calculations are showing that a Great Pyramid of Giza-size asteroid will have a 'close' fly-by with Earth on the weekend.Jul 25, 2021 6:13 AM CDT
Your smartphone probably has better CPU cores than Starlink dishesSpaceX Starlink user dishes are powered by quad-core CPU with ARM Cortex-A53 cores, the same chip inside entry-level smartphones.Jul 24, 2021 9:30 PM CDT
NVIDIA might launch Hopper GPU instead of Ada Lovelace to beat RDNA 3NVIDIA could skip the Ada Lovelace GPU architecture for Hopper, to better fight AMD's next-gen RDNA 3 architecture coming soon.Jul 24, 2021 7:42 PM CDT
Here's our first look at NBA 2K22's next-gen visuals on PlayStation 52K Games reveals the first NBA 2K22 in-game screenshots, showing next-gen visual optimizations and also reveals new modes.Jul 24, 2021 5:40 PM CDT
Battlefield 2042's open beta starts soon with pre-order early accessEA confirms Battlefield 2042's open beta test will start in September with early access for EA subs and anyone who pre-orders.Jul 24, 2021 2:12 PM CDT
NVIDIA's next-gen Ada Lovelace GPU: for Nintendo Super Switch, not PC?NVIDIA's next-gen Ada Lovelace GPU is expected to be powering the next-gen GeForce RTX graphics card... but maybe not...Jul 23, 2021 9:56 PM CDT
Billion-dollar monetization giant EA shifts towards singleplayer gamesBillion-dollar monetization titan Electronic Arts is now re-embracing singleplayer as it sets up profitable online tentpoles.Jul 23, 2021 3:15 PM CDT
NVIDIA stockpiling GA106 GPUs, will deploy against Radeon RX 6600 XTAMD is about to launch its Radeon RX 6600 XT, which will battle (and lose to) NVIDIA's current GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, launches soon.Jul 22, 2021 8:37 PM CDT
Amazon's New World is killing heaps of GPUs, not just the RTX 3090Amazon's New World isn't just killing RTX 3090s, but also RTX 3080 Ti, and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, 6800 XT, 6800, and more GPUs.Jul 22, 2021 7:06 PM CDT
Steam Deck can handle all Steam games performance-wise, even new onesValve says it hasn't found a game that the Steam Deck couldn't run at its 800p 30FPS performance target, including newer games.Jul 22, 2021 4:11 PM CDT

Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 Mini-LED: 49-inch UltraWide 5120 x 1440 @ 240HzSamsung's new Odyssey Neo G9 monitor is here: 49-inch UltraWide with huge 5120 x 1440 res, 240Hz refresh, 1ms response time.Jul 27, 2021 8:02 PM CDT
Game Pass subscribers spend a LOT more on games, Microsoft saysXbox Game Pass subscribers are spending a lot more time and money on games, and Microsoft says the service is 'growing rapidly'Jul 27, 2021 6:43 PM CDT
Activision stock drops 8% on worker strike, ongoing abuse controversyActivision-Blizzard stock fell to lowest points in the last six months following scathing abuse and discrimination allegations.Jul 27, 2021 5:15 PM CDT
Jeff Bezos throws $2 billion at NASA to steal SpaceX's lunar contractBlue Origin founder Jeff Bezos has thrown $2 billion at NASA in a hail-mary attempt at securing a SpaceX's $2.9 billion contract.Jul 27, 2021 6:04 AM CDT
Here's how far NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has flown in totalNASA's helicopter named Ingenuity has taken several flights since arriving on the Red Planet, but how far has it flown in total?Jul 27, 2021 4:32 AM CDT
NASA tap SpaceX to launch new alien hunting mission on mystery moonNASA has saved an estimated $1.5 billion in launch/storage costs by choosing SpaceX to launch its new alien-hunting mission.Jul 27, 2021 3:03 AM CDT
Clubhouse data hacked, 3.8 billion phone numbers for sale on DarknetClubhouse was THE in-thing, and now it's not: 3.8 billion phone numbers are on sale on the Darknet in a gigantic breach.Jul 26, 2021 9:11 PM CDT
AMD's next-gen Radeon RX 7900 XT: new Navi 31 GPU, battles RTX 4090AMD's next-gen Navi 31 GPU: dual-die (MCM) design with 15360 cores and a rumored 512MB of Infinity Cache (up from 128MB).Jul 26, 2021 7:09 PM CDT
Death Stranding is a success with 5 million units sold on PS4, PCDeath Stranding has currently broken 5 million sales worldwide on both PC and PlayStation 4, Kojima Productions confirms.Jul 26, 2021 3:54 PM CDT
'Time traveler' claims his year 2027 is connected to 2021A man has claimed to be from 2027 in a now-viral video posted on TikTok and that his year of 2027 is somehow connected to 2021.Jul 26, 2021 5:36 AM CDT
US Intelligence report on UFO's confirms 144 unexplainable incidentsA report from the United States intelligence community has confirmed 144 incidents of the unexplainable between 2004 and 2021.Jul 26, 2021 4:05 AM CDT
NASA's 'superpressure' balloons may be the next era of space camerasNASA has developed a 'superpressure' balloon that may be a cheap alternative for a space telescope with Hubble-level quality.Jul 26, 2021 3:02 AM CDT
Amazon working on its own crypto, will accept Bitcoin later this yearAmazon is working on its own cryptocurrency, but will first accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano later this year and into 2022.Jul 25, 2021 8:38 PM CDT
Final Fantasy 1-6 Pixel Remasters could come to consoles laterSquare Enix's new Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters are launching on smartphones and PC, but might come to consoles if demand is high.Jul 25, 2021 5:34 PM CDT
Battlefield 2042's Portal mode will get new content over timeBattlefield 2042's new Portal mode is part of the game's huge live service roadmap and will expand over time with new content.Jul 25, 2021 2:32 PM CDT
Vegas strip club Crazy Horse 3 now accepts BitcoinCrazy Horse 3 strip club in Las Vegas using the Lightning Network to accept Bitcoin payments for drinks, food, tips, and more.Jul 24, 2021 11:26 PM CDT
PowerColor's new Radeon RX 6600 XT listed for $868 in New ZealandSigh... PowerColor's new Radeon RX 6600 XT listed for $868 in New Zealand... absolutely ridiculous pricing continues worldwide.Jul 24, 2021 8:56 PM CDT
NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs teased on TSMC 5nmNVIDIA's next-gen Ada Lovelace GPU is on the way, should be on TSMC 5nm and will arrive as the GeForce RTX 40 seires GPUs.Jul 24, 2021 7:06 PM CDT
GTA Online's Los Santos Tuners update is Rockstar's biggest yetGrand Theft Auto Online's new Los Santos Tuners update added a record number of new players, beating all other game updates.Jul 24, 2021 3:26 PM CDT
SpaceX will launch NASA's new alien-hunting mission to a specific MoonSpaceX has been awarded the launch contract for a NASA mission that's main objective is to hunt for alien life on a faraway moon.Jul 24, 2021 6:05 AM CDT
Here's when the Halo Infinite beta starts and how to get inHalo Infinite's first beta technical preview test will host hundreds of thousands of gamers but PVP won't be part of the action.Jul 23, 2021 5:02 PM CDT
Dead Space is coming back, but not for these consolesEA is resurrecting Dead Space, but only for next-gen PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S consoles, and PC--current-gen is left behind.Jul 23, 2021 10:24 AM CDT
NVIDIA isn't clear with AIBs on making GPUs gimped for crypto miningNVIDIA's crypto-gimped Lite Hash Rate (LHR) production is forced on AIBs, but AIB partners aren't going down without a fight.Jul 22, 2021 7:53 PM CDT
Haven Studios' new PlayStation exclusive IP is an online gameNew job listings for a Senior Tools Programmer confirm Haven Studios' new PlayStation-exclusive IP will be an online game.Jul 22, 2021 6:23 PM CDT
Battlefield's new Portal mode is custom games on steroidsBattlefield Portal combines Battlefield 1942, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Battlefield 3, and Battlefield 2042 for custom carnage.Jul 22, 2021 2:44 PM CDT

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