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- Star Wars Outlaws missed Ubisoft's expectations again despite content updateDespite steep discounts and a huge content title update, Star Wars Outlaws still failed to meet Ubisoft's sales expectations over the holiday 2024 period.Feb 13, 2025 3:19 PM CST
- NVIDIA x MediaTek rumored on new AI smartphone chip now, AI PC chip to debut at Computex 2025NVIDIA and MediaTek reportedly working on AI smartphone chip according to fresh rumors, with its AI PC processor now pegged for Computex 2025 reveal.Feb 13, 2025 1:31 PM CST
- It's not just the GeForce RTX 5090... we've now got melting connectors on the RTX 5080Redditor posts picture of his melted 16-pin power connector on his PSU, which had NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition graphics card inside.Feb 13, 2025 12:12 PM CST
- Scientists 'racing' to create the first AI for animal-to-human translationResearchers are competing for multi-million dollar rewards in a race to be the first to develop AI that enables real-time animal-to-human translation.Feb 13, 2025 5:56 AM CST
- Borderlands 4 release date confirmed for September 23, 20252K and Gearbox have confirmed that Borderlands 4 is set to launch on September 23, 2025, for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Check out the new trailer!Feb 12, 2025 11:33 PM CST
- Assassin's Creed Shadows PC specs, GeForce RTX 4090, DLSS required for Full RT in 4KAssassin's Creed Shadows PC requirements show that you'll need a pretty powerful rig to max out the visual settings, and that's with DLSS, FSR, or XeSS.Feb 12, 2025 10:33 PM CST
- ASUS releases BIOS update for its new ASTRAL GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUsA new BIOS and firmware update for the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 and GeForce RTX 5080 GPUs has been released promising a 'more silent fan curve.'Feb 12, 2025 7:29 PM CST
- Crytek lays off 15% of its staff, announces next-gen Crysis 4 is officially on holdCrytek announces it 'must' layoff 15% of their total 400 employees, and after shelving the new Crysis, all effort is now put into Hunt: Showdown 1896.Feb 12, 2025 1:01 PM CST
- NVIDIA RTX 5070 rumor claims GPU is delayed to March, and this is seeming more and more likelyPrevious rumors have hinted at a delay to March, and the RTX 5070 graphics card is conspicuously missing from all the current chatter about the RTX 5070 Ti.Feb 12, 2025 8:46 AM CST
- Man who lost nearly $1 billion worth of Bitcoin now wants to buy the landfillThe man who threw out a hard drive in 2013 with 7,500 Bitcoins is now intending to buy the landfill site where he believes the drive is waiting to be found.Feb 12, 2025 7:13 AM CST
- NASA officially increases probability of most-dangerous asteroid hitting EarthNASA and the European Space Agency have issued updates on what is considered to be the most dangerous asteroid astronomers currently have on the books.Feb 12, 2025 2:33 AM CST
- Widespread VPN attack: 2.8 million IPs involved in brute-force campaignA large-scale cyber-attack has been reported by The Shadowserver Foundation, with 2.8 million VPN and edge devices targeted globally.Feb 12, 2025 1:01 AM CST
- Feeling guilty about using WinRAR for free for decades? Buy the official WinRAR bagWinRAR is using the fact that many out there that have been using its software for free for decades as a marketing tool for its official merch.Feb 11, 2025 11:04 PM CST
- 'Hapunan' - why this Filipino horror game about selling duck eggs is going viralHapunan, a story-driven horror game developed by a solo Indie developer in the Philippines, has been gaining traction among streamers. What's behind it?Feb 11, 2025 8:44 PM CST
- AMD releases new Radeon beta drivers for Monster Hunter Wilds and Civilization VIIAMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 25.2.1 might be a beta release but it adds support for this month's biggest PC game releases for Radeon GPUs.Feb 11, 2025 6:34 PM CST
- Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney asks if OpenAI will take VBucks as payment to buy ChatGPT makerEpic Games CEO and founder Tim Sweeney asks if OpenAI will accept VBucks as a payment to acquire the company, says he's 'thinking of making an offer'.Feb 11, 2025 2:44 PM CST
- Trump refuses to sign global AI declaration, calls for 'optimism over fear'The Trump administration has resisted signing the global declaration presented at the AI Action Summit in Paris, citing its limitations on innovation.Feb 11, 2025 12:05 PM CST
- Experts left terrified after AI self-replicates without human assistanceResearchers warn AI has already crossed a critical 'red line' after it showcased the ability to clone itself with off-the-shelf components.Feb 11, 2025 8:02 AM CST
- Andrew Ng released 'Agentic Object Detection' last week - here's why it's making waves'Agentic Object Detection' is the latest advancement announced by Andrew Ng. Here's why it's important, and how we might see it put to use.Feb 11, 2025 6:31 AM CST
- Take-Two CEO comments on GTA 6 releasing on PC and falling console salesTake-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has touched on Grand Theft Auto VI releasing on PC, and how the title is expected to impact the console market.Feb 11, 2025 2:33 AM CST
- Trump administration's stance heading into Paris AI summit: 'America first'Heading into the Paris AI Action Summit, the Trump administration are focused on maintaining US dominance in the field of artificial intelligence.Feb 11, 2025 1:02 AM CST
- Lemokey L5 HE 8K, the 'Ultimate Magnetic Gaming Keyboard,' available for pre-orderThe new Lemokey L5 HE 8K Magnetic Gaming Keyboard from Keychron looks stunning with its cyberpunk influenced design, and its features are impressive too.Feb 10, 2025 11:33 PM CST
- NVIDIA's RTX Kit for developers updated with game-changing AI-powered RTX Neural ShadersRTX neural rendering is now available for game developers thanks to NVIDIA updating the RTX Kit with its latest groundbreaking AI technologies for games.Feb 10, 2025 9:59 PM CST
- Apple is launching a new iPhone this week for around $500Industry analyst and Bloomberg report Mark Gurman has predicted Apple will announce a new iPhone this week and it will be approximately $500.Feb 10, 2025 5:42 PM CST
- Sri Lanka confirms a monkey brought down the power gridA monkey has been blamed for a nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka after a fight between monkey's broke out and a transmission line was impacted.Feb 10, 2025 9:14 AM CST
- US VP JD Vance says Trump admin will ensure AI systems are designed, built, fabbed in the USAUS Vice President JD Vance says that the Trump admin will make sure the best AI systems are built in the US with American designed, manufactured chips.Feb 13, 2025 3:03 PM CST
- SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 9070 series 'Nitro+' custom RDNA 4 spotted: triple-slot, hidden connectorsSAPPHIRE's new Radeon RX 9070 series 'Nitro+' graphics cards spotted: custom RDNA 4 comes with huge triple-slot cooler, hidden power connectors.Feb 13, 2025 1:01 PM CST
- AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 'Strix Halo' with Radeon 8060S tested: APUs go totally next-genAMD's new enthusiast-grade Ryzen AI Max+ 395 'Strix Halo' APU has been tested in 3DMark: new Radeon 8060S is close to 3x faster than Radeon 890M in 3DMark.Feb 13, 2025 11:33 AM CST
- Until Dawn meets 'The Thing' in the latest State of Play reveal trailerDuring the recent PlayStation State of Play, we got a closer look at Directive 8020, a sci-fi horror game inspired by famous films like 'The Thing'Feb 13, 2025 12:33 AM CST
- Elden Ring Nightreign release date confirmed for PC and consoles alongside new trailerElden Ring Nightreign is out May 30, 2025 for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox and it's a new standalone roguelike co-op survival action game.Feb 12, 2025 11:04 PM CST
- NVIDIA's Jensen Huang 'No AI can replace 100% of a job, but many can replace 80% of what we do'In a recent interview with World Wide Technology, Jensen Huang dived into how AI is more likely to augment jobs than fully replace them.Feb 12, 2025 10:06 PM CST
- AMD's new Radeon RX 9070 XT listed for $698 by Canadian retailer, RX 9070 non-XT at $586Canadian retailer lists multiple custom AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 graphics cards: starting at $586 and listed for up to $698 for custom RDNA 4.Feb 12, 2025 2:02 PM CST
- Remedy has sold over 2M+ copies of Alan Wake 2, teases that a new project is now in productionRemedy confirms that it has sold over 2 million copies of Alan Wake 2, says that Control 2, Max Payne 1&2 Remake, and a new project are in production.Feb 12, 2025 12:27 PM CST
- AMD RDNA 4 high-end GPU rumored to debut by June with 32GB VRAM - to take on RTX 5090, or not?The big question here is: if the rumored graphics card is true, is this a gaming GPU, or a data center one? Sadly, we reckon the latter is more likely.Feb 12, 2025 8:12 AM CST
- Elon Musk says he's uncovered the biggest level of fraud in historyElon Musk has warned that the magnitude of fraudulent federal entitlements completely outweighs the sum of every private scam anyone has ever heard of.Feb 12, 2025 6:52 AM CST
- Scientists create revolutionary light-based AI chip smaller than a speck of dustResearchers have designed a new ground-breaking AI chip that manipulates light to drastically increase data processes speed and reduce power consumption.Feb 12, 2025 2:03 AM CST
- Nintendo Switch 2 price leak backs up Nintendo's recent official statementsA new leak on Famiboards by a Costco employee has shared two images of an internal product listing for what could be the Nintendo Switch 2.Feb 12, 2025 12:31 AM CST
- Intel's Security Report for 2024 says its products are more secure than AMD's or NVIDIA'sThe 2024 Intel Product Security Report showcases that Intel's CPU and GPU security is a step or two ahead of its competition - AMD and NVIDIA.Feb 11, 2025 10:02 PM CST
- Palmer Luckey-founded Anduril inks huge US Army deal: 'turning soldiers into superheroes'Palmer Luckey-founded Anduril Industries is taking over the US Army's ambitious Integrated Visual Augmented System (IVAS) from Microsoft.Feb 11, 2025 8:08 PM CST
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series gaming laptop pre-orders start February 25, retail launch in MarchNVIDIA announces next-gen GeForce RTX 50 series gaming laptop pre-orders begin on February 25, expected to hit retail shelves in March.Feb 11, 2025 4:04 PM CST
- Elon Musk tries to buy OpenAI, but Sam Altman replies 'no thank you', tries to buy X for $9.74BElon Musk announces $97.4 billion bid to buy ChatGPT maker OpenAI, with CEO Sam Altman saying 'no thank you' and offers to buy X for $9.74 billion.Feb 11, 2025 2:22 PM CST
- PlayStation's State of Play is set for Feb 12, major reveals expectedIn a last-minute blog post, Sony revealed the official timing for PlayStation's latest State of Play - set to take place on Wednesday at 5pm ET.Feb 11, 2025 10:42 AM CST
- Back to the Future might be the next franchise to receive the 'Indiana Jones treatment'The existence of the project has been all but confirmed by screenwriter Bob Gale. The question is, will it get the Indy treatment?Feb 11, 2025 7:31 AM CST
- Microsoft's latest study confirms it: AI is making us dumberNew research conducted by Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon has observed that reliance on AI causes a decline in critical thinking, among other effects.Feb 11, 2025 6:02 AM CST
- Bill Gates reveals Steve Jobs told him to take acid to make Microsoft's products coolerMicrosoft founder Bill Gates has revealed in an interview that Apple founder Steve Jobs told him to take acid to make Microsoft's products more interesting.Feb 11, 2025 2:04 AM CST
- Apple is about to make Siri a whole lot smarter in a new imminent updateApple is slated to release a new update that will be aimed at making Siri much more intelligent, making it one of the most important Siri updates yet.Feb 11, 2025 12:31 AM CST
- Microsoft rejected John Carmack's plan to bring Quake 3 VR to Meta QuestJohn Carmack tried to get an impressive but unofficial Quake 3 VR port officially released on the Meta Store, but was rejected by id and Microsoft.Feb 10, 2025 11:01 PM CST
- GeForce RTX 5070 Ti launch confirmed for February 20 thanks to this countdown pageMSI posted a page on its French storefront counting down to the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti launching on February 20, which has since been taken down.Feb 10, 2025 9:29 PM CST
- NVIDIA RTX 4090 GPU flat-out stress-tested runs at 20°C with home aircon unit cooling setupInnovative PC cooling solution is ready for the RTX 5090, the owner just needs to wait for the water block for the Blackwell flagship GPU to be released.Feb 10, 2025 1:42 PM CST
- Valve issues platform-wide ban for any games that force advertisingValve has introduced new guidelines to their Steamworks documentation, very clearly outlining a no-tolerance stance on in-game advertising.Feb 10, 2025 8:47 AM CST
- TSMC rumored to be working on advanced chip packaging plant in the USA, would avoid tariffsTSMC could radically speed up its semiconductor plans in the Untied States: next-gen 2nm mass production at its Arizona fab now expected for 2028.Feb 13, 2025 2:02 PM CST
- AMD officially announces Radeon RX 9000 series 'RDNA 4' reveal for February 28, launch in MarchAMD says that the 'wait is almost over' announcing a February 28 reveal of its next-gen Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs, with RDNA 4 launching in March.Feb 13, 2025 12:37 PM CST
- Google's former chief warns AI could lead to a 'Bin Laden' style attackIn a recent interview with the BBC, Google's former CEO Eric Schmidt expressed his fears about AI being used by 'rogue states' to commit acts of terror.Feb 13, 2025 6:37 AM CST
- GTA 5's ex-lead just revealed a new game - fans are calling it 'GTA 2077'During Sony's State of Play showcase, former Rockstar lead Leslie Benzies showcases 'Mindseye', an action adventure title set for a summer release.Feb 13, 2025 12:01 AM CST
- Sam Altman backpedals on release of o3, shortly after de-hyping 'superintelligence' claimsSam Altman took to X to detail OpenAI's new plans for their upcoming models. Including the cancellation of o3, and the push to release GPT-5.Feb 12, 2025 10:40 PM CST
- GeForce RTX 5060 launch pushed back to April due to 'chip supply constraints'Although the GeForce RTX 5060 hasn't been formally announced it's now on track for an April 2025 launch due to 'chip supply constraints.'Feb 12, 2025 7:56 PM CST
- Overwatch 2 Season 15 starts Feb 18: lootboxes are back, new Perk system and maps teasedBlizzard has just announced Overwatch 2 Season 15: lootboxes return, upgrade heroes using Perks, competitive rank reset, new skins, and new maps teased.Feb 12, 2025 1:25 PM CST
- AMD RX 9070 GPU launch event rumored for February 20 - to steal NVIDIA's RTX 5070 Ti thunder?If the current rumors are right, we can expect the full RX 9070 announcement in just over a week, followed by the GPUs going on sale come March 6.Feb 12, 2025 11:11 AM CST
- Sam Altman says he feels sorry for Elon Musk's life-long 'insecurities'OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said during an interview that Elon Musk's whole life is 'from a position of insecurity' and that he 'feels for him'.Feb 12, 2025 7:40 AM CST
- Microsoft warns some Windows 11 users they should downgrade to Windows 10 'immediately'Windows 11 users getting pushed back to Windows 10 - that's a new one - but in this case, there's a good reason for Microsoft's recommendation.Feb 12, 2025 5:00 AM CST
- Google and Apple officially change the name of the Gulf of Mexico, but there's a catchGoogle has confirmed that it has officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in compliance with President Trump's orders.Feb 12, 2025 1:32 AM CST
- GeForce RTX 5090 power connector spotted at 150+ Celsius, prone to meltingA 12VHPWR power connector being used on the GeForce RTX 5090 has melted, sparking an investigation into the power draws of the RTX 5090.Feb 12, 2025 12:02 AM CST
- be quiet! Silent Loop 3 announced, a new AIO cooler with whisper-quiet performanceThe new be quiet! Silent Loop 3 AIO CPU cooler launches later this month, and it's been designed for silent operation - even when the pump is at maximum.Feb 11, 2025 9:31 PM CST
- G.SKILL announces OC World Cup 2025 with $40,000 USD total cash prize poolG.SKILL OC World Cup 2025 details have been announced, with the Online Qualifier round kicking off this weekend leading up to the Gran Final at Computex.Feb 11, 2025 6:58 PM CST
- GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition: first melted power connector, third-party cable blamedNVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card experiences melted 12V-2x6 power connector, third-party cable is to blame.Feb 11, 2025 3:33 PM CST
- GIGABYTE's new GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 AORUS Master cards have an optional fourth fanGIGABYTE's new custom GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 AORUS Master cards have a monster triple-fan cooler, but they have an optional fourth fan, too.Feb 11, 2025 2:02 PM CST
- Spotify responds to Premium users saying they're hearing adsSpotify has responded to complaints from Premium users hearing advertisements while hearing content, saying an investigation is underway.Feb 11, 2025 8:32 AM CST
- NVIDIA's Jensen Huang is 'spitting bars' in recent AI video showcaseChinese AI company ByteDance unveiled their latest AI video tool, OmniHuman, which can animate realistic video footage from still images.Feb 11, 2025 7:02 AM CST
- NVIDIA grip loosens as OpenAI nears completion of custom AI chipOpenAI is closing in on the final design for its first in-house AI chip that will be used as negotiating leverage against other chip suppliers.Feb 11, 2025 5:21 AM CST
- Intel suffers another blow after C-level staffer leaves to run NokiaAfter Intel lost its CEO Pat Gelsinger, the company has suffered another blow as its CEO of Datacenter and AI has now officially joined Nokia.Feb 11, 2025 1:34 AM CST
- Meta accused of pirating 82 terabytes of books from 'shadow libraries' to train AILeaked court documents reveal Meta has been accused of downloading 82 terabytes of data from illegal sources to train its artificial intelligence.Feb 11, 2025 12:01 AM CST
- John Carmack calls PC VR gaming a 'boutique niche,' says Half-Life Alyx wasn't that important'Beat Saber was far more important than Half-Life: Alyx.' John Carmack chimes in to say that VR's success was always going to be never going to be PC.Feb 10, 2025 10:32 PM CST
- MSI introduces new GeForce RTX 50 Series 'Shadow' models for RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 TiThe new MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SHADOW and MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SHADOW cards are new MSRP models for those that want a minimal all-black GPU.Feb 10, 2025 7:01 PM CST
- NASA scientists discover a 'highway' beneath the surface of MarsResearchers have discovered a 'highway' beneath the surface of Mars with the assistance of AI after an analysis of Mars craters was conducted.Feb 10, 2025 10:14 AM CST
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 FE with a custom water block: GPU runs 25C cooler, GDDR7 is 30C coolerDer8auer uses a custom water block on NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition: 25C temp drop from stock on the GPU, 30C drop on the GDDR7 memory.Feb 10, 2025 8:08 AM CST
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