A weird incident was just reported by a Redditor, detailing how his GPU got a different shroud instead of the GeForce one. GIGABYTE Mistakenly Swaps GeForce and Radeon Coolers on NVIDIA and AMD GPUs; Both Users Report Different Branding on Their Cards It's rare to see such incidents, but both reports confirm that GIGABYTE indeed made a mistake in the GPU assembly. A Reddit user u/atta4821 reported that he bought a GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 Ti from Canada Computers. Weirdly, something was unusual when he opened the box, as his GPU didn't look like an NVIDIA GPU. He reports that [β¦]
Maxsun has updated its Intel MoDT (Mobile on Desktop) lineup with two new motherboards featuring the Core 200H "Raptor Lake" CPUs. Intel Raptor Lake "Core 200H" MoDT Motherboards Are Now Super-Affordable, & Compatible With DDR4 Memory MoDT motherboards come in all shapes and sizes. We have seen ATX and mATX offerings, with higher-end versions featuring up to AMD 9955HX3D and Intel 285H options. The thing is that MoDT boards generally aim at the value segment, offering prices that are much lower than traditional socketed CPUs and motherboard combos. These motherboards offer a 2-in-1 design, and while they lack the option [β¦]
QTS says the extra 29 million gallons were consumed during temporary construction activities, including concrete work, dust control, and site preparation.
AMD's new Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is a unique CPU, but how does it stack up to the single-cache Ryzen 9 9950X3D? We put the two head-to-head in a six-round gauntlet.
Louis Rossmann has officially pledged $10,000 to cover the initial legal fees for an independent software developer threatened with a cease and desist letter from Bambu Lab. He posted a video on Saturday to mobilize the Right to Repair community to back the developer and crowd-fund his legal defense.
ByteChef is an open-source automation platform that lets teams build visual workflows, create multi-step AI agents, and connect apps without vendor lock-in. You own your data and get transparent pricing while bridging business users and developers with a drag-and-drop editor, flow controls, and execution previews. Use it to automate cross-app processes, integrate SaaS tools, and deploy AI-powered operations quickly.
Welcome to week 20, which kicks off with a game about the camper van life as this week's major release. This is followed by some galactic space battles, some space alien horror, another mobile home came, but with beasts, an underwater sequel and finally some post-apocalyptic cyberpunk survival. As most of the time, don't forget to check out the other releases that are launching this week as well.
Outbound / This week's major release / Monday 11 May
Outbound is a cozy open-world exploration game set in a utopian near future. Start with an empty camper van and turn it into the home of your dreams - alone or together with your friends. Build and explore at your own pace. Collect materials, craft, and build in and on top of your vehicle with modular parts. Advance in technology and efficiently use energy to power your home. Steam link
AI is great for many tasks, but the costs to run AI are also exponentially higher than those of human workers, says NVIDIA. NVIDIA Highlights Large Cost of Running AI Versus Human Employees, While Suggesting That Humanity's Future Revolves Around The Adoption of AI As AI becomes part of every single IT domain, the costs to keep the entire ecosystem up and running have also grown rapidly. AI firms are spending trillions of dollars in upgrade costs of their existing AI factories while setting up new ones in multi-Gigawatt projects. At the same time, NVIDIA, the pioneer of AI advancements, [β¦]
Residents living near data centers are raising concerns about noise pollution, as these massive sites operate 24/7 and generate low-frequency sounds that disturb the neighborhood's peace.
Turns out, Nvidia's older Turing-era V100 AI GPU is still pretty capable today, even with just 16GB of VRAM. A YouTuber got his hands on the SMX variant for just $100, converted it to a PCIe x16 interface for another $100 with an adapter, and got some pretty impressive results across AI inference and NVR benchmarks.
NASA successfully tested Mars helicopter rotors at Mach 1.08 inside JPLβs Mars simulator chamber, paving the way for larger next-generation aircraft under the proposed SkyFall mission to explore more of the Red Planet.
Lima makes it easy to see how top AI platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Google AI, and Perplexity talk about your brand. You can track your brand and competitors to see when they're mentioned, get insights on how to grow AI search traffic, receive a free site audit to check AI readiness, get prompt suggestions and monitoring, and see citation URLs to understand how you or competitors are mentioned. AI platforms are shaping how people find brands, products, and services. Lima helps you know where you appear, how competitors compare, and what to do to grow your visibility in AI search.
AICVscreening helps recruiters shortlist top talent fast. Paste a job description, upload CVs in PDF or DOCX, and get ranked candidates with AI-generated relevance scores and clear explanations. The platform bulk-processes resumes, parses skills and experience, reduces bias with consistent criteria, and exports shortlists to CSV. Start free with 50 credits and pay as you go when you need more.
FamFeel is a private family check-in and calendar. Set it on a kitchen iPad or phones so each person taps an avatar, slides a mood, and optionally adds a quick note; you see the whole house at a glance. It's easy for all ages to keep track of upcoming events.
FamFeel keeps data in the family with a join code and PIN, no accounts, and no background tracking. Toddler mode helps non-readers, and it scales from four members to large blended households, pets included.
Proving that a high-profile looter-shooter game series can be translated perfectly to mobile, The Division Resurgence has totally won me over to small-screen gaming.
Smartphone titans like Samsung have made efforts to ensure that the DRAM crisisΒ doesnβt adversely affect their βday to dayβ operations, but these attempts were futile as the Korean giant has been forced to introduce a price hike to the Galaxy S26 series. However, the company is working to ensure that it minimizes additional component cost bumps by moving to a dual-sourcing strategy. Since displays are among the more expensive parts of a smartphone, the base Galaxy S27 could feature panels from Samsung and another manufacturer, but this could lead to quality disparities in the future. Chinese suppliers could become a [β¦]
Kin is a privacy-first AI advisor app with five specialist advisors covering work, relationships, health, values, and social confidence that remember who you are. Unlike general AI that starts fresh every session, Kin builds a persistent picture of your patterns, decisions, and relationships over time. Context compounds, decisions get sharper, and support is there when the pressure is on. It is built on zero-access architecture so your personal data belongs to you.
Dexter: Resurrection season 2 is officially in production. Here's everything we know so far from release date, trailer, predicted cast, plot rumors and more.
Levanta turns personal growth into a structured system instead of random content. Instead of watching videos and hoping for change, you follow a skill tree that builds real abilities step by step with clear progression. Each skill includes actions, challenges, and measurable progress, so you donβt just learn, you actually improve. Weβre opening early access to a limited group of users to test the system and help shape it before full launch.
WishDay reminds you of birthdays and special occasions and creates a ready-to-share greeting instantly. When it's time to wish, WishDay uses AI to generate personalized greetings based on your relationship, tone, and style. You can adjust and polish greetings with just a few taps and add custom occasions for the moments that matter to you. No more last-minute scrambling, just thoughtful greetings ready when you need them.
LifeJar is a scheduled delivery platform for messages you want to send loved ones on important days. You write a letter, upload photos, and record a short video, then LifeJar compiles it all into one cinematic video. The jar stays sealed until the date you choose, like graduation morning, a wedding, or a milestone birthday. On that day, your recipient gets an email to watch what you created.
You can also invite family to contribute so that a grandmother's voice memo, a sibling's photo, and your own letter appear in the same jar before it opens. It's built for parents, adult children of aging parents, or anyone with a milestone that deserves more than a text.
N1 brings brackets, fantasy, trivia, and pickβem games together in a platform focused on friendly competition. Build crews, climb leaderboards, and see real rankings without gambling or pay-to-win mechanics. Join seasonal and daily challenges, compare picks with friends, and enjoy the sports you love in one place.
LocalPipe helps you find, export, and contact local business owners at scale. Use Google Maps search to build lead lists, then enrich owner names, verified emails, and direct phone numbers with pay-on-find credits. The platform triple-verifies emails, supports multi-title searches, and offers an API and Clay integration so you can push fresh, live-scraped contacts straight into your workflows.
Omniflow HQ turns your raw spreadsheets into institutional-grade financial intelligence. Upload an Excel file to get AI-driven budget analysis, cash flow forecasts, variance explanations, and clear recommendations with risk flags. It also detects broken formulas, missing references, and data entry errors so you can trust your numbers. View results in-app today, with PDF and Excel exports coming soon. Your data stays protected with SSL/TLS, and files are never sold or shared.
decivo helps teams validate ideas and build meaningful MVPs fast. It offers fixed-price modules such as Innovation Workshop, Clickable Prototype, UX Validation, and Code Prototype so you can test assumptions early and iterate toward a product users understand. You work directly with experts who blend AI acceleration with human review to research, design, and code, reducing risk and wasted development.
Near Here finds events that bigger platforms miss, such as quiz nights, toddler groups, village fΓͺtes, craft fairs, and live music at your local pub. It automatically crawls hundreds of small venue websites across the UK, from parish councils to community centres, and uses AI to extract the details so you don't have to check multiple sites yourself.
Search by town or browse what's happening near you today, this weekend, or later. No app to download, no account neededβjust the events actually happening in your neighbourhood, all in one place.
Fellow Humans connects you with people who have faced your challenges and facilitates structured, peer-to-peer conversations at scale with AI. Share your context, get matched with a Guide or become one for others, and discuss next steps in a real, human way.
The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.
One person's loss is another's gain, or a company's in this case. After all, AMD seems to be having a field day with its older 5nm CPUs, which entail crazy-high yields by the way, as both Qualcomm and MediaTek vacate some of TSMC's 4nm and 5nm lines on shrinking smartphone demand. AMD reaps the benefits as the broader smartphone industry enters a deep freeze, forcing Qualcomm and MediaTek to abandon some of their reserved capacity at TSMC By now, it's public knowledge that the global mobile industry is contending with a chronic DRAM shortage as most of the associated fabrication [β¦]
Datologist turns any SQL database into a chat interface. Connect your database once, then ask questions in plain English to get tables, charts, and explanations without using SQL. It maps your schema, writes safe SELECT-only SQL, and explains results clearly. It supports Postgres, MySQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, and more, with AES-256 encryption; the AI sees only metadata, not raw data. You see the generated query alongside the answer to verify the logic before sharing with your team. Use Research Mode for multi-step investigations and Semantic Model to align business concepts with your schema.
AI Face Swap lets you swap faces in photos, videos, and GIFs directly in your browser. Upload media, choose a source face, and the AI detects facial landmarks to blend expressions, lighting, and skin tone for natural results. It supports multi-face swaps, frame-accurate video tracking, and high-resolution downloads. Create social content, fix group photos, or make profile images without installing software.
Lupibu helps you track your baby's sleep, feedings, diapers, walks, medications, and more all in one calm, beautifully designed app. It knows exactly when your baby needs the next nap and learns your child's unique sleep patterns to calculate the optimal time, personalized rather than using generic age charts. The app has an AI assistant with full contextβcovering every sleep, feeding, diaper, vaccine, symptom, medication, and milestone. You can log events naturally, like "nursed left 15 min, walk in the park until noon." You can ask questions such as "why did she wake up crying?" or "when was the last vaccine?" and get answers based on your baby's actual data.
AI can infer personal traits from ad exposure patterns alone, turning everyday advertising streams into detailed profiles without direct access to private data
Two titles are on the line in Saturday's huge event β follow our guide to live stream UFC 328 online and watch Khamzat Chimaev vs Sean Strickland from anywhere.
The upcoming ACPI support could allow OS like Windows and Linux read CPU frequencies directly without having to estimate them for optimal performance. AMD's New CPPC HighestFreq Could Improve CPU Scheduling on Future Ryzen Chips, Resulting in Better Responsiveness Traditionally, OS like Windows and Linux do not have the capability to read the CPU boost frequencies directly from the firmware, but the AMD CPPC HighestFreq could change this forever. The new feature reportedly would allow CPUs to directly report their real maximum boost frequencies to the operating systems through the firmware, which eliminates the need for frequency calculations by the [β¦]
OfoxAI is a unified API gateway that gives developers access to over 100 large language models through a single endpoint. Connect to GPT-5.4, Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3.1 Pro, DeepSeek V4, MiniMax M2.5, and more, all with one API key. It supports OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini SDK protocols, offers low-latency global routing under 300ms, and accepts payments via WeChat, Alipay, or credit card. It also provides team collaboration with shared billing and a 99.9% uptime SLA.
RoboApply streamlines your job search with AI that tailors resumes and cover letters to each role, auto-applies across 40+ job boards, and tracks applications while keeping your accounts safe. Use ATS-friendly templates, resume scoring, analytics, and a job tracker to improve results. The Interview Copilot provides real-time guidance during interviews so you show up prepared and confident. Plans scale from individual job seekers to enterprise teams needing high-volume automation and management.
All the ways to watch Wardley vs Dubois live streams online, including PPV options as the Suffolk heavyweight defends his WBO belt against ex-champion Dynamite.
Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 is coming to PC this summer Cold Iron Studios has officially unveiled Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, which is coming to PC and consoles this summer. On PC, the game will launch on both Steam and the Epic Games Store. Alongside the gameβs first trailer, Cold Iron Studios has released the gameβs [β¦]
Sources tell DigiTimes that after Intel launches its Nova Lake processors in the second half of this year, Razor Lake will follow in late 2027, with Titan Lake and Moon Lake arriving in 2028. The desktop and mobile lineups are expected to directly address areas where Chipzilla has fallen behind AMD.
The Fitbit Air is a compact module that fits into a range of bands, with its sensors pressed against the skin and no display on top. That means no notifications, no tapping, and no swiping β just passive tracking. With nothing to interact with, the device is easier to wear...
Whatever else one might think of President Trump, it is plain as day that he is a connoisseur at shaping narratives. And, apparently, the President seems to have played a material role in selling an Intel deal to Apple, one that might accrue sizable short- and long-term benefits to the Cupertino-based tech giant. Apple's chip fabrication deal with Intel entails sizable margin benefits, reduces supply chain risks, and weakens TSMC's monopoly Apple has reached a preliminary chip fabrication deal with Intel, according to the Wall Street Journal. While the specifics of this agreement are not known at this time, it [β¦]
AMD has further detailed its DGF or Dense Geometry Format technology, which rivals NVIDIA's RTX Mega Geometry, delivering vastly higher geometry counts in ray tracing games while offering new compression methods designed with future RDNA GPUs in mind. As Geometry Scale Increases in Games, Tech Such as AMD's DGF & NVIDIA's RTX Mega Geometry becomes vital in powering advanced ray-traced games Last year, AMD announced its Dense Geometry Format technology, or DGF in short. This tech aims to handle massive polygon counts by streaming geometry clusters rather than full scenes. The principle of AMD's DGF is simple. It is designed [β¦]
NVIDIA's AI chips have once again bypassed barriers and landed at Alibaba in China, as the US suspects Supermicro's role in smuggling through Thailand. NVIDIA's AI Chips Still Carry Immense Interest In China As Alibaba Lands Restricted Supermico Servers That Were Smuggled Via Thailand Despite China dropping the hammer on NVIDIA's chips to increase dependency on in-house AI chips, the leading Chinese firms, such as Alibaba, are still procuring the latest hardware from NVIDIA through illegal channels. As per Bloomberg, several Supermicro employees, including high-level executives, are involved in a $2.5 billion smuggling case. The case revolves around shipping several [β¦]
Find Albi is an AI-powered dating coach with a free Profile Roast: paste your bio and get a brutally honest Vibe Score. The Social Gym lets you practice conversations with AI personas that react like real people. A real-time AI critic coaches you through every message, provides personalized strategy advice, and polishes your profile or chats with detailed reviews so you can show up more confident on your next match. Free to start, no signup needed for the roast.
GuildScope gives game studios a clear read on how their Discord community responds to patches, updates, and events without reading message content. It tracks behavioral signals like reaction velocity, bug channel spikes, voice activity, and new member retention to deliver fast patch intelligence and cross-patch comparisons. It flags brigading with a Concentration Index, surfaces members going quiet, and alerts on mod burnout. With Ask GuildScope, teams ask plain-English questions and get real answers. Setup takes minutes via a Discord bot, and strict privacy controls keep player data safe.
Security researcher Andreas Makris recently outlined exploits that could allow hackers to hijack thousands of Yarbo lawnmowers sold across more than 30 countries. According to Makris, all units ship with a preinstalled backdoor capable of exposing owners' private information, and the vulnerability cannot currently be disabled.
The scale of Apple's hardware business makes even a limited manufacturing shift significant. The company sells more than 200 million iPhones each year, along with large volumes of Macs and iPads. Apple and Intel both declined to comment.
UAE has just announced that its AI Campus, being built with the United States, is coming online soon, housing a total AI compute capacity of 5 Gigawatts through next-gen chips. More Gigawatt-Level AI Facilities Are Coming Online, Like The One Being Built By the UAE With Thousands of Next-Gen Chips Last year, the UAE (United Arab Emirates) signed a deal to invest $1.4 trillion in the United States, with a total of 30 planned projects. The investment encompasses AI infrastructure, energy, and manufacturing projects, which will create thousands of jobs across America. UAE states that a large portion of these [β¦]
NVIDIA's Rubin platforms are rumoredly facing design/spec issues, making way for the competition, such as AMD MI500, to get the headstart with HBM4E in 2027. Will AMD Beat NVIDIA In The Race To HBM4E? Design & Spec Changes In Rubin Platforms Can Give MI500 The Lead Based on recent reports, NVIDIA's upcoming Rubin and Rubin Ultra platforms are undergoing serious design and spec changes. These changes come ahead of the expected launch of the Rubin generation, which is going to uplift AI performance miles above Blackwell with new features, efficiency upgrades & brand new architectures. As per the rumors, NVIDIA [β¦]
As agentic AI now dominates the conversation when it comes to AI computing, investment bank Goldman Sachs is out with a report that agentic computing will drive a jump in token consumption. The bank believes that token consumption will grow 24 times by 2030 compared to 2026's figures as AI queries jump from five billion to 23 billion, driven particularly by non-human agents. Goldman Sachs Out With Optimistic Report About Agentic AI The central theme in Goldman Sachs' report concerns a rapid growth in the use of agentic AI. Agentic AI involves the use of software bots that compute through [β¦]
The FCC has extended waivers allowing certain covered foreign-produced drones, drone components, and routers to continue receiving software and firmware updates until at least 2029, citing cybersecurity and consumer protection concerns.
Maryland is complaining to the federal energy regulator about PJM's plan to charge it $2 billion for grid upgrades that will mostly benefit data centers, especially as the state claims that the majority of these developments are being built in neighboring regions.
Cloudflare cuts 20% of its jobs due to AI, and its stock takes a 19% spill. The company announced it will be cutting 1,100 jobs and has increased its usage of AI sixfold over the past few months.
Valve updates its Steam Client with early Steam Controller fixes Valveβs new May 8th update for its Steam Client has been released, and it includes many fixes for the companyβs newly released Steam Controller. This includes fixes for compatibility issues, firmware fixes, and configuration fixes. Another important fix addresses an issue where Steam Controller users [β¦]
Google Chrome has been silently downloading a 4GB AI model to devices Alexander Haniff, the AI researcher known as βThat Privacy Guyβ, discovered this week that Google has been silently downloading a 4GB AI model onto the systems of Google Chrome users. This model was downloaded without usersβ consent and redownloads itself when users delete [β¦]
Recently, a new trailer shared by IGN revealed that Aliens: Fireteam Elite, a co-op shooter based on the Alien franchise, is getting a sequel that will be coming soon to Xbox, PlayStation, and PC systems. Here's what's known about this game thus far from this announcement.
A new gaming report claims 62% of players no longer buy full-price games, with younger audiences increasingly favoring subscription services and rotating entertainment habits. The shift raises questions about whether Xbox Game Pass was simply ahead of its time.
The Nextorage NEM-PAC is a quiet contender with good performance and a PS5-compliant heatsink. Itβs a competent Gen 4 SSD but is otherwise unexciting.
Gaming laptops are expensive, and only getting pricier as AI-driven shortages increase. Here are the best options for budget gaming laptops on the cheap, comprised of laptop models that we have tested throughout our full, stringent gaming test suite that measures performance in demanding graphical conditions.
We took Nvidia's RTX Mega Geometry technology through a series of tests in Alan Wake 2 and the RTX Bonsai Diorama Demo to see how this tech reduces VRAM consumption and eliminates visual artifacts, thus helping pave the way to photorealistic real-time graphics.
Stop losing deals to blind spots. ClarusNode is a programmatic DaaS platform that monitors social chatter on Reddit and Hacker News for high-value B2B buying intent. We deliver a daily or weekly executive brief of highly qualified leads who are actively frustrated with your competitors, such as Calendly and HubSpot. For $199 per month, equip your SDR team with actionable defection signals and suggested outreach framing before competitors even know they lost a customer. No software to installβjust pure, high-intent intelligence delivered to your inbox.
Beyond pricing, CardIndex offers portfolio tracking with cost basis and ROI, watchlists with instant sale and price-drop alerts, population data from every major grading company, and daily market volume analytics. Whether you're deciding what to grade, when to sell, or what to buy next, CardIndex gives you the data to make the call.
The volunteer team behind Skywind, the ambitious fan-made recreation ofΒ The Elder Scrolls III: MorrowindΒ in Skyrim's engine, has released a new 33-minute development update video titledΒ "Skywind 2026: The Road Continued". It's the first full-fledged developer update since 2024, and followers of this total conversion mod will be happy to learn that the numbers suggest the project is closer to completion than ever before. All of Skywind's approximatelyΒ 3,000 NPCs have now been fully cast, a feat accomplished with the help of nearlyΒ 300 volunteer voice actors. OverΒ 92% of those NPCs are fully recorded, meaning the voice acting pipeline, historically one of the most [β¦]
As the internet gets age-gated, users turn to VPN apps in a bid to circumvent mandatory checks. The EU is now the last to turn its attention towards this tech β and cybersecurity experts are worried.
ProfitSpot helps DeFi investors find real yields by showing true net returns after gas, fees, and impermanent loss across 6,400+ pools on 86 chains. It aggregates live data from DeFiLlama, GoPlus, and Moralis, adds security scores, and lets you track portfolios, impermanent loss risk, and time to profit.
Use AI insights, simulators, alerts, whale tracking, and a unified dashboard to evaluate pools, monitor positions, and act with confidence.
SimpleRMD helps you calculate, track, and manage required minimum distributions across all your IRAs. It uses IRS life expectancy tables updated for 2026, consolidates accounts from multiple custodians into one dashboard, and sends deadline reminders so you never scramble in December.
Export CPA-ready PDFs, share read-only access with family or advisors, and navigate inherited IRA rules with clear guidance. Try the calculator free without signup and save your results by creating an account.
Tayp is a sports-first platform where athletes post short game highlights, build profiles, and get discovered. Athletes can showcase their sport, school, and position while sharing real game clips in a vertical, highlight-driven feed. Tayp connects athletes directly with coaches, peers, and opportunities without needing expensive recruiting services or traditional exposure channels. Available on iOS and Android.
ASUS challenges Elgato with its ROG Strix XG129C Touchscreen display ASUS has officially launched its ROG Strix XG129C secondary display, a 12.3-inch touchscreen that is designed for app control and system monitoring. Users can use their primary display for gaming and applications, and use this secondary screen for chats, system monitoring, and widgets. The ROG [β¦]
Microsoft rolled out four new Windows Insider builds with upgraded touchpad gestures, clearer File Explorer descriptions, a redesigned voiceβtyping UI, and a free Kβ12 upgrade path.
Make the most of your office with clever solutions like add-on shelving for your desk, hidden cable tidies, smart drawer units, and multi-function pegboards.
The industryβs first 2nm chipsets are launching later this year, with Qualcommβs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 ProΒ rumored on multiple occasions to take advantage of TSMCβs next-generation lithography. As expected, this manufacturing process is costly, with phone makers likely adopting these solutions in their absolute top-tier offerings, and in the middle of a DRAM crisis, their margins will be drastically affected. Fortunately, the latest rumor from a tipster states that Qualcomm will have plenty of options arriving this year for customers, allowing them to offer immense diversification of smartphone models in the fourth quarter [β¦]
cPanel has released updates to address three vulnerabilities in cPanel and Web Host Manager (WHM) that could be exploited to achieve privilege escalation, code execution, and denial-of-service.
The list of vulnerabilities is as follows -
CVE-2026-29201 (CVSS score: 4.3) - An insufficient input validation of the feature file name in the "feature::LOADFEATUREFILE" adminbin call that could result
Crime Brasil is an interactive map that gathers official crime data from Public Security Secretariats for states, cities, and neighborhoods. Navigate the map, filter by crime type, compare regions, and follow historical series from 2003 to 2026.
The platform helps you understand local risks and make informed decisions about housing, work, and travel.
BidSprout helps directors, photographers, and producers generate complete production estimates quickly. Describe your shoot or upload a treatment or RFP, and it auto-fills crew, equipment, locations, post, and licensing with rates localized to your city. Edit any line item, then export client-ready PDFs or Excel files and share live links. BidSprout also finds your market day rate and generates treatment decks from your estimate, so you bid faster and win more work.
The Flexispot C7 Morpher is a chair that combines quality materials and surprisingly good ergonomic adjustment. Nothing too flashy, nothing too loud, just a surprisingly comfortable seat for hard work done right.
SetSmart helps consultants and online businesses automate direct message conversations on Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. It qualifies prospects with custom scripts, filters out poor fits, and books Calendly appointments directly in chat. You can tweak its behavior with plain language, intervene anytime, and connect Zapier, Make, GoHighLevel, and more. Multilingual AI handles voice and images, runs via official Meta APIs, and supports control from tools like Claude and ChatGPT through MCP.
Snoopreport tracks Instagram activity so you can see any profile's recent likes, new follows and unfollows, and engagement patterns. Choose accounts to monitor and get weekly or monthly reports with posts they liked, who they follow, when they're active, and interests inferred from public data.
It also provides AI summaries that highlight personality traits, conversation starters, and gift ideas while keeping your identity private and requiring no app install.
Ploopy, the makers of the DIY-friendly peripherals, like the Ploopy Adept trackball and the Ploopy Trackpad, has just released the Ploopy Bean, a standalone pointing device that mimics the functionality of something like the Lenovo TrackPoint that has become so popular with ThinkPad users. However, the Bean takes the pointing stick and dials it up to 11, giving users four programmable buttons around the pointing stick and allowing full customization via open-source QMK firmware. By default, the Ploopy Bean's keymap features left, middle, and right click as well as a drag scroll option and pre-configured QMK combos for forward and back buttons, making it equivalent to a standard six-button mouse.
Ploopy has opted for a magnetic Texas Instruments TMAG5273 magnetic sensor, which is theoretically capable of reading the position of the pointing stick 20,000 times a minute. The pointing stick also has a wider-than-average range of motion, allowing for up to 11 mm of movement in each axis. The switches in the Bean are Omron D2LS-21 "Subminiature" switches, which are rated for 20 million clicksβbasically extra-small mouse switches with a clicky actuation. The Bean is compatible with VIA for easy customization, although more in-depth customization can be performed by editing the firmware directly (if you're comfortable coding), or with the QMK Configurator. While Ploopy does sell the Bean for CAD 69 (~$52 converted)βcurrently under pre-orderβit has also published all of the necessary 3D models, electrical CAD files, firmware, and documentation necessary to make your own version or tweak the design. The version Ploopy sells is also 3D printed in
immovio brings the entire rental process for private landlords in Austria onto one central platform. Manage properties and units, assign tenants and contracts, track rent payments, outstanding amounts, and deposits, and organize documents efficiently. You can link bank accounts, transactions are automatically assigned, monthly summaries provide clarity, and operating cost statements are easy to handle. The platform is developed in Austria, stores data in the EU, and complies with GDPR. Test it free for 45 days without a credit card.
Scorementor AI is a white-labeled exam simulation platform for institutes that delivers AI-powered mock tests, instant scoring, and personalized study plans for exams like IELTS, PTE, TOEFL, GRE, GMAT, SAT, OET, and more. It mirrors real test interfaces and provides real-time feedback on grammar, pronunciation, and timing. Institutes can run their own branded portals, manage branches and faculty, track cohort performance, and sell test packages with integrated analytics and revenue tools.
The TCL QM8L Series is an impressive TV in person with Google Gemini-powered hands-free control and a bright screen. Cinephiles might take issue with its less-than-accurate colors.
ImageGen2 is an AI image tool built around GPT Image 2 for creators, marketers, and ecommerce teams. It helps you create product photos, edit images with reference inputs, and generate multiple variations in one run.
ImageGen2 is designed for fast visual iteration. You can start from a prompt or an existing image, adjust quality and output format, and create assets for ads, social posts, product pages, and brand visuals.
In less positive news, however, Nintendo has also revealed that the Nintendo Switch 2 will get a price increase on September 1, 2026, to $499 in the US and β¬499 in the EU, while Japanese customers can expect to pay Β₯59,980, up from Β₯49,980, as soon as May 25, 2025. Nintendo expects the Switch 2 to sell 16.5 million units in the 2027 financial year, down 16.9% from the FY 2026 projection of 19.86 million units. Between the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, Nintendo reported hardware sales of 23 million units for the same period. The Switch 2 price increase has been expected since January 2026, thanks to rising DRAM and BOM costs across the board.
Is it me, or did PC gaming used to move faster? In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a graphics card could feel outdated within a year, and major platform jumps arrived so often that upgrading became part of the hobby. Today, things are different.
Cernum Biosciences is a peptide ecommerce brand focused on quality, transparency, and consistency. The company offers a growing selection of peptides including GHK-Cu, BPC-157, TB500, CJC & Ipamorelin blends, Retatrutide, NAD+, AOD, Semax, Selank, and MT2, with an emphasis on verified standards and a trustworthy customer experience.
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PostMine turns social media discussions into a full content pack in seconds. With a Chrome extension, you can right-click any post on LinkedIn, Reddit, Facebook, and more to capture it. Then AI generates seven platform-ready pieces in your brand voice. You can schedule to a built-in content calendar, run bulk capture, and get AI reply suggestions. Use the included PostMine AI or plug in your own API key, and scale with team seats, white-label output, and priority support.
Micronβs Idaho expansion will sharply increase water use, raising concerns over sourcing, transparency, and long-term sustainability in a desert region
Apple could soon become an Intel Foundry customer According to a Wall Street Journal report, Apple has reached a βpreliminary agreementβ with Intel to manufacture some chips at Intel Foundry. This deal will see Apple become an Intel Foundry customer, a major breakthrough for Intel and its efforts to rival TSMC as a 3rd party [β¦]
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In this episode of PPC Live The Podcast, I sit with Veronika HΓΆller to unpack a real-world PPC mistake β from campaigns that looked perfect on the surface to the deeper issues that were quietly killing performance.
From βperfectβ campaigns to zero revenue
Veronika Holler didnβt walk into a broken account. Quite the opposite. Everything looked right β clean structure, strong creatives, solid budgets, conversions coming in. On paper, it was a high-performing PPC setup.
But there was one problem: it wasnβt driving revenue.
That disconnect forced a deeper look beyond surface-level metrics. Because while impressions, clicks and conversions were ticking up, the campaigns werenβt actually delivering business impact β and thatβs where things started to unravel.
The real issue: nothing stood out
The turning point didnβt come from inside the account. It came from looking outside it.
During competitor research, Veronika realised the brand sounded just like everyone else. The messaging blended into the market. There was no clear reason for a user to choose them over competitors.
From a user perspective, the ads werenβt wrong β they were just forgettable. And in a crowded category, βgoodβ isnβt enough.
That insight reframed the entire problem: it wasnβt a performance issue. It was a positioning issue.
Starting again β from scratch
Instead of tweaking the existing campaigns, Veronika made a bold call: rebuild everything.
That meant new messaging, new creatives, and a new strategic foundation. One key shift was defining not just ideal customers, but also who they didnβt want to target β using anti-ICPs to sharpen the messaging.
They also introduced stronger localisation, tailored landing pages by market, and platform-specific strategies instead of copying campaigns across channels.
It wasnβt optimisation. It was a reset. And it worked.
The mistake that nearly broke everything
But earlier in her career, Veronika made a far more painful mistake β one that many PPC marketers will recognise.
She applied a recommended target CPA⦠without increasing the budget.
The result? Campaigns stopped delivering. Performance tanked. And worst of all, it went unnoticed over a weekend.
By Monday, the damage was clear β and the client was not happy.
Owning the mistake β and fixing it fast
There was no hiding from it.
Veronika immediately admitted the mistake, explained what happened, and took responsibility. That honesty changed the outcome. While the client was initially frustrated, the situation de-escalated quickly because there was no deflection β just a clear plan to fix it.
The lesson stuck: donβt blindly apply recommendations, and always understand the full context before making changes.
Why failure is part of getting good
For Veronika, mistakes arenβt something to avoid β theyβre essential.
βYou can only be good if you fail,β she said.
That mindset now shapes how she works and how she mentors others. Mistakes arenβt a sign of incompetence β theyβre a sign that work is being done, tested, and improved.
And more importantly, sharing those mistakes helps others avoid repeating them.
The biggest issue she still sees today
Despite all the changes in PPC, one problem keeps showing up: tracking.
Broken implementations, over-reliance on micro conversions, and poor setup in tools like Google Tag Manager are still common.
In a world of smart bidding and automation, bad data doesnβt just limit performance β it actively misleads it.
Without clean tracking, even the best campaigns will fail.
AI wonβt fix average marketing
Veronika is clear on one thing: AI is not a shortcut to better performance.
If you feed it average data, youβll get average results.
Too many marketers rely on AI tools to analyse accounts without first understanding what needs to be improved. But AI canβt create differentiation β it can only optimise whatβs already there.
Standing out still requires human thinking, strategy, and creativity.
The mindset that matters now
The biggest takeaway isnβt tactical β itβs mental.
Donβt aim for perfection. Donβt blindly follow recommendations. And donβt assume tools will do the thinking for you.
Instead, trust your instincts, test your ideas, and accept that mistakes are part of the process.
Because in performance marketing, the real risk isnβt failing β itβs playing it safe and blending in.
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California canal solar projects could generate significant power and save water, though high costs and environmental uncertainties complicate large-scale deployment decisions
Minisforum and Intel held a joint launch event in Xiamen, introducing two new all-flash NAS systems built around Intel Series 3 processors, the compact S5 and the seven-bay S7. The S5 is the more distinctive of the two. It runs Intel Core Series 3 (Wildcat Lake), Intel's 18A-based platform for edge, laptops and commercial devices and adopts a no-HDDs approach featuring five M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x1 SSD slots. The fanless design combined with the all-SSD layout means it runs completely silent. Minisforum is even pitching it at home theater setups and anywhere noise is a concern. Memory goes up to 16 GB of LPDDR5X-7200, and connectivity includes a 10 GbE RJ45, a 2.5 GbE RJ45, two USB4 40 Gbps ports, two USB 3.2 Type-A ports, and HDMI 2.1. Wi-Fi 7 is also on board, and combined SSD throughput is rated at up to 10.8 GB/s.
The S7 is built on the MS-03 workstation platform and steps up to seven NVMe slots for heavier storage workloads. Networking is more enterprise-oriented, with dual 10G SFP+ fiber ports, a 10G RJ45, a 2.5G RJ45, and two USB4 40 Gbps ports. An LED status display lets users check system and storage activity making it more suited to home-lab and power user setups. Both systems support Minisforum MinisOpenClaw AI agent, which includes features like AI semantic photo search and installs in one click. No pricing or release date has been announced.
There's no doubt that GTA 6 will attract an absolutely massive audience when it launches onΒ November 19 across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X. According to Circana's Matt Piscatella, though, a lot of casual gamers may be in for a rude awakening when they head to the store to buy one of those consoles and the game in six months' time. Speaking to The Game Business show, he said: Those folks who don't pay a lot of attention that have heard, okay, well GTA 6 is coming, but they're not really keyed in. That's a lot of [β¦]
Threat hunters have flagged a previously undocumented Brazilian banking trojan dubbed TCLBANKER that's capable of targeting 59 banking, fintech, and cryptocurrency platforms.
The activity is being tracked by Elastic Security Labs under the moniker REF3076. The malware family is assessed to be a major update of the Maverick, which is known to leverage a worm called SORVEPOTEL to spread via
Japanβs cardboard drones introduce low-cost swarm warfare concepts, combining rapid production and deployment with unresolved questions about durability and battlefield effectiveness
Cloudflare announced its first large-scale layoff. CEO Matthew Prince says because of AI efficiency gains, the company doesn't need as many support roles.
More than 500 people will be affected by the closures. βWe must refocus on our core business,β Porsche CEO and executive chair Michael Leiters said in a statement. "This is the indispensable foundation for a successful strategic realignment. This forces us to make painful cuts β including our subsidiaries."
Arc Raiders is one of only a handful of semi-competitive, shooters with a large player base that has a Platinum rating on ProtonDB, thanks to its Linux-friendly Easy Anti-Cheat implementation. In a recent blog post addressing the studio's plans to "ensure fair play," Arc Raiders developer, Embark Studios, confirmed that it is testing a new kernel-level anti-cheat solution that the studio expects "will sharpen both detection and precision throughout Speranza and the Rust Belt." The studio confirms that, in addition to the pre-existing kernel-level anti-cheat implementation, it relies heavily on machine learning tools and input telemetry data in order to catch cheaters. In spite of these existing efforts, Steam user reviews still complain bitterly about the presence of cheaters in Arc Raiders.
It should be noted that Embark has clearly considered Linux playability via Proton and similar tools, as well as its Steam Deck Verified status, until now. There's a fair bit of the anti-cheat blog post dedicated to accessibility and players on uncommon hardware and input devices, with the developer promising to continue letting players with unorthodox accessibility tools play the game. Additionally, when Embark first implemented kernel-level anti-cheat in The Finals, it promised to maintain support for Linux and the Steam Deck, so there's a fairly decent chance that Arc Raiders may remain playable on Linux devices. That said, in cases like that of Apex Legends, Respawn and EA have claimed that dropping Linux support resulted in a 33% decline in cheaters, giving rise to a notion in certain circles that Linux is a cheater's operating system.
Despite earlier rumors speculating about both the upcoming PlayStation 6's pricing and supposed launch date, it has come to light in a recent investor call that Sony has yet to actually decide on either of those aspects of the new console's launch. When asked about the progress of the next-gen console, Sony CEO, Hiroki Totoki, said that "Looking at the current circumstances, the memory price is also expected to be very high FY 2027, because there will still be a shortage of supply," going on to explain that "We have not yet decided on at what timing we will launch the new console or at what prices, so we would like to really observe and follow the situation."
Sony isn't the only console maker struggling with pricing. The Xbox Helix is expected to launch at a price of around $1,000 when it eventually hits the market, and, while the rumor mill has nothing to say about Nintendo's next console launch this early in the Switch 2's lifecycle, there has been talk of a potential price increase for the Nintendo Switch 2βan issue worsened by softening US sales. The PS5 itself also recently saw a sizeable price increase, and although Sony didn't provide a justification for the price increases outside of "the global economic landscape," the assumption has largely been that increasing DRAM prices have been to blame for the price increase.
Diablo IV's secret cow level β which according to the game's former general manager Rod Fergusson did not exist β has finally been discovered by an enthusiastic player of Blizzard's action-RPG series. Streamer LoatheBurger, a self-confessed Diablo fan since 1996, explained the convoluted steps required to unlock the hidden level,...
Back in October 2024, 2K announced an upcoming title codenamed Project Ethos from developer 31st Union Studio, a team that was founded within 2K five years prior by former Visceral Games director Michael Condrey. After little to no update on the project six years after the studio's founding, Condrey was ousted as president, but 2K was insistent that Project Ethos was still in the works. Now, new studio head Ben Brinkman is just as insistent and confident that the game is still coming as he announces a round of layoffs at 31st Union. In a statement seen by GamesIndustry.Biz, Brinkman [β¦]
Intel is on a roll today as it has not only managed to bag a deal with Apple, but its cutting-edge Oregon Fab also got a visit by Elon Musk. Intel's 18A Fab in Oregon Sees a Surprise Visit by Elon Musk, Paving the Way for AI Chip Supply Allocation Ahead of TeraFab Bring-Up? A deal with Apple and now a visit by Elon Musk, today seems to be Intel's day. It is reported that Elon Musk has toured Intel's state-of-the-art Oregon fab, which is part of its Foundry business & producing cutting-edge chips such as Panther Lake CPUs on [β¦]
Unlike conventional DDR5 memory modules that need to push to 8000 MT/s manually, the GeIL Spear V can reach 8000 MT/s out of the box. GeIL Announces Spear V DDR5 Memory Ahead of Computex, Rated at 8000 MT/s Under Official JEDEC Standards Memory maker, GeIL, has reached a major milestone by achieving what conventionally was possible only through manual overclocking. Since the debut of the DDR5 memory standard, enthusiasts have been trying to push the DDR5 memory speeds beyond the official JEDEC standards, but the new GeIL Spear V DDR5 memory breaks that constraint. With the announcement of Spear V [β¦]
April had a few major game releases across PC and consoles with games like Pragmata, Saros, and Invincible Vs. all arriving within its 30 days, but a new report from Alinea Analytics points to only one of those games reaching near the top of the sales charts. While Pragmata reportedly made the top-five games sold across Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox, it was the recently released pirate adventure Windrose that landed at the top spot, with March's Crimson Desert slightly behind in second place. According to the report, despite only being available on Steam, Windrose was the best-selling game of the [β¦]
In what is nothing short of a veritable earthquake, Apple has finally signed a preliminary chip-making agreement with Intel, adding critical optionality within its supply chains at a time when TSMC's advanced node capacity largely remains choked. Apple and Intel formalize their rumored chip-making tie-up via a preliminary agreement According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple and Intel have now reached a preliminary agreement, whereby the silicon powering some of Apple's devices will be fabricated within Intel's fabs. It remains unclear at this stage exactly which Apple products will get their silicon from Intel. At any rate, the agreement is [β¦]
Intel and Apple have just entered a "preliminary" chipmaking deal, which will see the production of the A21 chips for MacBook Neo. Apple Wants Extra Supply For Its Highly Successful MacBook Neo Laptops & Intel Is Here To Save The Day Currently, Apple uses TSMC's N3B process technology to make its A18 chips, the ones that power the MacBook Neo and its iPhone 16 series. But the recent surge in MacBook Neo demand has prompted Apple to diversify its chip production strategy. As per the latest announcements just minutes ago, both Apple and Intel have reached a "preliminary" chipmaking deal [β¦]
The saga of Nacon's upheaval continues, as the French publisher has officially put another one of its subsidiary studios up for sale, and this time it's not one of the studios that already filed for insolvency. Midgar Studios, which is currently working on Edge of Memories, a game featured in yesterday's Nacon Connect 2026 event, is looking for a buyer. Spotted by French outlet Origami, a listing for the studio appeared online today, which, it's once again worth noting, is just one day after Edge of Memories held a major spotlight in Nacon's annual showcase event. It's not clear what [β¦]
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into Avride after identifying more than a dozen crashes and one minor injury.
A report by Polandβs top intelligence agency accused Russia of sabotage and hacking activities against the countryβs military and civilian infrastructure.
Former cybersecurity executive Peter Williams stole several surveillance and hacking tools and sold them for $1.3 million to a Russian broker that works with Putinβs government.
007 First Light is coming to PC on May 27th β Hereβs what you need to run it IO Interactive have released more detailed PC system requirements for 007 First Light, which is releasing on Steam and the Epic Games Store later this month on May 27th. These updated PC system requirements add new βEnthusiastβ [β¦]
GMKtec officially announces the launch of its latest high-performance Mini PC, powered by the 13th Gen Intel Core i5-13500H processor. Designed for users seeking a compact yet powerful desktop solution, the new Mini PC combines strong productivity performance, triple-display 4K output, advanced connectivity, and flexible storage expansion in an elegant ultra-small form factor. The new GMKtec Mini PC is now available globally with special launch pricing and limited-time discounts.
Compact Size, Powerful Performance
At the heart of the system is the Intel Core i5-13500H processor, featuring 12 cores and 16 threads with a turbo frequency up to 4.7 GHz. Built on Intel 7 process technology, the processor delivers strong multitasking capabilities and excellent energy efficiency for both professional and entertainment workloads.
Information about the rumored new iPhone comes from tipster Schrodinger, who shared screenshots of messages from an unnamed source said to be familiar with the project. The screenshots suggest that Apple is working on a "Spatial iPhone" β codenamed H1 or MH1 β featuring a holographic display that would create...
In Canada, gamers will pay $679.99 for the Switch 2 and in Europe, it's going up to β¬499.99. Nintendo's home country of Japan isn't excluded from the price hike β in fact, the situation is worse there as the original Switch, the Switch OLED, and the Switch Lite will also...
Just in time for World Password Day, Kaspersky is reminding everyone that outdated hashing algorithms such as MD5 remain among the worst choices for storing passwords. In a recent post, the security firm revisited a 2024 study examining the "crackability" of real-world passwords. The conclusion is not surprising: password cracking...
SK Hynix is being crushed by massive memory demand, but investors are offering assistance to increase its production capacity. SK Hynix Memory Demand Swells, but It Is Wary of Investments Towards Its Production Capacity While Agentic AI shifts gears from GPUs to CPUs, the DRAM demand continues to remain high as both components require memory. SK Hynix, being one of the leading DRAM makers, is already facing severe production constraints. At the same time, SK Hynix is being approached by tech firms to invest in its chip production capabilities. As per Reuters, it is reported that tech firms, mainly in [β¦]
IO Interactive has updated the PC specs for 007 First Light once again ahead of the game's launch at the end of this month. Thankfully, the update doesn't return to the first iteration of the game's PC specs that would've had you go into debt just to afford the RAM required to run the game. Instead, it adds specifications for Enthusiast and Ultra settings, showing what you'll need to run the game at 1440p and 60 FPS or 4K at 60 FPS. Everything save for Ultra requirements has stayed at 16GB of RAM, with the recommended CPUs staying the same [β¦]
AMD's EPYC CPU has boosted the company's data center revenue to new heights, surpassing Intel for the first time. As Agentic AI Rages On & CPUs Become The New Favorite, Both AMD & Intel Are Seeing Big Successes Due To Overwhelming Demand In the race for Data Center CPU revenue, there could be only one winner. While both Intel and AMD are enjoying their reignited demand thanks to Agentic AI, the Red Team has managed to grab the largest share, surpassing its rival for the first time in the first quarter of the year. As per DigiTimes, AMD saw its [β¦]
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered fraudulent apps on the official Google Play Store for Android that falsely claimed to offer access to call histories for any phone number, only to trick users into joining a subscription that provided fake data and incurred financial loss.
The 28 apps have collectively racked up more than 7.3 million downloads, with one of them alone accounting for over
The initial set of files housed on the site will include those containing unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) videos, photos, and original source documents from across the entire U.S. government. The materials have been reviewed for security purposes, but many have "not yet been analyzed for resolution of any anomalies," the Department's statement read.
ASUS broadens the availability of RGB-Stripe OLED tech with its ROG Strix OLED XG34WCDMS gaming monitor ASUS has officially unveiled its new 34-inch ROG Strix OLED XG34WCDMS, a new ultra-wide RGB Stripe QD-OLED gaming monitor that boasts an ultra-fast 280Hz refresh rate. This new monitor acts as the little brother of ASUSβ 360 Hz ROG [β¦]
Sony Semiconductor Solutions and TSMC have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture focused on next-generation image sensor development and manufacturing. Sony will be the majority and controlling shareholder in the joint venture, which plans to set up development and production lines at Sony's newly built fab in Koshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture. The partnership brings together Sony's image sensor design expertise and TSMC's process technology and manufacturing scale. Beyond conventional imaging, the two companies are also looking at opportunities in physical AI applications, automotive and robotics specifically, where high-performance sensing is becoming increasingly important. Investment plans for the joint venture are still being worked out, and Sony is also considering additional capital investment in its existing Nagasaki plant. Both are being planned in phases based on market demand and are contingent on Japanese government support. Earlier reporting from Reuters indicated Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has confirmed subsidies of up to Β₯60 billion (around $380 million) for Sony's Kumamoto image sensor facility.
The timing makes sense for both sides. TSMC is already involved in Kumamoto through its first fab there, which entered mass production in late 2024 supplying Sony Semiconductor Solutions and DENSO on 22/28 nm and 12/16 nm nodes. The new joint venture would push that relationship into more advanced territory. For Sony, the move comes as competitive pressure in the image sensor market is building as Samsung has been gaining ground in supplying sensors for Apple, squeezing Sony's position in a segment it has long dominated. However, the joint venture still needs a definitive legally binding agreement before it's official.
Chinese GPU distributors are now selling some AMD Radeon RX graphics cards below the MSRP set by AMD. According to Channel Gate, AMD graphics cards in China are currently being sold at a loss, with many channel distributors actually losing money on some Radeon models. For example, the entry-level Radeon RX 7650 GRE, which has an MSRP of 2,099 RMB ($308), is now being sold for about 1,740 RMB ($256), including sales tax. This represents a 17% decrease compared to the MSRP, making it an attractive price point for buyers, but not so much for sellers who have a stockpile of these graphics cards. Moving on to the more recent RDNA 4 generation, the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB edition has an MSRP of 2,499 RMB ($367) but is now being sold at 2,250 RMB ($330). This is another drop of 10% compared to the MSRP, offering gamers a better deal.
The smallest difference is seen with AMD's top RDNA 4 GPU, the Radeon RX 9070 XT. This model has an MSRP of 4,999 RMB ($735) in China but is now trading at a slight discount of less than one percentage point at 4,950 RMB ($727). While this may not seem significant, it indicates that the card is finally trading at prices that AMD encouraged its board partners to adopt for the latest RDNA 4 family. However, these changes are only now starting to appear in China.
Unsurprisingly, the few thousand residents of the small community of Saline Township in Washtenaw County, Michigan, were worried about OpenAI and Oracle's massive new $16 billion Stargate data center. Their concerns covered the usual issues: excessive water usage, the power draw on the regional grid, a huge increase in traffic,...
According to insider sources, Microsoft engineers are working on a new feature called "Low Latency Profile" (LLP) aimed at improving Windows 11's performance in certain critical, system-wide tasks. The change is already present in recent preview builds distributed to Windows Insider participants, meaning enthusiast users can enable and test it...
The first of three new hardware products from Valve has finally arrived and is in players' hands, as the Steam Controller (2026) officially launched on May 4, 2026. When Valve first announced the controller alongside the Steam Machine and Steam Frame last year, it was cause for excitement. For anyone who remembers the first iteration of the Steam Controller (2015), 'excitement' for a new one isn't what you'd expect, but a lot has changed when it comes to Valve's hardware products since the Steam Controller V1 was discontinued in 2019. The biggest change, obviously, is the Steam Deck, which showed [β¦]
Nintendo has reported its financials for the end of its 2026 fiscal year, and while we're all still reeling from the official confirmation that the Nintendo Switch 2 will go up in price later this year, Nintendo can celebrate where the Switch 2 has gotten them so far. Per GamesIndustry.Biz, the new handheld hybrid console has officially reached 19.86 million units sold since it arrived last year, and its launch helped push a massive 98.6% increase in net sales compared to last year. The 19.86 million units sold figure comes from Nintendo's official IR Information site, which now shows the [β¦]
As memory prices surge, employees at Samsung's Memory division have made progress with their negotiations with management. Troubles at Samsung were thrust into the limelight in April when employees took to the streets to demand 15% of the firm's operating profit as a bonus. The union members threatened a general strike lasting for 18 days and starting on May 21st if their demands were left unmet. Now, it appears that management has acquiesced to some of their demands and agreed to a 10% bonus. Samsung's Management & Workers Make Headway In Negotiations For Bonus According to members of the union [β¦]
Gigabyte has launched its revolutionary AORUS RTX 5090 Infinity graphics card, featuring a dual-flow throw cooler & a huge overclock out of the box. RTX 5090s Are Expensive As Hell, But Gigabyte's AORUS RTX 5090 Infinity Is Worth Checking Out Earlier this year, Gigabyte's AORUS Design Lab unveiled a rather interesting GeForce RTX 5090 custom model, which it called Infinity. The graphics card has been designed to offer a premium yet compact form factor that packs advanced thermals and offers the full performance of an RTX 5090 and then some more at a remarkably small footprint. The following are the [β¦]
Many newer and older-gen AMD GPUs are now selling below MSRP due to lower demand, forcing sellers to sell them at a loss. Radeon RX 9070 XT Drops Below MSRP While RX 9060 XT and RX 7650 GRE See Significant Price Reductions in China Channel Gate reports that various AMD Radeon GPUs are now selling below their MSRP in China, which is a dream at a time when the GPUs are selling for nearly 20-30% higher prices in various parts of the world. We don't know if this is a temporary drop or not, but we know from the past [β¦]
The Education Store on Appleβs website stuck to the βhonor systemβ where consumers could purchase their favorite hardware at a decent discount, irrespective of whether they were college students, their parents, teachers, faculty members, or not. Unfortunately, the company is no longer allowing customers to take advantage of the current system, which is why in the U.S., Apple now requires buyers to verify their eligibility for various discounts. Keep in mind that this isnβt the first time that the Cupertino firm has required verification on its Education Store, as the company stepped back from the honor system back in 2022. [β¦]
Intel's recent comeback has been spearheaded by CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who has turned around the company & made it the center of tech conversation. Winning Over President Trump & Elon Musk Was Just The Start, The Real Opportunity of Intel Lies Ahead As CEO Lip-Bu Tan Focuses on "Leadership Through Execution" Intel's success didn't come overnight. Just a year ago, the company's share was a mess, and it was facing internal and external crises at the same time. However, decisions made by former CEO Pat Gelsinger on the Foundry front and a solid roadmap framework, along with current CEO Lip-Bu [β¦]
Today we're launching The Small Brief, an initiative bringing together three ad industry icons to champion a local businesses they love. Their mission is to build breaktβ¦
The price hikes have come for the last remaining current-gen console, as Nintendo has just announced that it'll make the Switch 2 more expensive in various regions around the world. America is getting a $50 bump this September, while Japan will see similar increases by the end of this month. Even Switch Online subscriptions will become costlier.
Two Americans have been sentenced to prison for helping North Korean operatives infiltrate nearly 70 US companies through fraudulent remote IT jobs, enabling overseas access to company laptops via RDP and generating over $1.2 million for the regime.
Google appears to be pulling parts of the Google Tag Manager interface directly into Google Ads β a move that could simplify how advertisers manage tracking and tags.
Whatβs happening. Advertisers are spotting a new βManageβ option inside the Data Manager section of Google Ads that opens Tag Manager controls without leaving the platform.
The update was first shared by Marthijn Hoiting and Adriaan Dekker, who posted screenshots showing Tag Manager elements embedded within the Google Ads environment.
Why we care. Tag setup and troubleshooting have long been a friction point for advertisers, often requiring multiple tools and technical handoffs.
Bringing Tag Manager functionality into Google Ads could reduce that complexity β especially for smaller teams or advertisers without dedicated dev support.
Zoom in. Inside the Data Manager interface, users can see connected data sources (including Tag Manager) and trigger management actions directly from within Google Ads.
That suggests Google is moving toward a more unified measurement workflow, where tagging, data connections and campaign setup live closer together.
Between the lines. This aligns with Googleβs broader push to simplify measurement and improve data accuracy β particularly as privacy changes and signal loss make clean tracking more critical.
It also mirrors recent efforts to make tagging more accessible without heavy technical setup.
What to watch:
Whether full Tag Manager functionality gets embedded or remains partial
How this impacts workflows between marketers and developers
If this becomes the default way to manage tags for advertisers
Bottom line. Google is quietly reducing the gap between campaign setup and measurement β bringing tagging closer to where ads are actually managed.
First seen. This update was shared by Adrian Dekker on LinkedIn, who credited Data and Analytics specialist Marthijn Hoiting for spotting it.
Google will no longer support FAQ rich results as of May 7, 2026. This means you will no longer see FAQ rich results in the Google Search results going forward.
Plus, Google Search Console will stop reporting on FAQ structured data.
What Google said. Google posted a note at the top of the FAQ structured data developer documentation saying:
FAQ rich results are no longer appearing in Google Search. We will be dropping the FAQ search appearance, rich result report, and support in the Rich results test in June 2026. To allow time for adjusting your API calls, support for the FAQ rich result in the Search Console API will be removed in August 2026.
Remove code. You can remove the FAQ structured data from your code, if you want but you can also leave it. Other search engines may be able to continue to process it and use it for their own purposes.
Why we care. Rich results have helped web pages with click-through rates and get more traffic. FAQ rich results may have helped as well. But that is now no longer supported.
Keep an eye on your pages with FAQ structured data to see if your traffic from Google is impacted or not.
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As LLMs continue to grow, optimizing brand visibility in AI-generated responses is becoming increasingly important. Consumers are turning to these models for answers, recommendations, recipes, vacations, and nearly everything else imaginable.
But what happens if your brand isnβt included in those responses? Can you influence the outcome? And what are some proven ways to improve your brandβs inclusion and visibility?
Thatβs where structured experimentation comes in. Prompt-level SEO requires more than assumptions or one-off wins. It requires repeatable testing frameworks that help isolate what actually influences LLM responses.
Build prompt-level SEO tests with a hypothesis framework
There are countless recommendations on how to improve your LLM presence. Experimentation is key to discovering what works for your industry and brand.
Hypothesis-driven testing is the way we structure these tests for our brands. It breaks things down in a structured way that can be replicated across tests and situations.
This framework creates a common approach to testing and helps you quickly understand the test and its outputs. The structure consists of three main pieces: if, then, because.
If: This part provides the hypothesis: what is the test action?
βIf we include more detailed product specifications in our content.β
Then: What will happen once the βifβ section is completed? The outcome.
βThen weβll see our brand get included in more product-specific prompts.β
Because: This is why you believe this will occur. What is the theory behind this test?
βBecause LLMs value detailed and specific information in their prompt responses.β
This framework requires some basic fundamentals that ensure youβre thinking through the test. It also allows you to go back later and validate whether you have tested these specific elements in the past and what the premises, theories, and outcomes were.Β
This helps because, as things change, the test elements may still be valid simply because the world shifts β changing the βbecauseβ section.
Key considerations before running prompt-level SEO tests
Before we get to the recommendations for testing best practices, here are some considerations when running these tests:
Model updates: These models are updated constantly. As some models move from 4.1 to 4.2, itβs time to revisit those results. How did the model change the inputs and outputs?
Prompt drift: Have you ever run the exact same prompt twice in a day or on consecutive days? Often, the results change. Therefore, running the prompt more than once and on consecutive days to evaluate the outcome is important to get a true baseline. This is no different from personalized search results. Brands get comfortable with the variance, but some averages surface and become the benchmark. Prompt testing works much the same way.
Now that you have the framework of the test, letβs think about the core elements of tests that can be used in prompt-specific testing.
How to isolate variables: A methodological approach
Designing a reliable prompt-level SEO experiment requires isolating a single causal variable. This is crucial for confidently attributing changes in LLM response inclusion or position to a specific action.
1. Content changes
When testing content modifications, the variable must be surgical. A common pitfall is changing too much at once (e.g., updating a product description and the pageβs schema).
Best practice β The single-paragraph swap: Focus on modifying a single, targeted piece of text on the page, such as a product description, FAQ answer, or a specific feature bullet point.
Methodology: For true isolation, implement A/B testing with a control page containing the original content and a test page containing the modified content. The prompt should be designed to target the specific information you changed. Measure the brandβs inclusion rate and position-in-response over a defined period (e.g., seven days β keep in mind these models are moving at a variety of speeds. This work, much like SEO, isnβt a microwave, but more like an oven).
2. Structured data
Structured data (schema) provides explicit signals to both search engines and LLM ingestion layers. Testing this requires treating the schema update as the only change to the page.
Variable isolation: Test adding new properties (e.g., brand, model, and offer details) without altering the visible HTML text. This isolates the impact of the machine-readable layer.
Specific experiment β FAQ schema: A highly effective experiment is adding FAQ schema to pages that already have Q&A sections in their HTML, isolating the effect of the explicit schema markup on LLM ingestion. Our work with brands has demonstrated that adding FAQ schema to pages with Q&A sections makes those sections easier for LLMs to ingest.
3. Before-and-after prompt testing
This process involves establishing a stringent baseline, making the change, and then repeating the prompt query. This is an essential control method in lieu of true A/B testing on the LLM itself.
Protocol
Phase 1 (baseline): Execute a set of 5-10 target prompts daily for seven consecutive days to establish a true average of inclusion and position-in-response, accounting for prompt drift.
Action: Deploy the isolated change (e.g., content or schema update).
Phase 2 (measurement): Re-run the exact same set of prompts daily for the next seven days.
Analysis: Compare the average inclusion rate and position of Phase 1 versus Phase 2. This method is central to initial presence score analyses, such as using three buckets of 25 keywords and prompts for a total of 75 queries.
With the speed of model evolution and the lack of detailed model insights, itβs difficult to ensure reproducibility of results. However, the goal is to move beyond simple βit worked onceβ findings to build a durable methodology.
Mandatory frameworks
Ensure every test is documented using the βif, then, becauseβ hypothesis structure. This archives the premise, action, and expected outcome, allowing future teams to quickly validate whether a test remains relevant as LLMs evolve.
Technical integrity
Version control: Document the specific model and version used for testing (e.g., βGemini 4.1.2β). This allows for easy comparison when a model update occurs.
Prompt libraries: Maintain an organized, time-stamped repository of the exact prompt queries used for baseline and measurement phases. This repository should track inclusion rate, position-in-response, and sentiment/framing for each query.
Infrastructure consistency
Define the testing environment (e.g., clear browser cache, no login state) and, where possible, use APIs or synthetic testing platforms to remove the impact of personalization and location bias, which is analogous to controlling for personalized search results in traditional SEO.
The key to prompt-level SEO is rigorous methodology. By adopting a hypothesis-driven approach, surgically isolating variables (content, entities, schema), and establishing strict before-and-after testing protocols, you can confidently move past speculation.Β
The path to influencing LLM responses is paved with controlled, documented, and reproducible experiments.
For the best part of two decades, we had a clear and accepted mandate: Get your brand to the top of the search results page. The problem was understood, the success metrics were agreed upon, and a supporting ensemble of tools, talent, and tactics was built around solving it.
Rankings were the scoreboard. Position 1 meant visibility. Traffic followed, and a brandβs value seemed to follow it.
Itβs this core premise that is now under serious renegotiation with the search landscape changing more in the past 18 months than in the previous 10 years combined:Β
AI Overviews are absorbing queries that previously generated clicks.Β
AI/LLM platforms are becoming the first stop for research and decision-making.Β
Zero-click is no longer a niche concern. Itβs increasingly becoming the default.
Whatβs required now isnβt a new set of tactics. Itβs a fundamental change in mindset. This is the SEO problem of 2026. Let me show you why recognition is your new goal and how to earn it.
The world changed faster than we did
SEO has always been a discipline that chases the algorithm.
We reverse-engineered signals, built strategies around them, and then scrambled to adapt when they shifted. Yes, there has always been the argument that if you cater your content to humans, you typically perform well.
That said, there have been obvious shifts in the types of content that resonate with the algorithm and those that donβt, dictated by changes to the Google algorithm at specific times.Β Β
It was never a perfect or complete system; anyone who worked through (or has since learned about) the Panda and Penguin years will tell you the algorithm was always a shifting target. But the fundamentals remained stable. Aim to rank well, get found, win.
The shift weβre living through now isnβt a Google core update. Instead, weβre experiencing a structural change in how information is surfaced, interacted with, and ultimately trusted.Β
AI has fundamentally transformed what searchers see
Thereβs a mental model baked into traditional SEO: If youβre at the top of the SERP, youβre visible. That model was accurate for a long time. But it isnβt now.
AI and LLM platforms β whether Googleβs own generative features or external tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Claude β donβt crawl the SERP and pick from the top results. They build understanding from training data, citation patterns, entity relationships in knowledge graphs, and signals about who is genuinely considered authoritative on a given topic.Β
A high-ranking page can be largely invisible to these systems if the brand behind it hasnβt established recognition and preference (a.k.a., the quality of being known, cited, and trusted beyond its own domain).
If your instinct is to treat it like another algorithm update, to find the new signals, maybe even game the new system, you are missing how dramatically the search landscape has shifted.
Think about it this way:
A brand can rank No. 1 for vital trophy keywords.
Their domain authority is strong.
Their technical SEO is clean, meeting best practices.
Their content team publishes weekly.
Their link profile is healthy.
By every traditional metric, this brand would be seen as winning. And yet, when their potential customers ask an AI or LLM platform which brand solutions to consider in their category, this brand doesnβt come up.
When Googleβs AI Overview summarizes the landscape, it cites three competitors. When a journalist writes a roundup and asks an LLM to help research it, this brand is invisible.
They rank. Yet itβs as if they donβt exist β because ranking well doesnβt solve for recognition.
Even if the dashboards still report rankings and the tools still track positions one through ten, optimizing for a metric thatβs losing its meaning is no longer a viable strategy.
User behavior is also changing
A growing share of search journeys now end before a user ever clicks a result, because they get the information they need without having to click through.
AI Overviews takes the majority of the headlines for this, but there has also been a huge shift in the SERP towards featured snippet expansions. This is further amplified by the adoption ofΒ LLM-powered assistants that surface direct answers outside the traditional search environment.
Meanwhile, queries are increasingly conversational, with more and more users asking AI tools questions the way theyβd ask a knowledgeable colleague or trusted friend, and theyβre expecting thorough, contextualized, and personalized answers rather than a list of blue links.
In this world, the question your SEO strategy needs to answer is no longer βhow do I rank?β, itβs βIs my brand the preferred option in the conversation?βΒ
And these are absolutely different questions that require different answers.
How AI βchoosesβ brands to recognize
Think about how an AI model decides what to say when someone asks, βWhatβs the best CRM for a small B2B team?β It doesnβt run a Google search and summarize the top result. It draws on patterns it sees throughout the knowledge at its disposal:
Training data.
Industry publications.
Reviews.
Expert commentary.
Forum discussions.
Solution comparisons.
The brands that appear in that answer are the ones that have accumulated recognition across the broader landscape, not just the one that ranks.
This is becoming an invisible tax on brands that have focused exclusively on rankings. They may dominate the SERP today. But in the AI-mediated version of that same query, theyβre absent.
βRecognitionβ doesnβt have to be a vague brand concept. It has specific, measurable components. Letβs break them down.
Brand awareness across the search universe
This is the most basic layer. Does your brand name appear, in context, across the search universe?
Not just on your own domain, but in industry publications, analyst reports, user reviews, forum discussions, podcast transcripts, and news coverage. You must also consider where audiences are spending time, because they are developing brand awareness on social-search destinations, too.
AI and LLM platforms are increasingly trained on and drawing from the wider internet when answering questions. Certain domains are massively outperforming others in terms of citations from these platforms, Semrush found.Β
If your brand is only present on your own website, youβre harder to find and arenβt in the platformsβ go-to sources.
Topical authorityΒ
This goes beyond keyword rankings. Topical authority means that when a given subject area comes up, your brand is consistently associated with it β not just by Googleβs algorithms, but by writers, analysts, content creators, and communities.Β
Itβs the difference between a site that covers a topic and a brand that owns the conversation in peopleβs minds who discuss it.
The signal here isnβt domain authority. Itβs authority, trust, and relevance (a.k.a., preference). You are asking, βDoes our brand appear alongside the recognized leaders in our space?β and βWhen people discuss an essential topic, are we in the conversation?β
This is the most technical layer and the one most often overlooked. An βentityβ in SEO terms is a clearly defined, consistently described βthing.β This could be:Β
Your company.
Your product.
Key voice or person.Β
Key topic or conversation.
Put simply, itβs something that knowledge systems can reliably identify and categorize.
If your brandβs description varies across your site, your Wikipedia page (if you have one), your Google Business Profile, your Crunchbase entry, and your LinkedIn page, you create ambiguity for every system.
This is as confusing for your human audience as it is for the AI/LLM layer trying to understand who you are and what you do.
Entity clarity means having a canonical, consistent answer to the questions:
What is this company?
What does it do?
Who does it serve?
How is it different?
Brands with strong entity clarity get pulled into knowledge graphs. They get cited. They get recognized.
6 things to get you started on the path to recognition
True recognition cannot be built overnight. Instead, your focus is on engineering discovery that develops recognition over time. With that in mind, here are six ways to begin the process:
1. Audit your entity presence
Go and look at how your brand is described in the places that matter:Β
Googleβs Knowledge Panel.Β
Wikipedia (if applicable).Β
Wikidata.
Social media conversations.
Key person/business LinkedIn profiles.
Your own βAboutβ page.Β
You should be asking if the messaging here is consistent. If your homepage describes you as βan AI-powered B2B sales platformβ while the content you discuss and share on your YouTube says βCRM software for startups,β you have an entity problem.Β
2. Fix the inconsistencies
Write a canonical description of your company β one clear, accurate, jargon-free paragraph β and work to get it reflected everywhere. Then mold the content format to the needs of the various platforms you want to show up on.
Alongside this, decide which conversations are most important to your brand and consistently look to own these topics. This is part engineering discovery, but itβs also developing your entity and the topics that contribute to that.
Thereβs a difference between content that ranks on a SERP and content that gets cited.
Ranking content is optimized around keywords, and too often, content has become homogenized in trying to meet the expectations of an algorithm so that you can rank.
Citable content, on the other hand, is original, specific, and useful enough that other people (and AI/LLM platforms) want to reference it. Citable content is strong enough that your audience feels like they miss an integral part of a conversation by not featuring or citing the asset or source.Β
Think original research and surveys, clear and ownable frameworks or methodologies, definitions that donβt yet exist clearly in your space, and data that journalists, analysts, creators, and bloggers actually want to quote or build upon.
If the only content on your site are search-optimized blog posts, ask yourself:Β
Is there anything here that a writer at a key niche publication or a researcher at a relevant public body would want to cite?Β
Is there anything that a content creator would want to build upon or explore further?Β
If the answer is no, thatβs the gap to close.
4. Build off-site recognition deliberately
This isnβt about traditional link building. Itβs about building presence in the right conversations, be that industry publications, podcasts, analyst briefings, conference talks, social content, or community forums.
Every time your brand name appears in a meaningful context outside your own domain, youβre building the recognition signal that AI and LLMs draw on and that resonates with humans in the journey.
Prioritize quality of context over volume. A single, substantive mention in a respected publication is worth more than fifty low-quality directory listings.
5. Optimize for clarity and intent
A keyword is a moment. Intent is a journey. Traditional SEO has trained us to think in snapshots: a user types a query, we rank for it, we win.
But a real buying journey in 2026 looks nothing like that. It might start with a conversational AI query, move through a Reddit thread, surface a YouTube comparison, hit a review platform, and only then arrive at a branded search. The keyword at any single point is almost beside the point.
What matters is whether your brand shows up meaningfully across the full arc of that journey β not just at the moment someone is ready to convert.
Start by mapping intent honestly.Β
What is someone actually trying to understand when they enter your space?Β
What does the journey from problem-aware to solution-decided look like for your customer?Β
Then audit where your brand is present, absent, or ambiguous across it.
The second part is clarity. As search becomes more conversational and AI-mediated, the brands that get surfaced are those that clearly communicate what they do, who they serve, and why theyβre the right choice β consistently across every touchpoint.Β
Vague positioning might survive a keyword-match algorithm. It wonβt survive a language model deciding whether your brand is the right answer to a specific human question.
Be specific and consistent. Make sure your description holds up whether someone finds you on your own site, in a third-party review, or in an AI-generated summary.
Your current reporting probably tracks keyword rankings, organic traffic, and backlinks. I would argue that this should continue, but there should be a shift in the importance of these metrics versus the following signal:
[Brand] search volume: Are more people searching directly for you?
[Brand] + [Intent or Keyword]: Are more people associating you with specific topics?
Unlinked mentions: Is your brand name appearing in content that doesnβt link to you?
You can then use the following alongside these and begin to further understand if your brand is being recognized:
Increase in referral traffic.
Increase in direct traffic.
Increase in quality of traffic (measured in longer sessions, per user increase in pages viewed, purchases earlier in the journey).
This will then allow you to look towards the most important SEO metric there should ever be: revenue. Especially if you can assess and report on the development of average order value (AOV) and lifetime value (LTV) or the specific values of the pages that have seen higher traffic because of an increase in unlinked mentions and/or brand searches.
When you begin to think about these considerations, the most important shift isnβt adding new metrics to your dashboard. Itβs changing what you treat as the primary signal.
Branded search volume, specifically branded search paired with intent, is one of the clearest indicators of genuine preference in the user journey and also the competitive landscape.
Someone searching for you by name, combined with a buying signal, isnβt discovering you. Theyβve already decided youβre worth considering. Thatβs recognition doing its job.
The goal is to grow that signal deliberately, and then make sure that when someone arrives with that intent, you meet it head on.
A branded intent search that lands on a generic homepage is a wasted moment. These users are telling you exactly what they need. Your job as an SEO in 2026 is to have already built the page, the answer, the experience that closes the gap.
The supporting metrics β unlinked mentions, referral traffic, direct traffic, AOV, LTV β all tell you whether recognition is compounding into something commercially meaningful.Β
And thatβs ultimately the conversation that needs to happen in every boardroom and strategy session: Recognition isnβt a brand vanity play, itβs a revenue strategy.
Rankings as the primary focus have gotten us so far. Recognition, with a view and monitoring mindset on the signals identified here, is what takes us, the SEOβs role and importance to brands further than ever before.
Get ready for a longer game with a bigger potential to win
Hereβs the uncomfortable truth about the recognition-first approach: Itβs slower.
You canβt optimize your way to being well-known in the same way you can optimize your way to a ranking β and I think itβs whatβs most intimidating to SEOs.
Recognition compounds over time, developed through consistent presence, genuine authoritativeness, relevance, and the slow accumulation of trustworthiness. But thatβs also what makes it durable.Β
Rankings fluctuate with every algorithm update, and the value of a No. 1 ranking is seemingly shrinking with every update due to the continued and increasing number of SERP features and AI/LLM integrations into the SERP.
Recognition, though, once established, is much harder to displace. To own AI-mediated search in the coming years, spend this period building something that AI systems β and the increasing number of humans utilizing them β genuinely recognize as authoritative.
The No. 1 ranking is a vanity metric if it ends up below the fold, stuck under a SERP of AI/LLM integrations and SERP features β ultimately ensuring nobody knows who you are.
Start building recognition. Your appearance in those top-of-page SERP features and AI/LLM integrations will follow.
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Improving technical SEO on your site may not be enough to move the needle these days.Β
Once a site reaches technical parity with its competitors β the point at which a proper infrastructure no longer gives you an advantage β Google shifts its ranking criteria toward relevance. And relevance is determined by aligning with search intent.Β
Letβs talk about how to make your site more relevant.
Why an intent mismatch may be suppressing your siteβs performance
An intent mismatch occurs when the copy on a page doesnβt match what the user is expecting to find on it. This happens when pages arenβt relevant to a topic or have mismatched signals.
This generates poor behavior signals β users click through from a SERP, see that the page doesnβt answer their need, and leave. Google interprets these signals as evidence that the page doesnβt satisfy the query.Β
This can lead to a decline in rankings, which means fewer users see the page, which means the behavioral signals worsen. Itβs a feedback loop that technical SEO alone canβt resolve.
Technical SEO improvements may no longer make a difference
In the early stages of implementing an SEO strategy, the needle can move quickly. If a site is operating below the technical baseline needed for Google to properly evaluate it, applying simple fixes β such as fixed crawl errors, resolved duplicate content issues, improved page speed, and adding schema β can produce big gains.
However, after these changes, your siteβs technical foundations are now comparable to those of your main competitors β you hit a ceiling. Now, Google isnβt ranking pages based on which ones it can access the easiest, but on those that best satisfy the userβs query.Β
Your technical infrastructure, or lack thereof, no longer disadvantages you, but now the rules of the ranking game have changed.
This is where intent alignment becomes the primary lever for improvement.Β
Signals that reinforce search intent
Elements that have an impact on a pageβs intent, and how Google decides whether the intent matches the page, include:Β
Click-through rate.
Engagement signals.
Core Web Vitals.
Schema type.
Internal linking anchor texts.
URL structure.
Click-through rate (CTR)
Click-through rate can be determined by your title tag, meta description, URL structure, and schema. It is also measured against intent.Β
For example, if your title tag is optimized for a keyword but doesnβt match the userβs query, your CTR will drop. Google treats a low CTR as a relevance signal and adjusts rankings accordingly.
Engagement rate
Time-on-page, scroll depth, and interaction rates can suffer when intent doesnβt align with a page.Β
If a user is searching to purchase something but lands on a how-to guide, they may exit that page within seconds. The same can be said of a user looking for an emergency plumber who lands on a page without a phone number.Β
Engagement signals feed directly into how Google evaluates a pageβs usefulness for a given query.
Core Web Vitals (CWV)
The three Core Web Vitals β Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), Interaction to Next Paint (INP), and Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) β determine page loading speed.
A transactional page that loads slowly suffers more than a slow-loading informational article. With the transactional page, the user is ready to buy and their patience is minimal, whereas a reader in research mode can tolerate a longer wait.Β
CWV thresholds matter everywhere, but their impact on conversion and bounce behavior is greater on high-intent pages.Β
Schema type
Schema markup tells Google explicitly what type of content is on a page. Generally:
Article/HowTo is informational.
Product is transactional.
FAQ is informational and commercial.
Local business/event is navigational.
When schema type contradicts the content on a page, Google gets a conflicting signal, resulting in a traffic drop.
Internal linking anchor texts
The anchor text of internal links tells Google about the page thatβs being linked to, including its intent.Β
If a transactional landing page receives internal links with informational anchor text β βlearn more about X,β rather than βget a quote for Xβ or βbuy Xβ βΒ the intent signal Google receives about that pageβs purpose gets diluted.
URL structure
Google uses URL patterns to infer page type.Β
For example, URLs sitting under /blog/ are treated with informational bias. A product or service page buried under a blog path fights against that structural expectation, regardless of its content, and it may not rank well.Β
Cannibalization and canonicalization
If your site has multiple pages targeting the same keyword but with different intents, neither is likely to rank well. They compete against each other and dilute the signal Google receives.Β
To fix, use canonical tags to clearly signal which page is the preferred one for a given keyword, consolidate or redirect competing pages where appropriate, and ensure your internal linking reinforces the canonical choice.
Hereβs an example of a common intent mismatch and some steps to audit your content and fix it.Β
What an intent mismatch looks like
For example, if a user searches for βfinancial analysis software,β theyβre looking to buy software. The keyword phrase is highly transactional.Β
But if your site targets this keyword phrase for an informational blog post that explains how a person can complete a financial analysis report themselves, this creates a mismatch.
The user is looking for a product that does the analysis for them, which means they want to compare features, understand pricing, see integrations, or book a demo.Β
The keyword phrase should be applied to a dedicated product or landing page that clearly outlines functionality, benefits, use cases, and pricing. This would align more with the userβs needs, resulting in more inquiries, leads, and conversions.
Identify the intent of your pages
To fix intent mismatches, to start, compile a list of the top performing keywords that best describe your business and manually check the Google rankings for each.
This initial research will tell you exactly what type of page and copy you should have for these keywords. For example:
Knowledge panels, AI Overviews, and People Also Ask boxes usually appear for informational searches.
Paid results usually suggest commercial intent.
Shopping feeds suggest a transactional keyword.
Next, add the keywords to a spreadsheet and add a column for intent. Work down the list, adding whether you think the page is informational, commercial, transactional, or navigational.Β
You can then create another column that states the type of page that will rank well:Β
Informational: Blog or resource content.
Commercial: Service or landing pages.
Transactional: Collection, category, or product pages.
Navigational: Brand, specific service, or specific location pages.
See what your competitors are doing
Research your competitorsβ pages for the keywords youβre targeting. Analyze and note what they have that your pages donβt have.
They may have:
Tables.
Comparisons.
Calculators.
Tools.
FAQs.
Reviews.
Step-by-steps.
Images.
Videos.
And more.Β
Consider how to improve your own pages to match theirs.Β
Measure your pageβs performance based on intent metrics
Once youβve made changes to your pages, track their performance to see whether they helped. Look at:
Clicks and impressions for intent-aligned keywords.
Rankings for core target queries.
Time on page.
Conversion rates, particularly those of previously underperforming pages.
Technical SEO still plays a decisive role
Technical SEO is still important, especially for complex, enterprise-scale sites. Here are some ways that technical SEO work can still move the needle significantly, in ways that content optimization alone canβt.
Crawl budget management
An ecommerce site with thousands of URLs can have its crawl budget consumed by low-value pages before its allotment reaches high-intent category and product pages that you want to rank.Β
Cleaning up low-value pages is purely technical work and will ensure your crawl budget goes toward pages that count.Β
International site architecture
Technical SEO is crucial when handling international sites that contain pages in multiple languages.Β
A keyword thatβs purely informational in one market may be transactional in another, reflecting different buyer behaviors and levels of market maturity. Hreflang implementation, regional subdomain or subdirectory structures, and URL strategies all affect whether the right page, with the right intent, reaches the right audience.
Log file analysis
A log file analysis will reveal which pages Google is successfully crawling and how frequently they are. For sites with intent alignment problems, Google often spends a disproportionate amount of attention crawling low-value or misaligned pages, while high-intent pages are visited infrequently.Β
For small sites with a clean structure and limited number of URLs, technical SEO can reach parity quickly, so the need to shift to intent alignment happens sooner. For large, complex sites, technical and intent work often need to happen in parallel.
Technical SEO is still important today β think of it as a foundation that the rest of the site sits on. Pages that canβt be crawled, indexed, or rendered correctly will be unable to rank, regardless of how well their content matches user intent.
Think of intent alignment as the ceiling β itβs what determines how high a technically sound page can rank, and whether it converts the traffic it earns.Β
Every page on a site should have a clearly defined intent, expressed in the right format, with the right content type. And they should also be supported by technical signals, be it schema, URL structure, relevant anchor text, etc., so that the pageβs intent is constantly reinforced.Β
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Details have emerged about a new, unpatched local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability impacting the Linux kernel.
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Microsoft Advertising is giving advertisers more flexibility in reporting, with custom columns now supporting all conversion metrics β a move aimed at deeper, more tailored campaign analysis.
Whatβs happening. According to Microsoftβs product liaison Navah Hopkins, advertisers can now build custom metrics using the full range of conversion data available in the platform.
This includes both all conversions and primary conversions, allowing marketers to align reporting more closely with their specific goals.
Why we care. Standard reporting often doesnβt reflect how businesses actually measure success. By expanding custom columns, Microsoft is enabling advertisers to create metrics that better reflect their own performance definitions β whether thatβs based on lead quality, revenue or blended conversion actions.
This is especially useful for advertisers managing multiple conversion types or complex funnels.
More control over performance metrics. Advertisers can now create custom columns using ratios and combinations of metrics that matter most to them β such as cost per qualified lead, blended CPA or conversion rate based on primary goals.
Revenue and ROAS calculations will also reflect the values set at the conversion goal level, giving more accurate insights tied to business outcomes.
Between the lines. This update signals a shift toward more flexible, advertiser-defined measurement β rather than relying solely on platform-standard metrics.
It also reflects ongoing demand for better reporting customisation as campaigns become more automated and complex.
What to watch:
How advertisers use custom metrics to guide optimisation decisions
Whether this leads to more consistent reporting across teams and stakeholders
If similar flexibility expands across other areas of the platform
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First Quarter 2026 Select Financial Highlights (compared to first quarter 2025 unless otherwise stated)
Gross profit increased 13% YoY to $116.0 million, with growth driven by both segments, despite tariff-related headwinds in Gamer and Creator Peripherals.
Gross margin expanded 500 basis points YoY to 32.7%, reflecting continued shift toward higher-margin products and disciplined cost management.
Net income increased $23.4 million YoY.
Adjusted EBITDA increased 58% YoY to $35.8 million, above the high end of guidance, representing our second consecutive quarter of double-digit adjusted EBITDA margin.
GAAP diluted earnings per share increased 210% YoY to $0.11, while non-GAAP diluted earnings per share increased 145% YoY to $0.27.
Revenue of $354.5 million, above the midpoint of our guided range, reflecting strong growth in Gamer and Creator Peripherals, partially offset by softer demand in Gaming Components and Systems driven by ongoing semiconductor supply constraints and elevated pricing.
Cash and restricted cash increased sequentially by $20.9 million to $119.7 million, providing flexibility for continued investment and capital returns.
Approximately $5 million repurchased under our $50 million share repurchase program.
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Samsung and SK hynix are using two different approaches to manufacture next generation DRAM memory chips, suggest industry insiders. The boom in demand for computing products ushered in by AI data center buildouts has strained the memory market led to a tightness in the markets for HBM, DRAM and other chips since all of these rely on the same raw materials for production. As part of its efforts to manufacture next generation chips, the sources suggest that Samsung is interested in using the gate-all-around FET (GAAFET) fabrication technology for its next generation DRAM chips. Samsung Seeking To Apply NAND Manufacturing [β¦]
Shortly after the debut of its Nacon Connect 2026 showcase where French publisher Nacon tried to put up a strong front amidst a major time of upheaval in its history, a new report points to more upheaval and, unfortunately, another studio closure. According to French outlet Origami, Nacon is preparing to shut down Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss and Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong developer Big Bad Wolf as part of its attempt to survive its insolvency filing and that of Big Bad Wolf's parent company Cyanide, which itself is a subsidiary of Nacon. Of course, this is an unconfirmed report [β¦]
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Razer used a decentralized GPU marketplace to generate thousands of AI images, achieving low costs and stable performance without cloud infrastructure.
The all-new Google Fitbit Air is now available to preorder, so you can find incredible deals on top-rated Fitbit activity and smartwatches, with prices starting at $79.95.
Elon Musk's legal effort to dismantle OpenAI may hinge on how its for-profit subsidiary enhances or detracts from the frontier lab's founding mission of ensuring that humanity benefits from artificial general intelligence.
Steam users will soon be able to reserve a Valve Steam Controller Valve has confirmed that it plans to open Steam Controller reservations tomorrow at 10 am pacific time (6 PM BST). When Valve launched its new controller on May 4th, it sold out quickly, and resellers tried to resell them at huge profits. To [β¦]
Microsoft seems to be teasing a new Xbox dashboard UI with less ads as it aims to address "a lot of fragmentation within the experience" across devices.
When Valve launched the Steam Controller, the new gaming peripheral expectedly sold out within the first day of sales. Valve then promised stock was coming soon, stating that the demand for the controller was unexpected. Now, the gaming giant has confirmed that changes are coming to the Steam Controller ordering process in order to mitigate the high demand and limited supply. Starting on May 8 at 10:00 Pacific time (17:00 UTC), Valve will allow users to place a reservation for the Steam Controller on the usual store page, which will allow prospective buyers to reserve a spot in the queue. When the controller is back in stock, Valve will automatically place orders for reservation holders in the order they placed their reservations, and buyers will have 72 hours from the time they receive that order email to finalize their purchase through Steam.
Notably, Valve is restricting reservations to one controller per account, and those who have already purchased a Steam Controller will not be able to place reservations until further notice. It's also worth pointing out that Valve has added additional account conditions in order to prevent scalping. Steam accounts seeking to place a reservation will need to be in good standing and have made a purchase before April 27, 2026. Valve also confirmed that the US, Canada, the UK, EU, and Australia will be getting Steam Controller restocks next weekβmeaning May 11.
Keychron has been busy updating its mechanical keyboard line-up over the last few months switching to hyperefficient firmware and its updated Silk POM mechanical switches. Now, the Keychron Q11 gets the same treatment, with the Q11 Ultra being a much bigger improvement over the original Q11 than the other keyboards Keychron has recently updated. The reason for this is that Keychron's only split keyboard was the Q11, with no Max or Pro variants to add wireless connectivity into the mix. This time, though Keychron has gone one step further with the Q11 Ultra, not only eliminating the USB-C cable to the PC, but also making the two halves of the split keyboard communicate wirelessly as well. Keychron claims that the dual batteries in the Q11 Ultra are capable of delivering 300 hours on a single charge, and the keyboard connects via Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, or via the USB-C cable on the left half. With 2.4 GHz and the wired connection, the polling rate can go as high as 8 kHz, even though that's hardly necessary for a mechanical switch. The Q11 Ultra is available for $239.99 from Keychron's online store.
The Q11 Ultra is a 75% split keyboard, meaning the keyboard splits in half for ergonomic purposes, although it still maintains the row staggered layout, so it should feel familiar for most users coming from a regular mechanical gaming keyboard. Despite the 75% layout, the Q11 Ultra has an additional five-key macro column on the left edge of the left side of the keyboard, and there are two programmable knobsβone on each half of the keyboard. The keyboard cases are constructed from CNC aluminium with an integrated top plate, and the keyboard uses double-shot PBT keycaps in Keychron's KSA profile. The Q11 Ultra is only available in black with blue accent keycaps, and it seems to miss out on the decorative bottom panel found on the likes of the Keychron Q1 Ultra. It comes with a choice of Keychron Silk POM Red (linear), Brown (tactile), and Banana (sharp tactile) switches, but the PCB is hot-swap compatible, so you can bring your own switches and keycaps if you don't like the stock experience. The Q11 Ultra has south-facing per-key RGB backlighting, which, along with the layout, is fully programmable in Keychron Launcher.
The Pixel 11 lineup is expected to launch later this year with Googleβs Tensor G6, and if you thought that the company is shifting to an alternative like a flagship Snapdragon or MediaTek SoC to gain an upper hand against the competition, you assumed incorrectly. The Mountain View firm is sticking to its Tensor SoCs with the Pixel 12 family next year, with fresh details of the silicon showcased in the latest leak. Tensor G7 is being developed for Googleβs Pixel 12, with a new leak revealing its codename to be Lajolla or LaJolla From the looks of it, Google [β¦]
Today, French publisher Nacon finally hosted its Nacon Connect 2026 showcase event after it was postponed from its original date in March 2026. If you don't recall, it was postponed because Nacon filed for insolvency days after announcing the event, after its majority investor, Big Ben Interactive, failed to close its refinancing deal. Since then, Nacon has done its best to portray strength within its portfolio and for the future, claiming that "this is not the end," though that became increasingly difficult to believe as four of its subsidiary studios filed for insolvency, one of which shut down just last [β¦]
Amidst a period of upheaval for the publisher, Nacon debuted its Nacon Connect 2026 showcase today, which included reveals of previously released titles coming to new platforms, new accessories from Nacon, and the reveal of new games, including Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Rageborn. Developed by Nacon's Montreal-based studio, Crea-ture, the studio behind the skateboarding simulator Session, this top-down action adventure set to arrive sometime in 2027 sees players swap between three forms: human, wolf, and werewolf. Rageborn will feature what Crea-ture president and creative director Lous Lamarche describes as more of a "Metroidvania" structure with its approach, in part because [β¦]
AMD launches a new MI350P PCIe AI-accelerator card with half the cores and memory of its flagship Instinct MI355X GPU. The new card provides customers with a drop-in upgrade solution for existing air-cooled servers.
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Ivanti is warning that a new security flaw impacting Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) has been explored in limited attacks in the wild.
The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-6973 (CVSS score: 7.2), is a case of improper input validation affecting EPMM before versions 12.6.1.1, 12.7.0.1, and 12.8.0.1.
It allows "a remotely authenticated user with administrative access to achieve remote code
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new credential theft framework dubbed PCPJack that targets exposed cloud infrastructure and ousts any artifacts linked to TeamPCP from the environments.
"The toolset harvests credentials from cloud, container, developer, productivity, and financial services, then exfiltrates the data through attacker-controlled infrastructure while attempting
Chinese scientists created light-driven micromotors that actively capture uranium from water, offering a new approach to resource extraction challenges.
Last week, we jumped two weeks forward after the Cleggs brutally kidnapped Andrea. There's still lots left unsaid, so when does Marshals: A Yellowstone Story episode 11 hit CBS and Paramount+?
Based on Whitney Wolfe Herd's past comments about Bumble's new direction, the company is expected to lean into AI -- Bumble is even working on an AI dating assistant called Bee, and the CEO has made many comments over the years about how AI will be "a supercharger to love and relationships."
Built on the back of the sizable and influential BookTok community -- creators who discuss and review books on TikTok -- the app offered readers a place to chronicle and rate their books, get recommendations, and even add photos of things like favorite quotes or memes, or share playlists that match the book's vibes.
An unknown group of hackers is breaking into systems previously breached by the cybercrime group TeamPCP. Once inside, the hackers immediately kick out TeamPCP and remove its hacking tools from the victimsβ systems.
Melinda Lewison's departure raises questions about Bezos' support and involvement with the startup at a time when the Amazon founder is now apparently focused on robotics at his new startup, Project Prometheus.
Microsoftβs newest Windows 11 performance should make the OS feel much snappier Microsoft is reportedly working on a new performance feature for Windows 11 that should dramatically speed up certain tasks. According to Windows Central, Microsoftβs new βLow Latency Profileβ (LLP) for Windows 11 will crank up CPU frequencies for short periods to make the [β¦]
Advertisers are starting to push back on gaps in AI Max capabilities β particularly around landing page control β as Google continues its shift away from legacy Dynamic Search Ads (DSA).
Whatβs happening. In a LinkedIn exchange, digital marketing expert Gabriele Benedetti raised concerns about AI Max lacking the same level of URL-based targeting controls that DSA campaigns offered.
His point: DSA allowed advertisers to structure campaigns around website architecture β using categories, URL paths and page rules to guide where traffic lands. That level of control, he argued, is not yet fully replicated in AI Max.
Why we care. For many advertisers β especially those managing large or structured websites β aligning campaign structure with site architecture is key to performance. Losing granular control over landing destinations could impact relevance, user experience and ultimately conversion rates.
This highlights a broader tension in Google Ads today: automation vs control.
Google responds. Google Ads Liaison, Ginny Marvin responded, clarifying that AI Max does support several URL-based controls, including:
URL rules and combinations
Page feeds with custom labels
URL inclusions at ad group level and exclusions at campaign level
However, she acknowledged that not all DSA targeting rules are currently supported β such as βpage containsβ conditions.
Between the lines. Google is not removing control entirely β but it is reshaping how that control works. Instead of granular rule-building, advertisers are being pushed toward structured inputs like page feeds and labels that AI can interpret.
Migration reality check. For advertisers moving from DSA to AI Max, existing URL rules will carry over β but with limitations. Unsupported rules will remain active as read-only, meaning theyβll continue to function but cannot be edited.
Thatβs a temporary bridge, not a long-term solution.
Whatβs next. Google says it plans to expand controls further, including bringing content and title-based exclusions to the account level later this year.
This would complement AI Maxβs existing βinventory-awareβ features, which already exclude out-of-stock items automatically.
Bottom line. AI Max is evolving, but itβs not yet a full replacement for DSA when it comes to granular control β and advertisers are making that clear.
Xboxβs latest achievement update is now rolling out to players, bringing refreshed unlock animations, customizable visuals, hidden games support, and improved profile tracking for completed games.
It's SchrΓΆdinger's Xbox. Simultaneously dead, and simultaneously feeling more alive than ever. Despite mainstream negative sentiment towards Xbox and Microsoft in general, I've never been happier to be a gamer in this ecosystem. On paper, everything is better than ever, but fears for Xbox's long term viability as an ecosystem are clouding everything.
NuPhy's Berry profile is a low-profile keycap profile that mimics the popular Cherry profile that has become popular with mechanical keyboard enthusiasts and gamers alike, and NuPhy has just announced a new keycap set in its Berry keycap line-up. The new Berry profile Alchemical Manual keycap set is the seventh official Berry profile to launch out of NuPhy (the others being Beat Boy, Godzilla, Trackday, Obivion, BoW/WoB, and Peach Blossom), and it's by far the set with the most unorthodox design. The Alchemical Manuscripts Berry profile keycap set is available on the NuPhy online store for $59.95 for the whole 124-key set, which is compatible with keyboards anywhere from 60% to 100%. The set doesn't include an ISO enter key, however, so those outside the US may want to double-check compatibility.
The keycaps themselves are made from PBT with dye-sublimated legends, meaning that the legend and keycap texture should last a good long while, and the aesthetics of the set are based on a handwritten font style, "inspired by classical alchemy, occult symbols, and ancient manuscript diagrams," with an off-white color for the majority of the keycaps and earthy green, red, blue, orange, and brown accent and modifier keycaps. The set also includes a handful of alternative colors for certain keycaps as well as keycaps with rounded bottom corners for keyboards like the Node series. The keycaps are low-profile with an MX stem, so they will be compatible with both Gateron and Kailh Choc V2 low-profile switch standards, as long as the key spacing follows the MX standard and not Choc spacing.
The South Korean technology giant said it will make every effort to minimize the impact for existing customers, and is reviewing its support infrastructure for business partners. The decision won't affect Samsung's other divisions in the region, meaning they will continue to sell products such as smartphones and tablets as...
Revealed during the Nacon Connect 2026 showcase event, Cyanide Studios' next game following Styx: Blades of Greed, which released earlier this year. This time, Cyanide is once again bringing a classic character back into the spotlight, but this character is much more well-known than a sneaking goblin. Dracula: The Disciple is Cyanide's next game, and it delivers its own take on the gothic story, as this first-person puzzle game sees you slowly turn into the famous creature of the night. You play as Γmile Valombres, a French archivist suffering from an incurable disease that he is desperate to rid himself [β¦]
Valve's launch of its new Steam Controller (2026) went great for the company, in the sense that Valve sold a lot of controllers. The entire run of stock that Valve had set aside for launch completely sold out within half an hour, and while many players were able to grab a controller, plenty more were unable to, unless they paid double the price for one on eBay, as scalpers quickly threw listings online with massively marked-up prices. Thankfully, Valve is looking to combat that outcome with some changes to its process. Beginning tomorrow on May 8, 2026, at 10am PT [β¦]
Cold Iron Studios released the first Aliens: Fireteam Elite game back in 2021 to a middling response. Most critics (Wccftech's Kai Tatsumoto included) agreed that it was an alright game overall but missed the mark in several ways. Three years later in July 2024, a major leak practically confirms that Cold Iron was getting another kick at the can with a sequel. Now, nearly two years after that, we finally get a look at Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, and it'll be in players' hands sooner than later with its arrival set for Summer 2026. Announced with a brief post on [β¦]
Windows 11 will soon see boosted performance through a new feature that Microsoft is working on, called Low Latency Profile. Maxing Out CPU Clocks For Short Duration Could Help Speed Up Windows 11 Apps & UI Microsoft is actively working towards refining the user experience within its Windows 11 operating system. There have been talks about some major changes underway, which will help reduce bloat, cut back AI features, and also improve gaming performance. These changes are part of the "K2" project. While Microsoft hasn't shared any specific plans or timelines on when these improvements would roll out to end [β¦]
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