Xbox's dreaded mass layoffs and closures are now imminent (they should be formalized this week), and according to a new rumor, they might impact even Rare. The news comes from a reputable source: journalist Patrick Garratt, cofounder of VG247 and now Editor in Chief of Knowledge, EDGE's weekly newsletter. The latest newsletter that went out a couple of days ago included this mention: Microsoft's Xbox division is bracing for potentially far-reaching layoffs as early as next week. According to The Verge, as many as five studios could be closed as a result, including Lyon-based Dishonored developer Arkane. Rumours suggest that […]

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Polish studio CD PROJEKT announced that Cyberpunk 2077 has surpassed the 40 million-unit sales milestone across all platforms. Michał Nowakowski, Joint-CEO of CD PROJEKT, said in a statement: 40 million copies sold shows the incredible, lasting strength of Cyberpunk 2077 and is a testament to what CD PROJEKT does best - creating high-quality, immersive stories that keep players returning for years. It's a great foundation for our upcoming projects in this universe, including the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 anime arriving this Fall. This is particularly impressive because after a massive launch on the heels of the hype (Cyberpunk 2077 registered the highest digital launch […]

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In a shocking statement that goes to highlight the sheer scale of the money-making juggernaut at its proverbial hands right now, Samsung's President of the semiconductor-focused DS division has just declared that the South Korean tech behemoth will earn more profits this year than what it cumulatively earned over the past 40 years. Kim Yong-kwan declared at a recent Samsung town hall meeting that the DS division's operating profit this year will match consensus expectations Samsung is about to announce its preliminary financial results for the second quarter of 2026, which means that analysts are already attuned to what the […]

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NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB has now landed back on retail shelves and comes at a time when global DRAM supply is facing a major crisis. DRAM Shortages Force GPU Makers To Revive Older Graphics Cards Such As NVIDIA's RTX 3060 12 GB Now would have been the time that we would have been getting our first real information on the NVIDIA RTX 50 SUPER series, a soft-refresh of the first generation of Blackwell GPUs that launched earlier last year. Yet, NVIDIA is forced to relaunch its 5-year-old graphics card, the RTX 3060 12 GB. The relaunch comes as […]

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Apple’s laser-focused efforts are currently to bring CXMT as a supply chain partner for DRAM in an attempt to reduce shortage risk rather than seeking competitive prices, as AI datacenters are estimated to hoard more than 60 percent of memory shipments by next year. While the Cupertino firm attempts to appease the steadfast Trump Administration, a new report discusses a development in which CXMT has begun R&D on a new kind of DRAM that can maximize both performance and capacity, all while using older DUV machinery. Work on “bonding DRAM” with existing DUV equipment could propel CXMT to new heights, as high-density […]

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Not every AI model belonging to Anthropic will churn out the results the way you hoped, but the company’s Claude Fable 5 will certainly attain a legendary status for those who wish to port all-time classic titles like Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour to iOS, macOS, or iPadOS without running into any headaches. One person reveals how effortless the job is, not to mention that the native version of the game is working on an iPad with touchscreen support. EA made the source code for the game, making porting less of a hassle; Claude Fable 5 achieved what Anthropic’s […]

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Apple’s “go to” chipset packaging for its A-series of chipsets was InFO-PoP (Integrated Fan-Out Package-on-Package), which had its uses, but in the age of artificial intelligence, the technology was quickly becoming dated and introducing a ton of limitations, including thermal problems for running on-device AI operations. Thankfully, if there was one positive outcome for the AI boom, it’s that companies like Apple have been encouraged to research and develop newer packaging, as it has done with the A20 Pro and its Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module Packaging (WMCM). Of course, that’s what a tipster claims and may not be the complete reality. The […]

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Visionary game designer Hideo Kojima, largely known to the mainstream as the creator of Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding, recently chimed in on Sony's unpopular decision to stop making PlayStation discs starting in January 2028. Kojima, a huge movie buff, was a guest of the Italian film festival Il Cinema in Piazza (which takes place annually in Rome) and answered this question with his usual thoughtfulness and keen insight. He is understandably sad, but also pointed out that this is just "step one" of the digital transition and that he finds cloud gaming even more frightening because then the data […]

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It never did make much sense for Apple to procure DRAM from CXMT for exclusive use within China. After all, the DRAM's specs are decidedly inferior, suitable only for budget offerings that do not command much volume within the Asian giant's market. Even so, a major US bank has now offered a simpler explanation behind Apple's willingness to risk the ire of the Trump administration, and it all might have to do with negotiation leverage. Apple is trying to use CXMT's LPDDR5X chips as the proverbial bogeyman in its power play with the so-called Big Three First, the Financial Times […]

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In what might come as a surprise, especially given Apple's ballooning memory-related costs, the A20 Pro chip that is slated to power the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will likely use the cutting-edge 96-bit LPDDR6, departing from the 64-bit bandwidth that Apple has used for around 13 years now. Apple's A20 Pro chip that powers the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max is apparently eschewing a 64-bit LPDDR5X for a 96-bit LPDDR6 While leveraging the scoop provided by Reptalica, the tipster INIYSA noted recently that the A20 Pro chip appeared to be moving away from the 64-bit memory […]

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Onimusha: Way of the Sword marks the long-awaited revival of one of CAPCOM's most beloved dormant franchises. Developed and published in-house, it's the first mainline entry in the series since 2006's Dawn of Dreams, which means fans have been waiting for exactly two decades. Built on the studio's proprietary RE Engine (the same technology behind all of CAPCOM's most recent games), Way of the Sword aims to modernize the series' signature blend of visceral sword combat and dark supernatural horror for a new generation of players. The original Onimusha games sold over 9 million copies combined, making it a sizable […]

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The iPhone 17 Pro Max and its 5,088mAh battery for the eSIM version were already a force to be reckoned with in terms of runtime compared to the competition, but the iPhone 18 Pro Max could surpass its predecessor’s ceiling by a decent margin thanks to a slew of upgrades. One tipster says that Apple’s top-end flagship will end up lasting as long as Android smartphones equipped with a silicon-carbon battery. An Android flagship with a 7,000mAh battery will last around the same time as an iPhone 18 Pro Max, claims rumor The 5,567mAh battery for the eSIM model of […]

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Being limited to older-generation DUV equipment hasn’t deterred Huawei’s efforts to develop and mass produce competitive chipsets, as the Kirin 2026 will be a prime example of the company’s next-generation packaging. Now, in the latest paper, the Chinese giant has detailed how a hybrid bonding process will allow for SoCs to flaunt a 3D stacking approach, which is the first step of removing one of the major obstacles of mobile silicon innovation; lack of access to advanced lithography. Despite having no access to advanced chipmaking equipment, Huawei’s mastery in smartphone chipset packaging for the Kirin 2026 looks promising During Huawei’s […]

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The new mini PC is an affordable device for those who want decent performance for day-to-day operations. Beelink Debuts EQi 304, Featuring Core 3 304 Processor and 16 GB/512 GB Configuration at Just $509 The Intel Wildcat Lake has made producing affordable systems possible. After Wildcat Lake's debut, vendors have been introducing their budget offerings, equipped with 1+4 or 2+4 core chips that utilize the Cougar Cove performance and Darkmont LP-E cores from the Panther Lake series. Despite being weaker on paper, these are excellent chips for day-to-day computing while maintaining great power efficiency. Beelink, which is a popular mini […]

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This is one of the most expensive GeForce RTX 5090s we have ever gotten, and of course, it's from ASUS. ASUS Lists its ROG Astral RTX 5090 Edition 20 At LDLC for $7,435, Reminding That ROG Matrix Edition isn't the Most Expensive RTX 5090 ASUS never fails to surprise us, particularly when it comes to pricing its premium components. The RTX 5090 Edition 20 has been priced ridiculously, as if the GPU wasn't expensive enough at $4000. We know that the GPU has been listed for nearly $4000 or more on major retailers, which comes as a result of the […]

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The company confirmed it in an unusual way, but it seems legit, and as per the announcement, the coolers should arrive soon. Noctua Announces NL-LC1 Chromax.Black AIO Series Despite Exclusion From the Roadmap; The New Variant is Expected to Arrive This Year The Noctua's latest and first-ever AIO cooler series was dropped two weeks ago. The NL-LC1 is what Noctua aims for, superior cooling, which is available in various form factors. Whether you want to cool a mid-range or a high-end CPU, it offers the AIO in various sizes, including 240mm, 360mm, and 420mm for enthusiast-grade PCs. Built using the […]

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This might be the lightest gaming laptop with a GeForce RTX 5070, weighing just 1.6 Kg, which makes it very portable. Thunderobot Debuts ZERO Air 16 Gaming Laptop That Weighs 1.64 Kg, but Still Brings GeForce RTX 5070 onboard The new ZERO Air 16 is the world's lightest 16-inch gaming laptop with the GeForce RTX 5070, according to Thunderobot. The manufacturer announced ZERO Air 16 recently, which runs on a Panther Lake CPU, paired with the GeForce RTX 5070 mobile GPU. Thunderobot has been able to cram this hardware inside a thin body that also weighs much less than its […]

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The A19 and A19 Pro were Apple’s last 3nm chipsets for the iPhone lineup, as the company has set its sights on the A20 and A20 Pro next year, making it the first time that we will witness SoCs designed on TSMC’s 2nm process in action. Apart from sporting the next-generation lithography, both silicon will also offer a bevy of technological advancements when Apple announces the iPhone 18 family. Here is everything you need to know about the A20 and A20 Pro. A brief look at TSMC’s 2nm ‘N2’ node and how it stacks up against the older 3nm ‘N3E’ and […]

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The DRAM supply situation is predicted to worsen for consumer electronics next year, with multiple industry watchers believing that a grim future for budget handsets could materialize in 2027. Thanks to AI centers gobbling up existing DRAM shipments, which could account for more than 60 percent in the near future, phone makers will have a negligible supply to work with, forcing them to have little option but to raise prices. DRAM prices have surged by as much as 700% since 2022, with three memory makers controlling 90% of the total supply Even with a class-action lawsuit aimed directly at Samsung, SK […]

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Apple is trying its hand at the iPhone Air 2 in an attempt to appease a small percentage of consumers who love the idea of a sleek flagship, but without the compromises that exist in the iPhone Air. Fortunately, a new video highlights key features of the upcoming handset, including a second camera that can only be accommodated thanks to a shrunken Face ID module, not to mention using the A20 Pro instead of the A20 that was previously rumored. Additional features could make the iPhone Air 2 even more popular than its predecessor, but pricing will play a paramount role Sticking […]

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Grove Street Games made its name porting some of the biggest titles in gaming history, from the GTA III era to the fairly recent Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, but its latest project marks a sharp departure from that legacy. BeastLink is the studio's first original IP in over a decade, and it's swinging for the fences with a multiplayer kaiju action game built around one core idea: absolute, city-leveling destruction. Set in a world where humanity clings to survival in shattered strongholds while colossal Beasts rule the ruins, BeastLink tasks players with scavenging resources, battling […]

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A Windows PC can look seemingly fine and yet still have some nagging issues. Your CPU usage may be low, your GPU may be running well, your gaming performance may be fine, and yet you may still get random audio crackles, mouse hitches, USB audio dropouts, or short system-wide freezes that seem to come out of nowhere. One possible culprit is high DPC latency. This is one of those technical problems that sounds obscure at first, but once you understand the gist of it, it becomes much easier to diagnose properly. More importantly, it is also one of those problems […]

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Typewriters have their own pleasant feel, which you can't get in traditional mechanical keyboards. While I am not a big fan of typewriters, they do bring some great appeal through tactile experience that you usually enjoy more than any other typing device. Epomaker targeted exactly that, and brought the Glyph to the mainstream market. I have been mostly reviewing mechanical and hall effect keyboards, but this one is different. It is surely a mechanical keyboard as well, but it's much different from the conventional mechanical keyboards that not only focuses on enhancing the typing feel, but also brings multimedia features […]

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Well, this particular Intel- and Apple iPhone 18-focused rumor proved to be unusually ephemeral, not even managing to survive a full turning of the clock. A much more credible source has just demolished the prospects of Intel fabricating the A20 chip for Apple's base iPhone 18, terming the source of this rumor "a well-known blowhard." The chances that Intel will get to fabricate the A20 chip for Apple's base iPhone 18 have suddenly and irrevocably tanked Just a few hours back, we shared a tip from Weibo-based Fixed-focus digital cameras, who disclosed that "the standard iPhone 18 will utilize Intel's […]

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Investment bank UBS believes that there is plenty of room for DRAM prices to increase in the third quarter. In a note, the bank outlined that it expects the DRAM memory market to be constrained until the second quarter of 2028. UBS' coverage comes just as market research firm TrendForce outlined that the DRAM market will continue to face severe shortages in the third quarter. However, it added that the impact of high prices on the consumer market and a higher base effect can temper the rate of change in memory prices over the coming months. DDR Prices Expected To […]

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Samsung is expected to adopt even higher cooling standards for its upcoming Exynos 2700, with its efforts exceeding those it made with the Exynos 2600. According to one rumor, this will happen by changing the packaging of the SoC, where the DRAM module will be kept separate from the silicon. With this change, the Exynos 2700 will tame its thermals better, delivering better sustained performance. Apple’s A20 Pro and Exynos 2700 are currently the only chipsets focusing on packaging changes to improve thermals With the Exynos 2600, Samsung employed the use of smaller LPDDR5X RAM placed next to the SoC die, […]

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Former PlayStation Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has tweeted a candid, mixed review of Valve's brand-new Steam Machine after spending a few hours with the new hardware, offering one of the more prominent early takes from a veteran industry voice. Yoshida's initial tweet admittedly reads like a checklist of small wins and notable frustrations rather than a wholesale endorsement or dismissal. He flagged that 3D performance felt underwhelming and that the system defaults to 1080p, a detail that struck him as reminiscent of the PS4 era rather than current-generation hardware capable of standing toe-to-toe with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series […]

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War Thunder, Gaijin Entertainment's free-to-play military action MMO, has just rolled out its latest major update, and it's a genuine showcase of how much content the game continues to deliver years after launch. Following on the previous "Ninth Wave" update, the Heavy Cavalry update brings a massive wave of new vehicles across every domain (ground, air, and sea) alongside meaningful quality-of-life upgrades that make combat feel sharper and more authentic than ever. If you've been on the fence about jumping into War Thunder, this update is as good a time as any to dive in. New Ground Vehicles: More Firepower […]

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So, it's true that Intel increased the prices of these processors, but they didn't disclose the reason publicly. Intel Confirms Price Hike for Core Ultra 200S Plus Series by $30-$50; Says, "Rising Supply Chain Costs" and "Strong Demand" are the Reasons for the Hike Recently, we spotted changes in the recommended customer price for some Intel Arrow Lake chips, particularly the Core Ultra 200S "Plus" series. The price hike was sudden and unexpected. However, it wasn't a mistake on Intel's part, as it has finally confirmed that the price hike is official. That said, the new processors will now officially […]

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PlayStation's decision to end production of game discs in 2028 has quickly become one of the most hated decisions ever made by a gaming company, and not only by those that still purchase retail releases, due to the massive implications this decision will have for the entire gaming industry. Chances of the company backtracking, however, are slim, and not only because factories are being repurposed from making discs, but also because this "spreadsheet" decision has been a long time in the making, according to former PlayStation Boss Shawn Layden. “I don't necessarily agree with it but I don't work in […]

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GMKtec has launched another powerful machine for local AI workloads, but it does more than that. GMKtec Debuts EVO-X3 Mini PC, Featuring Slim Design; Hosts 16-Core/32-Thread Zen 5-Based Ryzen AI Max+ 395 for Powerful Computing Popular mini PC and hardware maker, GMKtec, has been launching numerous mini PCs for a while. The company has a dedicated lineup for AMD and Intel-based mini PCs, and has already launched powerful mini PCs based on the latest AMD Zen 5 architecture. The latest addition is the EVO-X3 mini PC, which isn't the only one to boast the flagship Strix Halo CPU. Apart from […]

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There is no end in sight to the relentless memory 'chipflation,' with Samsung pursuing aggressive price hikes for server- and mobile-critical LPDDR modules for the third consecutive quarter of the ongoing year, entailing devastating consequences for the wider consumer electronics industry. Samsung is adopting a particularly aggressive attitude on memory pricing in the new quarter According to South Korea's ZDNET, Samsung is currently negotiating with commodity DRAM customers with an express goal of hiking its prices by up to 20 percent quarter-over-quarter in Q3. This comes as Samsung raised its commodity DRAM prices by 90 percent in Q1 2026 over […]

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Intel has been named Apple’s second foundry choice, but that was to leverage the chipmaker’s 18A-P process for the upcoming M7. What no one could have foreseen was the latest rumor claiming that the base iPhone 18, which is said to feature the A20, will be mass produced on the 18A node, but that’s what the latest Tata leak has suggested. Assuming this claim is true, it highlights Apple’s increasing problems with relying on TSMC, not to mention the supply and demand disparity created for the Taiwanese firm because of the AI boom. First Chinese memory manufacturers, now Intel - […]

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Sony's industry-changing decision to stop producing PlayStation discs from January 2028 has gamers still reeling from the consequences. The future of console gaming looks inevitably digital-only, both for the PlayStation 6 and, if rumors are to be believed, for the next Xbox console, too. Even if digital sales now account for over 80% of the total, there's still a fairly sizable user base that purchases retail, and they obviously aren't happy with this choice. Kotaku pointed out that fans have been voicing their opinions loudly across the Internet, as shown by the thousands of angry replies to a seemingly unrelated […]

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The first case of a Steam Machine encountering a Red Line of Death (RLOD) has been reported and indicates a GPU failure. Steam Machine's RLOD Is Reminiscent of Xbox's Infamous RROD, But Instead of a Ring, The PC Displays A Red Line of Death In Case of Hardware Failure Anyone who has ever owned an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 should remember the RROD (Red Ring of Death) and YLOD (Yellow Light of Death), which were encountered when the hardware failed to boot. The current consoles do feature their own system failure visualizers, such as PS4's and PS5's BLOD/WLOD, but […]

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Intel's Nova Lake Desktop CPUs will include two 18-core models featuring a single compute tile and large bLLC. Next-Gen Nova Lake Desktop CPUs Include Two Core Ultra 5 Models With 18-Cores, Up To 125W, and Intel's Big LLC Technology The Intel Core Ultra 400S series or Nova Lake-S Desktop CPU lineup will come in various shapes and sizes. Each segment will consist of multiple options to choose from, such as Single-Compute Tile, Dual-Compute Tile, bLLC, non-bLLC, Unlocked, and Non-K models. We have talked about the initial lineup before, and as per the latest from Jaykihn, it looks like there will […]

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That SpaceX retains vast cellular ambitions is no longer a secret. After all, the satellite giant has tried and failed to enter into a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement with the so-called Big Three - AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile - that could have allowed it to deploy direct-to-device (D2D) satellite-based connectivity services with ease. Yet, the FCC is now dangling 160 MHz of the prized upper C-band spectrum, which gives SpaceX the opportunity to further its D2D ambitions, while bidding up auction prices to limit the license uptake by AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. What is the upper C-band spectrum? […]

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