Lenovo's Legion Go Fold handheld concept has four screen modes ranging from 7.7 to 11.6 inches, and doubles as a small laptop. It uses Intel Core Ultra Series 2 and detachable controllers, but this early prototype needs some work to make it more stable.
Lenovo's ThinkBook Modular AI PC Concept debuted at IFA, with a detachable display and keyboard to personalize the device to the way you want to use it.
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Lenovo's AI super agent, named Qira, is expected to make its debut on Lenovo PCs in the coming weeks. Will it be a big hit immediately, or will it take time to reach users?
What happens when you take a Legion Go gaming handheld and mix it with a folding display and a 2-in-1 laptop? You get a Legion Go Fold concept device that I can only hope eventually comes to market.
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Home Depot's 2026 spring sale is live, and I'm rounding up everything that I'm buying for my backyard and home, including patio furniture, flowers, grills, and more.
Apple appears to have finally caved as it is bringing touchscreen supportΒ to its OLED M6 MacBook ProΒ range, scheduled to launch in either late 2026 or early 2027. For years, the Cupertino firm held its hand from adding this feature because the motivation behind this decision was simple. A touchscreen added to MacBooks would cannibalize iPad sales, which is why, according to the latest report, Apple isnβt going to offer a macOS and iPadOS software hybrid on the M6 MacBook Pro, instead sticking with a different approach with its upcoming hardware. Touch capabilities added to the OLED M6 MacBook Pro will [β¦]
But this shift in Windows adoption looks less like a wave of enthusiastic upgrades and more like a forced march driven by expiring support deadlines, strict hardware policies, and a steady drumbeat of problematic patches.
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PC manufacturers won't find it viable to offer hardware to gamers at 'entry-level' prices, as memory costs have reached unprecedented levels. Gartner Says That Manufacturers Have No Option Left Other Than Raising PC Prices to Adjust to Rising Memory Costs DRAM shortages have impacted several consumer-focused industries, but the consequences for the PC industry are the most disruptive. We have seen hardware prices soar to new heights, product launches delayed, and inventory levels drop rapidly across retail markets, all because the memory supply isn't enough to meet demand. A new Gartner market report reveals that PC shipments are expected to [β¦]
The Middle East has gone up in proverbial flames amid the drumbeat of regional war, and in the ensuing geopolitical chaos, Apple Stores have shut down in the UAE, at least through the early part of the coming week. Apple stores to remain shut in the UAE at least through March 03 The UAE's Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has asked all private establishments to take "necessary measures to avoid the presence of workers in open areas," including switching to a remote work schedule. The advisory is currently valid until Tuesday, March 03. In compliance with this advisory, Apple [β¦]
According to dataminer PlayStation Game Size (@PlaystationSize on X), Rockstar Games has just added title IDs for Grand Theft Auto VI on Sony's PlayStation Store, possibly hinting at pre-orders opening in the near future: Grand Theft Auto VI title IDs have been added to the PlayStation database. I expect weβll see something about the game soon, probably the start of pre-orders. When asked how long it usually takes between the time when title IDs first appear on the store and the actual reveal of the pricing information, the dataminer replied: To be honest, it completely depends on the publisher, and [β¦]
By CEO Sam Altmanβs own admission, OpenAIβs deal with the Department of Defense was βdefinitely rushed,β and βthe optics donβt look good.β
Microsoft's latest attempt to optimize rendering workloads has delivered impressive performance gains, with Intel's Battlemage GPUs seeing a significant boost. Microsoft Manages to Optimize Complex Rendering With SER, Leading to Improved Rendering Performance As rendering pipelines become increasingly complex each day, the traditional approach to such workloads has begun to create a performance bottleneck, and Microsoft's SER addresses an important one. For those unaware, SER stands for Shader Execution Reordering, and it is a feature in Shader Model 6.9, meaning we will see SER become a standard with the upcoming driver code. I won't make SER too complex to understand, [β¦]
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Honor first teased its βRobot phoneβ with a movable camera arm earlier this year. Ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, the Chinese company provided more details about the device, including how the robot can respond to different situations without commands. The company said that it is planning to launch this device in [β¦]
Portable air blowers are in many ways superior to those air canisters, but there is always the question of reliability and longevity from these products. With a truckload of brands littered on Amazon, it is difficult to know which name will serve you for years and which one is just manufacturing goods to make a quick buck. Fortunately, WOLFBOX has garnered a positive reputation for providing high-quality portable air dusters, with its three models, the MF50, MF100, and MF200, rocking up solid customer reviews on the online retailer. If you have a penchant for keeping your expensive items clean and [β¦]
The notorious 16-pin connector melting didn't originate with the RTX 50 series, and it dates back to as early as 2022, when we used to see regular reports of connector melting on the RTX 4090. Despite NVIDIA and its AIBs' attempts to mitigate the problem, the saga continues. Almost every week, we hear new reports of connector melting, mostly on the flagship Blackwell GeForce RTX 5090, rated at 575W. We have been reporting the stories regularly since the launch of the RTX 5090, and even a year after its official launch, the reports continue. Today, we will be deep diving [β¦]
As we've been noting ad nauseum over the past few days, the first week of March is shaping up to be one of Apple's most launch-heavy weeks of the year, with product announcements expected from Monday through Wednesday, culminating in the hands-on 'Apple Experience' event on March 04. Now, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman is out with the scoop that Apple is expecting a veritable frenzy at its retail stores as a result of these product launches, and is making sure that those stores are able to handle the oncoming sales volume. Apple expects a sales deluge as it gears up to [β¦]
Huawei plans to showcase its most powerful AI cluster, the Atlas SuperPoD 950, at this year's MWC, marking its first public appearance. Huawei's Atlas SuperPoD 950 Has a 'Huge' Lead Over Vera Rubin AI Racks, But Only In Official Disclosures The infrastructure race in China has become much more aggressive since Beijing decided to double down on preventing the influence of American technology on Chinese developers. Advancements from the likes of Huawei, Biren, Cambricon, and Moore Threads have made headlines in the past few months, mainly due to the nation's ambition to achieve sustainability in the AI computing race. In [β¦]
The month of March is expected to witness a bevy of product launches, with the possibility that the low-cost MacBookΒ is also unveiled during this week. Perhaps one of the most attractive combinations of this portable Mac will be its unibody aluminum chassis paired with some vibrant colors, with Apple reportedly believing that the machine will flaunt incredible value. In fact, the company is filled with confidence to the point that it believes that customers who donβt own computers will proceed with a purchase. Windows and Chromebook owners are also expected to gravitate to the low-cost MacBook, boosting Appleβs sales to [β¦]
The movement to leave Discord has never been stronger after its recent age verification and monitoring controversies. After spending the weekend testing out some top alternatives, I've realized that a change is a lot easier said than done.
People familiar with the matter told the Financial Times that the deal marks a major step toward a potential initial public offering later this year, even amid warnings of speculative excess across the AI sector. The scale dwarfs previous records, including Anthropic's $30 billion funding earlier this year and OpenAI's...
Orico's BookDrive P10Plus feels solid and has a magnetic back for snapping onto smartphones, as well as a 100w passthrough charging port. But its performance is lacking in one key area β especially for professional users.
YouTube creator ScuffedBits experimented with a desktop PC and AA batteries just to see how many they needed to run and for how long will a desktop PC last on AA battery power alone.
The data center β Google's first in Minnesota β will draw on 1.9 gigawatts of carbon-free electricity from wind and solar infrastructure co-developed with utility giant Xcel Energy. Powering a data center around the clock with renewable energy remains a persistent industry challenge, and Google's solution relies on Form Energy's...
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The latest Honor MagicBook Pro 14 reinforces the premium style and performance of the MagicBook range, with a bright 14.6-inch 3.1K OLED touch screen and a huge 92Wh battery. The latest Intel Core Ultra 5, featuring an integrated Arc GPU, provides a powerful combination that sees this laptop primed for business professionals and creatives.
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A few clever touches and striking styling elevate Kodak's cheap 35mm film camera above the level of a disposable point-and-shoot β but the ongoing costs can be steep.
AAA games like Resident Evil RequiemΒ are pushing a future where powerful GPUs will have their graphics prowess stripped because they are equipped with 12GB of VRAM. Also, the DRAM shortage means that if you want to build your own gaming PC, you will run into budget constraints because of how expensive memory and storage have become. Fortunately, there is a ray of hope in the form of the Skytech Gaming Azure 3, which not only pairs the incredibly fast AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3DΒ but also NVIDIAβs GeForce RTX 5060 TiΒ with 16GB of framebuffer to ensure that you experience uninterrupted performance. As [β¦]
The law's broad definition of an "operating system provider" pulls in not just Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, but Linux distributions and Valve's SteamOS.
Welcome to the first week of March, which kicks off with a major release from Bungie, that is not part of its Destiny universe, but rather part of a series that the company first released back in 1994 and is the fourth game in the series. If first-person shooters aren't your thing, then maybe running your own tavern is more your style? Or how about breeding and training horses in ancient Mongolia? Maybe hunting monsters in the fellowship of a cursed hat? Maybe a relaxing deck builder is more your cup of tea? Or finding lost items in a cozy world?
Marathon / This week's major release / Thursday 5 March
Infil into the dark sci-fi world of Tau Ceti IV: A derelict colony rife with rival Runners, hostile UESC security forces, and unpredictable environments. As you scavenge its zones for valuables with a crew or alone, tense moments of exploration break into fast-paced PvP combat where gunplay is responsive, supplies are finite, and preparation is rewarded. Steam link
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It looks like the secret is finally out of the bag: Cory Barlog's "new" IP, previously rumored to be sci-fi-themed, is actually an expansion of the existing God of War universe with a new franchise. The confirmation came from a LinkedIn profile (spotted on the ResetEra board) of a Senior Writer who worked remotely at Sony Santa Monica between August 2020 and September 2025, writing on their resume: Helped shape narrative vision and creative direction at Sony Santa Monica Studio for a new franchise within the God of War universe, developing characters, storylines, and original lore that expanded the acclaimed [β¦]
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We're still a few days away from the season 3 finale, but there's good reason to be hopeful for School Spirits season 4 to hit Paramount+ in the future.
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Ubisoft has been clear that it is working on "several" new games in the Assassin's Creed franchise. One of those games is Assassin's Creed Hexe, a new open-world AC game that has been in development at Ubisoft Montreal in some form or another since 2022. Now, according to Tom Henderson on the Insider Gaming podcast, the combat for Assassin's Creed Hexe is being reworked, with a contortionist coming in to record the motion capture scenes. He also adds that the game looks to be launching sometime in 2027, despite the combat reworks. Ubisoft Montreal, the studio in charge of Hexe, was also leading the development of the recently cancelled Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake, although it seems unlikely that Hexe would be cancelled this late into development, especially since it seems to follow the established Assassin's Creed format rather closely.
Recent teasers released by Ubisoft suggest that the new game will feature themes of witchcraft and sorcery, with a distinct horror influence, and it seems like it will be set in Germany. Hexe was being directed by Clint Hocking, of Far Cry 2, Watch Dogs: Legion, and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory fame, but recent changes to Ubisoft's structure resulted in his departure from the company and the project. Despite this, Ubisoft has assured gamers that Hexe has survived the tumultuous reshuffling that has seen so many other projects delayed. However, the news of the reworked combat may mean that it will need more time in the oven than originally intended.
Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and others have long promised to govern themselves responsibly. Now, in the absence of rules, there's not a lot to protect them.
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Learn more about Paramount's planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery β a historic Hollywood megadeal valued at $111 billion β as it continues to develop.
Lenovo has officially launched the ThinkBook 16+ in China, officially kicking off its LPCAMM2 rollout to mainstream laptop after it launched the ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 with the new RAM standard as far back as 2024. LPCAMM2 is a new memory standard that allows all of the performance of LPDDR5X with the upgradeability of a regular SODIMM. The ThinkBook 16+ appears to be Lenovo's first consumer device to feature LPCAMM2, launching with up to 32 GB of LPDDR5X-8533 memory backing up an Intel Core Ultra X7 385H and its Arc B390 iGPU.
Specs for the ThinkBook 14+ are not completely listed on Lenovo China, but the rest of the ThinkBook 16+'s specs impress, featuring Wi-Fi 7, 165 Hz display with 100% DCI-P3 coverage and support for VRR, and a 99.9 Wh battery. The laptop also features 2Γ Thunderbolt 4 ports, 2Γ USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports, and 1Γ USB 2.0 Type-B port, a 3.5 mm audio combo jack, and a 4-in-1 SD card reader for SD, SDHC, SDXC, and CMMC cards. Lenovo has also equipped the ThinkBook 16+ with a Windows Hello-compatible 1080p webcam with a physical shutter as well as support for Lenovo's Magic Bay accessory ecosystem, which has started expanding to more laptops in 2026. The new ThinkBook series also features Lenovo's pressure-sensitive Forcepad, which also integrates haptic feedback and multitouch support. In China, the ThinkBook 16+ 2026 comes in at RMB 8499 ($1,240) while the ThinkBook 14+ 2026 starts at RMB 8299 ($1,210) with all of the same internal specifications. At the time of writing, though, there is no indication that these laptops will launch outside of China, although another laptop series will likely take their place in international markets.
The current trajectory for Android flagship chipsets is a volatile path where companies like Qualcomm are focused more on boosting raw performance than paying attention to efficiency metrics. While we can understand the objective of obtaining bragging rights over Apple, these accolades will likely be limited to benchmarks. In short, the real-world experience of smartphones equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 ProΒ could be heavily compromised as Qualcomm targets higher clocks. Based on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5βs TDP, its successor could reach as high as 30W if things are controlled quickly. Higher clock speeds target and the [β¦]
Oblivion is an Android RAT which bypasses permissions, intercepts messages, and enables hidden remote control across devices from Samsung, Xiaomi, and OPPO.
In early February, Intel finally updated its HEDT sector with the latest "Granite Rapids-WS" Xeon 600 Series processors for workstations. The company has now published a detailed table of turbo frequencies that provides specifics on each core's boost frequency in workloads like SSE, AVX2, AVX-512, and AMX, showing how much these workloads allow the CPU cores to boost. This means that during a continuous workload like AMX, these CPUs can only run at a sustained frequency defined in the tables below. At the very top of the new "Granite Rapids-WS" stack is the Xeon 698X, featuring 86 cores and 172 threads, backed by 336 MB of L3 cache. The chip runs at a 2.0 GHz base clock, boosting up to 4.8 GHz with Turbo Boost Max 3.0, or 4.6 GHz under Turbo Boost 2.0. This CPU is fully unlocked, allowing overclocking, which is still relatively rare in the Xeon workstation space.
In non-AVX workloads, this CPU can boost up to 4.8 GHz, while its lowest-performing core, numbered 86, sits at 3.0 GHz. However, AVX2 turbo frequencies cause a significant frequency downgrade, as the base frequency drops to 1.7 GHz, and the slowest core drops to 2.9 GHz when boosting across its 86-core design. Following this are the AVX-512 turbo frequencies, which see this flagship SKU running at a base clock speed of only 1.3 GHz and only 2.5 GHz across its 86 cores. Perhaps the most demanding turbo frequency testing occurs when AMX is enabled, resulting in a base frequency of only 1.1 GHz and only 2.0 GHz across all cores at once. This significant reduction comes from the demanding scenarios of these vector and matrix instruction processing, which are very heavy on the CPU.
More information about other SKUs and details in AVX2, AVX-512, and AMX turbo frequencies follow.
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We recently reported on news that Sony will all but stop releasing PC ports of its single-player games on PC, and while those previous reports were from Jason Schreier, a journalist previously shown to have reputable insider sources, another insider has corroborated these claims, adding additional context in the process. According to NateTheHate2 on X, Sony made the decision in 2025 to shift its release strategy, with the result of launching fewer first-party single-player games on PC. The leaker adds that this means there will be "fewer single-player games" on PC from Sony, implying both that Sony may still port single-player games to PCβonly significantly fewer of themβand that this new policy may not apply to live-service and multiplayer games.
He also mentioned that there are still single-player PC ports in development at Sony, which may eventually launch, depending on how far they are in the development process, but that these ports are no longer a priority for the Japanese gaming giant. Addressing questions about the justification for the strategy shift, NateTheHate2 commented that, while there have been a few commercially successful PC ports, they haven't been a huge revenue driver for Sony. Looking at the Steam charts data for Insomniac Games, one of Sony's most notable first-party studios, the data lends credence to these comments. The best-performing PC port from the studio is Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered, which peaked at 66,436 players on Steam. Meanwhile, the next-best performer is Marvel's Spider-Man 2, which peaked at 28,189. Nixxes Software, the studio responsible for many Sony PC ports, has seen similar successes, with the likes of Ghost of Tsushima topping the charts at 77,154 peak concurrent players, ahead of the aforementioned Spider-Man Remastered, with Horizon Forbidden West and The Last of Us Part II Remastered bringing in peaks or 40,462 and 30,690 players, respectively.
Minisforum is known for making powerful mini PCs, like the Core Ultra 9 285H-powered M1 Pro we recently reviewed, and the latest entry into the company's line-up is the MS-A2, an upgrade to 2024's MS-A1. The new mini workstation is marketed as a small form factor desktop server for programming, business, and home lab use cases, and it seems to have the specs to back that up. The whole package measures just 196Γ189Γ48 mm, or 1.78 L, making it seriously compact. Official US pricing for the MS-A2 with the Ryzen 9 9955HX starts at $799 with no RAM or storage or $1,199 with 32 GB RAM and a 1 TB SSD. The mini PC with 96 GB of RAM and 2 a 2 TB SSD costs $1,919 on the Minisforum store.
The MS-A2 uses AMD's Ryzen 9 9955HX mobile CPUβwith a claimed 100 W turbo TDPβpaired with up to 96 GB of DDR5-5600 memory and up to three PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots, for up to 12 TB total capacity, as well as support for U.2 NVMe 22110 drives, bringing total storage capacity up to 23 TB. Networking is also impressive, thanks to dual 10 Gb SFP+ ports and dual 2.5 Gb Ethernet ports. The MS-A2 also sports Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 wireless connectivity, and it has more than enough ports for proper workstation use. The front of the mini PC has dual USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports, a USB 2.0 port, and a 3.5 mm audio combo jack, while the back has 2Γ USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 2 ports with DisplayPort 2.0 Alt mode support, 1Γ HDMI 2.1, 2Γ 2.5 Gb RJ45 ports, 2Γ 10 Gb SFP+ ports, 1Γ USB 3.1 Gen 2, and 1Γ USB 3.1 Gen 1 port. The Ryzen 9 9955HX has a pretty weak Radeon 610M iGPU, which will get the job done for most productivity tasks, but the MS-A2 also has a built-in full-length PCIe 4.0 Γ8 slot for GPU or IO upgrades, and that slot supports can be split into two PCIe Γ4 connections.
The CL1 is the first commercial system from the same researchers who wowed the tech world in 2022 by teaching a cluster of 800,000 neurons to play Pong. The new CL1 pushes the idea into engineered hardware, built around 59 electrodes positioned on a planar array of metal and glass....
Well, it looks like the Optiscaler team has done it again. Seems like every time I finish writing an article about a new Optiscaler feature, they push out a brand new release with even more functionality. Maybe it's personal, and they want to keep me shackled to my desk for eternity, pumping out article after article about their excellent mod. Or maybe this is a form of protest against AMD's continuous refusal to meet the demands of the community and officially release INT8 FSR4? Regardless, as long as they keep on pumping out brilliant new updates, I'll be here to [β¦]
The cheapest Ryzen X3D launched in China, offering a powerful gaming experience at an affordable price. AMD Launches Ryzen 5 5500X3D Zen 3 Processor in China; 6-Core/12-Thread, 4 GHz Boost Clock, And up to 105W TDP; Price Still Unknown As usual, AMD isn't limiting its cheapest X3D chip to a particular region. Initially launched for Latin America, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has now launched for the Chinese markets. As reported by @realVictor_M, the new X3D processor from a much older Ryzen family has hit the Chinese retail stores, but the official price hasn't revealed yet. Some earlier listings have suggested [β¦]
TSMC's US operations have struggled since their initial launch in 2021, and after four 'rough' years, the Arizona plant has now reported profitability. TSMC's Expansion Towards the US Has Been a Costly Venture, But The Chip Giant Is Playing the 'Long Ball' Game TSMC's expansion into America isn't just driven by political motives; instead, the chip giant recognizes that diversifying production is becoming a 'must' amid the geopolitical risks it faces. The CHIPS Act initially catalyzed the Biden administration's pivot towards Arizona, which laid out initial investment plans. Since 2021, TSMC Arizona has reported operating losses totaling $1.25 billion over [β¦]
The P-series in Lenovo's ThinkPad lineup is aimed at professionals looking for a lot of CPU power, and this unit in particular pairs that with an insane 96 GB of RAM. The processor under the hood is the Strix Point flagship Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370, featuring 12 cores and Radeon 890M integrated graphics for light 1080p gaming.
OpenClaw has fixed a high-severity security issue that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed a malicious website to connect to a locally running artificial intelligence (AI) agent and take over control.
"Our vulnerability lives in the core system itself β no plugins, no marketplace, no user-installed extensions β just the bare OpenClaw gateway, running exactly as documented," Oasis
Former Xbox 360 boss Peter Moore has shared his thoughts on new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma in a lengthy GamesBeat interview. Moore draws parallels to his own outsider journey, pushes back on Seamus Blackleyβs βsunsettedβ comments, and defends Phil Spencerβs legacy.
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Chinaβs push into humanoid robots is accelerating, with domestic firms shipping more units and iterating faster than U.S. competitors in a still-nascent market.
Redditor "bmr99" spotted several Amazon pages for HP laptops advertised as including 1.2TB of storage, but they actually combine 128GB internal SSDs with free one-year OneDrive cloud storage trials. All of the examples also include dangerously low-end specs while attempting to boost interest with steep temporary discounts.
Myrient, which hosts more than 390TB of preserved video games, is set to go offline at the end of March 2026 due to rising storage and memory costs. The founder says they're spending more than $6,000 out of pocket per month to keep the project going.
Silicon Power reportedly charged a 15% depreciation fee while refunding a user their 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3200 RAM, meaning they'll only receive $46.72, which isn't even enough to buy a single 8GB DDR4-3200 RAM stick at current prices.
Logitech's new gaming mouse is the world's first to include haptics in place of a physical click system for the right and left click buttons, and it makes me wish more mice had this.
After Nvidia launched the February 2026 Game Ready and Studio Driver, which includes optimizations for Resident Evil Requiem and the Marathon server slam, users complained that some fans on RTX GPUs would not turn on, raising the risk of overheating. Some noted that their cards began ignoring custom fan protocols...
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As regular readers of gaming news know all too well, Wedbush Securities Strategic Advisor Michael Pachter is not one to mince words, always speaking his mind regardless. In 2018, he famously said loot boxes only existed because consumers were stupid. In 2022, he criticized Sony for vastly overpaying Bungie in the $3.6 billion acquisition, especially compared to Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard and Take-Two's acquisition of Zynga. In the same year, he also prophesied that Xbox Game Pass active subscribers would blow up to 100 million when Activision Blizzard games were added, and literally doubled down on the prediction in [β¦]
OpenAI's newest partnership with NVIDIA not only focuses on Vera Rubin but also on inference capacity, which will be provided by the upcoming NVIDIA-Groq solution. OpenAI Now Pivots Towards NVIDIA For Inference, Likely Being Optimistic With the Upcoming Groq Solution OpenAI is currently engaged in financing deals with infrastructure partners all across the AI industry, and the AI giant recently announced $110 billion in fresh capital, driven by the likes of NVIDIA, SoftBank, and Amazon. OpenAI calls the investments a necessity to keep the AI bandwagon up and running, and they have been one of the ways the firm has [β¦]
Reports from around the gaming world are heavily pointing toward the end of Sony's first-party AAA games being available on PC. Single-player PlayStation Studios titles are apparently now going to be assess on a game-by-game basis for launch on PC, with the general strategy pivoting to keeping them on console indefinitely.
The Ryzen 7 9850X3D now leads AMDβs gaming lineup, but Intelβs Core i9-14900K remains a powerful choice for productivity-focused users. We tested both in a head-to-head battle to see which CPU comes out on top.
A new GitHub project has resurrected the 1994 Linux experience with this Debian clone in your browser, a pixel-for-pixel recreation of the original Common Desktop Environment that early Unix system users will be familiar with.
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Intel's flagship "Bartlett Lake-S" processorβCore 9 273 PQEβhas reached enthusiasts who are testing whether any consumer motherboard can boot the CPU and utilize its 12 P-Core gaming performance. According to Overclock.net user "Talon2016," who managed to obtain a sample of the LGA-1700 flagship CPU SKU, the processor won't boot using a consumer ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Apex motherboard. These CPUs are designed for edge and embedded deployments with specialized platforms that lie outside the consumer sector. This high-TDP PQE variant has a base power of 125 W, powering a 12 P-Core variant with 24 threads and a base frequency of 3.4 GHz. This model can boost all 12 cores to 5.3 GHz, while a single thread can reach up to 5.9 GHz independently for tasks requiring intensive single-threaded performance. It is equipped with 36 MB of L3 cache and an integrated GPU with 32 EUs of Xe-LP graphics.
Unfortunately, regardless of the SKU or consumer motherboard choice, the platform will not work, and the CPU will not boot, as Intel has restricted "Bartlett Lake-S" to keep it away from consumers. Companies like ASRock have confirmed that the "Bartlett Lake-S" Core 200E will not be available for consumer motherboards and will only be used in the embedded and edge computer sector. This means you can technically buy and use this CPU for any Windows or Linux task, including gaming, but you will have to go through a process of acquiring an industrial-grade motherboard or a mini-PC that suits this platform. This means gaming support will be limited, as Intel explicitly will not bring any optimizations like APO/IPO to the platform for gaming. Instead, it will be treated as a generic x86-64 Intel CPU, just like any other processor. Extracting the maximum gaming performance could also be problematic, as there could be compatibility issues, given that Intel has envisioned other applications for this platform.
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The authorities found out about the theft of 22 BTC from the Gangnam Police Station during the investigation of another case of missing Bitcoin from government custody.
New research has found that Google Cloud API keys, typically designated as project identifiers for billing purposes, could be abused to authenticate to sensitive Gemini endpoints and access private data.
The findings come from Truffle Security, which discovered nearly 3,000 Google API keys (identified by the prefix "AIza") embedded in client-side code to provide Google-related services like
Just because we don't know much about Bridgerton season 5 doesn't mean that's the case for everyone else β the showrunners are busy making final adjustments.
After Anthropic refused flat out to agree to apply Claude AI to autonomous weapons and mass surveillance of American citizens, OpenAI jumps right into bed with the United States Department of War.
All the ways to watch 2026 Omloop Nieuwsblad live streams online and from anywhere, as the World Tour teams hit the Belgian cobbles for the first time this year.
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If you were in or around the PC building space in 2020, you'd have at least heard about the fire risk related to the PCIe riser cable on the original NZXT H1 mini ITX case, which eventually resulted in a recall and replacement PCIe riser kits being sent out. Since NZXT has launched the newest iteration of the SFF case, the H2 Flowβwhich TechPowerUp has reviewedβthe PC case maker has seen fit to publish a blog post explaining the engineering changes it has made to the new H2 Flow's riser cable to avoid the same issues from popping up again. NZXT starts things off by reminding us that the problem with the original H1's PCIe riser cable was that the mounting screw made contact with an internal power plane in the riser cable's PCB, resulting in a short circuit that could lead to a fire.
The brand goes on to explain that the issue has been avoided in the new PCIe riser cable with two safety measures. First, there is a physical boss, or "shoulder" that extends into the PCB through-hole to protect the PCB from the screw threads and to ensure that there is a consistent and guaranteed gap between the screw and the PCB. Secondly, NZXT has changed the design of the PCB such that there are no power planes or traces surrounding the screw holeβevery trace around the screw is grounded, and that ground plane extends externally to a copper screw pad on the top and bottom of the PCB, adding another layer of protection. NZXT notes that the screw pad may be missing in some early review samples, which is something you can observe in our review of the H2 Flow, but it is included in the final mass production versions of the case. NZXT claims that these measures have eliminated the failure mode that caused issues with the original H1 chassis.
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Anthropic on Friday hit back after U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to designate the artificial intelligence (AI) upstart as a "supply chain risk."
"This action follows months of negotiations that reached an impasse over two exceptions we requested to the lawful use of our AI model, Claude: the mass domestic surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons," the
Resident Evil Requiem just launched as the latest game in Capcom's long-standing horror game franchise, and almost immediately upon launching, it skyrocketed its way to the top of the Steam Top-Sellers chart and pulled impressive player counts. At its launch day peak, there were 320,056 concurrent players in the game, and, at least at the time of writing, the player count has not dropped below 230,000, according to SteamDB. Since its peak, player counts have been steadily fluctuating between 260,000 and 290,000 players.
With those player counts, it is by far the most successful Resident Evil game on Steam, surpassing the runner-up, Resident Evil 4, by almost 100% and scoring a 114,000-player lead on Resident Evil Village. It is also entirely possible that there will be another player-count spike over the weekend, since it is a game series that even many older gamers resonate with. It's worth noting that this massive player count is on Steam alone, and Requiem launched on just about every platform possible, from the PS5 and Xbox Series to the Nintendo Switch 2 and even Epic Games on PC. Requiem even reportedly runs at acceptable frame rates on the Steam Deck's humble internals, with some players even reporting as much as 60 FPS on low quality settings. In our in-depth handheld performance review of Resident Evil Requiem, we called it "one of the best AAA games in terms of PC handheld performance," thanks to its compatibility with a number of systems and its lack of visual compromises to achieve solid performance.
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I reviewed the new Rematch controller for Nintendo Switch 2, and while it impressed me with TMR thumbsticks and a fun design, I wish Turtle Beach added a few more features.
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The gaming mouse market is currently being flooded with lightweight wireless gaming mice with flagship sensors from Chinese manufacturers who have caught onto the forged carbon fiber and magnesium alloy construction trends. The latest installment in this recent trend is the newly announced WLMouse Ying Magnesium, which takes inspiration from the industry-leading Endgame Gear OP1. We have seen this shape from WLMouse before in the Ying Carbon Fiber gaming mouse that launched in 2025, but more than just the shell material has changed for the WLMouse Ying Magnesium series.
The Ying Magnesium Alloy offers the same Omron Optical switches as the carbon fiber Ying, but it also features the option of TTC Nihil Transparent Black Dot switches for a slightly heavier click feel. The Ying Magnesium series will also feature the Nordic 52840 MCU and PixArt PAW3950 sensor, with 8 kHz polling and wireless connectivity, as is to be expected from a modern gaming mouse. WLMouse cites the weight of the WLMouse Ying Magnesium mice as 47 g (Β±2), and the magnesium shell will apparently be available in seven colorways, ranging from regular silver, white, and black to a baby blue and bright red versions of its Nekko patterns, a white watercolor koi fish theme, and a deep purple colorway. No pricing has yet been announced, but that is expected to be revealed alongside the full launch on March 10, 2026.
We recently reported on a Lenovo MWC leak that claimed Lenovo would show off a Legion Go Fold at Mobile World Conference in Barcelona in early March. Now, a new leak shared by evleaks on X has shown off what Lenovo will apparently call the "ThinkBook Modular AI PC Concept." The leaker didn't provide much information other than the name and two images of the device, but the combination of the word "modular" in the name and the clues from the images provide a pretty clear idea of what's going on.
From the looks of it, the ThinkBook concept will have a traditional clamshell design, but the space where the keyboard deck would usually be on a traditional laptop will instead be a space for modular accessories. The accessories shown off in the leaked renders of the device are a laptop keyboard and a display equal in size to the main display in the top of the clamshell. This looks to be an iteration of devices like the Lenovo ThinkBook Flip, although the ThinkBook Modular AI PC Concept could achieve a similar effect, especially in terms of screen real-estate and possibly ergonomics, although likely with significantly lower costs, thanks to a simpler design without a flexible OLED panel. The new concept would also offer users more flexibilityβyou could just leave the lower display at home or pack both displays and a mechanical keyboard and mouse for better ergonomics and all the other benefits better peripherals offer.
The Orange Pi Neo is a Linux-powered gaming handheld that was announced way back in 2024 with the goal of launching sometime in 2026. It was to be powered by the AMD Ryzen 7 7840U with 16 GB of RAM or 8840U with 32 GB of RAM, and it would run Manjaro Linux natively. Now, the developer behind the project has posted on the development log hosted on the Manjaro forum that the Orange Pi Neo-01 will be delayed due to high memory and storage prices. Originally, the handheld was meant to be priced at $450-550, depending on the CPU and memory, which is very competitive, given the 1080p, 120 Hz display, dual trackpads, and dual USB4 ports. The skyrocketing prices of DDR5 memory and storage would likely result in massive price increases or vanishingly thin margins for the Orange Pi Neo-01, so it makes sense to delay the project until things calm down. The developer does mention that FCC and CE compliances were complete and that a number of improvements had been made to Manjaro Gaming Edition in the meantimeβalthough this means it will be challenging to update the internals if the launch is pushed back too far. Currently, it's unclear when the Orange Pi Neo-01 will launch, but it seems unlikely that the RAM crisis will end soon.
Due to high prices of DDR5 RAM and SSDs the project is currently on ice. Certifications for CE and FCC are now complete. Also a lot of improvements around the Manjaro Gaming Edition had happened. We are now waiting for a good time to launch the product.
Tripo is a free iOS app with an AI agent that calls local businesses for you. Need a restaurant table, a price quote from a repair shop, or same-day flower delivery? Tell Tripo what you need, and its AI calls up to five places at once, talks to real staff, compares prices and availability, and reports back in minutes. You pick the best option with zero phone calls on your end.
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From season 4 arrives on April 19 β here's everything we know so far, including the sci-fi horror show's confirmed release date, cast, plot rumors, news and more.
Disneyland Resort President Thomas Mazloum said the parks are being simplified from trip planning to departure, aiming to make visits smoother now, even as major new attractions are built.
Corsair acquired Drop in December 2023 in an effort to expand its peripheral business beyond the basic gaming keyboards and audio gear it offered at the time, and it has since adopted some of Drop's keyboard expertise into its new Corsair MAKR 75 DIY keyboard kits. Now, Drop has announced that Corsair will be fully absorbing Drop, closing down the online storefront and turning Drop.com into a showcase for all of the collaborations Drop has done in its time making premium peripherals.
The announcement makes it clear that Drop.com will no longer be an operational storefront by March 31, and anyone looking to place an order on Drop will need to do so by March 25. The announcement states that "many Drop products will continue to be offered directly from Corsair and partner channels," and while Drop says that buyers can "expect exclusive announcements, limited runs, and products shaped by partnerships and creativity," it seems like Drop's operations will be scaled back as a result of the changeβby how much is unclear, though.
Razer, the leading global gaming lifestyle brand, today unveils the Razer Kraken Kitty V2 - Hello Kitty Edition, an elegant rose gold headset created in collaboration with Sanrio. Building on Razer's longstanding partnership with Sanrio, the new Target-exclusive introduces a new metallic finish to Razer's lineup of iconic Hello Kitty gaming headsets, continuing a series known for pairing character-led design with gaming-grade performance.
Style, Sound, and Sparkle
The Kraken Kitty V2 - Hello Kitty Edition features sleek metallic pink outer earcups with a soft rose gold shimmer, paired with plush pearlescent pink leatherette cushions and headband for all-day comfort. Hello Kitty's iconic ears and Razer Chroma RGB lighting complete the signature design, adding a subtle, whimsical glow that captures the timeless charm of Hello Kitty while delivering the performance and build quality synonymous with Razer.
Microsoft has announced that two new devices are joining its Cloud PC program. Asus and Dell will begin offering systems designed to deliver the cloud-based Windows 365 experience over the coming months, with purpose-built internet clients aimed at streamlining the modern workspace. Naturally, customers must pay a variable monthly subscription...
Samsungβs Galaxy Unpacked event has come to an end, and just like the companyβs previous announcements, the pre-order rewards are just as salivating as last time. If you become an early adopter of the Galaxy Buds4 or Galaxy Buds4 Pro, Amazon will reward you with a free gift card. Best of all, this offer comes with no strings attached, but do be warned that it's for a limited time only. To get the best offer from Amazon, it is recommended that you purchase the Buds4 Pro, which will give you superior audio and a $30 gift card The base version [β¦]
PlayStation fans and the rest of the video game industry are still reeling from the fact that Bluepoint Games, a long-running and beloved studio, was shut down by Sony just last week. It's another closure that is difficult to wrap your head around, but a new report from Bloomberg's Jason Schreier has just shined a bit more light on how things broke down, and also revealed that Bluepoint had indeed pitched the game that everyone wanted them to make: a Bloodborne Remake. Only for it to get shut down by FromSoftware. You're likely wondering how that even works, because while [β¦]
AI now allows engineers to modernize complex COBOL systems efficiently, automating code analysis, testing, and incremental implementation for long-term operation.
Bright Data operates a global proxy network designed to collect publicly available web content, and customers are voluntarily joining the network so that they can spare a few dollars on their TV viewing experience. According to a recent report, code associated with Bright Data has appeared in certain smart TV...
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Well, Taiwan, being the center of the AI supply chain, faces a somewhat surprising problem, as according to local media, the nation's savings have soared to "historical records". Taiwan's Income Growth Is Driven By Commodity Exports Related to AI; Savings Have Now Reached Historic Levels When we talk about the influence of AI on global economics, Taiwan is one of the few nations that have seen an unprecedented rise in investment activity, driven by the fact that many elements of modern-day AI hardware are sourced from suppliers in the nation. TSMC, Foxconn, Quanta, and Wistron are among the few prominent [β¦]
Fallout 76's free Update 66 goes live across all platforms in a few days, on Tuesday, March 3. Dubbed "The Backwoods", it aims to revitalize world events and activities while also introducing an iconic Cryptic enemy, the Bigfoot. Ahead of the release, a few folks from Bethesda Game Studios provided a remote presentation to press (Wccftech included) and answered several questions in a roundtable format about The Backwoods and the game as a whole. In this article: Fallout 76 "The Backwoods" Update Overview The most sweeping change in the upcoming update is arguably the fundamental redesign of how events and [β¦]
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) this week announced the seizure of $61 million worth of Tether that were allegedly associated with bogus cryptocurrency schemes known as pig butchering.
The confiscated funds were traced to cryptocurrency addresses used for the laundering of criminally derived proceeds stolen from victims of cryptocurrency investment scams, the department added.
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Self-serve negative keyword lists are now live in Microsoft Advertising, according to Ads Liaison Navah Hopkins β giving advertisers long-requested control without submitting support tickets.
Whatβs happening. Advertisers can now create and manage shared negative keyword lists directly in the UI. Lists support up to 5,000 negative keywords (one per line) and can be applied at either the campaign or account level. Match types function the same way in Performance Max as they do in traditional Search campaigns.
Lists can also be edited, exported as CSV files, or removed from campaigns as needed.
Microsoft notes that match type formatting requires brackets for exact match and quotation marks for phrase match β not hyphens.
Why we care. Negative keywords are critical for filtering irrelevant traffic and protecting budgets. Making lists self-serve streamlines workflow, reduces reliance on support tickets, and gives advertisers faster control over search query exclusions.
The bottom line. Microsoft is handing more operational control back to advertisers β and eliminating friction in one of the most essential levers for campaign efficiency.
Anthropic and the Pentagon are clashing over AI use in autonomous weapons and surveillance, raising high-stakes questions about national security, corporate control, and who sets the rules for military AI.
Bing rewrote its webmaster guidelines to cover Copilot grounding, meta directive controls for AI answers, and a softened stance on AI-generated content.
Rather than relying on a single model, Perplexity AI's Computer system functions as an orchestrator across multiple models. Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 serves as the primary reasoning engine, while Gemini handles deep research tasks. Nano Banana generates images, Veo 3.1 produces video, Grok executes lightweight, speed-optimized tasks, and OpenAI's ChatGPT...
A powerful mini server has arrived, bringing the power of a Zen 5-based 16-core/32-thread processor inside an ultra-compact chassis. Minisforum Debuts MS-A2 Mini Server With AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX, Starting at $799 With No RAM and Storage For users looking for powerful computing performance in a palm-sized form factor, the Minisforum MS-A2 is an excellent option, powered by one of AMDβs most powerful mobile chips ever made. Available in two different CPU configurations, the Minisforum MS-A2 now also brings the AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX processor, featuring a powerful 16-core/32-thread configuration based on the AMD Zen 5 architecture. The MS-A2 uses [β¦]
Amazon Prime Video has revealed our first look at Kratos and Atreus in the upcoming God of War TV series led by Ronald D. Moore, which we had previously learned was set to start filming in March 2026, has already kicked off with actors Ryan Hurst and Callum Vinson in full costume and makeup for their roles. The image clearly depicts a scene from the very beginning of the God of War (2018) game, where Atreus and Kratos go hunting immediately after burning the ashes of Kratos' wife and Atreus' mom. Kratos is testing Atreus, to see if he is [β¦]
After the first workstation LPCAMM2-based laptop, we now have the first mainstream laptop with the new LPCAMM2 memory. Lenovo Debuts ThinkBook 14+/16+ Laptop With LPCAMM2 LPDDR5X-8533 Memory, Allowing Easier Memory Upgrades Some OEMs have already started deploying the latest CAMM form-factor memory in their laptops. While the LPCAMM2 memory launched last year and made its debut in Lenovo's ThinkPad P1 Gen7 workstation laptop, most OEMs have yet to adopt the latest standard, which replaces the soldered LPDDR5X memory without compromising on performance and upgradeability. Lenovo is now the first manufacturer to also debut a consumer-grade mainstream laptop with LPCAMM2 memory [β¦]
The investment is part of a $110 billion funding round that values OpenAI at $730 billion pre-money, with Nvidia and SoftBank each contributing $30 billion.
The Shadowserver Foundation has revealed that over 900 Sangoma FreePBX instances still remain infected with web shells as part of attacks that exploited a command injection vulnerability starting in December 2025.
Of these, 401 instances are located in the U.S., followed by 51 in Brazil, 43 in Canada, 40 in Germany, and 36 in France.
The non-profit entity said the compromises are likely
Google published a new help document outlining how passkeys work in Google Ads β a timely move as advertisers face a rise in account hacks and phishing attempts.
Whatβs happening. The new help page explains how passkeys function as a passwordless, phishing-resistant login method in Google Ads, and clarifies when theyβre required β including for sensitive actions like user access changes and account linking updates.
The documentation walks advertisers through device requirements, setup steps and security considerations.
Why we care. Ad accounts are increasingly being targeted by attackers, with compromised logins leading to budget theft, campaign disruption and data loss. Clearer guidance from Google gives advertisers a straightforward path to strengthening account defenses at a critical moment.
The bottom line. As account takeovers become more common, better education around security tools like passkeys is a practical win for advertisers looking to lock down access and reduce risk.
Suno lets users create music using natural language prompts, making it possible for people with little experience to generate audio with little effort.
It was revealed in January that the PlayStation 5 Pro would get an upgraded PSSR 2.0 scaler in Q1 2026, finally unlocking the full hardware potential of the PS5. It was announced in a recent PlayStation Blog post that the aforementioned PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) update would start rolling out to the PS5 Pro globally starting on February 27, with Resident Evil Requiem being the first game to use the more advanced PSSR version. Sony says that the upgraded PSSR scaler will soon also be usable with any of the over 50 games that have so far implemented the original PSSR games. A system update will be shipped in March that will let players enable an option titled "Enhance PSSR Image Quality," to apply the upgraded model to older games.
Sony says that the new PSSR "takes a very different approach to not only the neural network but also the overall algorithm," and Masaru Ijuin, Capcom's Senior Manager of Engine Development Support Section, R&D Foundational Technology Department, explained that "With Resident Evil Requiem, we focused on enhancing the presentation quality of the protagonist through an upgraded version of RE Engine to deepen the player's immersion in horror. For example, each individual strand of hair and beard is rendered as a polygon, allowing it to move realistically in response to body motion and wind," going on to explain that the level of fidelity Capcom was able to achieve was made possible by the upgraded PSSR features, since things like hair and similar fine textures are difficult to upscale.
The hype for Marathon has been building leading up to the free server slam event on February 26-March 3, with all that excitement coming to a head at the start of the Marathon free test weekend, which kicked off with a sizeable peak player count of 143,621 players just under two hours after the start of the event. Given that the server slam event started on a Thursday, it seems likely that many of the players who have since stopped testing the new extraction shooter had real-world responsibilities to attend to. Those numbers also only represent the game's Steam market share. Accounting for players on Xbox and PlayStation 5 would likely lead to significantly higher player count figures.
Despite this success, online discussions surrounding the new shooter seem to be surprisingly divided, with players both praising and criticizing Marathon for everything from its art style and UI design to the gunplay, lack of tension and PvP action, and the NPC AI being challenging. Character balance was also a common topic that featured in critical reviews, with some players complaining that certain characters are too overpowered while others are not capable enough. While some of these complaints, like the UI being difficult to read and certain performance issues, seem to be somewhat more widespread and valid, the Marathon development team at Bungie has responded to and acknowledged almost all of the common complaints in a recent post on X, either offering some advice to improve the player experience or requesting more detailed feedback so that issues can be dealt with ahead of launch or in post-launch patches.
Blaze Entertainment has today announced the next entry in the award-winning line of Super Pocket handheld retro gaming consoles from its brand, HyperMegaTech! - Rare!
This new handheld features 14 built-in games from the history of Rare, one of the UK's most prolific game developers, and responsible for globally renowned titles, many of which are included on this handheld console. The Rare Edition of the Super Pocket will feature titles from many different consoles and, for the first time on a Super Pocket - 64-bit console and home computer titles!
OpenAI and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced a multi-year strategic partnership to accelerate AI innovation for enterprises, startups, and end consumers around the world. Amazon will also invest $50 billion in OpenAI, starting with an initial $15 billion investment and followed by another $35 billion in the coming months when certain conditions are met.
Partnering to bring new advanced AI capabilities to enterprises worldwide
OpenAI and Amazon are jointly developing a Stateful Runtime Environment powered by OpenAI's models, which will be available through Amazon Bedrock.
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According to a new report from market research firm International Data Corporation, global smartphone shipments are expected to total around 1.1 billion units this year, down from 1.26 billion in 2025. This marks a significant downward revision from the company's November 2025 forecast, which projected a decline of between 0.9...
The technology is based on a vertically integrated design that bonds two chips into a single stack. By tightly coupling these silicon layers, Broadcom's engineers aim to increase data transfer speeds while reducing energy consumption β a critical advantage as AI workloads become more computationally intensive.
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Players have had a lot to say about Phil Spencer over the years. You don't have to look very hard to find positive or negative comments on Spencer and his tenure at Microsoft and Xbox, and that's probably not going to stop now that he has officially retired as of this past Monday, February 23, 2026. However, we don't often hear from other major industry figures speaking about leaders like Spencer, and a new GamesIndustry.Biz report includes a slew of the video game industry's current and former leaders all commemorating Phil Spencer as he enters retirement after a combined 38 [β¦]
Now that Samsung's Galaxy S26 series has been unveiled, a lucky few tech enthusiasts have been able to get their hands on the new smartphones and the still mysterious Exynos 2600 chip that comes with the base S26 and S26+ in certain regions. Just a few hours after the Exynos 2600 vs. the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 performance debate was settled for good, a tech-related YouTube channel has been able to definitively show the thermal prowess of Samsung's latest flagship-grade AP, and it is good news all-round! Samsung has finally solved the 'heat island' issue with the Exynos 2600 [β¦]
PlatinumGames fans may have a lot to look forward to, if the latest rumour is indeed correct. Spotted on Reddit, but originating from a Chinese games forum, it's been claimed that Platinum has three titles in the works. A new UE5-based Bayonetta game, a remake of the first Bayonetta game, and a remake of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. It's definitely a lot for one rumour, and it's also coming through a translation layer, both of which should be indications that you should, like all rumours, take it with a grain of salt. What at least makes this rumour worth pointing [β¦]
Anthropic CEO has pushed back strongly against the Pentagon's requests to remove AI guardrails from Claude. Anthropic takes a concrete stance against mass surveillance and autonomous killing machines, arguing that the former is undemocratic, while frontier AI is not ready for the latter.
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a malicious Go module that's designed to harvest passwords, create persistent access via SSH, and deliver a Linux backdoor named Rekoobe.
The Go module, github[.]com/xinfeisoft/crypto, impersonates the legitimate "golang.org/x/crypto" codebase, but injects malicious code that's responsible for exfiltrating secrets entered via terminal password
A Google patent suggests Search may take you from the results page to a super-personalized AI-generated page that answers your query instead of sending you to a website.
This patent describes a system that uses AI to automatically create a custom landing page when you perform a search. Instead of sending you to a generic homepage, it dynamically generates a page tailored to your intent and the organizationβs content.
Patent abstract. Here is a copy of the abstract of the patent:
βTechniques for generating an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated page for a first organization. The system can include a machine-learned model configured to generate the AI-generated page. The system can receive from a user device associated with a user account, the user query. Additionally, the system can generate a search result page for the user query. The search result page can include a first result associated with a first landing page of the first organization. The system can calculate a landing page score for the first landing page. The system can generate an updated search result page based on the landing page score exceeding a threshold value, the updated search result page having a navigation link to an AI-generated page for the first organization. The system can cause a presentation, on a display of the user device, the updated search result page.β
Example. Hereβs a fictitious example: You search for βwaterproof hiking boots for wide feetβ on a large retailer like REI or Amazon. Normally, clicking a result takes you to a generic Hiking Boots page, and you have to filter it yourself. Instead, Google could use AI to generate a new page that delivers a more customized, pre-filtered result.
βIn short, Google would use AI to generate a page that looks like your website but rebuilds the entire structure of a page dynamically, in real time, and places it at the top of the SERP. This throws up all kinds of red flags to me.β
βIf you thought AIOs angered people, just wait for AI-generated landing pages from Google. Yes, Google could create new landing pages from the SERPs if yours isnβt good enough (based on this patent).β
And Lily Ray added that this is βTerrifying to be honest.β
Why we care. This is just a patent and doesnβt mean Google is doing this now or will in the future. Some may see it as similar to AI Overviews or AI Mode. Either way, itβs worth reading if you want insight into how Google is thinking.
ChatGPT now has more than 900 million weekly active users, OpenAI announced. This is the first time OpenAI has publicly cited the 900 million weekly active user mark.
Why we care. User behavior continues to fragment beyond traditional search. If 900 million people use ChatGPT weekly, discovery, research, and product comparisons are increasingly happening within AI interfaces. That said, many of those actions tend to lead users to traditional search for confirmation.
The details. OpenAI shared the figure of 900 million weekly active users while announcing a new $110 billion funding round. The company also reported more than 50 million consumer subscribers and over 9 million paying business users.
What it means. ChatGPT is a place where you compete for queries, commercial intent, and brand visibility. While not all behavior here is βsearchβ in the strict sense, you need to understand how content is surfaced, cited, or summarized in AI-generated answers β and how that impacts conversions.
You can now generate custom PPC tools in plain English. With GPT-5 enabling complete program generation, the competitive edge belongs to those who master AI-assisted automation.
Frederick Vallaeys is building tools in minutes, not days or months, with AI. Vallaeys spent 10 years at Google building tools like Google Ads Editor, then another 10 building tools at Optmyzr, where heβs CEO.
Heβs watched automation evolve firsthand, and vibe coding is the next leap. At SMX Next 2025, he shared his journey with vibe coding.
The traditional script problem
If you work in PPC, automation has always been top of mind. In the early days, you relied on Google Ads scripts. Scripts are great because thereβs always more work than fits in a day.
But hereβs the problem: when Vallaeys asks who actually writes their own scripts, only three to five out of 100 raise their hands. Most people copy and paste scripts because they donβt know how to code.
This works, but itβs limiting. Youβre stuck with what someone else built instead of implementing your own secret sauce.
GPT changes the game
A couple of years ago, GPT made it easy to write scripts without knowing how to code.
The best part? Large language models are multimodal. You can take a whiteboard flowchart of your campaign decision tree, give the image to AI, and itβll write the full Google Ads script.
Vallaeys suggests rethinking meetings. Instead of seeing client meetings as more work, treat them as prompt-engineering sessions.
Itβs easy to get frustrated when clients add more to your plate. But with a mindset shift, the meeting becomes the prompt that tells AI what to execute.
What is vibe coding?
Instead of writing lines of code, you describe what you want the software to do, and the AI handles the technical implementation. Thatβs vibe coding.
Imagine your team needs software that does X, Y, and Z. Write down what it needs to do, give it to a coding tool, and it builds the software. As Vallaeys says, itβs mind-blowing.
Scripts are old news. Vibe coding is the new frontier.
A live example: Building a persona scorer
Vallaeys showed how fast this works. He went to Lovable and said, βBuild me a persona scorer for an ad that shows how well it resonates with five different audiences.β
In less than 20 seconds, the AI responded with its design vision, features, and approach. It explained exactly what it would build, so he could immediately say, βActually, make it 10 audiences instead of five.β
You work with it like a human developer β without touching code. You just describe what you want changed.
The framework: What should you automate?
Traditionally, you automated two types of work: quick, frequent tasks (like reviewing search terms) and long, infrequent tasks (like monthly reporting with analysis).
Vallaeys advises you not to limit automation to what you already do. Think about what you wish you could do more often but havenβt because itβs too time-consuming. Thatβs prime automation territory.
The old way vs. The new way
The old process was painful. Launching something took at least a month.
Youβd spend days writing specs. Engineers would spend days building. Youβd find bugs, coordinate meetings, and repeat.
The other problem? Traditional code was deterministic β pure if/then logic. Great for reliability, but terrible for nuanced decisions like, βIs this a competitor term?β Itβs nearly impossible to program every variation of competitor keywords.
The promise of on-demand software
Sam Altman announced GPT-5, leading with βon-demand software generation.β The industry is moving beyond software-as-a-service to true on-demand software.
The new way? Write a one-paragraph spec (five minutes), give it to AI (15-minute build), then review and iterate (three minutes per change). In under an hour, you have working automation.
This new code is flexible, not just deterministic. LLMs can answer nuanced questions like, βIs this a competitor term?β with high probability. Itβs the best of both worlds.
The expanding scope of automation
With vibe coding, anything you can explain to a human, a machine can build. Landing pages that follow brand guidelines? Done. Custom audience tools? Done.
Hereβs the radical shift: you can now automate tasks that take just 90 minutes by hand. Build throwaway software for one-time tasks. Even if it breaks next month, it saved you time today.
What can you build with vibe coding?
You can build landing pages, microsites, interactive web apps, Chrome extensions, browser extensions, and WordPress plugins β all through simple prompts.
Available tools
Start with Claude or ChatGPT β tools you likely already subscribe to. Theyβre great for data analysis, calculators, and quick visualizations.
For more complex apps that need databases or login systems, use Lovable, V0.dev, Replit, or Bolt. They handle the complexity, so you donβt have to.
If youβre more technical, try Codex, Bolt.new, or Cursor. But for most people, the simpler tools handle almost everything.
Case Study 1: Seasonality analysis tool
Vallaeys asked someone on his team who had never coded to build a seasonality analysis tool. She fed PPC Town Hall podcast videos into Claude.
The process was simple: gather resources, write a prompt, give it to AI, and test it in the browser. No installation required.
The team iterated on the fly, asking for different plots and forecasting methods. In minutes, they had advanced enhancements. The AI knew where to add help text and simplify the interface because itβs trained on millions of web apps.
Case Study 2: Panel of experts tool
Vallaeys wanted multiple custom GPTs to review his blog posts in sequence, each giving feedback from its persona. Then a consolidator GPT would summarize the most common feedback into three to five bullet points.
He vibe-coded this in V0.dev by describing what he wanted. It generated a clean tool with text input, the ability to add custom GPTs, and everything worked.
Case Study 3: Chrome extension for demos
For customer demos, Vallaeys needed to blur sensitive numbers. He wanted options:
Fully redact or just blur?
Include currencies or only numbers?
Handle different separators?
He built a Chrome extension with all those options using simple prompts. Problem solved.
Prompting tips for success
Always include the use case. Say βseasonality toolβ instead of vague terms like βtime series analysis.β The AI makes better assumptions and may suggest approaches you hadnβt considered.
Ask questions: βHow did you approach this?β or βWhere do you store data?β It helps you learn.
Use chat mode to explore alternatives without changing the code. Ask for three approaches, pick one, go deeper, then say, βExecute that.β
The PPC audience analyzer
The audience analyzer Vallaeysβ team built is available to try. You can grab the code, add your logo, turn insights into action items β whatever you need. Just tell it what to change, and it updates.
Final thoughts: Stay competitive
Vallaeys makes one point clear: youβre not competing against AI. Youβre competing against people who use it better than you do.
Try vibe coding today. Go to one of these tools and give it a single prompt. See what happens. The first time Vallaeys tried it, his mind was blown.
Now that youβve learned something new, use it to get better at AI. Thatβs how you stay ahead.
Nobody should have to die in a Netflix romantic drama, but especially not in Bridgerton season 4 part 2. Now it's happened, one star still thinks it was the right decision.
While Anthropic has an existing partnership with the Pentagon, the AI company has remained firm that its technology not be used for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weaponry.
The U.S. cybersecurity agency's acting director Madhu Gottumukkala will be replaced, after a year of cuts, layoffs, and staff reassignments, and allegations of security lapses and claims he struggled to lead the agency.
AMD teases its next version of FSR as Sony unveils its βupgradedβ version of PSSR Following Sonyβs unveiling of its upgraded PSSR upscaler for PlayStation 5 Pro, AMDβs Jack Huynh has teased the companyβs βnext FSR updateβ. This teaser comes one day after the leak of FSR 4.1, an enhanced version of FSR 4 with [β¦]
Rapidus has closed a 267.6 billion yen ($1.7 billion) funding round, pulling in money from both the Japanese government and a broad group of private companies. On the public side, 100 billion yen ($641 million) came from the Information-Technology Promotion Agency (IPA), following a formal selection process run by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry last autumn. Rapidus applied and was picked as the designated operator in November 2025, and the investment followed from there. The remaining 167.6 billion yen ($1 billion) came from 32 private-sector companies, a list that reads like a who's who of Japanese industry: Canon, Fujitsu, Sony, NTT, SoftBank, Honda, Kioxia, Denso, and Toyota are among the names involved, alongside banks, trading companies, and various tech firms (i.e., IBM Japan). Combined with the 7.3 billion yen raised at the company's founding, Rapidus now has a total stated capital of just under 275 billion yen ($1.76 billion).
Rapidus has already taped out a 2 nm GAA test chip using ASML EUV tools in August last year. The company's 2HP process is shaping up to be genuinely competitive, claiming a transistor density of 237 MTr/mmΒ². The goal hasn't changed: get from R&D to full mass production of 2 nm chips by 2027 at the IIM-1 fab in Chitose, Hokkaido, located in northern Japan with around 25,000 wafers per month. Rapidus says it will keep raising money through a mix of public and private sources as it works toward that target.
It was recently revealed by Komodo Station, Valve's official retail partner for Steam hardware in Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, that prices for the Steam Deck OLED prices will increase by as much as 17% in March. However, as the storefront explains in the announcement, these price increases are as a result of "increases in logistics costs and increased exchange rate volatility," not as a result of the ongoing memory shortages and price increases. It specifically notes that prices in Hong Kong remain unchanged, which should be a positive indication for western audiences that Steam Deck prices aren't about to skyrocketβyet.
While neither Valve nor Komodo has provided any indication that prices are about to increase for the Steam Deck, it has been revealed that Valve's supply chain is affected by the current memory crisis as much as any other hardware company. The gaming giant recently postponed announcing pricing for the Steam Machine and Steam Frame due to increased uncertainty and skyrocketing memory prices. The Steam Deck may still be somewhat exempt from these price increases because of Valve's pricing structure that follows the typical console model instead of a PC pricing strategyβthat is to say that Valve has priced the Steam Deck very competitively in order to attract buyers to its platform and storefront. However, if Valve is already eating the cost of inflated Steam Deck memory and storage costs, it almost seems inevitable that it will eventually have to increase the price of the Steam Deck. Currently, even Nintendo is considering price increases for the Switch 2 after its LPDDR5X cost price increased by as much as 41%.
Photis is a voice-first gratitude journal that lets you speak entries instead of typing. It transcribes your reflections, tags emotions, extracts themes, and remembers people and goals to help you build a consistent practice. You can connect Oura Ring, Apple Watch, WHOOP, or Garmin via HealthKit to see how gratitude correlates with sleep, HRV, and recovery. Processing starts on-device, entries are encrypted, and you control your data. Now in iOS TestFlight beta.
The Tensor G5Β was a missed opportunity for Google because it was the companyβs first chipset to be massΒ produced by TSMC, and it still managed to be slower than a near-six-year-old A14 BionicΒ found in the iPhone 12 Pro Max. Normally, weβd forgive the Mountain View giantβs mistakes, but according to the latest leak, history could repeat itself, as a new Tensor G6 leak suggests it will likely share its predecessorβs disappointing attributes, meaning that the Pixel 11 launch could once more be an entire generation behind its rivals. Tensor G6 to feature a 7-core CPU in new Geekbench 6 leak, compromising [β¦]
Taking to the stage at ISSCC, AMDβs Ramasamy Adaikkalavan talked through how AMD managed to fit nearly double the compute throughput into the same die area as its predecessor,
AI-based discovery offers a new level of sophistication in surfacing content, without relying solely on keywords. Beyond keyword-string-first approaches, contextual and semantic elements are now more important than ever.
Optimization is no longer about just reinforcing the keyword. Itβs also about constructing a retrievable semantic environment around it.
This impacts how we write, create, and think about content. It applies whether you write every word yourself or employ automated workflows.
Reframing your publishing strategy around context
Much has already been written about the concepts covered here. This discussion focuses on tying them together into a more cohesive publishing strategy and tactical approach.
If youβre already operating in a context mindset, youβre likely making these elements work for you. If youβre still using keyphrase-first approaches and want a stronger grasp of deeper contextual and semantic strategy, keep reading.
Context, semantics, meaning, and intent have long been core to optimization. Whatβs changed is how content is presented and discovered, particularly within LLM-based platforms.
This shift affects how context is categorized and structured across a website. It applies to site taxonomy, schema, internal linking, and content chunking and clustering.
It also means moving away from verbose word counts and getting to the point. That benefits both the machine layer and the human reader.
Keywords arenβt obsolete. But they donβt function as isolated optimization tactics. Context-led strategies arenβt new. However, they require greater attention to define what your publishing strategy means moving forward.
When considering the keyphrase as a multidimensional point for building semantics, it may be more productive to think of these combined concepts within a single framework. In essence, every topic exists as a semantic field rather than a word or phrase. These areas include:
Axis term (primary topic/keyphrase).
Structural context (secondary and tertiary concepts).
Problem context (intent).
Linguistic variants (stemmed or fanned phrasing).
Entity associations.
Retrieval units (chunk-level readability).
Structural signals (internal links, schema, and taxonomy).
While the main keyphrase is the anchor and axis point for the linguistic dimensions that surround it, almost everything else defines true performance and meaning apart from the keyword.
In other words, the sum of all the βotherβ words β headings, subheadings, references to related concepts, and various entities related to the keyphrase β is just as important as the keyphrase itself. This is a very basic concept in producing well-thought-out writing, but itβs now more important.
Context density and SERP-level linguistic analysis
One way to think about this shift is by comparing keyword-level linguistic analysis with search engine results page-level linguistic analysis.
SERP-level linguistic analysis isnβt new. One of the first major tools to address this concept was Content Experience by Searchmetrics and Marcus Tober.
The platform launched around 2016 β priced for enterprises β and focused on scraping the top results page for a given keyword, then averaging and weighting the other words common across high-ranking pages.
The idea was that those additional words and entities, which helped define a comprehensive set of results for a topic, would yield key semantic indicators for content performance.
These reports provided stemmed concepts, entities, and specific language modifiers to add hyper-context to the main topic.
Other tools, such as Clearscope, used different methods to achieve similar results.
In my experience, these types of analyses have been very useful for creating high-performing content.
Theyβve worked well competitively and have been especially effective in linguistic areas where competitors lacked this level of analysis in their own content.
Using secondary and tertiary keyphrases as contextual linguistic struts
Understanding this type of analysis helps you delve deeper into semantic page construction by categorizing and emphasizing ancillary language into a hierarchy, particularly in second- and third-tier levels. You can go as deep with the hierarchy as your content scope permits.
Secondary and tertiary keywords should form what I often refer to as βlinguistic strutsβ β supporting elements that reinforce your main topic while expanding its scope and relevance.
Think of them as context stabilizers or intent differentiators for a given topic or theme. The choices you make here ultimately define the context and relevance of your content.
Each secondary keyword should serve a specific purpose within your page architecture, whether itβs introducing a new subtopic, answering a related question, or providing additional context for your primary theme.
Once youβve defined this secondary and tertiary language, it can guide your outline and then the final writing.Β
This approach applies to everything from manually written work to fully automated and synthetic processes.
Stemmed linguistics
One of the most powerful aspects of comprehensive contextual keyword optimization is its ability to capture stemmed and fanned-out searches β related queries that share common roots or concepts with your optimized keywords.
In other words, related keyphrases and searches you may not have directly optimized for within the primary topic. These types of searches can be extremely valuable, often more so than the primary keyphrase, because they reflect more refined and deliberate intent.
For example, if youβve created a comprehensive guide for βcontent marketing,β your page might also rank for searches such as βimplementing content marketing strategies,β βcontent marketing strategy implementation,β or βhire B2B content marketing expert.β
The sum of these stemmed variations often represents significantly higher-intent search volume than any individual keyword.
The more thoroughly you cover secondary and tertiary keywords, the more stemmed and fanned searches youβre likely to capture.
High-level technical foundations for contextual emphasis
When discussing the move from a string-based strategy to a context-based strategy, itβs as much about how machines process content as it is about writing.
LLM-powered platforms evaluate context at multiple layers β how content is segmented, how topics are structurally connected, and how meaning is formally implied.
Retrieval mechanics: From pages to chunks
Large language models retrieve segments of content β referred to as βchunksβ β that have been transformed into vector representations.
In simplified terms, your page is broken into retrievable units. Those units are evaluated for contextual similarity to a prompt, and the LLM selects the chunks that best align with the intent and semantic patterns in the query.
Contextual similarity emerges from co-occurring terms, related entities, problem points, and semantic density within a chunk.
If a chunk lacks contextual depth β in other words, if it simply repeats a primary term without expanding the surrounding semantic field β it becomes thin in the embedding layer.
Thin chunks are less likely to be retrieved, even if the page ranks well in traditional search.
The implication for your writing is straightforward: Getting to the point faster can be a significant advantage at both the page and site levels. It can improve machine readability and create a better human reading experience, serving multiple KPIs.
How your content is organized structurally also infers meaning within LLM-based discovery. Beyond providing a taxonomical hierarchy, structure acts as a contextual signal.
Architecture teaches the system how your topics relate to one another. Internal links apply inference and meaning to related topics and entities.
Taxonomy infers the semantic mapping of your connected content within a domain or across domains. URL naming and structure further signal hierarchy and topical relationships.
When a page sits within a clearly defined topical cluster and links to related concepts and subtopics, it inherits contextual reinforcement.
An LLM understands what the page says and where it lives conceptually within your broader domain.
Schema and entity context
Thereβs also a layer of meaning that can be formally stated through schema markup.
Schema markup and entity modeling provide explicit clarification of what something is, who is involved, and how elements relate to one another.
Where linguistic context builds meaning implicitly through unstructured writing, schema states its intended meaning through structured data.
In doing so, it formalizes entity relationships, reduces ambiguity, and reinforces identity and topic signals across platforms.
This doesnβt replace strong writing, but it strengthens it by ensuring machine-readable contextual emphasis.
In a contextual discovery environment, every technical element exists to strengthen semantic retrievability.
For a deeper dive into the technical shift in content discovery in the age of AI, I recommend Duane Forresterβs book, βThe Machine Layer.β
When you align linguistics, structure, and declaration around a clear topical axis, the strategy centers on the contextual environment.
Transitioning from a purely keyphrase-centered strategy may seem daunting at first, but itβs something you can begin doing today in how you write and research your content.
In simple terms, moving to a context-first strategy is about how you approach writing at both the page and site levels and making your content as machine-readable as possible.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is denying the US Department of War's request to use Claude AI for surveillance and warfare β and this is the best AI news we've heard in a while.
The OneOdio Focus A1 Pro are bargain headphones, with a great sound and long-lasting battery. They aren't without flaws though, so check this review before you buy.
Similar to the streaming giant's Music and Podcast Charts, the Audiobook Charts will be updated weekly and highlight the top audiobooks overall and by genre.
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Zomato co-founder Deepinder Goyal's new wearable startup Temple has raised $54 million in a friends-and-family round at a post-money valuation of about $190 million.
The new funding consists of a $50 billion investment from Amazon as well as $30 billion each from Nvidia and SoftBank, against a $730 billion valuation.
Sony has upgraded its PSSR AI upscaling technology, and it has transformed their PlayStation 5 Pro Sony has officially released a new version of its PSSR PlayStation 5 Pro upscaling technology, and it has made its debut with Resident Evil Requiem. With this new version of PSSR, Sony has adopted a new approach to its [β¦]
Microsoft has partnered up with ASUS and Dell to bring back the "dumb terminal," or at least something that very much reminds of it. Back in 2024 Microsoft launched its Windows 365 Link cloud PC which largely went unnoticed outside some corporate usage. Now the company has decided that it's time to let its partners get a slice of the action with the announcement of the ASUS NUC 16 for Windows 365 and the Dell Pro Desktop for Windows 365.
Based on the specs of equivalent models from ASUS and Dell, the hardware could still prove to be decent, with ASUS' coming soon page point towards DDR5 memory, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3 and 2.5 Gbps Ethernet, as well as USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C connectivity. Nothing is really known about the Dell Pro Desktop, as it appears to be a new model of its current hardware, based on the picture provided by Microsoft. What makes these two devices "dumb terminals" is that they run Windows 365, which is a stripped down OS that launches you straight into Office 365. The devices aren't expected until the third quarter of this year, but are a clear sign of things to come, where Microsoft wants to push the corporate PC to be a cloud only device. This might work for some businesses that don't require any other software for their staff, but it's hard to see how this will replace the traditional PC.
According to the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, 27-year-old Ukrainian national Yurii Nazarenko (also known by several aliases, including "John Wick") was charged and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud involving identification documents and authentication features.
The experiment sits halfway between absurdist entertainment and an intriguing case study in thermal engineering. The concept is deceptively simple: use melting ice to absorb the CPU's heat, then recycle the meltwater to make new ice, forming a closed-loop cooling system.
Sony has just announced that the highly anticipated new version of the PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) upscaler for PlayStation 5 Pro is ready and will roll out next month, with CAPCOM's Resident Evil Requiem (out today and already doing well on Steam) as the first game to implement it. The announcement came with a statement from CAPCOM's Masaru Ijuin (Senior Manager, Engine Development Support Section, R&D Foundational Technology Department), who said: The upgraded PSSR has allowed us to elevate our expressiveness by successfully processing these details and textural particularities, which are traditionally difficult to upscale because of their intricacy. [β¦]
Peter Moore, former executive of SEGA, Xbox, and Electronic Arts (among others), shared his opinion on the recent appointment of Asha Sharma as the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming and the widespread fears that she'll push heavily on AI (despite her reassurances to the contrary). Speaking to GamesBeat, Moore acknowledged that most hardcore gamers have an anti-AI sentiment right now, but also added that she's in a unique position to explain to gamers how it can be a positive change, as long as it serves the player rather than a spreadsheet. He also mused that every game developer will use [β¦]
NVIDIA has officially overtaken Apple as TSMC's largest chip customer, as Team Green's AI infrastructure buildout drives chip demand never seen before. NVIDIA Now Accounts For More than 19% of TSMC's Overall Revenue, and the Partnership Will Deepen Moving Ahead TSMC has been the global center of semiconductor supply to fabless manufacturers, and the chip giant has single-handedly provided the world with AI computing power driven by Moore's Law. When it comes to TSMC's customers, Apple has dominated the list for several years now, thanks to the Cupertino giant's pursuit of cutting-edge semiconductors for its A-series and M-series chipsets. However, [β¦]
Samsung and SK hynix have reportedly started issuing contract prices for the upcoming quarters to customers, and the price increases are gigantic. DRAM Prices Have Almost Grown By 3 to 4 Times Since Q4 2025, And the Situation Is Worsening With Each Day When we talk about DRAM contract prices, it is important to note that, given the memory market's shift to a 'seller-dominated' market, DRAM quotations are now revised quarterly for large-scale customers. For smaller buyers, prices change within days, making it almost impossible for them to procure supplies. In the latest report by the Korean media outlet Sedaily, [β¦]
Corsair's Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG is an ultra-lightweight wireless mouse with a perforated magnesium shell. It's $50 cheaper than the carbon fiber version, but at $150, it's still not cheap.
Weβre retesting a decadeβs worth of CPUs for our CPU hierarchy and Bench database, and weβre taking Tomβs Hardware Premium users behind the scenes to show you how itβs done.
The North Korean threat actor known as ScarCruft has been attributed to a fresh set of tools, including a backdoor that uses Zoho WorkDrive for command-and-control (C2) communications to fetch more payloads and an implant that uses removable media to relay commands and breach air-gapped networks.
The campaign, codenamed Ruby Jumper by Zscaler ThreatLabz, involves the deployment of malware
Nintendo has suggested that Switch 2 users install Resident Evil Requiem's day-one patch, which is said to contain "several fixes" before returning to Racoon City.
SEO is transitioning from rank, click, and convert to get scraped, summarized, and recommended.Β
Weβve entered the era of invisible attribution known as the dark SEO funnel β where traditional top-of-funnel (TOFU) traffic is collapsing, the messy middle is getting messier, and SEO success can no longer be measured by clicks.Β
Up to 84% of B2B buyers now use AI for vendor discovery, and 68% start their search in AI tools before they ever touch Google, new data from Wynter reveals. Buyers are using ChatGPT to narrow down their options and Google to verify.
If youβre still judging SEO success by traffic, youβre optimizing for a model that no longer exists. Hereβs how to brace for impact.Β
Defining the dark SEO funnel
Marketing leaders are already familiar with the concept of dark social β the idea that buyers share content in private channels (Slack, DMs, WhatsApp) where tracking pixels canβt see them. Dark SEO is the algorithmic search equivalent.
In dark social, a peer recommends the brand, and the buyer Googles it. In dark SEO, an LLM recommends the brand, and the buyer then Googles it.
The training data answer summaries are invisible to traditional analytics:
Ingestion: An LLM consumes your content and understands your entity.
Recommendation: A user asks a problem-aware question (e.g., βbest tools for Xβ), and the LLM recommends your brand as a solution.
Verification: The user, now aware of you, goes to Google and searches for your brand name to validate the choice.
The credit conveniently goes to βdirectβ or βbranded search.β Meanwhile, the work was done by SEO or GEO.
This is the dark SEO funnel: where discovery happens in a non-click environment, attribution gets wiped out, and SEO looks like itβs βunderperformingβ even while itβs actively filling the pipeline.
The role of Google has fundamentally changed. As one surveyed CMO explained:
βI use Google only if I have certainty about which specific software types or products I want.β
AI is for evaluating. Google is for verifying. This is a radical shift.
The strategic shift: Brand mentions vs. LLM citations
Winning in the dark funnel era requires an understanding of two types of visibility.
In traditional SEO, the goal was clicks from a blue link. In AI search, the goal is inclusion, which happens in two different ways.Β
Brand mentions
This is when an LLM explicitly names your company as a solution.
Users ask: βWho are the top enterprise ABM platforms?β
AI answer: βThe top recommendations are 6sense, Demandbase, and [Your Brand].β
You canβt βtechnical SEOβ your way into this. Itβs driven by entity strength β how often your brand appears alongside relevant topics across the web β and influenced by PR, podcast appearances, customer reviews, and what we have long coined as surround sound SEO.
This is when an AI tool links to your content as a source of truth because you provided unique data or you were simply the most relevant result.Β
Users ask: βWhat is a good NRR benchmark for Series B SaaS?β
AI answer: βAccording to [Your Brand]βs 2026 State of SaaS Report, the median NRR for Series B companies has dropped to 109% due to budget tightening.β
This is driven by information gain. If you publish unique data, contrarian views, and proprietary information, the AI cites you to ground its answer.
LLMs learn from the ecosystem. If you want to be recommended, you should optimize around the most relevant neighborhoods:
Review sites: G2, Capterra (where AI verifies sentiment).
Communities: Reddit, Quora (where AI verifies consensus).
Third-party publishers: Industry blogs and news sites.
If AI sees your brand mentioned consistently across a relevant neighborhood, it assigns you the authority to be recommended.
When traffic is no longer the north star KPI, leadership still wants proof that SEO is working.Β
The strongest teams are pivoting to defensible signals that track revenue and reputation rather than just clicks.Β
If brand discovery happens in AI, but the last click conversion happens on Google, your attribution model is fundamentally broken.Β
Metrics to de-emphasizeΒ
Broad informational traffic: βWhat is Xβ searches are now answered by AI. Losing this traffic is often a sign of efficiency.
Search impressions: This is tough to justify. Iβve never met a CMO that places high importance on impressions.
Isolated rankings: Ranking No. 1 for a given keyword doesnβt guarantee your brand will get recommended.Β
CTR: In 2023, Michael King accurately predicted the 10 blue links will get fewer clicks because the AI snapshot will push the standard organic results down. The 30-45% click-through rate (CTR) for Position 1 will drop precipitously.
Metrics to elevateΒ
Recommendations from LLMs: Are you visible for high-intent, comparison queries (e.g., βbest CRM for enterpriseβ)? These are the queries users perform after the AI has educated them.
Branded traffic as a leading indicator: This is a great proxy for dark funnel success. Non-branded visibility leads to brand searches in this new era. And branded searches lead to conversions.
Product and solutions page traffic: Generally, this content is less volatile and less susceptible to traffic losses β therefore performance should remain level.Β
Landing page conversion rates: If youβre getting less traffic, but higher-intent visitors, there should be an improvement in conversion rates.Β
Self-reported attribution: This isnβt always perfect, but itβs directionally reliable. When website leads fill out forms asking βhow did you hear about us?β they should be citing things like βonline searchβ or βChatGPTβ or βPerplexity.β
The most powerful slide you can show in a meeting is this:
Informational traffic: β (Declining)
Demo conversion rate: β (Rising)
Pipeline: β (Stable or growing)
That isnβt a decline. That is what I call the Great Normalization of SEO. You are trading high-volume noise for high-intent signal.
Brand visibility is the trophy, traffic is just the byproduct
To thrive in the dark funnel era, you must stop playing the old SEO game.
The brands that adapt arenβt chasing cheap clicks. They will dominate inclusion, recommendation, and commercial intentβ even as the modern SEO funnel grows darker.
Hereβs your mandate for 2026:
Narrow your focus: Track 30-50 high-intent money prompts instead of thousands of vanity keywords.
Surround sound marketing: Invest in third-party visibility and narrative control (surround sound SEO), not just your own domain.
Information gain: Aim to blend search-driven topics with opinionated, research-backed, information-gain insights.
Highlight revenue metrics: Report on the organic contribution to pipeline, not just click volumes.Β
As we saw with dark social, CTR and attribution from social platforms declined with the rise of zero-click marketing. Itβs now time to concede defeat on traffic as we apply those same learnings to dark SEO.Β
Many SEO professionals enter freelancing for the same reason: freedom. They dream of fewer meetings, flexible hours, and the ability to choose their own projects.Β
What they donβt expect? Freelancing isnβt just βSEO without a boss.β Itβs SEO plussales, scoping, contracts, billing, and client management. Without those essential pieces, even the strongest SEOs struggle to make freelancing sustainable.Β
Weβll break down each step in this process to bridge the gap between dream and reality. By the end of this article, youβll know exactly how to build a sustainable freelance practice so you can become a digital nomad answering client emails and enjoying mojitos from a beach in Bali (if you so choose).Β
Before you get started: Understand what youβre actually building
Letβs make one thing clear: SEO freelancing doesnβt look like attending quarterly planning meetings to fight for budget or sending another sad Slack to the product team asking them to prioritize your recommendations.
In that scenario, youβre closer to a contractor embedded in someoneβs workflow than an independent freelancer. And that distinction matters. It determines how much control you have over your time, scope, and pricing.Β
SEO freelancing typically includes:
A clearly scoped engagement with a defined start and end.
Ownership over how the work is delivered, not just whatβs delivered.
Pricing tied to outcomes or deliverables instead of availability.
The ability to say no when a project doesnβt fit.
So before you quit your job to take on your first client, make sure you know exactly what youβre signing up for.Β
Step 1: Pick one thing and get unreasonably good at it
Now that you know exactly what your SEO freelancing gigs should look like, hereβs the secret sauce to how some freelancers can charge $200/hour while others still struggle to get $40:Β
Specialization.Β
Generalist freelancers compete on availability and price. βI do SEOβ means youβre fighting everyone who just βdoes SEO.β You win projects by being there when the client needs someone β and your price is what theyβre willing to pay.Β
Specialists, on the other hand, compete on expertise, speed, and pay-off. An expert who βaudits JavaScript rendering issues for React migrationsβ will face a much smaller pool of competitors. Because of that, you can price based on what youβve delivered.Β
When it comes to SEO freelancing, those high-value specializations look like:Β
Technical SEO audit for site migrations: Companies budget for migrations because theyβre terrified of what could go wrong. They pay well for any de-risking an expert can offer.Β
Programmatic SEO implementation: Sites make money from organic traffic at scale, so they understand well the ROI of investing in your services.Β
Technical enterprise ecommerce SEO: These high-stakes sites with complex templates, faceted navigation, and crawl budget demand high budgets and timely deliverables.Β
SEO that actually gets you ChatGPT visibility: Yes, GEO is a selling point that everyone wants to buy, and yes, offering that specific skill (and backing it up with data) will put you on the map.Β
What doesnβt work?Β
SEO βguruβ positioning: Claiming broad expertise without clearly defining the problem you solve or the outcome you deliver.Β
Lack of specialization: Offering every SEO service under the sun with no defined specialty makes it harder for prospects to understand where your expertise actually lies.Β
Competing on price: When price is your main differentiator, youβre positioning yourself as interchangeable instead of valuable. Experience-driven specialists rarely win or lose work based solely on their hourly rate.Β
Most freelancers resist freelancing, thinking, βWhat if I turn away work?βΒ
You are! Thatβs the point. Turning down misaligned work is how you protect your time, pricing, and the quality of your work.Β
Step 2: Turn that one thing into something you can sell 100 times
The line between βIβll do an SEO strategy customized to your needsβ and βI deliver a technical SEO strategy with these eight components, this deliverable format, and this timelineβ is productization. Itβs the difference between delivering consistent, repeatable work and reinventing the wheel for every new client.Β
Many freelancers misstep here by customizing too early. A client might say, βWe also need help with content,β and you, as a freelancer, reply with βSure, I can help with that.β Now youβre not delivering a productized audit β youβre doing custom work with an undefined scope.Β
Hereβs what you need to define to keep your deliverables consistent:Β
Scope: Whatβs included in the work.Β
Deliverable format: What the final product should look like (e.g., prioritized spreadsheet, slide deck, kickoff call).Β
Timeline: Define this at the very least as starting from the moment the client signs your proposal.Β
Price: Weβll get into this can of worms in a second.Β
Depending on the services youβre offering, youβll also want to specify:Β
The key to building out a strong productized proposal is this: you cut back on ambiguity.Β
The prospect either needs what youβre offering, or they donβt. If they need more, you can follow up with another proposal including the additional pricing.Β
Tip: If you do have a client asking, βCan you also look at our blog content, subdomain, redirects, or something thatβs outside of the scope of this current project,β you donβt have to say no.Β
You can say, βYes, but thatβs another project that Iβll need to scope out.β Just make sure you say anything but βSure, I can take a quick look.β Resist.Β
Arguably, this is the trickiest side of freelancing. It can be hard to put a price on your time and expertise β and even harder to defend your pricing while selling your services.
There are three pricing models you can try here: hourly, project-based, and retainer. Most start with hourly since thatβs the easiest to understand, and yes, that is a bit of a trap.
Hourly pricing: Good for beginners, terrible for experts
Setting an hourly rate makes sense when youβre starting out and arenβt sure how much to charge. Simply take your day job, narrow down how much you get paid by the hour, and think about how much your benefits are worth to you. Add all that together, and boom! Hourly rate.
For example, say you got paid $100,000 at your full-time job. Thatβs about $48 per hour. And the average cost per hour for private industry benefits is about $13. That means if you want to make exactly what you were before, youβll need to be paid at least $61 per hour.
In practice, SEO freelance rates range from $75 to $200 per hour, though entry-level freelancers might start closer to $50. Consider your experience and expertise, and price yourself carefully so you donβt get locked into a too-low rate.
Hourly rate is great to start, but it falls short when youβre good at your job. Youβre being rewarded for working slower and being penalized for getting better at your job.
Project-based pricing: The model for productized workΒ
Once youβve productized your products, you can start using project-based pricing. If youβve delivered the same audit 15 times, you know how much work it takes you β and you know how much itβs worth.
The client doesnβt care if something takes you 20 hours or 15. They care about getting a quality deliverable in a timely fashion.
But it can be hard to get out of that hourly mindset. Hereβs how to price projects when youβre starting out with freelancing:
Estimate how long the work will take you (or go with your best guess if youβve never done it).
Multiply that by 1.5 times to account for communication overhead, revisions, and unexpected complexity.
Track actual time spent (yes, even though youβre not charging by the hour).
Deliver the project.
Adjust pricing for the next client based on real data (and client results).
After your first five projects, youβll know your actual costs. Up until then, youβll be making educated guesses, but thatβs OK. Everyone starts by guessing.Β
Tip: Remember, the thing youβre charging for here is your knowledge, not your time. What the client is paying for is the results you offer. Always tie your work to how it can help your client achieve their goals. No one can put a price tag on exceeded KPIs.Β
Retainer pricing: Useful for recurring work, but dangerous without boundariesΒ
Retainer pricing makes sense when the client needs consistent monthly deliverables, such as technical reviews, advisory support, and optimization recommendations.Β
You just have to be careful here to avoid scope creep. βWeβre paying you $5,000 a monthβ can quickly turn into βCan you help with this product launch, this email campaign, this competitive analysis?β Guard your time wisely.
Hereβs how to structure your retainers so they work for you:
Define the exact monthly deliverable: Clearly outline the tasks youβll be working on each month. For example, βone technical audit per monthβ or βthree page reviews a month.βΒ
Set rollover limits: Explain what happens if tasks are put to the wayside or projects get put on pause. This might look like saying βunused hours expire after 60 daysβ or βa maximum rollover of one monthβs unused hours.βΒ
Exclude ad hoc requests: Clearly note that additional projects require separate proposals.Β
For example, say you have a client who pays $6,000 a month for βmonthly technical SEO review and eight hours of advisory support.βΒ
Month 1: The client uses six hours. Those two unused hours roll into month two.Β
Month 2: They use 10 hours (unused two hours plus standard eight hours).Β
Month 3: The client asks for a content audit. That project is separate and has its own pricing.Β
The best path here for a new SEO freelancer? Start with project-based pricing for your core offerings. Add retainers only after youβve delivered the same project multiple times and you know exactly what youβre committing to.Β
Tip: Only offer retainers when you know you can firmly hold a client to a set scope of work. Be confident in what youβre selling and how long it takes to deliver, so you make the best use of your time.Β
The key to keeping all of this consistent? Systems.Β
As a freelancer, you are the project manager, account manager, and delivery owner. Systems are what keep work moving when no oneβs checking in on you.Β
Hereβs what you need to create a solid system so nothing slips through the cracks:Β
Client onboarding.Β
Email (follow-ups and replies).
Billing.
Contracts.
Deliverable templates.
Offboarding.
Client onboarding: Get everyone up front
The biggest delay to any project? Waiting on access for tools, documentation, and basic questions. The right onboarding process means you can hit the ground running.Β
Hereβs what you should always ask for before work starts:Β
Tool access: Google Search Console, Google Analytics 4, crawl tool permissions, CMS login.
Stakeholder contacts: Who approves deliverables, who answers technical questions, who handles billing.
Project context: Known issues, previous SEO work, business priorities, previous project timelines (migration, updates, product launches).Β
You can get this without seven days of email tennis. Just send over an immediate request for this information, and donβt schedule any next steps until you have what you need.Β
Template everything here. Each client gets the same questionnaire and contract structure.Β
Contracts
You know what every freelancer loves? Getting paid. You know what you need to get paid? Getting it in writing.
Set your contract terms ahead of time so you donβt just hit a prospect with βuhβ when they ask you how much and when. Hereβs what you should have prepared:
Payment terms: Common options include 50% upfront and 50% on delivery for project work, or monthly invoicing for retainers and recurring work. Choose a structure that protects your cash flow while remaining reasonable for your clients.
Deliverable format and timelines: Net-30 or Net-14 are standard terms here. Theyβre just fancy ways of saying you get paid thirty days or two weeks after you bill.
Communication expectations: Explain the meeting cadence, preferred channels, and response times to avoid surprises.
Whatβs not included in your scope: Just so everyone is completely clear on what work is being done and what isnβt.
And donβt feel married to the first contract term you define. Be flexible. Thatβs the joy of being a freelancer β you can always change things up when you need to.Β
You can either Google Docs your way to success here, or you can look into investing in tools:Β
Contract signature: PandaDoc or DocuSign.
Invoicing and payment tracking: Wave, FreshBooks, or Bonsai.
Note: Pick one of each, use it for every client. Donβt switch unless you have a reason.Β
Deliverable templates
Deliverable templates save hours of formatting. It means you donβt need to mentally go through your checklist of everything you need to review. You can just look at a blank template of what youβve done in the past and move forward.
Here are some good examples of templates to have on hand:
Audit spreadsheet with consistent columns: Include the issue, location, impact (high, medium, low), effort to fix (usually in hours), priority, and any additional notes.
Executive summary templates: This should just be how you break things down for the client in laymanβs terms.
Delivery email template: This offers next steps and support window details.
The goal here is to keep things consistent across clients. Youβre providing the same quality work every time, no matter how busy you are.
Communication
Clients donβt need daily check-ins. They need to know the project is moving forward and nothing important is blocked.
What that looks like depends on the clientβs needs. It could be:Β
Weekly async updates via email: Explain what was completed this week, whatβs coming up next, and whatβs blocked.
Biweekly or monthly calls: Explain the same things, but this time over the phone. You should also schedule a call if youβre doing a kickoff or delivering a project.
Monthly emails: This is better for hands-off clients that you trust (and trust you) to get things done.
Note: If a client is pushing for daily Slack access or unscheduled calls, review your scope and pricing. You can always update your scope of work if new needs arise.Β
Offboarding
No one likes to see a client go, but how you handle parting is key to making a positive, lasting impression. Make sure to include:Β
Final deliverable handoff: This should include the rest of your work and a video walkthrough if you didnβt have a chance for a call.Β
Transition documentation: If you were working with another team to implement your recommendations, provide guidance on how to implement changes and include any technical context theyβll need to know.Β
Post-project support window: Define a clear support period (e.g., βtwo weeks of email support for clarification questions about the deliverableβ). After the window, additional support is a new engagement.Β
Request feedback: Ask for a testimonial or LinkedIn recommendation while the work is fresh. Most freelancers wait too long.Β
Make sure to document what youβve learned about yourself, the client, and your process once things are done. Think about what went well, what went poorly, and what to charge your next client for similar services.Β
Most freelancers go back to full-time employment because they feel burnt out, underpaid, and overworked.Β
Those who build a sustainable career treat freelancing like a business, not just a flexible job. Yes, drinking your mojito in Bali is fun β but you still need to answer client emails within 24 hours, even when youβre off the clock.Β
The biggest pitfalls that almost all beginner SEO freelancers fall into are:Β
Saying yes to misaligned projects: Beginner freelancers are usually worried about cash flow, but saying yes to a project that doesnβt fit is what gets you stuck in a feast-famine cycle where short-term cash flow decisions prevent you from building stable, repeatable work.Β
Delivering different things for each project: You canβt optimize what you donβt understand. Keep your offering consistent so you know what works, what doesnβt, and whatβs just a client quirk.Β
Starting from scratch with each client: Every new client should feel easier. If onboarding Client No. 5 feels as chaotic as Client No. 1, you need a better system (or just any system).Β
Pricing for payment and forgetting sustainability: Pricing too low to βget your first clientβ can get your legs under you, but itβs not how you stay in freelancing. Itβs better to work on two well-priced projects than five underpriced ones. Carefully judge your workload β and savings β so you can hunt for the right client.Β
What youβre actually building as a successful SEO freelancer
Freelancing isnβt just βSEO with flexible hours.β Itβs a service business where you define the offering, set the terms, and manage the business.Β
If that sounds like more work than having a boss, youβre right. Freelancing means trading predictable employment for control over everything: scope, pricing, schedule. Some people thrive on that trade because they get to be their own ultimate manager. Others realize theyβd rather someone else handle that for them. Both are valid choices.Β
The key here is if youβre going freelance, treat it like the business it is:
Pick a specialization.Β
Turn it into a repeat project.
Price it properly.
Build systems that scale.
Say no to everything that doesnβt fit.
Thatβs the framework. The rest is execution, iteration, and always improving the parts of the business that speak to you β be that SEO audits, content strategy, link building, or even client management β to build something sustainable.Β
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Somewhere inside your CRM is a customer who does not exist.
They open emails at impossible hours. They redeem promotions with machine-like precision. They browse product pages across three devices in under five minutes. They convert, unsubscribe, re-engage and transact again. On paper, they look highly active. In reality, they may be a composite of behaviors stitched together from AI assistants, shared accounts, recycled addresses, autofill tools and automated workflows.
This is the Data DoppelgΓ€nger Problem. And it is about to become one of the most expensive blind spots in modern marketing.
For years, identity resolution was framed as a hygiene issue. Clean the data. Remove duplicates. Suppress invalid records. That work still matters. But the ground has shifted. Today, the bigger risk is not dirty data. It is convincing data that is wrong.
AI agents are no longer theoretical. Consumers are using them to summarize emails, compare products, track prices, fill forms and in some cases complete purchases. Shared credentials remain common across households and small businesses. Browser privacy changes have pushed attribution models into probabilistic territory. Add subscription commerce, loyalty programs and cross-device behavior, and you begin to see the pattern.
One person can generate multiple digital identities. Multiple actors can generate activity that appears to belong to one person. What you see in your dashboards may not reflect a human with consistent intent, but a digital echo assembled from overlapping signals.
The result is not just noise. Itβs distortion.
When high engagement lies
Most marketing systems reward engagement. Opens, clicks, transactions and recency are treated as proxies for value. But what if the engagement is partially automated?
Email clients increasingly prefetch content. AI tools summarize messages without requiring a human to scroll. Assistive shopping agents monitor price drops and trigger interactions on behalf of users. To your analytics layer, these actions can look identical to high-intent behavior.
Now layer in recycled or repurposed email addresses. A dormant account gets reassigned by a provider. A corporate alias forwards to multiple employees. A consumer rotates through alternate emails to capture new user discounts. On the surface, these look like legitimate records. Underneath, the identity is unstable.
You may be optimizing campaigns around engagement that doesnβt reflect loyalty. You may be suppressing records that are valuable but appear inactive because their activity is fragmented across identities. You may be feeding machine learning models with signals that only compound the errors.
This is where seasoned professionals feel the frustration. The dashboards are clean, segments are defined and the attribution model runs on schedule. Yet outcomes drift, conversion rates plateau and fraud creeps in through legitimate-looking channels. Acquisition costs rise without a clear explanation.
The problem is not effort. It is identity confidence.
DoppelgΓ€ngers create operational risk
The Data DoppelgΓ€nger Problem is not limited to marketing efficiency. It crosses into risk, compliance and revenue protection.
Promotional abuse is often framed as external fraud. In reality, much of it exploits weak identity resolution. A single individual can appear as multiple new customers. Conversely, multiple individuals can appear as one trusted account. Loyalty points are pooled, discounts are stacked, and survey data becomes unreliable.
As AI agents become more capable, this risk becomes harder to detect. An automated assistant acting on behalf of a legitimate customer is not inherently fraudulent. But it can blur behavioral signals that historically differentiated genuine intent from scripted abuse.
Traditional rules-based systems look for anomalies. The next wave of risk will look normal.
If you cannot distinguish between a stable, persistent identity and a composite one, you cannot confidently calibrate friction. Add too much friction and you punish real customers. Add too little and you subsidize exploitation.
The only sustainable path is to move beyond static identifiers and into continuous identity validation. Not just confirming that an email address is deliverable, but understanding how it behaves over time, how it connects to other digital attributes, and how it fits within a broader activity network.
The collapse of the Golden Record
Many organizations still pursue a single source of truth. A golden record that reconciles identifiers into one master profile. The aspiration is understandable. But in a world of AI mediation and shared signals, the notion of a fixed record is increasingly unrealistic.
Identity is not a snapshot. It is a moving target.
The more relevant question is not whether you can unify data into one profile. It is whether you can quantify how confident you are that the activity associated with that profile represents a coherent individual.
That shift sounds subtle. It is not.
When identity is treated as binary, either matched or unmatched, you miss nuance. When identity is treated as a spectrum of confidence, you gain leverage. You can weight signals differently. You can suppress low-confidence interactions from modeling. You can prioritize outreach to high-confidence segments. You can apply graduated friction to transactions that sit in ambiguous territory.
This is where data becomes a strategic asset rather than a reporting function.
From volume to validity
Marketing technology has long rewarded scale. Bigger lists, broader reach and more signals. But scale without validation creates false precision.
The Data DoppelgΓ€nger Problem forces a harder question. Would you rather have ten million records with unknown stability, or eight million records you understand deeply?
The brands that win over the next few years will not be those with the most data. They will be those with the most defensible data.
Defensible means continuously validated. Network-informed. Contextualized against real patterns of activity. Integrated across marketing, analytics, and risk workflows so that improvements in one area compound across the organization.
When identity confidence increases, targeting improves. When targeting improves, engagement quality strengthens. When engagement quality strengthens, attribution stabilizes. When attribution stabilizes, forecasting becomes more reliable. And when forecasting improves, budget allocation becomes less political and more performance-driven.
This compounding effect is measurable. It is also fragile. Feed unstable identities into the loop and the entire system drifts.
What Seasoned Professionals Should Be Asking
If you are leading marketing, analytics or risk, the uncomfortable questions are no longer about data access. They are about data integrity at scale.
How many of your active profiles represent coherent individuals?
How often are identities revalidated against fresh activity?
Can you detect when one identity splits into several, or when several collapse into one?
Are your fraud controls calibrated to behavior, or to assumptions about behavior that may no longer hold?
These questions do not require panic. They require evolution.
This is not a crisis. It is a signal that the digital ecosystem has matured. Consumers are delegating more tasks to software. Devices are proliferating. Privacy changes are fragmenting identifiers. This is the environment we operate in.
The brands that adapt will treat identity not as a static field in a database, but as a living construct that must be observed and refined continuously. Utilizing advanced activity networks to anchor identity in its current reality.
Those that do will spend less on wasted acquisition. They will protect margins without alienating customers. They will trust their analytics because they understand the confidence behind the numbers.
And perhaps most importantly, they will know who they are actually engaging. Because somewhere in your CRM, there is a customer who does not exist.
The question is whether you can find them before they find your budget.
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According to news out of Taiwan, NVIDIA has overtaken Apple, to become TSMC's largest customers based on revenue. Although TSMC never mentions specific customers in its financial reports, but rather goes with terms like "client A" and "client B", NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang let slip that NVIDIA is now TSMC's "top customer". This would mean that NVIDIA is now client A in TSMC financial reports.
This also means that NVIDIA contributed NT$726.9 billion in revenue for TSMC in 2025, or US$23.2 billion if you prefer, which is over twice that of 2024. That doesn't mean that NVIDIA is producing twice as many chips at TSMC, since the most advanced node always costs more than the previous production node and this most likely includes other services like chip packaging, testing etc. As for client B, also known as Apple, they provided a not insignificant NT$645.1 billion or US$20.5 billion in revenue for TSMC. As a share of TSMC's revenue, NVIDIA stood for 19 percentβup from 12 percent in 2024βand Apple for 17 percent, down from 22 percent in 2024.
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MediaTek, one of the most prominent manufacturers of mobile-focused APs and an emerging player in the AI sphere, especially via its dedicated role in the production of Google's TPUs, has tapped a bold new frontier in semiconductor tech by taking a material stake in the silicon photonics-focused startup, Ayar Labs. MediaTek's stake in Ayar Labs indicates its intentions of incorporating silicon photonics elements within its products MediaTek has invested around $90 million in Ayar Labs via its subsidiary, Digimoc Holdings Limited. This transaction has allowed the manufacturer of mobile chips to acquire a 2.4 percent stake in the silicon photonics-focused [β¦]
Resident Evil Requiem is officially out on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S and X, and Nintendo Switch 2. Following a great reception from critics, the next crucial test to see if CAPCOM's latest game in the survival horror franchise is another success is the commercial one. It'll take some time to know for sure, but the very first indicator we have for any game, Steam player concurrency, is already looking good. In just a few hours, Resident Evil Requiem has already crushed all previous all-time concurrency peaks from Resident Evil games. Right now, it stands at 267K players according [β¦]
It appears that NVIDIA is trying to source memory chips from Micron for the RTX 50 series due to the worsening DRAM market. NVIDIA's RTX 50 GPUs Now Feature GDDR7 Modules from All Major Memory Suppliers; Shortages Still Continue The struggle to secure enough memory chips for GPUs continues, as ongoing DRAM shortages keep disrupting the hardware market. NVIDIA, which has primarily utilized the memory chips for RTX 50 series cards from Samsung and HK Hynix, is now reportedly sourcing GDDR7 memory chips from Micron as well. NVIDIA has been sourcing memory chips for its GPUs from Micron for previous-gen [β¦]
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Resident Evil Requiem has already set new records for the series on Steam Resident Evil Requiem is now available on PC, and the game has already set a new concurrent player peak for the franchise on Steam. Following the gameβs release at 5 am GMT, the game has already hit a concurrent player peak of [β¦]
NVIDIA is raising the MSRP of the DGX Spark AI development standalone to $4,700, which represents a $700 increase from its launch price, or a 17.5% increase. This increase in pricing adjusts for industry-wide shortage of DRAM and NAND flash, which impact the prices of the 128 GB LPDDR5X unified memory the machine uses. "The MSRP for DGX Spark (Founders Edition) has been adjusted from $3,999 to $4,699 due to memory supply constraints," NVIDIA said in a statement on its Developer forums. The new price is set to go into effect later this week. This should also impact prices of custom-design variants of the DGX Spark released by various partners.
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Smartphone stabilization has indeed come a long way, with manufacturers incorporating a mixture of software and hardware to reduce camera shake as much as possible when capturing images or recording videos. When comparing paper specificationsΒ to the competition, the Galaxy S26 UltraΒ might appear to be a whole generation behind, but a YouTuber shows that a new feature called βHorizon Lockβ is an absolute game-changer, as it is pretty much a gimbal in the form of a software toggle. Youβll have to see the Horizon Lock feature on the Galaxy S26 Ultra in action to believe it, as video stabilization goes to [β¦]
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NVIDIA has made a price update for its DGX Spark systems, raising the pricing from $3999 to $4699, due to ongoing memory shortages. NVIDIA DGX Spark "AI" Systems Affected By Memory Constraints Too, Pricing Sees $700 US Hike In a forum post, NVIDIA has confirmed that the MSRP of its DGX Spark AI system has been adjusted and reflects the ongoing memory shortages. The pricing update is specific to the DGX Spark Founders Edition, the one sold by NVIDIA itself. As per the new pricing update, the DGX Spark will see a $700 US hike. Previously, the system was priced [β¦]
While Xbox seems to be completely behind the idea of multi-platform day-one game launches, Sony has had a number of hit single-player games come out on PS5 in recent years, only for them to mosey over to PC years later. Now, according to notable gaming journalist, Jason Schreier (via the Triple Click podcast), even these slow PC ports may take a back seat going forward. Schreier, who is notable for his frequent insider insights, says that Sony's strategy for PC seems to hinge on its live-service games, adding that "I think the sense I'm getting is that they're backing away from putting their exclusive console stuff like traditional single-player stuff on PC." This news comes in spite of recent comments from former Sony executives who clearly believe that there is money to be made from PC ports and Sony's own planned Cross-Buy feature that would go a long way to unify game libraries across PS5 and PC.
He goes on to say that he believes that major upcoming future single-player titles may not make it to PC at all. When asked about the upcoming Wolverine game, slated to launch on September 15, he said that he "wouldn't be surprised if it never came to PC, but even if it does, you have a strong idea of what that is, and that you need a PlayStation to play it, at least for the indefinite future." Schreier, commenting on the commercial success of the PC ports we have seen come out of Sony, said that "I'm not sure how super successful those PC releases were," implying that Sony may not miss out on a lot of profit as a result of ditching PC ports. He would later take to the ResetEra forum to comment that his statements in the podcast were not speculation, saying that "I mean, it's not speculation, but sometimes topics come up on the show before I'm quite ready to publish a story about them. More to come soon I'm sure." Schreiers implication that the commercial success of PC ports may have been limited does hold some water. Aside from some of Sony's biggest hits, it's easy to see how interest in a game would wane after it has already been on the market for over a yearβas much as that may be self-inflicted on Sony's part. Additionally, he mentioned in the podcast that Sony, unlike Microsoft, has never made any commitment to cross-platform game releases.
Highguard's abysmal launch and rapidly declining player counts are well documented at this point, but it recently came to light that Wildlight was not the indie darling it was portraying itself to be. According to a report by Game File, Wildlight, and by extension Highguard's development, was being funded by TiMi Studio Groupβwhose Montreal studio working on unannounced open-world AAA games was recently shut down. Now, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier reports that Tencent pulled funding from Wildlight shortly after the game's launch, with management breaking the news of the pulled Tencent money to staff in a meeting on February 11.
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Choosing the right difficulty in Resident Evil Requiem is an important first step that can change the enjoyment of your first playthrough quite a bit, as some of the changes between the different difficulty settings have a deep impact on the experience. Here is the breakdown of the best difficulty settings to choose for your first run. Standard (Classic) For those who have been playing the series for a very long time, Standard (Classic) is the way to go. This mode is designed for veterans who want to experience Resident Evil Requiem at its best. Standard (Modern) Even if you [β¦]
While exploring the haunting corridors of the Rhodes Hill Care Center in Resident Evil Requiem, you will occasionally encounter warped closets. While Grace can interact with them, she doesn't have the physical strength or the tools to actually open them. If you are looking for a key or a crowbar to pry these open as Grace, however, you can stop searching. Here is everything you need to know about how to open these warped closets and if you need to do so to proceed in the main story. Can Grace Open Warped Closets? The short answer is no. You cannot [β¦]
Leon S. Kennedyβs return in Resident Evil Requiem brings back the high-intensity, physical combat seen in the glorious Resident Evil 4, but with some crucial changes. Mastering this mechanic is essential for survival, especially at high difficulties such as Standard (Classic) difficulty, where enemies are relentless. While the game introduces the mechanic early on, the tutorial doesn't tell you everything you need to know about it. Here is how to master the parry and save your skin in the most intense fights. The Basics of Parrying The core of Leonβs combat mechanics in Resident Evil Requiem lies in his hatchet. [β¦]
As you venture deeper into the Rhodes Hill Care Center in Resident Evil Requiem, your search for the escape items will lead you to the Lead Researcherβs Office. Inside, youβll find another locked Puzzle Box like the one in the Chairman's Office, containing a vital progression item. However, unlike the Chairmanβs puzzle box, you cannot interact with this one straight away. Youβll need a specific item to bypass a physical lock first. The Puzzle Box Solution Before you can even worry about the combination, you will notice the Puzzle Box is secured by a heavy padlock. This cannot be broken [β¦]
Once you reach the Garage in Resident Evil Requiem, you will find the Organ Transport Box. While you can interact with the item from your inventory, you will not be able to open without follow the specific sequence detailed in a note obtained by clearing the Lead Researcherβs Office puzzle. If the diagram makes little sense to you, fret not. Here's how to open the Organ Transport Box and why you need to do so to continue Grace's quest. The Puzzle Solution The Unlocking the Organ Box diagram shows what you have to do to open the Organ Transport Box [β¦]
While exploring the ARK research facility in Resident Evil Requiem with Grace, you will encounter two locked safes containing vital supplies. Cracking these is essential for surviving the tougher encounters against zombies and the fearsome Lickers, especially if you are playing on Standard (Classic) difficulty, where enemies are stronger. Sterilization Chamber Safe Monitor Control Room Safe If you have opened the three safes in the Care Center, you will also unlock the No Safe is Safe Trophy/Achievement after opening the two safes above. This concludes the guide. For more help with settings and survival strategies, visit our Resident Evil Requiem [β¦]
Completing the campaign in Resident Evil Requiem is just the beginning. Once the credits roll, you unlock several customization options for Grace and Leon, allowing you to change their appearance for subsequent playthroughs at higher difficulties such as Insanity or while hunting for any remaining Mr. Raccoon memoriam. Story Costumes Upon completing the game for the first time on any difficulty, you will immediately unlock the option to toggle the Jacket variants for both protagonists: These can be switched only via the Bonuses - Bonus Settings menu before loading a save file or starting a new game. Extra Costumes Finishing [β¦]
If you want to achieve 100% completion in Resident Evil Requiem, you'll need to keep your eyes (and ears) peeled for the Mr. Raccoon memoriam collectibles. There are 25 of these small, bobblehead-like statues hidden throughout the game, and destroying them all unlocks Advanced Tuning, which allows you to further upgrade weapons to make combat easier on all difficulty settings. Note: While the guide includes the locations of all 25 Mr. Raccoon memoriam in the game, we are missing the map and location screenshot for #9. We will update the post as soon as possible with it. Rhodes Hill Care [β¦]
The Titan Spinner is the first boss encounter in Raccoon City in Resident Evil Requiem, and potentially, the game's very first roadblock. It is designed not only to further teach the nuances of Leon's combat mechanics, but also to punish players who try to rely solely on brute force. While the creature is massive and fearsome, the battle is less about firepower and more about being smart with your surroundings. If you find yourself running low on resources during this fight, don't panic. Here is the best strategy to bring the Titan Spinner down without draining your entire arsenal. Don't [β¦]
Upon reaching the Chairmanβs Office in the Rhodes Hill Care Center in Resident Evil Requiem, you will find the very first proper puzzle of the game. Solving this is mandatory, as it contains an item essential to advancing the story. Without it, Grace won't be able to escape the hellish care center. The Chairman's Office Puzzle Combination The Clue When you first enter the office, you will notice a notepad sitting on a table. This notepad holds the key to the puzzle, but the indentations from the previous writing are currently invisible, and you need a specific item to show [β¦]
While Graceβs gameplay in Resident Evil Requiem is defined by avoiding enemies as much as possible, Leon is meant to take the fight to the enemy. One of the most effective and visually satisfying tools in his arsenal is a secret close-range finisher that can end enemies instantly. The game doesn't give this mechanic a dedicated tutorial, so many players might trigger it by accident without realizing how to do it consistently. Here is how to master Leonβs firearm finisher to save ammo and look good doing it. The Mechanics of the Secret Finisher Unlike the contextual melee prompts like [β¦]
Much like its predecessors, Resident Evil Requiem is filled with items to collect. During the course of the game, Grace and Leon will find many items with clear purposes, but also some whose use isn't clear from the get-go, such as the Antique Coins found all over the Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center. Here's how to use these Antique Coins to get some critical early upgrades in Resident Evil Requiem. How to Use Antique Coins Antique Coins are unique items whose in-game description (An old metal coin used for games. Can be exchanged for prizes in the parlor) suggests they [β¦]
Surviving the nightmare in Resident Evil Requiem requires more than just solid shooting skills. Whether you are navigating claustrophobic halls as Grace Ashcroft or engaging in intense combat sequences with Leon S. Kennedy, understanding some of the game's underlying systems is the difference between life and death, especially if this is your first entry in the series. To help you understand and enjoy the game right from the get-go, we have put together the best tips for beginners based on a full playthrough of the game at the highest possible difficulty for a new game run: Standard (Classic). Learn When [β¦]
Resident Evil Requiem offers great flexibility for a survival-horror game by allowing players to experience the entire campaign in either first or third-person. While this choice is often down to personal preference, the distinct gameplay styles of Grace and Leon mean that one perspective usually outshines the other, depending on who you are controlling. Best Camera Settings If you want the most polished experience, I recommend First-Person for Grace to maximize the horror atmosphere and Third-Person for Leon to master the combat, which are the exact same recommendations the game provides at the very beginning. You can change your camera [β¦]
Resident Evil Requiem is the latest entry in the survival horror series from CAPCOM, and the biggest shift for the franchise since the days of Resident Evil 4. While the game maintains the series' signature atmosphere and resource management, the introduction of a dual-narrative system featuring Grace Ashcroft and Leon S. Kennedy deeply changes gameplay, offering both intense survival-horror sequences focused on stealth and enemy avoidance, and full-on action combat. In this Complete Walkthrough and Guides Hub, you will find everything you need to survive the horrors Grace and Leon will encounter as they face their past. Overview Resident Evil [β¦]
While the Rhodes Hill Care Center in Resident Evil Requiem is filled with terrifying monstrosities, it is also home to several locked safes containing valuable resources. From the currency needed for upgrades to ammo and essential maps, you don't want to leave these behind. If you don't want to scour every dark corner for notes and hidden documents, here is the complete list of safe codes for the Care Center. Bar and Lounge Safe Examination Room Safe Basement Safe This concludes the guide. For more help with settings and survival strategies, visit our Resident Evil Requiem Complete Walkthrough and Guides [β¦]
Surgent Studios, the game studio behind EA's acclaimed platformer, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, has revealed its latest game, FixForce, a 3D "extraction platformer." As the developer's genre-bashing description of the game suggests, FixForce is a co-op platformer that puts players into a bright, post-apocalyptic world and makes them solve environmental and movement puzzles, fix broken machines with nearby scrap and parts, and get back to the repair van before the character's battery or time runs out. The only dangers in FixForce are the water and rogue bots that either undo your work or outright attack you, and if you happen to take enough damage, your head pops off, whereupon other players can simply retrieve it and pop it onto a new body, so that you can finish the job.
The developer is targeting the same group of players who love "chaotic co-op games," like Peak and Lethal company, as well as gamers who appreciate classic physics games, like Portal, Garry's Mod, and Ratchet and Clank. FixForce features simple colors and graphics, and the minimum spec echoes that, asking for a Ryzen 5 2600 or Intel Core i7-6700K and a GeForce GTX 1060, Radeon RX 580 8 GB, or Intel Arc A580. Each round can feature up to six players in co-op. The game was originally meant to launch under Pocketpair Publishing, but the founder of Surgent Studios said that "We saw the pure chaos and hilarity FixForce unleashed as it came together, so we made the decision to move quickly and publish it ourselves," adding that FixForce is unlike anything the studio has worked on before, since it's all about chaos and fun whereas the previous two games the studio was responsible for were about abuse and grief. FixForce will launch on Steam and Epic games on March 12 in early access.
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