Today, independent German developer Keen Games announced the release date of Enshrouded 1.0. The game will be released on October 15 for PC and PlayStation 5, but the Xbox version has been delayed to next Spring. Jan Jöckel, CEO of Keen Games, said in a statement: Our team worked tirelessly to launch Enshrouded 1.0 and its exciting new content simultaneously across PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Pro, and Xbox Series S|X. Enshrouded combines large-scale voxel building, fully terraformable worlds, advanced multiplayer systems, and a vast open world in ways that are technically very demanding. As we approached launch, we decided […]

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More processors are getting a discount on this Prime Day deal, and you shouldn't miss these Ryzen CPUs if you want to build a powerful gaming PC on a budget. AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Drops to Just $179 While Ryzen 5 7600X is Now Down to $146 on Amazon There are some excellent deals on Amazon at the moment, ranging from PC components to pre-built systems, but the processor deals are particularly irresistible. We have just published Intel's Core Ultra 7 270K Plus deal post that gives you the chance to buy the processor at just $264, making it one […]

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Vendors have started releasing new BIOS updates that restores the TSME feature on consumer Ryzen CPUs. ASUS Releases ComboAM5 P1 1.3.0.1b Patch A to Restore TSME Feature on Non-PRO Ryzen CPUs After AMD Promised to Reinstate it A week ago, users complained that their Ryzen CPUs were no longer showing TSME support. This was due to the latest AMD BIOSes, which reportedly removed the TSME encryption feature on the Ryzen CPUs. However, AMD didn't remove it from the PRO variants and told MSI that the TSME is reserved only for the Ryzen PRO chips. TSME, or Transparent Memory Secure Encryption, […]

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Valve's reveal that the Steam Machine would be priced at $1049 for the base edition (512 GB with no controller) and up to $1428 for the 2TB edition with a Steam Controller rocked most consumers who were looking forward to buying one at a much lower price. The Steam company made it crystal clear that this wasn't the pricing they had in mind for the hardware and pointed to suppliers literally forcing their hand due to the ongoing memory and storage component crisis. Valve engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais told Gamers Nexus: Look, there’s no contract; there’s nothing. Like, those guys… they give […]

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One of the fastest gaming and productivity chip is now under $300, making it a perfect choice for enthusiasts. Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Gets a $35 Discount on Amazon, Making it the Cheapest 24-Core CPU on the Market You don't see great CPU deals every day, but thanks to the Prime Day deals, some of the best processors are now down to their lowest prices ever. After Intel's launch of Arrow Lake Refresh, aka Core Ultra 200S Plus, the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus became the most popular Intel desktop chip, selling like hotcakes due to its amazing […]

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In the past few months, video game publishers and developers have been going all in on generative AI with the justification that it speeds up and improves development. In the attempt to help gamers make informed choices about their purchases, Valve has started enforcing AI disclosures on Steam, which Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney believes is irresponsible of the company, as it has a negative impact. "It's unfortunate that so many developers now are put into this position. If you want to launch a game, and get it as widely publicized as possible, you've got to put it on Steam […]

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Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6) is now available for pre-order worldwide, but yesterday's announcements dampened the enthusiasm of many by confirming that the retail version of the game for both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S systems will not include the game's disc, but only a download code. However, it seems like a proper physical release will be released the following month. Polish publication PPL, who provided correct information multiple times in the past regarding video game releases on consoles, revealed that only launch copies will include a download code, and will be followed by a proper retail release […]

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The hinge problems that long plagued Apple’s iPhone Fold have seemingly been addressed, allowing for the company’s first foldable flagship to enter production. However, don’t think that the upcoming launch will be a ‘one-off’ event because there’s a successor that’s said to be in the works, and it’ll have one major difference. iPhone Fold 2 with a wider folding display is rumored to be in the works, but don’t expect Apple to use a more advanced display Based on the latest information shared by Weibo’s Digital Chat Station, the iPhone Fold 2 will have a wider folding screen, offering an increase […]

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Rockstar Games' announcement of GTA VI's $80 price point definitely caused many fans to let out a sigh of relief. It may not be $70, but it's not a new industry record either, nor is it anywhere close to the $100 scare that Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter suggested they might attempt. Back then, fellow analyst Rhys Elliott quickly dismissed that option as unrealistic and reckoned they would price at either $70 or $80 at the most. Understandably, after yesterday's news, Elliott (now head of market analysis at Alinea) claimed the win, so to speak, reiterating in a LinkedIn blog post […]

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About a year ago, the Dutch non-profit consumer foundation Stichting Massaschade & Consument filed a lawsuit in the Netherlands against Sony over its supposed monopolistic practices in selling digital games on the PlayStation Store. This morning, the foundation issued a press release announcing that the first hearing in this class action lawsuit will take place at the Dutch District Court of Midden-Nederland on Monday, June 29. Following the hearing, the court will take a few months to rule on whether the foundation's case is admissible. It will then examine the merits of the foundation's claims. If the court finds in […]

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Qualcomm Dragonfly brings a robust platform of AI Compute accelerators, CPUs, breakthrough technologies, networking, & custom-silicon under one roof. Enter The Dragon - Qualcomm's New Dragonfly Brand Is Primed For AI, Offering A Full-Stack Datacenter Portfolio, Encompassing Connectivity, CPU, and AI Accelerators The Computex 2026 teaser of the Dragonfly brand is now being officially unveiled as a full-stack data center ecosystem, driving next-generation AI and general-purpose compute. In our previous posts, we talked about the Dragonfly C1000 CPU and the Dragonfly HBC memory solution. Now, we will look at what the initiative has on offer beyond those two technologies, and […]

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Qualcomm has introduced its first-ever CPU designed for Data Centers, the Dragonfly C1000, which leverages the Oryon architecture. Qualcomm Enters The Agentic AI CPU Race With Dragonfly C1000 Chip, Oryon-Based With Over 5 GHz Clocks, Over 250 Cores, & Aims To Achieve Single-Core Leadership One of the biggest announcements by Qualcomm today was its first release of a CPU for the data center segment, called the Dragonfly C1000. This is a chip purpose-built for Agentic AI & General-Purpose workloads, delivering best-in-class power efficiency and TCO. As per Qualcomm, the Dragonfly C1000 is based on a custom-designed Oryon core architecture that […]

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Qualcomm is unveiling its breakthrough for the AI data center market called HBC (High-Bandwidth Compute), to break the memory wall. Qualcomm's HBC Is A Memory Accelerator That Is Stacked Under DRAM, Offering A Major Boost Versus Standard SRAM & HBM Configurations At its Investors Day 2026, Qualcomm unveiled HBC under its Dragonfly brand, an innovative technology that aims to offer a major boost in memory capacity and bandwidth. The HBC architecture deploys a purpose-built & near-memory solution that bonds compute with boosted memory bandwidth in a 3D stacked chip design. With this, Qualcomm aims to solve the memory bottlenecks that […]

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Back in November 2025, we got the information drop everyone was waiting for: the release date for GTA 6. Yes, it came packaged as a delay announcement, and there was technically no guarantee it would stick, but it ultimately has, as we finally got the other bit of information everyone has been waiting for today: how much Rockstar's long-awaited game would cost. $80 for the Standard Edition and $100 for the Ultimate Edition calmed fears that the barrier to entry for GTA 6 would start at $100, but now those same fears turn towards the rest of the video game […]

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1047 Games, the studio known for making Splitgate and who are arguably more known for how its CEO Ian Proulx tried to make a statement at Summer Game Fest 2025 with a hat that fell flat, have just released their next game. No, it's not yet another iteration of Splitgate after 1047's attempt at Splitgate 2 failed drastically, it's instead a Titanfall-like movement shooter called Empulse, and it's available in early access now. 1047 Games teased Empulse earlier this year while capping off a developer update on Splitgate: Arena Reloaded, which was the final iteration of Splitgate 2 that the […]

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The hotfix came just after a day when users started reporting errors on their Windows 10 systems. AMD Releases Hotfix to Fix Yellow Bang Problem in Windows 10 After Several Reports Regarding Adrenalin 26.6.2 on RX 7000 Series Just yesterday, AMD acknowledged a new problem with its recent Adrenalin driver on Windows 10. If you read our report, you might know that many users complained about compatibility issues concerning Adrenalin Edition 26.6.2, which adds FSR 4.1 support to RDNA 3, aka Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards. The problem also showed in the form of a yellow bang in Device […]

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Hygon, China's premier chipmaker, has presented its latest CPUs and GPUs for data centers, offering up to 128 cores & 512 threads. Hygon, based in Beijing, China, has been hard at work producing high-quality chips for the domestic markets. Their previous C86 solutions, designed in collaboration with AMD, have seen major interest by domestic players, and now, the next-generation C86 processor development is underway. Now, Hygon has shared plans to develop six chips that will be offered to domestic audiences in China. The leading chip in the lineup is the next-gen C86 CPU, designed for general-purpose computing. Currently, China offers […]

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It's hard to feel sorry for Apple these days even if its margins are in a vise-like squeeze, courtesy of the relentless increase in the price of memory chips. After all, over the past decade, Apple inflated the price of its flagship iPhone model by 60 percent, when the average CPI basket grew by just 37 percent. Memory makers are only giving Apple a taste of its own medicine Apple used to secure memory chips via 1-year or even longer contracts, winning hefty discounts relative to the prevailing market price of the time. Now, however, Apple negotiates memory prices quarterly, […]

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In the world of PC gaming performance analysis, we tend to obsess over frame times, and for good reason. A simple average FPS number can be extremely misleading, while a frame time graph can immediately show you whether a game is delivering frames smoothly or whether it is suffering from stutters, hitches, CPU/platform bottlenecks, or other forms of inconsistent frame pacing. However, as useful as frame times are, there is one major problem with relying on them alone: they do not always tell us what the player actually sees on the monitor. This is especially important nowadays, as modern PC […]

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Qualcomm is expanding its chip-design services to China as it is reportedly in early talks with ByteDance. China's ByteDance To Get Custom-Chip Design Assistance From Qualcomm As It Expands Its Revenue Beyond Smartphones Custom-chip designs are picking up momentum across the tech industry, and a report by Reuters suggests that Qualcomm might be assisting ByteDance, a leading Chinese firm, with chip-design services. Although the talks between Qualcomm and ByteDance are still early, if they succeed, then that would make ByteDance one of the first customers of Qualcomm's chip-design services. The move will also help Qualcomm diversify its revenue, breaking its […]

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With Destiny 2 now fully in the rear view, the team at Bungie is full-steam ahead on Marathon, though that hasn't resulted in a sudden uptick in players swarming the extraction shooter. Season 2 is going about as well as Season 1, and despite its critical acclaim and a small dedicated core group of players, Marathon continues to struggle to attract the kinds of numbers multiplayer games are practically required to earn to find commercial success. But if Bungie can keep iterating and tweaking Marathon, it wouldn't be the first time, nor likely the last, that a multiplayer game found […]

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OpenAI has just announced its first custom chip called Jalapeño, which is aimed at AI Inference workloads & produced by Broadcom. OpenAI Designed & Built Its First Custom AI Silicon, The Jalapeño Chip, For Agentic AI Today, OpenAI announced that it has built and designed its first AI chip, which they are calling Jalapeño. Interesting choice of name for a chip that came fresh off the baking ovens at Broadcom, who are responsible for producing this chip. The Jalapeño Intelligence Processor and its first wafer were shown off by OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, and Broadcom's CEO, Hock Tan. This chip […]

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Despite the substantial strides taken by Samsung LSI in designing a thermally stable Exynos 2600 chip and an even better Exynos 2700, courtesy of the all-new Side-by-Side (SbS) packaging and the Heat Path Block (HBP) heat sink, Samsung Mobile appears to be doubling down on its dual-chip strategy. A slew of anecdotal evidence suggests Samsung is giving Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 an outsized role within the upcoming foldables, including the Galaxy Z Flip 8, while reserving the lion's share of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6/Pro for the Galaxy S27 Series. Samsung's Exynos 2600 to power the Galaxy […]

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When Netflix acquired Oxenfree developers Night School Studio, it seemed like the streaming company was starting to get serious about getting into the video game industry. What followed was unfortunately every indication against that, with layoffs at Night School and the shuttering of the triple-A team it spun up and attracted veteran talent for. Its games strategy has since been nothing but mobile iterations of some PC games or just straight-up mobile and party games, with the short-lived experimentation of interactive episodes like Black Mirror's Bandersnatch. Now, however, it seems like Netflix is levelling up its game, so to speak, […]

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Although God of War Laufey was the star of the June PlayStation State of Play, the impressive gameplay showcased lacked the most crucial information: the game's release window. In the past few weeks, we heard multiple times the game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment would be released in the first half of 2027, but, according to known Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier, the next entry in the series will launch early in the year. "If you're a God of War Laufey, for example, you might look at the landscape and you might say, 'Hey, I […]

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We're all the way up to Season 14 of Diablo IV now since its 2023 launch, and Blizzard Entertainment has now revealed when that new season will kick off, and what players can expect from it. Season 14, titled Season of Death Awakening will launch next week on June 30, 2026, arriving with a slew of updates, and with a free perk all players can take advantage of for the first week. That would be a free one-week trial of the Warlock class, one of the two new classes that arrived with the game's latest expansion, Lord of Hatred. Blizzard […]

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Users are already seeing huge gains with the latest AMD upscaler on older-generation graphics cards. Radeon RX 7900 XTX Reportedly Hits 2X Frame Rates With AMD FSR 4.1 in Cyberpunk 2077 at 4K RT Ultra As you might know, AMD's FSR 4.1 support for the RX 7000 series dropped two days ago, and users have already started seeing huge gains in games. It's well-known that FSR 4 is more demanding than FSR 3.1, but even on the Balanced preset, games usually see much better visual fidelity than FSR 3.1 Quality. This is exactly what we are seeing in benchmarks reported […]

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Following the official GTA VI pre-order details shared today by Rockstar Games, Sony is now boasting through the PlayStation Blog that the massively anticipated game will "play best" on PlayStation 5. Sony said it partnered closely with Rockstar to leverage the console's key features, such as the 3D audio enabled by the Tempest Engine, which will allow players to fully immerse themselves in Leonida's distinct soundscape with enhanced, highly accurate audio positioning, bringing each unique situation to life. The PS5's SSD enables "near-instant load times" while moving across the state of Leonida. The main differences, however, are enabled by the […]

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There are several excellent budget and mid-range gaming monitors from GIGABYTE that are currently available for dirt-cheap prices. GIGABYTE Lists 27-inch WOLED 240Hz for Just $349, While its Fast IPS Monitors With 1440p Resolution are now Retailing at $145-$159 The Prime Day deals are here, and it has begun with some exciting display deals for gamers. Popular hardware and monitor maker GIGABYTE has listed some excellent deals on Amazon, which you can avail today, starting at just $145. Whether your budget is less than $150 or over $400, you can have an excellent gaming display for your setup that provides […]

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After spending years adrift, it seems like the Star Fox series is poised to fly high once again, with a well-received appearance by Fox McCloud in the Super Mario Galaxy Movie and now a new Nintendo Switch 2-exclusive game. While simply titled Star Fox, this latest title is, in fact, a glossy current-gen remake of Star Fox 64, which is still considered by many to be the best in the series nearly 30 years after its initial release. Does Star Fox 2026 prove that everything old can successfully be made new again? Or does this revival miss the mark? Boost […]

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All the pieces belonging to the iPhone Fold were in place, as Samsung was preparing to begin mass production of the device’s advanced M16 display. The weakest link was said to be Apple’s 3D printed hinge, which was the most complicated and likely headache-inducing component of the upcoming flagship due to the rattling sounds it was making. With the company reportedly having bulldozed through these hurdles, it’s a positive sign that it can enter mass production in July. Launch month of September for the iPhone Fold won’t get disturbed if report’s claims are true, with the bulk of the hinge problems resolved […]

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Just when we thought that high-speed 4TB solid-state drives were out of reach for the majority of the masses, Amazon’s Prime Day 2026 sale drops another banger in the form of Acer’s Predator GM7 PCIe NVMe Gen 4 SSD. For a limited time period, you can grab these uber-capacity units for only $469.99 after a 23 percent discount, giving you a golden opportunity to not only increase your storage but also make your system snappier. The Predator GM7 is equipped with SLC Cache to ensure that games load faster and file transfers don’t lose their performance Acer’s PCIe NVMe Gen […]

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Rockstar Games provided some new details today on GTA 6 ahead of the grand opening of the pre-orders tomorrow, June 25. Besides confirming the bonuses that PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S users will get to enjoy by purchasing the Ultimate Edition, the development studio confirmed that retail copies will not include any disc, but only a download code. "The physical version of Grand Theft Auto VI, containing a download code inside the box, will be available starting November 12 to support pre-loading," Rockstar Games wrote on its official website. While releasing retail copies earlier to allow pre-loading ahead of […]

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Rockstar Games has just confirmed that GTA VI will be priced at $80, thus putting to rest long-held fears of a higher price. The studio also shared gorgeous new Grand Theft Auto VI screenshots and key details about the GTA VI Ultimate Edition, just hours ahead of the opening of pre-orders, which will happen at midnight local time on June 25. This version of GTA VI offers an exclusive collection of premium vehicles, weapons, apparel, and other story-linked content for Jason and Lucia across the game's progression. The Ultimate Edition is priced at $100 and includes: These bonuses unlock gradually as Jason and Lucia […]

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Amidst surging component prices that are driving up the cost of gaming hardware - both for systems already available and those launching very soon like Valve's new Steam Machine - Sony is facing multiple challenges for its PlayStation 6 console. Besides having to make it a compelling upgrade for existing PlayStation 5 users, the Japanese company also needs to keep manufacturing costs down as much as possible. One of the centerpieces of this strategy, according to a new leak from Moore's Law Is Dead, is AI-driven frame generation via ongoing research into Virtual Frame Interpolation (VFI). During the latest episode […]

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The Renewed Premium store belonging to Amazon has your favorite iPhone 17 Pro stocked, and if you’re worried about getting a lemon, don’t worry, because each unit is individually inspected for serious levels of wear and tear. The perks of shopping for units at the online store are that Prime Day 2026 gives you a chance to grab Apple’s flagship for up to $250 off, making the deal one of the best that we’ve spotted. The best ‘price to performance’ is the Cosmic Orange version of the iPhone 17 Pro with 512GB of storage, and here’s why Since these Renewed […]

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YouTuber Rebs Gaming has provided an update on the long-rumored Halo multiplayer project codenamed Ekur. As you'll probably remember, the creator's earlier reporting from a couple of months ago had described Ekur as an extraction shooter being developed by Certain Affinity. Rebs Gaming's new video is a correction/update to that claim, based on new information from two sources. The first source works at a company providing QA services to Halo Studios and speaks with current employees there. According to them: The second source is a separate, longtime contact of the YouTuber who stated that Certain Affinity is not the studio […]

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This morning, Jotoyo Games, an independent studio based in Chengdu, China, announced its debut game, Monster Fantasy. Jotoyo is composed of around 20 developers, though they have "decades" of combined industry experience. The studio is planning a PC release (there's already a Steam page) following a Kickstarter funding campaign set to begin on July 15. Drawing inspiration from successful franchises like Monster Hunter, Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, and Pokémon, it blends free-form monster hunting with village building and life simulation in a colorful Chibi art style. In the game, players take the role of an amnesiac hero in the Kingdom […]

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China has failed tremendously in stopping its tech firms from using banned NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs that are being sold on the black market for double the price. The US Banned NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs Because They Were Too Cutting Edge, & China Banned Them To Focus On Domestic Solutions, But Strong Demand From Tech Firms See Doubling of Prices In Black Market The NVIDIA Blackwell GPU family has been entirely banned in China for AI workloads. The US Government banned them because Blackwell was a bit too cutting-edge, even limiting sales of the gamer-oriented RTX 5090 and relaunching a cut-down variant […]

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ASUS says that PC price bumps will gradually decline in the coming quarters and expects just single-digit hikes by Q3 2026. ASUS Claims That PC Prices Won't See Double-Digit Spikes By The End of This Year, Only Single-Digit Increases Expected By Q3 2026 Recently, we have covered many reports stating how memory and component shortages will lead to higher prices through 2028, but ASUS has come forward to claim that the worst is over, & the market is now projected to see lower increases, falling in the single-digit range. In a report by United Daily News, ASUS's General Manager Yi-Hsiang […]

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It's been three years since the AMD AM5 motherboard platform and the 600-series motherboards launched. Since its launch, the platform has seen the launch of several CPUs in the Ryzen 7000, Ryzen 8000, and Ryzen 9000 families. While the 600-series motherboards provide great features & compatibility with newer Zen 5 CPUs, motherboard makers are always looking to enhance user experiences through the latest technologies, so AMD has introduced a new chipset line called the 800-series. AMD also introduced both X870 and B850 series chipsets for high-end and mainstream AM5 motherboards. Both of these chips provide brand-new designs and brand-new features […]

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The inception of the Nintendo Switch 2 meant that storage card manufacturers needed to deliver a workaround that would get rid of performance bottlenecks from the microSD form factor. Shortly after, the microSD Express protocol formed, and with it, a flurry of brands brought their versions of pricey storage cards barely bigger than your fingernail. Fortunately, those who were waiting for Amazon’s Prime Day 2026 sale will be pleased to know that Samsung’s P9 Express with 256GB storage is down to just $39.99, thanks to a 50 percent discount. With speeds reaching up to 800MB/s, the Samsung P9 Express is the […]

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Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, the third installment in Asobo Studio's acclaimed action/adventure series, finally materialized in the form of a remote preview organized by publisher Focus Entertainment around two months ahead of the launch date. According to Studio Asobo, Resonance has been in development for nearly four years following Requiem's release. The team expanded to roughly 80 developers over that period specifically to support the shift toward an active combat-driven protagonist, which producers identified as one of the project's biggest creative challenges. Asobo has stated that the production budget is in line with previous entries in the series, despite […]

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Lords of the Fallen 2 has officially been delayed out of 2026, developer CI Games has confirmed via a statement from the studio's chief executive officer Marek Tyminski posted to his personal X (formerly Twitter) account. It's the latest game to move out to 2027 rather than try and hold its 2026 release window where it would inevitably duke it out with GTA 6 and an already packed back-half of triple-A games in 2026. The statement, like others from the likes of Valor Mortis makers One More Level, does reference the team's desire to give Lords of the Fallen 2 […]

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Starting with recent compatibility improvements for Intel and AMD platforms, Valve is looking to bring SteamOS to more PCs, with plans to eventually support NVIDIA's graphics cards. Although the Steam Machine has been widely bashed for its disappointingly weak performance and exorbitantly high price, for some people it's exactly what they've been looking for: a compact console-like PC that runs all their Steam games, yet integrates seamlessly with their living room setup, while providing solid performance for lighter games. The fact that it runs SteamOS was crucial to this niche appeal; the promise of lazy gaming sessions on the couch […]

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Google is working with MediaTek to bring its next-generation TPUv9 chip, codenamed Triggerfish, to the Agentic AI market. MediaTek-Developed Google TPUv9 "Triggerfish" Packs A CPU That Should Accelerate Both AI Training & Inference Workloads A few months back, Google unveiled its latest TPU family, which included the Inference-optimized v8i "Zebrafish" developed by MediaTek, and the training-optimized v8t "Sunfish" developed by Broadcom. For its next-generation TPU, Google aims to deploy both Inference and Training capabilities on a single chip. The chip is internally codenamed "Triggerfish" and will be part of the upgraded TPUv9 series. Based on the latest report by FundaAI, […]

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Taiwanese contract chip manufacturing giant is raising prices for most of its manufacturing process technology nodes, according to a report from Culpium. The price hikes have come in response to the meteoric price hike by memory manufacturers, say the publication's sources. The global memory chip market has been thrust into the spotlight following booming demand from the AI sector. However, TSMC's price increases will focus on all manufacturing process technology nodes reaching as far back as the mature 7-nanometer node, which implies that they could create ripple effects for a variety of sectors. TSMC Eager To Raise Prices Following Similar […]

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Epic's recent announcement that Unreal Engine 5.8, and even more so the upcoming Unreal Engine 6, include integration with Claude and Gemini (as well as support for custom models) to "greatly reduce the tedious work in authoring content to leave more time for creative exploration, and increase the amount of iterations a team can make to polish their content" was predictably met with skepticism from the anti-AI crowd. Still, that's not a universal reaction. Other veteran developers, such as Rich Vogel (whom I interviewed a few months ago on the state of the MMO genre), are far more pragmatic and […]

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After months of speculation, Valve finally revealed the price of the Steam Machine yesterday, with the base barrier to owning your own GabeCube listed at $1,049 USD. You could go up to $1,428 USD for the version with all of the bells and whistles, but getting your foot in the door will cost over a grand to start. In a new report from GamesIndustry.Biz, the reaction to that price from senior video game industry analysts is a general sense of surprise that it's not worse and disappointment that it's as high as it is. But what it means for next-generation […]

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With an ecosystem of over 1.5 billion devices worldwide, Apple has historically enjoyed a heretofore unprecedented leverage with its supply chain partners. Yet, as the ongoing DRAM squeeze shows no sign of abating, Apple's leverage has largely become impotent, setting the stage for an atypical outcome where LPDDR5X modules are now dictating Cupertino-based tech giant's product roadmap and pricing. Apple's per-unit costs for 12GB LPDDR5X modules are expected to have surged by $68.8 between the Q1 and Q2 of 2026 Apple used to secure memory chips via 1-year or even longer contracts, winning hefty discounts relative to the prevailing market […]

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Panel-Level Packaging (FOPLP) and Glass Substrates are going to drive the next chapter in advanced packaging, with the market exceeding $8 Billion by 2030. The AI & HPC Segments Want To Move Beyond Organic Substrates & Wafer Packages To Meet Their Growing Compute Needs, & That's Where Panel-level Packaging & Glass Substrates Come In TSMC & Intel are the two major semiconductor firms that are accelerating next-gen glass core substrates for panel-level packages. These two technologies go hand in hand in powering the next generation of semiconductors and come with major advantages over traditional organic substrates and wafer-level packages. The […]

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Obsidian Entertainment, the Xbox Game Studios team known for Fallout: New Vegas, The Outer Worlds (1/2), Avowed, Pentiment, and more, is facing a class-action lawsuit over allegations that the studio violated California Labor laws to "increase their profits" through these violations, though Obsidian denies them entirely. Initially spotted by GamesRadar+, the suit is being led by Victoria Turner, who previously worked at Obsidian as a QA lead. The suit was initially filed back in October 2025, and was amended this past January 2026, which lists the full spread of allegations against Obsidian. "Through this action, Plaintiff alleges that Defendants engaged […]

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Samsung's next-generation NAND Flash for SSDs will offer over 900+ layers, with two stacks bonded together for increased storage capacities. Samsung Wants To Bond Two NAND Cells Together, Forming A Large 900-1000+ Layer Storage Solution For Future SSDs Last month, we reported that Samsung was working towards 1000-layer NAND using brand new materials and bonding technologies. At the VLSI Symposium 2026, Samsung has revealed its full plans on how they aim to achieve that goal. In its latest slide, Samsung states that there's a big demand for high-capacity SSDs, and they are working towards an accelerated roadmap that focuses on […]

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Looks like many have been affected by this issue, but it's only prevalent on systems running Windows 10. AMD Acknowledges Error With the Latest Adrenalin Edition 26.6.2 in Windows 10 Installations; Says, Engineers are Investigating and Recommends Rolling Back to Previous Version The major graphics driver update just caused some issues for Windows 10 owners. Lots of reports are surfacing online reporting errors with the graphics driver on Windows 10. As per the reports, the new software fails to launch on Windows 10 systems and shows the yellow bang in Device Manager. AMD has confirmed the issue and published a […]

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If you're a fan of sci-fi stories like Blade Runner or Cyberpunk 2077, then it's likely you've heard of a game that seems like a mix of both of them with a bit of western flair, ExeKiller. Also known as a 'CyberWestern,' this first-person action-adventure game has been in development for a number of years now, and while its latest milestone update doesn't provide a release window, it does provide some assurance that the game will actually make it over the finish line. That's because the game has a new publisher in 505 Games, the same publisher whose parent company […]

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Consumer-focused DRAM saw a major spike in prices in Q2 vs Q1, with DDR4 memory floating at 50% and LPDDR around 80% due to persistent shortages. Consumer DRAM Prices Jumped Over 50% In Q2 vs Q1, DDR4 Now Averages 50%, While LPDDR Up To 89% Expensive DRAM makers are only focused on making profits rather than thinking about the widespread impact their prioritizations have on the consumer segment. With AI being on top of the list, general-purpose DRAM, which includes DDR and LPDDR memory, has faced the brunt of the widespread shortages, leading to massive price hikes. In the latest […]

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Epic Games launched Unreal Engine 5.8 last week, bringing new features such as a Lumen Lite Mode that holds quite a bit of promise for games running on handheld gaming systems such as the Nintendo Switch 2. However, the biggest concern for both gamers and developers is general performance, which has been problematic since day one on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. According to Epic EVP of Development Marcus Wassmer, the final major update to the engine is the most stable release to date, and its features are an answer to developers asking for better optimization to deliver […]

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The company has launched its first Arc G3 Extreme-based handheld with various configurations. OneXPlayer 3 Hits the Shelves with Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Featuring 24/32 GB and 512 GB/1 TB Configurations, Starting at $1,399 Popular handheld and eGPU maker ONEXPLAYER has debuted its first Intel Arc G3 Extreme-powered gaming handheld called OneXplayer 3. The handheld maker has been continuously developing handhelds with the most powerful SoCs from AMD, including Strix Point and Strix Halo chips, but has now transitioned to Intel's Panther Lake variant for its most powerful Intel-based handheld till now. The OneXPlayer 3 offers the 14-core Intel Arc […]

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At Summer Game Fest 2026, we sat down with Bandai Namco Entertainment's Producer Masayuki Hirano to learn more about Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3, the new installment in the action RPG series that was announced earlier this year with a planned debut for 2027. The game is set in Age 1000, 148 years after the events of Xenoverse 2. The story takes place in West City, which has grown into a major hub in this future setting. As with previous Xenoverse entries, you'll create your own custom hero and join the ranks of the Great Saiyan Squad, fighting alongside both familiar […]

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Apple's upcoming foldable, tentatively dubbed the iPhone Ultra or the iPhone Fold, has been an attraction magnet for quite some time, not just because of its sky-high price but also on account of the various innovations it's expected to sport, including the world's first OLED panel that can produce native 10-bit color depth, an intricate hinge mechanism, and a novel adhesive that keeps the display crease at bay. Alas! The iPhone Ultra/iPhone Fold won't be able to graduate beyond a novelty product if the thesis of a troubling new study pans out. A new study claims Apple's iPhone Ultra might […]

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Death, taxes, and new World of Warcraft expansions for the mainline games are about the only guaranteed things in life. But a new leak seems to have uncovered the titles for new spin-off games in the long-running franchise, including a Warcraft Chronicles RTS, a new action RPG centred around Athras, and the next evolution of World of Warcraft Classic. This comes in part from dataminer Stiven on X (formerly Twitter), who uncovered new Heroic and Epic licenses for 'World of Warcraft Camelot,' which is speculated to be the next evolution of WoW Classic, which players have been calling 'Classic+.' This […]

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SK Hynix is planning to return to general-purpose DRAM, such as DDR5, after securing record revenue from HBM memory. SK Hynix Reportedly Finds No Reason To Accelerate Its HBM Production, Will Instead Focus on DDR5 Memory As Shortages Get Severe In The General-Purpose DRAM Segment HBM has been the main driver for the big three DRAM manufacturers for the last couple of months due to increased demand from AI firms. This has led to record profits for Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix. At the same time, these companies stopped focusing production on general-purpose DRAM solutions such as DDR5. But now […]

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Today, Fatshark launches the Skitarii Alpha Primus, which becomes the seventh playable class in the game Warhammer 40,000: Darktide alongside the Veteran, Ogryn, Zealot, Psyker, Arbites, and Hive Scum. It's the game's first representative of the Adeptus Mechanicus faction, too. In a pre-release presentation attended by Wccftech, Fatshark confirmed that the class has been in development since before the Hive Scum release, making it one of the longest-gestating additions to the game. Fatshark always intended to add an Adeptus Mechanicus presence to Darktide, citing the strong player resonance with existing characters like Tech-Priest Hadron Omega-7-7. A full Tech-Priest was, however, ruled out because […]

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The AGON PRO AGP277QKDC boasts the next-generation Tandem WOLED display, featuring QHD and HD modes. AOC Introduces AGON PRO AGP277QKDC, Featuring 1440p@540Hz and HD@720Hz Modes Using Tandem WOLED Panel The competition in the OLED segment has become fierce, and we see monitor makers now competing for high refresh rate displays that also bring the latest generation of OLED panels from popular vendors such as LG and Samsung. AOC, known for its affordable gaming monitors, has today debuted its first AGON 7 display with the next-generation Tandem WOLED panel. The display is called AGON PRO AGP277QKDC, which offers a 26.5" display […]

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Not just regular users, but YouTubers and tech publications are now calling out NVIDIA for its flawed 12V-2x6 connector. Club386 Says NVIDIA Needs to Admit That 16-pin Connector Isn't Fit; YouTuber Daniel Also Got His Connector Melted The managing editor of Club386 has called out NVIDIA for the flawed 16-pin connector it is equipping its GPUs with. Burning and melting 16-pin connectors on the GeForce RTX 50 series is not uncommon, and we hear about these stories multiple times every week. We have been reporting on these incidents for a while now, but they never stop surfacing on the internet. […]

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The laptop that has taken the industry by storm is the MacBook Neo, with Apple capitalizing on the entry-level segment by offering a product that the competition wasn’t ready for. Fortunately, the Cupertino firm’s most affordable notebook is now slightly cheaper on Amazon thanks to Prime Day 2026, as it starts from $589.99 for the 256GB model. In case you need more storage, the 512GB SSD variant is also discounted and can be yours for $689.99 The ultimate notebook package for customers on a budget; the MacBook Neo has no equal in its price class Despite its low MSRP, Apple […]

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Microsoft introduced DirectX Dump Files in public preview, allowing developers to get their hands on the newest feature aimed at making GPU crash debugging easier. Microsoft DirectX Dump Files Help Developers Debug GPU Crashes More Efficiently Historically, debugging GPU-related crashes in video games has been a headache for developers. With the dizzying amount of possible combinations of hardware, drivers, and OS versions, and the fact that reproducing crashes in the first place is tough, the whole process is a struggle. That's why Microsoft has been working on a cross-vendor solution to GPU debugging for some time now. By collaborating on […]

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Alongside a salvo of case launches at Computex 2026, LIAN LI also showcased new and refreshed AIOs, PSUs, and fans. LIAN LI Shows Off 'HydroShift II OLED CURVED 360' Liquid Cooler With - You Guessed It - A Curved OLED Screen Following the trend set by TRYX, LIAN LI has now entered the fray with a curved OLED variant of the HydroShift II AIO. Though strictly speaking not a Computex launch (LIAN LI pushed this out May 22nd), it was heavily featured throughout LIAN LI's booth, making an appearance in both their LANCOOL 207XL and V2000 showcase builds. Spec-wise, it's […]

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KAMRUI has earned a reputation for delivering affordable Mini PCs that balance performance, compact size, and everyday practicality. This Prime Day, the brand is offering discounts of up to 38% across four popular models, covering everything from basic home computing to demanding productivity workloads. All systems come pre-installed with Windows 11 Pro, making them ready to use right out of the box. If you've been considering a Mini PC upgrade, these limited-time deals offer some of the best value we've seen this year. KAMRUI Essenx E1: 38% OFF | Now $215.45 (Was $349.99) The KAMRUI E1 is easily one of […]

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Amazon’s Prime Day 2026 sale has just kicked off, signaling a cue that it’s the time of the year when you have an opportunity to grab your favorite items at heavily discounted prices. Unfortunately, there are so many products to choose from and so little time. Thankfully, we’ve sifted through hundreds of deals to bring you the best ones and have added them to the list, so take a gander below. We’ll also recommend that readers refresh this page so they have access to the best deals in a timely manner. iPhones iPhone 17 Pro Unlocked, Renewed Premium with 256GB […]

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The Steam Machine is finally here after months of rumors and speculation about its launch date, but its very high cost for what it offers is only one of the challenges the Valve gaming system is set to face. Although all systems powered by the SteamOS will come with the exact same core specifications, with the exception of storage capacity, not all of them will perform the same, as some units past the launch window ones will ship with a single 16GB RAM module, with no way for customers to control which RAM configurations they will get, renewing a hardware […]

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The incessant complaints regarding the high SSD prices will finally stop echoing during Amazon’s Prime Day 2026 because two of Samsung’s best solid-state drives, the 990 PRO and 9100 PRO, have been discounted by a whopping 49 percent. Best of all, you can choose from the 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB options, depending on your storage needs, with every version discounted by a significant margin on the online retailer. The faster 9100 PRO PCIe NVMe Gen 5 SSDs are currently a better value than the 990 PRO lineup Whether it’s upgrading your laptop, desktop, PS5, or PS5 Pro, Samsung’s SSDs shine […]

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One of the surprises during Amazon’s Prime Day 2026 sale is Apple’s older-generation M3 MacBook Air, which has surprisingly been restocked despite being succeeded by the M4 and M5 models. However, you’ll want to hear the latest offer because not only are you getting 16GB of unified memory paired with a 512GB SSD, you’re also getting it at a phenomenal 38 percent discount, bringing the price down to $799. Now, is this a solid deal or what? The M3 MacBook Air getting restocked now oozes better value than the M5 MacBook Air, especially if you’re looking to maximize your savings […]

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CAPCOM is one of the third-party publishers that's been supporting the Nintendo Switch 2 the best, releasing excellent ports of many of its games powered by the proprietary RE Engine like Street Fighter 6, Resident Evil Requiem, and PRAGMATA. With Devil May Cry 5: Devil Hunter Edition, the Japanese publisher truly worked its magic, pushing the system to its absolute hardware limits to deliver high framerates gameplay in handheld mode, which makes the platform's lack of docked Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) support even more of a missed opportunity. A new performance analysis and review shared by GVG ahead of the […]

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The opening of pre-orders for the Steam Machine inevitably sparked heated discussions about Valve's decision to price the base SKU (512GB with no controller) at $1049, with the most expensive option (2TB with a Steam Controller) priced at $1428. That's a far, far cry from the $600 to 700 that people imagined when the console-like hardware was first announced in late November 2025. Some even hoped for $500, though Valve's choice not to subsidize the Steam Machine cut that option right away. Then came the massive price increases for both memory and storage components, which caused Valve's internal price targets […]

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CAPCOM has announced a new CAPCOM Spotlight broadcast for Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 2 PM Pacific Time. This 30-minute livestream is going to be focused on announced games, so don't expect any big surprises. Specifically, three games have been selected as the main focus of this CAPCOM Spotlight: Dragon's Dogma II: Dark Arisen, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, and Onimusha: Way of the Sword. The first one is the expansion to 2023's action RPG. Due on October 9, Dark Arisen will deliver a brand new region, new mechanics, and a Nintendo Switch 2 port. The second is the already released […]

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Samsung has just made on-device AI substantially more practical by unveiling the next-gen UFS 5.0 storage solution, with read and write speeds that are over twice as fast as those of the previous UFS 4.1 standard. Samsung's UFS 5.0 storage solution "delivers a sequential read speed of up to 10.8 GB/s and a sequential write speed of up to 9.5 GB/s" According to Samsung, its UFS 5.0 storage solution "integrates the latest embedded memory interface standard from JEDEC, achieving unparalleled performance levels with the industry’s highest bandwidth of up to 10.8 gigabytes per second (GB/s)." The South Korean tech giant […]

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Apple is adopting an atypical, two-pronged display strategy for its upcoming foldable, tentatively dubbed either the iPhone Ultra or the iPhone Fold, achieving an optimal balance between performance and cost. Apple will furnish the iPhone Ultra/iPhone Fold with Samsung's M16 and M14 OLED panels According to the tipster Schrödinger, Apple is now all set to equip the cover screen of its upcoming iPhone Ultra with Samsung's bleeding edge, natively 10-bit M16 OLED screen, while the inner screen will be made up of the older M14 OLED panels. This comes after Samsung's yields for the M16 panels have reportedly stabilized at […]

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Elon Musk's Tesla is gearing up to mass-produce its humanoid robots, according to a report from Taiwan's supply chain. Throughout 2025, Musk insisted that he believes Tesla is a robotics company as the trillionaire shifted his focus on robots from electric vehicles. Now, today's report suggests that Tesla is working with Taiwanese suppliers to provide components such as harmonic reducers and joint modules, with production expected to occur in California and Texas. Taiwan's Mirle Automation & Asia Optical Expected To Play Role In Tesla's Humanoid Supply Chain The report, courtesy of Taiwan's UDN, outlines that the robotics supply chain in […]

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We're halfway through the year, which also means it's time for the second Steam Next Fest of 2026. In my roundup of the February edition, I got pulled in by several platformers to the point where they were the highlight of my demo fest. This time around, I didn't pull myself away from the genre, but I did make a conscious effort to go beyond my jumping comfort zone. And unsurprisingly, I still came out of Steam Next Fest with several incredibly strong games I'll have my eye on as they near their launch. Before getting into the demos, one […]

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Shortly after the AirPods Pro 3 dropped to $169 on Amazon, Apple’s top-tier wireless headphones, the AirPods Max 2, have also received a substantial discount on the online retailer. As part of the early Prime Day 2026 sale, you can grab yourself a pair at only $399, making it $150 off, which is the highest price cut that we’ve seen so far. The current offer is available on four AirPods Max 2 color options - Don’t miss out on this deal Despite sticking to the same design as the first-generation AirPods Max, the AirPods Max 2 offer incremental improvements over […]

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In a dramatic development that bodes well for its coffers, but not so for the competitiveness of its Grok AI model, SpaceX has just inked a $6.3 billion compute deal to start renting out Colossus 2 GPUs, raising question marks over its strategy to compete with the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic. SpaceX will collect $150 million per month from July onwards by renting out NVIDIA GB300 GPUs at its Colossus 2 data center to Reflection As of May 2026, SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center supported over 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs, divided between H100, H200, and around 30,000 units of the […]

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Steam Machine is here, but it comes at a really high price point, which makes these sub-$1000 PCs a far better value. Valve's Steam Machine Comes In At A Very High Price Tag, Making Pre-Built & DIY PCs A Better Option For Gamers Well, the Steam Machine is officially here. It is the latest hardware launch by Valve, a company all gamers know and love. The creators of the highly successful Steam Deck have now introduced a full-fledged PC that offers the convenience of a console thanks to its compact design. We talked about the specs and initial benchmarks a […]

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In Entertainment Weekly's piece about the 25th anniversary of Xbox and the studio's push for Hollywood adaptations (including a Sea of Thieves movie), we also got a few more updates about some of the most interesting Xbox projects, including Kojima's OD, Bethesda's TES VI, and Arkane's Marvel's Blade. Let's start with The Elder Scrolls VI, which is definitely the biggest of these projects in terms of fanbase. Todd Howard, head of Bethesda Game Studios, acknowledged the pressure of having to "get it right", as well as the long wait since 2011's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. TES VI is our […]

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Valve has officially launched the Steam Machine today, revealing its incredibly expensive price tag that we all expected due to the ongoing component crisis. With a starting price of $1,049 for the most basic version of the Machine without a Steam Controller bundled in, it's a big hit to players' wallets, especially when living essentials everywhere are getting more expensive. But that's the way it ought to be, according to Valve, and it's the way that you should want it to be, for the good of the PC ecosystem. That's what Valve is telling players in its launch announcement, and […]

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Right now, everyone is watching Microsoft and Xbox with bated breath to see just how severe the reported layoffs will be, and while we wait for that inevitable announcement, Xbox is seemingly doing everything possible to distract from it. Like how Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and other high-ranking Xbox executives spoke to Entertainment Weekly in a new interview, which confirms that a Sea of Thieves movie adaptation is in the works, with Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton attached to it as a producer. That nugget of information came as part of a larger interview about the ongoing […]

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Valve has just kicked off pre-orders for its long-awaited Steam Machine, offering four options: two with 512GB of storage and two with 2TB, with one of each pair bundling a Steam Controller. The prices are indeed quite high, as feared following the storage and memory crisis. The basic Steam Machine (512GB, no controller) costs $1049, while adding a controller to it makes it $1128. The base 2TB version costs $1349, while the 2TB Steam Machine with a controller will set you back $1428. The 2TB versions also include two extra faceplates in red fabric and solid walnut colors. SKU Price […]

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SPHBM4 is a new JEDEC standard that aims to solve the high cost and packaging concerns with existing HBM technologies. HBM Demand Keeps on Surging, But The High-Cost Might Make JEDEC's Upcoming SPHBM4 A Better Alternative Almost all AI & HPC accelerators rolling out these days feature some form of HBM memory. The highest-end solutions are leveraging the latest HBM4 designs, and HBM4E is being sampled to the top chipmakers. But as demand continues to rise, and shortages persist in the premium DRAM segment, HBM has become a major bottleneck. The cost is one issue, but price surges are a […]

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The features and hardware disparity existing between the Galaxy S27+ and Galaxy S27 Ultra mean Samsung needed to introduce a device that would serve as a middle ground. That middle ground is the Galaxy S27 Pro, which offers the best of both worlds, effectively becoming the company’s fourth flagship. The newest rumor now claims that you’ll have another reason to upgrade next year, and here are all the juicy bits you’ve been wanting to know. Galaxy S27 Pro to inherit the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s Privacy Display, making it yet another feature arriving to the flagship If Weibo’s Digital Chat Station’s […]

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Apple's planned debut of its iPhone 18 Pro lineup is fast approaching, with mere weeks left until the high-profile launch spectacle kicks off in early September. Naturally, as the proximity to the launch event increases, so does the supply chain's confidence in what the next-gen iPhone Pro duo would look like, and a consensus now appears to be forming around a thicker camera plateau to cater to the lineup's advanced camera sensors. Apple's upcoming iPhone 18 Pro duo will likely sport a heftier camera plateau to house a 48MP ultra-large camera sensor that reportedly comes with a variable aperture optionality […]

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Financial firm Jefferies outlined in a fresh report that memory prices will continue their upward momentum in the second half of this year. The global memory industry has been thrown into turmoil due to aggressive demand from the AI sector. As a result, the production shortages and the corresponding price increases have affected consumer electronics as well. However, the prices will continue to rise throughout 2027, believes the expert, with the first signs of easing in 2028. Memory Pricing Pressure Won't Ease Until 2028, Says Expert According to the details, memory prices in the third quarter can rise between 40% […]

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NVIDIA's AI prowess is being deployed across Europe with 35 brand new supercomputers offering 800 Exaflops of compute. Europe Is Building 35 All-NVIDIA AI supercomputers, including Hopper, Blackwell & Rubin Deployments That Scale Up To 800 Exaflops European nations are going into a supercomputer-frenzy, and the main driver behind them is NVIDIA's latest AI ecosystem, delivering up to 800 Exaflops of deployed & announced capacities that will deliver record levels of AI compute. Today, at ISC 2026, NVIDIA and its partners unveiled this multi-year collaboration, which will encompass several deployments across 23 countries. With these supercomputers, Europe is aiming to […]

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Final Fantasy VII Revelation is the third and final chapter of Square Enix's remake saga for Final Fantasy VII, which has fans chomping at the bit to learn what surprises are in store for this final outing. Some of those surprises, according to director Naoki Hamaguchi, will be the appearance of characters from spin-off titles in Revelation. That comes from a Q&A session Hamaguchi did in Shanghai, where fans had the opportunity to ask the director questions for the upcoming title. Spotted by Genki_JPN on X (formerly Twitter) via Twisted Voxel, while discussing who could appear in Final Fantasy VII […]

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Intel's upcoming Refresh of the Raptor Lake will include a new family of HX SKUs, including 6+8, 8+12, and 8+16 variants. Raptor Lake Next HX Mobile Chips to Bring 14-24 Core Configuration; However, Intel is Expected to Remove the vPro Support Intel isn't just launching the Nova Lake before 2026 ends, but is also reportedly preparing for another launch, as we reportedly a few days ago. To fulfill the demands of the mainstream market, Intel is set to release Raptor Lake NEXT, which is expected to arrive in the early part of 2027 and should exist alongside the Nova Lake […]

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Final Fantasy VII Revelation is bringing the iconic trilogy developed by Square Enix to a close on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Nintendo Switch 2 in Spring 2027, featuring a massive open world to explore with the Highwind airship that promises to redefine the series' scale. If the final entry in the series were to strictly follow the story beats of the original, players wouldn't have much reason to bring Cloud and his companions back to multiple locations that already appeared in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. However, director Naoki Hamaguchi clarified in an interview with TheGamer […]

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An M2 Max MacBook Pro owner living in Australia recalls the time when he had to face an ordeal to get this powerful machine replaced because it was under AppleCare+. Fortunately, in less than two months, a brand-spanking-new M5 Max MacBook Pro became his daily driver and, as a gesture of goodwill, Apple threw in store credit of $140 to purchase whatever he liked from the nearest retail outlet. Subscribing to AppleCare+ was necessary for the owner to receive the M5 Max MacBook Pro upgrade Since the M2 Max MacBook Pro stopped working in May, due to an “unexplained cause,” […]

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AMD has officially launched FSR 4.1 for Radeon RX 7000 GPUs while confirming support for RDNA 3.5 & RDNA 3 GPUs coming soon. AMD Radeon RX 7000 GPU Owners Can Now Enjoy FSR 4.1 Upscaling Across 300+ Games Last month, AMD announced that it would finally bring FSR 4.1 upscaling to its older GPUs. This was a highly requested feature by Radeon owners who felt left out, especially when NVIDIA was rolling out its latest upscaling models to GPUs that were much older. In the previous announcement, AMD confirmed that Radeon RX 7000 "RDNA 3" and Radeon RX 6000 "RDNA […]

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Micron and Anthropic have announced a strategic agreement to scale next-generation AI infrastructure that spans memory and storage for rising compute demands. Micron Signs Supply Agreement With Anthropic While Expanding Claude Adoption Press Release: Micron Technology today announced a strategic agreement with Anthropic that spans memory and storage AI architecture design, supply and demand, enterprise adoption of Claude across Micron, and a strategic investment in Anthropic’s Series H funding round. The agreement directly links the demands of frontier AI models to how infrastructure is designed, supplied, and deployed at scale. AI Memory and Storage Infrastructure Frontier AI models demand uncompromising […]

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If you have been waiting to upgrade your DIY crafting setup without spending a fortune on separate printing and cutting equipment, the Liene PixCut S1 is currently available at a much more attractive price on Amazon. The device, listed under ASIN B0DHKZ3CCL, normally goes for $299.99, but Amazon’s current promotion drops it to $205.90 when you combine the on-page discount with the additional promo code 15PIXCUT6. That brings the total savings to 31% off, made up of a 19% on-page promotion plus an extra 15% off when the code 15PIXCUT6 is applied at checkout. The promo code went live on […]

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While the prospects for a tie-up between Google and CXMT were not too encouraging to begin with, a seasoned analyst has just decimated those odds with his less-than-enthusiastic take. Even so, there still appears to be enough room within the language used by the originator of this Google-CXMT tie-up tidbit to warrant continued vigilance. Ming Chi-Kuo states that Google has "no concrete plan to procure memory chips from CXMT" We reported last week that, according to the X account SouthernValue, Google was mulling the procurement of precious DRAM chips from China's CXMT. Also, when asked about their source at the […]

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Ubisoft co-founder and Guillemot Corporation chief executive officer Claude Guillemot, brother to Ubisoft's chief executive officer Yves Guillemot, has died in a plane crash. First reported by French outlet Ouest France and later spotted by Bloomberg, the French businessman was one of two passengers on a small, twin-engine Cessna 421 plane. Both passengers died in the crash. Ubisoft is a rarity in the video game industry in that it began as a family business and is still, to this day, as much of a family business as it can be while also being a massive, global corporation. Claude Guillemot was […]

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Renowned actress Deborah Ann Woll, best known as Jessica Hamby in True Blood and Karen Page in Daredevil, has spoken with CGMagazine about her lead role in God of War Laufey as the titular character. In an interview conducted during Game Con Canada, Woll confirmed what Game Director Ariel Lawrence had revealed earlier this month: Head of Creative Cory Barlog had this game in mind even before the launch of God of War 2018, and there was already a poster featuring Laufey and Phranque (the cosmic cube). This proves Barlog had a 10-year master plan that included this new title […]

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The two versions of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro will be separated by the memory standard they support, with the top-end variant able to get paired with LPDDR6. Qualcomm is also offering the flexibility to bring LPDDR5X into the mix. However, a rumor claims that pairing the slower memory will mean leaving a ton of performance on the table, but that’ll mean phone makers need to make the plunge and purchase the expensive RAM, though offering the best hardware doesn’t necessarily translate into better sales. LPDDR6 RAM will be highly expensive to use with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen […]

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Valve accidentally leaked the FSR 4.1.1 INT8 and as per a Redditor, this version of FSR works even with RDNA 3.5. FSR 4.1 Has Already Leaked Via Proton Experimental, and Appears to Work With Radeon iGPUs Based on RDNA 3.5 Architecture Just today, we got to see a big update from Valve, which pushed an early FSR 4.1 build through the Proton Experimental. Right when the file was spotted in the Proton Experimental depot, it was taken down quickly. However, a user managed to download it before Valve removed it. As per the Reddit user u/AtheleteDependent926, the "amdxcffx64.dll" he downloaded […]

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Although we are getting closer to 2027, Sony has yet to make any official announcement about the PlayStation 6. Despite the silence on the matter, especially amidst the rising costs of components, a recent report from Embracer Group analysts suggests the next-generation system may release in 2028 or even 2029. However, there's a good chance these fears of delays will remain unwarranted, judging by the reaction of known AMD hardware leaker Kepler_L2. In a reply to a NeoGAF forum thread focused on the analyst report mentioned above, the AMD leaker dropped the iconic Danny DeVito "Nope" animated GIF from the […]

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Not everyone can RMA their CPUs, and this user thought a keychain would be an appropriate usage of his $500 processor. User Reports Dead AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D on ASUS Strix X870-A; Turns the CPU Into a Keychain as He Doesn't Have the Invoice AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor and other Ryzen 7000/9000 series chips are still getting cooked on AM5 motherboards, particularly on 800-series boards. We have seen a noticeable reduction in such reports, which are usually posted on Reddit. In most cases, users are having success in RMA'ing their CPUs if AMD doesn't find any consumer-induced damage, but […]

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Epic Games provided some additional information on Unreal Engine 6 as Unreal Engine 5.8 is set to be the final major update to the current generation engine. The integration with UEFN, the and AI models like Claude and Gemini, alongside the eventual deprecation of the Blueprints visual scripting system and Actors framework, is making more than a few fearful that AI will completely take over game development, and Epic's reassurances that this won't happen are not enough to calm these fears, as the company has lost veteran and legendary level design guru Sjoerd "Hourences" de Jong just as the new […]

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Apple has reportedly given Samsung the green light to begin OLED manufacturing of the iPhone Fold, with the exclusive deal churning out 3 million units for this year’s initial supply. Some of the most advanced display technologies, such as Color Filter on Encapsulation (CoE) paired with M16, are expected to be paired together, but it’ll matter little if the iPhone Fold cannot enter timely production due to its 3D printed hinge issues. Samsung’s exclusive deal with Apple will bring the most advanced OLED to the iPhone Fold, but the launch delay could be exacerbated by hinge issues The liquid metal […]

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Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is about to get a Shader Injector mod, courtesy of modder David Matos. This mod aims to inject modified shaders directly into the game's rendering API, thus enabling visual improvements. A few days ago, Matos published a showcase that demonstrates an upgraded version of UE4's Deferred Directional Light Pixel Shader. The shader's BRDFs were upgraded, and the modder also added screen space ray traced shadows and micro shadows to improve the overall graphics quality of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Objects previously excluded from shadow maps can be filled with the aforementioned SSRT shadows, making […]

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The first-ever 24.5" OLED gaming monitor to use an OLED panel from LG, which smashes previous expectations that the model will utilize a BOE OLED panel. ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG259QWPG Ace to Use LG Tandem OLED Panel, Offering 540 Hz Refresh Rate at 1080p Resolution Despite reports from last year indicating that Samsung would be the first one to bring a 25" OLED panel to the consumer market, the first-ever 25" OLED monitor we got from ASUS uses an OLED panel from LG Display. If you remember, at Computex, ASUS unveiled its ROG Strix OLED XG259QWPG Ace display, which […]

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It has been a while since we heard anything about HLX, the project in development by Valve rumored to be Half-Life 3 which is reportedly featuring some rather advanced features. However, the project's development may not have halted at all. The contrary, actually. While Valve itself is taunting Source 2 dataminers using the engine itself, there are indications that development may have ramped up following the Steam Machine's delay, giving the development team more time to polish up the game. "Codename TF started appearing in the latter half of 2025 around the same time that most were speculating that HLX […]

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A truckload of Apple products is expected to launch later this year, with the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max undoubtedly picking up the highest volume, giving the company’s suppliers a tremendous opportunity to etch their name as a reliable manufacturer while raking in millions. Unfortunately, China will miss out on these deals, with Korean display makers establishing lucrative partnerships with Apple. BOE once more loses out on a golden opportunity for securing Apple OLED orders, with Samsung and LG now catering to 100 percent of shipments Despite receiving multiple chances to get its act together, BOE seemingly cannot […]

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AMD's latest upscaling technology won't just be exclusive to RDNA 4 GPUs as we know, and the latest update includes Linux as well. Valve Proton Experimental Reportedly Brings FSR 4 Support to AMD RDNA 3 GPUs AMD isn't just working on bringing its latest FSR 4 branch to older GPUs, but is also working on enabling it on the Linux operating system on a previous-generation GPU family. According to the latest report, Valve's Proton Experimental branch now includes support that enables FSR 4 to run on the RDNA 3 (Radeon RX 7000 series) GPUs through an unofficial implementation. The feature […]

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The Last of Us Online might have died once Naughty Dog realized it would have to support it for a long time, but a modder is currently making a multiplayer mod for The Last of Us Part II, aiming to recreate the Factions experience in the newer game. The modder is Speclizer, who previously attempted to reimplement the cut Hold Up feature in the game. Since January 2026, however, he's been busy with this multiplayer project, which started as a modest proof of concept: two independent instances of Ellie, spawned and controlled simultaneously in the same game world, running only […]

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Virtually every facet of the consumer electronics sphere is reeling right now from the relentless cost pressures that seem to be emanating from nearly each stage of the production process. Against this hyperinflationary backdrop, MediaTek is apparently gearing up to implement "structural" price hikes for its upcoming flagship Dimensity 9600 series chips. MediaTek's Dimensity 9600 is now expected to cost significantly more than the $180 - $200 per unit price of its predecessor According to a Taiwan-based publication, after implementing price adjustments for some of its more mature products, MediaTek is now gearing up to hike the prices of its […]

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SanDisk is looking for more innovative solutions to address memory limitations, such as stacking NAND Flash within chips. Memory Limitations Push DRAM/NAND Maker To Get More Innovative, SanDisk Proposes The Stacking of NAND Flash Within Chips The rapid rise of AI & the proportional demand for compute has led to the exposure of bottlenecks, which are pushing DRAM and NAND manufacturers into going with the out-of-the-box approach. In the past, chipmakers called it a day by introducing new memory technologies, and DRAM was the primary component. But the rise in costs, development/yield drawbacks, & increased power have led to a […]

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Qualcomm is working on a new refresh of its existing Snapdragon X2 CPU family, which will feature various options. Snapdragon X2 Refresh Might Be Coming Before Next-Gen X3 Series, As Qualcomm Starts Listing Various Configurations The Snapdargon X2 lineup comes in three flavors: X2 Elite Extreme, X2 Elite, and X2 Plus. The CPU family starts at 6 cores and goes all the way up to 18 cores. This year at Computex 2026, we saw the launch of the entry-tier Qualcomm C-Series chips, but these aren't the same as Snapdragon X2 offerings. While Qualcomm should be working on its next-generation X3 […]

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The iPhone Air was always going to be a tough sell because the compromises that accompanied Apple’s slim flagship were always going to break your purchase. The company was reported to make amends by introducing a dual-camera configuration next year, but the latest rumor mentions a hardware downgrade that’s probably not going to sit well with the majority of buyers and may not bode well for this category’s future. Instead of the A20 Pro, Apple is rumored to use the standard A20 on next year’s iPhone Air 2 A rumor on yeux1122’s blog talks about a 48MP + 48MP rear configuration belonging […]

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The Linux 7.2 Kernel Patches have seen the addition of a next-gen NVIDIA GPU architecture, cleverly listed as "Blackwell-Next". NVIDIA Ramps Up Support For Next-Gen GPU Architectures, Including Blackwell-Next, For Linux 7.2 NVIDIA's GPU architectures are not a mystery since the company has been outlining them in roadmaps for years now. We knew that Rubin was going to replace Blackwell years before its launch, and now we know that Feynman will replace Rubin. NVIDIA has only started volume production of Rubin, but internally, the company is prepping some big support for its next-generation architectures before they even ship. Phoronix spotted […]

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The growing disparity in the relative strength of Samsung's various divisions is now becoming quite extreme, with its mobile division continuing to languish in ultimate purgatory, even as its semiconductor division keeps soaring, living the good life, so to speak. Samsung will earn negligible profits from its mobile division on a relative basis in Q2, establishing a troubling hierarchy of haves and have-nots under the same proverbial roof According to the tipster Ice Universe, Samsung's mobile division is likely to report a quarterly profit in Q2 that is just around 1 percent of that expected to be reported by its […]

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The operational efficiency and the ability to generate billion-dollar profits every quarter are a gift that makes Apple the sight of envy for its competitors, but a report states that the company has lost its design “mojo” along the way. Thankfully, incoming CEO John Ternus appears to be the right man for the job, but his responsibilities won’t get any easier as the attribute that once defined the company needs to once again be highlighted in the products, both aesthetically and through the software. John Ternus’ expertise as a product fits perfectly with the task at hand, but the change […]

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Samsung has proven that it can develop cutting-edge lithography, with its upcoming Exynos 2700 serving as an excellent example, as the company has been reported to be progressing well with its next flagship SoC. However, as far as its 2nm GAA process goes, a rumor states that when comparing Power, Performance, and Area (PPA) metrics, TSMC’s 2nm N2P is ahead in the race. This may explain why, alongside improving its 2nm process, Samsung is also developing innovative heat dissipation solutions for its top-end chipsets, as it’s a means towards holding its own against the competition. Exynos 2700 to be aided by Samsung’s […]

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Marvel's Wolverine is undoubtedly shaping up to be one of the most anticipated PlayStation 5 exclusives in years. Developed by Insomniac Games — the same studio behind the widely acclaimed and best-selling Marvel's Spider-Man games — in collaboration with Marvel Games, it marks the team's first attempt at a Mature-rated, visceral action game built around one of Marvel's most iconic and brutal characters. The last game to be solely focused on Wolverine was 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a fairly mediocre tie-in of the namesake film developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. Needless to say, the expectations for this […]

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This isn't the first time that the AirPods Pro 3 were discounted on Amazon thanks to early Prime Day 2026, but that 32 percent discount meant Apple's top-tier wireless earbuds would be picked up in droves. After a couple of days of being out of stock, the AirPods Pro 3 have returned at the online retailer and at the same salivating price of $169 as before. That being said, if you've spotted this deal, it means others have too, so it won't be long before these go out of stock again. With better Active Noise Cancellation, better battery life, and more, […]

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The pricing question has hounded Grand Theft Auto 6 for the past couple of years, ever since Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter suggested that Rockstar Games could price the game at $100 and get away with it. Several other analysts have since scoffed at the idea, but now that we are mere days from the opening of pre-orders (scheduled for Thursday, June 25) on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S and X, the discovery that the Portuguese version of FNAC (a multinational retail chain that operates across France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, and several other markets) has listed the game […]

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Yesterday, NC, ArenaNet, and bilibili announced Mistbound, the first collectible card game set in the world of Guild Wars. The game is licensed by ArenaNet, developed by NC, and published globally by bilibili, targeting PC and mobile platforms. Colin Johanson, Studio Head at ArenaNet, said in a statement: We felt it was time to give Guild Wars fans a new way to play together, inspired by the card game roots of the franchise, where they could compete in a competitive PvP arena in a CCG game space. Having all those experiences they love of the characters and creatures and the […]

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Ah, the ultimate PC gaming boogeyman: “Is my CPU bottlenecking my graphics card?” It’s the first question we ask ourselves when building a new rig, slapping in a shiny GPU upgrade, or wondering why a game feels like a stuttery mess despite dropping a small fortune on PC hardware. But here is the hard truth, folks: a bottleneck isn’t a permanent stamp on your PC. It is a dynamic, fast-shifting state dictated by the specific game you're playing, the resolution you're running, your graphics presets, and your target framerate. Your system can be completely GPU-bound in a graphically heavy AAA […]

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TSMC is aggressively working on CoPoS (Panel-Level) packaging to replace CoWoS for growing compute demand as Glass Core Substrates take center stage. Panel-Level Packaging Is The Next Logical Step for TSMC As It Eyes CoPoS "Glass Core Substrate" Technology Over CoWoS The ever-growing AI and compute demand requires next-generation packaging technologies. Intel and TSMC are aggressively working towards that goal, and glass core substrates are going to be a major part of their trajectories moving forward. In a recent report by Commercial Times Taiwan, it is reported that TSMC is now aggressively moving towards CoPoS (Chip-On-Panel-on-Substrate) as a replacement to […]

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The latest update brings NVIDIA's AI upscaling technology to the open-source NVK driver stack, improving the gaming experience on Linux. Valve and Mesa Developers Continue Closing the Feature Gap With NVIDIA's Linux Driver As DLSS Support Lands for Vulkan Games The open-source NVIDIA NVK Vulkan driver has taken a major step forward on Linux as developers merge initial support for NVIDIA's DLSS technology into Mesa 26.2. This enables AI-powered upscaling in compatible Vulkan games running on Linux operating systems. For those not familiar with NVK, it's the community-developed Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs that is built within the Mesa graphics […]

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A ton of attention is being focused on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro, but only a modicum of it is being diverted to the standard Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6. After a torrent of leaks surrounding Qualcomm’s top-end SoC, some fresh information has leaked involving the company’s other 2nm chipset, with details revealing that it’ll share a similarity with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. However, don’t count on this as positive news, because Android phone makers will still be forced to pay a hefty premium for the silicon. Qualcomm to maintain the same package size for Snapdragon […]

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NVIDIA's Vera Rubin is entering data centers soon, and the rise of Agentic AI also comes with a mammoth rise in costs. NVIDIA Vera Rubin AI Data Centers Will Be Expensive To Build & Will Consume Lots of Power, A Single GigaWatt Installation Could Cost Roughly $50 Billion The Vera Rubin era is upon us. The first systems are already being shipped to major cloud providers who are validating and testing them before bringing them up on scale. With the full volume production already going on, NVIDIA is eyeing an even bigger success than Blackwell. But as these systems are […]

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It's been three years since the AMD AM5 motherboard platform and the 600-series motherboards launched. Since its launch, the platform has seen the launch of several CPUs in the Ryzen 7000, Ryzen 8000, and Ryzen 9000 families. While the 600-series motherboards provide great features & compatibility with newer Zen 5 CPUs, motherboard makers are always looking to enhance user experiences through the latest technologies, so AMD has introduced a new chipset line called the 800-series. AMD also introduced both X870 and B850 series chipsets for high-end and mainstream AM5 motherboards. Both of these chips provide brand-new designs and brand-new features […]

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PC combos are an excellent way to help you pocket some savings when building your gaming rig, and in the midst of the DRAM crisis, we'd argue that this has become a necessity. Thanks to Micro Center's bundles hopping over on Amazon, you can grab yourself a Ryzen 7 9800X3D paired with 32GB of DDR5 RAM and add them to an ASUS TUF Gaming B850-PLUS WiFi motherboard, all for $1,066.26 while saving $92.72. Considering that the RAM is almost half the price of the entire bundle, this is a rock-solid deal With the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, you're already off to […]

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It was an easy task to upgrade the VRAM on the card, but only TU106-based GTX 1650 can be upgraded. GeForce GTX 1650 Modded With 8 GB GDDR6 VRAM Through Simple VRAM Modules Swap; Results in Double the Performance One of the easiest ways many modders can improve performance is through shunt modding, or by adding more VRAM modules to the GPU's PCB. Adding VRAM modules generally requires some firmware modifications and may or may not be supported by the GPU chip. However, it becomes an easy task when all you have to do is swap the existing memory modules […]

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CD Projekt RED famously suffered a major hit to its sterling reputation with the launch of Cyberpunk 2077, mainly because of the major bugs and terribly underwhelming console performance on previous-generation hardware, which forced Sony to remove the game from the PlayStation Store until it was fixed a few months later. The Polish studio worked very hard to resolve all these technical issues and further improve the game's features and content, culminating in the release of Update 2.0 and the Phantom Liberty expansion, both of which were extremely well received and made the game very appealing to gamers once again […]

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The company has decided to restore the memory encryption feature on consumer Ryzen CPUs after the backlash. AMD To Restore TSME Feature on Consumer Ryzen Chips After Removing it Silently With a BIOS Update AMD recently removed the TSME aka Transparent Secure Memory Encryption feature from the mainstream consumer Ryzen processors. It was a silent process that AMD didn't mention for the latest AGESA firmware, but was only found out after some users accidentally found that the TSME was "not supported" on their Ryzen chips, even though it was enabled previously. Some users discovered it after the latest BIOS updates, […]

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The ARM-based ecosystem has been graced by another entrant in the form of NVIDIA’s RTX Spark, and with its arrival in laptops this fall, Qualcomm and Apple should feel a little hint of worry, mainly in one category, because they have had years to address a problem existing in these notebook SoCs and have failed to do so. Well, the clock is ticking for these two companies. Gaming continues to be a weakness for both Apple Silicon and Snapdragon, with only a decent experience possible by spending top-tier funds on the M5 Max Before the arrival of RTX Spark, having […]

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The consumer storage and RAM market has been devastated due to the severe shortage as AI companies continue to gobble up the existing supply, leaving next to nothing for ordinary buyers. Fortunately, there's always something rare that pops up, and during Amazon's early Prime Day 2026, it's WD_BLACK's SN7100 2TB PCIe NVMe Gen 4 SSD, which rocks incredibly high read and write speeds while being 19 percent off and listed at $242.96. The SN7100 is one of the cheapest 2TB SSDs that you'll find on Amazon right now For months, WD_BLACK's PCIe NVMe Gen 4 SSD was available at upwards […]

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Normally, when writing a review - or almost anything - I would start with a little blurb or story. Maybe it's about the genre, maybe the developer, maybe it's just some random anecdote that the game has made me think of. With The Gate Must Stand, I've got nothing. Possibly something about the Matt Damon film The Great Wall. Why? Because there's a wall in it. That's about it. Anyway, after that random detour to a film I now want to watch again, let's talk about the game. Let's start by saying The Gate Must Stand is the fifty-second game […]

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The popular free-to-play open world Wuxia action RPG Where Winds Meet, already available on PC, PlayStation 5, Android and iOS, launched on Xbox Series S and X earlier this month, featuring exclusive benefits for Game Pass subscribers. The announcement also included a tease for the game's third major expansion, titled Hidden Mountain and slated for a July launch. Following the news, we had the opportunity to send a list of questions to developer Everstone Studio via publisher NetEase Games to learn more about the development of the Xbox version and the upcoming Hidden Mountain expansion, and to address other pain points […]

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Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan discussed his experience working with Elon Musk for the Terafab project and the impact that booming demand for artificial intelligence is having on the semiconductor supply chain. Tan made the remarks during the No Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups podcast as he praised the trillionaire entrepreneur and commented on the memory shortage. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan Couldn't Stop Praising Elon Musk The discussion started with Elon Musk's Terafab project through which he aims to meet the demand for chips for his cars, robotics and plans for space-based data centers. Intel will manufacture chips for […]

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Once again, we are expecting a price hike for the latest Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs as the DRAM market keeps pushing prices of components upwards. AMD to Raise RX 9000 Series GPU Price by 10-15%, While NVIDIA is Expected to Continue With the Current Price Trends AMD might be implementing another price hike soon, as reported by Gazlog. It's not the first time, and it certainly doesn't appear to be the last time we see such a price hike. For the last 6 months, we have been witnessing major GPU manufacturers and AIBs adjusting the prices for their GPUs […]

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There is not really much that can be said when your own PR firm, typically populated with people who are most adept at putting a positive spin on even the most cataclysmic of disasters, won't step up to defend your product, as the Poplar Group appears to have just done, leaving Trump Mobile's beseiged T1 Phone in the lurch. Poplar Group has now reportedly abandoned its one-year-long PR-related association with Trump Mobile, leaving the T1 Phone in the lurch Trump Mobile had reportedly entered into a PR services contract with the Poplar Group back in June 2025. Now, just around […]

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Imitation remains the highest form of flattery. After Samsung won plaudits for the Exynos 2600's novel Heat Path Block (HPB) thermal technology, Qualcomm, whose recent chips iterations have resembled a veritable inferno when it comes to their runaway heat issues, now appears to be flattering Samsung by copying its HPB tech for the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro, albeit sloppily so. Qualcomm appears to be trying to tame the furnace-like credentials of its Snapdragon chips by emulating Samsung's most innovative thermal solution While clarifying that Qualcomm has prepared two and not six versions of its Snapdragon 8 Elite […]

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It's been three years since the AMD AM5 motherboard platform and the 600-series motherboards launched. Since its launch, the platform has seen the launch of several CPUs in the Ryzen 7000, Ryzen 8000, and Ryzen 9000 families. While the 600-series motherboards provide great features & compatibility with newer Zen 5 CPUs, motherboard makers are always looking to enhance user experiences through the latest technologies, so AMD has introduced a new chipset line called the 800-series. Now, AMD has introduced both X870 and B850 series chipsets for high-end and mainstream AM5 motherboards. Both of these chips provide brand-new designs and brand-new […]

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