007 First Light will be bundled with Nvidia RTX GPUs and laptops Nvidia has unveiled its newest RTX game bundle. Starting today, RTX 50 GPU purchasers will be able to get a free Steam copy of 007 First Light if they buy their GPU from a participating retailer. This will apply to desktop RTX 5090, […]

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Gamers have discovered a secret easter egg for Valve’s Steam Controller Steam Controller users have uncovered an easter egg that PC gamers can hear if the controller is dropped. While early reports claimed that this required Steam’s Big Picture mode to be activated, apparently, this is not the case. When dropped (please drop your controller […]

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AMD’s Ryzen 7 X3D CPUs have all received price drops in the UK Only a few months have passed since the release of AMD’s Ryzen 7 9850X3D (review here), and the CPU is already available at a discounted price. In fact, all of AMD’s currently available Ryzen 7 X3D CPUs are now available at lower […]

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Windows 11 isn’t just moving to WinUI 3; Microsoft’s also making WinUI 3 faster Microsoft is working to make Windows 11 faster and more responsive. Part of this effort is moving core Windows experiences to WinUI 3, Microsoft’s native UI framework. This change will make Windows’ UI more consistent and faster, while reducing memory usage. […]

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Micron’s new 9200 MT/s DDR5 RDIMM modules are 40% faster than what’s available today Micron has confirmed that they are sampling 256GB DDR5 Registered Dual In-Line Memory Modules (RDIMM) to customers. These new DDR5 RDIMM modules operate at speeds of up to 9,200 MT/s, which is more than 40% faster than the modules in volume […]

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Forza Horizon 6 runs fast on RTX 50-series PCs Alongside their GeForce 596.49 “Game Ready” driver, Nvidia has released official benchmarks for Playground Games’ Forza Horizon 6. At launch, Forza Horizon 6 will support ray tracing on PC alongside Nvidia’s DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution technology and Multi Frame Generation (up to 4x). Nvidia has confirmed […]

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Nvidia’s ready for the newest PC game releases with its GeForce 596.49 “Game Ready” drivers. Nvidia has officially released its GeForce 596.49 “Game Ready” GPU drivers. This driver is Nvidia GeForce “Game Ready” for Forza Horizon 6, Directive 8020, and Subnautica 2, some of this month’s biggest PC game releases. Nvidia has also confirmed that […]

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Googlebook, Google’s planned replacement for ChromeOS, has been unveiled Later today, Google is due to unveil “Googlebook”, the company’s new category of Android-powered laptops. These devices appear to be Google’s successor to ChromeOS. This new OS will feature Google’s Chrome browser, the Google Play Store, and Gemini AI integration. Based on the slide below, Googlebook […]

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“All Modern Operating Systems do this” – Except Windows… – Microsoft defends Windows 11’s planned “Low Latency Profile” Last week, we reported on Windows 11’s Low Latency Profile (LLP), a new feature that should dramatically speed up certain OS tasks. Microsoft’s new “Low Latency Profile” (LLP) for Windows 11 will crank up CPU frequencies for […]

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Forza Horizon 6 may have been leaked by a reviewer or insider with early access Playground Games has confirmed that a build of Forza Horizon 6 leaked ahead of launch. The company has stated that the leak did not result from a “preload issue” for Forza Horizon 6. This contradicts all early reporting about the […]

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Noctua’s premiere 120mm fans are now available in Chromax Black It’s official, Noctua’s best-performing 120mm fans, the NF-A12x25 G2, are now available in Chromax Black. Now, PC builders who dislike Noctua’s iconic Brown/Beige colour scheme have an all-black option. These new fans are available as a single, standalone fan and as a speed-offset dual-fan pack. […]

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Intel to return to on-package memory with Razor Lake-AX – Leaker claims Intel’s long-rumoured Razor Lake-AX processor is shaping up to be a fascinating piece of silicon. This processor reportedly combines next-generation (post-Nova Lake) CPU cores with a powerful ARC integrated graphics solution (iGPU). Now, according to the leaker Haze2K1, Intel has chosen to pair […]

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Intel CEO confirms planned Intel/Nvidia products after giving Jensen Huang an Honorary Doctorate Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has confirmed that Intel is continuing to collaborate with Nvidia on “exciting new products”. This was after Lip-Bu Tan placed a Doctoral Hood on Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, who has received a Doctorate in Science and Technology from Carnegie […]

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AMD’s Radeon RX 9050 8GB GPU leaks It looks like AMD is planning to launch a new, lower-end, RDNA 4-based graphics card. This new GPU uses the same silicon as AMD’s Radeon RX 9060 XT, but runs at much lower clock speeds and has a lower power limit. This makes this GPU ideal for low-power […]

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ASUS teases its 20th Anniversary ROG motherboard – Crosshair X870E Edition 20? ASUS has started teasing an upcoming 20th Edition ROG motherboard, which should be unveiled at Computex 2026. Team ROG have already confirmed that it plans to unveil several 20th Anniversary products at the event alongside new “breakthrough technologies”. Videocardz has reported that ASUS […]

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RPCS3 posts strict AI guidelines to combat “AI slop code” The team behind RPCS3, the PlayStation 3 emulator, has taken action against “AI slop code” due to its impact on the emulator’s development. The team has reported that it has had to revert many “slop PRs” (pull requests) that caused major regressions within the PS3 […]

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AMD Software 26.5.1 breaks Blender Cycles, but a fix is incoming AMD released its AMD Software 26.5.1 Radeon GPU drivers last week, and they are causing mayhem amongst Blender users. Blender users have reported a number of issues, including crashes, non-functional denoising, and broken HIP support. These bugs are caused by AMD’s move to ROCm […]

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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess now has a fully functional PC version The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess has been successfully reverse-engineered, allowing modders to create new, unofficial versions of the game for Windows PC, Linux, macOS, iOS and Android. With the Dusk project, Twilight Princess is now playable at higher resolutions, higher framerates, […]

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Fake DDR5 modules are hitting the market as scammers attempt to take advantage of memory shortages Fake DDR5 memory modules have reportedly started circulating. While they appear legitimate at first glance, they are completely non-functional. The memory chips include bare circuit boards with no memory. TAKI on Twitter/X, as reported by WCCFTECH, cut into the […]

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Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 is coming to PC this summer Cold Iron Studios has officially unveiled Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, which is coming to PC and consoles this summer. On PC, the game will launch on both Steam and the Epic Games Store. Alongside the game’s first trailer, Cold Iron Studios has released the game’s […]

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Valve updates its Steam Client with early Steam Controller fixes Valve’s new May 8th update for its Steam Client has been released, and it includes many fixes for the company’s newly released Steam Controller. This includes fixes for compatibility issues, firmware fixes, and configuration fixes. Another important fix addresses an issue where Steam Controller users […]

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Google Chrome has been silently downloading a 4GB AI model to devices Alexander Haniff, the AI researcher known as “That Privacy Guy“, discovered this week that Google has been silently downloading a 4GB AI model onto the systems of Google Chrome users. This model was downloaded without users’ consent and redownloads itself when users delete […]

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ASUS challenges Elgato with its ROG Strix XG129C Touchscreen display ASUS has officially launched its ROG Strix XG129C secondary display, a 12.3-inch touchscreen that is designed for app control and system monitoring. Users can use their primary display for gaming and applications, and use this secondary screen for chats, system monitoring, and widgets. The ROG […]

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Apple could soon become an Intel Foundry customer According to a Wall Street Journal report, Apple has reached a “preliminary agreement” with Intel to manufacture some chips at Intel Foundry. This deal will see Apple become an Intel Foundry customer, a major breakthrough for Intel and its efforts to rival TSMC as a 3rd party […]

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