Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a vari...
Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
Samsung pivoted in a different direction this year by unveiling its first smart ring, the Galaxy Ring, which left quite the impact on users and the tech community for being a health-focused compact device that could be comfortably worn throughout the day. The company has been working on introducing more size options and making the wearable more accessible widely by working aggressively on extending the user base. While it has not been long since the first model came out, speculations regarding the Galaxy Ring 2 and its possible launch date have already started emerging, with the recent one claiming that […]
This year saw a lot of tightening up of rules and more stringent actions being taken for violations, including levying heavy fines. EU has been actively looking for companies that have anti-competitive practices and is ensuring they pay the penalty for noncompliance. After Google became the target of the regulations, it seems that Apple is now facing pressure from the regulatory authorities for failing to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) when it comes to its App Store. Apple is under hot waters, as EU intends to levy fines on the tech giant for its anti-competitive App Store practices […]
The Nintendo Switch 2 may support mesh shaders, judging from some recently datamined information that has been shared online this week. As reported by Watertoon, the code of the Nintendo Switch Online playtest, which was held in the past few days for a new unannounced game, reportedly features support for mesh shaders and 4K resolution, neither of them supported by the current console. Considering how the Japanese company's president, Shuntaro Furukawa, confirmed that the Nintendo Switch 2 will be backward compatible, there's a very good chance that these features will be supported by the yet-to-be-revealed console. Despite it being almost 2025, we […]
A new entry in the Virtua Fighter series has finally been confirmed to be in the works today. Speaking with VGC about bringing back classic SEGA franchises like Shinobi and Set Radio across games, movies, and TV, global head of transmedia Justin Scarpone casually confirmed that a new entry in the fighting game series that has been left dormant for years is in development. While nothing else was added about the game, it is very nice to know that the series is about to make a grand comeback. While welcome, the confirmation of a new Virtua Fighter game currently being […]
It doesn't come as much of a surprise that Pokemon has sold such a massive amount of units on the Nintendo Switch, considering how die-hard the Pokemon community is. Some of the releases on Nintendo Switch have been a bit rockier than others, but overall, they still perform incredibly well. In Nintendo's latest earnings announcement, it's been confirmed that more than 99 million Pokemon games have been sold for the Nintendo Switch alone. Considering that Nintendo has been struggling a fair bit this year, this seems like a significant milestone and achievement to hit amidst the lull in record-breaking releases. […]
Apple launched its latest M4-powered MacBook Pro models recently, and we have reported that the devices boast superior performance to the company's previous flagship chips, including the M2 Ultra. While the company has debuted three variants of the M3 chip, we are anxiously waiting for the M4 Ultra chip, which is slated to produce enormous gains in computational and graphical performance. A YouTuber has now shared his expectations for the M4 Ultra chip and how it would perform against the RTX 4090 in both OpenCL and Vulkan. The M4 Ultra chip is expected to surpass the performance of the RTX […]
The less expensive version of the $3,499 Apple Vision Pro might have had its production timeline severely delayed beyond 2027, but that does not mean there are various methods being explored to reduce its production costs, starting with the display. Possibly realizing that the screen’s price needs to be drastically reduced to offer the low-cost headset at a more affordable range, a new report claims that Apple is exploring two options to incorporate into the future head-mounted wearable. The version that the firm is leaning towards is the same one that it seemingly intends to use on a future premium headset. […]
AMD's high-performance CPU journey continues on the desktop platform with the arrival of the Zen 5 core architecture. The new architecture has several fundamental changes that allow huge performance uplifts in single-core and multi-core applications. These can be attributed to the 16 percent IPC improvement that the new architecture has on offer. Replacing the AMD Ryzen 7000 "Zen 4" CPUs, the Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" CPUs do not change the core configurations but enhance them in certain ways. The architectural upgrades allow Zen 5 chips to run cooler, consume lower power, and support the latest features on existing and upcoming […]
According to two prominent insiders, Fortnite Season OG will return permanently in December. The news was reported by HYPEX and ShiinaBR, who received the information from an anonymous source and were able to confirm its veracity. They also said all Fortnite Chapter 1 seasons would return monthly with an OG item pool. Moreover, both Build and Zero Build modes will be available. The announcement is expected at Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards, which will take place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday, December 12, starting at 4:30 PM Pacific Time. Fortnite Season OG returned for the first […]
The Mate 70 series is rumored to launch this month, with Huawei likely equipping the new lineup with a new chipset called the Kirin 9100. Although both the former Chinese giant and its current foundry partner, SMIC, successfully developed the 5nm process, the new silicon will not be mass produced on this technology. Thankfully, it will not rely on the older 7nm process as the Kirin 9000S either, as the latest specifications reveal the CPU cluster, GPU, and employed lithography. New leak reveals the Kirin 9100 will take advantage of the 6nm architecture but will feature the same Maleoon 910 […]
An Alan Wake 2 PlayStation 5 Pro comparison video was shared online today, highlighting the improvements made possible by the soon-to-be-released mid-generation console by Sony. The comparison, put together by ElAnalistaDeBits, provides a new look at the game's ray-traced reflections on opaque and transparent surfaces exclusive to PS5 Pro between consoles, better shadows, volumetric lighting, and fog compared to quality mode on the base model and Xbox Series X, and performance mode settings comparable to quality mode on base console and Microsoft's most powerful current generation system. The video also highlights how PSSR delivers a much better image quality than […]
An early Elden Ring PlayStation 5 Pro test was shared online, showing how the console can brute force improvements in games even without a dedicated patch. The test conducted by Brazil Pixel reveals how the action role-playing game by FromSoftware often runs at native 4K resolution in Performance Mode while keeping close to 60 frames per second framerate most of the time. In Quality mode, on the other hand, performance is shakier but still manages to be close to 60 frames per second while constantly running at native 4K resolution. The biggest performance improvements, however, are seen with ray tracing, […]
Samsung pivoted in a different direction this year by unveiling its first smart ring, the Galaxy Ring, which left quite the impact on users and the tech community for being a health-focused compact device that could be comfortably worn throughout the day. The company has been working on introducing more size options and making the wearable more accessible widely by working aggressively on extending the user base. While it has not been long since the first model came out, speculations regarding the Galaxy Ring 2 and its possible launch date have already started emerging, with the recent one claiming that […]
This year saw a lot of tightening up of rules and more stringent actions being taken for violations, including levying heavy fines. EU has been actively looking for companies that have anti-competitive practices and is ensuring they pay the penalty for noncompliance. After Google became the target of the regulations, it seems that Apple is now facing pressure from the regulatory authorities for failing to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) when it comes to its App Store. Apple is under hot waters, as EU intends to levy fines on the tech giant for its anti-competitive App Store practices […]
The Nintendo Switch 2 may support mesh shaders, judging from some recently datamined information that has been shared online this week. As reported by Watertoon, the code of the Nintendo Switch Online playtest, which was held in the past few days for a new unannounced game, reportedly features support for mesh shaders and 4K resolution, neither of them supported by the current console. Considering how the Japanese company's president, Shuntaro Furukawa, confirmed that the Nintendo Switch 2 will be backward compatible, there's a very good chance that these features will be supported by the yet-to-be-revealed console. Despite it being almost 2025, we […]
A new entry in the Virtua Fighter series has finally been confirmed to be in the works today. Speaking with VGC about bringing back classic SEGA franchises like Shinobi and Set Radio across games, movies, and TV, global head of transmedia Justin Scarpone casually confirmed that a new entry in the fighting game series that has been left dormant for years is in development. While nothing else was added about the game, it is very nice to know that the series is about to make a grand comeback. While welcome, the confirmation of a new Virtua Fighter game currently being […]
It doesn't come as much of a surprise that Pokemon has sold such a massive amount of units on the Nintendo Switch, considering how die-hard the Pokemon community is. Some of the releases on Nintendo Switch have been a bit rockier than others, but overall, they still perform incredibly well. In Nintendo's latest earnings announcement, it's been confirmed that more than 99 million Pokemon games have been sold for the Nintendo Switch alone. Considering that Nintendo has been struggling a fair bit this year, this seems like a significant milestone and achievement to hit amidst the lull in record-breaking releases. […]
Apple launched its latest M4-powered MacBook Pro models recently, and we have reported that the devices boast superior performance to the company's previous flagship chips, including the M2 Ultra. While the company has debuted three variants of the M3 chip, we are anxiously waiting for the M4 Ultra chip, which is slated to produce enormous gains in computational and graphical performance. A YouTuber has now shared his expectations for the M4 Ultra chip and how it would perform against the RTX 4090 in both OpenCL and Vulkan. The M4 Ultra chip is expected to surpass the performance of the RTX […]
The less expensive version of the $3,499 Apple Vision Pro might have had its production timeline severely delayed beyond 2027, but that does not mean there are various methods being explored to reduce its production costs, starting with the display. Possibly realizing that the screen’s price needs to be drastically reduced to offer the low-cost headset at a more affordable range, a new report claims that Apple is exploring two options to incorporate into the future head-mounted wearable. The version that the firm is leaning towards is the same one that it seemingly intends to use on a future premium headset. […]
AMD's high-performance CPU journey continues on the desktop platform with the arrival of the Zen 5 core architecture. The new architecture has several fundamental changes that allow huge performance uplifts in single-core and multi-core applications. These can be attributed to the 16 percent IPC improvement that the new architecture has on offer. Replacing the AMD Ryzen 7000 "Zen 4" CPUs, the Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" CPUs do not change the core configurations but enhance them in certain ways. The architectural upgrades allow Zen 5 chips to run cooler, consume lower power, and support the latest features on existing and upcoming […]
According to two prominent insiders, Fortnite Season OG will return permanently in December. The news was reported by HYPEX and ShiinaBR, who received the information from an anonymous source and were able to confirm its veracity. They also said all Fortnite Chapter 1 seasons would return monthly with an OG item pool. Moreover, both Build and Zero Build modes will be available. The announcement is expected at Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards, which will take place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday, December 12, starting at 4:30 PM Pacific Time. Fortnite Season OG returned for the first […]
The Mate 70 series is rumored to launch this month, with Huawei likely equipping the new lineup with a new chipset called the Kirin 9100. Although both the former Chinese giant and its current foundry partner, SMIC, successfully developed the 5nm process, the new silicon will not be mass produced on this technology. Thankfully, it will not rely on the older 7nm process as the Kirin 9000S either, as the latest specifications reveal the CPU cluster, GPU, and employed lithography. New leak reveals the Kirin 9100 will take advantage of the 6nm architecture but will feature the same Maleoon 910 […]
An Alan Wake 2 PlayStation 5 Pro comparison video was shared online today, highlighting the improvements made possible by the soon-to-be-released mid-generation console by Sony. The comparison, put together by ElAnalistaDeBits, provides a new look at the game's ray-traced reflections on opaque and transparent surfaces exclusive to PS5 Pro between consoles, better shadows, volumetric lighting, and fog compared to quality mode on the base model and Xbox Series X, and performance mode settings comparable to quality mode on base console and Microsoft's most powerful current generation system. The video also highlights how PSSR delivers a much better image quality than […]
An early Elden Ring PlayStation 5 Pro test was shared online, showing how the console can brute force improvements in games even without a dedicated patch. The test conducted by Brazil Pixel reveals how the action role-playing game by FromSoftware often runs at native 4K resolution in Performance Mode while keeping close to 60 frames per second framerate most of the time. In Quality mode, on the other hand, performance is shakier but still manages to be close to 60 frames per second while constantly running at native 4K resolution. The biggest performance improvements, however, are seen with ray tracing, […]