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, […]
Back in 2021 the rather unexpected news leaked that an Xbox-exclusive Wu-Tang Clan action RPG, codenamed “Project Shaolin,” was in the works. Back then, we got word that it would support 4-player co-op, and have replayable dungeons and other challenges, as well as seasonal content, almost making it sound like Wu-Tang-themed version of Destiny. That said, we haven’t heard anything about the project since those initial leaks. Was it all a figment of our collective imaginations? Apparently not! Reliable insider Tom Henderson has popped up with a new report on Project Shaolin, confirming previously leaked info and providing a number […]
Apple was initially reported to announce the new M3 MacBook Air models this year. However, the company saw fit to release the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max variants of the MacBook Pro last month. While the new M3 Pro and M3 Max chips are significant releases this year, the company plans to update the 13-inch and 15-inch models of the MacBook Air, but the design will remain the same. A new report has been published to share details on the launch of Apple's rumored M3 MacBook Air. Apple plans to launch new MacBook Air models with an M3 chip […]
AMD's next-gen Strix Point "Ryzen 8050" APUs will feature a major improvement to their AI capabilities with the XDNA 2 engine coming in 2024. AMD Ryzen AI & XDNA 2 NPU To Propel AI Capabilities of Next-Gen Strix Point "Ryzen 8050" APUs In 2024 While AMD is refreshing its APU lineup with the Ryzen 8040 "Hawk Point" family, the company will also be introducing its true next-gen APU lineup under the Ryzen 8050 series in 2024. During the Advancing AI event, AMD confirmed that the lineup will host some major improvements across the board. Besides offering the latest Zen 5 […]
AMD has officially introduced its latest Ryzen 8000 APUs codenamed Hawk Point, which refreshes the existing Ryzen 7000 "Phoenix" APUs. AMD Ryzen 8000 "Hawk Point" APUs Official With Ryzen 8045 & Ryzen 8040 Families: Refreshed Zen 4 & RDNA 3 Chips With Upgraded XDNA "AI" NPU Today at the AMD "Advanced AI" event, the company unveiled its Ryzen 8000 APU lineup which is codenamed Hawk Point. For those who have been following our recent coverages of Hawk Point, this new family is a refresh of the Ryzen 7000 "Phoenix" lineup released earlier this year. The Ryzen 8000 "Hawk Point" APUs […]
In addition to the MI300X for AI, AMD is also announcing that its Instinct MI300A APU has entered volume production and is expected to offer the world's fastest HPC performance when it launches next year. AMD Propels HPC To The Next Level With Instinct MI300A APUs, 4X Faster & 2X Efficient Than NVIDIA H100 We have waited for years for AMD to finally deliver on the promise of an Exascale-class APU and the day is nearing as we move closer to the launch of the Instinct MI300A. Today, AMD confirmed that the MI300A APU entered volume production this quarter and […]
AMD has announced the official launch of its flagship AI GPU accelerator, the MI300X, which offers up to 60% better performance than NVIDIA's H100. AMD Finally Has The GPU To Tackle NVIDIA In The AI Segment, MI300X Up To 60% Faster Than H100 The AMD Instinct MI300 class of AI accelerators will be another chiplet powerhouse, making use of advanced packaging technologies from TSMC. Today, AMD not only announced the launch of these chips but shared the first performance benchmarks of the MI300X which look great. AMD first used the general specs as a comparison and their CDNA 3 accelerator […]
Following the release of the record-breaking GTA VI trailer, there has been an equally large amount of reactions from all kinds of content creators and personalities. Among that sea, former Rockstar New England animator Mike York published his own reaction as an ex-employee of the studio. York worked on GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 for six years before leaving Rockstar (most recently, he worked on God of War Ragnarok in the final stretch to launch), and he was extremely impressed with the level of visuals achieved in GTA VI. It's not just a bigger city. Everything in the […]
After struggling to maintain its rapid sales growth in the U.S. and globally his year, Tesla might be making big moves in China that can prove key to its goal of selling millions of electric vehicles worldwide. A new report in the Chinese press shares that the firm is interested in expanding its Shanghai Gigafactory by adding a third extension to the plant that produces close to a million electric vehicles a year. The Shanghai Gigafactory is Tesla's biggest manufacturing plant in terms of output, as it benefits from China's suitability for manufacturing and factory operations and churns out hundreds […]
The time is finally here, as Google has just started rolling out the stable Android 14 QPR1 update to all supported Pixel devices, and of course, it comes with the Feature Drop that the company had promised, as well. The Pixel phones that are now receiving the update are 5a, 6, 6 Pro, 6a, 7, 7 Pro, 7a, Tablet, Fold, 8, and 8 Pro. Android 14 QPR 1 brings a lot of impressive changes to all supported Pixel devices Once you are updated to the Android 14 QPR1, you will get a new feature on Pixel Fold, and the Tablet […]
Google has announced the company's "most powerful" scalable, and flexible AI accelerator, dubbed the Cloud TPU v5p along with a new AI Hypercomputer model. Google Plans on Taking The Reigns of The AI Bandwagon Through Its Brand New Cloud TPV v5p Chip & AI Hypercomputer Solutions With the rapidly progressing AI markets, companies are moving towards their solutions when it comes to providing computing power to ongoing developments. Firms like Microsoft with their Maia 100 AI Accelerator and Amazon with their Trainium2 aim to excel past each other when it comes to performance-optimized hardware to tackle AI workloads, and Google […]
Back in October Destiny developer Bungie shocked many industry watchers when they enacted a deep round of layoffs, although the move became more understandable when it was revealed Destiny 2 missed its 2022 revenue targets by a whopping 45 percent. Clearly, things are not going that well over at Bungie, but a new report from IGN’s Rebekah Valentine paints an even more dire picture. According to Valentine’s sources, a lot of what’s going on at Bungie hinges on a potential full takeover of the company by Sony. While Bungie has had a variety of different corporate overlords, they’ve always maintained […]
Google introduced Gemini 1.0 back at Google I/O 2023, and today, the company has finally launched it in three sizes. It is going to start rolling out to Bard. The company shared a lot of details about how the new model is going to work, and there are some really impressive details that they have shared. Google's Gemini 1.0 could change the way we use AI Google is claiming that Gemini 1.0 happens to be the most capable and general model that is available. The model can actually go ahead and train separate components for various modalities and then stitch […]
Back in 2021 the rather unexpected news leaked that an Xbox-exclusive Wu-Tang Clan action RPG, codenamed “Project Shaolin,” was in the works. Back then, we got word that it would support 4-player co-op, and have replayable dungeons and other challenges, as well as seasonal content, almost making it sound like Wu-Tang-themed version of Destiny. That said, we haven’t heard anything about the project since those initial leaks. Was it all a figment of our collective imaginations? Apparently not! Reliable insider Tom Henderson has popped up with a new report on Project Shaolin, confirming previously leaked info and providing a number […]
Apple was initially reported to announce the new M3 MacBook Air models this year. However, the company saw fit to release the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max variants of the MacBook Pro last month. While the new M3 Pro and M3 Max chips are significant releases this year, the company plans to update the 13-inch and 15-inch models of the MacBook Air, but the design will remain the same. A new report has been published to share details on the launch of Apple's rumored M3 MacBook Air. Apple plans to launch new MacBook Air models with an M3 chip […]
AMD's next-gen Strix Point "Ryzen 8050" APUs will feature a major improvement to their AI capabilities with the XDNA 2 engine coming in 2024. AMD Ryzen AI & XDNA 2 NPU To Propel AI Capabilities of Next-Gen Strix Point "Ryzen 8050" APUs In 2024 While AMD is refreshing its APU lineup with the Ryzen 8040 "Hawk Point" family, the company will also be introducing its true next-gen APU lineup under the Ryzen 8050 series in 2024. During the Advancing AI event, AMD confirmed that the lineup will host some major improvements across the board. Besides offering the latest Zen 5 […]
AMD has officially introduced its latest Ryzen 8000 APUs codenamed Hawk Point, which refreshes the existing Ryzen 7000 "Phoenix" APUs. AMD Ryzen 8000 "Hawk Point" APUs Official With Ryzen 8045 & Ryzen 8040 Families: Refreshed Zen 4 & RDNA 3 Chips With Upgraded XDNA "AI" NPU Today at the AMD "Advanced AI" event, the company unveiled its Ryzen 8000 APU lineup which is codenamed Hawk Point. For those who have been following our recent coverages of Hawk Point, this new family is a refresh of the Ryzen 7000 "Phoenix" lineup released earlier this year. The Ryzen 8000 "Hawk Point" APUs […]
In addition to the MI300X for AI, AMD is also announcing that its Instinct MI300A APU has entered volume production and is expected to offer the world's fastest HPC performance when it launches next year. AMD Propels HPC To The Next Level With Instinct MI300A APUs, 4X Faster & 2X Efficient Than NVIDIA H100 We have waited for years for AMD to finally deliver on the promise of an Exascale-class APU and the day is nearing as we move closer to the launch of the Instinct MI300A. Today, AMD confirmed that the MI300A APU entered volume production this quarter and […]
AMD has announced the official launch of its flagship AI GPU accelerator, the MI300X, which offers up to 60% better performance than NVIDIA's H100. AMD Finally Has The GPU To Tackle NVIDIA In The AI Segment, MI300X Up To 60% Faster Than H100 The AMD Instinct MI300 class of AI accelerators will be another chiplet powerhouse, making use of advanced packaging technologies from TSMC. Today, AMD not only announced the launch of these chips but shared the first performance benchmarks of the MI300X which look great. AMD first used the general specs as a comparison and their CDNA 3 accelerator […]
Following the release of the record-breaking GTA VI trailer, there has been an equally large amount of reactions from all kinds of content creators and personalities. Among that sea, former Rockstar New England animator Mike York published his own reaction as an ex-employee of the studio. York worked on GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 for six years before leaving Rockstar (most recently, he worked on God of War Ragnarok in the final stretch to launch), and he was extremely impressed with the level of visuals achieved in GTA VI. It's not just a bigger city. Everything in the […]
After struggling to maintain its rapid sales growth in the U.S. and globally his year, Tesla might be making big moves in China that can prove key to its goal of selling millions of electric vehicles worldwide. A new report in the Chinese press shares that the firm is interested in expanding its Shanghai Gigafactory by adding a third extension to the plant that produces close to a million electric vehicles a year. The Shanghai Gigafactory is Tesla's biggest manufacturing plant in terms of output, as it benefits from China's suitability for manufacturing and factory operations and churns out hundreds […]
The time is finally here, as Google has just started rolling out the stable Android 14 QPR1 update to all supported Pixel devices, and of course, it comes with the Feature Drop that the company had promised, as well. The Pixel phones that are now receiving the update are 5a, 6, 6 Pro, 6a, 7, 7 Pro, 7a, Tablet, Fold, 8, and 8 Pro. Android 14 QPR 1 brings a lot of impressive changes to all supported Pixel devices Once you are updated to the Android 14 QPR1, you will get a new feature on Pixel Fold, and the Tablet […]
Google has announced the company's "most powerful" scalable, and flexible AI accelerator, dubbed the Cloud TPU v5p along with a new AI Hypercomputer model. Google Plans on Taking The Reigns of The AI Bandwagon Through Its Brand New Cloud TPV v5p Chip & AI Hypercomputer Solutions With the rapidly progressing AI markets, companies are moving towards their solutions when it comes to providing computing power to ongoing developments. Firms like Microsoft with their Maia 100 AI Accelerator and Amazon with their Trainium2 aim to excel past each other when it comes to performance-optimized hardware to tackle AI workloads, and Google […]
Back in October Destiny developer Bungie shocked many industry watchers when they enacted a deep round of layoffs, although the move became more understandable when it was revealed Destiny 2 missed its 2022 revenue targets by a whopping 45 percent. Clearly, things are not going that well over at Bungie, but a new report from IGN’s Rebekah Valentine paints an even more dire picture. According to Valentine’s sources, a lot of what’s going on at Bungie hinges on a potential full takeover of the company by Sony. While Bungie has had a variety of different corporate overlords, they’ve always maintained […]
Google introduced Gemini 1.0 back at Google I/O 2023, and today, the company has finally launched it in three sizes. It is going to start rolling out to Bard. The company shared a lot of details about how the new model is going to work, and there are some really impressive details that they have shared. Google's Gemini 1.0 could change the way we use AI Google is claiming that Gemini 1.0 happens to be the most capable and general model that is available. The model can actually go ahead and train separate components for various modalities and then stitch […]