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, […]
While PC gaming is becoming more and more popular, there are certain advantages to playing games on the PlayStation 5 console rather than on PC, according to Sony Interactive Entertainment Vice President Hideaki Nishino. Speaking with Nikkei Asia, the SIE executive has been asked to the shift towards mobile and PC gaming, saying that if users want to play games with the same GPU performance as the PlayStation 5, they need to spend money and time to build their own systems. On the other hand, the console allows any player to enjoy games of the same technical level right out […]
Roger Clark, the actor voicing and portraying Arthur Morgan in RDR2, believes that Red Dead Redemption 3 will happen eventually. Following the highly successful debut of the first official GTA VI trailer earlier this week, the popular actor portraying fan-favorite Morgan was asked on X (formerly Twitter) about a possible sequel to Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 from 2018. In addition to being asked about a new entry in the franchise, the actor was also asked about his thoughts regarding the main character within a possible sequel. "I know you worked with Rockstar and there’s secrets that has to be […]
It appears that several unidentified governments are monitoring smartphone users by tracking the push notifications that go through Apple's and Google's servers. This alleged warning is coming straight from the U.S. senator, so it definitely is something that one should be worried about, especially if it happens to be true. Apple and Google users being spied on by governments is a scary situation if it ends up being true In a letter written to the Department of Justice, Senator Ron Wyden talked about how foreign officials have been allegedly asking for data from Apple and Google so they can track […]
We're on the eve of this year's edition of The Game Awards (TGA 2023), and host Geoff Keighley took some time to share a few details in advance. While the ceremony may be named after the prizes for the best games released in any given year, it's also one of the best places for developers and publishers to share new trailers for their upcoming titles. In a recent Q&A streamed on Twitch, Keighley said TGA 2023 has received fewer teasers from the organizers because it will include more game announcements than past editions. We're probably going to tease fewer games […]
The OnePlus 12 debuted yesterday and managed to become my favorite flagship that has come out recently. It actually feels that the company has finally started paying attention to what's important so it can deliver a true flagship experience. While the design might look similar to its processors, there are a lot of changes both inside and out that manage to make the phone stand out from the rest. Now, a teardown has revealed some serious cooling power that the phone has. OnePlus 12 has a massive 9,140 mm2 vapor chamber that should deliver excellent thermal performance The latest teardown […]
For a fleeting moment last month, it appeared quite feasible that the embattled SPAC Digital World would imminently take Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) public via a reverse merger. Hopes for a swift wrap-up of this ongoing saga, however, have been dashed yet again. Back in the fall, the proposed merger between Digital World and Trump Media and Technology Group appeared increasingly shaky as the two entities entered into a third amendment to their merger agreement, which among other things stipulated a fresh due diligence exercise to determine the viability of pursuing a business combination that has been held […]
The Warhammer 40,000 universe is among the best-realized settings ever, one that is ripe with stories to tell. As such, it is not surprising to see so many games based on the futuristic universe created by Games Workshop. Very few of these, however, are full-fledged RPGs, which is, honestly, not that surprising considering the deep and intricate lore that makes creating a role-playing game based on it an extremely difficult task for most game development studios. Owlcat Games, the studio behind the Pathfinder series, however, rose up to the challenge with Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, a solid cRPG with tactical […]
When it comes to wireless charging, Apple prefers using its own MagSafe technology. The more recent iPhones do offer the technology, but Apple wants to change that for older phones and has decided to bring Qi2 wireless charging support to teh older iPhone models. This should not really come as a surprise, considering how the MagSafe helped lay down the foundation of this wireless charging standard. Apple pushing Qi2 wireless charging to older iPhones is a significant step in the right direction Since the company has now pushed out the latest iOS 17.2 release candidate, and based on the information […]
Gameplay footage of the upcoming Avatar Frontiers Of Pandora has leaked, featuring indoor gameplay, and offering a glimpse at the game's performance on PC. Ahead of the game's release tomorrow, reviews just went up, and we wanted to share 8 minutes of gameplay from the Avatar title. As said, this gameplay shows interior gameplay and might give PC players an impression of performance. At least, performance on a high-end GPU that is - NVIDIA's RTX 4070Ti. Apparently, on this GPU, the game's performance hoovers between 110fps and 130fps in 1080p resolution with custom graphic settings and NVIDIA's Deep Learning Anti-Aliasing […]
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, the soon-to-be-released new open-world game by Ubisoft Massive, is going to show how good AMD FSR 3 frame generation can be, as its implementation in the game is the best yet. A new tech analysis of the game by German publication Computer Base highlights how AMD FSR 3 frame generation works much better in the new game by Ubisoft compared to its earlier implementations in Forspoken and Immortals of Aveum. The implementation is so good that it is hardly distinguishable, according to the analysis. As AMD's tech can be used on any GPU, all PC players […]
Following some heated statements from the US Commerce Secretary, Gina Raimondo, NVIDIA's CEO has said that they are working with the US to make sure that their latest AI chips are fully compliant with the newest regulation policies. NVIDIA CEO Makes It Clear That All New AI Chips Developed For Restricted Markets Including China Will Be Fully Comply With US Regulations NVIDIA's AI GPUs are the hottest hardware on the market right now with unparalleled demand from every corner of the tech spectrum. The company controls over 90% of the AI market share with China being a major contributor to […]
Cyberpunk 2077 latest patch, patch 2.1, brings path tracing and regular ray tracing improvements across the board, as highlighted by a few comparison videos shared on YouTube. In the video shared by StunningVanilla, the path tracing improvements are pretty evident in some scenarios, with reflections seeing the best enhancements. While ghosting issues are considerably reduced, path tracing is still not perfect in CD Projekt Red's game, which isn't surprising, considering it is the first open-world title to implement it. The introduction of NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction support for regular ray tracing mode in Cyberpunk 2077 also brought some improvements, […]
While PC gaming is becoming more and more popular, there are certain advantages to playing games on the PlayStation 5 console rather than on PC, according to Sony Interactive Entertainment Vice President Hideaki Nishino. Speaking with Nikkei Asia, the SIE executive has been asked to the shift towards mobile and PC gaming, saying that if users want to play games with the same GPU performance as the PlayStation 5, they need to spend money and time to build their own systems. On the other hand, the console allows any player to enjoy games of the same technical level right out […]
Roger Clark, the actor voicing and portraying Arthur Morgan in RDR2, believes that Red Dead Redemption 3 will happen eventually. Following the highly successful debut of the first official GTA VI trailer earlier this week, the popular actor portraying fan-favorite Morgan was asked on X (formerly Twitter) about a possible sequel to Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 from 2018. In addition to being asked about a new entry in the franchise, the actor was also asked about his thoughts regarding the main character within a possible sequel. "I know you worked with Rockstar and there’s secrets that has to be […]
It appears that several unidentified governments are monitoring smartphone users by tracking the push notifications that go through Apple's and Google's servers. This alleged warning is coming straight from the U.S. senator, so it definitely is something that one should be worried about, especially if it happens to be true. Apple and Google users being spied on by governments is a scary situation if it ends up being true In a letter written to the Department of Justice, Senator Ron Wyden talked about how foreign officials have been allegedly asking for data from Apple and Google so they can track […]
We're on the eve of this year's edition of The Game Awards (TGA 2023), and host Geoff Keighley took some time to share a few details in advance. While the ceremony may be named after the prizes for the best games released in any given year, it's also one of the best places for developers and publishers to share new trailers for their upcoming titles. In a recent Q&A streamed on Twitch, Keighley said TGA 2023 has received fewer teasers from the organizers because it will include more game announcements than past editions. We're probably going to tease fewer games […]
The OnePlus 12 debuted yesterday and managed to become my favorite flagship that has come out recently. It actually feels that the company has finally started paying attention to what's important so it can deliver a true flagship experience. While the design might look similar to its processors, there are a lot of changes both inside and out that manage to make the phone stand out from the rest. Now, a teardown has revealed some serious cooling power that the phone has. OnePlus 12 has a massive 9,140 mm2 vapor chamber that should deliver excellent thermal performance The latest teardown […]
For a fleeting moment last month, it appeared quite feasible that the embattled SPAC Digital World would imminently take Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) public via a reverse merger. Hopes for a swift wrap-up of this ongoing saga, however, have been dashed yet again. Back in the fall, the proposed merger between Digital World and Trump Media and Technology Group appeared increasingly shaky as the two entities entered into a third amendment to their merger agreement, which among other things stipulated a fresh due diligence exercise to determine the viability of pursuing a business combination that has been held […]
The Warhammer 40,000 universe is among the best-realized settings ever, one that is ripe with stories to tell. As such, it is not surprising to see so many games based on the futuristic universe created by Games Workshop. Very few of these, however, are full-fledged RPGs, which is, honestly, not that surprising considering the deep and intricate lore that makes creating a role-playing game based on it an extremely difficult task for most game development studios. Owlcat Games, the studio behind the Pathfinder series, however, rose up to the challenge with Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, a solid cRPG with tactical […]
When it comes to wireless charging, Apple prefers using its own MagSafe technology. The more recent iPhones do offer the technology, but Apple wants to change that for older phones and has decided to bring Qi2 wireless charging support to teh older iPhone models. This should not really come as a surprise, considering how the MagSafe helped lay down the foundation of this wireless charging standard. Apple pushing Qi2 wireless charging to older iPhones is a significant step in the right direction Since the company has now pushed out the latest iOS 17.2 release candidate, and based on the information […]
Gameplay footage of the upcoming Avatar Frontiers Of Pandora has leaked, featuring indoor gameplay, and offering a glimpse at the game's performance on PC. Ahead of the game's release tomorrow, reviews just went up, and we wanted to share 8 minutes of gameplay from the Avatar title. As said, this gameplay shows interior gameplay and might give PC players an impression of performance. At least, performance on a high-end GPU that is - NVIDIA's RTX 4070Ti. Apparently, on this GPU, the game's performance hoovers between 110fps and 130fps in 1080p resolution with custom graphic settings and NVIDIA's Deep Learning Anti-Aliasing […]
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, the soon-to-be-released new open-world game by Ubisoft Massive, is going to show how good AMD FSR 3 frame generation can be, as its implementation in the game is the best yet. A new tech analysis of the game by German publication Computer Base highlights how AMD FSR 3 frame generation works much better in the new game by Ubisoft compared to its earlier implementations in Forspoken and Immortals of Aveum. The implementation is so good that it is hardly distinguishable, according to the analysis. As AMD's tech can be used on any GPU, all PC players […]
Following some heated statements from the US Commerce Secretary, Gina Raimondo, NVIDIA's CEO has said that they are working with the US to make sure that their latest AI chips are fully compliant with the newest regulation policies. NVIDIA CEO Makes It Clear That All New AI Chips Developed For Restricted Markets Including China Will Be Fully Comply With US Regulations NVIDIA's AI GPUs are the hottest hardware on the market right now with unparalleled demand from every corner of the tech spectrum. The company controls over 90% of the AI market share with China being a major contributor to […]
Cyberpunk 2077 latest patch, patch 2.1, brings path tracing and regular ray tracing improvements across the board, as highlighted by a few comparison videos shared on YouTube. In the video shared by StunningVanilla, the path tracing improvements are pretty evident in some scenarios, with reflections seeing the best enhancements. While ghosting issues are considerably reduced, path tracing is still not perfect in CD Projekt Red's game, which isn't surprising, considering it is the first open-world title to implement it. The introduction of NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction support for regular ray tracing mode in Cyberpunk 2077 also brought some improvements, […]