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, […]
The world has become pretty weird nowadays, but a new Guinness World Record is even "weirder", awarded for the most chip implantation by a human. Human Cyborg Just Got a Reality, As Chip Implantation Leads to Control of IR-Signals & Even Features Bluetooth Support Chip implantation isn't certainly new in the industry, since it has extensive medical applications. However, the process should've been confined to its desired field, rather than mere "experimentation" but the barriers have been broken. A woman named Anastasia Synn has reportedly implanted a whopping 52 chips inside her body, which are intended for several purposes such […]
With less than 24 hours left until liftoff, SpaceX has decided to swap out some components on its ST\tarship rocket. SpaceX's chief Elon Musk shared the news on his social media platform X, and the quick fix to the rocket came after a post by SpaceX on social media that it had stacked the second stage Starship on the first stage for the final time before launch. According to the SpaceX chief, machines inside Starship that control its landing apparatus are being changed. The last-moment decision came after SpaceX's live stream link for the Starship Integrated Flight Test 2 (IFT-2) […]
Today marks the beginning of Unite 2023 (which takes place in Amsterdam), where the new Unity 6 engine version was demonstrated to fellow developers. Due at some point in 2024, Unity 6 was shown off with a Fantasy Kingdom demo based on assets made by Synty Studios. The demo offered a glimpse into the enhancements planned for the engine, including but not limited to: Major performance improvements thanks to hardware-based optimizations unlocked through GPU Resident Drawer, GPU Occlusion Culling, and the Spatial-Temporal Post-Processing (STP); Adaptive Probe Volumes that deliver more immersive, natural lighting scenarios and foliage details through enhanced SpeedTree […]
Retailers in China have bumped up the prices of AMD's Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPUs as the ban on NVIDIA's RTX 4090 is now officially implemented. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ban Attracts Gamers To Team Red's Offering, AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Sees Price Hike Across Retail Segment In China With the US ban on the GeForce RTX 4090, an "artificial" shortage has been created in Chinese markets, as prices have soared to new levels. This has resulted in gamers and professionals seeking other solutions and AMD GPUs are the first that come to mind. But since the demand for […]
Baldur’s Gate 3 is one of the best games of 2023, but if you’ve wanted to give the game a place of honor on your shelf, you’ve been out of luck – it’s digital-only. Well, that’s changing in early 2024, as Larian Studios has announced the physical Baldur’s Gate 3 Deluxe Edition. And Larian is taking the physical aspect of the game seriously – on Xbox Series X/S and PS5, you’ll be able to play the game fully offline via the code on the discs (2 discs for PS5, 3 for XSX). On PC, you’ll get a key and a […]
SpaceX has shared some of the best images of its fully stacked Starship rocket as less than a day remains before its historic test flight in Boca Chica, Texas. The FAA cleared Starship for its second test flight yesterday after a process that took seven months to complete. With the latest review, the agency and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) evaluated whether new water deluge and fire suppression systems for the launch pad would require a new environmental approval. Fortunately for SpaceX and its fans, multiple tests conducted at the pad certified it, and ahead of tomorrow's launch, SpaceX […]
As 2023 is about to end, Elon Musk's Grook artificial intelligence-based chatbot Grok is willing to go to Mars as an AI assistant for SpaceX's Starship rocket. Starship has been the centerpiece of news coverage lately after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) cleared its launch pad systems. Grok is available to verified X users only as of now, and some of its output shared by users on the social media platform has managed to stand out from responses made by OpenAI and Microsoft's ChatGPT and Google's Bard. For SpaceX's future Starship missions to […]
Sony has announced the latest lineup of games coming to their PS Plus Extra and Premium tiers in November. This is a bit more of a niche lineup, but there are still some fun things to tackle, including Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, the debuting-on-consoles Teardown, and some banger classics, including PaRappa the Rapper 2. Here are your PS Plus Extra headliners for November… Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (PS4) From Wccftech’s review – “Dragon's Dogma is a great action RPG, especially as a first entry in the franchise. CAPCOM successfully married the Western open world RPG with an awesome combat system […]
AMD seems to have refreshed the Athlon 3000G CPU, a four-year-old dual-core chip based on 14nm technology, with new box packaging. AMD Gives Athlon 3000G A Fresh Coat of Paint With New Box Package, 14nm Dual-Core Alive & Well In 2023 Based on images published by Hoang Anh Phu, it looks like Team Red has decided to give a new life to its old Athlon SKUs to cater to the entry-level segment. In terms of specifications, the CPU comes with a 2-core & 4-thread configuration which is based on the first-gen Zen core architecture. in terms of performance, you won't […]
The fate of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake continues to be shrouded in mystery, as the Embracer Group, the parent company of developer Aspyr Media, refuses once again to comment on the game. As reported today by Axios' Stephen Totilo, Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors was once again asked how he feels about the game during today's earnings presentation. "I notice that anything I say to this becomes a headline," he said, "so that is my only comment." During today's Embracer Group earnings presentation Analyst: How are you feeling about the Star Wars: Knights of the Old […]
Galaxy S22 users can rejoice as we have just received word that Samsung is finally rolling out the stable One UI 6.0 update on all three phones. The rollout is currently happening in some European regions, but considering how it is started, you should be getting the update soon. Galaxy S22 beta users in Europe are now getting stable One UI 6.0 update, with more regions to follow For those wondering, all three Galaxy S22 devices are now getting the One UI 6.0 update. The build versions for all three devices are S906BXXU6DWK4/S906BOXM6DWK4/S906BXXU6DWK4. Breaking ‼️ Galaxy S22: Samsung released One […]
Intel Lunar Lake CPUs with Battlemage iGPUs have received support for a new feature known as CMRR (Content Match Refresh Rate) in Linux. Intel's New CMRR Feature For Next-Gen Lunar Lake CPUs Expected to Enhance The Gaming Experience Expanding on what CMRR actually is, it has an application similar to what other technologies such as VRR offer, but Intel says that the way CMRR works is different from the others. The latest Linux patches by Team Blue reveal that CMRR is expected to be integrated into Lunar Lake's graphics driver, which will be leveraged by the Xe2 architecture. Here is […]
The world has become pretty weird nowadays, but a new Guinness World Record is even "weirder", awarded for the most chip implantation by a human. Human Cyborg Just Got a Reality, As Chip Implantation Leads to Control of IR-Signals & Even Features Bluetooth Support Chip implantation isn't certainly new in the industry, since it has extensive medical applications. However, the process should've been confined to its desired field, rather than mere "experimentation" but the barriers have been broken. A woman named Anastasia Synn has reportedly implanted a whopping 52 chips inside her body, which are intended for several purposes such […]
With less than 24 hours left until liftoff, SpaceX has decided to swap out some components on its ST\tarship rocket. SpaceX's chief Elon Musk shared the news on his social media platform X, and the quick fix to the rocket came after a post by SpaceX on social media that it had stacked the second stage Starship on the first stage for the final time before launch. According to the SpaceX chief, machines inside Starship that control its landing apparatus are being changed. The last-moment decision came after SpaceX's live stream link for the Starship Integrated Flight Test 2 (IFT-2) […]
Today marks the beginning of Unite 2023 (which takes place in Amsterdam), where the new Unity 6 engine version was demonstrated to fellow developers. Due at some point in 2024, Unity 6 was shown off with a Fantasy Kingdom demo based on assets made by Synty Studios. The demo offered a glimpse into the enhancements planned for the engine, including but not limited to: Major performance improvements thanks to hardware-based optimizations unlocked through GPU Resident Drawer, GPU Occlusion Culling, and the Spatial-Temporal Post-Processing (STP); Adaptive Probe Volumes that deliver more immersive, natural lighting scenarios and foliage details through enhanced SpeedTree […]
Retailers in China have bumped up the prices of AMD's Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPUs as the ban on NVIDIA's RTX 4090 is now officially implemented. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ban Attracts Gamers To Team Red's Offering, AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Sees Price Hike Across Retail Segment In China With the US ban on the GeForce RTX 4090, an "artificial" shortage has been created in Chinese markets, as prices have soared to new levels. This has resulted in gamers and professionals seeking other solutions and AMD GPUs are the first that come to mind. But since the demand for […]
Baldur’s Gate 3 is one of the best games of 2023, but if you’ve wanted to give the game a place of honor on your shelf, you’ve been out of luck – it’s digital-only. Well, that’s changing in early 2024, as Larian Studios has announced the physical Baldur’s Gate 3 Deluxe Edition. And Larian is taking the physical aspect of the game seriously – on Xbox Series X/S and PS5, you’ll be able to play the game fully offline via the code on the discs (2 discs for PS5, 3 for XSX). On PC, you’ll get a key and a […]
SpaceX has shared some of the best images of its fully stacked Starship rocket as less than a day remains before its historic test flight in Boca Chica, Texas. The FAA cleared Starship for its second test flight yesterday after a process that took seven months to complete. With the latest review, the agency and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) evaluated whether new water deluge and fire suppression systems for the launch pad would require a new environmental approval. Fortunately for SpaceX and its fans, multiple tests conducted at the pad certified it, and ahead of tomorrow's launch, SpaceX […]
As 2023 is about to end, Elon Musk's Grook artificial intelligence-based chatbot Grok is willing to go to Mars as an AI assistant for SpaceX's Starship rocket. Starship has been the centerpiece of news coverage lately after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) cleared its launch pad systems. Grok is available to verified X users only as of now, and some of its output shared by users on the social media platform has managed to stand out from responses made by OpenAI and Microsoft's ChatGPT and Google's Bard. For SpaceX's future Starship missions to […]
Sony has announced the latest lineup of games coming to their PS Plus Extra and Premium tiers in November. This is a bit more of a niche lineup, but there are still some fun things to tackle, including Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, the debuting-on-consoles Teardown, and some banger classics, including PaRappa the Rapper 2. Here are your PS Plus Extra headliners for November… Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (PS4) From Wccftech’s review – “Dragon's Dogma is a great action RPG, especially as a first entry in the franchise. CAPCOM successfully married the Western open world RPG with an awesome combat system […]
AMD seems to have refreshed the Athlon 3000G CPU, a four-year-old dual-core chip based on 14nm technology, with new box packaging. AMD Gives Athlon 3000G A Fresh Coat of Paint With New Box Package, 14nm Dual-Core Alive & Well In 2023 Based on images published by Hoang Anh Phu, it looks like Team Red has decided to give a new life to its old Athlon SKUs to cater to the entry-level segment. In terms of specifications, the CPU comes with a 2-core & 4-thread configuration which is based on the first-gen Zen core architecture. in terms of performance, you won't […]
The fate of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake continues to be shrouded in mystery, as the Embracer Group, the parent company of developer Aspyr Media, refuses once again to comment on the game. As reported today by Axios' Stephen Totilo, Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors was once again asked how he feels about the game during today's earnings presentation. "I notice that anything I say to this becomes a headline," he said, "so that is my only comment." During today's Embracer Group earnings presentation Analyst: How are you feeling about the Star Wars: Knights of the Old […]
Galaxy S22 users can rejoice as we have just received word that Samsung is finally rolling out the stable One UI 6.0 update on all three phones. The rollout is currently happening in some European regions, but considering how it is started, you should be getting the update soon. Galaxy S22 beta users in Europe are now getting stable One UI 6.0 update, with more regions to follow For those wondering, all three Galaxy S22 devices are now getting the One UI 6.0 update. The build versions for all three devices are S906BXXU6DWK4/S906BOXM6DWK4/S906BXXU6DWK4. Breaking ‼️ Galaxy S22: Samsung released One […]
Intel Lunar Lake CPUs with Battlemage iGPUs have received support for a new feature known as CMRR (Content Match Refresh Rate) in Linux. Intel's New CMRR Feature For Next-Gen Lunar Lake CPUs Expected to Enhance The Gaming Experience Expanding on what CMRR actually is, it has an application similar to what other technologies such as VRR offer, but Intel says that the way CMRR works is different from the others. The latest Linux patches by Team Blue reveal that CMRR is expected to be integrated into Lunar Lake's graphics driver, which will be leveraged by the Xe2 architecture. Here is […]