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, […]
Intel's Lunar Lake 8-Core CPUs have been spotted running in Samsung's next-gen Galaxy Book5 Pro laptops with Arc Battlemage "Xe2" iGPUs. Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro Laptop Spotted With Intel's Next-Gen Lunar Lake 8-Core CPU & Arc Battlemage "Xe2" iGPU Spotted by Momomo_US, the latest Intel Lunar Lake entry was spotted within the SiSoftware Sandra database. The specific sample is interesting since it was running on Samsung's next-generation Galaxy Book5 Pro laptop with the specific SKU number being "NT940XGK-DSD". It comes as the successor to Samsung's existing Galaxy Book4 lineup which is configured with the Intel Meteor Lake "Core Ultra" chips. […]
Intel's next-generation Battlemage "Xe2-HPG" GPUs have potentially been spotted within the SiSoftware Sandra database. These Could Be The First Listings of Intel's Next-Gen Battlemage "Xe2-HPG" Discrete GPUs Intel's Battlemage architecture is expected to make its debut later this year in Xe2-HPG and Xe2-LPG variants. The Xe2-HPG variants will be aiming at the discrete graphics segment while the Xe2-LPG variants will be utilized as integrated graphics for upcoming CPUs such as Lunar Lake. Now, it looks like the first variants have been spotted within the Sandra database along with their possible specifications. Spotted by @miktdt, the purported Intel Battlemage Xe2-HPG GPUs […]
Apple's in-house chips are some of the finest in terms of performance and efficiency. So much so that I have been meaning to upgrade to a Mac myself, but it appears that all M1, M2, and M3-powered Macs have a severe flaw that cannot be fixed. The unfixable GoFletch flaw found in the Apple Silicon can completely break any encryption Researchers have discovered a flaw they are calling GoFetch, and this flaw is found in Apple's M1, M2, and M3 series of chipsets. This flaw allows someone to extract security keys from these chips, and this extraction breaks all encryption […]
Intel's 12th & 13th Gen CPUs are available at some sweet price points with the recent discounting spree going on at several US-based retailers. Intel 12th & 13th Gen CPUs Available At Sweet Price Points At Various Retail Outlets Across The US Intel's 12th & 13th Gen CPUs offer a lot of value, especially in the budget and mainstream segment and the discounting spree continues at major US retailers such as Amazon, Newegg & Microcenter. Starting with the prices, the Intel 12th Gen CPUs are discounted much lower than their MSRPs and come as a great solution for budget and […]
Spring is here and it's time for some GPU deals on some of the most popular AMD, NVIDIA & Intel GPUs out there for gamers. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, 4070 Ti SUPER, AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE & Intel Arc A770 16 GB GPUs Available Below MSRP In Latest Spring Deals As of right now, Newegg is hosting its "Super Spring Deal" event at which the retailer has offered a discount across various PC hardware components including gaming GPUs. You can find all of the deals here but we filtered out some deals that looked good to us including graphics […]
The Chinese government has blocked the use of Intel and AMD CPUs in government computers, creating new hostilities in the tech industry. China Bans Intel, AMD & Microsoft Usage In Government PCs, Promoting The Adoption Of Homegrown Solutions The US-China enmity has taken the tech markets by storm, especially for US chip manufacturers like NVIDIA and AMD, which have created a dominant consumer base in the region. It seems like China has made the next move here. The Financial Times reports that the government has banned using Intel and AMD chips in their systems, citing privacy concerns and ensuring their […]
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth grants its characters a wide array of abilities and powers. While each character can learn a number of offensive attacks through weapons and their Folio skill trees, materia is central to the game. These magical orbs that gran...
Intel has released its latest Game On driver, 5379 WHQL, which brings another round of huge FPS uplifts for Arc A-Series GPUs & Core Ultra CPUs. Intel Game-On Driver Boosts Performance By Up To 172% For Arc GPUs & Core Ultra CPUs, Four New Games Supported Including Diablo IV With Ray Tracing & Horizon Forbidden West It's fair to say by this point that Intel's software division is really putting in the extra time by not only working on new game support in the latest Game On Drivers but also making sure that the performance in existing titles is up […]
TinyCorp, the company that has recently made headlines due to its AI venture, has ultimately decided to part ways with AMD due to the firmware constraints they are witnessing and now utilizing NVIDIA and Intel hardware. TinyCorp's Finally Gives On The Troubles The Firm Faced With AMD's GPU Firmware Libraries, Looks Out For Better Alternatives We recently reported on how TinyCorp is developing an "AI package" called the TinyBox, which features six of AMD's Radeon RX 7900 XT and an attempt to normalize the use of consumer GPUs for AI workloads. The company did receive massive interest from the markets, […]
Ever since its passage in 2022, the CHIPS and Science Act - a signature reform of the Biden Administration that authorized $280 billion in new funding to improve the technological standing of the US, including $52.7 billion to bolster the R&D and manufacturing of semiconductors - has been largely stuck in the doldrums. However, this inertia changed dramatically today when the Biden Administration announced a literal funding flood for Intel, with awards for Samsung and TSMC expected to materialize in the coming weeks. To wit, as per the press release of the US Commerce Department, Intel has signed a non-binding […]
Intel's Lunar Lake 8-Core CPUs have been spotted running in Samsung's next-gen Galaxy Book5 Pro laptops with Arc Battlemage "Xe2" iGPUs. Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro Laptop Spotted With Intel's Next-Gen Lunar Lake 8-Core CPU & Arc Battlemage "Xe2" iGPU Spotted by Momomo_US, the latest Intel Lunar Lake entry was spotted within the SiSoftware Sandra database. The specific sample is interesting since it was running on Samsung's next-generation Galaxy Book5 Pro laptop with the specific SKU number being "NT940XGK-DSD". It comes as the successor to Samsung's existing Galaxy Book4 lineup which is configured with the Intel Meteor Lake "Core Ultra" chips. […]
Intel's next-generation Battlemage "Xe2-HPG" GPUs have potentially been spotted within the SiSoftware Sandra database. These Could Be The First Listings of Intel's Next-Gen Battlemage "Xe2-HPG" Discrete GPUs Intel's Battlemage architecture is expected to make its debut later this year in Xe2-HPG and Xe2-LPG variants. The Xe2-HPG variants will be aiming at the discrete graphics segment while the Xe2-LPG variants will be utilized as integrated graphics for upcoming CPUs such as Lunar Lake. Now, it looks like the first variants have been spotted within the Sandra database along with their possible specifications. Spotted by @miktdt, the purported Intel Battlemage Xe2-HPG GPUs […]
Apple's in-house chips are some of the finest in terms of performance and efficiency. So much so that I have been meaning to upgrade to a Mac myself, but it appears that all M1, M2, and M3-powered Macs have a severe flaw that cannot be fixed. The unfixable GoFletch flaw found in the Apple Silicon can completely break any encryption Researchers have discovered a flaw they are calling GoFetch, and this flaw is found in Apple's M1, M2, and M3 series of chipsets. This flaw allows someone to extract security keys from these chips, and this extraction breaks all encryption […]
Intel's 12th & 13th Gen CPUs are available at some sweet price points with the recent discounting spree going on at several US-based retailers. Intel 12th & 13th Gen CPUs Available At Sweet Price Points At Various Retail Outlets Across The US Intel's 12th & 13th Gen CPUs offer a lot of value, especially in the budget and mainstream segment and the discounting spree continues at major US retailers such as Amazon, Newegg & Microcenter. Starting with the prices, the Intel 12th Gen CPUs are discounted much lower than their MSRPs and come as a great solution for budget and […]
Spring is here and it's time for some GPU deals on some of the most popular AMD, NVIDIA & Intel GPUs out there for gamers. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, 4070 Ti SUPER, AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE & Intel Arc A770 16 GB GPUs Available Below MSRP In Latest Spring Deals As of right now, Newegg is hosting its "Super Spring Deal" event at which the retailer has offered a discount across various PC hardware components including gaming GPUs. You can find all of the deals here but we filtered out some deals that looked good to us including graphics […]
The Chinese government has blocked the use of Intel and AMD CPUs in government computers, creating new hostilities in the tech industry. China Bans Intel, AMD & Microsoft Usage In Government PCs, Promoting The Adoption Of Homegrown Solutions The US-China enmity has taken the tech markets by storm, especially for US chip manufacturers like NVIDIA and AMD, which have created a dominant consumer base in the region. It seems like China has made the next move here. The Financial Times reports that the government has banned using Intel and AMD chips in their systems, citing privacy concerns and ensuring their […]
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth grants its characters a wide array of abilities and powers. While each character can learn a number of offensive attacks through weapons and their Folio skill trees, materia is central to the game. These magical orbs that gran...
Intel has released its latest Game On driver, 5379 WHQL, which brings another round of huge FPS uplifts for Arc A-Series GPUs & Core Ultra CPUs. Intel Game-On Driver Boosts Performance By Up To 172% For Arc GPUs & Core Ultra CPUs, Four New Games Supported Including Diablo IV With Ray Tracing & Horizon Forbidden West It's fair to say by this point that Intel's software division is really putting in the extra time by not only working on new game support in the latest Game On Drivers but also making sure that the performance in existing titles is up […]
TinyCorp, the company that has recently made headlines due to its AI venture, has ultimately decided to part ways with AMD due to the firmware constraints they are witnessing and now utilizing NVIDIA and Intel hardware. TinyCorp's Finally Gives On The Troubles The Firm Faced With AMD's GPU Firmware Libraries, Looks Out For Better Alternatives We recently reported on how TinyCorp is developing an "AI package" called the TinyBox, which features six of AMD's Radeon RX 7900 XT and an attempt to normalize the use of consumer GPUs for AI workloads. The company did receive massive interest from the markets, […]
Ever since its passage in 2022, the CHIPS and Science Act - a signature reform of the Biden Administration that authorized $280 billion in new funding to improve the technological standing of the US, including $52.7 billion to bolster the R&D and manufacturing of semiconductors - has been largely stuck in the doldrums. However, this inertia changed dramatically today when the Biden Administration announced a literal funding flood for Intel, with awards for Samsung and TSMC expected to materialize in the coming weeks. To wit, as per the press release of the US Commerce Department, Intel has signed a non-binding […]