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 has announced the "0x12B" microcode as the final mitigation for the instability issues affecting its 14th & 13th Gen CPUs. Intel 14th & 13th Gen CPU Owner Instability Woes Finally Come To An End As Blue Team Says That "0x12B" Microcode Fixes The Issues Intel has finally offered a new statement regarding the 14th & 13th Gen CPU Instability issues & stated that will be a relief for users running these chips. According to the chipmaker, the newly released "0x12B" microcode patch, which is now being rolled out by motherboard vendors as a BIOS update, is the final mitigation […]
Star Wars Outlaws is in a bit of a pickle. Ubisoft’s model of making games that are too big to fail means the severe flaws in its seemingly guaranteed hit combining the open-world scope and mechanics the developer has made its bread and butter in recen...
Prices of Intel's latest Granite Rapids "Xeon 6900" CPUs have been revealed with the flagship costing $17,800 US for 128 P-Cores. More P-Cores Means More $: Intel Reveals Xeon 6900P "Granite Rapids" CPU Prices With Up To $17,800 For Flagship 128 Core 6980P Chip The data center Intel Granite Rapids Xeon 6900P CPUs were launched a week ago, which promises to offer a 90% performance uplift over the 5th gen Xeon processors. The specifications were already revealed at the launch but what remained a mystery was the pricing of all the SKUs in the series. Today, Intel has revealed the […]
ARCTIC, one of the top cooling manufacturers, has reaffirmed that all of its LGA 1700 coolers will be compatible with the LGA 1851 socket for Intel Arrow Lake CPUs. ARCTIC Is Ready For Intel's Upcoming Arrow Lake "LGA 1851" CPUs With All of Its LGA 1700 Being Compatible With The New Socket Last year, ARCTIC announced that its existing cooling lineup will be compatible with the upcoming LGA 1851 socket. This announcement was made almost one year ago in the same month (October) and now the company has reaffirmed that its entire LGA 1700 cooler lineup is compatible with the […]
Intel's Lunar Lake CPU has been tested by Geekerwan, revealing superb 15W gaming performance against current-gen handhelds. Intel Lunar Lake Could End Up Being A Surprise Hit In The Handheld Gaming Segment, Great Performance at Low Power & Strong CPU IPC Gains Last month, Intel launched its Lunar Lake "Core Ultra 200V" CPUs which are aimed at thin & light platforms. Instantly, the CPU became a hit with many testers praising its GPU performance & battery timings. The CPU also saw a major gain in performance despite featuring just 8 cores and 8 threads. Now, hardware veteran Geekerwan has posted […]
The existing LGA 1700 coolers may have a problem with different orientations as LGA 1851 "Arrow Lake" CPUs will have a different hotspot location. A 180-degree block hotspot shift may affect the thermal performance of Intel Arrow Lake "LGA 1851" CPUs The upcoming Intel Arrow Lake CPUs will use the newer LGA 1851 socket and while the socket size is roughly the same as the LGA 1700, there are some small yet crucial differences between the two. The differences are not only present on the socket but the dies for the CPUs themselves. The Intel Arrow Lake "LGA 1851" CPUs […]
Intel has updated its AI Playground app to support the latest Core Ultra 200V "Lunar Lake" CPUs, adding expanded compatibility & new features. Intel's AI Playground Now Supports The Latest Core Ultra 200V "Lunar Lake" CPUs With Improved AI Capabilities & Features Press Release: This summer, we launched AI Playground, a user-friendly AI starter app with a range of AI functions designed to simplify AI on Intel AI PCs (more). Today, we’re excited to announce that AI Playground is now available for our newest line of Intel Core Ultra 200V series processors, featuring added functionality and features for an even […]
Intel is about to bring some major improvements in the Panther Cove P-Core architecture that will succeed Cougar Cove. Intel is reportedly following the 'Tick-Tock' development & Panther Cove will be the Tock Core to bring big IPC improvements The latest developments in Intel's architectures for upcoming processors suggest that the upcoming Panther Cove will be significantly faster than its predecessors. Panther Cove(not to be confused with Panther Lake) is reportedly bringing a significant IPC uplift. Additionally, it will also bring the Intel APX/AVX10 support for the processors. The report comes from @InstaLatX64, who spotted that one of the users […]
The Intel 0x12B patch is the third update for Vmin Shift Instability mitigation, which was released a few days ago but there seems to be performance loss with this one when running a 14th or 13th Gen Core i9 CPU. Intel's 0x12B Microcode BIOS Patch Does Seem To Affect 14th & 13th Gen Core i9 CPU Performance A Bit Intel recently delivered a new 0x12B microcode BIOS patch for Intel 14th & 13th Gen Core i9 CPUs. This is the third in the series, which succeeds the 0x129 released in August. We have covered the updates for the 0x12B update […]
Intel's Core Ultra 9 285 "Arrow Lake" CPU has been spotted, confirming the 65W variant of the flagship configuration with 24 cores. Intel Core Ultra 9 285 CPU Is a 65W Arrow Lake Design With Flagship 24 Cores & 24 Threads & High Clock Speeds Intel's Core Ultra Series 2 "Arrow Lake" CPUs will launch with the K-series first which will include a total of five new chips but the company will also offer 65W and 35W CPUs in early 2025 which will be accompanied by the more mainstream 800-series chipset motherboard such as the B860, and H810. We have […]
The latest benchmarks of Intel's Core Ultra 7 265K "Arrow Lake" CPU have leaked & showcase much better performance, even beating 9950X & 14900KS. Intel Core Ultra 7 265K To Be A Current-Gen Flagship Killer In Multi-Threaded Performance As Per New Leak, Beats Its Predecessor By 16% In Geekbench New benchmarks of the Intel Arrow Lake "Core Ultra Series 2" CPUs have started to leak out and the performance difference is a bit huge compared to what we saw earlier. This could be due to newer samples that closely reflect the retail chips or better BIOS/microcode firmware, showcasing the true […]
Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 7 265K "Arrow Lake" Desktop CPU has been pictured while several Non-K CPUs receive support within CPU-z & HWMonitor. Intel Core Ultra 5 235, 225, & 225F "Arrow Lake" CPUs were added to HWMonitor and Core Ultra 7 265K 20-Core CPU sample spotted on Baidu The latest version of the HWMonitor software, v1.55 has been updated to support more Intel Arrow Lake "Core Ultra Series 2" SKUs. The popular CPUID software, which monitors real-time metrics of PC hardware will now show accurate data for the upcoming Arrow Lake processors, which are aimed at the budget segment. […]
Intel has announced the "0x12B" microcode as the final mitigation for the instability issues affecting its 14th & 13th Gen CPUs. Intel 14th & 13th Gen CPU Owner Instability Woes Finally Come To An End As Blue Team Says That "0x12B" Microcode Fixes The Issues Intel has finally offered a new statement regarding the 14th & 13th Gen CPU Instability issues & stated that will be a relief for users running these chips. According to the chipmaker, the newly released "0x12B" microcode patch, which is now being rolled out by motherboard vendors as a BIOS update, is the final mitigation […]
Star Wars Outlaws is in a bit of a pickle. Ubisoft’s model of making games that are too big to fail means the severe flaws in its seemingly guaranteed hit combining the open-world scope and mechanics the developer has made its bread and butter in recen...
Prices of Intel's latest Granite Rapids "Xeon 6900" CPUs have been revealed with the flagship costing $17,800 US for 128 P-Cores. More P-Cores Means More $: Intel Reveals Xeon 6900P "Granite Rapids" CPU Prices With Up To $17,800 For Flagship 128 Core 6980P Chip The data center Intel Granite Rapids Xeon 6900P CPUs were launched a week ago, which promises to offer a 90% performance uplift over the 5th gen Xeon processors. The specifications were already revealed at the launch but what remained a mystery was the pricing of all the SKUs in the series. Today, Intel has revealed the […]
ARCTIC, one of the top cooling manufacturers, has reaffirmed that all of its LGA 1700 coolers will be compatible with the LGA 1851 socket for Intel Arrow Lake CPUs. ARCTIC Is Ready For Intel's Upcoming Arrow Lake "LGA 1851" CPUs With All of Its LGA 1700 Being Compatible With The New Socket Last year, ARCTIC announced that its existing cooling lineup will be compatible with the upcoming LGA 1851 socket. This announcement was made almost one year ago in the same month (October) and now the company has reaffirmed that its entire LGA 1700 cooler lineup is compatible with the […]
Intel's Lunar Lake CPU has been tested by Geekerwan, revealing superb 15W gaming performance against current-gen handhelds. Intel Lunar Lake Could End Up Being A Surprise Hit In The Handheld Gaming Segment, Great Performance at Low Power & Strong CPU IPC Gains Last month, Intel launched its Lunar Lake "Core Ultra 200V" CPUs which are aimed at thin & light platforms. Instantly, the CPU became a hit with many testers praising its GPU performance & battery timings. The CPU also saw a major gain in performance despite featuring just 8 cores and 8 threads. Now, hardware veteran Geekerwan has posted […]
The existing LGA 1700 coolers may have a problem with different orientations as LGA 1851 "Arrow Lake" CPUs will have a different hotspot location. A 180-degree block hotspot shift may affect the thermal performance of Intel Arrow Lake "LGA 1851" CPUs The upcoming Intel Arrow Lake CPUs will use the newer LGA 1851 socket and while the socket size is roughly the same as the LGA 1700, there are some small yet crucial differences between the two. The differences are not only present on the socket but the dies for the CPUs themselves. The Intel Arrow Lake "LGA 1851" CPUs […]
Intel has updated its AI Playground app to support the latest Core Ultra 200V "Lunar Lake" CPUs, adding expanded compatibility & new features. Intel's AI Playground Now Supports The Latest Core Ultra 200V "Lunar Lake" CPUs With Improved AI Capabilities & Features Press Release: This summer, we launched AI Playground, a user-friendly AI starter app with a range of AI functions designed to simplify AI on Intel AI PCs (more). Today, we’re excited to announce that AI Playground is now available for our newest line of Intel Core Ultra 200V series processors, featuring added functionality and features for an even […]
Intel is about to bring some major improvements in the Panther Cove P-Core architecture that will succeed Cougar Cove. Intel is reportedly following the 'Tick-Tock' development & Panther Cove will be the Tock Core to bring big IPC improvements The latest developments in Intel's architectures for upcoming processors suggest that the upcoming Panther Cove will be significantly faster than its predecessors. Panther Cove(not to be confused with Panther Lake) is reportedly bringing a significant IPC uplift. Additionally, it will also bring the Intel APX/AVX10 support for the processors. The report comes from @InstaLatX64, who spotted that one of the users […]
The Intel 0x12B patch is the third update for Vmin Shift Instability mitigation, which was released a few days ago but there seems to be performance loss with this one when running a 14th or 13th Gen Core i9 CPU. Intel's 0x12B Microcode BIOS Patch Does Seem To Affect 14th & 13th Gen Core i9 CPU Performance A Bit Intel recently delivered a new 0x12B microcode BIOS patch for Intel 14th & 13th Gen Core i9 CPUs. This is the third in the series, which succeeds the 0x129 released in August. We have covered the updates for the 0x12B update […]
Intel's Core Ultra 9 285 "Arrow Lake" CPU has been spotted, confirming the 65W variant of the flagship configuration with 24 cores. Intel Core Ultra 9 285 CPU Is a 65W Arrow Lake Design With Flagship 24 Cores & 24 Threads & High Clock Speeds Intel's Core Ultra Series 2 "Arrow Lake" CPUs will launch with the K-series first which will include a total of five new chips but the company will also offer 65W and 35W CPUs in early 2025 which will be accompanied by the more mainstream 800-series chipset motherboard such as the B860, and H810. We have […]
The latest benchmarks of Intel's Core Ultra 7 265K "Arrow Lake" CPU have leaked & showcase much better performance, even beating 9950X & 14900KS. Intel Core Ultra 7 265K To Be A Current-Gen Flagship Killer In Multi-Threaded Performance As Per New Leak, Beats Its Predecessor By 16% In Geekbench New benchmarks of the Intel Arrow Lake "Core Ultra Series 2" CPUs have started to leak out and the performance difference is a bit huge compared to what we saw earlier. This could be due to newer samples that closely reflect the retail chips or better BIOS/microcode firmware, showcasing the true […]
Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 7 265K "Arrow Lake" Desktop CPU has been pictured while several Non-K CPUs receive support within CPU-z & HWMonitor. Intel Core Ultra 5 235, 225, & 225F "Arrow Lake" CPUs were added to HWMonitor and Core Ultra 7 265K 20-Core CPU sample spotted on Baidu The latest version of the HWMonitor software, v1.55 has been updated to support more Intel Arrow Lake "Core Ultra Series 2" SKUs. The popular CPUID software, which monitors real-time metrics of PC hardware will now show accurate data for the upcoming Arrow Lake processors, which are aimed at the budget segment. […]