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 highly anticipated game Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the second installment in the ambitious Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy, received widespread critical acclaim when it launched in late February. The game earned a perfect score in Wccftech's review penned by Kai Tatsumoto: If there’s one word to describe Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, it would be ambitious. Tetsuya Nomura, Kazushige Nojima, and the rest of Creative Business Unit I at Square-Enix have turned what is merely the remainder of Final Fantasy VII’s Disc One upon leaving Midgar into a 100-hour-long epic. Moments of distracted exploration throughout the massive wide-open environments are […]
Jeff Strain has a pretty impressive resume, co-founding both Guild Wars developer ArenaNet and State of Decay creators Undead Labs, but things don’t seem to be going as well for him lately. Today it emerged that Possibility Space, one of the new studios Strain has founded with his wife under the larger Prytania Media umbrella, is closing for a rather unusual reason. According to an internal email acquired by Polygon’s Nicole Carpenter, Kotaku was preparing a story about Prytania Media, which recently closed another one of its studios, Crop Circle Games. It seems the Kotaku reporter had got their hands […]
Huawei has grand ambitions of completely ridding itself of foreign technology and relying on its resources to get the job done, but it will take a massive investment for the former Chinese giant’s goals to reach fruition. To accomplish this, the company is reportedly putting up $1.66 billion for its R&D chip plant and has employed talented personnel hailing from the likes of ASML to speed up the process. Huawei has handed out generous compensation packages, but engineers claim that working for the company is ‘brutal’ As the U.S. puts tighter export controls over Chinese companies like Huawei, the latter […]
AMD's Strix Point APUs featuring the RDNA 3+ iGPU should offer comparable performance to entry-level discrete GPUs as indicated in new performance rumors. AMD Is Bringing Entry-Level Discrete GPU Performance To RDNA 3+ iGPUs Featured on Next-Gen Strix Point APUs AMD's Strix Point APUs are going to be a full-on overhaul, bringing brand new core IPs on all fronts. The CPU side will be upgraded to Zen 4 cores, the GPU side will be upgraded to RDNA 3+ cores and the NPU side will be upgraded to the latest XDNA 2 "Ryzen AI" architecture. Besides that, Strix APUs will come […]
AMD's upcoming RDNA 3+ graphics architecture which will first be featured in Strix Point APUs will be the iGPU of choice for APUs up till 2027. AMD Will Reuse RDNA 3+ Graphics Architecture In Ryzen APUs Till 2027, Will iGPU Improvements Come In The Form of Increased CUs, Clocks, Optimizations? Based on the latest insider information from Golden Pig Upgrade over at Weibo, it looks like the AMD RDNA 3+ graphics architecture will be a long-lasting solution, covering several generations of Ryzen APUs as a part of their iGPU IP. The AMD RDNA 3+ GPU architecture was made official during […]
It is always nice to see Apple taking itself a bit lighter in terms of the color options that it has to offer. A new rumor has surfaced claiming that the iPhone 16 Plus could come in up to seven colors. While this is certainly a good thing for those who are always looking for a splash of color in their EDC, the colors that we hear about are playful, and if you are someone who is always looking for that one color that is more exciting than the others, this is your time. iPhone 16 Plus in purple and […]
Intel is expected to launch its next-gen Arc Battlemage "Xe2" GPUs by the end of 2024 and close to Black Friday, reports Computerbase. Intel Battlemage Whispers: Next-Gen Arc "Xe2" GPUs Launching Around Before Black Friday 2024 Although Intel has not announced or even teased the launch date or timeframe of its next-gen Arc lineup based on the Battlemage "Xe2" GPU architecture, it looks like there were some whispers of the next-gen lineup during Embedded World 2024. According to certain representatives & people on the show floor, Intel is targeting a release date of late 2024 and before Black Friday 2024 […]
The recent AI craze may have nerfed some upcoming SOCs as chipmakers such as AMD & Intel prioritize NPU over other core IPs. Microsoft's Demand For Faster AI Capabilities Leads To Severe SOC Nerfs Across AMD & Intel Camps As NPUs Take Prioritization Over Other Aspects We have recently seen an AI explosion in the PC segment with all chipmakers talking about the respective capabilities of their chips and platforms. The segment is driven by a range of software innovations and Microsoft's Windows Copilot which has some hefty requirements to support its AI functionality. Chipmakers are now heavily betting on […]
NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090 & RTX 5080 "Blackwell" GPUs are rumored to launch in the fourth quarter of 2024. NVIDIA's Next-Gen "Blackwell" Gaming GPUs, The GeForce RTX 5090 & RTX 5080, Are Rumored To Launch Later This Year This year kicked off with the launch of the GeForce RTX 40 "SUPER" series which introduced three brand new GPUs based on NVIDIA's Ada Lovelace architecture. These GPUs were designed to offer better performance and value than their non-SUPER variants & were met with a positive reception overall. Now it looks like NVIDIA is already planning to launch its next-generation gaming […]
MediaTek plans to go all out with the upcoming Dimensity 9400 in sheer size, as a fresh rumor floating around claims that the SoC will flaunt the biggest die size to be used in a smartphone platform ever. Thanks to this size increase, the Dimensity 9400 is also said to sport in excess of 30 billion transistors, making the count 32 percent higher than the 22.7 billion transistors found on the Dimensity 9300. Dimensity 9400’s GPU details also mention a 20 percent bump in performance and efficiency; a bigger die size will lead to increased cost Coming to the die […]
Apple has plans to jump into the robotics category, with an earlier report stating that the company’s engineers are exploring a machine that can move around a person’s home and perform daily tasks such as washing dishes. While the technology giant can form grand plans on how it will enter a certain market, it is not necessary that it arrives early, and assuming that it does, immediate success is not guaranteed. In the latest report, people familiar with the matter said that the firm could get into a new section, but it would take years to commercialize a product. Apple’s […]
The first alleged picture of AMD's next-generation Ryzen "Granite Ridge" Desktop CPU with 8 cores & 16 threads based on the Zen 5 core architecture has been leaked by @ExperteVallah. AMD's Zen 5-Powered Ryzen "Granite Ridge" Desktop CPU Allegedly Pictured For The Very First Time, Same IHS As Existing Chips & 8-Core Variant The picture shows a standard AMD Ryzen CPU with no SKU identifier and a hidden QR code but it is mentioned as an 8-core & 16-thread chip. What's interesting is the OPN ID of 100-000001290-11 as we have seen that leak previously and based on what we […]
The highly anticipated game Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the second installment in the ambitious Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy, received widespread critical acclaim when it launched in late February. The game earned a perfect score in Wccftech's review penned by Kai Tatsumoto: If there’s one word to describe Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, it would be ambitious. Tetsuya Nomura, Kazushige Nojima, and the rest of Creative Business Unit I at Square-Enix have turned what is merely the remainder of Final Fantasy VII’s Disc One upon leaving Midgar into a 100-hour-long epic. Moments of distracted exploration throughout the massive wide-open environments are […]
Jeff Strain has a pretty impressive resume, co-founding both Guild Wars developer ArenaNet and State of Decay creators Undead Labs, but things don’t seem to be going as well for him lately. Today it emerged that Possibility Space, one of the new studios Strain has founded with his wife under the larger Prytania Media umbrella, is closing for a rather unusual reason. According to an internal email acquired by Polygon’s Nicole Carpenter, Kotaku was preparing a story about Prytania Media, which recently closed another one of its studios, Crop Circle Games. It seems the Kotaku reporter had got their hands […]
Huawei has grand ambitions of completely ridding itself of foreign technology and relying on its resources to get the job done, but it will take a massive investment for the former Chinese giant’s goals to reach fruition. To accomplish this, the company is reportedly putting up $1.66 billion for its R&D chip plant and has employed talented personnel hailing from the likes of ASML to speed up the process. Huawei has handed out generous compensation packages, but engineers claim that working for the company is ‘brutal’ As the U.S. puts tighter export controls over Chinese companies like Huawei, the latter […]
AMD's Strix Point APUs featuring the RDNA 3+ iGPU should offer comparable performance to entry-level discrete GPUs as indicated in new performance rumors. AMD Is Bringing Entry-Level Discrete GPU Performance To RDNA 3+ iGPUs Featured on Next-Gen Strix Point APUs AMD's Strix Point APUs are going to be a full-on overhaul, bringing brand new core IPs on all fronts. The CPU side will be upgraded to Zen 4 cores, the GPU side will be upgraded to RDNA 3+ cores and the NPU side will be upgraded to the latest XDNA 2 "Ryzen AI" architecture. Besides that, Strix APUs will come […]
AMD's upcoming RDNA 3+ graphics architecture which will first be featured in Strix Point APUs will be the iGPU of choice for APUs up till 2027. AMD Will Reuse RDNA 3+ Graphics Architecture In Ryzen APUs Till 2027, Will iGPU Improvements Come In The Form of Increased CUs, Clocks, Optimizations? Based on the latest insider information from Golden Pig Upgrade over at Weibo, it looks like the AMD RDNA 3+ graphics architecture will be a long-lasting solution, covering several generations of Ryzen APUs as a part of their iGPU IP. The AMD RDNA 3+ GPU architecture was made official during […]
It is always nice to see Apple taking itself a bit lighter in terms of the color options that it has to offer. A new rumor has surfaced claiming that the iPhone 16 Plus could come in up to seven colors. While this is certainly a good thing for those who are always looking for a splash of color in their EDC, the colors that we hear about are playful, and if you are someone who is always looking for that one color that is more exciting than the others, this is your time. iPhone 16 Plus in purple and […]
Intel is expected to launch its next-gen Arc Battlemage "Xe2" GPUs by the end of 2024 and close to Black Friday, reports Computerbase. Intel Battlemage Whispers: Next-Gen Arc "Xe2" GPUs Launching Around Before Black Friday 2024 Although Intel has not announced or even teased the launch date or timeframe of its next-gen Arc lineup based on the Battlemage "Xe2" GPU architecture, it looks like there were some whispers of the next-gen lineup during Embedded World 2024. According to certain representatives & people on the show floor, Intel is targeting a release date of late 2024 and before Black Friday 2024 […]
The recent AI craze may have nerfed some upcoming SOCs as chipmakers such as AMD & Intel prioritize NPU over other core IPs. Microsoft's Demand For Faster AI Capabilities Leads To Severe SOC Nerfs Across AMD & Intel Camps As NPUs Take Prioritization Over Other Aspects We have recently seen an AI explosion in the PC segment with all chipmakers talking about the respective capabilities of their chips and platforms. The segment is driven by a range of software innovations and Microsoft's Windows Copilot which has some hefty requirements to support its AI functionality. Chipmakers are now heavily betting on […]
NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090 & RTX 5080 "Blackwell" GPUs are rumored to launch in the fourth quarter of 2024. NVIDIA's Next-Gen "Blackwell" Gaming GPUs, The GeForce RTX 5090 & RTX 5080, Are Rumored To Launch Later This Year This year kicked off with the launch of the GeForce RTX 40 "SUPER" series which introduced three brand new GPUs based on NVIDIA's Ada Lovelace architecture. These GPUs were designed to offer better performance and value than their non-SUPER variants & were met with a positive reception overall. Now it looks like NVIDIA is already planning to launch its next-generation gaming […]
MediaTek plans to go all out with the upcoming Dimensity 9400 in sheer size, as a fresh rumor floating around claims that the SoC will flaunt the biggest die size to be used in a smartphone platform ever. Thanks to this size increase, the Dimensity 9400 is also said to sport in excess of 30 billion transistors, making the count 32 percent higher than the 22.7 billion transistors found on the Dimensity 9300. Dimensity 9400’s GPU details also mention a 20 percent bump in performance and efficiency; a bigger die size will lead to increased cost Coming to the die […]
Apple has plans to jump into the robotics category, with an earlier report stating that the company’s engineers are exploring a machine that can move around a person’s home and perform daily tasks such as washing dishes. While the technology giant can form grand plans on how it will enter a certain market, it is not necessary that it arrives early, and assuming that it does, immediate success is not guaranteed. In the latest report, people familiar with the matter said that the firm could get into a new section, but it would take years to commercialize a product. Apple’s […]
The first alleged picture of AMD's next-generation Ryzen "Granite Ridge" Desktop CPU with 8 cores & 16 threads based on the Zen 5 core architecture has been leaked by @ExperteVallah. AMD's Zen 5-Powered Ryzen "Granite Ridge" Desktop CPU Allegedly Pictured For The Very First Time, Same IHS As Existing Chips & 8-Core Variant The picture shows a standard AMD Ryzen CPU with no SKU identifier and a hidden QR code but it is mentioned as an 8-core & 16-thread chip. What's interesting is the OPN ID of 100-000001290-11 as we have seen that leak previously and based on what we […]