A former TSMC engineer in Taiwan has been caught by authorities after running an illicit currency exchange network between Taiwan and South Korea. The individual left his role at TSMC due to health complications. Taiwanese authorities started their investigation into Chang's network in February after receiving a tip about a logistics company purportedly involved in handling currency between the…
NVIDIA is now giving select homeowners the opportunity to share in the ongoing AI-driven gold rush for compute by mounting its Blackwell GPUs onto the external wall of your house, all for $0 upfront cost. SPAN has partnered with NVIDIA and PulteGroup to install free wall-mounted Blackwell GPU nodes on new homes Back in April, NVIDIA partnered with SPAN, a provider of intelligent power…
NVIDIA has just demonstrated the growing importance of a good harness around a given AI model by allowing its AVO coding agent to take a stab at the ARC-AGI-3 public data set, where it managed to ace all 183 levels of the 25 publicly available games, and that too without receiving any prior instruction or goals. NVIDIA's AVO is a wrapper around Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 model, but where the Opus 5…
Making marketing mistakes isn’t uncommon for Apple, and being a trillion-dollar firm doesn’t make it immune to these errors, but it does make it a target. So, when the technology giant re-uploaded older iPhone 17 promotional videos on its primary YouTube channel, which are now nearly a year old, the internet’s knee-jerk reaction was that Apple had made a massive blunder. However, we believe that…
When an unknown AI lab drops an anonymous model - Ox Alpha - for free, while declaring that they have the capacity to process up to 100 trillion tokens per day, we can reasonably surmise that the 'Wild West' age of cutthroat competition for AI models has arrived. Given the fact that not many AI labs have the capacity to process the declared quantum of tokens per day, the internet is going bonkers…
Ahead of its launch on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S, Bandai Namco and Rebel Wolves provided the first proper look at The Blood of Dawnwalker on consoles, confirming with this new video that PlayStation 5 Pro players will get to experience the best console version, although it will only be on PC that the game will hit 60 FPS. The new footage confirms all the details on the…
Samsung showcased its latest OLED panel that can hit 300 Hz on gaming laptops, bringing smoother visuals. Samsung Display's Latest OLED Panel Combines 2.5K Resolution With a 300 Hz Refresh Rate for Gaming Laptops Samsung has been quite aggressive in OLED production for years, but at the same time, it has been rolling out newer and more premium OLED technology for the mainstream market. At the IMID…
US physical game sales hit their lowest monthly total on record in July, falling to just $85 million in revenue, the weakest figure Circana (formerly NPD) has recorded since it began tracking the market in 1995. The numbers offer some of the clearest data yet supporting Sony's controversial decision to stop manufacturing new physical PlayStation discs starting January 2028. According to Circana…
A customer reported how a GIGABYTE service center in Delhi tried to evade the accountability after breaking the GPU's HDMI port. GIGABYTE Service Center Reportedly Mishandles User's GPU, Breaks the HDMI Port and Loses the Screws, Then Returns it With the Same Issue Redditor u/ColdBranch4491 complains that he was having some issues with his GIGABYTE RTX 4060 Ti. The GPU reportedly had a no-display…
The company has just prepared a dedicated page for its slowest RDNA 4 discrete GPU, revealing all of its specifications. AMD Radeon RX 9050 4 GB Page Confirms New Memory Configuration, Featuring a Reduced Memory Bus Width and Bandwidth AMD has finally prepared the product page for one of its newest RDNA 4 GPUs. The company recently introduced its weakest RDNA 4 RX 9000 graphics card called Radeon…
With the ongoing memory shortage continuing to create questions regarding the scale of the AI infrastructure buildout, NVIDIA might have signed new agreements with SK hynix and Micron to procure the memory chips for its products. This report comes courtesy of Edgewater Research, with the firm adding that the agreements come after NVIDIA had trimmed its DRAM memory forecast earlier to indicate that…
AOC is back with several new gaming monitors, aimed at the budget segment for the masses. AOC Expands its Gaming Lineup With 24-inch, 27-inch, and 32-inch IPS and VA Gaming Monitors Popular monitor maker AOC has launched four new monitors under its Gaming series, offering competitive specifications in the entry-level market. AOC has been expanding its catalog rapidly with budget monitors, and the…
MSI's gaming monitor lineup has seen various additions in the past couple of years, with designs that cater to all kinds of gamers. These monitors come in four different tiers, from the high-end MEG series to the gaming-minded MPG series, the entry-level MAG series & the budget G-Series. The company has a vast array of options in 24, 25, 27, 32, 34, 40, and 49" sizes and a total of 17 models…
Under the current market conditions with high prices for components such as RAM that show no signs of abating for a few more years, the PlayStation 6 and Xbox Project Helix are set to become the most expensive gaming systems ever released. In Sony's camp, however, the rumored handheld is a glimmer of hope, as it could offer an affordable entry point into the next generation of consoles. However,…
The mass opposition to the ongoing data center build out in the US is now reaching a crescendo, with Texas Governor reportedly halting around 1,800 data center projects in the state pending a comprehensive audit, and a high-profile GOP committee issuing a clarion call on its electoral prospects in Ohio. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has paused the data center pipeline in the state pending a…
NVIDIA’s laptop RTX 5090 boasts sufficient VRAM to be able to crank every visual setting in the most demanding AAA titles, but when running AI workloads, it’s a whole new ballgame for the GPU’s 24GB framebuffer. Still, a series of tests shows that it’s able to hold its own against Apple’s M5 Max by comprehensively beating it in a series of LLM workloads, that is, until the benchmarks fire up a…
NVIDIA is trying to thread the needle when it comes to its gigantic customer base in China, attempting to balance the efficacy of its China-specific offerings with the restrictions imposed under sweeping US export controls. Now, at a time when Beijing is actively discouraging enterprises from importing the NVIDIA H200 GPUs that the Trump administration has specifically authorized for use within…
It’s a rare sight to see some customers buying RAM and completely forgetting about this purchase, but consumers were likely the last market that would have anticipated the memory shortage, and in light of recent events, a vacation home owner suddenly remembered that he had three premium G.SKILL Trident Z5 Royal Neo kits purchased in early 2025 for $717. Now, they cost a small fortune. The RAM…
Despite the booming demand for its products and aggressive plans for capacity expansion, China's CXMT is unlikely to make a significant dent in the global DRAM market, according to a research report from South Korea's Hanwha Securities. CXMT has managed to carve a place for itself in the global memory market as booming AI demand stretches the production capacity of key players. Its products are…
Bethesda Game Studios has just released a new update (version 1.7.99) for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition. The patch is mainly focused on increasing console mod storage limits and bringing more Creations improvements and fixes, but if you're a PC player currently on a modded playthrough, it may wreak havoc on your save. Bethesda has stated that this particular patch should not…
Today, IO Interactive and Amazon MGM Studios proudly announced that 007 First Light has surpassed 4 million units sold in its first three months on the market, which makes the action/adventure game one of 2026's fastest-selling premium titles. The press release highlights that the milestone proves the global excitement for 007 First Light. The game's remarkable success, both critically and…
According to the latest leak, Intel's 28-core Nova Lake CPU could reach a staggering 296W at its PL2 power limit. Intel's 8+16+4 bLLC Chip Rumored to be one of the Nova Lake's Highest-End Single-Tile Designs Intel's upcoming Nova Lake-S desktop lineup appears to be one of the most aggressive ones, with power limits higher than previously expected. According to the user "Golden Pig Upgrade" (via…
[UPDATE - August 20, 11:42 AM] The Duskbloods is not going to release on September 24, as Kirk McKeand, the journalist who penned the preview for The Guardian, confirmed on Bluesky that the release date was added by mistake. Original story follows. FromSoftware is among the best Japanese game development studios still active today, but it is undeniable that the uncompromising Hidetaka Miyazaki and…
[UPDATE] It seems like the launch date of The Duskbloods was an error made by The Guardian's editor. [ORIGINAL STORY] The release date of FromSoftware's hotly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, The Duskbloods, might have been just "leaked" by The Guardian. In their preview of the game, they added at the very end that it will be available from September 24. If confirmed, it would put The…
