Writing's on the Wall The Real Reason Nvidia Has Abandoned PC Gamers |
Nvidia's shift away from PC gaming wasn't driven by AI alone. Slowing GPU gains, rising manufacturing costs, and longer upgrade cycles made gamers a far less attractive business.
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Nvidia's shift away from PC gaming wasn't driven by AI alone. Slowing GPU gains, rising manufacturing costs, and longer upgrade cycles made gamers a far less attractive business.
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Bad Updates This month's Windows 11 update broke the Recycle Bin, OneDrive, and possibly your PC's stability |
| According to Microsoft, users who have installed the KB5095051 update might encounter a strange Recycle Bin bug that replaces the names of deleted files with internal Recycle... |
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| According to Microsoft, users who have installed the KB5095051 update might encounter a strange Recycle Bin bug that replaces the names of deleted files with internal Recycle... |
Facepalm Sandisk's new PS5 SSDs cost up to $2,960, that's five PlayStation 5 consoles |
| The US memory manufacturer has launched the Optimus GX PRO 850P SSD lineup, which includes storage drives specifically designed for the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro.... |
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| The US memory manufacturer has launched the Optimus GX PRO 850P SSD lineup, which includes storage drives specifically designed for the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro.... |
Vulnerability The first unpatchable iPhone exploit in six years targets chips still running Apple's latest iOS |
| Security researchers at Paradigm Shift have published the first iPhone bootROM exploit in years. The process, called usbliter8, targets a hardware-level flaw, which means upgrading to newer... |
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| Security researchers at Paradigm Shift have published the first iPhone bootROM exploit in years. The process, called usbliter8, targets a hardware-level flaw, which means upgrading to newer... |
(Lack of) Security Frontier Airlines is leaking your passport and credit card details from a boarding pass |
| A security researcher has discovered serious vulnerabilities in Frontier Airlines' booking system. Using just two pieces of information printed on every boarding pass... |
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| A security researcher has discovered serious vulnerabilities in Frontier Airlines' booking system. Using just two pieces of information printed on every boarding pass... |
AI Microsoft and Adobe team up and make Photoshop 20% faster on Windows |
| Thanks to a close collaboration with Adobe, Microsoft engineers have significantly improved performance in certain Photoshop operations. Photoshop is a large, native desktop application written in C++... |
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| Thanks to a close collaboration with Adobe, Microsoft engineers have significantly improved performance in certain Photoshop operations. Photoshop is a large, native desktop application written in C++... |
AI Midjourney wants to scan your body with half a million ultrasonic sensors, at a spa |
| The concept is still largely theoretical, but the company describes a system built around an enormous number of tiny sensors working in tandem. A person would pass... |
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| The concept is still largely theoretical, but the company describes a system built around an enormous number of tiny sensors working in tandem. A person would pass... |
WTF Old-school crime: man gets suspended jail sentence for burning and selling pirated CDs |
| Trading standards officers first began investigating 47-year-old Marc Kearns from Snaith in East Yorkshire in 2019. The BBC reports that the the British Phonographic Industry had become... |
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| Trading standards officers first began investigating 47-year-old Marc Kearns from Snaith in East Yorkshire in 2019. The BBC reports that the the British Phonographic Industry had become... |
Scam Scammers are selling fake RTX 4090 graphics cards with plastic GPU dies and missing memory |
| In a video posted on the Chinese social media platform Bilibili, well-known PC hardware dealer Brother Zhang claimed that he was recently scammed into buying a counterfeit... |
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| In a video posted on the Chinese social media platform Bilibili, well-known PC hardware dealer Brother Zhang claimed that he was recently scammed into buying a counterfeit... |
Gaming Minecraft's Chaos Cubed update adds Sulfur Caves and the unpredictable Sulfur Cube |
Minecraft Java Edition 26.2 introduces the new Sulfur Caves biome, complete with sulfur and cinnabar block sets, geysers, and the quirky Sulfur Cube mob. The update also adds a Friends List system, experimental Vulkan graphics support, and new building and gameplay possibilities powered by the Sulfur Cube's unique physics-based interactions. |
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Minecraft Java Edition 26.2 introduces the new Sulfur Caves biome, complete with sulfur and cinnabar block sets, geysers, and the quirky Sulfur Cube mob. The update also adds a Friends List system, experimental Vulkan graphics support, and new building and gameplay possibilities powered by the Sulfur Cube's unique physics-based interactions. |
(Lack of) Security Cybercriminals have been distributing malware via Steam for a year, tens of thousands affected |
| The attack reportedly abused Wallpaper Engine's "Application Wallpaper" executable, which runs as a standalone Windows program and can include community-developed games, planners, calendars, system monitors, and other... |
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| The attack reportedly abused Wallpaper Engine's "Application Wallpaper" executable, which runs as a standalone Windows program and can include community-developed games, planners, calendars, system monitors, and other... |
Industry The Trump administration suspects an ASML chipmaking machine made it into China. ASML says that's impossible. |
| EUV is the technology that underpins today's most advanced processors. The machines are used by companies such as TSMC to manufacture high-performance chips for Nvidia and Apple.... |
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| EUV is the technology that underpins today's most advanced processors. The machines are used by companies such as TSMC to manufacture high-performance chips for Nvidia and Apple.... |
AI Palworld's studio won't use generative AI because "gamers don't want it" |
| The debate around AI-generated assets in games is heating up, and Pocketpair has already taken a clear stance. The Japanese studio, best known for Palworld, says it... |
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| The debate around AI-generated assets in games is heating up, and Pocketpair has already taken a clear stance. The Japanese studio, best known for Palworld, says it... |
Social Media Court says Ohio can require parental consent for children using social media |
| A divided 2-1 panel of the Cincinnati-based 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower-court ruling that had prevented Ohio's Social Media Parental Notification Act from... |
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| A divided 2-1 panel of the Cincinnati-based 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower-court ruling that had prevented Ohio's Social Media Parental Notification Act from... |
Meta Meta wants a child safety bill rewritten to shield it from lawsuits over harm to kids |
| The proposal comes as lawmakers and courts increasingly scrutinize how social media platforms are designed and used by minors. Features such as infinite scrolling, activity notifications, and... |
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| The proposal comes as lawmakers and courts increasingly scrutinize how social media platforms are designed and used by minors. Features such as infinite scrolling, activity notifications, and... |
Gaming MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ with Intel Arc G3 launches at $1,800 |
| MSI should start shipping the Claw 8 EX AI+ on June 23, 2026, slapping a massive $1,800 price tag on the device. The OEM recently explained that... |
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| MSI should start shipping the Claw 8 EX AI+ on June 23, 2026, slapping a massive $1,800 price tag on the device. The OEM recently explained that... |
GTA A company just publicly admitted it expects to lose a day of productivity to GTA 6 |
| Automotive parts and tuning company Burger Motorsports posted what it says is an Internal Company Notice on Instagram recently. |
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| Automotive parts and tuning company Burger Motorsports posted what it says is an Internal Company Notice on Instagram recently. |
Robotaxis Waymo is recalling almost 3,900 robotaxis for driving into freeway construction zones |
| Waymo is recalling nearly 3,900 robotaxis following incidents in freeway construction areas. According to a safety recall report filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the... |
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| Waymo is recalling nearly 3,900 robotaxis following incidents in freeway construction areas. According to a safety recall report filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the... |
The Web Kalshi calls itself a hedging platform now, but critics say it's still just sports betting in disguise |
| The New York Times reports that Kalshi has spent the past several months preparing to transform itself into a platform for hedge trading by hiring trading specialists... |
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| The New York Times reports that Kalshi has spent the past several months preparing to transform itself into a platform for hedge trading by hiring trading specialists... |
Software AMD resolves HandBrake scaling issues on Threadripper, gains reach 215% |
AMD has identified and fixed two scaling bottlenecks in HandBrake that were limiting performance on high-core-count CPUs. Starting with version 1.11, these improvements significantly boost transcoding speeds on Ryzen Threadripper and Threadripper Pro processors, with gains of up to 215% reported in some workloads. |
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AMD has identified and fixed two scaling bottlenecks in HandBrake that were limiting performance on high-core-count CPUs. Starting with version 1.11, these improvements significantly boost transcoding speeds on Ryzen Threadripper and Threadripper Pro processors, with gains of up to 215% reported in some workloads. |
Tech Culture Taiwan is teaching civilians drone skills learned from Ukraine's war |
| Taiwan has seen an increase in volunteer-led civil defence groups in recent times as China becomes more aggressive and emboldened by Russia's actions. |
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| Taiwan has seen an increase in volunteer-led civil defence groups in recent times as China becomes more aggressive and emboldened by Russia's actions. |
