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All News for December 2024

CES 2025 is less than a week away, and you know what that means: all sorts of fancy new technology that you probably can't afford. Just going by the numbers, most of the folks reading this are probably using significantly sub-par monitors in comparison to what's available on the market these days, but progress doesn't... Read more...
Meta Quest headsets are by far the most popular choice in the VR space, and many were likely given out as gifts during the holidays season. Unfortunately, a lot of those new users might feel as if they got a lump of coal instead, as a recent update is bricking the device for many users. The situation was worse for... Read more...
I have played a lot of GTA V's online component, simply referred to officially as "Grand Theft Auto Online." The mode has evolved tremendously since its launch in 2013, and yet, like most long-lived live service games, it still carries immense cruft from the era of its creation. As a dedicated player, I have a lot of... Read more...
Having trouble deciding how to spend your Amazon gift card(s) that you scored for Christmas? You won't find a shortage of options on the mega e-commerce site, that's for sure. If, however, you're in need of a new gaming chair, now is a good time to go shopping. There are a handful of models on sale, including ones... Read more...
The Apple Vision Pro seems to have almost faded into the mist, with little mention of the device after the initial hype wore off. As an owner of the device, I can say it just does not inspire me to use it very often. Its hefty price tag and lack of notable new content are two major problems. Still, the device is... Read more...
Even though the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) doesn't begin in earnest until next week (Tuesday, January 7 through Friday, January, 10), LG isn't waiting around to tease and unveil some of its upcoming products and product refreshes. Earlier this week, for example, LG teased the first bendable 5K2K OLED gaming... Read more...
Once upon a time, cutting the cord could equate to major savings compared to traditional cable and satellite TV packages. That is no longer necessarily the case these days thanks to a combination of market saturation and persistent price increases. However, you can still save money by being strategic and subscribing... Read more...
2024 was a banger year for gamers. Sure, the largest developers in the industry may have faltered due to ballooning budgets and grossly-unpopular game releases, but there were still no shortage of absolutely awesome games—just check out our post about the top 11 games that came out this year. The thing is, it might just be the case that Read more...
This story is fairly straightforward, and it's not as alarmist as you might think. Geoffrey Hinton, who won the Nobel prize this year for his pioneering work in artificial intelligence development, stated to BBC Radio 4 that he feels the chances of a potential AI apocalypse are "around 10 to 20%" within the next 30... Read more...
Hero shooter Marvel Rivals has quickly become one of the most popular live service games available, pushing aside longtime stalwart Overwatch on its way to the top of the charts. However, the game has managed to draw plenty of criticism, such as its expensive cosmetic items that can cost as much as $20. Now, it seems... Read more...
2025 is calling and if you need a new smartphone to ring in a brand new year, we have good news—there are lot of good options out there. Granted, there will be new models coming out next year too, but there is always something newer, faster, and shinier on the horizon, no matter when you're ready to pull the trigger... Read more...
Intel earned itself some high praise for its Arc Battlemage B580 graphics card, which we dubbed a "mighty midrange gaming GPU" in our review. Not only is it relatively affordable at $249 (when you can find it in stock from a first-party seller, that is), but it boasts 12GB of GDDR6 memory. That's notable, given the... Read more...
It's a great time to be a GPU enthusiast, with new powerhouse products launching soon from both NVIDIA and AMD. We've recently stumbled on some more rumors, this time with a posting on X/Twitter by a known leaker, @momomo_us, about said new products. The post purportedly reveals a few new product names for some NVIDIA... Read more...
We're now just a week away from the next Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, an annual expo for product manufacturers to show off their latest creations and concepts. Not everything shown off at CES will come to fruition, but one product that almost definitely will is what LG is calling the "world's first... Read more...
After a couple of relatively weak years in the post-COVID slump, the gaming industry roared back in 2024 with a flurry of amazing releases. There were a number of great games released this year that didn't make it onto our list here, like Hades II, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and Pentiment (for non-Xbox consoles.)... Read more...
Even after the release of next-generation CPUs from both Intel and AMD itself, the Ryzen 9 7950X remains one of the fastest desktop CPUs we've tested—especially if you can use all sixteen of its Zen 4 CPU cores. That's a five-hundred dollar CPU, though; you've still got to buy a motherboard and all the other... Read more...
Just in case you thought Windows 11 24H2's issues were over, here's the latest headache from the good folks at Microsoft. It turns out that physical installation media (meaning CDs and flash drives) created for Windows 11 24H2 that also includes security updates from between October 8th and November 12th could result... Read more...
As CES 2025 quickly approaches in early January, the most exciting product launch is shaping up to be the talk of the town. NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang will be the keynote speaker, where he is expected to announce the next generation GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs. Small morsels of information are already starting to seep... Read more...
Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold - Starting at $1799 The Pixel 9 Pro Fold delivers all the Google software goodness wrapped in some of the finest folding hardware, making it one of the best book-style folding phone available in the US. Standard 20:9 form factor Premium, thin and light design Beautiful displays Excellent... Read more...
We're not less than two weeks away from NVIDIA unveiling its next-generation GPUs, with company co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang on the schedule for an opening keynote at CES a day before the event officially commences. The closer we get to a product launch, typically the more reliable the leaks become. With that in... Read more...
From the moment Rockstar announced Grand Theft Auto VI, it set the gaming world on fire. Its debut trailer has already managed to amass more than 200 million views on YouTube, a feat that it accomplished mere months after the trailer hit. The game is also being anticipated by the gaming industry at large, with... Read more...
The holiday season is quickly wrapping up and you know what that means: a brand new year looms, and with it another Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. For the 2025 CES event, NVIDIA co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Jensen Huang is scheduled to deliver an opening keynote, which is sure to be packed with some interesting Read more...
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