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Casual fans could be forgiven for being surprised at our headline. After all, some storied fighting game franchises have been featuring guest characters for decades, like Spawn in Mortal Kombat 11, or Darth Vader in Soul Calibur IV. Street Fighter has done many crossovers over the years, with Capcom's iconic...
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It has been a staggering seven years since Bethesda announced the sixth installment of the Elder Scrolls franchise, and there's still no confirmed release date. It may still be years before we see this title, but you might have cause to return to the world of Tamriel before then. No, Skyrim isn't being ported to yet...
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Resembling a multi-wheel penny-farthing, DJI's new Flip foldable quadcopter definitely cuts a new look even for a company known for innovating and testing new boundaries. The Flip is poised to one-up the company's own Neo and HoverAir's Pro and ProMax by not just offering automated operation with a single button...
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Is your smartphone gasping for breath every time you flip on the screen and try to load an app? If so, it's time to consider an upgrade. That can be painful because, let's face it, today's top tier handsets are not exactly cheap. You can, however, save some money by timing your upgrade when there are deals to be had...
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Later this month, Samsung is catering the Galaxy Ring to more finger sizes. The popular smart ring is now available from size 5 to 15, although color availability (by size) will vary by market. While we wonder when smart ring makers will start offering half sizes, this move by Samsung brings its debut ring to a...
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This year could be a busy one for Carl Pei and Nothing. A leaked company memo has hinted at the Nothing Phone (3) "flagship" phone, while other reports have suggested the mid-budget Phone 3a, as well as the successor to the CMF Phone 1. The Nothing Phone (3) is said to arrive this quarter and come in two flavors—a...
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Well, what do we have here? An overseas product listing has seemingly revealed an as-yet unannounced mobile GeForce RTX 50 series GPU for budget gaming gaming laptops, the GeForce RTX 5050. Assuming the listing is legitimate—and it certainly appears to be real, with a caveat (more on that in a moment)—the budget GPU...
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CES 2025 brought us plenty of GPU tech to be excited about, much of it from NVIDIA. The GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs feature advanced AI tricks, with technologies such as DLSS 4 and neural rendering. Microsoft is also jumping on board the AI train for gaming, with DirectX support for neural rendering confirmed to be...
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At one point, NVIDIA may have considered releasing an RTX Titan Ada or GeForce RTX 4090 Ti graphics card based on its now-last generation Ada Lovelace architecture. Neither card ever materialized, of course, but the rumor persists and even gained some additional traction thanks to the above photo and an accompanying...
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Many people believe MacBooks are impervious to malware. While strong security measures such as Xprotect, Gatekeeper, and Sandboxing are in place on macOS, they do not offer foolproof protection. Case in point: Cyber security tech giant Check Point has issued an urgent security warning to millions of Mac users...
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PowerColor has been one of AMD's most dedicated AIB partners for decades. Your author fondly remembers rocking a PowerColor Radeon 9600 card, a lifetime ago. The company is known for its impressive factory overclocks and sometimes outlandish board designs, like the "Devil 13" family back in the day. Lately...
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Apple Intelligence hasn't quite lived up to the hype. The piecemeal rollout has been les than stellar, and to make matters worse, it often delivers inaccurate information to users and has been called out by news organizations for doing so. Thankfully, Apple gives users a lot of control over what AI features are...
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What if you could have sixteen desktop-class AMD Zen 5 CPU cores and a 96GB professional GPU in a thin & light laptop without compromising performance? Well, that's the promise of AMD's Ryzen AI MAX processors, code-named Strix Halo, and that's the heart that beats under the skin of HP's new ZBook Ultra 14 G1a laptop...
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It seems like the ACE3 USB-C controller used on Apple iPhone 15 and newer can be hacked thanks to insufficient safeguards in the controller's firmware. The breach was achieved by security researchers and was recently detailed in a video (as seen below). The ACE3 USB-C controller, used for charging and data transfer...
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Michael Scheuer and his legal team have entered a guilty plea for hacking Disney World's restaurant menu-creation software, altering allergen information, inserting swastikas, and changing wine regions to mass shooting locations. Among other things, the outcome of this federal criminal case will require Scheuer to pay...
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NVIDIA did gamers a solid by unveiling its GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs in both desktop and mobile form, rather than just announcing desktop parts and then waiting weeks or months to unveil the mobile lineup. And according to NVIDIA, gaming laptops rocking its newest generation mobile GPUs will be available in March...
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With CES 2025 behind us, we now have several product launches to be excited about. NVIDIA came out of the gate swinging with an impressive lineup of GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs. NVIDIA thought its GPUs were so impressive as to make a very bold claim, namely that the new mid-range GeForce RTX 5070 is faster than the...
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This year is possibly going to be the year of thin phones. As buzz builds over Samsung's Galaxy S25 Slim and Apple's rumored iPhone 17 Air, the industry is wondering what the smartphone landscape will look this time next year (assuming the trend takes off). Will Samsung and Apple start a snowball effect of skinny...
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True innovation in the laptop space doesn't happen all the time. Sure, there's a near-constant hardware refresh cycle (both AMD and Intel announced new chips at CES, for example), but game-changing features like the first touchscreen and the 2-in-1 form factor only come around every so often. One that could...
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If things had gone to plan in the wee hours of the morning today, Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin team would be celebrating the successful liftoff of the company's towering New Glenn rocket. Instead, celebrations will have to wait for another day after pesky issues ultimately kept the 30-story rocket grounded at the...
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Would it surprise you to learn that a part of you has been to outer space? You may wonder how that can be possible since you've most likely never traveled beyond our planet. US and Canada-based scientists revealed in a recent study published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters that up to 18% of your body (Carbon) has...
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Come along with us as we dive straight into what could be the future of gaming graphics, direct from the CES 2025 show floor. NVIDIA's keynote marked the official unveiling of the GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs and their crown jewel, DLSS 4. The show was a non-stop roundabout of announcements, but we had the opportunity...
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