Chris Harper
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Not only was the Steam Machine just launched on the Steam storefront, but a quiet Proton Experimental update has enabled AMD FSR 4.1 on AMD RDNA 3 and RDNA 3.5 GPUs.
Similar to previous community tweaks done with a leaked version of AMD...
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Fans waiting for a third Grand Theft Auto VI trailer will have to wait a while longer, but some perceptive treasure hunters found a few seconds of new game footage that had been quietly uploaded to the official website. We extracted two...
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There's been an interesting development in the story surrounding PlayStation games coming to PC. The short story is, executives seem to be contradicting each other on whether or not the practice will continue. Most recently, Sony...
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It's not just Sony pushing gamers to upgrade their consoles ahead of GTA VI's release—Rockstar is also doubling down by providing PS4 and Xbox One (X) owners of Grand Theft Auto V with a free Enhanced Edition upgrade ahead of the next GTA...
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Noctua, a brand best known for its distinct brown colorways and quiet cooling fans, is entering the liquid cooling market with a trio of high-end AIOs. These new Noctua AIOs, the Noctua NL-LC1 series, range from 240mm to 420mm in size and...
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Sony has filed for a patent on an interesting controller concept, that could add a new level of immersion to console gaming. To be specific, the patent references buttons with adjustable hardness or resistance.
In a way, this is an...
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AMD is firing shots at Apple's MacBook Neo, lambasting its limited game compatibility compared to AMD-powered laptops. The fact is, PC games are more compatible with x86-based Windows systems than the Arm-based MacBook Neo. If gaming is a primary consideration, similarly priced Windows laptops...
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The Steam Machine's much-anticipated launch date has yet to be confirmed, but details keep piling up that point toward an imminent release. As of today, that includes a pair of new "Valve Fremont" benchmark results appearing in the...
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The web version of Google Earth now includes a Flight Simulator. This isn't actually the debut of "Google Earth Flight Simulator", however. The feature has been available since 2007 as a hidden Easter Egg for the desktop version of Google...
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The MSI Claw 8 EX AI+, one of the first handhelds to leverage Intel's new Arc G3 Extreme SoC, is set to release on June 23rd. Ahead of that release an Intel engineer has shared a peek at the handheld's internals.
For those unfamiliar...
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Airra Labs just introduced what it claims is the world's first "Rotary Mouse." Airra's Rotary Mouse looks like a standard modern wireless mouse except for its scroll wheel, which uses a six-segmented rotary wheel in lieu of a traditional...
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Cybersecurity researcher and current Microsoft nemesis, Nightmare-Eclipse, has released a new pair of zero-day Windows exploits following this week's Patch Tuesday, which had patched the last of Eclipse's initial six zero-days.
The new...
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In an email to those who pre-ordered the Framework Laptop 13 Pro, Framework has confirmed that the first shipments originally planned for late June have slipped to "late July, with risk of some units in early August." This delay is being...
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Another month, another Patch Tuesday for Windows users. This one's a bit bigger than usual, though: Microsoft has released a record-breaking Windows 11 patch addressing a whopping 206 vulnerabilities. The former record-holder was this past...
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Google's latest Stable Channel update for Google Chrome on desktop includes a whopping 74 security fixes, including a patch for major zero-day (CVE-2026-11645) that is currently being exploited out in the wild.
CVE-2026-11645 was...
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Doom The Dark Ages' DLC expansion, Revelations, is due to arrive on July 7th. The date was confirmed as part of yesterday's Xbox Games Showcase during Summer Games Fest 2026, and the DLC will be available for free to players who already...
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During Computex 2026, journalists from the Dutch outlet Tweakers.net asked AMD's add-in board partners when we could expect next-generation RDNA 5-based GPUs to launch.
The responses indicated a range of possibilites. One AIB expects...
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Readers who tuned into Sony PlayStation's State of Play or the Summer Games Fest livestreams this past week may have noticed that September and October are absolutely jam-packed with new game releases ahead of Grand Theft Auto VI dropping...
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Earlier this week, a rumor stemming from HardwareLuxx speaking to AMD's David McAfee indicated that AMD would not be bringing FSR 4.1 to RDNA 3.5 iGPUs, with the final decision seeming to lean toward "no." AMD's Franz Azor has since responded to outlets claiming this is a deconfirmation...
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AI-powered malware is a growing threat, but the extent of that threat was nebulous until researchers from the University of Toronto, Vector Institute, and CleverHans Lab presented a new PoC (proof of concept) attack developed with a local...
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Gabe Newell is one of the few CEOs in tech who is largely viewed favorably by gamers, but critiques of Steam's ubiquity have spurred antitrust lawsuits both Stateside and overseas. The Stateside class action lawsuit initiated by Wolfire...
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Sony is poised to launch its previously-teased and highly-anticipated PlayStation Gaming Monitor, complete with a built-in DualSense charging hook, alongside the FlexStrike Wireless Fight Stick in August. But what actually sets these...
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