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Microsoft has quietly released its latest DirectX 12 Agility SDK (version 1.619 alongside the 1.719-preview), and while the patch notes are dense with developer jargon, the implications for PC gamers are massive. The Agility SDK allows... Read more...
In what seems like a WarGames (1983)-inspired test, three leading LLMs (OpenAI's GPT-5.2, Google's Gemini 3 Flash, and Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4) all displayed willingness to engage in nuclear war. All of the models considered the risk... Read more...
AMD's FSR 4 is a massive evolution from the company's previous-generation upscalers, and the leap in quality is directly attributable to the use of AI versus the older deterministic upscalers. That doesn't mean AMD is resting on its... Read more...
Amazon upgraded its longtime digital assistant to Alexa+ with AI smarts last year, in an effort to compete with other tech giants participating in the AI race. While it launched in a state that didn’t quite match what Amazon had promised... Read more...
If you've been stressing out about Microsoft abandoning driver support for your legacy printer in Windows 11 based on messaging it relayed in its Windows Roadmap document, stress no more. In no uncertain terms, Microsoft confirmed that if... Read more...
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a major lawsuit against Valve, alleging that the company’s loot boxes in games like Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2 constitute illegal, unlicensed gambling that targets... Read more...
Modern vehicle computer systems have become vectors for security and privacy hacking. However, who would've thought that the humble and not-very-high-tech tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) would be identified as vulnerability... Read more...
Woot is hosting a massive sale on gaming products with deep discounts on games, systems, and peripherals of up to 84% off. That in and of itself is notable. However, to sweeten the pot, it's also offering additional savings with coupon... Read more...
Astronomers have captured the largest and most detailed image of the Milky Way’s core to date, revealing a chaotic web of cosmic filaments at our galaxy's center. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, a... Read more...
NVIDIA is out here living its best life as it rides an AI wave that has yet to break to yet another quarter of record earnings, driven primarily by more explosive growth in its Data Center division. Total revenue for the fourth quarter... Read more...
The latest Windows 11 update has drawn praise for focusing almost exclusively on new features and performance improvements, rather than deeper AI integration, indicating a possible pivot by Microsoft. Some recent updates and comments from... Read more...
You know who ASML is, right? For those who are just joining us, ASML is the guys who make the tools that the TSMC and Intel and Samsung guys use to make their bleeding-edge chips. The Dutch company is the only firm in the world capable of... Read more...
Google expanded YouTube Premium Lite from its limited pilot program to the United States back in March of 2025, and just under a year later, it has received two additional features that make it an effective alternative to YouTube Premium... Read more...
New NVIDIA job postings that explicitly reference Vulkan performance and compatibility layer work on Linux might be a sign of a stronger push into the Linux gaming ecosystem, catching the eye of developers and Linux gaming communities... Read more...
Today in San Francisco, Samsung unveiled its latest Galaxy smartphones. For 2026, the lineup consists of the Galaxy S26 Ultra ($1299), Galaxy S26+ ($1099), and Galaxy S26 ($899) all of which receive incremental updates. The company also... Read more...
GM's 2026 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 ran rings around the competition at Car and Driver's Lightning Lap at the Virginia International Raceway, clocking a 2:34.2 lap time to become the fastest production car in the publication's history. The... Read more...
If you've been waiting for LG to release its bodacious 52-inch UltraGear Evo G9 gaming monitor, then we have good news to share. After being announced in December just ahead of CES, this monstrous display is now available to preorder, just... Read more...
The ground at Kennedy Space Center began to hum yesterday evening as the crawler-transporter lurched into motion, beginning the slow, four-mile journey to return the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to the... Read more...
Faster storage is en route to future high-end smartphones and other mobile devices, and it's coming in the form of UFS 5.0 chips based on the next-generation of Unified Flash Storage protocol. JEDEC is still in the process of standardizing... Read more...
TECNO has peered into the future and now believes that modular smartphones are the way to go. Previewed ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) show next week, TECNO has revived a modular concept ecosystem where ones like Google’s Project... Read more...
Is your mouse pointer inexplicably pulling a disappearing act whenever you hover over Outlook? Don't bother troubleshooting your PC as it turns out that this quirky phenomenon is a known issue. According to Microsoft, it only affects the... Read more...
The team at Discord introduced some discord to our newsroom today. First, a company representative sent us a statement requiring us to update a previous article on its "Teen-By-Default" policy, and then it turned around and dropped a new... Read more...
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