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In case you missed it, NVIDIA recently began a hard push to get its slick app replacement for GeForce Experience onto more PCs. Simply called 'NVIDIA App', it exited beta and launched in polished form to the public just over four weeks ago. Be that as it may, the NVIDIA App may still need a little more polish, as... Read more...
As we approach CES 2025 in January, the hype for NVIDIA's next generation GPUs are starting to build. NVIDIA even has a hype meter for the highly-anticipated GeForce RTX 50 series product launch, which we've yet to see many details of. That's where the rumor mill comes into play, and what one recent rumor suggests is... Read more...
As more Arm-based solutions make headway into a PC market that's traditionally been dominated by x86 solutions, it's understandable that Intel, the largest player in the x86 chip space, might feel a little nervous. But is there anything to truly feel nervous about? That depends on who you ask, as key figures from both... Read more...
A new study that analyzed 9,855 American children first at ages 9-10, and then again two years later, has unusually taken great pains to account for both genetic differences in intelligence as well as the effects of socioeconomic status. Wealthier people are typically healthier and more educated, which leads them to... Read more...
FromSoftware’s Elden Ring isn’t just racking up yearly game awards for the company, it’s also hauling in serious cash with impressive sales numbers. Bandai Namco, the game’s publisher, has announced that Elden Ring has sold 28.6 million copies as of September 2024. With a fresh surge in sales thanks to the Shadow of... Read more...
A new research has revealed that sun-like stars in our galaxy experience one violent "superflare" approximately once every hundred years—far more often that scientists previously thought. With that, many believe that the Sun in our solar system is overdue for such a superflare, especially since the last one was back... Read more...
Well, it finally happened. The infamous cryptocurrency transaction involving 10,000 Bitcoins for a pair of Papa John's pizzas back on May 22, 2010 has surpassed the $1 billion mark. It reached that mark when Bitcoin breached the $100,000 mark, and at the time of this writing, it's trading at over $106,000 for a new... Read more...
Google may be moving away from Exynos 5G modems beginning with the Pixel 10, according to a source from within Mountain View. At the moment, MediaTek's T900 seems to be the pick of the bunch to perhaps bring some stability to Google's troubled modem past while also bringing support for the 3GPP Release 17 5G... Read more...
Astro Bot has taken the gaming world by storm, clinching a much-deserved victory as game of the year for the 2024 Video Game Awards. Other titles also did well, notably Black Myth: Wukong, which has proven very popular with gamers.  The Game Science CEO shared his feelings on Weibo recently, concerning the 2024... Read more...
The rollout of Apple Intelligence has been less than stellar, with many of the features Apple promised not becoming available until well after the release of iOS 18. Now that some of these features are finally trickling out to users, the performance of Apple Intelligence is under fire. With the summary notification... Read more...
For various reasons, Apple is known to take its time in adopting new features, technologies, and form factors. Remember how long it took for Apple to release a larger iPhone? And we're still waiting for Macs to have touchscreen displays. It's no surprise, then, that Apple hasn't released a device with a foldable... Read more...
It's hard to believe but we're already halfway through December, and almost finished with the 2024 calendar year as a whole. That means we're ever-so-close to the launch of NVIDIA's next-generation GeForce RTX 50 series based on Blackwell. The closer we get, the more leaks and rumors are swirling, the latest of which... Read more...
Companies like OpenAI continue to push the boundaries with large language (LLM) models in its pursuit of the holy grail of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Meanwhile, Microsoft is taking a different track by continually improving its more efficient small language models (SLM). The company’s newest SML, Phi-4, is... Read more...
As more and more sites and services have required login accounts, users have become overwhelmed with having to juggle so many passwords. This typically leads to users making poor choices, such as reusing passwords or passwords that are too simple and inherently unsecure. The situation has improved slightly with... Read more...
Dbrand, the accessories maker famous for its cheeky marketing, has potentially spilled the beans on one of the most hotly anticipated gaming devices, the Nintendo Switch 2. Known for crafting cases and skins for phones as well as gaming devices like the Steam Deck and the original Switch, Dbrand has now unveiled a new... Read more...
A new report from Italian tech news site DDAY.it suggests that the HDMI Licensing Authority (HDMI LA) is preparing to announce HDMI 2.2 at CES 2025 in Las Vegas. According to the site, the reveal is scheduled for January 6th, and the updated specification promises a substantial boost in bandwidth and capabilities... Read more...
Team Green seems to be saying "alright, everyone else has had their fun; time to get hyped for new GeForce cards." NVIDIA is pulling out all the stops to promote the launch of what are assuredly its next-generation graphics cards with a full-on hype campaign featuring a live hype meter running 24/7 on Twitch. The... Read more...
Apple has long been working on its own modems that will potentially enable it to move away from those made by Qualcomm. However, it seems as if this isn’t the only manufacturer the company is looking to part ways with. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has been at work designing in-house WiFi and Bluetooth... Read more...
The Game Awards was chock full of new game announcements, including the latest project from famed development studio Naughty Dog. One of PlayStation’s crown jewels, the studio has been cooking up something special the last few years. Their new game is titled Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, which studio head Neil... Read more...
Hold on to your britches, because two tech giants have entered the wearable mixed reality headset space to take on the Meta Quests and Apple Vision Pros of the world. Google and Samsung have combined forces to bring a new headset that will try to change the game by 2025, bringing Gemini AI smarts and deep smartphone... Read more...
We're smack dab in the middle of the holiday season, and that means a steady diet of deals. That's great news for anyone who might have been too busy to shop on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, and/or anyone looking to score some last minute bargains in time for Christmas. There are plenty of electronics on sale as... Read more...
Samsung's fantastic The Premiere 8K projector has just received the world's first 8K Association (8KA) certification after being deemed worthy in areas like resolution, brightness, contrast, color gamut, HDR, and 8K upscaling capabilities, as well as audio. Does this certification also mean that the projector may... Read more...
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