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Apple's Vision Pro headset has had an interesting trajectory since its launch, and not necessarily for the better. As someone who owned it early, it was certainly an intriguing experience. First, let me give it credit where credit is due. The way that it presents its interpretation of the world to the user has some...
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We're still holding out hope that Intel will continue its foray into discrete graphics and become a bigger challenger to stalwarts AMD and NVIDIA. Everything is up in the air with a change in leadership at the top. If you're looking for a positive development in Intel's discrete GPU plans, however, just head over to X...
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One of the best PC gaming handhelds on the market right now is MSI's Claw 8 AI+ (see our recent review), a premium device built around a large and vibrant 8-inch display (with variable refresh rate or VRR support) powered by Intel's Lunar Lake platform. If you're not a fan of the sandstone colorway, however, MSI has...
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If you asked us what we would want out of an upgraded Arc B-series ("Battlemage") GPU, it probably wouldn't have been "more video RAM," but that's because we're primarily gamers, not primarily AI researchers. The B580's 12GB of video RAM is more than sufficient for its needs as an entry-level gaming GPU, yet it's...
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If you have a need for blazing-fast speed AND the kind of premium image quality that only OLED displays can deliver, then Samsung has some good news. It's new Odyssey OLED G6 (G60SF) display with a blistering 500Hz refresh rate has officially arrived, at least in preorder form, with a retail release (and shipments)...
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Hive Systems has released the 2025 edition of its password crack time estimate table, and it's a doozy. Among many other findings, the company's researchers calculated that all random passwords around 8 characters in length are easily brute-forced with only consumer-grade hardware.
Hive Systems used only 12 RTX...
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Intel's Arc Battlemage GPU is going Pro this month. The Santa Clara chip maker confirmed as much in a post on X, though it stopped short of offering up any concrete specifications or other details, such as availability and pricing. All will be revealed at the Computex event in Taipei, which runs from Monday, May 29...
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We're going to cover several separate stories all in this one post, so buckle up kids, because there's a whole bunch of news here. Microsoft's Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox, has spoken on record several times about his intent to create an Xbox handheld. More recently, rumors flew that Microsoft was collaborating with...
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AMD just delivered its biggest Q1 earnings in the history of the company, with revenue increasing 36% year-over-year to $7.44 billion. Even more impressive, AMD's net income tallied $709 billion, for an impressive 47% sequential gain and a mind-boggling 476% jump year-over-year. At this point, AMD is pretty much...
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Doubters be damned, Intel's third-generation Arc Celestial GPUs are absolutely on the way. Not any time soon, mind you, but they're coming for sure. Intel Fellow and friend of the site Tom "TAP" Petersen told PC World back in December that design work for the Xe3-based third-generation Arc discrete GPU was done and...
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Life's Good with an OLED display, and soon enough it might be better still. LG Display has announced a mass commercialization breakthrough and will soon fire-up its "Dream OLED" display production lines.
LG Display calls the upgraded form Hybrid Tandem OLED, describing the way in which its researchers stacked two...
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The impending release of Grand Theft Auto VI, which could potentially make or break the gaming industry, is causing many publishers to shuffle upcoming games out of the way of Rockstar's upcoming magnum opus. 2K Games seemed to be attempting just that as it moved up the release date for Borderlands 4notably, both 2K...
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We "know" a lot about Intel's upcoming Panther Lake processors, but much of the information that we had came from leakers, not from any official source. Leakers are, understandably, loathe to share their sources. Well, a few critical pieces of information about Intel's Panther Lake processors just got confirmed...
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Patch Tuesday, is sometimes a love hate sort of thing. It's a safe bet that most Windows Home or Pro users hate having to reboot it every time there's a hangnail that needs fixing. Regardless, those days are coming to an end, thanks to upcoming availability of in-memory hot-patching, as long as you're running Windows Server, which is obviously
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There have been some solid games released so far this year, but all eyes in the gaming world, from zealous fans to industry analysts, are still squarely focused on Grand Theft Auto VI. Development studio Rockstar has been steadfast in that it will be getting the game out the door sometime in 2025. However, a former...
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The Venn diagram of "quirky input hardware fans" and "retro gaming enthusiasts" is nearly a circle, so we're rock-solid confident that you will find this new mouse colorway from 8BitDo quite tantalizing indeed. The Retro R8 mouse isn't a new product, and the extant pointing device is already well-regarded, but now the...
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Nothing's upcoming Phone (3) could well be getting some love in the United States, assuming Nothing CEO Carl Pei is to be believed. When someone on X asked Pei if the new phone will be sold in the U.S. outside of the Nothing Beta program, the Chinese-Swedish entrepreneur simply said: "100%!" The new device is expected...
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The next time you hit up the C8 Corvette configurator, you'll notice that General Motors has thrown in a couple of hot new colors while taking away another couple at the same time. Say hello to Rosswell Green Metallic and Blade Silver Metallic, as well as say adios to Sea Wolf Gray and the beloved Rapid Blue Metallic...
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The hype around Grand Theft Auto VI continues to reach absurd new heights, as the game's one and only trailer has now smashed past 250 million views on YouTube, alongside over 1 million comments. For a relatively short teaser with no real gameplay footage, those numbers are basically unheard-of, and just further proof...
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Summer is right around the corner, but if you want to get a head start on the back-to-school shopping seasonor are just looking for a solid deal on an Apple-brand laptopthen we have good news. There are some great deals to be had on Apple's MacBooks right now, including models sporting its latest-generation M4...
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Intel continues to embark on a major turnaround effort that began under the guidance of former CEO Pat Gelsinger and is now the responsibility of his recently appointed replacement, Lip-Bu Tan. It will take some time to assess Tan's performance as head of Intel. In the meantime, Intel posted financial results for the...
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AMD confirmed it will be hosting a press conference at this year's Computex event in Taipei. It will be a livestreamed affair, so you can tune in and watch in real time. Why would you want to? On its Computex landing page, AMD hints at there being a "key" gaming product announcement at the event, which could mean...
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