Why it matters: For months, Nvidia and independent modders have been using RTX Remix to add path tracing to classic games. Now, everyone can test the complete toolchain, which should speed up the process significantly. New videos have revealed tantalizing progress in classics like Max Payne, older Call of Duty titles, Need for Speed, and […]
In a nutshell: Squeezing every bit of performance out of a PC – whether for sport or from a value position – is what overclocking is all about. Ramping up clock speeds, increasing voltage settings, and tightening memory timings are all common ways to make CPUs, GPUs, and memory run faster, but did you know
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What just happened? Intel’s next-gen Xeon CPUs, codenamed Granite Rapids, could come with a massive cache upgrade compared to their predecessors. While the high-end Emerald Rapids SKUs ship with up to 320MB of L3 cache, the leading Granite Rapids chips are said to offer a whopping 480MB of L3 cache. The news comes from tipster
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WTF?! A Fujitsu executive has admitted that bugs in its Horizon accounting software that mistakenly led to almost 1,000 UK Post Office workers being convicted for theft or fraud were known about by both businesses from the start. The scandal led to some workers being sent to prison and is linked to at least four
WTF?! While many companies are scrambling to incorporate AI elements into their website, they may want to pause for thought after it emerged this week that a major courier company’s customer service bot was easily baited into disparaging said company. An AI-chat bot for international parcel delivery company DPD has poetically called out the company,
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Why it matters: Palworld, a new Early Access survival title that let’s players tame and train Pokémon-like creatures, has topped the Steam Top Sellers chart, shifting 3 million copies in its first 40 hours. Time may tell, but currently it seems to be more than just hype, the game has already amassed over 29,000 reviews
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Rumor mill: If the rumors are true, Samsung is on track to meet its stated goal of beginning mass production of SF3 in the second half of this year. It will use the node to develop new product types and upgrade performance on the Galaxy Watch 7 later this year. Late last year Samsung announced
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In context: In recent years, the European Union has enacted a series of legislations to hold Big Tech companies accountable for their business practices and force them to implement more consumer-friendly policies, such as requiring USB-C in iPhones. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is one such regulation that aims to ensure fair and open digital
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Forward-looking: A recent Instagram post from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company’s plans to invest heavily in Nvidia hardware and other AI initiatives by the end of 2024. Zuckerberg outlined Meta’s intent to intensify efforts for an open-source artificial general intelligence capable of supporting everything from productivity and development to wearable technologies and AI-powered
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A hot potato: Steam’s next Early Access hit is an open-world survival crafting game like many others, except it features legally distinct Pokémon wielding machine guns. Initial impressions of Palworld are positive, with some describing it as the fully 3D Pokémon adventure that Nintendo hasn’t yet delivered. Palworld entered Early Access on Friday and immediately
Palworld is a smash hit with over 850,000 concurrent players on Steam, and counting Read More »