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In brief: Hardware photographer Fritzchens Fritz has partnered with YouTuber High Yield for an in-depth look at the 7nm Van Gogh APU found inside the LCD version of Valve’s Steam Deck handheld game console. The custom APU from AMD consists of a four-core / eight-thread Zen 2 chip, an RDNA 2-based GPU with eight compute […]

In context: Folon Team is a group of Fallout 4 modders who have been working on a “Fallout: London” project for several years. The small independent studio has struggled to keep its schedule but finally has a release date for next year. The latest developer update reveals that it should be worth the wait. The

Forward-looking: Numerous companies have spent several years trying to fulfill the long-dreamed promise of flying cars. Significant challenges remain, but developments in the sector sped up significantly throughout 2023. Multiple proposals have outlined flying taxi services that could appear in major cities over the next two years. Recent milestones could put a nascent industry on

In a nutshell: NASA recently tested a scale mockup of an elevator designed to help astronauts get from the lunar lander to the surface of the Moon. The Starship landing system will be used to transport two astronauts from the Orion spacecraft in orbit around the Moon to its surface. The landing module can support

What just happened? The mission to build a consumer AI device that is already being called the “iPhone of artificial intelligence” has taken another step closer to reality. Joining what is starting to look like an Avengers-of-tech team is Apple executive Tang Tan, the lead designer of the iPhone and Apple Watch. It was reported

In brief: The global PC market is set to rebound in 2024 following a significant slump the past couple of years. According to International Data Corporation’s Worldwide Quarterly PC Device Tracker, PC shipments reached 68.5 million units in the third quarter. That is down 7.2 percent compared to the same quarter a year earlier but

The big picture: Despite ongoing efforts by Meta, Valve, Apple, Sony, and Samsung, virtual reality and mixed reality have struggled to achieve mainstream acceptance. Now, Microsoft has given up on the technology. Anyone considering using Windows Mixed Reality should download the required software now while it remains available. Windows Mixed Reality recently entered Microsoft’s list

In context: Repairing a Windows install is a chore we all dread. Aside from the “my computer is all f*ed up” factor, the recovery process is time-consuming, potentially tying up your PC for hours. Microsoft hopes to alleviate the stress of reinstalling or recovering your system with a new tool that leverages Windows Update to

Why it matters: A Silicon Valley aviation company recently completed a successful flight of a Cessna 208B Caravan cargo plane autonomously. The historic flight took place on November 21 but flew under the radar until now. The pilotless system, a creation of Reliable Robots, was retrofitted to a plane that took off from Hollister Municipal

In brief: Great news for fans of Blizzard games who live in China. After the US giant’s failure to renew licensing agreements with local partner NetEase in January, a number of its titles went offline in the Asian nation. But reports say that Blizzard has reached a new deal with NetEase that will see China-based