Vague Patch Notes: The struggle of expansions against MMO identity
I do not play Lord of the Rings Online, so I get a lot of my sense of what the game is up to from reading...
Intel reportedly adding two new 22-core SKUs with game-boosting cache to Nova Lake-S lineup — 125W unlocked and 65W locked part rumored to be part of single-tile Core Ultra 5 tier
Intel is apparently cooking up two new 22-core Nova Lake-S SKUs with up to 144MB of bLLC. One is a locked 65W variant and one is an unlocked 125W part, and both are said to be part of the Core Ultra 5 tier.
Elder Scrolls Online’s new Thieves Guild content releases next week with season one
If you’re not a big “seasons” kind of person, then next week’s Elder Scrolls Online release may not seem to be your cup of tea....
iPhone 18 Pro Max Leak Points To Apple’s Biggest Battery Ever
Apple’s next Pro-model iPhone could end up having the biggest battery ever released in an iPhone, surpassing even the 5,088mAh capacity unit in the eSIM-only version of the iPhone 17 Pro Max. According to a fresh round of rumors, the iPhone 18 Pro Max in nano SIM form could bump that up to 5,235mAh, while the battery in the eSIM-only version
Apple Defends Scraping YouTube Videos For AI Training In Copyright Case
Apple is pushing back against a class-action lawsuit from several YouTube creators who claim the company unlawfully scraped their videos to help train AI models. The case is another entry in the fast-growing legal pileup over generative AI training data, where tech giants keep arguing that public web content is fair game, while creators increasingly
EverQuest II’s Jenn Chan teases personas, GU132 Revelations of Malice, and the 2026 expansion
With Classic EverQuest’s producer letter banked, Daybreak head of studio Jenn Chan is back to dazzle EverQuest II players. Unlike EverQuest, EQII isn’t getting another...
Intel confirms price hikes on select consumer and server CPUs citing supply costs and demand — select Xeon processors now over $1,000 more expensive
Intel confirms price increases for Core Ultra 200S Plus, Xeon 6 processors, cites market dynamics, rising costs, soaring demand.
Stars Reach says it’s reached a ‘pivotal moment’ in testing and requires a full wipe
Early game testing comes with a number of caveats, the most notable of which is that the developers may choose, for a variety of reasons,...
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s Signed Leather Jacket Could Fetch $60K At Auction
Sotheby’s is auctioning one of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s signature black leather jackets, and it even comes with his signature from what looks to be a gold-colored sharpie, making it even more of a collector’s item. The auction house estimates the leather jacket will bring in somewhere between $40,000 to $60,000. For reference, this style
Inside the history of DRAM price-fixing lawsuits — how HBM allocations could make a difference after two decades of failed cases
17 plaintiffs sued Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in late June.