Wi-Fi 7 promises made, but not kept — the mysteries of MLO and AFC, and looking toward Wi-Fi 8
Wi-Fi 7 has been a mess of unfulfilled promises and fragmentation, and Wi-Fi 8 doesn’t seem like it will bring any further clarity
AMD Surges To 36% Desktop CPU Share To Chip Away At Intel’s Big Lead
AMD continues to make strides in chipping away at Intel’s dominant market share lead in the x86 CPU space. According to the latest data from Mercury Research, total x86 processor shipments for the fourth quarter actually declined, which the market research firm highlighted as unusual, given that the highest sequential total unit growth of
Storyboard: What diegesis actually means in MMORPGs
Today’s article is brought to you by me, as I am very, very annoyed at the fact that RuneScape’s designers apparently do not know what...
Reserve Samsung’s Galaxy S26 For A Preorder Credit And Chance At $5,000
As Samsung is apt to do, it’s dangling a promotional incentive for anyone who makes a ‘reservation’ ahead of its next big Galaxy device unveiling. Samsung isn’t saying what exactly it plans to announce at its Galaxy Unpacked event next week, but unless all of the leaks and rumors have it wrong (very doubtful), we anticipate the Galaxy S26
U.S., Taiwan ink trade deal after months of talks — agreement cuts tariffs on Taiwanese goods to 15% in exchange for direct investments on U.S. tech sector, semiconductors still excluded
The U.S. and Taiwan finally signed a trade deal that saw the island get a lower 15% tariff on its goods compared to the previous 20%. In exchange for this, Taiwanese companies will invest $250 billion in the American tech industry, while Taipei will guarantee an additional $250 in loans, bringing the total invested amount to $500 billion.
Creature-capture survivalbox Guardians of the Wild Sky will demo at this month’s Steam NextFest
Blue Isle Studios is no stranger to multiplayer survival sandboxes, having focused on Citadel: Forged with Fire for a good part of the 2020s. Now,...
Forget The Upside Down, Astronomers Discover A Bizarre Inside-Out Planetary System
A team of international astronomers has announced the discovery of an “inside-out” planetary system that defies the established understanding of planetary patterns. The system features four planets orbiting around a faint red host star called LHS 1903: the innermost is rocky, the next two are gaseous, whereas oddly, the outermost one is rocky.
Cozy survivalbox Aloft has launched Gliders & Gales with improved gliding and building options
Last year was a big one for fans of airship-driven islands-in-the-sky sandboxes, and of all the ones that dropped, Aloft was my personal favorite. Now,...
Steam to add hardware specs to reviews — optional feature could help you dodge poorly optimized games
Steam revealed in its Client Beta patch notes that it will let users show the specifications of their hardware when leaving reviews. This should help other players considering a title see if the feedback was affected by the reviewer’s hardware, although Valve says that this feature remains optional.
Sony’s New WF-1000XM6 Earbuds Promise Elite ANC To Challenge AirPods Pro 3
Almost two years after the last one, Sony has launched the follow-up WF-1000XM6 earbuds that claim to up the ante on noise cancellation and audio fidelity. Meanwhile, the audio giant also announced a Sand Pink version of its WH-1000XM6 over-the-ear headphones.
With the WF-1000XM6, Sony is eager to reclaim the noise-canceling crown from