WRUP: No joke edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about the first video game...
Ayaneo Konkr Fit 144Hz OLED Handheld With Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 Is Up For Preorder
Ayaneo is expanding its growing range of PC gaming handhelds by opening up preorder availability of its Konkr Kit, a premium handheld console with a 7-inch OLED display sporting a 1920×1080 resolution and fast 144Hz refresh rate, powered by a choice between AMD’s Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 (Gorgon Point) or Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point) processor.
Builder’s dream PC case vanished from stores, so they 3D printed a masterpiece and shared the design — SFF case benchmarked, recreated to fit new GeForce RTX 50-series GPU
Redditor u/AudiblyTacit shared their custom 3D-printed SFF case based on the Xikii FF04, equipped with an RTX 5070 Ti.
20-gigawatt Chinese microwave weapon touted as ‘Starlink’s worst nightmare’ by country’s media — portable 5-ton device can deliver full-minute destructive bursts
Scientists in China have developed an incredibly powerful microwave weapon capable of disrupting or damaging low-Earth orbit satellites.
Crypto disaster sends $44 billion in bitcoins to random users — exchange accidentally makes funds vanish thanks to a typo
Only 0.3% of cryptocurrency exchange transaction clients got rich as a result of a major error.
Asus ProArt PA32KCX 32-inch 8K professional monitor review: A reference for color, pixel density, and brightness
Asus leads the way with its reference standard ProArt PA32KCX. It’s an 8K 7680×4320 pixel Mini LED 32-inch professional monitor with 4,032 dimming zones, 1,200 nits peak brightness, and support for every major color spec.
Minisforum MS-02 Ultra mini workstation hands-on — can it replace my hulking desktop PC that is 11 times larger?
I wanted to see if the diminutive new Minisforum MS-02 Ultra could replace my very bulky but capable DIY desktop PC.
Nitrogen ransomware programmers lock themselves out of a payment — key management bug encrypts victims’ data forever
Bug in Nitrogen ransomware locks victims’ data way forever
The Daily Grind: If you could yeet one NPC out of your MMO, who would it be?
Oh, you naughty NPC. You know that nobody likes you, right? You’re a burr on the butt of this game, and everyone wishes that you...
Legendary Windows dev codes demos and games for ancient ‘War Games’ monitor — interfaces with the HP1345a vector display using an ESP32 microcontroller
The ancient HP1345a vector display is now usable with a PC to USB serial connection and code shared on GitHub.