Free Steam demo runs up $1,000 daily AI bill and forces devs to take out bank loan
Easy Fox were surprised by the number of users and didn’t expect that the demo’s popularity would cause its AI expenses to go that high.
Amazon Extinguishes Fire Tablets With New Android Alexa Models Supporting Google Play
Amazon is pulling the plug on its Fire branding for its latest tablet refresh, and instead is leaning hard into Alexa. As such, the mega online retailer announced a new Amazon Alexa Tablet lineup that includes the Alexa Tablet 12 Pro with two display options somewhat akin to Apple’s iPad Pro, the Alexa Tablet 11, and the Alexa Tablet 8.
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Nvidia reportedly halts GeForce RTX 5090 production in favor of AI data center and professional GPUs
Nvidia reportedly discontinues GeForce RTX 5090-series products leaving GB202 for data center and professional graphics boards. GeForce RTX 5080 24 GB rumored to become de-facto flagship from the green camp for a while.
Crazed modder straps 360mm AIO radiator to laptop, cuts temps to below 40 degrees
PC modder TrashBench attached a 360mm radiator and custom cooling to a laptop and gained up to 14% in performance at the cost of the definition of a laptop.
AnyPS5 project reaches critical GPU milestone in race to enable running PS5 games natively on PC
The open-source AnyPS5 project has reached 100% GPU shader instruction coverage.
World’s first 3D-printed remote control aircraft with a jet turbine takes flight, aims for Mach 0.8 to beat world record for fastest model aircraft
Team of graduates attempts to beat Guiness World Record for fastest jet-powered model aircraft using PETG and clever engineering.
Ukrainian drones strike largest data center in Russia, multiple parts of 1.4 million square foot campus knocked offline
Following a Ukrainian drone strike on a D.C. in Sasovo, Russia, a Yandex facility in Kaluga has suffered a similar fate with multiple modules completely out of service.
Gigabyte Reveals Intel’s Strategy To Survive The Memory Crunch In 2027
Are you excited for the new Intel desktop CPUs? No, not Nova Lake; I’m talking about the upcoming Raptor Lake Re-Refresh chips. We’ve known about these parts for a while, but Intel hadn’t officially announced anything, and still hasn’t. Instead, it’s Gigabyte who has revealed that Intel will be bringing new CPUs to the middle-aged LGA 1700
AnyPS5 Hits 100% GPU Shader Coverage For Playing PS5 Games On PC
AnyPS5, a Proton-inspired, open-source translation layer for porting PlayStation 5 games to PC has developed rapidly in the last couple of weeks since it was initially announced. In fact, the AnyPS5 project has already acheived 100% coverage of the PlayStation 5’s GPU shader instructions, meaning they should all work properly when translated
Call It A Comeback: Atari 800XL Returns For Glorious Retro PC Gaming
The retro revival, which has seen classic gaming hardware get revitalized with modern design touches and technology, shows no signs of slowing down. The latest entry is the Atari 800XL, and while it might not be as well-known as the Atari 2600 or systems like the Commodore 64, it had plenty of fans when it originally launched back in 1983.