PC CPU Shipments See Steepest Decline in 30 Years
While x86 processor sales trends have seen their worst inflexion in history, a lot of the blame here may be in inventory adjustments, not simply the cooling of demand.
Dune Awakening posts a skimpy informational video, promises details on next beta ‘in the coming months’
Dune: Awakening appears to be in no hurry to tell anyone about itself. Funcom has offered up a 31-second video for the developing survival sandbox...
Modular Laptop Maker Framework Now Sells A 2TB SSD Upgrade For Your Steam Deck
Framework has ambitious plans to revolutionize the laptop market by selling a modular notebook for easy DIY repairs and upgrades that extend way beyond just the usual bits (storage, RAM, and Wi-Fi cards). However, it also jumped at the opportunity to offer Steam Deck owners a viable storage upgrade by securing a batch of 2TB Western Digital
2.5 Geeks: Mobile GeForce RTX 4090, Intel 13th Gen Mobile, Galaxy S23, OnePlus 11
In our latest episode of 2.5 Geeks, we cover big launch tech from the desktop, laptops, and smartphones! NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4090 mobile is here, along with Intel Raptor Lake 13th Gen Core mobile, Samsung’s Galaxy S23 series and the OnePlus 11 5G, plus a quick sidetrack to talk about a beautiful new desktop system from Maingear.
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WoW Factor: Blizzard’s latest earnings report was mixed news for World of Warcraft
On one level, the most interesting thing that came out of the most recent earnings call for Activision-Blizzard was how much stuff the company stayed...
World of Warcraft’s Chris Metzen: ‘I don’t think I’d ever make video games anywhere else than Blizzard’
Just before Christmas, Chris Metzen – who’d retired as Senior Vice President of Story and Franchise Development for Blizzard back in 2016 – rejoined the...
AMD Steals More Of Intel’s Lunch Money By Increasing CPU Market Share To Over 30%
AMD is now within striking distance of claiming a third of the CPU market, as the company benefited from inventory corrections and price increases by rival Intel, according to the latest data from Mercury Research. The gain in share also came as the processor market as a whole suffered the largest quarterly and annual declines in the market
WFH Focused Minisforum MC560 PC Gets A Spec Bump And Discount As Preorders Open
Hong Kong-based mini PC maker Minisforum has put its smart-speaker styled MC560 up for pre-sale. The firm is pitching the work from home market targeted video-conferencing friendly device at an attractive discount, for now, and also revealed that it has implemented a (slight) spec bump in the final shipping version of the hardware.
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EVE Online leverages its PLEX for Good charitable drive to aid earthquake victims in Turkiye and Syria
The list of MMO companies coming to the aid of those in Turkiye and Syria who were devastated by earthquakes earlier this week has grown...
Activision-Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick says Sony won’t return his phone calls
Bobby Kotick and the Activision-Blizzard board have shied away from investor calls for the last year as the Microsoft buyout looms, but that hasn’t stopped...