FFXIV Fan Festival Tokyo: What To Expect Online, And When
Your quick but comprehensive guide to FanFest online. Go to Source Author: Victoria Rose
Accessory manufacturer resurrects Microsoft’s peripherals — licensing deal allows Incase to make Microsoft-branded keyboards, mice, and other accessories
Parent Company Onward Brands which owns an accessory brand ‘Incase’ signed an exclusive deal to manufacture Microsoft-designed peripherals including keyboards, mice, headsets and speakers.
Ryzen CPU bug crashes PCs using Firewire devices — old school interface causes new school problems on Linux PCs, but a fix is on the way
A strange Linux bug would crash the system for Ryzen CPU owners that use Firewire devices.
The Game Archaeologist: The Sims Bustin’ Out, the online Sims game nobody remembers
Many gamers who complete that Venn diagram of being fans of both MMOs and The Sims no doubt will be familiar with the tragically unfulfilled...
Nvidia’s RTX 40 Super GPUs might perform close to Ti models — RTX 4070 Super is just 5% slower than RTX 4070 Ti in Geekbench 6 benchmark
Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 4070 Super was tested in Geekbench 6’s OpenCL test and found to be just 5% slower than the RTX 4070 Ti and 14% quicker than the RTX 4070.
AVX-512 is a gamechanger on Intel Emerald Rapids CPU — 5th Gen Xeon runs twice as fast on average with slightly higher power consumption
A review details how much faster Intel’s 5th Generation Xeon Emerald Rapids processors are with AVX-512; in some cases, performance is over ten times higher.
WRUP: Last WRUP and testament edition
I, Eliot Lefebvre, being exceedingly depressed for so many very valid reasons and a couple of wholly speculative ones which sort of torpedoes “sound mind”...
Lord of the Rings Online readies Ill Omens event, Update 39, and 2024 roadmap
After the holiday break, Lord of the Rings Online’s team is revving up for another year in Middle-earth. In this past Friday’s studio livestream, SSG...
And So It Begins, Google Starts Phasing Out Cookies In Chrome
For millions of Chrome browser users, third-party tracking cookies are no longer part of the deal while surfing the internet. That’s because Google has finally begun implementing its plan to phase out third-party cookies, albeit initially for a small fraction of Chrome users—just 1%. While that may seem like a minuscule figure, it equates
Mickey Mouse and Darth Vader Smoking Pot: AI Image Generators Play Fast and Loose with Copyrighted Characters
I tested six leading AI image generators to see how they handle requests to draw copyrighted characters, including asking for those characters to do inappropriate things.