LOTRO’s new progression servers grapple with wraith frequency and character rollbacks
It’s been a wild and wooly first week for Lord of the Rings Online’s latest progression servers, NA’s Angmar and EU’s Mordor, and while the...
Here’s Every Intel 14th/13th Gen CPU With An Extended Warranty, What To Do If RMA Is Denied
In the ongoing CPU saga related to stability issues with Intel’s 13th Gen and 14th Gen Core processors, the Santa Clara chip maker has posted additional guidance on its warranty extension for affected models. One of the key details of the new guidance is that the two-year extension now explicitly covers OEM and tray processors, not just retail
Tarisland unlocks its epic spider boss for extreme squishing
Following a patch last week that gave players a helping hand through the Arcane Realm floor challenge, Tarisland opened the doors of a new Spider...
Our favorite five-star Fractal Design North PC case hits an all-time low of $109
A combination of wood and metal with a kind of 70’s aesthetic would let this case not look out of place in any living room. Fractal’s Design North PC case is now only $109, an all-time low.
Power On The Moon? A Giant Tower Could Light The Way For NASA Astronauts
Space company Honeybee has proposed a 100 meter tall tower that will potentially light the path for future NASA Artemis astronauts on the moon. The LUNARSABER (Lunar Utility Navigation with Advanced Remote Sensing and Autonomous Beaming for Energy Redistribution) tower is a deployable structure that integrates solar power, communications,
Micron announces industry first PCIe Gen6 SSD, claims 26GB/s transfer speed
Micron has announced the development of the industry’s first PCIe Gen6 SSD. Claimed to be capable of ‘sequential read bandwidths of over 26GB/s,’ the new SSDs are being made available to data center operating partners.
Japanese scientists develop simplified EUV scanner that can make production of chips considerably cheaper
Professor Tsumoru Shintake of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology has proposed an all-new and greatly simplified EUV lithography tool that is cheaper than those developed and made by ASML. If the device hits mass production, it could reshape the chipmaking equipment industry.
The Daily Grind: What MMO should Daybreak buy next?
One of the surprise news bits out of July was the announcement that EG7-owned Daybreak – which had just been scrambling for cash, to the...
Patriot Viper VP4300 Lite 4TB SSD review: Capacity at a cost
The Patriot Viper VP4300 Lite is a popular budget drive, but the 4TB version leaves us disappointed by its swap to QLC flash. It still performs pretty well where it counts, but can suffer with sustained workloads and when mostly full.
Intel releases extended warranty details for 13th and 14th-gen chips, list includes Core i5, i7, and i9 processors
Intel releases a list detailing the 22 processors from the 13th- and 14th-Gen Intel Core families that will get an extra two years of warranty.