The Daily Grind: Do you believe MMORPG studios astroturf or fake interest in their games?
Back in October, there was a particularly provocative thread on the MMORPG subreddit. I know, that’s just a day that ends in Y. And it...
New World’s first maintenance mode patch literally fixes the ‘flip table’ emote surely for unrelated reasons
Well, Amazon said no new content, but the devs would’ve been working on enhancements to Nightfall before they were fired, and now we have New...
YouTube TV Fumbles ESPN, ABC & Disney After Price Hike, Offers Lame $20 Apology
For the time being, millions of YouTube TV subscribers are no longer able to access Disney-owned channels, including ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, National Geographic, FX, and a whole bunch more. The timing couldn’t be worse, either, with various professional and college sports seasons now in full swing. This effectively means that YouTube TV subscribers
AMD decision to put RDNA 2 GPUs in maintenance mode could spell trouble for handheld gaming systems including ROG Xbox Ally — company backtracks on RX 7900 series USB-C functionality, but not on RDNA 2 support
AMD ended mainstream driver support for its RDNA 1 and 2 GPUs in a new update that sought to focus on the RX 7000 and 9000 series for day-one optimizations for new releases. This could mean trouble for handhelds that rely on tuning to achieve their full potential on Windows, and without AMD’s driver to back them up, they might be left high and dry.
Mini PC maker Minisforum to hike prices on all models with SSDs and DRAM, cites ‘significant increase in our overall costs’ — barebones models not affected, suggesting change caused by memory chip shortages
Minisforum is increasing the prices of its items that come with DDR5 memory and SSDs, although the cost of barebones products remains unchanged.
Veteran Windows insider creates Windows 7 install measuring just 69MB in size — system boots, but has been pruned so severely ‘virtually nothing can run’ for now
A bootable Windows 7 install that consumes a mere 69MB of disk space has been shared online. However, it isn’t a very practical release, right now.
Bolt Graphics brings its RISC-V graphics cards to Ubuntu Summit — Zeus path tracing GPUs target film and animation industry
Bolt Graphics sent its Graphics Engineering Director to the Ubuntu Summit 25.10 to speak on the software behind its promising Zeus GPU lineup. Set to come in 2026, the Zeus GPU will be a RISC-V powered path-tracing giant, perfect for animators and VFX artists.
Colorful claims new BIOSes deliver 15% FPS boost in Battlefield 6 through extra-tight memory timings — fresh update also has a new “Moore” UI
Colorful’s new BIOSes can get you a 15% FPS boost in BF6
Strix Halo Radeon 8060S iGPU benchmarked in games, delivers butter-smooth 1080p performance —AMD’s AI-focused Ryzen AI Max 395+ APU also excels at gaming
YouTuber tests AMD’s flagship Ryzen AI Max 395+ APU in several games, and is astonished at the chip’s gaming chops. Integrated 8060S iGPU delivers solid 60 FPS 1080p gaming performance in almost all titles tested.
Taiwan increases penalty for damaging undersea cables amid increased suspected sabotage attempts — offenders face up to 7 years in prison and $325,000 in fines
It would also require vessels to have automatic identification systems and make the undersea infrastructure easier to find with published mapping data.