Vague Patch Notes: Resenting structure and blaming guidance in MMOs
When I first starting playing Final Fantasy XI, I had no idea what I was doing, so I walked outside and I started killing bees. I...
Trump administration weighs expanding chip tariffs to laptops, consoles, and servers, report claims — January’s data center exemptions may be scrapped
The Trump administration is weighing a second round of semiconductor tariffs that would extend duties beyond chips to products built with them.
Meta To Mute Notifications During School Hours In $18 Billion Teen Addiction Settlement
Meta has agreed to a settlement of up $18 billion to resolve allegations across the U.S. that it intentionally engineered Facebook and Instagram to addict children.
The agreement resolves litigation brought by a bipartisan coalition of nearly every state attorney general in the country. State prosecutors alleged that Meta deployed compulsive
Guild Wars 3’s Asura are taller and furrier than their Guild Wars 2 descendants – but just as quirky
I really hope you guys like creepy lil guys with creepy lil teeth because today’s Guild Wars 3 blog reveal is all about the Asura...
Hot Chips 2026: Cerebras lays out the future of wafer-scale AI — Nexus system architecture triples rack-scale performance, CS-6 wafer to incorporate stacked DRAM
At Hot Chips 2026, Cerebras revealed the next two generations of its wafer-scale accelerator roadmap. It also discussed the benefits of its new Nexus rack design for the CS-4 rack-scale accelerator and the performance of the three WS-3T wafer-scale engines contained within.
Glass substrate roadmaps examined — Absolics in final qualification and a first product that keeps slipping
Glass-core substrates, the replacement for organic chip packaging that Intel promised in September 2023, are now in final qualification but still not in a single commercial product
Nvidia expects to sell $20 billion of Vera Rubin systems in Q3 as shipments begin — figure would account for 20% of its data center revenue mix, marks fastest ramp in company history
Nvidia expects Vera Rubin to become its fastest-ramping data center AI platform as it projects sales of Vera Rubin hardware to hit 20% of data center revenue in its third fiscal quarter.
Palia players grumble over a storage chest expansion silently added to the cash shop in latest patch
Generally speaking, Palia players are a pretty chill lot, and the recently added Petals & Portraits update seemed to bring no reason for that to change as...
Samsung’s new Odyssey G6 monitor hits a ridiculous 1,100Hz refresh rate at 720p — displays each frame for less than a millisecond
Ironically, the display with the four-digit refresh rate is actually the bottom of the display stack Samsung is showing off at Gamescom 2026.
Best Buy Deals Chop Up To $750 Off AMD & Intel RTX 5080 Gaming PCs
If you are shopping for a high-end gaming desktop kitted with a higher-end NVIDIA graphics card, then take note that Best Buy has rolled out big discounts on a pair of systems built around the GeForce RTX 5080. Whether you lean toward Team Red or Team Blue for your processor, both options slash over $500 off the MSRP.
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