Final Fantasy XIV previews patch 7.5, Trail to the Heavens, arriving on April 28
The next Final Fantasy XIV update arrives on April 28th, and it might be a bit easy to miss the forest for the trees. Or at...
Iran conflict delays Meta’s 2Africa undersea cable project — cable layer declares force majeure, says it can no longer safely operate in the Persian Gulf
Meta is delaying work on the Pearls section of its Africa2 network after its contracted cable-layer, Alcatel Submarine Networks, declared force majeure due to the risk of getting hit during the Iran conflict.
Marvel Heroes emu Project T.A.H.I.T.I. dates 1.0 release for March 20, preps a stress test this weekend
We’ve kept an occasional eye on the efforts of Project T.A.H.I.T.I., an emulator of the MMOARPG Marvel Heroes, for some time now, and when we last checked...
China’s ByteDance to access 36,000 Blackwell GPU cluster through Malaysia cloud operator — Nvidia confirms no objections, deal is in line with US export controls
Nvidia says it is permissible for ByteDance to use AI clusters outside of China to develop its AI prowess as long as these clusters are built in compliance with the U.S. export controls.
11-month old Russian outfit claims it has developed 16-core and 32-core processors, flaunts Cyrillic-badged processors — chips appear to be sanctions-swerving rebadged Chinese Loongson processors
Russia-based Tramplin Electronics obtains samples of Loongson’s LS3C6000 processors with Cyrillic inscriptions, claims these are its own CPUs.
Save over £40 on the latest SteelSeries Arctis Nova Elite audiophile-grade headset — world’s first Hi-Res audio certified wireless gaming headset
SteelSeries’ Elite Arctis Nova wireless gaming headset is discounted by over £40. This audiophile-grade headset features the world’s first Hi-Res audio certification in a wireless gaming headset.
Grab this £59.99 TP-Link wireless router with Wi-Fi 7 support at its lowest ever price — 31% discount unlocks faster connections for lag-free streaming and gaming
Score a 31% discount on this TP-Link Archer BE3600 router, offering Wi-Fi 7 capability to your existing LAN for just £59.99
Get $399 of Corsair Vengeance RAM essentially free with a Ryzen 7 9850X3D and high-end X870E motherboard — Newegg bundle saves you $436 on the core of an overclockable AM5 build
Score on a great combo deal with AMD’s Ryzen 7 9850X3D, Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Apex, 32GB Corsair DDR5-6400 RAM for $1,187.99 – it’s $436 off retail, effectively making the RAM free.
The Daily Grind: What MMO and multiplayer IPs are going ‘underutilized’?
Back in February, Blizzard’s Holly Longdale said the quiet part out loud when she declared that the Warcraft IP is being “underutilized.” Maybe you could...
How to protect yourself from bad external SSDs during the PC hardware apocalypse – newer drives will definitely cost more, and some may offer up shockingly poor performance
If you’re shopping for a new external SSD, you might want to buy a drive soon, and something that was released before the AI demand seemingly gobbled up all the good flash.