The Stream Team: Dinking around Dinkum
Although Massively OP’s MJ frequents a number of survival sandboxes, she can’t resist returning to Dinkum. Building up her outback paradise is relaxing and practically...
Nintendo Legend Takashi Tezuka Retires After 40 Years Shaping Mario, Zelda, and Yoshi
In a PDF on Personnel Changes quietly attached to Nintendo’s latest fiscal report, the retirement of one of its most prestigious directors, Takashi Tezuka, was announced. Takashi Tezuka is best known for his involvement in the Super Mario, Legend of Zelda, Yoshi, and Pikmin series at Nintendo. He was assistant director on the original Super
LOTRO Legendarium: Touring LOTRO’s new Rivendell Steadings housing
The year of our Hobbit 2016 was when premium housing first came to Lord of the Rings Online with the Cape of Belfalas homesteads. This...
Apple and Intel Reportedly Reach Landmark Deal to Manufacture iPhone and Mac Chips in the US
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple and Intel have reached a preliminary agreement under which Intel will manufacture some chips designed by Apple. According to the Journal, talks between the two companies have been ongoing for more than a year and intensified in recent months. The report does not specify which Apple products or
Camelot Unchained establishes its Steam early access page and introduces the Devout archetype
You would be forgiven for thinking that the opening of a Steam page for an upcoming MMORPG would be something to herald, but in the...
FCC reverses course, allows software updates for foreign-made drones and routers until 2029 — agency says blocking security patches could create cybersecurity risks
The FCC has extended waivers allowing certain covered foreign-produced drones, drone components, and routers to continue receiving software and firmware updates until at least 2029, citing cybersecurity and consumer protection concerns.
Maryland citizens slapped with $2 billion grid upgrade bill for out-of-state AI data centers — state complains to federal energy regulators, says additional cost breaks ‘ratepayer protection pledge’ promises
Maryland is complaining to the federal energy regulator about PJM’s plan to charge it $2 billion for grid upgrades that will mostly benefit data centers, especially as the state claims that the majority of these developments are being built in neighboring regions.
Testing Nvidia’s RTX Mega Geometry tech — VRAM-reducing tech a leap forward for path-traced rendering
We took Nvidia’s RTX Mega Geometry technology through a series of tests in Alan Wake 2 and the RTX Bonsai Diorama Demo to see how this tech reduces VRAM consumption and eliminates visual artifacts, thus helping pave the way to photorealistic real-time graphics.
WRUP: The context of this entry is that something very bad just happened to Guillaume edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about our favorite weird old...
Cloudflare cuts 20% of its jobs due to AI, and its stock takes a 19% spill — 1,100 jobs disappearing as company increased usage of AI sixfold over past months
Cloudflare cuts 20% of its jobs due to AI, and its stock takes a 19% spill. The company announced it will be cutting 1,100 jobs and has increased its usage of AI sixfold over the past few months.