Final Fantasy XIV delays its Crucible of the Unbroken rankings for a Beastmaster balance pass
The bright side of a limited job like Final Fantasy XIV’s Beastmaster is that it doesn’t need to be balanced against other jobs. But it does...
AI developer vibe codes DLSS 5 onto Intel CPU’s integrated graphics — Intel Arc 140T runs neural rendering in 360p at 10 frames per second
Using AI tools, a new developer has managed to get DLSS 5 neural rendering running on Intel Lunar Lake’s integrated Arc graphics, albeit with abysmal performance.
Modder gets Nvidia’s DLSS 5 working in a web browser using WebGPU — 147MB browser port runs on non-Nvidia GPUs and macOS but takes two seconds per render
A developer’s live WebGPU demo runs Nvidia’s DLSS 5 neural rendering in a web browser, but also apparently runs on macOS.
World of Warcraft Forever’s first day of beta sees massive queues, lag, bugs, and plenty of early opinions
We were pretty confident that the first day of beta for World of Warcraft Forever was going to be absolutely slammed, as were the devs at...
Microsoft director called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ while OpenAI head brands ChatGPT an ‘existential threat’ to publishers — revelations come from legal briefs filed in NYT lawsuit
The NYT filed a legal brief revealing potentially damaging statements from Microsoft and OpenAI regarding the copyright infringement case it brought against the two companies. The publication is now seeking a summary judgment from the court, almost three years since it started the case.
US frontier AI companies warn authorities over sophisticated distillation attacks — China warns of ‘countermeasures’ if America tries to constrain domestic AI models
U.S. AI companies and the government are increasingly concerned about the effectiveness of international competition using distillation attacks to glean valuable data from frontier models to train cheaper, faster alternatives overseas.
ASML snubs Elon Musk-backed particle accelerator chipmaking tech — firm doubles down on 1,000W laser-produced plasma systems for chipmaking tools
With progress that ASML makes with its LPP EUV light sources for its scanners, the company is barely interesting in adopting particle accelerator-based FEL sources.
The Daily Grind: Have you ever created an MMORPG character perfectly on the very first try?
Not to brag, but my main character in Final Fantasy XIV is freaking fabulous. Not only that, but I got her appearance nailed down the...
US chip fabs face massive 157,000 worker shortfall, mere 3% of US engineering grads enter chipmaking — despite six-figure salaries, US chip manufacturers are in dire need of engineers and technicians
As many semiconductor fabs and facilities go online in the 2030s and beyond, a global consulting firm said that these sites will need thousands of engineers and technicians that the U.S. will be hard-pressed to fill.
Save $300 on this 4K gaming PC with a 9800X3D and RTX 5070 Ti, now $2,599 — powerhouse ABS Stratos II rig ships with 32GB DDR5 and a 2TB SSD
A 4K-capable gaming machine from ABS, featuring the powerful RTX 5070 Ti, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5, and a 2TB SSD, all for $2,599.99.