AMD outsells Intel in the datacenter for the first time in Q4 2024

By: Tom's Hardware

AMD on Tuesday announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2024 and for the whole year. As expected, the company managed to post impressive results driven by its client and datacenter CPUs. Perhaps AMD’s biggest achievement in the quarter is that the company managed to outsell Intel in the datacenter space for the… Read more

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Uber to Austin: get ready for Waymo

By: The Verge

Uber is getting ready for the launch of Waymo’s public robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, prompting customers to join a list of people interested in riding in the Alphabet-owned company’s AVs when they finally go live. It also revealed photos of the new co-branded robotaxis that will operate across a swath of the Texas capital… Read more

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Microsoft’s Build developer conference starts on May 19th

By: The Verge

Microsoft Build 2025 is being held in Seattle again this year. Microsoft Build 2025 is being held in Seattle again this year. Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft Build is… Read more

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Apex Legends: everything you need to know about the Titanfall battle royale

By: The Verge

Apex Legends 2 got announced before Titanfall 3? While discussing Q3 2025 earnings results, EA CEO Andrew Wilson laid out the future of Apex Legends for investors. With “tens of millions” of regular players, there’s a significant update planned once the new Battlefield launches (it’s due out before April 2026), but that’s not all: Our… Read more

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Elgato’s Wave Link 2.0 promises clear vocals in any environment

By: The Verge

Umar Shakir is a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge. Elgato is releasing a new version of its audio stream control software Wave Link that includes new AI-powered voice enhancements for your mic. It… Read more

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Google has ‘very good ideas’ for native ads in Gemini

By: The Verge

Get ready for ads in the Gemini AI assistant – eventually. Get ready for ads in the Gemini AI assistant – eventually. Feb 4, 2025, 11:09 PM UTC Image: The Verge Jay Peters is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Google’s… Read more

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Apple Invites is at its best for people already in Apple’s world

By: The Verge

Apple launched a new app today, called Apple Invites, which lets you create, share, and manage invitations for events. With it, you can generate a quick digital invitation that, when shared with your friends, lets them gather all the info about the event, RSVP, and add it to their calendar. That includes your Android friends,… Read more

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Here’s OpenAI’s new logo

By: The Verge

Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. OpenAI just gave itself a full rebrand, complete with a new typeface, logo, and color palette, as explained to Wallpaper in an interview about the process behind… Read more

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Google expects to spend $75 billion this year on the AI race

By: The Verge

Jay Peters is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Google parent company Alphabet expects to invest “approximately $75 billion” in capital expenditures in 2025, according to a statement from CEO Sundar Pichai in Alphabet’s Q4 2024 earnings release. Capital expenditures have… Read more

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Age of Empires is the latest Microsoft franchise coming to PS5

By: The Verge

Microsoft will also launch Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition on the PS5 later this Spring. The games will include content parity across platforms plus cross-play support. The company previously dropped big news that Forza Horizon 5 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle are also headed to PS5 this Spring, and the jaw-dropping Doom:… Read more

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I plugged an Nvidia RTX 5090 into a gaming handheld

By: The Verge

Two weeks ago, I showed you how the world’s fastest graphics card works in a small form factor PC. To my surprise, Nvidia’s RTX 5090 Founders Edition delivered the vast majority of its performance even in a 12.7-liter desktop with a five-year-old CPU. It made me wonder: what if I plugged this card into a… Read more

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G.Skill intros 96GB DDR5-6800 CL32 and 32GB DDR5-6400 CL28 memory kits for Intel-based machines

By: Tom's Hardware

(Image credit: G.Skill) G.Skill introduced two new high-performance DDR5 memory kits aimed at Intel platforms, one focusing on high-performance paired with high-capacity and the other centered around low-latency performance. Its new DDR5-6800 CL32 spec comes with a 96GB capacity and the other is a DDR5-6400 CL32 spec featuring a 32GB capacity. G.Skill’s new DDR5-6800 spec… Read more

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Dan Clark Audio NOIRE X Closed-Back Headphones Review

By: Tech Power Up

1 Packaging & Accessories » Introduction Of the many, many audio brands that exist today, very few have impressed me like Dan Clark Audio (DCA) has. The DCA CORINA is an electrostatic set of open-back headphones which, when paired with my Headamp BHSE amplifier, continues to be one of my most preferred listening experiences for music,… Read more

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Threads now lets you share your custom feeds

By: The Verge

Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Threads will now let you share the custom feeds you’ve created, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday. This means other users can pin your custom feed… Read more

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AMD patches a critical microcode vulnerability affecting Zen 1 to Zen 4 EPYC CPUs

By: Tom's Hardware

Yesterday, AMD and Google publicly disclosed September findings of a key microcode vulnerability in AMD Zen 1 to Zen 4 CPUs, specifically server/enterprise platform EPYC CPUs. This vulnerability, CVE-2024-56161, is discussed in more detail in the GitHub post from the Google Security Research team and, of course, AMD’s security bulletin on the vulnerability. According to… Read more

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