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2024 has been an amazing year for roguelikes

By: The Verge

The roguelike genre has turned from a relative niche into something much bigger. Roguelike games can be famously tough to crack into; generally, they have a high difficulty that means you’ll bang your head against a wall as you learn how to play the game, puzzle out what strategies work best in the procedurally generated… Read more

Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6 billion to build even more powerful AI supercomputers — Nvidia, AMD contribute to funding round

By: Tom's Hardware

Elon Musk’s xAI has raised $6 billion in its latest funding round, pushing its total capital raised to $12 billion at a valuation of $50 billion, reports TechCrunch. The round, which involved 97 investors, followed a doubling of xAI’s valuation within six months and solidified the company’s position as a growing competitor in the AI… Read more

Nvidia’s RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 allegedly sport 16GB and 12GB of GDDR7 memory, respectively — Up to 8960 CUDA cores, 256-bit memory bus, and 300W TDP

By: Tom's Hardware

Renowned and avid leaker Kopite has detailed Nvidia’s RTX 5070 family, and the overall bump in specs over Ada Lovelace is a mixed bag, at least on paper. The leaker has a proven track record, having previously leaked the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 specifications. The RTX 5070 family comprises the RTX 5070 Ti and… Read more

Leaked Nvidia RTX 5090 PCB design reveals massive GPU package and high-performance features

By: Tom's Hardware

Photos of a PCB allegedly belonging to Nvidia’s next-generation GeForce RTX 5090 have leaked online, offering a glimpse of the company’s future flagship GPU. Shared on Chinese tech forum Chiphell, the images reveal certain aspects of the RTX 5090’s architecture, hinting at a major performance leap for Nvidia’s upcoming Blackwell architecture. The leaked image showcases… Read more

Steam released a record number of games in 2024 — over 18,000 new titles were added to the platform

By: Tom's Hardware

Steam released 18,825 new games in 2024, beating its previous record of 14,311 last year. However, Steam-monitoring platform SteamDB breaks down this number into 14,888 limited games and 3,937 games. Limited games are titles that have limited profile customization features because they haven’t met certain criteria like the number of their player base and the… Read more

Blur Busters releases authentic CRT simulator shader for high refresh OLED and LCD screens— 240 Hz+ OLED recommended for the best experience

By: Tom's Hardware

Yesterday, Blur Busters (best known for its UFO Test Refresh Rate testing utility, as well as extensive monitor testing and documentation resources) has released and open-sourced a new CRT filter in the form of a GPU shader that fully simulates CRT beams. It’s what Blur Busters and others are claiming to be a CRT-authentic, superior… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico streams real-time video to Nintendo’s Game boy Color

By: Tom's Hardware

Four days ago, YouTuber ChromaLock uploaded a build log of his latest hardware project on his channel. This time, he showcased a Game Boy Color capable of playing back video through its original link cable via a Raspberry Pi Pico and custom software optimized for the workload. Generally, simpler video means higher playback FPS— with… Read more

Nvidia App performance issue gets ‘fixed’ with release 11.0.1 — but all it has done is turn off Game Filters by default

By: Tom's Hardware

The Nvidia App has been updated with a new release, from version 10.0.x to 11.0.1. The significant change here is that users should not experience the disappointing gaming performance loss (up to 15%) witnessed by those who installed prior releases. However, rather than fix the underlying bug, Nvidia seems to have swept it under the… Read more

AMD Strix Point-powered 3-in-1 OneXPlayer X1 Pro pre-orders live, starting at $1,399 — Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, a 2.5K 120 Hz touch display, and up to 64GB of RAM and 4TB of storage

By: Tom's Hardware

OneXPlayer has officially launched the X1 Pro, featuring a 3-in-1 form factor powered by AMD’s Strix Point APUs. Following the F1 Pro and the Ayaneo 3, the X1 Pro is one of the first handhelds that employs AMD’s Zen 5 Strix Point APUs and is a strong competitor to GPD’s forthcoming Pocket 4 mini-laptops. The… Read more

Asus ZenWiFi BT10 Wi-Fi 7 mesh router review: Good multi-gig wireless performance, but still pricey

By: Tom's Hardware

The ZenWiFi BT10 offers a nice balance of software features and performance.

US Senate finds Commerce Department’s efforts to enact bans and sanction “inadequate” — investigation finds agency underfunded, must rely on voluntary compliance by chipmakers

By: Tom's Hardware

The U.S. Senate found that the Department of Commerce isn’t effective in enforcing Washington’s bans and sanctions due to lack of funding.

New tech for Christmas is great – but I use 4 last-gen devices every day and refuse to upgrade

By: What HIFI?

New gear is a treat, but I still use these previous generation devices every single day

Snap up this £15 discount on the AirPods 4 with ANC in time for Christmas

By: What HIFI?

The AirPods 4 with ANC open earbuds with effective noise-cancelling are now £15 off.

CES 2025 preview: what to expect from the world’s biggest tech show

By: What HIFI?

This year we’re expecting big things from LG, Samsung and Sony, while HDMI could be in for an overhaul…

This Award-winning Bowers & Wilkins surround sound system is still at its lowest-ever price

By: What HIFI?

Our Product of the Year surround sound system winner has had its price slashed.