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Nvidia RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti benchmarks confirm performance and specs

João Silva 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Graphics, Notebook The Geekbench 5 database is leaking more unannounced hardware. This time around, entries have detailed the upcoming RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti GPUs for laptops, including specifications and performance scores. The RTX 3050 will feature 2048 CUDA cores, 4GB of VRAM across a 128-bit… Read more

Microsoft adds new option to increase download speeds on Xbox

Mustafa Mahmoud 2 days ago Console, Featured Tech News, Online, Software & Gaming With video games getting larger and larger in file size, and the industry moving towards an all-digital future, the need for a fast and stable internet connection is becoming more necessary by the day. In order to help this along somewhat, Microsoft… Read more

GeForce Now ends Founder’s Edition sign-ups, adds new ‘priority’ subscription tier

Matthew Wilson 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Last year, Nvidia brought GeForce Now out of beta and launched a limited ‘Founder’s Edition’ subscription for the service, granting subscribers with access to RTX-powered servers. Now as GeForce Now enters its second year, Founder’s Edition sign-ups are being closed and replaced with ‘Priority’… Read more

Samsung unveils new 4K IPS monitor with 10-bit colour and HDR

João Silva 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Monitors This week, Samsung launched its new S27A800U display. Aimed at professionals, this latest monitor packs a 27-inch IPS panel with 4K resolution and HDR10 capability. The 27-inch 4K IPS panel of the Samsung S27A800U features a 5ms G2G response time and offers wide 178º/178º viewing angles, so colours should… Read more

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has been rated for next-gen consoles

Mustafa Mahmoud 2 days ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was well received by most Star Wars fans following its initial release in 2019. Since then, the game has gone on to sell over 10 million copies. While Respawn Entertainment released a next-gen patch for the game, Jedi… Read more

PlayStation are giving 10 games for free including Horizon Zero dawn

Mustafa Mahmoud 2 days ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Last year, PlayStation offered a couple games for free to all users as part of its Stay at Home initiative. This year, the console manufacturer is continuing the initiative, but upping the free items. While they have already given away Ratchet & Clank… Read more

Nvidia CMP 30HX graphics card shows up at retail with crazy price tag

João Silva 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Graphics It looks like retailers are beginning to receive stock for Nvidia’s upcoming CMP 30HX mining graphics card, but early indications of pricing seem unrealistic. A Palit Nvidia CMP 30HX appeared at one retailer last night, with a hefty $700 price tag. The Palit CMP 30HX listing… Read more

Microsoft is bringing Xbox Series X/S ‘Auto HDR’ feature to PC

Matthew Wilson 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming One of Microsoft’s big features for backwards compatible games on Xbox Series X/S consoles has been Auto HDR, enabling High Dynamic Range across a number of SDR-only games. Now, PC gamers are also going to benefit, with Microsoft preparing to enable Auto HDR for… Read more

PSVR 2 will feature adaptive triggers, haptic feedback and more

Mustafa Mahmoud 2 days ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming, Virtual Reality Sony recently confirmed that it was working on a next-generation version of its popular PlayStation VR headset. At the time, the console manufacturer confirmed that not only would the headset get upgraded, but the controllers too. Now, Sony has revealed these… Read more

Acer reportedly hit with $50 million ransomware demand

A hacking group is demanding $50 million from Acer, Bleeping Computer reported, in what appears to be one of the biggest ransomware demands to date. According to Bleeping Computer, the attackers may have gained access to the Taiwanese computer manufacturer’s network via a Microsoft Exchange vulnerability. The REvil group that carried out a ransomware attack… Read more

MSI MEG Z590 ACE Review

Introduction After almost a decade of total market dominance, Intel has spent the past few years on the defensive. AMD’s Ryzen processors continue to show improvement year over year, with the most recent Ryzen 5000 series taking the crown of best gaming processor: Intel’s last bastion of superiority. Now, with a booming hardware market, Intel… Read more

Astell & Kern’s new USB-C DAC promises hi-fi audio for phones without headphone jacks

Astell & Kern — the company best known for its high-end portable digital audio players — is making a USB-C DAC (digital-to-analog converter) that’s designed to help get better-sounding audio from modern smartphones and computers that may lack a 3.5mm headphone jack. If you want to use any digital device with a 3.5mm headphone jack,… Read more

Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger are down for many

Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger are down for many right now. More than 123,000 users have reported issues with Instagram on DownDetector. More than 23,000 users have reported issues with WhatsApp on DownDetector, too, and the service is down for one Verge staffer’s family, who is based in Europe. Facebook Messenger seems to be affected… Read more

Gamescom plans ‘hybrid’ event for summer, focusing on superfans (but ignoring superspreaders)

Video game fair Gamescom is planning to hold a “hybrid event” combining in-person and digital activities later this summer, despite uncertainty surrounding the ongoing pandemic and the risk the trade show could turn into a “superspreader” event. Like many big events that involve hundreds of thousands of people flying in from all over the world… Read more

TSMC and Samsung Foundry Becoming Dominant Makers of Advanced Chips

Home News (Image credit: GlobalFoundries) It is well known that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Samsung Foundry dominate the market of contract chip production. They are the only companies to offer leading-edge process technologies and have the largest capacities. Meanwhile, TSMC and Samsung Foundry are on track to become the dominant manufacturers of advanced chips as nobody,… Read more