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AMD’s 4700S Kit Shows in Photographs and Retail Listings

Home News AMD 4700S Desktop Kit (Image credit: Disclosuzen/Twitter) A Twitter user has shared the first photographs of the AMD 4700S Desktop Kit. The 4700S processors are widely thought to be defective chips that didn’t make their way into the Xbox Series X, but AMD has declined to comment on that aspect. AMD doesn’t officially… Read more

Amazon is suing to stop SMS raffle scams

Ever get a text message informing you that you’ve won a prize — from Amazon itself? I certainly have, and I’ve even known a person or two who fell for those scams. Now, Amazon is attempting to hunt those scammers down, with a new lawsuit aimed at unmasking 50 unknown defendants in federal court. Here’s… Read more

Sony may finally be making a black DualSense controller

Mustafa Mahmoud 2 hours ago Console, Featured Tech News, Peripheral, Tech News When the PS5 was first revealed, one of the most controversial aspects to the console was its colour scheme, which adopted a black and white two-tone look. The DualSense controller shared a similar colour scheme. Some fans liked the look, while others did… Read more

Lost judgement will have a season pass

Mustafa Mahmoud 5 hours ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming The Yakuza team recently announced a sequel to the spin-off title Judgement. The game will continue the story of detective Takayuki Yagami, and unlike the mainline Yakuza series, will continue using real-time combat for encounters. That being said, as a first for the Yakuza-styled… Read more

Intel DG2 GPUs to debut in Alder Lake-P powered laptops this year

João Silva 3 hours ago Featured Announcement, Featured Tech News, Graphics Intel’s upcoming Xe DG2 GPUs were recently revealed to be “right around the corner” and now, we have some early information on what to expect, with new reports indicating that the first DG2 GPUs will arrive in Alder Lake-P powered laptops later this year. … Read more

Nintendo announces ‘Game Builder Garage’

Mustafa Mahmoud 4 days ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Nintendo is no stranger to releasing games with user generated content. Super Mario Maker 1 and 2, as well The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening all allow for players to make their own game levels. Nintendo has now taken it to the next… Read more

An out-of-control Chinese rocket has re-entered Earth’s atmosphere

The 100-foot-tall, 22-metric-ton Chinese Long March 5B rocket that launched the first chunk of Beijing’s new space station has reentered Earth’s atmosphere near the Maldives, China’s Manned Space Engineering Office reported. US Space Command, which helps locate man-made satellites in orbit around the planet, was tracking the rocket’s location. The agency said the rocket “re-entered… Read more

Flexxon Launches X-Phy SSD with Embedded AI-Based Security Features

Home News (Image credit: Flexxon) Flexxon, a Singapore-based security firm, has introduced an SSD with embedded AI-based security capabilities that the company says promises protection against traditional threats like malware and viruses, or physical tampering with the drive. Modern SSD controllers rely on several Arm Cortex R cores and are basically rather high-performance system-on-chips with fairly sophisticated… Read more

Intel’s DG2 GPU Leaked Specifications Show Serious Potential

Home News Intel DG2 GPU (Image credit: Igor’s Lab) Intel’s Iris Xe DG1 may be shaping up to be a disappointment, but the chipmaker’s approaching Xe-HPG DG2 GPU could be a solid performer. German publication Igor’s Lab has shared the alleged specifications for the DG2 in its desktop and mobile format. The Xe-HPG DG2 block… Read more

Gigabyte’s Liquid-Cooled AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTX Could Soon Be With Us

Home News (Image credit: Gigabyte) According to reports from VideoCardz, Gigabyte is readying an Aorus-branded AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card equipped with a water block. The Aorus Xtreme WaterForce WB Radeon RX 6900 XT will feature multiple addressable RGB LEDs and will be aimed at those who already have a custom liquid cooling… Read more

Court documents reveal over a dozen planned Fortnite crossovers

One of the most interesting aspects to the Epic Games vs Apple lawsuit is the fact that it has given fans an inside look into the inner workings of these two warring companies. Alongside a number of internal documents detailing revenue information and more, it has been revealed that Epic Games had planned over a… Read more

TSMC Reportedly Plans to Build Five Additional Fabs in Arizona by 2024

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Rumors that TSMC will build more factories in Arizona than originally expected gained intensity today, with Reuters reporting that the company plans to build up to six fabs in the state over the next three years, according to its anonymous sources. TSMC announced in November 2020 that it planned to… Read more

New Spectre Exploits Beat All Mitigations: Fixes to Severely Degrade Performance

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Researchers from two universities have discovered several new variants of Spectre exploits that affect all modern processors from AMD and Intel with micro-op caches. Existing Spectre mitigations do not protect the CPUs against potential attacks that use these vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, researchers believe that mitigating these vulnerabilities will cause more significant… Read more

Returnal is dark, challenging, and the perfect PS5 showcase

We’re nearly six months into the life of the current generation of game consoles, but there are still vanishingly few high-profile exclusives that show off what the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X can do. After getting through the initial wave of launch titles, I’ve spent most of 2021 using my PS5 to play Fortnite…. Read more

Oppo K9 5G key specs revealed in an official listing ahead of May 6 launch

Oppo will introduce the K9 5G on May 6 in China, and the company has already confirmed the smartphone will come with a Snapdragon 768G SoC, 64MP triple camera, and 65W charging. Now we learn more about the K9 5G as the smartphone has been listed on Oppo’s Chinese website. The Oppo K9 5G will… Read more