In what appears to be a scene ripped out straight from a James Bond movie, the CEO of Huawei, Ren Zhengfei, has apparently escaped China via the maritime route just days before stringent exit controls were slated to take effect, if a wild rumor is anything to go by. The rumor reportedly originated from internal Huawei chat screenshots, with heavy police presence at the company's HQ only adding fuel to this speculative frenzy This particular rumor first began circulating on September 12 when some internal Huawei chats surfaced that referenced unpaid wages and a heavy police contingent at the company's […]

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AMD might be the king of desktop CPUs, but if you want an unbeatable deal and insane value on your next gaming PC, Intel has solidified a permanent spot in this regard. On Newegg, we have three Core Ultra processor options available for customers, and not only do these offers start from an affordable $199.99, but you’re also getting a free 240mm AIO CPU cooler for absolutely no charge. As for those who raise their budget, you have a chance to get both the cooler and a motherboard for a combined $80 in savings. The top-end offer that includes the […]

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Krafton surprised just about everyone at gamescom 2026's Opening Night Live with PUBG: DED.NET, an announcement that was on no one's bingo card for the show. Developed by the US-based studio PUBG Madison, it's a multiplayer first-person shooter that trades the franchise's signature Battle Royale formula for roguelite progression across runs. The setting is a neon-soaked, distinctly strange version of 1990s Cascadia in the Pacific Northwest, with locations such as Cryptid Cove, Cult Church, Summit, Ward, and the Cascadian Wilderness. Krafton's own press release mentions dead-eyed fiberglass cryptids roaming the map, which points to a PvPvE layer sitting on top […]

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When you have Anthropic's Jacob Coxon literally boasting about the fact that he collaborated with others to make his doom-and-gloom-style resignation post go viral, while continuing to tout the supposedly noble intentions of his former employer in one podcast after another, one is hard-pressed not to adopt a predominantly cynical bent on the coordinated push towards pacing the progress on AI, made all the more incredulous by the fact that OpenAI echoed that call within hours when Dario Amodei and Sam Altman rarely see eye to eye on any topic under the sun. To a skeptic, an assumption of obfuscation […]

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Another memory maker has launched an EXPO ULL certified DDR5-6000 memory kit, running at CL28. BIWIN Unveils DW100 DDR5-6000 CL28 48 GB Memory Kit With AMD EXPO Ultra Low Latency; Company Claims Better Gaming Performance vs Standard EXPO Memory Popular memory maker, BIWIN, has been expanding its memory catalog by launching highly optimized DDR5 memory kits this year. The company has now introduced its first ever AMD EXPO ULL-based DDR5 memory kit for enthusiasts, who are looking to maximize the gaming performance through tighter sub-timings. BIWIN has launched what it calls DW100 DDR5 memory kit, featuring two sticks of 24 […]

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The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is planning to increase its 3-nanometer and 2-nanometer manufacturing process technology capacities in 2027, suggests a supply chain report from Taiwan. TSMC, the world's leading contract chip manufacturer, is facing high demand from the AI buildout and high-performance computing (HPC) chips. Its 2 and 3-nanometer technologies are the most advanced in its portfolio, with earlier reports having suggested that the next-generation 1.4-nanometer technology could enter production in 2027. TSMC To Bump 2-nanometer & 3-nanometer Production Capacity By 22% and 16% By Mid-2027, Says Report Over the past couple of weeks, several reports have discussed […]

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Nintendo Switch emulation often allowed PC players to enjoy games released on the system at higher resolutions and framerates than on the system itself, but the Japanese company soon put an end to the widespread distribution of emulators such as Yuzu and Ryujinx. This didn't prevent other developers from working on other emulators, such as suyu, a fork of Yuzu which continued to provide PC players access to games that will never release on the platform. Today, work on suyu also comes to an end, but the emulator has literally gone away with a bang by introducing an advanced feature […]

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NVIDIA has introduced a limit for its gaming laptop partners to maintain the RTX 5070 Ti’s power limit at 140W, but one intrepid individual has managed to break through the ceiling and allow the mobile graphics processor to run at 160W, resulting in a 14.3 percent increase over the default specifications. Here’s how he accomplished this daunting task, and while he’s offered a way for other users to attempt this, there’s no question that there are a multitude of risks involved. Flashing a VBIOS profile and voltage curve locking, the laptop RTX 5070 Ti achieved its upgraded power limit Running […]

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It's not the first 43.8-inch monitor, but it's definitely the first one to feature 24:9 aspect ratio. HKC Intros Tianqi 43H180C 4K Monitor, Boasting 43.8-inch Display Size With 24:9 Aspect Ratio and up to 180Hz Refresh Rate Chinese monitor vendor HKC, has launched a high-end monitor called Tianqi 43H180C, adding a new ultra-wide form-factor display to its catalog for enthusiasts. There are a lot of unusual things about this monitor, including its size and resolution. However, in 2026 we are seeing new form-factors being more common than ever before. The Tianqi 43H180C is world's first 43.8-inch monitor that boasts 24:9 […]

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Czech veteran developer Daniel Vávra, known for his work on the Mafia and Kingdom Come: Deliverance franchises, has never been afraid to step into controversies. Back in 2018, just after the first Kingdom Come: Deliverance launched, Vávra was accused of having pro-Gamergate views, which caused some journalists and users to boycott the game. After an article on the subject was published on the now-defunct website PC PowerPlay, the developer called out the author for creating a clickbait article that failed to seek his comments. More recently, though, Vávra has been an outspoken supporter of NVIDIA's DLSS 5 Neural Rendering technology. […]

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Chinese electronic design automation (EDA) firm Empyrean Technology is using agentic artificial intelligence to accelerate its chip design process. The firm's chairman, Liu Weiping, shared the details at a conference in Shenzen, China, last week. His remarks come as Chinese firms continue to manage around the constraints levied on them through chip equipment sanctions. According to Weiping, his firm has managed to cut down design times for some tasks by as much as 75% through using agentic AI, and his comments came days before China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a new development plan for the information and […]

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You probably never witnessed something like this. The notorious 16-pin connector can surprise you in ways you cannot even imagine. User Finds a Large Hole in 16-pin Connector After Playing a Decade Old Indie Title on Max Settings on RTX 5090 Who would have thought that the 16-pin power connector is so capable that it can merge two individual ports together? Perhaps, if you can game hard enough, you might accidentally create a new design on your RTX 5090's connector. The Redditor u/UnpluggedUnfettered never thought that playing an indie game would result in such a horrible incident. Unlike the usual […]

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The new $99 CPU is noticeably faster than its smaller sibling from the Cezanne family in gaming workloads. First Ryzen 5 5500F Benchmarks Surface Online; Around 3-15% Faster Than Ryzen 5 5500 In Gaming Just two days ago, AMD revived its Ryzen 5000 family once again with a new addition. The new processor, called Ryzen 5 5500F, was launched in the Zen 3-based Ryzen 5000 family using the Vermeer silicon, bringing it closer to the Cezanne Ryzen 5 5500 chip. The new processor, however, brings a faster boost clock and PCIe Gen 4.0 support, unlike the Ryzen 5 5500, which […]

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With so many games coming out throughout any given year, there are some that inevitably fly under the radar, especially new IPs that don't have the push of an established franchise to prop them up. Thankfully, events like gamescom are the perfect opportunity to discover these gems, and, as last year's show put One More Game's Valor Mortis on my radar, this year's gave me the opportunity to play one of the few games that truly seems to deserve the Soulslike tag. In many ways, Eschatology Entertainment's Guns of Eschaton is one of the few games that truly captures what […]

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Blizzard's most surprising reveal at BlizzCon 2026 was undoubtedly the announcement of Diablo V, of which we had had no rumors prior to the Opening Ceremony. Even more interesting is the fact that Diablo V won't be about stopping the titular Lord of Terror, but about what happens after he's already taken Sanctuary. That premise had fans excited about this twist, and the ‘Forging the Next Era’ panel offered them plenty of details about the project due in Spring 2029. The panel featured Blizzard president Johanna Faries as the host, while Senior Game Director Joe Shely, Senior Production Director Tiffany […]

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FromSoftware is among the most beloved Japanese game development studios, but I'd wager the development studio headed by the uncompromising Hidetaka Miyazaki will soon become even more loved in the PC gaming community thanks to a rather interesting fact, as its games originally developed by the studio have kick-started proper PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 emulation. Although not in the same state as Bloodborne emulation, the Demon's Souls remake emulation progress has skyrocketed in just 24 hours, finally hitting a major milestone. As reported on Reddit, the Bluepoint Games remake of the action RPG originally created by FromSoftware has gone […]

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During the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 generation, Japanese developers and publishers released tons of console ports on Steam, but PC players were often left with subpar releases that never got fixed to take advantage of the more powerful hardware available to gamers. Square Enix is far from the only offender in this regard, but its ports of the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy still required fixes from the community to become better PC ports. And with a new fix, the three forgotten games have now reached a state that's as close as it gets to proper, modern ports. Over the weekend, KartinX released […]

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NVIDIA's latest addition to the Blackwell PRO family is the RTX PRO 5500 Workstation Edition graphics card with 84 GB of memory. NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell Workstation Edition Graphics Card Packs 21,760 Cores & 84 GB Memory The NVIDIA RTX PRO "Blackwell" family is one of the most extensive PRO lineups we have seen so far. It features various SKUs, and the latest one is the RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell, which targets the Pro and Workstation segment. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 Blackwell Workstation Edition accelerates agentic AI, physical simulation, and graphics workloads to teams that need workstation power […]

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A stage has been reached where you can seemingly develop games using local AI models that don’t require an internet connection or employ any token usage. Based on one individual’s claim, Qwen3.8-27B was leveraged to make a first-person zombie shooter in around five hours, and while it doesn’t even come near those visually breathtaking visuals of AAA titles, this is an excellent example of how far AI has evolved. An older RTX 3090 gaming PC was used to develop the game from scratch, concluding that serious hardware is still necessary to venture into this category The exact version of Qwen3.8-27B […]

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