Intel Arc A380 Hack Runs XeSS 3 Multi-Frame Generation For A Big FPS Boost

Intel Arc A380 Hack Runs XeSS 3 Multi-Frame Generation For A Big FPS Boost
The Intel Arc A380 is a meager GPU by modern measures. It has just 8 Xe-cores, giving it a smaller GPU than the Core Ultra X9 388H’s integrated part. It’s based on the original Alchemist architecture, which is considerably less capable than the second-generation Battlemage designs that we’re so fond of. And yet, with a little tweaking, this

Arc Raiders Dev Details Major Expedition Changes After Player Backlash

Arc Raiders Dev Details Major Expedition Changes After Player Backlash
Arc Raiders, one of the breakout hits of last year, is managing to keep the momentum going with a steady stream of content drops and updates that are keeping its player base engaged. However, the development team at Embark Studios has stumbled with its Expeditions feature, which has drawn criticism from its most ardent user base. The developers

Fractal Design’s New North Momentum PC Cases Push Airflow And Style Even Further

Fractal Design’s New North Momentum PC Cases Push Airflow And Style Even Further
Fractal Design just debuted a successor to its hit series of Fractal Design North cases, the North Series Momentum Edition. Fractal Design North Momentum PC cases offer a similar internal layout to the originals, but with overhauled cooling and aesthetics. The wooden slats up front are now composed blackened oak to blend better with the rest

Apple AirTag 2 Spills Its Guts In Teardown Videos And It’s Already On Sale Too

Apple AirTag 2 Spills Its Guts In Teardown Videos And It's Already On Sale Too
Apple’s second-generation AirTag tracker has gone under the knife in multiple teardown videos, giving us a clear view of the redesigned internal structure compared to the first-generation tracker. In case you missed the launch announcement, Apple announced several key changes, including an expanded Bluetooth range, a louder built-in speaker,

Scans Reveal An Ancient Surprise Hiding In Martian Meteorite That Fell To Earth

Scans Reveal An Ancient Surprise Hiding In Martian Meteorite That Fell To Earth
Remember the famous meteorite NWA 7034, a.k.a Black Beauty found in Northwest Africa? Researchers using neutron scanning technology have discovered a hidden reservoir of ancient water locked inside the Martian rock and in higher concentration than expected.

The study, led by Estrid Buhl Naver and her team at the Technical University of

NVIDIA May Push Back Launch Of RTX 50 Super And Next-Gen RTX 60 GPUs

NVIDIA May Push Back Launch Of RTX 50 Super And Next-Gen RTX 60 GPUs
We’re a little over a month into 2026 and one thing is already abundantly clear—it’s going to be a tough year PC gaming upgrades. Hot on the heels of a rumored delay to Intel’s not-yet-announced Core G3 and G3 Extreme Panther Lake CPUs for handhelds and Valve’s Steam Machine potentially getting a price adjustment before pricing is even announced,

Intel Delays Panther Lake CPUs For Gaming Handhelds, Leaker Says

Intel Delays Panther Lake CPUs For Gaming Handhelds, Leaker Says
The vast majority of PC gaming handhelds run on AMD hardware, though Intel hasn’t ignored the market completely. Notably, MSI injected Intel’s Meteor Lake and Lunar Lake silicon into its Claw handhelds, and now with Panther Lake roaring to life, Intel is specifically targeting the form factor with part of its latest-generation lineup. However,

GeekBook X14 Pro Review: Geekom’s First Featherweight Alloy Laptop

GeekBook X14 Pro Review: Geekom’s First Featherweight Alloy Laptop
Geekom GeekBook X14 Pro: Starting At $1049 ($1249 As Tested) The Geekom GeekBook X14 Pro is highly portable, has a great OLED screen, and ample memory and storage, but its previous-gen processor hampers performance and battery life. Thin, Light, And Portable Crisp 2.8K OLED display Magnesium Alloy Unibody Construction Ample Memory And Storage…

Microsoft Adds Sysmon Directly To Windows, Ending Years Of Standalone Installs

Microsoft Adds Sysmon Directly To Windows, Ending Years Of Standalone Installs
Microsoft hasn’t had an easy time with Windows 11 updates as of late, but in an unexpected move, the company just offered a very thoughtful, uncontroversial addition to Windows 11—the popular Sysmon (System Monitor) utility, which launched over ten years ago. While users will be required to enable it manually (either through Settings -> System

Take-Two CEO Reveals What Role Generative AI Has In Developing GTA 6

Take-Two CEO Reveals What Role Generative AI Has In Developing GTA 6
The hype for Grand Theft Auto VI continues unabated, as publisher Take-Two Interactive shares that GTA 6 is still on track for a November release. As monumental as this game’s release is likely to be, however, it still can’t escape the discourse of AI in game development. In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, CEO Strauss Zelnick spoke about

Intel Details CPU Overclocking Mechanics And Shares Tips For Best Results

Intel Details CPU Overclocking Mechanics And Shares Tips For Best Results
Overclocking used to be easy, man. Just move a jumper, fiddle with a DIP switch; did it boot? Hallelujah! Things haven’t been that simple in a long time, but they’ve gotten even more complicated with the introduction of chiplet processors, and especially on Intel’s tiled CPUs. Intel wants to make it clear to enthusiasts that the game has changed,

AWS Cloud Breach Achieved Admin Access In Record Time With Help From AI

AWS Cloud Breach Achieved Admin Access In Record Time With Help From AI
As terrifying proof of how much artificial intelligence can compress the cyberattack lifecycle, researchers have documented a real-world AWS cloud intrusion that went from a simple credential leak to full administrative control in under 10 minutes.

The incident, observed by the Sysdig Threat Research Team, began when a threat actor discovered

Canon Drops Its Fastest Ultra-Wide Lens And World’s Widest 190-Degree Fisheye Zoom

Canon Drops Its Fastest Ultra-Wide Lens And World's Widest 190-Degree Fisheye Zoom
Canon has expanded its hybrid optics lineup with the debut of the RF 14 mm f/1.4L VCM, an ultra-wide prime that sets a new benchmark as the company’s brightest UW lens to date, which should theoretically put it right up there for high-end astrophotography and cinematic video.

One of the most obvious leaps from the f/2.8L II USM EF-mount

Forget The Super Bowl, This 98-Inch 4K Google TV Deal For $899 Is A Huge Score

Forget The Super Bowl, This 98-Inch 4K Google TV Deal For $899 Is A Huge Score
Can you ever have a TV that is too big? That’s a debate for spouses to settle, and if you find yourself winning the argument that, no, there’s no such thing as too big, then do yourself a solid and check out the super-sized TV deal that will put the notion to the test. You know what’s not super-sized, though? The current asking price.
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Qualcomm Crushes Q1 Earnings As Memory Crunch Casts A Cloudy Outlook

Qualcomm Crushes Q1 Earnings As Memory Crunch Casts A Cloudy Outlook
Qualcomm is coming off its best financial quarter to date, with Q1 earnings hitting a record $12.25 billion in revenue, a 5% year-over-year gain, resulting in a profit of more than $3 billion. The biggest driver in Qualcomm beating out expectations for a record quarter is demand for flagship and other premium smartphones running on its Snapdragon

Valve Updates Steam Machine Launch Timing And Pricing As Memory Costs Soar

Valve Updates Steam Machine Launch Timing And Pricing As Memory Costs Soar
Reports are coming in fast and furious of Valve delaying its Steam Machine launch as well as other upcoming hardware, but is that really the case? It really just depends on how you interpret Valve’s latest update shared in a blog post on Steam. In it, the company acknowledged that circumstances have changed since announcing the Steam Machine,

You’ve Heard of High Bandwidth Memory, Now Get Ready For High Bandwidth Hard Drives

You've Heard of High Bandwidth Memory, Now Get Ready For High Bandwidth Hard Drives
Western Digital is introducing a couple of new technologies, dubbed “High Bandwidth Drive” and “Dual Pivot”, that will significantly boost the performance of hard drives. According to Western Digital, the company expects up to a 4x combined total boost to sequential I/O, but even higher increases are possible further out into the future.

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