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Microsoft tests Xbox app with Battle.net integration — updated app brings third-party game library aggregation
Microsoft has announced a new aggregated gaming library for Xbox app on PC that will see installed games from third party storefronts show up in the Xbox app.
Asus RTX 5090 BTF 2.5 GPU successfully pulls over 1,900W in extreme test — proprietary metal power connector kept its cool, unlike plastic 16-pin alternative
Tony Yu, the General Manager of Asus China, explained how the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 BTF GPU's power connectors work.
Disabling Intel Graphics Security Mitigations boosts compute performance
Disabling security mitigations for Intel GPUs in Intel's GPU compute stack for OpenCL and Level Zero can allegedly boost performance by up to 20%.
Intel's laptop version of its Nova Lake processors will use Panther Lake-HX BGA2540 packaging
Intel's upcoming Nova Lake-HX processors will share the same BGA2540 packaging as Panther Lake-HX, simplifying platform transitions for notebook makers.
Someone turned a Steam Deck shell into a DIY PC controller using 3D-printed connectors
Bored waiting for an official Steam Controller 2, an engineer has taken things into his own hands, and shared the resources so you can do it too.
Rubin telescope to collect up to 500,000 TB of data from 3,200-megapixel camera over ten years
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is collecting so much data it might end up with 500 million billion bytes worth of image data over the course of a decade.
PC gaming popularity down 20% in Germany since 2019
The latest figures out of Germany suggest that the popularity of PC gaming has declined by a fifth since 2019.
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek reportedly using shell companies to try and evade U.S. chip restrictions
Nvidia says DeepSeek lawfully acquired H800 chips, not H100
Power utility built $95 million 500-megawatt power substation for Intel's $100 billion Ohio fab, but six-year delay leaves it idle
Intel has once again postponed the launch of its Ohio chip plant, which is now expected in 2031, leaving utility AEP Ohio with an idle $95 million substation.
