Microsoft guts four studios to focus on priority games aka Bethesda games By Christopher Harper published 8 May 24 Microsoft makes ruthless cuts to development staff despite successful releases.
Steam Deck alternatives in 2024: worth buying or worth waiting? By Christopher Harper published 7 May 24 Considering the current state of the handheld gaming market (think handheld gaming PCs like the Steam Deck), should gamers consider investing now, or wait?
Raptor Lake 9.1 GHz overclockers share secrets behind eclipsing a 17-year-old CPU frequency world record By Christopher Harper published 6 May 24 Overclockers go to Intel to show off their work reaching a record-breaking 9.1 GHz overclock.
The BASIC programming language turns 60 — Dartmouth BASIC started it all in 1964 By Christopher Harper published 5 May 24 Dartmouth BASIC turns 60 years old since its May 1, 1964 debut.
New memory demoed running at 600 degrees Celsius for 60 hours By Christopher Harper published 4 May 24 Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania show off ferrodiode memory devices with the world's finest heat resist.
Enthusiast demos installing Alpine Linux with the Windows Installer By Christopher Harper published 2 May 24 An enthusiast shows us how to set up the Windows Installer to install Alphine Linux, for reasons unknown to all parties involved.
Nvidia GeForce Now is slightly easier to install on Steam Deck By Christopher Harper published 2 May 24 Nvidia releases a script to better support Steam Deck.
Newly open-sourced MS-DOS 4 installed on an IBM Personal System/2 with a 16 MHz Intel 386 CPU — took 70 minutes to build By Christopher Harper published 2 May 24 MS-DOS 4's open source release gets a branch confirmed to work on the seminal IBM PS/2.
A keyboard enthusiast built a $3,400 electro-capacitive keyboard that supposedly gets rid of stabilizer noise By Christopher Harper published 1 May 24 The Seneca keyboard is for those who hate loose keys and stabilizer noise, and have deep pockets.
SummerCart64 open source N64 flash cart revealed — turns a regular console into a Nintendo 64DD By Christopher Harper published 30 April 24 SummerCart64 is an open source Nintendo 64 flash cartridge that doubles as a 64DD upgrade.
NASA demonstrates space network speeds of up to 267 Mbps — Deep Space Optical Communications stretch beyond 140 million miles By Christopher Harper published 29 April 24 NASA details the success of its DSOC system at a solar scale in a blog post.
New PCB design is repeatably recyclable — vitrimer PCBs could save millions of tons in eWaste, say UW researchers By Christopher Harper published 29 April 24 vPCBs, which are PCBs built with a sustainable and recyclable vitrimer polymer, debut. This contrasts with traditional PCBs which are 'basically impossible to recycle.'
Museum criticizes Microsoft for 'mutilated' MS-DOS 4 open source release — posting on 'stupid' git blamed for the buggy blunder By Christopher Harper published 27 April 24 A museum contends that MS-DOS 4 suffers from "git mutilation" due to being improperly open-sourced.
AMD's China-exclusive Ryzen CPUs come to the retail market — Ryzen 7 8700F listed for $420 and Ryzen 5 7500F for $296 By Christopher Harper published 27 April 24 Listings of Ryzen 8000F Series CPUs with their iGPUs and NPUs disabled appear on Funtech and PC-Canada, with some pricing, ahead of a confirmed global release.
China developed its very own Neuralink — Neucyber brain interface comes from a neurotechnology firm By Christopher Harper published 27 April 24 A Chinese company backed by the state, Beijing Xinzhida Neurotechnology, introduces its Neucyber brain interface tested with a monkey and a mechanical arm.
BenQ set to release 24.1-inch 540 Hz Full HD gaming monitor in May By Christopher Harper published 26 April 24 BenQ Zowie XL2586X is announced and given specifications ahead of a May release.
Over 1,000 games using generative AI content are already available on Steam — But are any of them worth playing? By Christopher Harper published 26 April 24 AI models are now an established aspect of modern game development.
'Idiot-proof' thermal paste applicator to make TIM application easier than ever — X-Apply stencils coming soon By Christopher Harper published 26 April 24 Igor's Lab develops the ideal thermal paste applicator for optimal and easy use
Asus ROG Ally gets official AMD Fluid Motion Frames support for universal Frame Gen without custom drivers By Christopher Harper published 25 April 24 Asus ROG Ally enables Frame Generation on handhelds.
More AMD Zen 5 CPUs spotted in Linux patch notes By Christopher Harper published 24 April 24 AMD Zen 5's upcoming 2024 release continues getting foreshadowed in AMD Linux patches.
Fallout-inspired game runs in Excel — a spreadsheet-powered wasteland escape from your daily corporate wasteland By Christopher Harper published 24 April 24 Modder creates a playable Fallout-esque RPG within the confines of Microsoft Excel.
Sapphire launches budget Mini ITX AM5 motherboard in China — PCIe Gen 4 lowers costs By Christopher Harper published 22 April 24 Sapphire launches a budget Mini ITX AM5 motherboard with no Gen 5 support in China.
Sega Toys recalls cat robots in Japan — burning smell complaints also lead to sales suspension By Christopher Harper published 21 April 24 Cat robot with fur turns out to be surprisingly flammable, to itself.
Adding ZIP file support to Windows 30 years ago almost got the creator of Task Manager fired By Christopher Harper published 20 April 24 Former Microsoft engineer and Task Manager creator Dave Plummer added ZIP file support to Windows, but initially through his own independently-sold kernel extension, VisualZIP.
RAID card delivers impressive speeds up to 56 GB/s — throughput possible with four PCIe 5.0 SSDs or eight PCIe 4.0 SSDs By Christopher Harper published 20 April 24 HighPoint releases NVMe Gen 5-tailored RAID controller cards with a throughput of up to 56 GB/s.