‘There are limits to how much prices can be raised’ says SK hynix chairman about memory crisis but I’m not sure the market will care

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The PC hardware market right now is not a pretty sight, so it’s nice to hear one of the companies arguably at least in part responsible acknowledging how bad things are from a customer’s perspective. Even if that is taken with the giant pinch of salt considering it’s being approached from a business perspective, and … Read more

Streamer builds a battery powered PC with over 100 AAs, uses Hannah Montana Linux to benchmark their abomination

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Streamer Uwos Lab built an entirely battery powered gaming PC over the course of a five-hour stream last week. The rules were simple: no laptops, and no lithium ion AA batteries. The build had to be a desktop that could play a game while only relying on battery power. The self-described ‘Mad-scientist streamer’ explained their … Read more

If you’re looking for ideas on how to mod your RTX 4060, maybe remove its fans and slap a ridiculously big heatsink on it like this person did

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There are many things that I would do to my graphics card—undervolt it, treasure it, sing it lullabies—but I probably wouldn’t slap a gigantic heatsink on it just to eliminate the fan. Don’t get me wrong, passive cooling is nice, but I’m glad I don’t have to DIY it myself, creating the monstrosity I’ve just … Read more

Think gaming handhelds are too expensive? Ayaneo says ‘hold my beer,’ lists $5,000+ monster

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Ayaneo said it was suspending pre-orders for its Next 2 gaming handheld earlier this year, after rising storage costs and the ongoing memory crisis made it “no longer sustainable.” Well, it’s now listed on Ayaneo’s website—with an asking price for the top model of $5,299. I’ll wait for you to pick up your jaw. Back … Read more

‘AI is a Trojan horse that everybody knows the Greeks are inside’ says The Odyssey director Christopher Nolan: ‘It’s a transparent horse. It’s made of glass. Everybody can see what’s going on inside’

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The Odyssey looks set to become this summer’s big blockbuster hit, and its director, Christopher Nolan, is busy working the interview circuit. After his comments last week around AI slop and the younger generation’s rejection of the tech, the Oscar-winning filmmaker went one step further in a chat with YouTube channel HugoDécrypte – Grands formats. … Read more

My sluggish limbs mean I’m terrible at Black Myth: Wukong on both a controller, as well as mouse and keyboard—so surely a brain-computer interface is the answer

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Translating brain activity into game inputs is the stuff of absurdly long-running sci-fi anime. It’s also a tech that, though very much in its infancy, now exists in the real world too. For instance, attendees at this year’s World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai could have a go at playing Black Myth: Wukong with just … Read more

Final Fantasy 14’s attempt to take the MMO mobile is over before the world even gets the chance to see it

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You might be surprised to hear that the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy 14—I’ll spare you the free trial copypasta—has a mobile version. Well, it does… though er, not for much longer. A little over a year after launching in China, Final Fantasy 14 mobile is shutting down and taking its unreleased global version down … Read more

That Game of Thrones RTS is still coming, still very HBO, but no longer due out this year

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Game of Thrones: War for Westeros—the upcoming RTS from PlaySide emerging from the blasted wreckage of HBO’s once-water-cooler-dominating fantasy TV series—would like you to know it still exists and is still coming out. Just, you know, a little later than it originally had planned. War for Westeros originally broke cover at last year’s Summer Game … Read more

Meet GigaWiper, a tricksy new malware that can wipe your PC’s storage drives squeaky clean and spy on your desktop all at once

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I run a single SSD gaming PC, which I’m aware is giving me a wonderful case of ‘single-point-of-failure-itus.’ Which is why my ears (eyes?) perked up when I read about GigaWiper, a wonderfully-named malware that can potentially do terrible things to your storage drives. Microsoft has published an analysis into GigaWiper’s capabilities, and it looks … Read more