We might see a new Logitech Superstrike this September, just a few months after the world’s first proper analogue mouse launched

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When it comes to gaming mice, big innovations don’t come around that often. Earlier this year there was one, though, as Logitech was the first to put proper analogue clicks in a mouse using a mix of haptics and induction in the G Pro X2 Superstrike. And now, rumour has it we’ll be seeing a … Read more

id Software producer says ‘you’ll never get another WoW or Morrowind in the current climate’ in the wake of Xbox layoffs

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Caught up in the wave of Xbox ‘reset’ layoffs that occurred last week, id Software has been hit particularly hard. And while official statements given by the studio maintain that it’s still of a decent enough size to make the kinds of games it used to, that sentiment’s at odds with many of the developers … Read more

‘The company has turned its back on us’: Black Flag Resynced developers at Ubisoft Barcelona are being laid off instead of celebrating the series’ latest hit

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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced has been a massive success for Ubisoft, having sold two million copies in a day and breaking the series’ concurrent player records on Steam by nearly 40,000. Despite this good news, the company is planning to lay off 51 developers at Ubisoft Barcelona. These layoffs were announced last month, alongside … Read more

So THIS is why component makers have started validating their products for Chinese memory

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Recently a bunch of motherboard and component makers have been validating their stuff for Chinese-made memory. That’s brands including biggies, such as MSI and Asus. The reason, it turns out, is apparently a massive ramp up in the amount of DRAM production coming from China, especially from memory maker CXMT. Basing their analysis largely on … Read more

New changes to Windows 11 Start menu and search look genuinely exciting and thank the heavens that we’ll be able to disable web results

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Say what you want about Windows—I’ve certainly said my fair share—but recent months have shown at least that Microsoft is willing to make some positive changes. Now, at least some of these are coming to fruition, as the company is releasing an improved Windows start menu search box for Insiders. The changes are ones that … Read more

Too hot to handle: A leaked internal Nvidia tool re-enables blocked GPU hotspot sensor data for RTX 50-series graphics cards

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Nvidia’s RTX 50-series cards have a tendency to run cool and quiet. On average, at least. The current generation of Nvidia GPUs were previously claimed to have had their hotspot sensor removed, which lead to limited temp readings in real-time monitoring tools like GPU-Z, as only the regular GPU and memory temperature data is available. … Read more

More Windows security updates to come as Microsoft leverages AI vulnerability detection, but ‘only the highest-confidence findings reach the engineering team’

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I’m pretty staunchly opposed to the use of generative AI—for me, it’s the one-two punch of dubiously sourced datasets and the argument that these models can replace the human creatives they so often rip off. That said, even I’m a little bit intrigued by AI’s application in cybersecurity. Case in point, Microsoft recently shared that … Read more

Marvel Rivals has upset players yet again with some peculiar balances that buff some of the strongest heroes

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It took all of one day for Marvel Rivals to enrage players after the release of season 9 with a new, unasked for, and slightly confusing patch. It buffed tons of heroes some of which in no way needed a helping hand. “Our temporal scanners have been working overtime, analyzing battlefield telemetry and listening to … Read more