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Gears of War: E-Day is still an Xbox console exclusive, but some PlayStation 5 owners have found an unofficial way to play it by using Xbox Cloud Gaming on a jailbroken PS5. A new homebrew application called PSBox Cloud Gaming allows Microsoft's cloud gaming service to run directly on modified PlayStation 5 consoles. That means compatible Xbox games can be streamed to Sony's hardware

The ASUS Googlebook 14 makes a strong first impression as a piece of hardware, but Google's new desktop operating system still has clear limitations that could make it difficult to recommend over Windows or macOS. Google introduced Googlebooks in September as premium laptops that sit alongside Chromebooks rather than replacing them. Google is not producing the hardware itself, with companies including Acer, ASUS, Dell,

A PC hardware experiment has shown how dramatically GPU placement can affect cooling, with an unconventional side mounted configuration reducing hotspot temperature by as much as 19°C. The test compared several graphics card positions inside the same PC. The most effective setup placed the GPU vertically near the front and side intake area using a PCIe riser cable, with three intake fans feeding fresh

AMD has introduced Helion, a new rack scale platform designed for agentic AI deployments, with configurations ranging from a CPU only system containing up to 32,768 Zen 6 cores to an integrated CPU and GPU option for enterprise workloads. Announced at OCP 2026, Helion is being presented as an open infrastructure blueprint that customers and partners can adapt according to their performance, power and

NVIDIA is reportedly preparing a refreshed GeForce RTX 5080 with 24 GB of GDDR7 memory for the first quarter of 2027, potentially positioning it as the highest end Blackwell gaming card if the current RTX 5090 is discontinued. The information remains unconfirmed. NVIDIA has not officially announced a new RTX 5080, nor has it confirmed reports that production of the existing RTX 5090 and

NVIDIA and Cisco have introduced a new optical networking module called USFP, designed to increase bandwidth density for large AI infrastructure while keeping the physical module close to the size of existing OSFP hardware. USFP stands for Ultra Dense Small Form Factor Pluggable. The design supports 400 Gb/s per lane and can scale to as many as 32 electrical lanes, giving a maximum theoretical

NVIDIA's Tesla V100 may be nearly nine years old, but a custom four GPU setup shows that the Volta based accelerator can still deliver competitive performance in modern AI inference workloads. The experiment used four 32 GB Tesla V100 cards connected through NVLink and compared them with two DGX Spark systems and an Apple M5 Ultra. Despite the age of the hardware, the V100

Researchers have developed a new type of sonic black hole that can be inserted into existing pipes to reduce echoes and unwanted vibrations without rebuilding the pipe itself. The 3D printed device is designed to progressively slow sound waves as they travel through a duct. Instead of reflecting back toward the source, the acoustic energy becomes increasingly concentrated and is eventually dissipated through friction

Microsoft President Brad Smith is calling for stronger government oversight of advanced artificial intelligence, arguing that everyday products such as milk and washing machines are subject to more formal safety requirements than some of the most capable AI systems. His comments come as AI developers increasingly move beyond simple chatbots toward autonomous agents that can perform tasks, execute code and interact with external systems

Dell's Alienware 16 Aurora gaming laptop is currently available for $1,099 at Walmart, putting the RTX 5050 based system close to the lower end of the current gaming laptop market. Walmart lists the deal as a $900.99 discount from a claimed $1,999.99 price. That headline saving is less important than the laptop's current position against similar RTX 5050 systems, since several competing models with