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Airship Syndicate has revealed DUST: Origins, a new isometric action game that will be funded through a Kickstarter campaign beginning on July 28, 2026. The studio has shared an early teaser that introduces the game’s dark science fiction setting, while promising more gameplay footage, artwork, and development details before the campaign starts. The project marks a new direction for the studio behind Darksiders Genesis,

Copa City has a strong idea at its centre, but it is difficult to recommend in its current state. The game asks you to prepare major World Cup host cities for match day by managing fans, building event spaces, improving safety, and selling enough tickets before the stadium opens. That concept works well when everything is running properly. Unfortunately, frequent bugs, unclear objectives, poor

Quantic Dream employees have reportedly staged a strike outside the studio’s Paris office as up to 115 jobs face cuts following the shutdown of Spellcasters Chronicles. Workers involved in the action say the layoffs could also place Star Wars Eclipse at serious risk, arguing that the studio needs more staff to finish the long awaited Star Wars game. The protest comes during a difficult

Grand Theft Auto VI may remain without a physical disc version for the foreseeable future, according to a new report. Rockstar Games has already confirmed that retail copies of the game will include a download code rather than a disc, but some players were hoping that a traditional boxed edition would arrive after launch. That now appears unlikely. A recent report claims Rockstar currently

OpenAI is reportedly preparing its first custom AI chip, called Jalapeño, as part of a broader effort to build more specialized hardware for large language model inference. The project is said to involve Broadcom and could lead to the first deployments before the end of 2026. The reported chip would be designed for inference rather than general purpose computing. That means it would focus

Qualcomm is reportedly in early discussions to provide custom chip design services for ByteDance, a move that could help the company expand beyond its long established smartphone business. The talks are not confirmed as a final agreement, but they point to Qualcomm’s growing interest in building tailored silicon for major technology companies. The reported project could involve chip designs based on technology from Alphawave

Frame time graphs remain one of the best ways to measure PC game performance, but they do not always show what is actually happening on your monitor. A game can report steady frame times while still showing judder, tearing, or uneven motion. That is where display times become important. Frame times measure how often a game submits frames. Display times measure how often the

Hygon is developing a new C86 server processor with up to 128 cores and 512 threads, marking a major step in China’s effort to build more of its own data center hardware. The upcoming C86 5G family is expected to deliver more than 15% higher instructions per clock than the company’s current generation while adding wider AI and vector processing support. The processor is

AMD has released a new Adrenalin hotfix driver to address a Windows 10 installation problem affecting some Radeon graphics card owners. The Adrenalin Edition 26.6.3 Hotfix Preview Driver is intended to fix the Device Manager warning that appeared after the previous 26.6.2 release, which added FSR 4.1 support for Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards. The issue mainly affected Windows 10 systems using RX

Qualcomm has introduced High Bandwidth Compute, or HBC, a new memory architecture designed for AI accelerators that need more capacity and bandwidth without the growing power cost of traditional high bandwidth memory. The technology places a dedicated compute layer beneath stacked LPDDR memory, creating a tightly integrated design intended to reduce one of the biggest limits in modern AI systems. The company says HBC

Qualcomm has announced the Dragonfly C1000, its first server CPU designed for AI data centers and large scale cloud workloads. The company says the chip will use its custom Oryon CPU architecture, exceed 250 cores, reach clock speeds above 5GHz, and aim for leading single core performance when commercial systems arrive in 2028. The Dragonfly C1000 is part of Qualcomm’s broader push into AI

Qualcomm has officially introduced its Dragonfly platform, a broad data center strategy that combines AI accelerators, server CPUs, networking technology, advanced memory, and custom silicon services. The initiative is aimed at the growing demand for AI infrastructure, where companies want faster inference performance, better energy efficiency, and hardware that can scale across large data center deployments. Dragonfly is designed as a full stack platform

Intel’s Core Ultra 7 270K Plus has dropped to $264 during the Prime Day sale, giving PC builders a lower cost route into a high core count desktop processor. At this price, the chip becomes a strong option for people who want one system for gaming, content creation, multitasking, and general productivity. The processor normally sells closer to $300, so the current discount cuts

ASUS has released a new BIOS update that restores Transparent Secure Memory Encryption, or TSME, on supported consumer Ryzen systems. The feature was reportedly removed through earlier AMD BIOS updates, but the latest ASUS beta firmware brings it back for owners of compatible AM5 motherboards. The update includes AMD’s AGESA ComboAM5 PI 1.3.0.1b Patch A code and is currently available as BIOS version 2401

IBM has unveiled new 0.7nm chip manufacturing research built around a technology it calls Nanostack. The company says the approach could greatly increase transistor density by stacking transistor structures vertically, rather than relying only on making them smaller across a flat chip surface. The announcement places IBM among the first companies to publicly discuss semiconductor technology below the 1nm generation. While the 0.7nm label

AMD’s next EPYC server processor platform, codenamed Venice, could reach higher shipment volumes than NVIDIA’s Vera CPUs in 2027, according to a new industry forecast. The estimate points to 6.75 million Venice units for AMD, compared with 5.75 million Vera CPUs for NVIDIA. Both companies are preparing for a period where CPUs become more important in AI infrastructure. GPUs remain central to training and

Lenovo has warned that high prices for DRAM and NAND memory could remain a long term problem, with costs unlikely to return to the levels seen in early 2025. The company’s outlook suggests that the pressure created by AI data centers may continue affecting PCs, laptops, smartphones, SSDs, and other consumer devices well into the next decade. Memory prices began rising sharply in late

Micron has signed 16 long term agreements with major memory customers, a move that suggests high DRAM prices and limited supply could continue for years. The agreements reportedly secure memory volumes for five years and include terms designed to prevent customers from walking away if market conditions change. The company has described the deals as Strategic Customer Agreements, or SCAs. They cover annual memory

AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition appears to have sold out almost immediately after launch, with some listings already appearing on resale sites for far above its official $349 price. The limited reissue was expected to attract owners of older AM4 systems, but early availability has been poor for buyers hoping to purchase the processor at its intended price. Some reseller listings have

Goodram is preparing new DDR4 memory modules that start at just 4GB, a capacity that has become increasingly rare in modern desktop PC builds. The company’s upcoming Rival DDR4 Radiant lineup will also include 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB options, but the return of 4GB sticks reflects how sharply the memory market has changed. For years, 16GB of RAM was widely seen as the practical