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AI may be changing how companies work, but the cost of running it is becoming harder to ignore. NVIDIA’s Bryan Catanzaro, vice president of applied deep learning, said the cost of compute for his team is now far higher than the cost of employees. That is a striking comment from the company at the center of the AI hardware boom. The point is not

AMD appears to be benefiting from a slowdown in the smartphone market, as Qualcomm and MediaTek reportedly reduce some of their reserved 4nm and 5nm production at TSMC. The shift is tied to weak demand for entry level and mid range smartphones. Those segments are under heavy pressure because memory prices have risen sharply. DRAM and NAND now make up a much larger share

AMD is working on a new feature that could make future Ryzen processors easier for Windows and Linux to manage. The feature is called CPPC HighestFreq. It would let a CPU report its real maximum boost frequencies directly to the operating system through firmware. That means Windows and Linux would no longer need to estimate boost behavior through abstract performance values. This matters because

Lenovo’s new Yoga Slim 7x Gen 11 is shaping up to be one of the most impressive Windows on Arm laptops of 2026, especially if you care more about battery life, portability, and everyday speed than gaming. The laptop starts at $1,199.99 and uses Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X2 chips. The base model comes with a Snapdragon X2 Plus, 16GB of LPDDR5x RAM, a 512GB

Winhanced is quickly becoming one of the more interesting apps for handheld gaming PCs, especially if you want your Windows device to feel less like a desktop and more like a console. The app brings Xbox, Steam, Epic, GOG, Game Pass, cloud gaming, remote play, and other services into one controller friendly interface. Instead of jumping between launchers, you can browse your games from

Skywind has taken another big step toward completion, but the volunteer team behind the project is still not committing to a release date. The fan made project recreates The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind inside Skyrim’s engine. It has been in development for years, and the latest 2026 progress update shows that many of its largest tasks are now close to finished. The biggest milestone

GTA 6 is expected to bring a huge number of people back to console gaming when it launches on November 19, but the cost of entry may surprise some buyers. Circana analyst Mat Piscatella warned that many casual players may not be closely following current console prices. They may simply know that GTA 6 is coming, then walk into a store later this year

31st Union Studio is cutting jobs while continuing work on Project Ethos, its long running free to play shooter under 2K. Studio head Ben Brinkman confirmed that layoffs are affecting the team, though the number of impacted employees has not been shared. He said the studio needs to move faster and work more nimbly as Project Ethos moves forward with a renewed direction. Project

Windrose appears to be one of April’s biggest surprise hits. According to estimates from Alinea Analytics, the pirate adventure sold around 1.7 million copies after launching into Early Access on April 17. That was enough to make it the best selling game of the month across Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox, even though Windrose is only available on Steam. That makes the result especially impressive.

IO Interactive has updated the PC requirements for 007 First Light ahead of its May 27, 2026 launch. The new specs add Enthusiast and Ultra tiers, giving PC players a clearer idea of what hardware they need for 1440p at 60 FPS and 4K at 60 FPS. The update is also easier to accept than the game’s first PC requirements, which caused concern because

Nacon’s difficult period continues, and now another studio in its portfolio is facing an uncertain future. Midgar Studio, the developer of Edge of Memories, has reportedly been put up for sale. The timing is striking because Edge of Memories was featured during Nacon Connect 2026 just one day before the listing appeared. Midgar is not one of the Nacon studios that had already filed

Valve’s new Steam Controller has arrived, and early reviews suggest it is a much stronger product than the original 2015 model. The 2026 Steam Controller launched on May 4 for $99, and it is clearly built as part of Valve’s wider hardware plan alongside the upcoming Steam Machine and Steam Frame. The goal is simple: give PC players a controller that works naturally with

Nintendo Switch 2 has reached 19.86 million units sold since launch, giving Nintendo a strong first year for its new hybrid console. The figure comes from Nintendo’s latest financial results for the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2026. Switch 2 sales rose by 2.49 million units since Nintendo’s previous update in February, when the console stood at 17.37 million units. The strong

Sony is not giving up on Marathon, even after admitting that Bungie’s wider game portfolio has fallen short of expectations. In its latest financial update, Sony recorded a major impairment loss tied to Bungie. The company said Bungie’s title portfolio did not perform as expected, leading Sony to revise its business plan and write down fixed assets connected to the studio. That is a

Sony is making its AI strategy clearer, and PlayStation studios are already using the technology in parts of game development. During Sony’s latest earnings presentation, company leaders said AI should support human creativity rather than replace it. Sony Group CEO Hiroki Totoki described AI as a tool that can amplify human imagination while keeping artists and creators at the center of the process. That

Microsoft may be working on a new Xbox initiative designed to improve battery life on Windows gaming handhelds. The project is reportedly called Project Green Leaf, and it focuses on reducing power use through developer controlled performance profiles. Instead of building a dedicated Xbox handheld, Microsoft appears to be trying to improve the wider Windows handheld ecosystem, including devices such as the ROG Ally

Sony has not decided when to launch the PlayStation 6, and memory supply is one of the main reasons. During its latest earnings call, Sony said ongoing memory shortages are affecting its planning for the next generation PlayStation. The company expects memory prices to remain high next year, so it is looking at new business models and product plans before locking in the timing.

Nintendo is raising the price of the Switch 2 in several major markets starting September 1, 2026. The company says the change is due to current market conditions that are expected to affect its business over the medium to long term. The price increase applies to North America, Europe, and Japan. In the United States, the Switch 2 will rise from $449.99 to $499.99.

Path of Exile 2 is getting one last major early access update before its full 1.0 launch. Grinding Gear Games has announced Path of Exile 2: Return of the Ancients, version 0.5.0, which launches on May 29, 2026. The update is being positioned as the final big content patch before the full release, which is still planned for later this year. This is not

AMD has shared more details about its Dense Geometry Format technology, a new approach designed to help future Radeon GPUs handle much larger geometry counts in ray traced games and other real time 3D workloads. DGF is built around a simple goal: store and stream dense geometry more efficiently. Instead of treating a full triangle mesh as one large block of data, AMD breaks