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It was 1995, 15-inch 800x600 monitors were the norm, what kind of monitor did John Carmack use to code Quake?
Posted on Sunday July 25, 2021
Pentium 133MHz days! Continue Reading »
More and more malware is using Discord's CDN for abuse
Posted on Saturday July 24, 2021
A report by Sophos has exposed the scale and variety of malware using the Discord's CDN: "Sophos products detected and blocked, just in the past two months, nearly 140 times the number of detections over the same period in 2020," said authors Sean Gallagher and Andrew Brandt, with 17,000 unique... Continue Reading »
China's new Loongson CPU is almost as fast as the first Ryzen
Posted on Saturday July 24, 2021
Chinese chipmaker Loongson announced a new processor on Friday. In terms of features, the Loongson 3A5000 comes equipped with two DDR4-3200 memory controllers and a dedicated encryption module. It also has four HyperTransport 3.0 SMP controllers that allow multiple 3A5000s to operate in unison inside a single system, like Intel’s... Continue Reading »
Intel's planned comeback: 10nm production now surpassing 14nm, 7nm remains a work in progress
Posted on Saturday July 24, 2021
Intel is optimistic about its 2021 outlook. The company reported second quarter net income of $5.1 billion on revenue of $19.6 billion. This is higher than Wall Street's expectations of $18.5 billion in earnings, and the company is now projecting a stronger non-GAAP revenue of $73.5 billion for 2021. Continue Reading »
Apple said to be testing a new external display with a dedicated A13 Bionic SoC
Posted on Friday July 23, 2021
Sources familiar with the matter told 9to5Mac that Apple’s new display, codenamed J327, will feature an Apple-made SoC – perhaps even the A13 Bionic chip from the iPhone 11 family. A display with an integrated chip could help Macs handle high-resolution graphics without taxing the computer’s processor, or perhaps enable... Continue Reading »
This mod adds AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution to SteamVR games
Posted on Friday July 23, 2021
German modder Frydrych Holger has implemented AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) tech into StreamVR. It should help VR titles boost frame rates without compromising image quality. He has tested it with Skyrim VR and Fallout4 VR, and the results look pretty good. Holger explains the process on his GitHub page. Continue Reading »
Twitter and Snap saw record revenue growth in Q2
Posted on Friday July 23, 2021
Twitter's latest financial report is in, and it looks like the company was able to beat analyst expectations on revenue for Q2 2021, sending company shares up over 5 percent. For the three months ending in June, the company recorded $1.19 billion in revenue, which is a 74 percent increase... Continue Reading »
Playdate pre-order details, and what early reviewers have to say
Posted on Friday July 23, 2021
Ars Technica’s Sam Machkovech has spent the last three weeks testing a “near-final” version of the Playdate. “I've yet to hand a Playdate to a friend without them remarking on how much they liked it,” Machkovech said. “And usually, that praise comes with a statement along the lines of "this... Continue Reading »
Google's latest doodle celebrates the Tokyo Summer Olympics with a 16-bit JRPG
Posted on Friday July 23, 2021
Since Japan was appointed as the host for the 2020 Summer Olympics, it's been clear that video games would feature a major role in the event's theme. The Land of the Rising Sun has always had a close relationship with gaming culture, creating some of the most popular consoles, including... Continue Reading »
EA confirms Dead Space remake on next-gen consoles and PC
Posted on Friday July 23, 2021
On Thursday, EA confirmed that it is working on the rumored remake of beloved survival horror classic Dead Space. The short teaser (below) shows a only a glimpse of game engine footage, but it looks great. Motive Studios heads up development and is rebuilding the game "from the ground up"... Continue Reading »