Battlefield built its reputation on scale and spectacle, and the upcoming Battlefield 6 pushes both further. As Zack Zwiezen reported in Kotaku after a hands-on session and developer interview, DICE's designers created a secret tool inside the Frostbite engine that sounds like a player's fever dream: a button that instantly......
First PCIe 8.0 draft spec released, promising blistering 1 TB/s bandwidth
Members of PCI-SIG can now access the 0.3 draft specification for PCIe 8.0, the first official description of the upcoming protocol's objectives. Continuing the steady rate of advancement seen over the past several years, PCIe 8.0 is expected to deliver eight times the bandwidth available to today's cutting-edge PC components.......
Xbox Series price hikes return, raising some models by $70
Bucking historical trends, the current generation of consoles has seen multiple price hikes over the past year due to tariffs and supply chain challenges. Analysts fear that as prices continue to rise, unit sales and spending from younger customers may decline compared to the previous generation. Read Entire Article
Lidar maker Hesai CEO warns society not ready for rapid self-driving rollout
Li told The Financial Times that while nearly one million people die in road accidents each year, a company building a vehicle responsible for even a single death annually could face existential backlash. Read Entire Article
The Commodore Amiga returns in style with Apollo’s high-end A6000
The Commodore Amiga left a lasting impression on countless computer users in the 1980s, and demand for new Amiga hardware persists to this day. Apollo, a German company best known for developing modern Amiga accelerator cards, is now bringing a complete Amiga system to market. As with previous retro computing......
Reviewers put iPhone Air’s “all-day battery life” claim to the test
YouTuber Dave2D tested the iPhone Air and found it could run the notoriously hardware-intensive game Genshin Impact for around three hours and 11 minutes at 600 nits before shutting down. Under more typical conditions, such as web browsing and social media use, the device delivered roughly 9.5 hours of screen-on......
Panasonic accelerates work on anode-free batteries for longer-range EVs
Panasonic has announced new battery development efforts aimed at boosting driving range and energy density for automakers, including Tesla, which relies on the Japanese manufacturer for cell supply. The company is exploring commercial applications of anode-free batteries but has not yet committed to a specific launch timeline. Read Entire Article
New LattePanda Iota single-board computer outperforms Raspberry Pi 5 in benchmarks
Chinese manufacturer LattePanda has introduced a new addition to its line of x86 single-board computers (SBCs). The LattePanda "Iota" aims to provide a seamless upgrade from the company's original LattePanda V1, while enabling more complex computing scenarios and custom projects. Customers will need to decide whether an x86 CPU is......
Solar panels on cars could soon power daily commutes
Aptera Motors, based in Carlsbad, California, has driven much of this momentum by developing a three-wheeled electric vehicle equipped with solar panels that conform to its aerodynamic body. The company tackled this technical challenge in-house after finding commercial solutions inadequate. Read Entire Article
Uber Eats to test drone food deliveries in the US later this year
The companies said that Uber wants to expand its multimodal delivery network to include autonomous aerial deliveries. Tel Aviv, Israel-based Flytrex, which also carries out drone deliveries for DoorDash, is one of only four drone delivery providers authorized by the FAA for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations, meaning......