TechSpot, Hardware Unboxed, Hardwareluxx, PC Games Hardware, and Igor's Lab recently confirmed they won't receive drivers for Nvidia's upcoming RTX 5060 until the graphics card's May 19 launch, delaying reviews until at least that date. As with the harshly criticized 8GB RTX 5060 Ti, consumers will have little to no......
LibreOffice openly advises users not to use OpenOffice
LibreOffice warns that OpenOffice poses a security risk due to years-old, unpatched vulnerabilities. Despite claims of progress, the Apache Software Foundation has made only minimal changes. LibreOffice urges users to stop using OpenOffice, and instead choose LibreOffice, which is actively maintained and regularly updated. Read Entire Article
Former Ubisoft director, Clair Obscur maker slams AAA dev bloat: “It would’ve taken 25 years” to make my game
Broche, who founded Sandfall Interactive after his tenure at Ubisoft, recently commented that getting approval to develop Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 would have taken "25 years" at a larger corporate studio. His statement emphasizes the magnitude of bureaucratic red tape involved with large AAA developers. Fortunately, Broche escaped the constraints......
Spotify update makes playlist curation simpler, refines recommendations
Spotify's latest update simplifies and extends the Queue options allowing for a more personalized playlist experience. A new "30-day snooze" feature has been added, along with other music-curation tools. Read Entire Article
AmpereOne M CPUs launched with 192 Arm cores, 12-channel DDR5 memory, 96 PCIe Gen 5 lanes
The AmpereOne M family uses a 7228-pin FCLGA socket and packs between 96 and 192 custom single-threaded Armv8.6+ cores, running at speeds of up to 3.60 GHz. The processors feature up to 64 MB of system-level cache and 2 MB of L2 cache. Designed for cloud data centers and AI......
Samsung acquires Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Marantz, in $350M audio deal
This move supercharges Samsung's ambitions in the premium audio space. Harman already owns a stable of respected audio brands, including JBL, Harman Kardon, AKG, Arcam, Mark Levinson, and Revel – all thanks to Samsung's $8 billion acquisition of the company back in 2016. Read Entire Article
Alienware unveils 16 Aurora and 16X Aurora gaming laptops, starting from $1,149
The new laptops are the first to carry the Aurora brand in almost 20 years and replace the Alienware M, X, and cheaper Dell G lines. Read Entire Article
Seagate targets 100TB hard drives by 2030 to meet AI storage demands
Seagate expects to launch a 100-terabyte hard disk drive by 2030, anticipating that AI companies will require such massive storage for their increasingly complex chatbots and generative AI services. According to B.S. Teh, who oversees Seagate's global commercial strategy development and operations, there will soon be considerable demand for extremely......
Buffalo Japan is selling a transparent hard disk drive for its 50th anniversary
Buffalo designed the Skeleton Hard Disk as an external USB drive with a premium package and design, though its technical specifications aren't groundbreaking. Using a standard USB 3.2 (Gen 1) interface, the drive lets users see the spinning magnetic surface and moving read/write heads during I/O operations. Forget state of......
SteamOS beta adds ROG Ally and Legion Go support, new controller compatibility
Previous updates hinted at trackpad functionality for the Legion Go, but this release confirms extended input compatibility for both Asus and Lenovo devices. It introduces key features like power button support, laying the foundation for wider handheld integration. The update also highlights enhanced input functionality for both handhelds. Read Entire...