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I’m sick to death of PC gaming’s endless launchers

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Stop it. Stop it! Stop it! I live in launcher Hell. In my taskbar, unfamiliar and unwelcome guests jostle each other in an endless horrible party: the Epic Game Store, Ubisoft Connect (which we all still call Uplay), Battle.net, the hated EA App, the Rockstar Social Club, the Paradox Launcher. I did not invite them … Read more

Razer is the latest gaming brand to jump on the ‘AI gaming’ bandwagon as it opens up the ‘first of three global AI hubs’

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Razer, the ‘lifestyle brand for gamers’ (don’t ask), has announced it is further committing to AI with the first of three AI hubs opening up around the world. First it’s Singapore, then Europe and the US. Announced on August 4, Razer’s Singapore-based AI hub is live, with the green-tinted tech company set to hire 150 … Read more

Kiss goodbye to your keyboard and mouse, in Microsoft’s vision for the Windows OS in 2030 they’ll both ‘feel as alien as it does for Gen Z to use DOS’

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Microsoft Windows 2030 Vision with David Weston – YouTube Watch On “The world of mousing around and keyboarding around and typing will feel as alien as it does to Gen Z to use DOS.” So says David Weston, Corporate Vice President of Enterprise and OS Security at Microsoft about the future of Windows. How so, … Read more

‘There is no such thing as a good secret backdoor,’ says Nvidia, reiterating that there are no kill switches, spyware, or secret ways to access its GPUs

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After US export restrictions were lifted on Nvidia’s H20 AI processors, China’s Cyberspace Administration summoned the company to explain whether or not the chips had any backdoor access. Nvidia denied that this was true, and in a new blog, it not only reiterated this statement but explained why the whole concept of a secret backdoor … Read more

Demand has been ‘very strong’ and ‘outpaced supply’ for AMD’s RX 9000-series cards according to CEO Dr. Lisa Su, as anyone who’s tried to buy one can attest

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In its latest Q2 financial report, AMD had good news for investors and fans of Radeon graphics cards. Gaming revenue was up 73% compared to this time last year, and no small part of this has been down to the success of the RX 9000-series of graphics cards. So much so, that in an earnings … Read more

UK politician unveils dead-eyed, Pixar-looking AI doppelganger, telling constituents to ‘give AI Mark a try’—unsurisingly, it’s rubbish

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It’s 3 am. You can’t sleep. You’re tossing and turning because you simply must speak to your MP to ask them what their favourite crisp flavour is. Or if they’d be up for reintroducing the death penalty. Or how they feel about the many pointless uses of AI that are being foisted upon us. Good … Read more

German phone repair and insurance firm goes bankrupt after paying €200,000 to ransomware hackers despite reported revenue of 70 million

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Despite tens of millions of revenue, a $230,000 ransomware fee has seemingly taken out one of Germany’s leading insurance firms. As reported by Wa.de and Golem.de (via our friends at Tom’s Hardware), Einhaus Group was originally targeted back in 2023. Hacking group Royal reportedly told Einhaus Group founder Wilhelm Einhaus, “We’ve hacked you. All further … Read more

Intel’s bad news year rolls on as new 18A chip manufacturing node is reportedly in trouble with 10% yields and doubts over profitability of the Panther Lake CPU

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Last week, we reported on a claimed 18-month deadline for Intel to win customers for its next-next-gen 14A chip node, else the company would have to give up on cutting-edge chip manufacturing. This week, it’s Intel’s actual next-gen node that’s in the news for the wrong reasons, as 18A is apparently in trouble. Reuters says … Read more