Sparkle unveils new Arc B580 Titan OC Nox graphics card
Published in Graphics


All-black color scheme

Sparkle is obviously quite serious about Intel's graphics cards as the company has unveiled yet another version that will be similar to the Titan OC and Titan Luna OC versions, the all-black Arc B580 Titan OC Nox.

Velvet Sundown admits it does not exist
Published in AI

 
State of music is so bad existence does not matter any more

Velvet Sundown, the indie rock outfit that racked up more than a million Spotify listeners, has finally come clean and admitted that it does not exist.

AMD slips RDNA 3.5 iGPU firmware into Linux
Published in News


New GFX 11.5.3 files hint at 'Gorgon Point' APU looming

AMD has dropped a fresh pile of RDNA 3.5 integrated GPU firmware into the Linux firmware repository, paving the way for its next round of silicon without the usual fanfare.

AMD’s RX 9060 pokes its head out
Published in Graphics


Vanilla RDNA 4 GPU spotted in AIDA64 ahead of official reveal

Looks like AMD’s budget-friendly RDNA 4 card is warming up in the wings. A new version of AIDA64 has tipped its hand by listing support for the Radeon RX 9060, a notch below the already-rumoured RX 9060 XT.

Apple scrubs the transparency from its showy new UI
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Liquid glass now looks more like cheap frosted plastic

Fruity cargo cult Apple has spent the latest iOS 26 beta dialling down its vista-clone Liquid Glass, the see-through design it hyped at WWDC.

Call of Duty hacked again
Published in Gaming


Activision pulls WWII from Microsoft Store after players get pwned

Gaming behemoth Activision has yanked Call of Duty: WWII from the Microsoft Store after hackers exploited a remote code execution bug that let them take over players’ PCs.

Coreweave gobbles rival in $9bn share swap
Published in Cloud


Data centre land grab or cash-saving sleight of hand?

CoreWeave has wasted no time splashing the cashless after its IPO. Just three months since floating, the US data centre outfit is shelling out $9 billion worth of shares to acquire Core Scientific in what’s being sold as a bold expansion move.

Sabih Khan replaces Williams as Apple’s operations boss
Published in News


Needs to sort out supply chain mess

The fruity cargo cult, Apple has just named Sabih Khan as its new Chief Operations officer and given him the poisoned chalace of sorting out Job's Mob's supply chain mess.

OnePlus releases Nord 5 and Nord CE5 phones
Published in Mobiles


Interesting mid-range devices with hefty batteries

OnePlus has unveiled its two new Nord series smartphones, the fifth-generation Nord 5 and Nord CE5, bringing improved chipsets, better display and camera systems, as well as larger batteries.

FinalWire releases new AIDA64 v7.70
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Preliminary support for AMD Zen 6 and other improvements

FinalWire has released the latest version of AIDA64 diagnostic and benchmarking software, AIDA64 v7.70, bringing preliminary support for some upcoming products, improved support for CPUs and GPUs, new benchmarks, and fixes.