AMD has three fresh EPYC Embedded chip families coming down the pipeline, according to leaked info, with the Venice lineup packing up to 96 Zen 6 cores on TSMC's 2nm process and supporting PCIe Gen6 alongside DDR5 memory. The Fire Range series targets mid-tier applications with 16 Zen 5 cores borrowed from Ryzen 9000HX mobile chips, while the mysterious Annapurna family is supposedly optimized for network control planes with strong efficiency metrics.
The Venice chips should land as part of the 9006 series and will sit below the full server versions that max out at 256 cores. Fire Range handles networking and storage workloads with PCIe Gen5 and DDR5-5600 support, basically repurposing desktop silicon for embedded use. The Annapurna...
Eidos Montréal just axed more people for the third round of cuts since early last year, and leaked resumes show they were cooking up a dark fantasy action RPG with melee combat and parkour that was pretty clearly a Legacy of Kain revival before it got canned. The studio already lost workers when Embracer killed their Deus Ex project and then dumped another 75 people after wrapping support work on the Fable reboot.
Crystal Dynamics grabbed back the Legacy of Kain rights a few years back, and the Soul Reaver remasters seemed like they were testing the waters for a full comeback that never happened. Eidos also scrapped a point-and-click game with turn-based fights, and nobody knows what happened to their 3v3 esports shooter project. The...
Samsung just set up a Custom SoC Development Team because they're tired of getting dunked on by Apple and Qualcomm while relying on ARM's off-the-shelf CPU cores. Vice President Park Bong-il is heading up the effort to build chips completely from scratch instead of outsourcing designs, and the Exynos 2600 might be the last time they use ARM's Cortex stuff before going full custom.
The move makes sense since Samsung already manufactures camera sensors and runs its own foundry, cranking out 2nm chips for Tesla and crypto clients, which means their costs should be way lower than competitors who have to pay TSMC millions just for tape-out. They abandoned their Mongoose cores years ago after they flopped compared to ARM designs, but experts...
The First Descendant devs dropped their December patch details and pushed Season 4 all the way back to summer because they need to basically rebuild the entire endgame loop from scratch. Ultimate Yujin is getting added as a hybrid character who can either go full combat mode or play support medic, depending on which module you pick, and there's a new dungeon called Forbidden Sanctuary where you can grind for his stuff. They're also throwing in The Grim Reaper boss, which is apparently a poisoned-up Death Stalker that'll wreck you if you don't learn the fight mechanics.
The big news is they're completely overhauling how farming works at greater difficulties by letting players pick what loot they want first and then sending them on...
Samsung just dropped a teaser for the Exynos 2600, which marks the first 2nm GAA chipset anyone's actually made, and the company seems desperate to prove they fixed all the overheating garbage that plagued earlier models. The trailer hints they've been grinding away on this chip for a while, listening to everyone complain about thermal throttling and battery drain issues with previous releases.
The Korean giant claims their Heat Pass Block tech will slash temperatures by 30 percent compared to older chips, letting the processor actually maintain performance without turning your phone into a hand warmer. Official specs say the 2nm node only delivers a tiny 5 percent speed boost and 8 percent efficiency gain over 3nm, but leaks suggest...
Mount and Blade II Bannerlord just dropped its War Sails expansion for about 25 bucks, and it finally brings naval combat after years of the community begging for it. TaleWorlds Entertainment is wiping old saves to give everyone a clean slate with the new maritime warfare system, which adds the Nords faction back into the mix, along with fresh coastal cities and port areas you can actually walk around in.
The naval battles themselves are pretty intricate when you're trying to coordinate entire fleets and deal with wind conditions, though most fights still end up as boarding parties smashing into each other. The expansion tweaks the whole economy and trading system since coastal hubs matter way more when ships are involved, but some...
Kids in Mbeere, Embu county used to ditch class constantly to work the muguka farms with their parents, chasing quick cash instead of dealing with boring memorization-heavy lessons they couldn't connect to real life. The old 8-4-4 system had them cramming facts for exams without understanding why any of it mattered, and parents like Njeru Nyaga said their kids felt lost trying to grasp overly technical material that had zero relevance to their farming community.
The competency-based education system flipped everything by making learning hands-on and practical. Director Robert Mwiti said attendance shot up because students actually get assessed on what they can do with their hands instead of just regurgitating memorized content, and the...
Rigathi Gachagua is out here trying to poach ODM politicians, straight-up telling Edwin Sifuna and Babu Owino they can bail on their party and join his DCP instead. The former deputy president made the pitch after bringing in two new MCAs, and he said Sifuna could even get DCP backing for his senate run in 2027 if things go south for him in ODM.
Gachagua thinks ODM is shooting itself in the foot by cozying up with the government, and he warned they might end up as a minor party stuck with just a handful of seats in Luo Nyanza. He pointed to recent by-election wins for DCP and other opposition parties as proof that the political landscape is shifting, and he made it clear that building up his own party is totally fair game while still...
Tanzanian social media personality Jennifer Jovin, who goes by Niffer, got out of jail after being locked up since late October. She thanked the president for pardoning her and said the whole thing was just a misunderstanding since she doesn't mess with politics at all. Her time behind bars taught her not to take freedom for granted, and she wants people to remember that prisoners need help with basic stuff like diapers and sanitary products for their kids.
Her mom had begged President Samia Suluhu Hassan to show mercy because Niffer supports the whole family financially. The charges against her were wild, accusing her of conspiracy to commit treason because she allegedly told people to buy face masks to protect themselves from tear...
