Some Reddit user picked up an ASUS Vivobook S15 with a Snapdragon X Plus chip, and the whole thing has been a disaster for a year straight. The student says his laptop has been plagued with bugs, zero SQL Server support, driver conflicts, and ASUS hasn't pushed a single update since June.
The machine flashes white when switching windows and lags even on the home screen. Reinstalling Windows helped a bit, but the problems keep coming back. ASUS basically abandoned the product after a few months, leaving users to figure everything out themselves.
Qualcomm has the next wave of Snapdragon X2 chips coming out soon, but they need to get their act together with partners before launch. If they mess this up again, Apple's just going to keep...
The devs behind Battlefield 6 dropped some numbers on how their kernel-level Javelin anti-cheat has been holding up against hackers. Launch week saw about 98% of matches stay clean, which they improved from 93% during the open beta after blocking over a million cheat attempts. They've stopped around 2.39 million cheating tries since release, and nearly all the known cheat makers have either gone dark or are having problems.
The team is looking at adding more security layers, like HVCI and VBS, to make things even harder for cheaters. They're also working with console makers to ban hardware like the Cronus Zen. The Winter Offensive update drops soon with a Brooklyn map and an Ice Lock event where players have to find warm spots or take...
Steam stats dropped for November, and the RTX 5070 has become the most popular card from the RTX 50 lineup. The card sits at 2.23% market share, which actually puts it ahead of the RTX 4070 at 2.16%. Gamers seem to think it offers solid value compared to other cards in the series.
Team Green still dominates the platform with nearly 74% of users running their hardware. Most people are still gaming on 8GB cards, but 12GB options jumped to second place with over 19% adoption. The RTX 4060 laptop version remains king overall with 4.44% share.
Every RTX 50 series card gained ground last month. The 5060 grabbed 1.62%, and the 5060 Ti landed at 1.20%. Holiday sales will probably push these numbers higher before prices potentially spike.
AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT finally cracked 1,000 sales in one week at Mindfactory, a major German retailer, and it basically demolished the entire RTX 50 lineup from NVIDIA. The card moved 1,015 units while NVIDIA's whole stack combined barely hit 940 units, with the RX 9060 XT grabbing second place at 675 sales. NVIDIA's best performer was the RTX 5070 Ti at only 240 units, and the flagship RTX 5090 flopped hard with just 35 sales.
AMD grabbed about 66 percent of the total GPU market share at this store, but NVIDIA still makes more money per card since its average selling price sits way higher at 733 euros compared to AMD's 527 euros. Intel's Arc cards got crushed with the B580 selling worse than even the older A770 and A380 models.
Samsung dropped its Galaxy Z TriFold, but the device only works in two modes, which is pretty limiting compared to what Huawei did with the Mate XTs. The Korean company went with a U-shaped fold instead of a Z-shaped one, so users can either rock the 6.5-inch candy-bar setup or go full tablet at 10 inches. There's no middle option as you get with the Mate XTs, which can unfold once to match the Galaxy Z Fold 7 size, and then open again for that massive 10.2-inch screen.
Samsung reasons that the U-fold keeps the inner display safer from scratches and damage since it's way more fragile than the outer screen with its Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2. The company picked durability over flexibility, probably because people are dropping around $2,447...
IO Interactive dropped Eminem into HITMAN as an Elusive Target that everyone can try to kill through the end of the month, and the CEO basically confirmed another HITMAN game is coming after they finish their other projects. Hakan Abrak said they'll talk about co-op stuff first, and then they'll get into what's next for the franchise after being quiet about it for over two years.
Abrak mentioned that James Bond is the only licensed IP they'd ever touch since it lines up with what they're good at after making assassination games for 25 years. The studio's 007 game launches in March 2026, but it'll play more like Uncharted with a linear setup instead of the open sandbox style HITMAN fans are used to.
David Grivel just came back to lead the Splinter Cell remake after bouncing around the industry for a couple of years. The guy originally ran the project when Ubisoft announced it back in 2021, but he bailed to work on Battlefield 6, then returned for some other Ubisoft thing, and then joined a studio that got shut down by NetEase. He spent this year consulting on NEO BERLIN 2087 before hopping back onto Splinter Cell.
Word is the remake should drop sometime in 2026 using the Snowdrop Engine, and someone who saw it said it looks pretty solid. The game might get story updates for modern audiences, but nobody really knows if that plan stuck around through all the director swaps. Fans are hyped because this could be the third classic...
Samsung finally dropped its Galaxy Z TriFold, and it's the second triple-folding phone to hit the market. The device packs a 10-inch screen when fully opened, runs on the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chip, and comes with up to 1TB of storage paired with 16GB of RAM. Camera setup includes a 200MP main sensor, a 12MP ultrawide lens, and a 10MP telephoto shooter that does 3x optical zoom. The whole thing weighs 309 grams and has a 5,600mAh battery inside.
Samsung built this beast with titanium hinges and some fancy aluminum alloy for the frame, and they slapped Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 on the cover display. The main screen hits 1,600 nits of brightness while the 6.5-inch cover panel goes up to 2,600 nits. Only one color option exists...
President Samia Suluhu Hassan told religious leaders to back off from trying to run Tanzania based on their personal doctrines during a meeting with Dar es Salaam elders. She said the country operates under its constitution, not religious rules, and faith belongs in people's hearts rather than being used to override national governance.
Samia pointed out that the Tanzania Episcopal Conference dropped eight statements since she took office, but they ended up contradicting each other and not really accomplishing anything useful. She pushed Tanzanians to keep the country united and not let religious or political beef tear everyone apart, even if people hate whoever is in charge at the moment.
