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Thinner Galaxy S26 Edge may get bigger battery to fix S25 flaws
Samsung develops advanced battery materials for the upcoming Galaxy S26 Edge smartphone. The company aims to surpass the current Galaxy S25 Edge model, which measures 5.8mm in thickness. Engineers work to create a device that combines increased battery capacity with an even slimmer profile. Tipster @UniverseIce reports these developments on the social media platform X. The project represents Samsung's effort to push smartphone design boundaries further. The Galaxy S25 Edge contains a 3,900mAh battery within its ultra-thin frame. This design limitation restricts the device to two rear cameras instead of three sensors. Samsung executives previously cited agentic AI efficiency improvements when questioned about battery technology choices...
Square Enix, Tactic Studios open KILLER INN beta this weekend
Square Enix and Tactic Studios will conduct a closed beta test for KILLER INN this weekend on Steam. The testing period begins Friday, July 25 at 3 PM Pacific Time and concludes Monday, July 28 at the same time. Players can request access through the game's store page. Developers emphasize this serves as a server capacity evaluation rather than a complete gameplay demonstration. The beta version lacks tutorial content that will appear in the final release. KILLER INN features asymmetrical competitive gameplay between two distinct groups. Sixteen players form the Lambs team while eight constitute the Wolves faction. Each side attempts to eliminate all opposing team members through combat encounters. Wolves possess knowledge of their...
Final Fantasy Tactics rebuild from lost code restores cut content
Square Enix developers reconstructed Final Fantasy Tactics from the ground up for The Ivalice Chronicles Classic mode. Director Kazutoyo Maehiro explained that the original 1997 source code disappeared over time. Development teams during that era lacked modern resource management systems. Programmers frequently overwrote previous code when fixing bugs or adding language support. This practice eventually led to the complete loss of master data. The reconstruction process enabled developers to restore content removed from the initial release. Character dialogue sequences during combat situations will flesh out story companions after they join Ramza's group. The Enhanced version benefits from this solid foundation created through the...
Samsung rejected NVIDIA's Jensen Huang, costing billions
Samsung executives rejected a comprehensive partnership proposal from Jensen Huang several years ago. The NVIDIA chief executive had offered collaboration across high bandwidth memory development, foundry operations, and CUDA platform advancement. Korean leadership demonstrated skepticism toward HBM technology prospects at that time. The semiconductor giant failed to recognize the future artificial intelligence boom that would drive memory demand. This decision resulted in lost revenue opportunities worth billions of dollars. NVIDIA subsequently established its partnership with SK Hynix for memory collaboration instead. The rival Korean manufacturer captured the dominant position in HBM3 and HBM3E supply chains. SK Hynix reports...
China Mobile claims 6G lead with record 280Gbps network test
China Mobile achieved breakthrough speeds of 280 gigabits per second during recent sixth-generation wireless testing. The telecommunications giant demonstrated file transfer capabilities that completed a 50-gigabyte download within 1.4 seconds. This performance represents fourteen times the maximum theoretical bandwidth possible with current fifth-generation networks. The carrier operates ten dedicated research sites for small-scale sixth-generation network development. Company officials announced these results at the 2025 China Internet Conference. The wireless provider invested 39.1 billion yuan in research and development activities this year. China Mobile leads four major national technology projects and developed ten core...
Guillemot blames Rainbow Six Siege issues for Ubisoft's miss
Ubisoft reported mixed quarterly financial performance during the first three months of 2025. Assassin's Creed Shadows expanded its player base to five million users since launch, demonstrating strong engagement metrics. Players accumulated impressive statistics with two billion stealth eliminations, one billion kilometers of travel, and thirty-eight million animal interactions. The publisher experienced lower net bookings than projected due to technical pricing problems affecting Rainbow Six Siege revenue streams. CEO Yves Guillemot acknowledged these temporary disruptions while expressing confidence in future growth potential. The company plans to establish Creative Houses as specialized business units aimed at enhancing both...
Meta, MediaTek pursue 2nm Arke chip to escape NVIDIA costs
Meta partners with MediaTek to develop a custom artificial intelligence chip named Arke as rising infrastructure expenses force the social media company to seek alternatives to expensive NVIDIA hardware. The collaboration leverages MediaTek's experience with 2nm manufacturing processes and previous work on Meta's smart glasses technology. Arke represents an unplanned addition to Meta's semiconductor roadmap, which originally featured the Iris chip for late 2025 production and the subsequent Olympus processor using advanced lithography. The company faces artificial intelligence infrastructure costs between $114 billion and $119 billion this year, driving the decision to create cost-effective silicon solutions. MediaTek will begin 2nm...
Bethesda's vague Starfield promises hint at expansion delay
Bethesda Game Studios delivered a beta update for Starfield through Steam's platform. Players access the test version by selecting beta builds within their Steam library interface. The update contains minimal changes that address display formatting in Creations menus and temperature gear appearance problems. Mission menu sorting received enhancements alongside general stability improvements. The developer confirmed that major developments await Starfield users during upcoming months. This announcement follows previous statements from March after extended communication silence. Game Director Todd Howard promised annual story expansions for the science fiction role-playing title. The timeline suggests the second expansion will miss a...
NVIDIA cuts memory for new RTX 5090 D V2 card in China
NVIDIA prepares to release the GeForce RTX 5090 D V2 graphics card exclusively for the Chinese market on August 12th. The company designed this third export-compliant gaming variant to meet United States regulatory requirements. Add-in-card partners received official notification about the scheduled launch date. The new model replaces the existing RTX 5090 D as the flagship Blackwell gaming solution for China. Pricing details remain undisclosed at this time. The RTX 5090 D V2 maintains 21,760 processing cores but reduces video memory to 24 gigabytes of GDDR7. Memory bandwidth drops to 1.34 terabytes per second through a 384-bit interface configuration. The card utilizes the GB202-240 silicon die and features a redesigned PG145 SKU 40...

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