Taiwan's biggest tech company has created a housing crisis for regular people across the island. TSMC makes computer chips and brings huge profits to Taiwan. The company has plants in major cities like Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. Someone posted on DCard about how TSMC success has made buying homes impossible for average workers. House prices jump wherever the chip maker builds new factories.
The social media user said TSMC made Taiwan stronger but turned it into a money battleground. Cities with TSMC facilities see property values rise throughout the entire area. People who don't work as engineers or doctors cannot afford to buy houses anymore. Many families must rent instead of buying because prices have gone through the...
Digital Foundry experts spent two hours testing the Nintendo Switch 2 after it launched worldwide. They found major problems with the new handheld's screen quality. The display performs worse than the original Switch in several important areas. Tech reviewers discovered disappointing results across multiple categories. Gaming fans expected better visual performance from Nintendo's latest hardware.
The HDR feature barely works on the Switch 2's screen. Edge-lit LCD technology limits brightness to just 420 nits maximum. True high dynamic range requires much brighter displays to look good. Motion blur makes games appear fuzzy during fast action scenes. The original Switch actually handles movement better than its newer replacement...
Masahiro Sakurai creates the Super Smash Bros games for Nintendo. He told ITmedia that making huge video games costs too much money and takes forever. Companies cannot keep spending this way because they will go broke. Sakurai believes artificial intelligence tools can solve these problems. Game studios that learn to use AI will survive and others will fail.
Japan faces a serious shortage of skilled programmers and artists. Not enough people want to make video games there anymore. Companies struggle to find workers who can build complex projects. Hiring people from other countries sounds good but creates new headaches. Most foreign workers cannot speak Japanese well enough to work on teams.
Sakurai thinks AI programs can fill these...
Apple wants to create a phone that looks like one giant screen without any holes or notches. The company plans to remove everything from the front face and hide cameras under the glass. Display expert Ross Young thinks this dream phone will arrive around 2030. Apple needs about five more years to solve tough technical problems before releasing this device.
The iPhone will change step by step over the next few years. Apple will make the current pill-shaped cutout smaller on the iPhone 18 models coming next year. Engineers will squeeze Face ID parts into a tinier space to create this effect. The company keeps making small changes instead of huge jumps between phone versions.
Around 2028, Apple will switch to a simple round hole for the...
The 3dSen NES emulator just reached its full 1.0 version after ten years of work. Developers have been building this special program that changes old Nintendo games from flat 2D pictures into cool 3D worlds made of blocks. Players can walk around these classic games and see them from new angles. The team spent a decade making this dream come true. Steam users can buy the finished product right away.
This emulator does more than just add depth to old games. The software puts real shadows and lighting effects into each game world. Moving backgrounds make the sky look alive and exciting. Over 100 classic Nintendo titles work with this system already. Famous games like Super Mario Bros, Zelda, Metroid, and Mega Man all run perfectly.
The...
The people behind Xenia Canary Xbox emulator spoke up about recent rumors. They said they have zero connection to Microsoft and never worked with the company. Gamers had been talking about a possible Xbox Classics program coming to computers. The Xenia team wanted to clear up any confusion about their role. They posted their response on Discord after seeing the speculation spread online.
Microsoft already has their system for making old games work on newer Xbox consoles. The company does not need help from outside teams like Xenia for backward compatibility features. Microsoft builds their emulation technology without any outside assistance. The Xenia developers made it clear they stay independent from the gaming giant. Their emulator...
Samsung wants to beat TSMC at making advanced computer chips inside America. The Korean company plans to start creating 2nm processors at its Taylor factory next year. Samsung hopes to begin mass production around January or February 2026. The company sees huge demand from major tech firms who want chips made domestically. Samsung believes it can capture this market before TSMC launches similar production.
The chip maker originally wanted to produce 4nm processors at the same facility. Samsung received money from the CHIPS Act to help fund this project. However, the company never managed to actually start making those chips despite heavy investment. Samsung decided to skip ahead and focus on the more advanced 2nm technology instead...
OpenAI just laid off workers from its insider risk team. These people had one main job - keeping the company's secret AI information safe from outsiders. The team made sure nobody could steal important stuff like model weights that make ChatGPT work. Model weights are like the secret recipe that helps AI systems give smart answers to questions. Companies guard these details because they give them an edge over competitors.
The firings happened after America created tough new rules about AI technology. The Biden administration wrote these AI Diffusion Rules earlier this year to stop sensitive computer information from reaching unfriendly countries. The rules say American AI companies can only store their most advanced model weights...
Players have spotted something fishy about Marvel Snap's card artwork. The digital card game appears to have copied designs from a Japanese superhero show called Kamen Rider Wizard. Gamers noticed that the Ancient One's magical shield looks almost exactly like artwork from the TV series.
The person who created the original designs for Kamen Rider Wizard became upset when fans showed them the similarities. This designer worked on the show that ran for 53 episodes between 2012 and 2013. They explained that the dragon came from PLEX designs and the outer circle was their personal creation. A teammate made the text around the edges, which spells out magic words about gaining power from stones.
The original artist felt angry and sad about...
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