Warhorse Studios said Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 has sold three million copies since its release three months ago. The game reached one million sales on its first day and hit two million after two weeks. This sequel sells much faster than the first game, which needed over two years to reach three million copies. The game earned perfect review scores from many critics, who praised its open-world design and quest systems.
Players can expect three new add-ons for Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 coming in Summer, Fall, and Winter. The original Kingdom Come: Deliverance keeps selling well and just passed ten million sales. Six months earlier, it had eight million sales. These numbers show strong growth for what started as a small crowdfunded...
A YouTuber named Saad OUACHE showed that the new Mac mini can run on USB-C power with some changes. He used a small circuit board with a USB-C port connected to power wires inside the opened computer case. The setup works with just a 12-volt, 3-amp power bank that delivers 36 watts of electricity. His video proves that the computer functions normally with a monitor attached through HDMI when powered this way.
Apple might have skipped adding USB-C charging to keep costs down despite making the computer smaller with efficient M4 chips. Most users leave their Mac mini plugged into wall outlets, which likely influenced this design choice. Anyone wanting to try this modification needs electrical engineering knowledge and skill. The basic M4...
The Trump administration plans to announce new chip tariffs as early as Wednesday. President Trump has stated that tariffs up to 100% on Taiwan would be justified, claiming the nation stole American technology. The US Commerce Department started an investigation about these potential tariffs but received just ten public comments, suggesting limited opposition. This lack of feedback might give the president more freedom to set high tariff rates.
Officials are studying whether domestic chip production can meet market demand. Companies like TSMC have already promised over $100 billion in US investments, partly to avoid these upcoming tariffs. The deadline for public input ends May 7, after which the administration will likely move forward...
Epic Games president Tim Sweeney discussed Unreal Engine 6 during a Lex Friedman podcast interview. He said UE6 will combine the current separate development paths for game creators and Fortnite users. Early test versions might reach developers in two to three years.
Sweeney admitted their tech faces limits because they use single-core processing for simulations. This choice makes programming easier for everyone, but wastes most of the power in modern computers. The company plans to fix this core limitation with the next engine version.
These processing issues have caused problems in many games using Unreal Engine 4 and 5. Players will need patience as the first UE6 games likely will not appear until around 2028 or 2029. Previous...
Samsung lost $400 million after using only Snapdragon chips in Galaxy S25 phones because of poor Exynos 2500 performance. The company aims to make 2nm chips with better success rates starting later this year. Test runs of the Exynos 2600 reached 30 percent yield, much better than previous 3nm efforts. Samsung needs to reach about 60 percent yield for full production to make financial sense.
A source claims European Galaxy S26 models will use the Exynos 2600 next year. Industry insiders admit the next Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 will still outperform the Exynos chip. Samsung mainly wants to cut rising component costs with this move. Samsung LSI faces tight deadlines to complete the Exynos 2600 design before Q3 2025. Time pressure remains...
Intel plans to release another Battlemage graphics card. The company shipped BMG-G31 silicon to its Vietnam facility, where workers make Limited Edition GPUs. This new chip will likely become the Arc B770 model. Japanese tech site Gazlog reported these developments through shipping records spotted a few weeks ago.
The Arc B770 follows Intel's launch of its mid-range B570 and B580 cards late last year. Leaker OneRaichu confirmed the B770 is coming soon. The new GPU might feature between 24 and 32 Xe2 cores, a 256-bit memory bus, and 16 GB of GDDR6 memory. Intel could announce this card at Computex 2025, which starts in a few weeks.
This release would help Intel compete against the upcoming AMD RX 9060 and NVIDIA RTX 5060 graphics...
The PNY GeForce RTX 5060 8GB OC graphics card appears on Best Buy for $299.99 ahead of its late May release. This new card follows NVIDIA's launch of the RTX 5060 Ti model in April. The listed version has a black design with two cooling fans but remains unavailable for purchase due to launch restrictions.
Previous patterns suggest the price might increase soon after release. The RTX 5060 upgrades from its predecessor with 3840 CUDA cores, about 25% more than the RTX 4060. Memory stays at 8GB but switches to faster GDDR7 technology, boosting bandwidth from 272 GB/s to 448 GB/s.
The Best Buy listing reveals that the PNY model runs at base clock speeds of 2.28 GHz with boost capability up to 2.54 GHz. Compared to the previous generation...
Huawei plans to build a large chip factory in Shenzhen, China, to make Kirin mobile chips and Ascend AI processors. The company has moved from making phones to competing with NVIDIA in artificial intelligence. The new site will make 7nm chips and is near other Chinese chip makers like Pengxinwei and Shenzhen Pensun, which already work with Huawei. This setup will help Huawei connect closely with its partners and speed up parts supply.
Local government helps pay for the project, but Huawei will not run the plant directly. Companies called SiCarrier and SwaySure will manage operations instead. Huawei will provide money at first and send technical teams to help start everything. This method lets Huawei watch over all parts of production...
Xiaomi has formed a new team with 1,000 workers to make its first custom chip, Xring. This team stays separate from Xiaomi, perhaps to avoid U.S. trade bans like those that hit Huawei. A working test version of the Xring chip appeared in March. The test version works just like the final product will, but it needs special staff passwords to see all its features.
Rumors say the Xring team might announce in May, though this could be delayed. Last year, Xiaomi reached an important stage with its first 3-nanometer chip design. The U.S. might already know about these plans. There is worry that other Chinese companies might use similar advanced chip technology, which could reduce America's lead in this field.
Keeping Xring apart from Xiaomi...
