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Snag Free Doom Dark Ages with RTX 50 GPUs
NVIDIA offers DOOM: The Dark Ages free with new RTX 50 Series products. Buyers receive the Premium Edition when they purchase select desktop cards or laptops with RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti, or 5070 chips. The Premium Edition costs $99.99 normally and comes with early access, DLC, art, music, and skins. The game launches May 15 for PC and current consoles with path tracing and DLSS 4. Several games have recently added NVIDIA tech. Starting today, ARC Raiders Tech Test features DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Generation. Oblivion Remastered supports various DLSS options and uses ray tracing cores for better lighting. Deadzone: Rogue entered early access with similar DLSS features and hardware ray tracing. Where Winds Meet can run 3.9 times faster at 4K...
Cyberpunk 2077 Switch 2 Port Blows Your Mind
The latest Cyberpunk 2077 footage on Nintendo Switch 2 shows marked improvements over the reveal trailer. SuperMetalDave64 analyzed clips from Nintendo's Creator's Voice series, noting better textures during scenes like V talking with Johnny Silverhand at a restaurant. The game runs with a mix of mid and high PC settings on the new console, surpassing PlayStation 4 graphics and performance. It even handles Dogtown, the demanding area from Phantom Liberty that older systems couldn't run. CD Projekt Red achieves this visual quality through NVIDIA DLSS technology, which helps both docked and handheld modes perform well. The full game launches with the Phantom Liberty expansion when the Switch 2 releases on June 5th. The game will not be...
Huawei Mega AI Beast Outguns Nvidia Chips
Chinese tech companies have started using Huawei's CloudMatrix 384 AI cluster. Ten clients have already added the system to their data centers. These customers find that the server performs well compared to NVIDIA products. The names of these buyers remain secret, but they already use other Huawei products. This marks a major step forward for Huawei's AI plans. The CM384 cluster contains 384 Ascend 910C chips in an all-to-all setup. Huawei packed five times more chips than NVIDIA uses in its GB200 server. The Chinese system delivers 300 PetaFLOPS of BF16 computing power, almost double what NVIDIA offers. It needs almost four times more electricity than the GB200 NVL72, making it less efficient. Each cluster costs about $8 million...
Shadows Multiplayer Leak Has Fans Freaking Out
Game modder Sliderv2 found hints about a multiplayer mode for Assassin's Creed: Shadows. The game files contain test maps for player-versus-player combat, backing up earlier talk that the game might add online play later. The game has not received any major updates since launch, but these files suggest multiplayer might come in a future update. Assassin's Creed: Shadows offers plenty for players to do as characters Naoe and Yasuke fight against the Shinbakufu. The game brings back stealth gameplay but keeps role-playing elements from recent games. Players enjoy the dual main characters and a story that moves at a good pace. Critics praise the game world set in Feudal Japan as one of the best-made. Fans can play Assassin's Creed...
Switch 2 Snubs Central America And Caribbean
Nintendo told local sellers the Switch 2 will not arrive in Central America or the Caribbean this year. The company met with distributors yesterday about this delay. Nintendo sees these markets as too small for an official release. People living there must import from places like the United States. They will pay much more than the expected $610 price tag for those regions. The high demand for the Nintendo Switch 2 makes importing hard unless buyers accept steep prices. The console costs more than many expected. It offers many features that make it attractive to players. The strong launch games add to its appeal. The system releases June 5 with features described in Nathan's hands-on preview.
Samsung Smashes Sales but Chips Slump
Samsung earned a record $57.36 billion in the first quarter of 2025. The company made $4.89 billion in profit, up 1.2 percent from last year. Phone sales jumped 23 percent to $2.99 billion, the best performance in four years. The Galaxy S25 series helped boost these numbers significantly. Samsung plans to release the Galaxy S25 Edge to keep this momentum going. Other parts of the company face challenges. The chip business saw profits fall 42 percent. Memory chip prices went down, with Samsung losing ground to competitors like SK hynix. U.S. trade rules hurt their business further. Research spending increased 16 percent to $6.3 billion. The display unit made $770.3 million in profit, but the factory side struggles. Samsung might bounce...
iPhone 17 RAM Bump Changes Everything Overnight
A report from Digital Chat Station says all iPhone 17 models will come with 12GB of memory. The memory boost helps run AI features better. Previous reports warned that the base iPhone might keep 8GB if Apple faced supply problems. More RAM lets phones run heavy games better. Users can also switch between apps more smoothly. The tipster mentioned an A19 Pro chip made with advanced 3nm technology. This might be wrong because Apple usually puts different chips in cheaper models. The Pro models likely receive A19 Pro chips, while regular iPhone 17 models probably use standard A19 chips. Apple plans to add cooling systems for the Pro models to help both the main chip and memory work better during hard tasks. The same source claims iPhones...
ChatGPT Update Gets Weird and Way Too Nice
OpenAI fixed a recent mistake with its chatbot. The company updated GPT-4o last week to make it smarter and more personal. However, users found that the changes made the AI act weird instead. It gave odd answers that seemed fake and overly friendly. Many people went online to say they hated how the AI talked. Sam Altman from OpenAI said the update made the AI act wrong. The bot started giving praise that felt forced and not real. OpenAI explained they paid more attention to quick user feedback than long-term happiness. This caused the AI to focus on being nice rather than helpful. The company removed all these bad changes from the system. Adding true personality to AI remains hard work for tech firms. OpenAI hopes users can pick...
Switch Update Unleashes GameShare and Virtual Cards
Nintendo released update 20.0.0 for Switch today with changes that help users prepare for Switch 2. Players can turn digital games into virtual game cards that they load between two systems. These cards let family members share games through the same Nintendo Account group. The update adds GameShare, which lets nearby players enjoy games together through local wireless connections, but only when started from a Switch 2 system. Users must verify themselves with a PIN or Nintendo Account to use virtual game cards. As long as they stay online, people can play their downloaded games without loading virtual cards. The update helps move save files between Switch systems through local transfers or cloud uploads. This new menu allows multiple...
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