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Commandos Origins now live on Game Pass and next-gen consoles
Commandos: Origins just came out for gamers everywhere. This new stealth tactics game can be found on Xbox Game Pass, Windows PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5. The team at Claymore Game Studios worked hard for years to bring back this famous series. They created a story about how the special military unit first formed. Jürgen Reusswig from the studio is proud that players can experience the beginning of the commandos team. The game tells how Thomas Hancock assembled a group of skilled soldiers during World War II. Players guide these heroes through 14 different missions across many battlefields. Each soldier has special abilities that help the team complete dangerous operations. The missions take place in various locations, from...
Apple reportedly starts production on next-gen Vision headset
Apple released the Vision Pro mixed reality headset last summer with a hefty $3499 price tag. Many people skipped buying it because they found it way too expensive for what it offered. Reports came out later that Apple might have scrapped plans for the next version and started working on a cheaper one instead. The first Vision Pro did not attract many buyers because regular people just couldn't afford it. Rumors suggest Apple cut back making them last October and might stop completely before this year ends. A new report from ITHome claims Apple has already started making parts for a second Vision Pro headset. Supply chain sources told them that screen panels, outer shells, and other important pieces are already moving through...
NVIDIA and Google team up to secure agentic AI on-prem
NVIDIA teams up with Google Cloud to help companies use Google Gemini AI models on their home turf. They can run these models locally using NVIDIA Blackwell HGX and DGX machines with special data protection tech. Companies need this setup when laws say they must keep sensitive data inside their buildings. The NVIDIA Blackwell system works with Google Distributed Cloud to lock down access to private records like medical charts and money transfers. Their security system keeps both the data and the AI code safe from prying eyes. This team effort makes sure customer information stays private when talking to AI models. Companies can fine-tune these models without worrying about data leaks. Both sides of the exchange gain protection - the...
Samsung forms team to chase 1 nm chip breakthrough
Samsung is working on a better 2 nm GAA chip process right about the end of 2025. The company looks ahead at bigger goals for its future chip plans. People who know the company said last month that Samsung might change its plans for the 1.4 nm production line set to start in 2027. Even with current problems, these sources believe Samsung created a new team to make what they call a dream semiconductor process. This new department has already started working on an even smaller 1 nm foundry process. People inside the company say Samsung executives keep close track of their main rival. According to a recent news report from Sedaily, Samsung faces a real gap behind Taiwan's TSMC for chips almost ready for production, like the 2 nm process...
Google unveils Ironwood AI chip with huge performance leap
Google just launched its seventh AI chip called Ironwood to make AI apps run better. This new processor helps computers quickly answer questions for chatbots and create other AI results. Ironwood stands as one of the few real competitors to NVIDIA's popular AI chips after Google spent billions developing it over ten years. Google only offers these tensor processing units through their cloud service or to people working at Google. They designed these special chips to work much faster than regular computer chips for AI tasks. The new Ironwood chip combines features that used to require separate chips and includes more memory space. Google's Vice President Amin Vahdat said these chips can work together in groups of up to 9,216 processors...
Xbox Showcase and Outer Worlds 2 Direct set for June 8
Xbox plans to stream their Games Showcase 2025 on Sunday, June 8, starting at 10 am Pacific time. Gamers can watch at 1 pm Eastern time or 6 pm UK time, depending on where they live. The show follows what Xbox did before with Starfield and Call of Duty events from past years. Viewers will see The Outer Worlds 2 Direct right after the main showcase ends. Xbox wants to show everyone games from both their studios and partner companies around the world. This showcase will happen online only, with no in-person events. The live broadcast will tell viewers everything about upcoming Xbox plans, no matter which country they watch from. After the main show finishes, people can watch Obsidian Entertainment talk about The Outer Worlds 2. The...
Yeston rebadges RTX 50 cards with plain new designs
Yeston has grabbed a lot of media attention recently, especially with their Sakura Atlantis card design. This Chinese company makes custom AMD and NVIDIA gaming graphics cards, mainly for Chinese customers. Their unique Radeon RX 9070 Series offerings have become noticed worldwide. Yeston showed off GeForce RTX 50 Series Sakura and Game Ace designs around mid-January. However, that announcement didn't detail exactly what products would come. According to VideoCardz today, Yeston has released new GeForce RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070 models in China. These cards have appeared for sale on the Chinese shopping site JD.com. The plain look of these cards will disappoint many fans who love colorful designs with anime-style...
AMD powers new Google Cloud VMs for AI and HPC
AMD says Google Cloud has new C4D and H4D virtual machines running on their 5th Gen EPYC processors. These cloud machines deliver top performance for demanding tasks, from data work to high-performance computing and AI tasks. Tests show C4D machines process up to 80% more per virtual CPU compared to earlier versions. Cloud customers can use these powerful systems for everyday computing jobs and AI prediction without buying expensive hardware. The C4D machines focus on general-purpose tasks with consistent performance. The H4D machines target scientific computing with AMD EPYC CPUs that include special Cloud RDMA technology. This lets them connect thousands of processing cores for massive calculations. AMD's server chief, Dan McNamara...
NVIDIA keeps signups open for direct GPU buys
NVIDIA says its Verified Priority Access program for the RTX 50 Series graphics cards continues to run after they first announced it two months back. This program lets some US GeForce account holders buy RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 Founders Edition cards straight from NVIDIA. The company started VPA three weeks after launching the RTX 50 Series because stores had few cards and resellers charged high prices. Users who created NVIDIA Accounts before January 30, 2025, at 6 AM Pacific Time could sign up through an online form. NVIDIA plans to email the first group of chosen buyers next week. The program only works for US GeForce users at the moment. It covers just the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 Founders Edition cards made directly by...
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