NVIDIA's boss is heading to Taiwan to build a new home base and break bread with suppliers. CEO Jensen Huang will visit this month to formally authorize construction of the company's first international headquarters outside the United States, a project called Constellation, located in Beitou Shilin Science Park.
The trip, following his CES appearances, will also feature his famous executive dinner with key Taiwanese partners like TSMC, Foxconn, and Quanta. This gathering occurs as those firms work on ramping up production for NVIDIA's current Blackwell Ultra and next-generation Rubin AI platforms. Huang has repeatedly emphasized Taiwan's critical role in the AI supply chain, with the new headquarters underscoring that commitment for a...
The next big fantasy RPG from Witcher III veterans just got a 2026 launch confirmation. Rebel Wolves studio founders Konrad Tomaszkiewicz and Dominika Burza announced in a new video that The Blood of Dawnwalker is officially scheduled for release this year, though a specific date remains unshared.
The developers expressed gratitude for the strong fan response to initial trailers and gameplay shown throughout 2025 at events like Gamescom and PAX. They emphasized that community feedback directly shapes the project, citing several implemented changes based on player input. These include adding a traditional action RPG combat mode alongside the initially shown directional system, better integration of active abilities, and adjusting the...
Qualcomm's new laptop chip is built on a never-before-used process for pure speed. A new report claims the flagship Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, announced as a 3nm chip, actually utilizes TSMC's specialized N3X manufacturing node, marking its first commercial use. This process is engineered for maximum performance rather than efficiency, allowing the 18-core chip to hit clock speeds up to 5.00GHz.
The analysis reveals the processor packs over 31 billion transistors. By adopting the N3X node, Qualcomm prioritized a five percent performance gain over the more common N3P technology, accepting trade-offs in power efficiency and transistor density. The chip can operate above 1.0 volts to sustain high clocks, with total platform power...
MSI is launching a power supply designed to stop GPU power connectors from melting. Their new MPG Ai TS series, featuring what they call the world's first proactive and instant protection system, aims to solve the persistent issue of damaged 16-pin connectors on high-end graphics cards.
The power supply units will come in 1300W and 1600W capacities, both compliant with the PCIe 5.1 standard. A key component is a continuous hardware monitoring system that watches the power delivery in real time, intended to identify and mitigate problems before they cause physical damage from a loose or faulty connection. The units include a USB Type-C port for communication with the motherboard, allowing for advanced system monitoring.
This...
MSI is about to drop a new monitor that fixes OLED's biggest headaches. Their upcoming MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36, launching at CES 2026, will use Samsung's latest fifth-generation QD-OLED panel, promising much sharper text and deeper blacks.
The 34-inch ultrawide screen boasts a 3440 by 1440 resolution with a 360Hz refresh rate. The new panel technology introduces an RGB Stripe sub-pixel layout, a major shift designed to eliminate the color fringing and blurry text that plagued older OLED displays. MSI is also adding a proprietary DarkArmor Film, which they claim improves black levels by forty percent and increases surface hardness by two and a half times, removing the purple tint common on current models.
This monitor includes...
Intel's next flagship GPU might have just leaked online. A listing for an Intel Arc B770 graphics card, featuring the top-tier BMG-G31 "Battlemage" GPU, appeared in an Intel GitHub repository, fueling speculation of an imminent announcement.
The code snippet, which also includes references to existing cards like the A770 and B580, suggests the B770 is intended as the new performance leader for Intel's discrete lineup. This would be the first major gaming GPU refresh in over a year, following the CES 2025 launch of the B570. While Intel released professional Battlemage GPUs in late 2025, gamers have been anticipating this higher-end model.
Rumored specifications for the BMG-G31 point to a card with 32 Xe2 cores and 16GB of GDDR6 memory...
CARP Audio just dropped a plugin that finally swings actual audio. Their new Swing Master effect applies classic swing and groove to plain audio in real time, a step beyond older tools that only work on MIDI or require offline processing.
The plugin chops the incoming audio based on your DAW's beat grid and then delays specific steps to create the swing feel, all while staying locked to the project tempo. This lets you tweak drum loops or other rhythmic tracks without manually chopping and sliding clips. A De-Bleed function keeps the shifted slices clean, preventing mud from overlapping audio while preserving any original micro-timing. To avoid glitches from the slicing, it uses a custom real-time algorithm that removes click artifacts...
APU just pushed a massive 5.0 update for their whole suite of mastering plugins. The big overhaul includes a fresh interface across the board for tools like TrueGain, Loudness Contour, and the Loudness Meter, plus new features and a pile of bug fixes. Registered users get all this for free.
The update adds a new Vibe Check mode to the compressor and dynamics optimizer. Several plugins now support a negative look-ahead function, and the compressor's double-click default for look-ahead is improved. They also restored some specific ECMA-418 loudness presets across the compressor, optimizer, and limiter.
A bunch of technical glitches got squashed. This includes fixing unreliable Loudness Range readings during file load in the meter...
Gooey just dropped a cheap bass plugin called Deeper. This new tool aims to beef up the low end of your mix, focusing on enhancing those deep frequencies, though the makers say you can also use it for more experimental stuff thanks to its mild distortion characteristics.
The plugin has a simple three-part layout. The main Deeper knob boosts the sub-bass. A second control labeled Thump generates additional low-frequency oscillations. Finally, Blend and Level knobs handle the wet/dry mix and the overall output volume to gel everything together.
You can grab it for ten bucks until late January next year. After that introductory period ends, the price jumps to twenty-five dollars.
