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    Gears returns to roots with E-Day, minus PlayStation this round

    The Coalition calls its upcoming game, Gears of War: E Day, its most ambitious project ever. This prequel, developed with help from People Can Fly, is built from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5. Set fourteen years before the original game, it follows Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago during the...
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    ASRock’s white RX 9070 XT flaunts LCD flair, fake bus specs

    ASRock just showed off a new white version of its top-tier RDNA 4 graphics card, the Radeon RX 9070 XT Taichi White OC. This model upgrades the standard black Taichi edition with a full white color scheme for themed PC builds. A key addition is a small LCD panel on the side, which can display...
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    Apple’s trashcan flop echoes as AI doubts grow louder

    Apple’s infamous 2013 Mac Pro, nicknamed the trashcan for its cylindrical design, represented a bold but flawed attempt to reinvent the professional desktop. Then marketing chief Phil Schiller famously mocked critics with a defiant statement about innovation during its launch. The compact...
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    Google’s AI hustle might just melt NVIDIA’s crown

    According to a recent biography, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is primarily motivated by fear and guilt rather than optimism. This internal drive is credited with the company's relentless push to dominate the AI hardware sector. However, the author Stephen Witt identifies Google as a significant...
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    iPhone 16 Pro Max mods its way past Apple’s new battery king

    A YouTuber managed to fit a larger battery into an iPhone 16 Pro Max, surpassing the capacity of the newer iPhone 17 Pro Max. The channel DirectorFeng demonstrated the modification, swapping the original 4,685mAh cell for a third-party 5,142mAh unit from a manufacturer called SEFU. The physical...
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    TSMC keeps the US two nodes behind, obeys Taiwan’s tech leash

    Taiwanese officials are making it clear that the US will not get TSMC's most advanced chip tech. A deputy minister recently reiterated the island's strict N-2 policy, meaning American facilities will always be at least two manufacturing generations behind Taiwan's leading edge. For example, if...
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    Ubisoft Halifax unites, joins union wave without drama

    Workers at Ubisoft Halifax have voted overwhelmingly to form a union. Around seventy-four percent of the studio's staff, about sixty people across production, programming, design, and other roles, chose to join CWA Canada Local 30111. In a mission statement, the team framed the move as a...
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    Halo ditches risks, revives fan-fave sequels quietly

    Halo Studios is reportedly planning full remakes for Halo 2 and Halo 3 following next year's Halo: Campaign Evolved. This info comes from series insider Rebs Gaming, who cited a former developer under NDA. The move seems like a safe play by Microsoft and studio leadership to rebuild fan trust...
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    Samson swaps chaos for grit, rides heavy on raw combat

    Liquid Swords just dropped a big FAQ for their upcoming game, Samson: A Tyndalston Story. The studio was founded by Cristofer Sundberg from Avalanche, so influences from Just Cause and Mad Max are confirmed. You will see that legacy in the focus on physics, momentum, and vehicle combat, though...
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    No Rest’s co-op update nails D&D vibes, skips the drama

    Moon Studios, the team behind Ori, finally dropped details for the No Rest for the Wicked co-op update. They're calling it "No Rest for the Wicked Together," with a full release date set for January 22, 2026. An open beta for the multiplayer patch is running right now for a short while. Studio...
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    Samsung’s 2nm chip flexes AI muscle, cools off hot takes

    Samsung just fully detailed its Exynos 2600, calling it the world's first mobile chip using a 2nm GAA process. It packs a 10-core CPU setup with one C1-Ultra at 3.80GHz, three C1-Pro at 3.25GHz, and six more C1-Pro at 2.75GHz. The specs also mention an Xclipse 960 GPU, a big AI engine, and...
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    Naughty Dog crunches early on Heretic Prophet demo

    A recent report indicates Naughty Dog has already begun mandating overtime for its next major project, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. Employees were required to work an extra eight hours weekly since late October to complete an internal demo for Sony, not for public release. Staff were also...
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    Sapphire enters X870 club with PURE WIFI 7 motherboard

    Sapphire has detailed its first AM5 motherboard using the X870 chipset, the PURE X870A WIFI 7. This ATX board supports all current Ryzen 7000, 8000, and 9000 series CPUs. It uses a robust 16+2+1 phase power design with dual 8-pin connectors to handle high-end processors. The board features four...
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    ASUS drops Hatsune Miku PC case with BTF-ready guts

    ASUS unveiled a themed MicroATX case, the A23 Hatsune Miku Edition, launching in Japan on December 25. The chassis is based on their PRIME A23 platform, blending character aesthetics with practical component support for standard and BTF motherboard layouts. It accommodates large hardware...
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    ASUS drops 610Hz esports beast for CS2 pros

    ASUS released a new monitor built purely for competitive esports, the ROG Strix XG248QSG Ace. This 24-inch screen uses a Super TN panel capable of a blistering 610 Hertz refresh rate when overclocked, targeting games like Counter-Strike 2. The specs prioritize insane speed, boasting a 0.1...
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    Intel’s Xe4 Druid GPU leaks out of nowhere, stumps roadmap

    Intel's mysterious Xe4 graphics architecture, codenamed Druid, has popped up again despite its absence from official roadmaps. Previous info only mentioned it inside upcoming Nova Lake CPUs for basic display duties, not as a discrete part. A recently found shipping manifest lists an Intel Data...
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    Sapphire RX 9070 XT ditches cables with Phantom Link twist

    Sapphire just showed off a special version of its top RDNA 4 graphics card, the Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+. This Phantom Link model is built for new cable-free PC designs, specifically systems using certain motherboards. The card can draw power directly through the board itself using a GC-HPWR...
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    DirectX 12 turns 10, supercharges next-gen game visuals

    DirectX 12 launched a decade ago to provide developers with greater hardware control for improved game performance and visuals across platforms. Its evolution introduced features like DirectX Raytracing, enabling real-time cinematic lighting previously limited to offline rendering. The API also...
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    FBC Bank swallows Building Society in year-end merger

    FBC Holdings has received official approval to merge its banking and building society subsidiaries. The consolidation between FBC Bank Limited and FBC Building Society becomes effective at the end of December. Under the plan, the building society's banking assets and liabilities will transfer to...
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    Zim mobile revenue surges on TikTok, Netflix binge

    Mobile operators in Zimbabwe saw their total revenue jump over eight percent last quarter, reaching nearly seven point three billion ZiG. The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority reported this growth was fueled by internet and data services, which now make up half of all income...
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