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    GALAX HOF Gaming GPUs built to shatter OC records

    GALAX put out a promo video for their HOF Gaming lineup, showing off years of overclocking records and teasing what the RTX 50 cards can do. The company makes some of the only high-end cards left with dual 16-pin connectors, like the RTX 5090D HOF OC, and they packed the new series with fancy...
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    11 bit Studios drops Frostpunk 2 DLC, teases big showcase

    The Polish studio 11 bit is throwing together its first-ever digital event next week to show off what's coming for Frostpunk 2 expansions, fresh stuff for The Alters, and a few other projects like Moonlighter 2 and Death Howl. They're streaming it through their YouTube page and teaming up with...
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    Nightreign gets Forsaken Hollows DLC, players want more

    FromSoftware is dropping The Forsaken Hollows expansion for Elden Ring Nightreign, adding two fresh characters and a couple of bosses to fight. The Undertaker swings around heavy weapons and has this wild aerial charge move that can stun even the toughest enemies. The Scholar joins as the second...
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    Lenovo dominates China's PC market as rivals stumble

    Lenovo crushed it in mainland China with 14 percent more computers sold compared to last year, pushing out nearly 4.4 million units during the third quarter. The company grabbed 39 percent of the entire market while everyone else took losses. Huawei dropped seven percent to roughly one million...
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    Amazon fires back in ASIC race with Trainium3 and Trainium4

    Amazon dropped details on their Trainium3 UltraServers and teased the next Trainium4 chips at their annual conference. The UltraServer racks cram 144 Trainium3 processors into one system, delivering over four times the performance and efficiency compared to the older version. They built custom...
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    Horii won't deny Chrono Trigger remake rumors

    Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii got asked about a potential Chrono Trigger remake during a YouTube discussion program, and he refused to shut it down. He said he can't talk about it and people should stop asking, which is basically the most non-denial denial you can give without getting fired...
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    Tencent halts Light of Motiram promotion amid Sony lawsuit

    Sony and Tencent are pumping the brakes on their lawsuit over Light of Motiram after everyone called it a Horizon knockoff. Both companies asked a California court to push back hearings and extend their briefing deadlines while they hash things out behind closed doors. Tencent promised not to...
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    Apple slashes Mac bug bounties, security pros fume

    Apple just tanked its macOS security bounty payouts right when Mac malware is getting worse. Csaba Fitzl from Iru called them out on LinkedIn for cutting rewards by half to 83 percent across different categories. Full TCC bypasses that let sketchy apps grab your personal data without permission...
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    CyberMP test smashes expectations, Night City goes multiplayer

    The crew behind the Cyberpunk 2077 CyberMP multiplayer mod just wrapped up some closed testing, and apparently, things went way better than expected. They tested vehicle sync, player interactions, a new overlay system, and how well everything holds up under pressure. Footage from a race event...
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    Pat Gelsinger jumps back in, betting big on EUV light

    Pat Gelsinger just popped back up in the chip game after getting booted from Intel. The startup xLight grabbed $150 million in CHIPS Act money and brought him on as executive chairman. They want to build better light sources for EUV lithography machines using free-electron lasers instead of the...
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    Snapdragon X Plus laptop nightmare, ASUS left it to rot

    Some Reddit user picked up an ASUS Vivobook S15 with a Snapdragon X Plus chip, and the whole thing has been a disaster for a year straight. The student says his laptop has been plagued with bugs, zero SQL Server support, driver conflicts, and ASUS hasn't pushed a single update since June. The...
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    Javelin locks down Battlefield 6, cheaters already on ice

    The devs behind Battlefield 6 dropped some numbers on how their kernel-level Javelin anti-cheat has been holding up against hackers. Launch week saw about 98% of matches stay clean, which they improved from 93% during the open beta after blocking over a million cheat attempts. They've stopped...
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    RTX 5070 overtakes 4070 on Steam, gamers can't resist the value

    Steam stats dropped for November, and the RTX 5070 has become the most popular card from the RTX 50 lineup. The card sits at 2.23% market share, which actually puts it ahead of the RTX 4070 at 2.16%. Gamers seem to think it offers solid value compared to other cards in the series. Team Green...
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    AMD crushes Nvidia in Germany, one card tops the entire RTX 50

    AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT finally cracked 1,000 sales in one week at Mindfactory, a major German retailer, and it basically demolished the entire RTX 50 lineup from NVIDIA. The card moved 1,015 units while NVIDIA's whole stack combined barely hit 940 units, with the RX 9060 XT grabbing second...
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    Samsung's TriFold skips fold mode, Huawei wins flex war

    Samsung dropped its Galaxy Z TriFold, but the device only works in two modes, which is pretty limiting compared to what Huawei did with the Mate XTs. The Korean company went with a U-shaped fold instead of a Z-shaped one, so users can either rock the 6.5-inch candy-bar setup or go full tablet at...
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    Eminem joins Hitman hit list, new game tease slips out

    IO Interactive dropped Eminem into HITMAN as an Elusive Target that everyone can try to kill through the end of the month, and the CEO basically confirmed another HITMAN game is coming after they finish their other projects. Hakan Abrak said they'll talk about co-op stuff first, and then they'll...
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    Splinter Cell director returns, sequel vibes incoming

    David Grivel just came back to lead the Splinter Cell remake after bouncing around the industry for a couple of years. The guy originally ran the project when Ubisoft announced it back in 2021, but he bailed to work on Battlefield 6, then returned for some other Ubisoft thing, and then joined a...
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    Samsung triples down on foldables, only one color for all

    Samsung finally dropped its Galaxy Z TriFold, and it's the second triple-folding phone to hit the market. The device packs a 10-inch screen when fully opened, runs on the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chip, and comes with up to 1TB of storage paired with 16GB of RAM. Camera setup includes a...
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    Samia tells clerics Tanzania runs on the Constitution, not doctrine

    President Samia Suluhu Hassan told religious leaders to back off from trying to run Tanzania based on their personal doctrines during a meeting with Dar es Salaam elders. She said the country operates under its constitution, not religious rules, and faith belongs in people's hearts rather than...
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    Tanzania held up as a conservation model at the Africa forestry summit

    African governments got told they need to step up forest and wildlife protection at this big meeting in Banjul that brought together ministers and conservation people from across the continent. Tanzania got name-dropped as one of the countries actually doing conservation right, and the whole...
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