Scientists at the University of Hong Kong are convinced that the Chinese Einstein Probe space telescope has detected an intermediate-mass black hole devouring a white dwarf and expelling a relativistic jet, based on X-ray signals ahead of a series of intense flares also detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray space telescope. The image above is

AMD's Instinct MI400 series is its upcoming family of AI accelerators based on the company's "CDNA 5" architecture. AMD has made many lofty claims about MI400-series parts; particularly, it notes that the "Helios" rack-scale compute platform based on Instinct MI455X AI accelerators will match or beat NVIDIA's upcoming Vera Rubin platform in

It’s tough being a gamer entrenched in the Apple ecosystem. The company has failed to reach its own lofty goals of becoming a legitimate gaming platform. Even after releasing the Game Porting Toolkit, which eases the workflow for porting games over from Windows, Apple hasn’t gotten developers to fully commit to making games readily available

Impressive strides have been happening in efforts to play x86 games on ARM devices, even Windows x86 games on Android mobile platforms—and now, we can confirm that Cyberpunk 2077 is actually playable at 30 FPS and Low settings for owners of Android phones outfitted with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 platform, albeit with FSR in Balanced

Upon its launch, the Nintendo Switch 2 version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition received heavy criticism for its 30 FPS cap, input lag, and various graphical glitches. Despite how much more powerful the Nintendo Switch 2 is compared to the platforms available when Skyrim launched, the improvements over the previous-gen Switch

After launching Android Quick Share functionality on its flagship Pixel 10 devices earlier this month, Google is now bringing the feature to the Pixel 9 series. Android Quick Share allowsAndroid users to send files to Apple users using AirDrop, which has been a long-running pain point for users with a varied mix of devices among friends, family

Windows 11's latest Release Preview drop, with builds numbered 26100.7918 and 26200.7918, hits with a noticeably different vibe than some of Microsoft's recent Windows releases. Instead of another dubious Copilot expansion, or an AI-powered reinvention of something that already worked fine, this one leans into practical improvements, system

Official pricing is set for Google's new Pixel 10a smartphone, a midrange handset that will go up against Apple's upcoming iPhone 17e that is expected to be unveiled during an Apple Experience event on March 4. Google gets the jump on its rival by a solid two weeks, and to entice buyers who may be on the fence, it's dangling a few promotional

NZXT has launched a compact prebuilt gaming PC that it's calling the H2 Mini PC, and you have a choice between an AMD or Intel foundation with both setups carrying the same price tag. Despite it's name, the system falls more into the small form factor (SFF) category than a traditional mini PC though it's certainly a smaller setup measuring

NVIDIA and Meta have formed a multi-year partnership that represents a total platform commitment spanning CPU and GPU hardware, networking solutions, and NVIDIA's Confidential Computing platform for end-to-end encryption of data in a secure enclave. The sheer size of the deal—unconfirmed scuttlebutt puts it north of $100 billion based on Meta's

Over in Germany, Acer and ASUS are in hot water with Nokia and the courts thanks to a patent infringement injunction related to those companies' use of popular video codecs. As a result, PCs from these manufacturers can no longer be sold in Germany. ASUS has released an official response confirming that its official website and store are suspended

ORICO K20 Mini Magnetic Portable SSD: $209 (2TB) The ORICO K20 Mini is a compact, durable and highly-portable external SSD, with competitive performance and a unique trick up its sleeve. Durable Enclosure Good Performance Highly Portable Attaches To Magsafe Devices Activity Indicator Best Performance Requires USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Not Quite As Fast...

Nerds of a certain vintage get real wistful about Unreal Tournament '99, and rightfully so, but many will argue that it's the later Unreal Engine 2-based games that truly defined Unreal Tournament's identity. Unreal Tournament 2003 and the follow-up Unreal Tournament 2004 were among the first games to actively embrace the formalized concept

Nintendo Switch owners have been able to scoop up some nice gaming deals thanks to the President’s Day sale happening at the moment. Now, it’s time for PlayStation 5 owners to feast on some great deals of their own. Here are some of the best bargains we’ve spotted for those who own a PS5. NBA 2K26 (64% off) Basketball season is in full

You probably already know that you can manually install a fresh copy of Windows using your own install media. You can create this install media using Microsoft's tool, or you can use a tool like Rufus, which allows you to bypass the onerous and arbitrary system requirements of modern Windows versions. At least, you can do that as long as you

As a platform for selling games, Steam has garnered some deserved praise for its lax approach to moderation, allowing developers to break into the market and players to speak as harshly as they like on awful PC ports or game-breaking updates. That laissez-faire methodology also seems to have some negative consequences,  as it is reportedly

If you thought your Bambu X1 Carbon was fast, a new 3D printing technique that can fabricate complex millimeter-scale objects in just 0.6 seconds may bring some buyer's remorse. To achieve such performance, the tech uses holographic light fields to solidify resin all at once, obviously taking away the wait needed for layer-by-layer process

Don't let an aging wireless router hold back your home network. These days, practically everything is downloaded and streamed, from triple-A games to movies and TV shows. Practically everything is a connected device too, and if your router is a few generations old, then consider upgrading to take advantage of features only found in later protocols. Wi-Fi

Apple is preparing to integrate a native video experience directly into the Apple Podcasts app this spring (the feature is also currently available in limited beta). With the company aiming to provide a seamless transition between listening and watching, Apple Podcasts is positioning to bring some heat to the likes of YouTube and Spotify. Announced

There have been rumblings of Apple launching new products in the coming weeks and there's now a confirmed event to go along with the chatter. Apple has been sending out invitations for what it's describing as a "special Apple Experience" in New York. There's no mention or even hint of what products will be announced, but we have some guesses. Apple

Try getting your hands on a Steam Deck these days and you're likely to be frustrated by the lack of inventory. That's understandable for the original LCD version of the Steam Deck, which also happens to be the most affordable variant, as Valve confirmed in December that it had discontinued that model. But even the Steam Deck OLED models are

Another day, another update on the RAM crisis—and now, insider statements made to Bloomberg point toward both a PlayStation 6 delay and a Nintendo Switch 2 price hike, in response to current industry supply/demand conditions. For PlayStation 6, its delay could be pushed "to 2028 or even 2029," and the Nintendo Switch 2 price hike could kick

Over on X/Twitter, the developers of the cross-platform PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 have touted a key compatibility milestone, with 98% of PS3 titles playable on the emulator in some form and an impressive 73% playable to completion. Of the remaining 62 games (1.74%) that aren't playable—games that simply crash before entering gameplay—46

A public radio mainstay is taking on Big Tech over a voice he says sounds a little too familiar. David Greene, the longtime host of NPR's Morning Edition and current co-host of political talk show Left, Right & Center, has filed a lawsuit alleging that Google's AI podcast feature in NotebookLM cloned or closely replicated his voice without