US government blames videogames for gun violence again
Kennedy thinks pixels are deadlier than guns
The US government is once again pointing the finger at videogames for America’s gun violence epidemic, because obviously the problem cannot possibly be the guns.
AMD promises MI450 will be no-excuses GPU
Chipmaker claims it will outgun Nvidia’s next big thing
AMD has been floundering in gaming graphics, but the outfit is talking big about its next-gen AI GPU, the MI450, which it swears will deliver “leadership performance across the board.”
Intel admits it has some desktop holes to fill
Arrow Lake refresh only a stopgap
Troubled Chipzilla has confirmed that a refresh of its Arrow Lake processors will limp out in 2026, with proper Nova Lake chips finally crawling out with the enthusiasm of a slug after a Hamburg rainfall later that year.
MSI cooks up RTX50 ‘Extreme OC’ cards
Afterburner dev handed early samples with unlocked voltage toys
MSI looks set to revive its Lightning branding with new RTX 50 GPUs kitted out for lunatic overclockers, and the developer behind Afterburner already has his hands on the first samples.
AI Darwin awards launched for the dimmest deployments
From Taco Bell chaos to McDonald’s jobbot fiascos
It was only a matter of time before the Darwin Awards were extended to cover the tech world’s worst attempts to shoehorn AI into places it clearly doesn’t belong.