Zentool exploit teases wild RISC-V dreams
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AMD Zen microcode hacked for Chinese project

Google’s latest security bombshell tool is already fuelling an underground bid to rewrite the rules of chip architecture.

AMD's Ryzen 8000HX series is just a reheated Dragon Range
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Barely boosted Zen 4 chips stumble into RTX 50-powered gaming laptops

As next-gen graphics cards crash into the gaming world with all the subtlety of a wrecking ball, AMD’s CPU follow-up is more of a polite cough. The new Ryzen 8000HX series—officially part of the so-called "Dragon Range Refresh"—has landed, and it's hard not to feel a sense of déjà vu.

RTX 5060 Ti 16GB benchmarks leak
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Showing 25 per cent gains

Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 5060 Ti 16GB has leaked again, this time in synthetic benchmark results that suggest a decent generational uplift—if not quite enough to threaten the RTX 5070.

Tariff truce for Big Tech will be short-lived
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Trump gives imports a breather, but it won't last

The Tame Apple Press celebrated on Friday after Donald Trump announced that tariffs on Big Tech giants would be temporarily suspended – only to have its hopes dashed 24 hours later.

Microsoft sets new Xbox Games Showcase for June 8th
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Followed by 'The Outer Worlds 2 Direct'

Microsoft has officially scheduled its next Xbox Games Showcase for Sunday, June 8th, where we expect plenty of new details about the upcoming games. In addition, the Xbox Games Showcase will be followed by "The Outer Worlds 2 Direct”, giving a bit more information about the upcoming RPG game from Obsidian Entertainment.

11 bit studios' The Alters game launching on June 13th
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Gets a new trailer

11 bit studios, the developer behind This War of Mine and Frostpunk, has announced the launch date for its upcoming sci-fi game, The Alters. The game will be arriving on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and day one on Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass on June 13th.

GPU-Z updated to version v2.65.1
Published in PC Hardware


Two versions released, bringing support for new NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, and Moore Threads GPUs


TechPowerUp has released the newest version of its GPU-Z, a comprehensive graphics sub-system information, diagnostic, and monitoring utility. The newest version, v2.65.0, adds support for new NVIDIA, AMD, Intel and Moore Threads GPUs. as well as fixes a single issue, with the

Google Cloud dives deeper into AMD
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Zen 5 power lands in C4D and H4D machines for HPC and AI

Google Cloud has thrown its lot further in with AMD, unveiling C4D and H4D virtual machines packed with 5th Gen EPYC silicon aimed at boosting performance across cloud workloads.

Apple's AI mess is a tale of two Siri teams
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One massive misfire

It was the best of times, and it is the worst of times over at Apple, and the Tame Apple Press is starting to work out why the fruity cargo cult is doing so badly regarding AI.

Trump axes ex-CISA chief Krebs’ clearance
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Revenge is a dish best served very cold

Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump has signed a presidential memorandum stripping former CISA director Chris Krebs of any active security clearance and triggering a sweeping review into the cybersecurity agency's conduct during his tenure.