Less than a week after 18 protesters associated with activist group No Azure for Apartheid were arrested while protesting Microsoft's dealings with the Israeli military, the group has staged a sit-in inside the office of Microsoft president Brad Smith. A report by The Verge says the building was subsequently locked down.The protesters recorded at least two videos from inside Microsoft's Building 34, including one showing what appears to be security...
Corsair is not necessarily known for its monitors. Its big thing has always been the memory market, but the company has also successfully broadened its horizons into PSUs, peripherals, cooling, and almost everything that goes into building a gaming PC. But it was also one of the first to hit us with a bendable OLED gaming screen, the Xeneon Flex, so it does have some prior form for innovative panels.So,...
AMD's RDNA 4 GPUs, including the Radeon RX 9070 XT, have been out since February. But only now has AMD revealed that they are based on a clever modular architecture.AMD held a deep dive into its RDNA 4 graphics tech at the Hot Chips 2025 conference yesterday. And perhaps the most intriguing new disclosure is RDNA's so-called "modular SoC architecture".The idea is to allow multiple GPU configurations to be created...
OLED burn-in is one of the biggest anxieties around OLED monitors, behind, well, the price. We've seen people run their screen for a year, then 15 months to see if it would cause problems, but until now, we have not seen someone do it for longer. Well, MSI has recently run a monitor for three years, with the most recent constant stretch being for 533 days.Our Jacob recently had the...
If you were hoping that Gears of War: Reloaded was going to be like The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, then I have a bit of bad news for you. It's essentially 2016's Ultimate Edition of Gears of War, but with better lighting and textures—everything else, including meshes, animations, and the overall gameplay, is exactly the same.Gears of War: Ultimate Edition was a remaster itself, so Reloaded is a remastered...
Framework has finally broken the silence on the future of its modular 16-inch gaming laptop, the Framework 16. And the good news is that it actually has one. With AMD essentially exiting the mobile GPU market this generation the company only had one option, and that was to turn to Nvidia.Today, it has announced there will be a new Framework 16 graphics module—along with improvements to other components—that will house...
Since we first announced Lumines Arise during the State of Play in June, we’ve been inundated with the same question from fans: When will the demo be available?! And the answer is…right now! You can play the limited-time Lumines Arise Demo on PlayStation 5 now through September 3 and try out three single-player stages and help us network test the all-new multiplayer Burst Battle mode. We also have a release...
For too long, we’ve waited and watched as The Gloom expands to swallow more innocent star systems. For too long, we’ve let the Terminds wreak havoc on our colonies, our cities, our homes. The Terminids have pushed into our territory for long enough. Now, with new recruits trained and ready, it’s time to push into unknown territory. Into the Unjust comes to Helldivers 2 on September 2. Play Video Enter...
Our hints for today's Wordle are all neatly written up and nicely separated out, making it easy for you to fine-tune how much help you want to receive, as well as what kind of help you'd like in the first place too. Use them together, with the August 26 (1529) Wordle clue on top if you'd like a boost, and you've got a great starting point for a win (and...
MORGAN PARK, STAFF WRITER(Image credit: Future)Last week: Got all sappy about the server browser and got very close to downloading Quake.The Battlefield 6 beta got its hooks into me and my friend group in a way few shooters can, and I know that because we're spending the 46-day wait for its release by playing other Battlefields. The natural first choice was Battlefield 2042, as it has a new event with...