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Hands-on with Thunderbolt 5: Is this bleeding-edge dock a sensible set of future-proof ports or just trivial tech?

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Par : [email protected] (Ben Wilson)
Kensington's SD5000T5 EQ Thunderbolt 5 Triple 4K Docking Station opens up even more connectivity with an all-new Thunderbolt 5 USB-C cable, even if your new laptop likely doesn't support it.

Kensington SD5000T5 EQ Thunderbolt 5 docking station with cable connections

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Bethesda took one look at Diablo 4’s microtransactions and said, "hold my beer"—introducing the $1,999 Fallout 76 bundle

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Fallout 76 is currently showing a $1,999 cosmetics and atoms bundle on the Xbox store, but you can save $200 with your Xbox Game Pass subscription. It's obviously a misprice, but we wonder if anyone has actually purchased it.

Fallout 76

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Bill Gates says he'd start Microsoft again as an AI-centric firm to rival OpenAI and Google: "Today, somebody could raise billions of dollars for a new AI company [that’s just] a few sketch ideas"

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
In a recent interview, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates indicated that he'd start Microsoft again as an AI-centric firm if he got another crack at the corporate world.

Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, delivers a keynote speech on the closing day of the Global Solutions Summit in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

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Microsoft cut Windows 7 support on Edge, but Mozilla says "enough" Firefox users are using it to extend support to March 2025: "Backporting security fixes is already getting increasingly painful due to the divergence"

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
Mozilla is extending Firefox 115's support on unsupported devices, including Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, and macOS 10.12 to 10.14, and will continue pushing important updates until April 1, 2025. Firefox 115.21 will also continue receiving updates until March 4, 2025.

Mozilla Firefox on Windows

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Blizzard is on the edge of making World of Warcraft truly amazing for endgame solo players for the first time in 20 years — but balance has been an ongoing nightmare

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Par : [email protected] (Jez Corden)
Blizzard's "Delves" in World of Warcraft have been incredibly fun and rewarding, or horribly painful and depressing, depending on which class you ask. WoW has been designed all up for group play for the past two decades, which is clearly making its new solo dungeon "Delves" a nightmare to balance.

World of Warcraft: The War Within

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Diablo 4 has made $1 billion and counting for Blizzard, and a huge chunk of that comes from devilish microtransactions

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
Thanks to new details from a Blizzard developer's LinkedIn profile, we've gotten a glimpse of how much Diablo 4 has made in revenue — and how much of it comes from microtransactions.

Diablo 4 Season 4 journey

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Starfield gets a video deep dive for its upcoming 'Shattered Space' DLC expansion, "... it has backfired horribly for House Va'ruun."

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Par : [email protected] (Jez Corden)
House Va'ruun takes center stage in Starfield: Shattered Space. Bethesda shared a deep look at its first DLC expansion, and how horror themes and melee combat will play a bigger role than in previous stories.

Starfield Shattered Space DLC

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A new AMD graphics feature massively increases framerates with AI tech for smoother gameplay, but there's a catch

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
AMD's AFMF 2 technology brings AI enhancements to your integrated graphics, significantly boosting frame rates in demanding games. Ryzen AI 300 CPU users can (probably) take immediate advantage, but there is a catch.

ASUS Zenbook S 16

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Razer Wolverine V3 Pro vs. Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2: Which is best for you?

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Par : [email protected] (Jez Corden)
Razer Wolverine V3 Pro vs. Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2: We pit Razer and Xbox's most premium console and PC gaming controllers against each other in this epic show down. Examining ergonomics, sticks and controls, software, value for money, accessories, and much more.

Razer Wolverine V3 Pro controller

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"When you use the model, you save enormous amounts of energy" — NVIDIA CEO says they can't do graphics anymore without AI

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
NVIDIA's CEO has been talking all things AI, and there are some quotes which are particularly pertinent to PC gaming, and, surprisingly for AI, where it's more energy efficient.

Zotac GeForce RTX 4090 AMP Extreme AIRO

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