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Windows update woes continue, this time slowing down Nvidia GPUs
Posted on Friday February 06, 2026
Microsoft's January 2026 Patch Tuesday update – already notorious for causing serious issues – is now being blamed for slowing down Nvidia graphics cards. While Nvidia has acknowledged the problem, Microsoft has yet to respond to the latest reports.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Enthusiast makes NVMe SSD work on a Pentium III system through a PCI slot
Posted on Thursday February 05, 2026
A Redditor who enjoys experimenting with old hardware and ancient operating systems recently tried a small but clever experiment: installing an NVMe drive in a PCI-based machine. The idea was to force a modern(ish) SSD to operate under the constraints storage devices faced in the 1990s, requiring it to interact...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AI may be ready for the mainstream, the economics aren't
Posted on Thursday February 05, 2026
As 2026 gets underway, it's clear that AI's momentum hasn't stalled in the least. If anything, it's picking up speed, especially with the recent surge of interest in AI-powered agents, often referred to as agentic AI, that are beginning to reshape how the technology is used.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Overwatch is no longer Overwatch 2, unveils 10 new heroes ahead of Switch 2 launch
Posted on Thursday February 05, 2026
Blizzard is officially dropping the "2" from Overwatch 2, signaling a renewed focus on evolving the storyline and enhancing gameplay rather than releasing sequels disconnected from earlier titles. The company believes that introducing a fully connected annual storyline will deepen player engagement over time.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Intel has a new chief architect working on new GPUs
Posted on Thursday February 05, 2026
During the recent Cisco AI Summit, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan announced that the company has appointed a new "chief GPU architect." Tan did not disclose the executive's name at the event, but subsequent reports confirmed that former Qualcomm executive Eric Demmers will lead the new venture.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Canon celebrates 30 years of PowerShot with limited-edition G7 X Mark III camera
Posted on Thursday February 05, 2026
The original PowerShot 600 arrived in the summer of 1996. The pioneering digital camera featured a 1/3-inch CCD image sensor capable of generating photos with a maximum resolution of 832 x 608 pixels. It was paired with a 50mm, f/2.5 aperture lens and an optical viewfinder. The shooter packed 1MB...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
As Google doubles down on AI spending, Gemini delivers a breakout quarter
Posted on Thursday February 05, 2026
Alphabet reported quarterly revenue of $113.8 billion, an 18 percent increase from a year earlier, fueled by the performance of its AI systems. Net profit surged 30 percent to $34.5 billion, with Gemini at the center of that growth.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
CapFrameX lets you analyze gaming performance beyond average FPS
Posted on Thursday February 05, 2026
CapFrameX is a free Windows tool for capturing and analyzing PC gaming performance, with an emphasis on frame times, FPS behavior, and smoothness metrics like 1% and 0.1% lows.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
As Roblox embraces text-to-world tools, Japanese creatives brace for fallout
Posted on Thursday February 05, 2026
The new Roblox feature is built on the same underlying technology as Roblox Cube, the company's 3D asset generator introduced last year. While the first iteration produced only static geometry, the updated engine links prompt-based generation to the platform's runtime physics, collision, and scripting layers, allowing newly created assets to...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
PlayStation 5 outsold the Switch 2 during the holidays, helped by Ghost of Yōtei
Posted on Thursday February 05, 2026
That 8 million figure matters because it puts PS5 ahead of Nintendo's brand-new Switch 2 in the same calendar quarter. Nintendo's latest investor presentation shows Switch 2 hardware sell-in of 7.01 million units for its fiscal Q3 (Oct – Dec 2025). In other words: Sony's five-year-old console still managed to...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »