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TL;DR: Orbifold Studios released a new trailer for Half-Life 2 RTX to mark the game’s 20th anniversary. Project Lead Wormslayer expressed his long-standing admiration for the game and highlighted the use of RTX Remix in the remastering process to enhance the original experience. Orbifold Studios has unleashed a new trailer for Half-Life 2 RTX to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2, check it out: In the video, we hear from Project Lead Wormslayer, who

TL;DR: NVIDIA is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2 by giving away a custom GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER graphics card featuring the Half-Life 2 logo and Gordon Freeman. The card has 10240 CUDA cores and 16GB of GDDR6X memory, capable of handling the upgraded graphics of Half-Life 2 RTX. NVIDIA is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Valve’s game-changing Half-Life 2, with an exclusive custom-wrapped GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER graphics card with the Half-Life 2

Remember when AMD released the Ryzen 7000X3D CPUs and it turned out that some motherboards had broken over-current protection that resulted in a small spate of CPUs literally exploding? Well don’t worry, because this isn’t that same situation at all. Instead, it seems like there may be an issue with a specific production run of a particular Socket AM5 LGA guide. Over on Reddit, the comically named /u/TrumpPooPoosPants posted up pictures of his brand-new Ryzen

TL;DR: AI companies like OpenAI and Microsoft are racing to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI), but experts like Gary Marcus suggest it may not be economically viable. Marcus argues that the AI market is a bubble, with valuations based on the assumption that scaling Large Language Models (LLMs) will lead to AGI. Artificial intelligence companies such as OpenAI, Microsoft, and other big players such as Elon Musk’s X-based AI Grok are all in a race

TL;DR: The FBI and CISA have reported that a Chinese government-associated hacking group, Salt Typhoon, has breached multiple US commercial telecommunications companies. This cyber espionage campaign involved stealing customer call data and accessing private communications of US government officials. The FBI and CISA have posted a joint statement revealing that numerous commercial telecommunications organizations have been breached by a hacking group associated with the Chinese government. VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES The joint statement posted

TL;DR: Digital Foundry experts discussed the PlayStation 5 Pro’s performance, noting it delivers 30-35% gains over the base model, less than Sony’s claimed 45%. They attribute this shortfall to memory bandwidth limitations, especially at 4K resolutions. The experts from Digital Foundry have discussed the performance uplift for Sony’s PlayStation 5 Pro and how it comes to the base model and Sony’s marketing for the new console. Skip to 1:22:15 According to the experts who discussed

Meta is being slapped with an $840 million fine by the European Commission after finding that the company had violated antitrust rules and is in breach of Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. These findings stem from proceedings the Commission opened back in 2021, as it investigated whether or not Meta was abusing its market position to hinder any possible competitors when the company rolled out Facebook Marketplace. The

Ay caramba, a four cylinder grand tourer for $107,000? That’s what it’ll cost buyers to own the new 2025 Mercedes-AMG GT43. Even if it’s pricey up front, the car is actually now the cheapest in the whole AMG GT lineup, undercutting the AMG GT55 by $30k. That said, if an open-top experience is more of your thing, may we suggest the Mercedes-AMG SL43 for $6k less. You’re welcome. Mercedes-AMG has revealed pricing of the 2025

In a surprise twist, Amazon confirmed it will not be hosting a Black Friday deals event this year, nor will it celebrate Cyber Monday with any bargains. Shocking, right? Well, it would be if it were true, but we’re just kidding! Of COURSE Amazon will be partaking in the deals season, and it’s so stoked about the upcoming event that it’s teasing big discounts for “millions of deals.” Amazon is also providing guidance on when

Oura, one of the leaders in the growing smart ring arena, claims that Apple doesn’t have what it takes to make an Apple smart ring. It believes that Apple doesn’t want a ring to undercut what the Apple Watch already does so well. Well, those are some fighting words, indeed. Presently, Apple has scrapped its plans for a smart ring, but with goading from the likes of Oura, we may see Apple change its tune