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Call of Duty 2025 may launch on PS4, Xbox One to squeeze out maximum revenue

TL;DR: Activision may release this year’s Call of Duty on PS4 and Xbox One to capitalize on last-gen gamers. Call of Duty 2025 is reportedly in development for these consoles, aligning with Microsoft’s strategy to maximize sales across platforms. Activision could launch this year’s Call of Duty game on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles to squeeze out another year’s worth of spending from gen 8 gamers. VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES Call of Duty

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WB Games profitability plummets as division reports $384 million in impairments

TL;DR: WB Discovery’s video games unit faced significant losses in 2024, with major failures from titles like Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League. WB Discovery has commented on the commercial failures of its video games unit, telling investors that what happened in 2024 probably won’t happen again. VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES WBD just posted up its Q4 2024 results, and included in the report is an update on the WB Games division. Recent reports

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Miss Windows Vista? Well, both of you can now recreate the OS in Windows 11 with a new mod

TL;DR: A Windows Vista-inspired theme for Windows 11 has been facilitated via Windhawk, which offers a library of mods that can be used to customize Microsoft’s OS. Be warned: the setup is fiddly, requiring a fair bit of tinkering and messing around, but if you want a modern Vista aesthetic, well, it’s certainly provided here. Miss the heady days of Windows Vista? Well, some people must, as the ancient operating system from Microsoft has been

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Mac users, watch out: Copilot could invade your desktop too, if you want, as macOS app is here

TL;DR: Microsoft’s Copilot app is now available to Apple computers via the Mac App Store, requiring macOS 14.0 and Apple M-series silicon. Initially rolling out in the US, Canada, and the UK, it offers features like voice input, dark mode, and advanced reasoning with OpenAI’s o1 model. Microsoft has made the Copilot app available on macOS, so those curious to try out the AI on an Apple computer can now grab it from the Mac

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Sinister Spyzie Spyware Exposes Millions Of Android And iPhone Users To Hackers

Are you using or planning to use a phone monitoring and tracking spyware application? If yes, you need to be aware of a new malware in the wild that compromises smartphones through a specific group phone monitoring applications. The latest software listed among the most vulnerable apps is Spyzie. Researchers have equally identified that this malware has compromised other phone monitoring applications such as Spicy and Cocospy. A reliable source has shown that this bug

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Framework Desktop Teardown Sheds Light On Soldered RAM Strategy

When you hear “Framework”, if you’re familiar with the laptop vendor, you probably think of modular components and repairable PCs. Indeed, the company allowed popular repair guide website iFixit early access to the very exciting Framework Desktop, and the machine is as easy as expected to tear down given that it is, of course, a desktop PC. The RAM remains soldered, though, and it seems like that’s simply going to be the case for the

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EA Open Sources Four Classic Command & Conquer Games For Retro Fun

While EA is making AI a key pillar of how its studios make future titles, it hasn’t forgotten about its back catalog of popular games. Its latest efforts have seen the company open source code for several games from the Command and Conquer franchise. It’s a massive win for game preservation that should earn the company some goodwill from the gaming community. EA released the original source code for Command and Conquer, C&C Red Alert,

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PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 XT Red Devil, Hellhound And Reaper GPUs Look Menacing

The anticipated AMD Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT have finally been revealed, powered by the company’s RDNA 4 GPU architecture. We’ve also done a deep dive into RDNA 4, which takes a look at what makes the new Radeon GPUs tick. Add-in-board partners are up next with their interpretation of the lineup, starting with PowerColor. The designs of these cards look menacing and include the RED DEVIL, HELLHOUND, and REAPER versions.  The RED DEVIL is on top

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Watch Two AIs Freakishly Talk In Their Own Language When Humans Aren’t Around

There are numerous ways humans can become extinct, like an asteroid crashing into Earth or nuclear bombs making the planet inhabitable, both of which have been featured in various Hollywood flicks. But instead of the sound of bombs exploding or a giant space rock smashing into our home planet, the last sounds we might hear as a species could be AI agents communicating in a language reminiscent of the beeps and boops made famous by

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OpenAI releases first AI model that feels like talking to thoughtful person

TL;DR: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that GPT-4.5 is ready. He describes it as the first AI model that feels like conversing with a thoughtful person. OpenAI has taken to its official website to share an update regarding GPT-4.5, the company’s latest and most sophisticated AI model. The company behind the immensely popular ChatGPT has confirmed it’s releasing a research preview of GPT-4.5, which is OpenAI’s “largest and best model for chat yet“. GPT-4.5 introduces

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