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Microsoft raised its Game Pass Ultimate subscription from $19.99 to $29.99 per month on Oct. 1, prompting cancellations but potentially securing its long-term viability. Games analyst Joost van Dreunen argues the service previously operated as reverse airline economics, with subscribers receiving premium content at budget prices while heavy users consumed resources without generating proportional revenue….
Samsung presented its Galaxy Z TriFold smartphone on Tuesday, showcasing a device that unfolds to nearly 10 inches and measures 12 to 15 millimeters thick when folded. The company showcased the triple-folding phone behind glass at the K-Tech Showcase on October 28 in Gyeongju, South Korea, held alongside the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit. The device’s…
Microsoft will launch a proactive memory diagnostic tool for Windows 11 that automatically runs after unexpected system crashes. The feature is available in the Insider Preview Build 26220.6982 in the Dev Channel, but it will not support Arm64 systems. The scan operates at startup and takes about five minutes to complete before Windows loads. The…
Microsoft Azure experienced service disruptions on Thursday, preventing users from downloading Xbox games and accessing Minecraft servers. The cloud computing platform experienced connectivity failures starting at 16:00 UTC after technicians made an unintended configuration change to Azure Front Door services. Obsidian Entertainment warned customers that The Outer Worlds 2 was no longer available for purchase…
Nvidia’s stock valuation hit $5 trillion after its chief executive, Jensen Huang, announced partnerships at a conference in Washington. The semiconductor manufacturer revealed collaborations with Nokia and Palantir that demonstrated unexplored applications for artificial intelligence systems. President Donald Trump said he would discuss Nvidia’s Blackwell processors with Chinese officials. Access to China’s market could generate…
AMD released its Adrenalin 25.10.2 graphics driver on Thursday, adding compatibility for Battlefield 6 and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. The update supports the Ryzen AI 5 330 processor, which features four cores and integrated Radeon 820M graphics with two compute units. The driver fixes crashes in The Last of Us Part II and…
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang overstated projected revenue from the company’s artificial intelligence processors by $93 billion at a conference this week. The chipmaker’s finance team corrected his claim that Blackwell and Rubin products would generate $500 billion over five quarters. The actual figure covers cumulative shipments through 2026 and includes networking equipment sales. Nvidia…
Memory chip prices will surge in the fourth quarter as demand for artificial intelligence strains production capacity, according to market research firm TrendForce. Contract prices for standard computer memory will climb between 18 percent and 23 percent, up from earlier projections of 8 percent to 13 percent growth. Cloud computing companies are ordering more servers…
Take-Two Interactive chief executive Strauss Zelnick said artificial intelligence cannot produce quality Grand Theft Auto titles because the technology lacks creative ability. The executive addressed AI limitations at a conference in New York on Monday, Oct. 28. Zelnick explained that predictive models trained with historical data cannot generate the complex game worlds Rockstar Games develops….
Graphics card retailers began Black Friday promotions weeks ahead of the November shopping event. Nvidia’s Blackwell-based RTX 50 series cards feature DLSS 4 and ray tracing, with models ranging from the RTX 5060 for 1080p gaming to the RTX 5090 with 32 gigabytes of memory for 4K gaming. AMD’s Radeon RX 9000 lineup provides alternatives…
