Microsoft demands 30 percent profit margins from Xbox game studios despite trailing Sony and Nintendo in console sales. The target exceeds typical industry benchmarks of 17 to 22 percent recorded since 2018. Financial documents from 2022 showed that Xbox operated at just 12 percent margins before acquiring Activision Blizzard. Chief financial officer Amy Hood established…
Google pledged to enhance graphics performance on Pixel 10 smartphones through regular software updates after users reported overheating issues with the Tensor G5 processor. The company told Android Authority that monthly and quarterly system patches would address driver quality issues affecting the chip’s Imagination Technologies GPU. Benchmark tests show the IMG DXT-48-1536 graphics processor achieves…
Samsung will begin manufacturing the Galaxy S26 Ultra in December after canceling the Galaxy S26 Edge model and postponing production of two other flagship phones. The company delayed approval for Galaxy S26 and Galaxy S26 Plus displays until December while advancing Ultra model production to fill available factory capacity. Industry analysts say the Ultra model…
AMD firmware updates indicate the company plans to release Strix Point processors for its AM5 desktop platform. Code references discovered in the AGESA BIOS version 1.2.7.0 by technology analysts suggest configurations ranging from 6 to 12 cores with simultaneous multithreading. The Strix Point chips feature Zen 5 architecture and RDNA 3.5 integrated graphics, superior to…
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk announced that Samsung Foundry will manufacture the company’s AI5 chips alongside TSMC. Musk stated during the third-quarter earnings call that Samsung’s Taylor facility in Texas is operating slightly ahead of TSMC’s Arizona plant. The AI5 chips deliver up to 40 times better performance than the AI4 generation by removing legacy…
A modder named Pure Dark created a demonstration version of NVIDIA Reflex 2 that functions on graphics cards from the RTX 20 and RTX 30 series. The modder reverse-engineered a file from ARC Raiders’ public testing and extracted the Frame Warp technology, which NVIDIA officially restricts to RTX 50 series cards. DSO Gaming confirmed the…
Bruce Nesmith, a former Bethesda Game Studios developer who departed in late 2021, told FRVR that Starfield lacks the quality of the studio’s Elder Scrolls and Fallout franchises. Nesmith spent 17 years at Bethesda working on titles such as Skyrim and Fallout 4 before becoming a science fiction author. He said the game’s planets felt…
Xbox president Sarah Bond told Mashable that platform-exclusive games represent an outdated business model. Bond pointed to titles such as Call of Duty, Minecraft, Fortnite and Roblox as examples of successful multiplatform releases that build gaming communities. She said restricting games to single stores or devices no longer aligns with how players want to connect…
Life Insurance Corporation of India raised its ownership in two major consumer goods manufacturers, according to company disclosures on Friday. The state-run insurer lifted its position in Tata Consumer Products to 8.645 percent from 6.633 percent by acquiring nearly 2 crore shares between July and late October. The firm also expanded its Dabur India holdings…
A book about Prime Minister Narendra Modi was released on Friday, chronicling his path from modest beginnings to national leadership. Author and lawyer Berjis Desai wrote the biography that traces the leader’s rise through Indian politics over 25 years in government service. The National Stock Exchange chief executive praised the work at the launch event,…
