GNOME Barely Beats KDE in Gaming Benchmark Comparison—Xfce With X11 Dead Last

KDE and Gnome are by far two of the most popular Linux desktop environments, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages that may sway users in either direction. Gnome is less customizable but widely recommended to Linux beginners, while KDE goes all-in on GUI-based customization and a smorgasbord of features. However, recent testing by Phoronixreveals that there may be an objectively better desktop environment for gaming on Linux.

In a comparison between Gnome 50.3 (technically Gnome Shell 50.3), KDE

NVIDIA Shares "Rubin" GPU Deep-Dive and Die Annotation

NVIDIA's latest "Rubin" GPU architecture represents one of the company's most significant advancements in scaling computing across multiple racks, systems, and data centers. The company today showcased the underpinning of an accelerator capable of delivering 50 PetaFLOPS of compute power at sparse NVFP4 operations. In its full configuration, NVIDIA's "Rubin" GPU includes up to 224 streaming multiprocessors (SMs) and 288 GB of HBM4 memory. With 336 billion transistors, NVIDIA has also integrated

NVIDIA Details the "Rubin" Architecture: Die Annotation, Vera CPU, HBM4, and Disaggregated Inference

NVIDIA has released a detailed technical exploration of its next-generation "Rubin" GPU, including a fully annotated die shot. "Rubin" represents a significant generational leap in NVIDIA's mission to scale computing across numerous racks, systems, and data centers. The company is promoting this generation as the first "agentic AI" native design. This means that inference workloads are continuously active, engaging in reasoning, planning, tool utilization, and executing many sequential steps. In this context, inference refers to a completed model
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Forza Horizon 5 Creative Director Defends Xbox Game Pass: "It's a Good Idea"

In a recent episode of the MinnMax podcast, Mike Brown, creative director of Forza Horizon 5 and co-founder of Maverick Games since leaving Playground Games to work on Clutch at Maverick Games, commented on Xbox's recent sweeping changes and the state of Xbox Game Pass. He has a lot of praise for the former Xbox leadership, both Sarah Bond and Phil Spencer, and comments that the current state of Xbox and the recent layoffs are both "sad."

Brown goes on to say about Game Pass that "

(PR) TobenOne Intros UDS060 Docking Station With Programmable Shortcut Keys and Volume Knob

TobenONE, a professional docking station brand specializing in office connectivity solutions, has launched the UDS060, an innovative docking station featuring fully programmable shortcut keys and a customizable volume knob. Designed to give users greater control over their workflows, the UDS060 combines high-performance connectivity with personalized hardware controls, enabling frequently used commands to be executed with a single touch.

Unlike conventional docking stations that focus solely on expanding connectivity, the UDS060 introduces a new approach to productivity by allowing users to assign
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NVIDIA Details "Vera" CPU With 88 Cores, 176 Threads, and Up to 1.5 TB of LPDDR5X Memory

NVIDIA today provided more details about its latest custom Armv9.2 "Vera" CPU, which the company describes as a pinnacle of its CPU engineering. Designed to coexist within NVL rackscale systems or operate independently, NVIDIA has seen significant interest from its customers in deploying the "Vera" CPU across enterprises. The company optimized its design for data analysis, high-performance single-threaded tasks, agentic AI, and large-scale software operations, covering a wide range of use cases. The entire "Olympus" CPU
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The Witcher 3 "Songs of the Past" Expansion To Debut at Gamescom

In May, CD Projekt Red announced the Songs of the Past DLC for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as a last hurrah as Geralt before the launch of The Witcher 4, although it has played its cards close to its chest. Now, it has been revealed by the official The Witcher account on X that players will be able to "catch a glimpse of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past" at Gamescom opening night.

It's unclear how much will be revealed about the upcoming DLC
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Acer Predator Atlas 8 Debuting in Autumn at $1,000+ With Base Intel Arc G3

Acer and Intel showed off the Predator Atlas 8 gaming handheld, powered by the new Intel Arc G3 APUs, at Computexin June 2026, and while it was speculated that the new handhelds would not be cheap, given the specs and expected performance, it seems less and less likely that there will be even a single Acer Predator Atlas 8 priced at under $1,000.

Acer recently updated its Predator Atlas 8 product page in the UK in order to allow users to "register their
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(PR) Razer Debuts New Seiren V3 Chroma 32-Bit DSP Microphone

Razer, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, today announced the Razer Seiren V3 Chroma 32-Bit DSP, a premium upgrade of its signature Chroma-powered USB microphone.

Built for creators and streamers who demand studio-grade vocal quality without the complexity of traditional audio rigs, the new microphone incorporates advanced hardware processing capabilities from the acclaimed Seiren V3 Pro to help deliver crisp, reliable audio from any home setup.
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(PR) Yubico Expands Passkey Features With YubiKey 5.8 Release

Yubico (NASDAQ STOCKHOLM: YUBICO), the pioneer of phishing-resistant authentication and creator of the original passkey, the YubiKey, today announced the general availability of its YubiKey 5.8 - marking an expansion of the role of the passkey from secure authentication to include verifiable, hardware-backed authorization. The new firmware delivers a foundation for secure enterprise workflows across identity wallets, document signing, and AI-driven approvals, while also providing developers with the critical capabilities needed to test, design and deploy these next-generation