Apple Silicon

Base M4 Mac mini Outperforms The M2 Pro Model In Single And Multi-Core Performance, Delivers Better GPU Benchmarks, And Costs $1,000 Less

Apple recently launched the new M4 and M4 Pro Mac mini, and the performance of the new chips is staggering compared to industry standards as well as the company's older Apple Silicon. We have previously covered how the company's latest M4 Pro's performance is comparable to the M2 Ultra chip, and if you are looking to buy the base model of the Mac mini with the standard M4 chip, it packs a solid punch against the M2 Pro chip on the older model.

SoftBank To Build Japan’s Largest AI Supercomputer With NVIDIA’s Blackwell AI Chips

SoftBank is building Japan's first AI supercomputer with NVIDIA's Blackwell AI chips as the firm prepares to join the AI bandwagon. SoftBank's CEO Changes To A "Bullish Stance" On AI, Still Regrets Selling NVIDIA's Stake Before The AI Hype & Announces Japan's Most Powerful Supercomputer Using Blackwell GPUs The NVIDIA and SoftBank tales shouldn't be left untouched, given that SoftBank's CEO, Masayoshi Son, has a history of changing his "investment stances." A prime example is how

Apple Might Launch Its Own Smart Home Camera As It Focuses On Providing A More Integrated Product Experience For Its Users

Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making

ArenaNet To Release ‘Godspawn’ Update for Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds on November 19, Featuring New 50-Player Titan Battle and More

Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November

NVIDIA’s DLSS 3.8.10 Package Reduces Preset Modes To Just Two Profiles, Drastically Reducing DLL File Size

NVIDIA's newest DLSS 3.8.10 package has reportedly trimmed down the number of preset profiles, all the way from four different profiles to just two now. NVIDIA's Latest DLSS 3.8.10 Update Focuses On Providing Optimal Preset Profiles For The Best User Experience NVIDIA's latest GPU driver update, GeForce 566.14, apparently came with a new DLSS 3.8.10 package that included rather surprising changes (via Reddit). For those unaware,

Apple Will Launch A New ‘Command Center’ Home Device In March With Apple Intelligence Integration, As It Steps Into The Home Industry

Apple is planning to step into the smart home industry with its new product that will connect to all existing accessories that support Apple's standards. According to a new report, the company is working to launch an AI-powered smart home display as soon as March 2025, and the all-new device will be a wall-mounted display measuring six inches. The analyst shared additional details related to the product and the operating system features. Apple's AI-powered 'Command Center' device to

Apple’s MetalFX Upscaling Comparison At 1080p Running Resident Evil 4 Remake Shows Reduced Image Quality, But Framerate Gets Up To 44 Percent Performance Bump

To push framerate in games on low and high-end machines, Apple introduced its upscaler called MetalFX to rival NVIDIA’s and AMD’s solutions. We expect this technology to improve in the future when more games arrive for various compatible devices, but the latest comparison involving Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 Remake shows that there is a ton of work to be done as far as improving visual quality. Biggest visual quality downgrade can be seen in the protagonist’s hair, but it is possible that higher resolution alleviates

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (PS5) Review – Sowing the Seeds of the Future

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, while not the definitive edition that includes all of the previous side content, embodies the perfect version of Erdrick's adventure that both old and new fans can appreciate as if a brand new adventure from Yuji Horii

NVIDIA Blackwell Up To 2.2x Faster Than Hopper In MLPerf v4.1 AI Training Benchmarks, New World Records Set & Hopper Now Even Better

NVIDIA has shared the first benchmarks of its Blackwell GPUs in MLPerf v4.1 AI Training workloads, delivering a 2.2x gain over Hopper. NVIDIA Demolishes The Competition With Blackwell GPUs, Delivering Up To A 2.2x Gain In MLPerf v4.1 AI Training Benchmarks Versus Hopper Back in August, NVIDIA's Blackwell made its debut in the MLPerf v4.1 AI Inference benchmarks, showcasing strong performance uplifts versus the last-gen Hopper chips and also against the competition. Today, NVIDIA

PlayStation 5 Pro Game Boost Falls Short of Promised 45% Performance Increase, Likely Due to Memory Bandwidth Constraints

The PlayStation 5 Pro Game Boost feature isn't delivering the 45% improvements promised before launch likely due to memory bandwidth constraints. Speaking during the latest episode of their weekly podcast, Digital Foundry commented on the system's features delivering, so far, only a 30%, 35% improvement in titles that did not receive a PS5 Pro Enhanced patch. While it is still not clear if Game Boost, which is essentially a compatibility mode, offers all the features and all the performance of the