Intel Scrapped the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus Because Its Own $299 270K Plus Could Match It & New Benchmarks Confirm

The flagship CPU that Intel never released , the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus, has now been benchmarked & gives us an idea why it never entered retail segments.

The Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus was going to be the flagship chip within the Core Ultra 200S Plus "Arrow Lake Refresh" family . This chip was expected to retain the same configuration as the Core Ultra 9 285K, & would've offered 24 cores and 24 threads. The


Chinese Overclocker Shatters Two-Year-Old Record, Pushing Intel Core i9-14900KF To A Staggering 9206.34 MHz

Intel's Core i9-14900KF has become the first CPU to break past the 9.2 GHz clock frequency limit, a world record speed.

The Intel Core i9-14900KF CPU might be three years old, but it is still one of the fastest chips from the blue team, with its 24 cores and 32 threads, that perform great in gaming to this very day. The Intel 14th Gen CPUs have already broken past the


Intel Core i9-14900KF Achieves 9.2 GHz, The Fastest CPU Frequency Ever Recorded

Intel's Core i9-14900KF has become the first CPU to break past the 9.2 GHz clock frequency limit, a world record speed.

The Intel Core i9-14900KF CPU might be three years old, but it is still one of the fastest chips from the blue team, with its 24 cores and 32 threads, that perform great in gaming to this very day. The Intel 14th Gen CPUs have already broken past the


Redditor Orders One Samsung 990 PRO SSD From Amazon, Receives 10 Drives Worth Nearly $4,800 By Mistake

The saga continues with users still getting free hardware from Amazon. This time, the user got an additional nine drives that would have cost him thousands.

The Redditor u/TheDankestYo used his entire year's luck by placing an order on Amazon. Such stories aren't uncommon anymore, but these are still rare and occasional. Previously, we saw a user receiving two boxes filled with dozens of NVMe SSDs instead of the two SSDs he ordered. Since it was a mistake by Amazon, the company allowed him to


NVIDIA’s Rubin Ultra Could Hand Intel a Lifeline as UBS Flags EMIB-T Packaging for 4-Chip Variant

As multiple reports claim that Intel is aggressively marketing its EMIB-T packaging technology to AI chip designers in order to shape itself as an alternative to TSMC's CoWoS packaging technology, another customer that it might land could be NVIDIA, according to UBS. The details suggest that a 4-chip variant of the Rubin chip could use Intel's EMIB-T packaging process instead and provide the chip manufacturer with an important role in NVIDIA's and the artificial intelligence supply chain.

One of the key advantages of the


Neverness to Everness Won’t Stop at Launch: Hotta Studio Teases New Cities, Districts, and Nintendo Switch 2 Evaluation

Hotta Studio , a subsidiary of Perfect World Games previously known for 2022's Tower of Fantasy , has an ambitious roadmap in mind for Neverness to Everness , and the team isn't treating the recent launch on PC, PS5, Android, and iOS as the finish line.

Set in the supernatural metropolis of Hethereau , the urban open world RPG powered by Unreal Engine 5 and enhanced with path tracing on PC is built around a simple but unusually broad fantasy: live in the city, explore its

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PlayStation Adds SteamDB-Like Features to the PS5 Welcome Hub by Revealing Weekly Player Numbers and Trending Games

Concurrent player numbers on Steam have increasingly become a hot topic of conversation around any new game release, whether it's a multiplayer-focused title or not, in the past few years. The data shared on SteamDB can sometimes be useful, but ultimately, it only shows a small portion of the picture when it comes to how successful or not a game is. Now, however, it seems like PlayStation is looking to insert itself into that conversation, with new SteamDB-like features being tested in the PS5

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Apple Is Now Desperate Enough To Bundle A Free AirPods Pro 3 With Apple Card Sign-Ups After Goldman Sachs’ Costly Exit

Apple is reportedly preparing to roll out one of its most ambitious sign-up incentives ever, one that might entail freebies worth a whopping $250, all for just signing up to an Apple Card next week.


NetEase Throws Open the Imperial Palace in Where Winds Meet’s Biggest Expansion Yet, With Major QoL Upgrades and New Modes

NetEase Games and Everstone Studio have revealed that Where Winds Meet will get its second major expansion later in May with the opening of the Imperial Palace . The studio has also committed to several quality-of-life upgrades to improve the experience for players across the globe.

The expansion and the improvements coming to the game were revealed in the latest Goose News episode on the game's official YouTube channel, as the game celebrates its half-anniversary as it nears its one-year anniversary in November 2026 .

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Exynos 2700 To Receive Premium Treatment From Samsung As Update Drops Claims Of Company Abandoning Its 2nm SoC’s Advanced Packaging

Samsung was considering removing Fan-Out Wafer-Level Packaging (FOWLP) from the Exynos 2700 as part of its cost-cutting strategy to make its upcoming Galaxy S27 series more affordable for the masses amid the DRAM shortage . Fortunately, a new rumor has dispelled these claims, stating that the Korean giant fully intends to treat its next 2nm chipset with the best in-house technologies possible to raise the competitive bar.

Maintaining FOWLP technology on the Exynos 2700 helps the latter to