ROG Xbox Ally X Adds Auto Super Resolution and Several Docked Mode Improvements for a More Console-Like Plug-and-Play Experience

The ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X handheld PCs that addresses several elements of the experience that those who bought into the expensive new handhelds have gotten used to. When I reviewed the ROG Xbox Ally X at launch, one of the chief issues with it was how it lacked any kind of plug-and-play experience, and each update, including today's, has been another step towards giving it that console-quality convenience.

The most significant parts of today's update are meant to make the experience

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007 First Light Dev Breaks From Hitman DNA — Getting Spotted Won’t End Your Run, Stealth Snaps Back After Combat

There's a new media blowout for 007 First Light ahead of the game's launch, which is planned in less than a month on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S|X, and Nintendo Switch 2. IO Interactive 's Global Brand Manager, Laurine Deschamps , and revealed how combat and stealth in this licensed James Bond game differ greatly from the studio's HITMAN franchise: combat is not a failure, and returning to stealth is possible even after entering combat.

We wanted to give

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Intel’s EMIB Hits 90% Yield as Analyst Signals Foundry Breakthrough, EMIB-T Scales To >12x Reticle In 2028

Intel's crucial EMIB technology has achieved a phenomenal yield rate, showing its readiness for upcoming adoptions in AI datacenter chips.

We recently discussed how EMIB is being eyed by AI firms for their next-generation AI chips. The tech has one simple purpose: to provide a cost-effective and scalable alternative to TSMC's CoWoS technology .

The advanced packaging tech from Intel is set to be used by Google in its next-generation TPUs, and we have also cited NVIDIA using it for its next-gen Feynman


iPhone 18 Pro’s Variable Aperture Camera Could Force Samsung Into Removing A Weak Sensor From The Galaxy S27 Ultra

Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra is currently equipped with two telephoto cameras, with the less capable one being a 3x unit that’s often criticized by tipsters like Ice Universe for its lack of imaging prowess when compared to rivals. Now, with Apple adopting variable aperture technology to the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, a drastic decision could be made with the Galaxy S27 Ultra involving the removal of the aforementioned camera.

The tipster has been a strong critic of Samsung being incredibly


Pearl Abyss Dumps EVE Online Back to CCP’s CEO for $120M After Paying $225M Just Seven Years Ago

Pearl Abyss , the developer of the commercially successful open world game Crimson Desert (and also known for the MMORPG Black Desert ), has announced its decision to sell EVE Online and its studio back to CCP Games CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson for around $120 million . A rumor about Pearl Abyss selling CCP Games originally circulated almost a year ago , though back then it suggested the goal was to shop the studio around. Clearly, that option failed, and selling back to the original owners was the most sensible

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Dune: Awakening Update 1.4 Lands May 19 With Water Wars DLC — Funcom Skips Story to Chase Player Demands

Today, Funcom has announced that Update 1.4 for Dune: Awakening will arrive on May 19 , alongside The Water Wars DLC , the final piece of the game's Season Pass.

The free update adds two new Overland Map locations : Wind Pass , described as an old Harkonnen tech hub where players will encounter the Water Shippers faction, and The Old Quarry Testing Station , a scalable endgame area where a devious character named Dr. Jalanta awaits in a secret lab. Additional Landsraad Missions are also included, expanding

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Subnautica 2 Dives Into Early Access on May 14 as Steam’s Most Wishlisted Game Finally Locks in a Date

Unknown Worlds highly anticipated sequel to its beloved indie hit and the most wishlisted game on Steam, Subnautica 2 , finally has an exact release date. It'll arrive in Early Access on PC in just two weeks from the time of this writing on May 14, 2026 .

The release date reveal arrives alongside a new cinematic trailer that teases a bit of what players can expect from Subnautica 2, as it looks to up the ante as far as the creatures you'll face in the uncharted alien

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ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 Hits 3.7 GHz on a Single 16-Pin Connector, Setting Three World Records & 50K+ Port Royal Score With 36 Gbps Memory

ASUS has just broken three 3DMark World Records with its ROG Astral RTX 5090 GPU, breaking past 50K points in Port Royal.

You might have thought that ASUS would be breaking some world records with its ROG Matrix 5090 GPU, but the company has achieved three new world records in 3DMark, all using its second-best 5090 variant, the ROG Astral.

We have seen the NVIDIA RTX 5090 breaking several world records. Most of the records


Intel Core 5 330 Spotted On PassMark For The First Time; Trades Blows With Core 5 320

Another Intel Wildcat Lake CPU arrives on PassMark, showing equivalent performance to its smaller sibling.

Some of the Intel Wildcat Lake CPUs have now appeared on popular benchmarking platforms like PassMark and Geekbench. We first saw a glimpse of the only 1+4 Core CPU, Core 3 304, on Geekbench , and then the Core 5 320 appeared a few days ago on the popular platform PassMark. We saw the Core 5 320 competing with the Apple A19 Pro in MT , but trailing in


NVIDIA Adds 16 Games to GeForce NOW in May and Makes “Nearly the Entire Ready-to-Play Library” RTX 5080-Ready

NVIDIA has it plans to add to the GeForce NOW cloud streaming library for the month of May 2026, but what's arguably more significant this month is how NVIDIA is expanding the list of games that are classed as RTX 5080-ready . Beginning today, " across nearly the entire GeForce NOW Ready-to-Play library ," players subscribed to GeForce NOW Ultimate can play their games with the power of an RTX 5080 behind them.

It's a massive expansion

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