Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Review: Ampere Arrives!


Nvidia claims the new GeForce RTX 30 graphics series provides a giant leap in raw graphics performance, based their latest Ampere architecture, today we can finally show you how the GeForce RTX 3080 performs.

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Acer reveals 28-inch 4K 144Hz gaming monitor with two HDMI 2.1 ports

Something to look forward to: With its inclusion in Nvidia’s new RTX 3000-series cards and the next-gen consoles, the HDMI 2.1 standard is under the spotlight right now, and Acer has just announced its first gaming monitor to feature support. The Acer XV282K KV offers a 4K resolution alongside a 144Hz refresh rate,
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Call of Duty: Warzone for mobile confirmed by Activision job listing

Something to look forward to: In the world of battle royale titles, Call of Duty: Warzone is one of the most popular around, with over 75 million players worldwide. It now appears that Activision is following in the footsteps of Fortnite and PUBG by bringing the game to the mobile platform.

The news comes from a now-removed Activision job listing for a features executive producer for a new mobile game in the CoD series, referred to as WZM, which one can assume stands for Warzone Mobile.

"As


Ubisoft reveals PC system requirements for Watch Dogs: Legion

In a nutshell: Ubisoft's highly anticipated Watch Dogs: Legion comes out on October 29, with the publisher now revealing PC specs for the game to let players know what hardware they'll need to play on 1080p low, 1080p high, 1440p high and 4K ultra settings.

Only time can tell whether Ubisoft's idea of letting gamers play with millions of procedurally generated characters in neon-clad, near-future London will stick around

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Fortnite receives full ray tracing support tomorrow

Highly anticipated: At its recent Ampere event, Nvidia revealed that Fortnite, one of the most popular games in the world, is receiving the full suite of ray tracing effects and DLSS 2.0 support. We now know when the graphical upgrade is arriving: tomorrow, September 17.

Nvidia pushed real-time ray tracing as one of the best reasons for upgrading to its Ampere/Turing graphics cards, and while the visual changes it brings can look great, the fact that few games support the technology has been


Rocket League goes free-to-play on September 23

Something to look forward to: Everyone's favorite competitive vehicle sports game, Rocket League, finally has a free-to-play launch date. The game will lose its upfront cost on September 23, and will instead be monetized exclusively through cosmetic microtransactions.

If you're like me and have held off on playing Rocket League due to its entry fee, you'll finally have an opportunity to see what all the fuss is about in just a few short days. In the meantime, you can take


Apple Silicon

Apple unveils new iPad with upgraded internals, redesigned iPad Air with A14 SoC

The big picture: During the "Time Flies" Apple event, the company said it's sold over 500 million iPads since their debut a decade ago. The Cupertino company is updating its already capable tablets with a more powerful SoC at the entry-level, and a Pro-like redesign for the iPad Air, which is now faster than all current iPhone models powered by the A
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Subscribers can save up to $25 per month with Apple One service bundles

In brief: The Apple Watch Series 6 and 8th-generation iPad may have stolen the show at Tuesday's "Time Flies" presentation, but Apple did take a moment to confirm the long-rumored Apple One subscription bundles are coming. It also unveiled Fitness+ a new exercise service and app.

Although Apple One is slightly different than what was rumored , it's the same concept at its core. The program will consist of three subscription packages and price tiers.

The entry-level bundle, called

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Zerologon Windows exploit lets attackers instantly become admins on enterprise networks

A hot potato: It's considered good practice among system administrators not to install software updates as soon as they are out unless they purposely fix security flaws. In the case of Windows updates, even more so because of the recent history of poor quality control that results in multiple things breaking after installation. This time, however, the severity of a newly-discovered flaw makes that risk pale in comparison to the risk of compromising your Windows domain.

Security researchers have revealed new proof-of-concept code for a

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Apple Watch Series 6 is faster, more power-efficient, and can track blood oxygen levels

What just happened? Tim Cook and friends just announced the Apple Watch Series 6 at the company's "Time Flies" keynote event today. The wearable has a few new features that distinguish it from the previous generation, including faster silicon, an altimeter, and a blood oxygen sensor.

Apple Watch Series 6 uses Cupertino's new S6 chip. The "system-in-package" (SiP) is based on the dual-core A13 Bionic that powers the iPhone 11, so it

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