Why it matters: Intel has confirmed more special edition CPUs: the Marvel's Avengers Collector's Edition Processors. You would probably expect them to come bundled with the upcoming Marvel's Avengers game, given the timing, but you’d be wrong. The only links these chips appear to have with the franchise is their names and packaging.

Overseas companies were spotted selling Intel processors with Avengers packaging a few weeks ago. They're listed as “KA” models, with the “K” part identifying

Rumor mill: While an increasing number of leaks hint at the upcoming RTX 3090's specs, we're still in the dark about its price. But a slew of recent rumors could give an idea of how much it'll cost. Spoiler: a lot, from $1,499 right up to an eye-watering $2,000.

It was last week when Micron's tech briefing revealed some details of what will presumably be Nvidia's 30

What just happened? Carnival Corporation, the largest cruise line operator in the world, has suffered a ransomware attack in which customer data is believed to have been compromised. The company is unaware how many people may have been affected by the incident, which was detected on Saturday, August 15.

Carnival boasts over 100 vessels operating under its ten different brands, including the popular Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Costa Cruises, P&O, and Cunard Line. It has notified the US Securities and Exchange

Why it matters: Facebook has been trying to integrate all of its properties under one umbrella. Oculus is no different as the company will soon require all new Oculus owners to sign in with their Facebook account. Facebook says this helps streamline social VR capabilities while keeping everything under one security and privacy policy.

Starting this October, new Oculus VR owners will require a Facebook account to use their shiny new devices. Facebook announced the changes in a blog post along with what to do if you already have an Oculus account.

Those

What just happened? After unveiling a chip last year that was both the world’s largest and the first to feature over a trillion transistors, artificial intelligence company Cerebras Systems has gone one better. The follow-up, which is built on TSMC’s 7nm process, has an incredible 850,000 cores and 2.6 trillion transistors.

At Hot Chips 2019, Cerebras showed off the Wafer Scale Engine (WSE) —the world's largest chip. At 8

Bottom line: Google has been trying to solve Android fragmentation for years, going as far as publicly shaming manufacturers that wouldn't support their phones for at least two years. Samsung has promised to break free of that habit, and its new update policy will now extend to lower-priced phones and tablets.

Samsung announced a slew of new Galaxy devices at its Unpacked event earlier this month, including the Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Z Fold 2 smartphones. At the time, the company promised it would start supporting

In context: Divinity Original Sin 2 developer Larian Studios' next major party-based RPG, Baldur's Gate 3, was supposed to launch through Steam's Early Access program this month. Sadly, Covid-19 complicated the game's development, forcing the studio to delay the title to an unknown date.

Now, a couple weeks later, Larian has finally revealed the new release date: September 30, 2020. That means that come this fall, you'll be able

Something to look forward to: If you like to take your open world with you into the… well, open world, then I have good news. The sandbox ocean survival game Subnautica and its sequel are coming to the Nintendo Switch, but have your oxygen tanks ready. You aren't going to want to hold your breath until the games launch until 2021.

Nintendo held its Indie World Showcase on Tuesday (below), highlighting some of the games coming to the Switch from independent studios. The

The big picture: Separating TikTok from ByteDance could be tricky, especially if its new owner only buys operations in select regions. Would that lead to multiple versions of TikTok, a name change or more? Time will tell.

Microsoft isn’t the only US-based tech giant interested in acquiring TikTok. Oracle, the Redwood City-based cloud and database specialist has reportedly expressed interest in the popular Chinese-owned video app.

The Financial Times claims Oracle co-founder and executive chairman Larry Ellison has met with TikTok