Microsoft sets its sights on a universal gaming ecosystem
In a rare deep-dive on Microsoft's gaming strategy with TPBN, CEO Satya Nadella outlined the company's evolving vision for Xbox and Windows gaming. His comments follow Microsoft's 2023 acquisition of Activision Blizzard, as the company reconsiders the future of Xbox – not just as a console, but as a broader platform.
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EA's aggressive AI rollout exposes deep divide between leadership and workers
In recent months, leadership at Electronic Arts, the publisher behind popular game franchises such as The Sims and Madden NFL, has intensified calls for its nearly 15,000 employees to incorporate AI into daily operations.
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The first consumer humanoid robot is here - but it lets strangers see inside your home
Robotics company 1X Technologies (1XT), which secured $100 million in funding from OpenAI, EQT Ventures, and others in 2024, unveiled a bipedal humanoid robot, Neo Beta, last year.
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A deepfake Jensen Huang outperformed Nvidia's real GTC keynote on YouTube – with five times the viewers
CRN senior editor Dylan Martin highlighted the fake GTC keynote on X yesterday. While YouTube says it does all it can to fight scams, the fake stream, hosted on a channel called NVIDIA Live, was the top result when typing "Nvidia gtc dc" into the platform's search bar.
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Microsoft now owns 27% of OpenAI as the company shifts to a for-profit model
The new arrangement solidifies OpenAI's position as a profit-seeking enterprise, ending nearly a year of restructuring discussions that had drawn scrutiny from regulators and investors. Under the terms, Microsoft's access to OpenAI's technology, including any systems capable of achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), extends through 2032.
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Apple to bring OLED displays to more devices, including new water-resistant iPad mini and MacBooks
The stunning OLED display on the iPad Pro is one of its most compelling features, but the tablet's high price remains a barrrier for those who don't need all its power and features.
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TechSpot PC Buying Guide: Five Great Builds for Every Budget
GPU prices have finally cooled, DDR5 has spiked, and AMD's new Threadripper opens fresh pro power. Here are five builds for every budget - mix and match to fit your needs.
Nvidia, one of the few companies profiting from AI, claims there is no AI bubble
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently told Bloomberg he doesn't believe the recent AI boom has become a bubble, breaking with months of warnings from across the business world. Speaking at the company's GTC conference in Washington DC, he characterized the current moment as a virtuous cycle.
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Nine out of ten Windows games can now run on Linux, data shows
Aggregated data from the Linux community highlights the significant progress made in gaming on Linux. Compatibility between titles originally designed for Windows and the wider free and open source ecosystem (FOSS) built on the Linux kernel is now at an all time high, although the pace of improvement has slowed.
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Researchers test how much detail eyes can see – or why Ultra HD might be overkill
A team of researchers at the University of Cambridge set out to determine the true number of pixels the human eye can actually perceive. Using a sliding 4K monitor that could be moved closer or farther from the viewer, they found that the eye can detect far more pixels than...
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