First look: AMD will give its first public look at its Epyc Venice processors later this month, showcasing the new Zen 6 architecture at the Advancing AI 2026 summit in San Francisco on July 22. The demonstration will highlight performance for AI workloads, with AMD claiming a major speed increase over its previous Epyc chips. The company says Venice can run at up to 1.7 times the speed of its

Looking ahead: OnePlus is reportedly preparing to withdraw from the US and European markets, with an official announcement expected this week. The move wouldn't come as a surprise: speculation about the brand's future has been circulating since the start of the year.

Reports in March claimed that OnePlus was preparing to withdraw from several global markets, including large parts of Europe and North America, while continuing to operate in a

What just happened? Out of the gate, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is undeniably a hit, with strong reviews and sales, but the game encountered multiple rounds of controversy immediately following its launch last week. One issue involved the PC version's requirement for a constant internet connection.

According to complaints on Reddit and the Steam forums, the PC version of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced became unplayable over

Facepalm: Build A Rocket Boy has found a new way to upset the people who made MindsEye. On Saturday, the studio flew a group of fans to its Edinburgh headquarters for a travel-and-accommodation-paid playtest of the game's next release, while former employees and union supporters protested outside.

The event, first announced on the company's Discord server in June, saw Build A Rocket Boy cover

Bottom line: Steam just posted its strongest half-year ever. In the first six months of 2026, Alinea Analytics estimates that games sold through the platform generated $11.1 billion in gross revenue, a record haul for Valve's PC storefront. That figure is close to what Steam generated across all of 2021, a year boosted by pandemic lockdowns, and it comes even

What just happened? Paramount Skydance's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has run into its biggest obstacle yet. California and 11 other states have filed an antitrust lawsuit seeking to block the mega-merger, claiming it would create a media giant with the power to raise prices, cut jobs, and reduce choice for moviegoers and TV viewers alike.

The lawsuit was filed in federal court in

Looking ahead: Apple released the first public beta of iOS 27 this week. Set for full release this fall, iOS 27 aims to bring Siri closer to generative AI-based digital assistants such as Gemini and ChatGPT. The beta release also includes iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and tvOS 27, introducing numerous other features for iPads, Macs, and other Apple devices.

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Facepalm: Popular collaboration platform Zimbra was recently updated to patch a potentially dangerous vulnerability in its Classic Web Client component. In theory, malicious actors could abuse the flaw to run script-based malware directly on users' machines. Needless to say, customers are advised to install the update as soon as possible.

Zimbra owner Synacor has released a new version of its collaboration software, and users should install the update as soon as