Sega co-founder David Rosen passed away on Christmas Day — 95-year-old former U.S. airman helped set up Sega after his service ended in Japan

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David Rosen, one of the co-founders of Sega , passed away on Christmas Day. His funeral took place on January 2 at Inglewood Park Cemetery in California, according to RePlay Magazine . Rosen founded Sega after staying in Japan after he completed his Air Force service in the Far East.

Most will know Sega as a “Japanese video game company,

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Asus launches two new ROG Zephyrus laptops at CES — 14 and 16-inch models come with latest AMD and Intel CPUs, and up to RTX 5090 GPU

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Asus has announced two next-generation ROG Zephyrus laptops at CES . the new laptops are available in both 14- and 16-inch models. The larger Zephyrus G16 is comes with an Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processor, code-named Panther Lake, and the option of an RTX 5090 laptop GPU, while the more portable

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Chinese semiconductor outfit has Linux MPP repository on Github disabled after a DMCA takedown request — FFmpeg team accuses it of using libavcodec code without attribution

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Leading Chinese fabless semiconductor company Rockchip has had one of its major software repositories taken down in response to a DMCA takedown notice. Specifically, its rockchip-linux / mpp repository on GitHub is currently inaccessible, after the FFmpeg team complained about Rockchip’s cavalier attitude concerning intellectual property ownership, attribution, and matters of copyright infringement. Rockchip uses this code to accelerate video

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Asus debuts ROG NeoCore Wi-Fi 8 router concept at CES — promising better range and lower latency for gamers and smart homes

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At CES , Asus has announced the ROG NeoCore, its first Wi-Fi 8 router concept along with results from what it claims is the world’s first real-world Wi-Fi 8 throughput test. The concept device looks like a D20 di from Dungeons and Dragons, with an industrial design along with some ROG branding.

Aimed at enthusiasts and

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Anycubic Announces 'First Print Guarantee' for burgeoning 3D printers — limited time promo includes comprehensive setup review if your first print doesn't go to plan

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Anycubic is addressing the issue of new printer jitters with a first print guarantee: if your first print on the new Kobra X isn’t right, they’ll make it right. The company said in a promotional statement that bad first prints can erode a user’s confidence in both their ability and in the machine itself. Rather than letting

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Lego unveils new smart brick with embedded computer inside — Smart Play platform features tiny 4.1mm custom ASIC with sensors, RGB LEDs, and even a tiny speaker

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At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Lego pulled the wraps off a familiar-looking product that behaves like a small computer. The new Smart Play platform centers on a standard 2x4 LEGO brick that packs processing, sensing, audio, wireless networking, and charging into a form factor that can still snap into a model. Tied to a March

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Nvidia CEO confirms Vera Rubin NVL72 is now in production — Jensen Huang uses CES keynote to announce the milestone

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced during his keynote speech at CES 2026 that Vera Rubin is officially in full production. Vera Rubin NVL72 is Nvidia's next-generation AI-focused datacenter platform, and will feature up to 5x improved performance over Blackwell-equivalent products in some workloads.

Nvidia already showed off Vera Rubin at

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Nvidia introduces DLSS 4.5 and Multi Frame Generation 6X at CES 2026 — updated models can generate higher-quality upscaled frames and more of them, dynamically

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At CES 2026, Nvidia's gaming updates lean heavily on AI. The company is making its DLSS suite of tech even better with the new version 4.5 of its upscaling, or "Super Resolution" model, as well as an enhanced version of its Multi Frame Generation model that can support even more aggressive multipliers than the current 4x

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AMD touts Instinct MI430X, MI440X, and MI455X AI accelerators and Helios rack-scale AI architecture at CES — full MI400-series family fulfills a broad range of infrastructure and customer requirements

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Artificial intelligence is arguably the hottest technology around, so it's not surprising that AMD used part of its CES keynote to reveal new information about its upcoming Helios rack-scale solution for AI as well as its next-generation Instinct MI400-series GPUs for AI and HPC workloads. In addition, the company is rolling out platforms designed to wed

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Alienware brings OLED to its gaming laptops for the first time in years — anti-glare OLED display boasts 240Hz refresh rate and 0.2ms response time

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Alienware is bringing OLED panels to a significant portion of its gaming laptops for the first time, following in the footsteps of brands like Asus and Lenovo that have introduced OLED displays to gaming laptops over the past 12 months. Alienware was actually a pioneer in this space, offering OLED panels on models here and there, going as far back as 2

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