Benedict Cumberbatch is World of Tanks’ new ‘Holiday Ambassador’, starring in a bizarre (and expensive) Christmas advert that has very little to do with either tanks or Christmas

There are times when World of Tanks feels less like a videogame and more like a giant ad budget looking for something to be spent on. This year, all those huge sacks with dollar signs on them have been thrown Benedict Cumberbatch’s way, making him the game’s newest “Holiday Ambassador” and the star of an…

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Could a new generation of dedicated AI chips burst Nvidia’s bubble and do for AI GPUs what ASICs did for crypto mining?

A Chinese startup founded by a former Google engineer claims to have created a new ultra-efficient and relatively low cost AI chip using older manufacturing techniques. Meanwhile, Google itself is now reportedly considering whether to make its own specialised AI chips available to buy. Together, these chips could represent the start of a new processing…

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Lies of P director says ‘I will not disappoint you’ when it comes to the sequel, and after playing its award-winning DLC this year, I fully believe him

Lies of P was already one of my favourite non-FromSoftware soulslikes—partially because I’m a big Sekiro freak, but also because it was just very well put together. Then its DLC released and it blew my freaking socks off. It’s done good by developer Neowiz, too—not only selling well, but also pulling in an award for…

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