This is the Nitro V 15, a modern entry-level gaming laptop from Acer. Hot off the factory line. It comes with an RTX 5050, an Intel Core i7-13620H, high refresh rate IPS panel, a luscious chassis, and is backed up by no less than 16GB of RAM. DDR4 RAM. Yeah… you read that right. Not…
At the end of last month, the EU announced an investigation into Grok and X over whether it made citizens ‘collateral damage’ for its services. Now, weeks later, the UK government has announced a crackdown on AI chatbots, age restrictions, and infinite scroll content, which “will close loopholes that put children at risk, and lays…
Back in October of last year, at the Arizona Tech Tour event, Intel announced the details behind its Panther Lake CPU architecture. Almost as a small aside, it also introduced XeSS 3, an update to its AI-powered graphics suite in the form of multi-frame generation. That made an official appearance with the launch of the…
The Owl Project is an “ambitious” open-world adventure. An “ambitious experimental title” for the Atari Jaguar has been revived, 15 years after its development was halted. The Owl Project was shown off back in 2010 and is a 3D open-world adventure which pushes the console to its limits. Read the full article on timeextension.com The…
With multiple Galaga records falling recently and many new players and competitions being introduced, there has also been a drive to something no one thought imaginable as recently as 3 years ago – 10,000,000 (that’s TEN MILLION) points on Tournament Settings. Armando Gonzalez and Jordan Dorrington have been lighting up the scoreboard and are very…
There are heaps of unique items to collect in Mewgenics, from an Anarchist Cookbook or necromantic Kandarian dagger, to a helmet made from a dinosaur skull. Almost all of these items tell you exactly what they do. However, the Fancy Bow is less transparent—all you’re told is that it’s fancy and that you shouldn’t get…
Backblaze has published its latest HDD reliability report for 2025 (via Businesswire) and the good news is that old school hard drives are getting more reliable. The bad news? HDD maker WD has announced that it’s basically sold out for 2026, thanks to, oh yes, AI. Backblaze’s report analyses fully 344,196 hard drives across 30…
It’s rare for us Warhammer fans to have a really big 40k game on the horizon, so having two inbound at the same time, and both strategy games at that, is a pretty notable occurrence. Both Dawn of War 4 and Total War: Warhammer 40k are set to drop in the not too distant future—but…
“More people need to try out Bangai-O”. Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaiō (or plain old Bangai-O, if you prefer) hit the Nintendo 64 all the way back in 1999, and was exclusive to Japan at the time. It’s now one of the console’s most expensive games, thanks to excellent quality and low print run, but it did…
German PC gamers might struggle to pick up Acer or Asus gaming laptops and desktops for the foreseeable future, as a court ruling out of Munich has put a pause on direct sales. This is the latest development in a patent suit filed by Nokia against the two companies, as well as Chinese electronics company…