How to break blue rocks in Clair Obsur: Expedition 33

You likely will have spied some blue rocks while exploring the continent in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. These Paint Spikes, as they’re actually known, often block secret routes and treasure you can claim, but first you have to unlock the upgrade that lets you break them. Bad news, too, this upgrade isn’t on the main…

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Thermal imaging seems to show there are ‘weak point’ hot spots in some RTX 50-series graphics cards

After extensively poking and prodding RTX 50-series AIB graphics cards, veritable tech demigod Igor Wallossek of Igor’s Lab has discovered that there are potentially concerning hotspots on many RTX 50-series AIB partner cards. These hotspots seem to essentially and most directly be caused by power delivery components being placed too close together on the PCBs…

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If you thought Elder Scrolls fans couldn’t eat better: The mega-mod to build all of Morrowind just teased a release that’ll make it border Oblivion’s setting and add a whole new city

In case the approximately 60,000 Oblivion-related stories we’ve published in the last 24 hours have escaped you, it’s feasting season for Elder Scrolls fans right now. The release of Oblivion Remastered has seen over 120,000 players pour into Cyrodiil at once, and I suspect it might beat that record this coming weekend. But you know…

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Crusader Kings 3 has hit 4 million sales, but all that tells me is that not enough of you have played the best game

Crusader Kings 3, Paradox’s brilliant RPG/grand strategy hybrid, has reached a pretty significant milestone, hitting the four million sales mark a bit over four years after it launched. Now, that’s a pretty hefty number for what you might consider a fairly niche strategy romp. Certainly, Paradox has reason to be pleased. And I don’t want…

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Intel will reportedly fire fully 20% of its workforce and focus on ‘engineering’, a plan that sounds all too familiar at this point

Intel is planning to slash 20% of its workforce, or fully one in five employees. According to Bloomberg, Intel will announce the move later this week when it details its latest financial figures on Thursday. Reportedly, the staff cuts will be pitched as part of a broader strategy to focus on engineering while streamlining operations…

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