Subnautica 2 devs have heard your ‘strong request’ for combat, but it’s not going to happen: ‘Subnautica has always been built around vulnerability, exploration, and survival’

One of the biggest discussions emerging from Subnautica 2‘s tsunami of an early access launch is the debate over combat. Just a few days ago, we reported that developer Unknown Worlds says players “are here to exist on this planet, not dominate it.” Still, that’s not stopped many players from demanding the means to fight…

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Tech leaker suggests that AMD has a Ryzen 7 7700X3D lined up in the wings but if the specs are correct, it’ll need to be genuinely cheap to sell well

Given the veritable wealth of different Ryzen X3D processors AMD has been churning out in recent times, you’d be forgiven for missing the fact that there’s been one notable absence from the full list: a 5700X3D equivalent of the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. However, if one social media post is to be believed, then that box…

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Arc Raiders has added Denuvo anticheat ‘initially to a limited player pool’ after a successful rollout in The Finals

Arc Raiders’ has had somewhat of a long struggle with cheaters. It’s plagued the extraction shooter pretty much from day one, with the few players who are guilty of it ruining the game for the masses as they’d use wallhacks or extra-sensory perception to ruthlessly hunt down other players. Over the months since Arc Raiders’…

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TSMC employees can now buy company-branded shoes modelled by CEO C.C. Wei, or a chip-themed rice cooker with a ‘wafer-shaped steaming plate’

It’s not often that hardware news interacts with fashion, but I’m happy to oblige. According to the China Times News Network, TSMC employees can now pick up one of six “self-funded gifts” [via machine translation] from their company—including a pair of TSMC-branded shoes modelled by CEO C.C. Wei at last year’s company sports meet. TSMC…

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81-year-old Minecraft streamer swatted while raising money for grandson’s cancer treatment

GrammaCrackers, an 81-year-old Minecraft streamer raising money for her grandson’s cancer treatment, fell victim to a swatting recently, with numerous police cars, SWAT trucks, and officers appearing at her home as she slept (via TheGamer). “I was asleep,” recounted the streamer in a video posted after the experience. “And these policemen came in the door……

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Intel chief: ‘In the past, we made a lot of mistakes… from day one I came on board as CEO, I have all the engineering report to me’

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan sat down with Mad Money host Jim Cramer for a chat about the company’s recent success, and the turnaround it’s experienced during his tenure. In a wide-ranging discussion, the Intel head honcho credited many reasons for Intel’s recovery from its previously shaky spot, including a change in management style. “In the…

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Valorant gets Anti-Lag 2 but after testing it I don’t think users with high-end AMD rigs should crack open the champagne

Valorant finally has Anti-Lag 2 support, meaning AMD GPU users with an RDNA (6000-series) GPU or later should now have something in-game that can compete with Nvidia’s latest latency reducing Reflex tech. That being said, I’ve tested it and think its benefits will be very system-dependent. It’s worth noting that this feature has actually been…

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