Acer Predator GM9000 2 TB NVMe SSD review

Acer’s not exactly a name that comes up often in the SSD sphere, is it? If I sat you down right now, brand-new shiny GM9000 PCIe 5.0 SSD in your hands, and asked you exactly who it was that held the lion’s share of the storage market today, I suspect Acer probably wouldn’t make the…

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As tag fighters face a resurgence, Tekken’s director says it won’t be joining in on the fun: ‘There’s just so much more knowledge that’s necessary to enjoy the game’

Anyone hoping for a Tekken Tag Tournament 3 as the genre’s popularity ramps up once more is going to be disappointed, since Bandai Namco has unfortunately shredded any hope of it happening. I never got around to playing Tekken Tag Tournament until I picked up the second one a couple of years ago and had…

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A creator spent multiple days streaming themself unfolding a Samsung Fold 200,000 times and at one point, ‘an unknown black liquid came out of the hinge, but it has not appeared again’

I’m going to admit, I’ve been tempted by the allure of a foldable phone. A phone in your pocket, but a tablet in the right environment, there’s an appeal there that makes sense to me. Ultimately, it’s the price and hinge that have always put me off. If you plan on spending days opening up…

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Biwin Black Opal NV7400 SSD review

You can’t convince me otherwise; SSDs are the only technological arena right now that doesn’t feel stagnant. It’s that one component that constantly bucks the trend in terms of continually advancing onwards and upwards. Yes, there are costly technologies leveraged every year, and flagship drives are ripping up the rulebook every two and a half…

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Nintendo scores a masterful own-goal by forcing its games out of a 9-year old charity speedrunning event, tells organisers those 9 years ‘constituted unauthorized use’ for good measure

Does the idea of Mario eschewing the dev-intended carpets in Mario 64 keep you up at night? Do speedrunners, dedicating themselves to games like pro athletes, make you weep? Don’t worry, Nintendo’s here to protect you. You’re safe now. Teeing itself up for a fantastic own-goal, Nintendo has contacted the organisers of RTA, one of…

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Trump Media and Perplexity team up for ‘Truth Search AI,’ a new tool in the fight against ‘Big Tech’s assault on free speech’

Trump Media has announced a new partnership with machine learning outfit Perplexity. The result (via 404 Media) is a new AI search feature known as Truth Search AI. The move is part of Trump Media’s self-appointed quest to “end Big Tech’s assault on free speech by opening up the Internet and giving people their voices…

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Fractal Design Scape review

Gaming headsets have, in many ways, become much of a muchness in terms of what you can expect once you start shopping in the $100-$200 range. I’ve reviewed enough of the blighters over the years to know what I want to see when I open the box of a new review sample. A good microphone,…

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Sony has seen enough: 3 years after acquiring Bungie, Sony says the days of independence are ‘getting lighter’ and its future ‘is to become part of PlayStation Studios’

When Sony announced its intention to acquire Destiny 2 developer Bungie in January 2022 for an eye-watering $.3.6 billion, it said the company would be “an independent subsidiary” under the direction of the studio’s then-current management team, and that it would remain a multiplatform studio with the option “to self-publish and reach players wherever they…

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Framework Desktop PC review

Couching the expensive little Framework Desktop as “a DIY gaming rig without the pain” isn’t necessarily doing this mighty-but-tiny justice. It’s not a gaming PC, that chip isn’t a gaming chip; AMD folk have said that to us explicitly. Especially not when you can build a small form factor gaming rig for at least $1,000…

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