Asus starts an 'immediate internal review' on its 800-series motherboards in light of 'recent reports concerning Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs'

Asus starts an ‘immediate internal review’ on its 800-series motherboards in light of ‘recent reports concerning Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs’

Imagine that you’d just bought a new Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the best gaming CPU around right now. You drop it into your AM5 socket motherboard and start enjoying the freshly boosted frame rates. After a while, you then start experiencing all kinds of problems, until eventually your gaming PC no longer fires up: the CPU…

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GameStop announces plans to sell off French and Canadian outlets, while its CEO yells about ‘Wokeness and DEI’ in bizarre, self-defeating promotion

Video game retailer GameStop has announced plans to “pursue a sale” of its operations in France and Canada, in the latest setback for the company’s international business. According to a brief press release posted to the GameStop website (via the Toronto Star) the move comes in the wake of an “evaluation of its international assets”….

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NACON announces a new controller for PS5

With the new officially PlayStation® licensed REVOLUTION 5 PRO, NACON offers PS5®, PS4™, and PC* players a controller with an advanced design and cutting-edge technology. Kirkland, WA, September 27, 2023 – NACON, a major player in video game publishing and designer of premium gaming accessories, is delighted to announce the forthcoming release of a new…

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Overwatch 2 Season 17 is ‘all about giving you more customisation’ as 3 new heroes are added to Stadium with some pretty busted abilities

Overwatch 2 Season 17 is carrying on the trend of positive upheaval with new changes to how the base game is played, alongside more additions to Stadium, Overwatch’s newest and biggest spin-off. “It’s all about giving you more customisation, freedom, and tools to elevate your game across all of Overwatch 2,” senior game designer Dylan…

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AI companies are anonymously buying and destroying millions of books through middleman services to avoid headlines about AI companies buying and destroying millions of books

AI isn’t doing great on the PR front. Whether it’s the exponentially increasing electricity consumption amidst worsening climate change, the data centers leaking toxic pollutants into neighboring communities, or the years-long parade of business leaders insisting the technology will replace humans in “most, if not all” professional fields, the AI industry has an excellent record…

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