The world's biggest mod site pops the cork on 10 billion downloads and $7 million-worth of payouts: 'If every download were a footstep, you could walk to the Moon 11 times'

The world’s biggest mod site pops the cork on 10 billion downloads and $7 million-worth of payouts: ‘If every download were a footstep, you could walk to the Moon 11 times’

Nexus Mods, the world’s largest mod site and almost certainly a bookmark in your browser if you’ve ever wanted to fiddle with Skyrim, obliterate yourself in Fallout, or annihilate thugs with cans of soft drink, is celebrating a milestone. Specifically, it’s celebrating the fact that the site will today hit 10 billion total file downloads….

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AMD Announces new driver-based AI for “AMD-related questions”, local file summaries, and image generation for its new line of graphics cards

Announced today, AMD’s Adrenalin software is getting an AI bump for compatible cards Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070, which will be launching in the coming months. Over the last few years, we have seen countless companies cash in on the popularity of AI with their own chatbots, image-generation tools, and more. Creatively…

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Technolust: I’m Fulla Schiit

This Schiit’s great! If you haven’t gathered by now, I’m somewhat of an audio enthusiast. Notice I didn’t use the word “audiophile.” That’s because the term’s now being thrown around like a Frisbee. No one even knows what it really means anymore, other than “Hey, my stuff’s expensive.” This is an unfortunate situation, and the…

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Not content with dominating the market for AI GPUs, Nvidia is turning its attention to QPUs for quantum computing

AI domination is seemingly not enough for Nvidia. Now the world’s most valuable company is turning its attention to quantum computing. Give it up for the future of “accelerated quantum computing platforms.” At least, that’s how Nvidia’s CEO, he of the signature leather jacket, Jensen Huang sees things. During yesterday’s GTC keynote presentation, Huang explained…

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The Elder Scrolls 6 is ‘Still a long ways off’ says Todd Howard, but the slyboots says the Oblivion shadowdrop was ‘A test run’ and a select few have already played it

Bethesda has all sorts of irons in the fire right now. There’s the second season of the Fallout TV show on the horizon, a 10th-anniversary version of Fallout 4, whatever’s happening with Starfield, and Fallout 76 and Elder Scrolls Online MMO stuff bubbling away contentedly in the background. But more likely than not, all you…

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