QR codes were invented in 1994, with what purpose?
Were they created to track packages in warehouses or as an alternative to website URLs?
Death Stranding is coming to the big screen
Kojima Productions and Hammerstone Studios are working on a Death Stranding film
Researchers identify twin exoplanets that may be the first water worlds
Located 218 light-years from Earth
The Nvidia RTX 4080 is Newegg's best-selling GPU, but the card doesn't make Amazon's top 20
Who's more reliable?
WTF?! We've seen plenty of reports about weak RTX 4080 sales, but is Nvidia's expensive Lovelace product really that unpopular? Not according to Newegg, whose list of top-selling graphics cards is topped by the RTX 4080. Amazon, however, has some very different figures.
A ransomware gang used credentials from the Lapsus leak to sign malware
Group signed a kernel driver that disabled security software
Opera GX: A browser for gamers and enthusiasts
Set limits on CPU, RAM, and Network usage, use Discord & Twitch from the sidebar, and connect mobile and desktop browsers.
Henry Cavill to star in and produce Amazon's Warhammer 40,000 series
A dream job for the former Witcher and Superman star
Twitter suspends accounts of several journalists, blocks Mastodon following Elon Musk doxxing row
The ElonJet account suspension led to many more bans
Intel Atom successor spotted, an entry-level chip featuring i9-12900K E-cores
An Atom-like CPU with desktop-class performance from several years ago
Corsair's bendable Xeneon OLED monitor debuts, check out the first reviews
The Corsair Xeneon Flex 45WQHD240 is a bendable, 45" OLED gaming monitor with a 240Hz refresh rate. The OLED display looks amazing, all for an eye-watering price of $2,000.
Valve sheds light on future hardware plans, including a Steam Deck revision
Valve also wants to revisit the Steam Controller
Rockstar adds ray tracing to GTA 5, but it's almost too much
Say goodbye to the vampire effect
Amazon teams with Crystal Dynamics to publish the next Tomb Raider game
Made with Unreal Engine 5
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday squashes 49 bugs to end the year
Two zero-day and six critical vulnerabilities have been patched
Path Tracing vs. Ray Tracing, Explained
#TBT Every few years it seems like there's an amazing new technology with the promise of making games look ever more realistic. We've had shaders, tessellation, shadow mapping, ray tracing -- and now there's a new kid on the block: path tracing.
Microsoft Office deal is down to $29 for a lifetime license
Over 90% off the regular price for Office, available for Windows and Mac
Super Nintendo World opens at Universal Studios Hollywood in February
The gang's all here
Microsoft bans cryptomining from its cloud services to protect customers
Only customers with written permission from Microsoft can mine
Dell's Project Luna concept showcases the future of sustainable PCs
How future PC designs and business models could continue to evolve
The US Government will blacklist YMTC and 30 other Chinese companies
China is losing access to critical US-made technology
Oppo unveils Find N2 and Find N2 Flip to compete with Samsung rivals
Oppo's flip phone will be available globally
Google introduces vulnerability scanner for open-source projects
A community database-backed tool for detecting dependency vulnerabilities
Elon Musk sold another $3.58 billion of Tesla shares this week
Musk previously said he was done selling, twice
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Review: Is This GPU DOA at $900?
The Radeon RX 7900 XT is a cut down version of the 7900 XTX. In terms of core and memory, the 7900 XT ends up roughly 85% that of the flagship model, but the problem ultimately is with pricing.
Henry Cavill says he will not return as Superman following meeting with James Gunn
A story focusing on Superman's younger years is in the works
What just happened? Henry Cavill has revealed he will not be returning as Superman. The news comes just months after being told by DC Studios to announce that he would be reprising his role as the Man of Steel (and following the Black Adam cameo). The studio's new co-chairman James Gunn tweeted that a new Superman story was in the works that focuses on the earlier parts of the character's life, so Cavill won't be playing the part.
Eight "influencers" charged with securities fraud in $114 million pump-and-dump scam
Each suspect faces a maximum of 300 years if convicted on all 12 counts
Apple iOS 16.2, macOS 13.1, and concurrent updates include many security and feature updates
Apple introduces Freeform collaboration app, Apple Music karaoke, enhanced end-to-end iCloud encryption, and more
Good old PuTTY remains a solid and free SSH client for Windows
PuTTY is a free implementation of SSH and Telnet for Windows and Unix platforms. It lets you run a remote session from a Windows PC to a Unix computer, over a network, so you can work on the Unix machine as if you were sitting at its console.
Modders discover Portal RTX files can make Half-Life 2 and some other games look stunning
WTF?! Modders are having a field day with Nvidia's RTX Remix tool, and they haven't even gotten their hands on it yet. Apparently, you can take the files that enable RTX Remix in the recent Portal remake and drop them into the .exe folder of other games to give them a less-than-flawless visual upgrade with no further modification. Copyright lawyers are already rolling over in their graves and they aren't even dead yet.
Epic is shutting down servers for Unreal Tournament, Rock Band, and several others
A free version of Unreal Tournament 3 with crossplay support has been teased
Hard drives are expected to reach a penny per gigabyte by mid-2025
A penny for your thoughts, or a gigabyte of storage?
Solid-state battery breakthrough could greatly extend longevity
Batteries that don't degrade? Yes, please
RTX 4060 Ti could be Nvidia's first compact 40-series graphics card
The 4060 Ti could fit inside most Mini-ITX chassis
Netflix goes gaming: Kentucky Route Zero, Twelve Minutes and TMNT: Shredder's Revenge are heading to the service
Netflix saved its biggest gaming announcements for the end of the year
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