AMD Ryzen 9 7000 “Raphael” Desktop CPUs With High-Core Count Zen 4 Configurations May Operate at 170W TDPs As Standard According to a tweet by Kopite7kimi, the leaker states that AMD’s entire Ryzen 9 SKU family within the Zen 4 “Raphael family will operate at a 170W TDP when running at normal voltages. We know from previous information that the top Ryzen 7000 SKUs will feature a TDP of 170W whereas the AM5 socket can sustain a maximum PPT (Package Power) of up to 230W....

In yet another strong set of earnings results, semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Device, Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) reported $5.9 billion in revenue for its first quarter of the fiscal year 2022. AMD’s strong growth over the recent years has come primarily on the back of the personal computing segment, and over the course of time, the company has leveraged this to gain a strong footing in the enterprise segment as well. The release marks the first quarterly results after AMD’s mult-billion-dollar acquisition of Xilinx, Inc, which aims at solidifying the company’s portfolio for high performance computing....

When we asked whether he expects Microsoft to make Activision Blizzard Games exclusives to its own platforms (PC, Xbox, and cloud), Severin replied by stating that wouldn’t make a lot of financial sense, while a softer approach might be in order. This does seem to resonate with what we’ve heard so far from rumors and official sources, which is that at least some of the games won’t become exclusives. Even so, this is certainly going to be a hit for Microsoft’s primary competitors in the current gaming space, Sony and Nintendo....

Google has decided to share more information about Android 13 and release the second beta across many Android phones, tablets, as well as foldable devices. Android 13 Beta 2 Finally Reveals More About Security, Personalization, Performance, and More In Android 13, Google is deciding to bring better control over what personal information you can share and more detailed control over what files your apps will be able to access. Instead of permitting access to all the files, you can now decide which categories or file types you want the phone to access....

Apple Sees Fit to Seed Second macOS 13 Ventura RC Build to Developers For Testing Purposes To install the latest macOS Ventura RC build, all you have to do is install the proper configuration profile from the Apple Developer Center. Once you do that, the update will be available over the air through the Software Update mechanism in System Preferences. So be sure to check out the latest version of the release candidate build for yourself....

Now, most of you must be wondering why Apple did not launch its iPhone 13 family at $799 but at $699, starting with the iPhone 13 mini. Then again, if you watched the ‘Far Out’ keynote and if you were keeping track of the rumor mill, you would know that Apple has not introduced an iPhone 14 mini this year, with its smallest handset sporting a 6.1-inch display, just like the iPhone 13....

Mac Studio Might Have a Spare Storage Slot, but Only in Certain Scenarios Will Users Will Be Able to Upgrade It Since the unified RAM is a part of the M1 Max, upgrading it will not be possible, as shown by iFixit’s teardown. Thankfully, Apple was kind enough not to solder the storage to the logic board, as it is easily swappable once you gain access to the machine’s innards. Sadly, though there is an extra storage slot available, increasing your storage is more than complicated, as iFixit reveals that swapping one Mac Studio storage module with another one kept giving DFU configurator errors....

ASRock Radeon RX 6400 Challenger ITX Series Offers Mini-ITX GPU Design To OEMs & SIs The ASRock Radeon RX 6400 Challenger ITX 4 GB graphics card was spotted within EEC database by KOMACHI (via Videocardz). The graphics card has the ‘RX6400 CLI 4G’ product name and comes with the same design as the Radeon RX 6500 XT but has a cut-down Navi 24 GPU core along with all the cut-down features that the chip comes with....

The new title update will go live on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC tomorrow at 12 pm UTC/GMT, 2 pm CET, 8 am EDT, 5 am PDT, and 10 pm AEST. Those on PlayStation platforms can expect a download between 1.2 and 1.4GB, whereas Xbox players will need to download 8.4/8.8GB of new data. On PC, the new 1.5.3 update weighs in at 7....

Here’s a rundown on the new content included in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla ver. 1.6.1… Tombs of the Fallen Pack 2 “The journey of Tombs of the Fallen comes to an epic conclusion in this all-new addition. Find your way through three mysterious tombs rigged with ancient traps and complex puzzles. Only the most dedicated adventurers will discover buried secrets from a fallen civilization. Observe and explore deep waters, molten lava, and Isu teachings to solve ancient puzzles and acquire lost treasures....

ASUS Launches ASUS Infinity Campaign - Offering Major Discounts & Price-Cuts on PC Components Including Graphics Cards, Monitors, Motherboards, & More Press Release: ASUS today announced the ASUS Infinity campaign. The campaign will run from now until the end of June, featuring multiple deals across all ASUS product lines. The campaign covers special promotions through Memorial Day and Father’s Day for eligible products while supplies last, including: TUF Gaming RTX 3080TI OC 12GB graphics card, now $300 off ROG Strix RTX 3080TI OC 12GB graphics card, now $250 off ROG Strix RTX 3080 OC 12 GB Graphics Card, now $200 off TUF Gaming RTX 3080 OC 12 GB Graphics Card, now $200 off ROG Strix 850G WHITE power supply unit, now $90 off ROG Strix 1000G power supply unit, now $80 off ROG Strix Z690-E GAMING WIFI, now $70 off The ROG Rapture GT-AX6000 router is now $50 off ROG Strix Scope Keyboard in NX Red, now $50 off TUF Gaming VG28UQL1A Gaming Monitor, now $50 off VG27AQ Gaming Monitor, now $40 off ROG Keris Wireless mouse, now $35 off Whether you’re looking to upgrade your PC or purchase new accessories, don’t stop the game with ASUS Infinity!...

ASUS Reports Huge Growth In GPU Business Thanks To Crypto Miners, Awards Its Employees With A Year-End Bonus of $1.5 Billion NTD While PC gamers largely remained stuck at their homes due to COVID-19 and without a brand new graphics card to keep them occupied during these dire times, ASUS and most definitely other AIBs too, generated huge amounts of profits by taking the advantage of the situation. Consumers were not only affected by GPU shortages but the majority of the new graphics cards from NVIDIA & AMD were being sold directly to large GPU mining corporations and customers by AIBs themselves and that too before they got in the hands of retailers....

ASUS’s Next-Gen ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme Motherboard Pictured With Intel Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake CPU Roberto states that he is currently under NDA with an unknown party, most probably Intel. He has posted pictures of his test equipment which includes an Intel Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake CPU and ASUS’s next-generation ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme motherboard. First of all, let’s take about the latest flagship board from ASUS. The first thing that we can notice is that the ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme motherboard has a lot of resemblance to the existing Z690 Extreme motherboard....

ASUS Bundles Its Top ROG X670E Crosshair Extreme Motherboard With GEN-Z.2 Module & PCIe 5.0 M.2 AIC The ASUS ROG X670E Crosshair Extreme’s ROG Gen-Z.2 module features two M.2 slots on both sides, with one side offering support for the PCIe Gen 4 speed and the other seeing the boost for PCIe Gen 5 speed. The two slots provide a total length of 110mm solid state drives, but the PCIe Gen 5 slot gets a dedicated passive heatsink cooler to assist in cooling more robust PCIe Gen 5 SSDs....

Backblaze analyzes HDDs over ten years to see the trend in their life expectancy Consumers should understand that the length of life across HDD brands can vary, even with the top-rated brands. With Backblaze’s recent data, they looked at HDDs that range from 4 TB up to 14 TB. The hope the company has is to answer the question of the lifeline of a hard drive that a consumer is currently looking into investing in for the future....

The new company, which is headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo, is 51 percent owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment and 49 percent by ILCA, will focus on delivering high-quality products, including the next entry in the Ace Combat series, which has already been confirmed to be in development by ILCA a while back. The establishment of Bandai Namco Aces doesn’t come as a surprise not only because ILCA was confirmed to be working on the next Ace Combat, but also because the Japanese developer is collaborating with the publisher on One Piece Odyssey, an upcoming role-playing game based on the popular manga series created by Eiichiro Oda....

When we think about Battlefield, I think Battlefield is one of the great first-person shooter franchises. It was built on creation. And if this thing if you have to go to YouTube and look up only in Battlefield moments, you see that people are creating these incredible things inside of the Battlefield franchise that for the longest time has well over 50 million players. I don’t think we delivered in the last two iterations of that in the way that we should have....

Get Yourself a 24-inch Smart TV with Built-in Fire TV for an Insanely Low Price of Just $79 for a Limited Time The deal is applicable on the Insignia 24-inch Class F20 series smart TV. There are no discount codes or coupons needed here to bring the price down. But make sure you are quick before price returns to normal or stock runs out. Buy Insignia 24-inch Class F20 Series Smart HD 720p Fire TV (NS-24DF310NA21, 2020 Model) - Was $169....

China’s Most Powerful GPU, The Biren BR100, Won’t Be Manufactured At TSMC Due To US Rules & NVIDIA Competition The US recently suspended all of its top chipmakers, including NVIDIA and AMD, from selling their chips to China. It was cited that having access to NVIDIA and AMD GPUs for AI and datacenter can give China a similar edge in warfare as the United States of America. Now, the US is making things much harder by suspending TSMC from manufacturing any chip from China including the Biren BR100....

Crime Boss: Rockay City is being developed by Brno-based developer INGAME STUDIOSs. It’s the first we’ve heard of them, though according to the studio website, it is a 70+ team of veterans who worked on titles like Vietcong, Hidden & Dangerous 2, the Mafia series, the Arma series, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Dead Trigger, Shadowguns series, UFO, Silent Hill: Downpour, Cold War, and Vigor. The game is set in the 90s....