Playground Games’ next big open‑world racer arrives with a pair of non‑trivial caveats: the Japan‑set title is scheduled to debut in May and, for PC players, it requires an SSD to install and run — while also shipping with unusually deep technical tie‑ins to Intel’s latest graphics and upscaling...
Bungie has set a firm launch date for Marathon — March 5, 2026 — and alongside that announcement the studio and Steam have published the game’s official PC system requirements, giving PC players a clear picture of the hardware they’ll need to join Marathon’s extraction-shooter loop at launch...
Bungie’s Marathon has landed on the PC requirements page with a clear, conservative baseline — and the numbers tell a story about accessibility, live‑service design, and a few engineering caveats that every PC owner should know before preloading. The studio’s published minimum and recommended...
Intel’s latest graphics driver drop doesn’t just add support for the new Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake” family — it brings XeSS 3 with Multi‑Frame Generation (MFG) to a broad swath of Intel Arc and Core Ultra platforms, letting compatible GPUs synthesize up to three AI‑generated frames...
MSI’s Claw arrives as a confident — if imperfect — reimagining of the Windows handheld: hardware that reads like a gaming laptop shrunk to your palms, a comfortable Xbox‑style grip, and Hall Effect sticks that promise to solve the drift problem that’s haunted other handhelds, but it still...
The Asus Zenbook 14 OLED — a slim Windows 11 ultraportable with a 3K OLED touchscreen and Intel Core Ultra silicon — has surfaced in Black Friday chatter as one of the standout bargains, with at least one widely circulated report claiming the laptop is deeply discounted on Amazon from its...
The MSI Claw 8 AI+ is one of the most impressive Windows-based handhelds to ship in recent memory — a machine that should have remade the market — and yet months after launch it remains stubbornly scarce, frequently priced above its intended MSRP, and trapped in the wider supply-and-tariff drama...
I pulled a boxed Windows 11 tiny PC out of its packaging, installed Ubuntu Budgie, and in less than an afternoon turned a handsome, pocket-sized Geekom IT15 into a fast, dependable Linux workstation — a change that proved more than cosmetic: it materially improved daily responsiveness, fixed...
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A sweeping new update has arrived for Intel’s Arc and Iris graphics solutions, pushing performance higher and surprising users with a feature that rewrites the rules of system memory allocation. The WHQL-certified Intel GPU Driver 32.0.101.6987 marks a notable leap—not only by cementing...
It’s a bustling week at Computex as Acer throws down a gauntlet in the evolving AI laptop market, revealing a trio of fresh Copilot+ PCs: the Swift X AI, Swift Edge AI, and Swift Go AI. Each model targets a slightly different audience—from on-the-go creators to productivity-driven students—but...
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In a digital landscape marked by rising complexity and ever-evolving dangers, Microsoft’s ARC Initiative emerges as a strategic pillar aimed at transforming cybersecurity resilience across Kenya and potentially the wider African continent. This comprehensive move, unveiled at the Global...
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The relentless competition between operating systems isn't just limited to features, user interfaces, or ecosystem compatibility. For the nitty-gritty tech enthusiasts, it often boils down to performance benchmarks. Phoronix has recently delved into a titanic face-off: Windows 11 vs. Linux on...
Welcome to a showdown that feels like a heavyweight match between Windows 11 and Linux, brought to you by Intel’s fresh-off-the-press Arc B-Series “Battlemage” graphics cards. Geeky? Maybe. Exciting? Absolutely. Let’s dive in to explore how Intel’s latest GPUs, spearheaded by the B580, stack up...