Month: April 2021
Pixel Buds 3 may offer 3D spatial audio thanks to new acquisition Google Pixel Buds
Some good sleuthing just revealed that Google bought a 3D audio company back in December 2020 to help amplify its audio product teams. The company Google acquired is called Dysonics and according to The Protocol, the publication that broke the story about the acquisition, the team could be helping to…
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This Nintendo Switch is so big you can actually read the text in Skyrim
Nintendo has been rumored to be working on a bigger Switch for a while now, which reportedly could show up later in 2021. But YouTuber Michael Pick isn’t waiting around for a new model from Nintendo — he’s gone and built his own bigger Switch. Much bigger, as it turns…
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Epic just made streaming Fortnite easier than ever with a new Houseparty integration
Epic is further stitching together its various platforms with a new Fortnite integration for its social video app Houseparty that lets you stream your gameplay to friends. The integration builds on an existing one that uses Houseparty’s video chatting capabilities to bring live video chat into Fortnite, and now this…
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AMD Threadripper 5000 CPUs might not be arriving until August Threadripper CPU
AMD is reportedly gearing up to launch its next-generation Ryzen Threadripper 5000 CPUs in August. AMD’s Zen 3 architecture can already be found in desktop PCs, laptops and servers, but it has yet to make its way to the high-end desktop (HEDT) market. That looks set to change in a…
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Fortnite users can now livestream gameplay to Houseparty’s social video app
Houseparty, the social video app acquired by Fortnite maker Epic Games in 2019, has just announced a major new step in terms of integrating these two properties: the company says it will now allow gamers to livestream their Fortnite gameplay directly into Houseparty. The feature works to allow users to…
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Intel Iris Xe finally gets an official driver for Rocket Lake-S desktops Promotional Graphic For Intel's Core Series Processors
Intel released the official driver for its Iris Xe GPU built into their new Rocket Lake-S processors, which launched last week without public driver support. The new processors are the first desktop CPUs to feature Intel Iris Xe graphics, and while OEMs had been supplying the updated driver for their…
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