Month: May 2023
The Witcher is officially one of the most successful game series of all time
The Witcher is a juggernaut, and thanks to new data from The Witcher game developer CD Projekt Red (CDPR), we have a better idea of just how huge it really is. The studio revealed Monday that The Witcher video games have sold more than 75 million copies, with The Witcher…
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Nvidia reveals a whole new kind of Ethernet for generative AI
Nvidia has announced details of a new networking platform designed specifically with generative AI workloads in mind, promising lightning-speed lossless networking. The company’s new Spectrum-X technology is built using the Spectrum-4 Ethernet switch and BlueField-3 DPU, and promises performance and power efficiency increases of as much as 1.7x. In a…
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A gaming Chromebook with an Nvidia RTX graphics card? Sign me up
‘Chromebooks aren’t for gaming!’ So goes the eternal refrain of tech journalists like myself when asked (for the millionth time) what laptop a family member should buy for their games-obsessed kid. But that could finally be about to change! Google has been pushing the notion of ‘gaming Chromebooks’ for a…
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Windows 11 cloud backup is getting a whole lot better at last
Microsoft has announced details of an extended and much-improved backup experience coming to Windows 11 designed to make transitioning between existing and new devices much smoother. A designated Windows Backup app is set to be users’ main interface for creating backups – though a second entry via Settings > Accounts…
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WhatsApp is working on usernames and screen sharing
WhatsApp is developing a number of new features, including usernames and screen sharing, as reported by WABetaInfo. The username feature was spotted in the beta version 2.23.11.15 for Android, and allows WhatsApp users to select a unique username attached to their account. The feature could mean that in the future,…
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Computex 2023: all the news from Taiwan’s big PC show
Arm Cortex Immortalis 2023. Say it with me: Arm doesn’t sell chips. But it does design CPU and GPU cores its licensees can optionally use. What’s new? Cortex-X4 (big CPU): 15% more perf, 40% less power Cortex-A720 and A520: 20% and 22% more efficient, respectively Immortalis-G720 (the GPU): 15% more…
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