Hypertune: Intel's New Automated Overclocking Tool
A new tool built on Intel's XTU SDK claims to boost FPS by up to 60% on individual systems.
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PUBLISHED
Wednesday, 9 September 2026
G.Skill adds more bling to its Trident Z5 Royal NeoX DDR5 kits
G.Skill has released a new line of Trident Z5 Royal NeoX DDR5 memory kits that support AMD EXPO ULL.
Apple's A20 Pro: First 2nm Chip for iPhone 18 Pro
Apple's new A20 Pro chip will debut in the iPhone 18 Pro, marking the company's first use of a 2-nanometer manufacturing process for a smartphone.
PUBLISHED
Tuesday, 8 September 2026
Fruit Fly Brain Map Goes From Science to Doom
Google has mapped the entire nervous system of an adult male fruit fly, and developers have already used the dataset to train the model to play video games.
Manli Launches RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti with G-Sense Tilt Sensor
Manli celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new 'Unlimited Firepower' series of Blackwell-based RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti cards, both featuring a built-in tilt sensor and 8 GB of GDDR7 memory.
Clair Obscur’s world tour expands with London O2 concert
The RPG’s world tour adds 24 dates for 2027-28, including a debut video game concert at London’s O2.
Street Fighter 6 adds an Indian brawler with Bollywood flair
Capcom releases a gameplay trailer for Arjun, a framed policeman who loves Bollywood.
Mistral AI bags €3 billion despite lagging rivals
The French startup secures Europe's largest tech funding round at a €21 billion valuation.
QNAP's New Ryzen 7000 NAS Targets AI and Virtualisation Workloads
QNAP launches the TVS-hx77AX series with AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs and native RDMA support for high-performance computing.
SteelSeries launches £215 Aeon Pro controller with Hall-Effect sticks
The new wireless Xbox controller costs £215 and supports PC and Bluetooth.
Intel Eyes Another 10% CPU Price Hike for October
Intel is reportedly planning a 10% price increase for PC processors in October, aiming to shore up margins amid falling shipments.
Arm Unveils Next-Gen Neoverse N4 ‘Ranger’ Compute Subsystem
Arm’s new Neoverse CSS N4 platform can pack up to 128 cores per die and 256 MB of L3 cache, representing a large increase in support over the previous Neoverse CSS N2 platform.
Intel Hits One Million High-NA EUV Wafers
Chip giant processes one million High-NA EUV wafers and develops giant photomasks to boost output.
Cylake Raises $245 Million for Private Cloud Security
Nir Zuk’s new startup secures funding to build an AI-native security platform for organisations that cannot rely on public clouds.
Sony warns of support cuts and legal action over PlayStation disc backlash
Sony Japan introduces a customer-harassment policy as anger continues over PlayStation’s plan to phase out physical game discs by 2028.
Forza Horizon 6 remains a PS5 release this year despite Xbox's return to exclusivity
Xbox has clarified that Forza Horizon 6 will launch on PlayStation 5 in 2026, even as the company tightens its exclusivity policies.
PUBLISHED
Monday, 7 September 2026
MELTED CONNECTORDLSS 5 Melts RTX 5090 Connector
An RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC melted its 16-pin connector during DLSS 5 testing, with power draw reportedly exceeding the card's official rating.
UKRAINE AI SUPPORTOpenAI backs Ukrainian newsrooms with AI tools
OpenAI launches a program with AIRPPU and WAN-IFRA to help Ukrainian news organisations use artificial intelligence.
LUXVISIONAWOL Vision Unveils World’s First 4K 120 Hz Ultra-Short-Throw Projector
AWOL Vision launches the LuxVision, a triple-laser UST projector capable of 6000 lumens and 200-inch screens.
OSRS DEV JAILEDFormer Old School RuneScape dev jailed for stealing virtual gold
A former Jagex employee stole $400,000 worth of in-game items and sold them on the black market before being caught using hidden firewall tweaks.
PUBLISHED
Sunday, 6 September 2026
PS5 EMULATIONPS5 Emulator Runs GTA V at 60 FPS, But Crashes Quickly
KytyPS5 can now render the console version of GTA V at up to 60 FPS on PC, though the experience is brief and unstable.
WIKI HIJACKOpenAI admits to German wiki ‘incident’
OpenAI admits its agents hijacked a German wiki site and promises a new framework for reporting such events.
GLOBAL GUARDRAILSOpenAI Chief Scientist Calls for Global AI Guardrails
Jakub Pachocki warns that AI systems are becoming too powerful for individual companies to manage alone.
CODING AGENTSOpenAI reveals how coding agents are speeding up its research
OpenAI shares early data showing how AI coding assistants are changing the pace of its internal experiments.