The Hot Take: I guess IPv6 wasn't doing it w/out backward comparability?
A newly surfaced IPv8 draft describes a conceptual network protocol designed to extend the capabilities of existing Internet infrastructure while maintaining compatibility with IPv4.
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: I'm all for Naval warfare, miss that from some of the other past games.
Today, Battlefield Studios unveiled the 2026 Battlefield 6 roadmap. Season 3 will begin next month, with two classic maps returning after being reimagined: Season 3 also sees the debut of BR Solos — Battle Royale Solo as an official mode, as well as BR Ranked Play & Leaderboards, launching first in Battle Royale Quads in REDSEC. Battlefield Studios plans to expand the Ranked Play experience to Battlefield 6 multiplayer in future seasons. Season 4 will launch in July, introducing the previously teased Naval Warfare to Battlefield 6. The two…
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: Nice, competition domestically is the best thing to see going on. I'm cheering on intel but Samsung and TSMC domestically too.
Samsung has made a massive investment in a cutting-edge chipmaking plant in Taylor, Texas. A $16.5 billion order from Tesla has already been secured for its next-generation self-driving chips. A new report claims that Samsung's Taylor plant is now close to launch, with Tesla's chips likely to be produced from the second half of this year. This is one of Samsung's biggest investments in the US A report out of South Korea mentions that Samsung will host a major equipment move-in ceremony at the Taylor plant on…
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: I really wish we could put these patent trolls to bed across the industry. Preventing these kinds of things from happening. I hope this doesn't impact Intel's clawing back to competitiveness.
The U.S. Court of Appeals determines $3 billion VLSI lawsuit was not suitable for summary judgment and must instead be evaluated by a jury, so it must return to a district court for proceedings.
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: ARM has a awakened and re-newed Intel to start competing with.
Intel has just launched its highly anticipated Wildcat Lake "Core Series 3" SoCs, designed for everyday PCs & a strong competitor to MacBook Neo. Intel Wildcat Lake vs Apple MacBook Neo Laptop Battle Is Something To Look Forward To As Chipzilla Brings Panther Lake's Goodness To Mainstream Users The Panther Lake "Core Ultra Series 3" lineup took the laptop market by storm, offering unprecedented levels of efficiency, battery times, and graphics performance. While the laptop designs were great, these products were mainly positioned in the…
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: Interesting shift in markets....
If you know the name Allbirds, it's probably for the company's longstanding stated commitment to "sustainable shoes and apparel." Going forward, though, the corporate entity wants to be known for its "long-term vision to become a fully integrated GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) and AI-native cloud solutions provider." In a news release Wednesday morning, Allbirds announced that it has secured a $50 million convertible finance facility to help power this unexpected "pivot ... to AI compute infrastructure." If all goes to plan, the company will soon…
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: Interesting if it pans out but not sure we're there yet. They can barely program those quantum CPUs as it is....
NVIDIA has introduced Ising, its newest OpenAI models designed to make Quantum Computers useful and faster with brand new capabilities. NVIDIA Ising AI Models For Quantum Computers Bring Up To 3x Performance Boost Quantum Computing has been cited as the next frontier of computing for decades. Several companies have been trying to perfect quantum computing for years now, and only now have a few started to break the code. NVIDIA already offers an open-source development platform for quantum computing called CUDA-Q. The platform is…
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: New out there about the AMD 10k's makes sense why this is coming out now. I wouldn't put it paste intel to leak it to say "Hey folks we're coming back!" Soften the AMD 10k impact on their bottom line. I for one am excited about this news and it means healthy competition is hopefully coming back to the x86 environment at least.
VideoCardz shares the alleged preliminary SKU list for Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 400S (codenamed Nova Lake) processors.
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: Interesting rumor, they keep saying it's false but only time will tell.
While NVIDIA has been mostly keeping itself away from the PC market in recent times, a new rumor suggests that the company might be looking towards an AIB acquisition. NVIDIA's Acquisition of an OEM Could Spearhead the Company's Entry Into the Laptop Segment, But Details Are Slim [Update - 4/14/2026] - NVIDIA has denied any such reports and offered us an official statement on the matter: “The media report is false; NVIDIA is not engaged in discussions to acquire any PC maker." NVIDIA rep to Wccftech The PC industry hasn't been in its best…
Read the full articleThe Hot Take: This is getting me excited....
If you read this site regularly, you'll already be well-informed about Intel's upcoming Nova Lake family of processors; at least, as well-informed as it's possible to be from early leaks and rumors. We have another such leak on the news desk today, this time coming from Videocardz, which has exclusively leaked what it calls a "preliminary
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