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Battlefield 6 surpasses record half a million concurrent players on Steam, an all-time high for the franchise — 520K+ open beta surpasses every Call of Duty ever in player count

If success could be measured by numbers, Battlefield 6 would invent new math. The game, which is in its open beta right now, has just crossed the 500,000 player count on Steam, beating not only every other Battlefield before it, but also every COD title ever.

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AOL will end dial-up internet service in September, 34 years after its debut — AOL Shield Browser and AOL Dialer software will be shuttered on the same day

Dial-up connectivity stalwart AOL has set a date for cutting off the remainder of its old-tech internet holdouts.

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Blizzard's ex-CEO says Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" Call of Duty this year because the franchise has "gone downhill" — calls it a victory for players as COD "won't be lazy" anymore

Battlefield 6 has been receiving critical and fan acclaim over the past few days, and Mike Ybarro, Blizzard's former president, has shared a similar sentiment. He says Call of Duty has "gone downhill" and that Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" COD this year for several reasons.

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California man sues Microsoft for discontinuing Windows 10 — says company is doing this to “monopolize the generative AI market”

Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 by October 2025, but someone is suing the company to stop it from doing so.

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Retailer ships RTX 5090 with missing GPU and memory chips to customer — $2,300 order arrives with internal components 'completely removed'

Another victim has been scammed out of over $2,000 from Amazon's French location. Despite buying an RTX 5090 from an Amazon-hosted listing, the buyer received a card with a missing GPU core and missing memory modules.

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3D-printed PCB made with liquid metal and PVA is fully recyclable, allows immediate reuse — dissolves and separates when immersed in water, allowing for reuse

Researchers have developed a fully recyclable 3D-printed PCB that utilizes PVA and liquid metal.

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Fully working PC fished out from a dumpster and rehabbed — trash-binned system can still run Linux and light games

The PC, which was rescued from a dumpster, has an Intel Core i5-6600 CPU and an AMD Radeon R9 380 GPU.

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Battlefield 6 keeps crashing on Intel Arc GPUs — here are some workarounds until Intel releases a fix

Battlefield 6’s open beta is crashing on Intel Arc A-series GPUs, with issues tied to the game’s default Borderless mode. Intel is working on a driver fix, but players can avoid crashes by switching to Full Screen/Windowed or using a risky legacy control panel tweak.

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Enthusiast builds 'AMD gaming PC' entirely made of cardboard — specs include unreleased AMD 5800GT CPU, DDR8 RAM, PCIe 6.0 SSD, and 2,400W power supply

A Redditor built several PC components out of cardboard with intricate detail to build a cardboard PC that spins and lights up. It's not a real computer, though.

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$3 keychain lets you carry a functioning keyboard switch and keycap with you wherever you go — fidget toy is compatible with Cherry MX switches and keycaps

A Japanese company has started selling the My Key Keychain that accepts Cherry MX-compatible switches and keycaps, allowing you to bring your favorite keyboard feel wherever you go.

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AMD quietly launches Radeon RX 7400 8GB budget gaming GPU — RDNA 3 goes another rung lower on the ladder

AMD has launched the Radeon RX 7400 for budget gamers and the Radeon Pro W7400 for workstation users.

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Thermal Grizzly and der8auer launch the "der8enchtable" — enthusiast test bench boasts an open design, integrated PCB for storage and cooling

Thermal Grizzly’s der8enchtable, co-developed with der8auer and ElmorLabs, brings an integrated PCB, centralized power delivery, and built-in I/O to the open test bench market, slashing setup times for overclockers, reviewers, and serious PC enthusiasts.

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Intel's chairman reportedly tried to sell fabs to TSMC, CEO Lip-Bu Tan opposed

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan's push to retain in-house chip manufacturing has put him at odds with chairman Frank Yeary and other directors who explored spinning off or selling Intel Foundry to TSMC.

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TSMC’s 2nm leak is considered ‘not critical’ — senior gov’t official says company secrets are compartmentalized and unusable in parts

The Taiwanese government wants to get to the bottom of this industrial espionage case.

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Samsung's revived Z-NAND targets 15x performance increase over traditional NAND — once a competitor to Intel's Optane, Z-NAND makes a play for AI datacenters

Samsung is reviving its Z-NAND memory technology with a next-generation version that could be up to 15x faster than today's PCIe 4.0 or 5.0 NVMe SSDs, aimed at AI applications.

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LG unveils world's first 540 Hz OLED monitor with 720p dual mode that can boost up to 720 Hz — Features a 27-inch 4th Gen Tandem OLED panel with QHD resolution and up to 1,500 nits of peak brightness

LG has just launched its 540 Hz OLED gaming monitor featuring 4th Gen Tandem OLED technology that results in a brighter picture. As such, this monitor has a peak brightness of 1,500 nits, along with 99.5% coverage of the DCI-P3 color space. And did we mention it can actually go…

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AMD FSR 3.1.4 update lays a Redstone foundation — new version improves image quality, eases future developer integrations

AMD’s FSR 3.1.4 update sharpens image quality, streamlines future upgrades, and adds the hooks for its upcoming Redstone suite. Launching later this year, Redstone will bring ML-powered upscaling, ray tracing, and frame generation to RDNA 4 GPUs, targeting parity with Nvidia’s DLSS 4.

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Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30

Microsoft really wants you to sign up for an account.

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Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan responds to Trump allegations in letter: 'I have always operated within the highest legal and ethical standards'

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan defended his record and pledged cooperation with the U.S. government in a letter to employees after President Trump called for his resignation citing conflict of interests.

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Google to kill Steam for Chromebook beta in 2026 — Installed games will 'no longer be available to play'

Google is discontinuing Steam on Chromebook by 2026, with devices losing installed games.

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Tesla scraps custom Dojo wafer-level processor initiative, dismantles team — Musk to lean on Nvidia and AMD more

Tesla is shutting down its Dojo supercomputer program, reassigning staff and leaning more on AMD and Nvidia. Tesla's eventual designs expected to rely on a unified architecture spanning from edge devices to data centers.

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Asus's new ROG Strix 32-inch dual-mode WOLED monitor adapts to fit your gaming needs – 240Hz at 4K or 480Hz at 1080p

Asus’ new 32-inch ROG OLED monitors feature ultra-fast refresh rates, anti-glare glossy panels, and burn-in prevention features.

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M.2 SSD cooler displays your SSD's performance and vitals in real time on built-in display — Thermalright HR-10 2280 Pro Digital features an ARGB display for colorful readouts

Thermalright has launched the company's new HR-10 2280 Pro Digital M.2 SSD cooler in both white and black colors.

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Trump calls for Intel CEO to resign — claims Lip-Bu Tan is 'conflicted' (Update)

President Donald Trump called for Intel's CEO to resign in a Truth Social post, claiming that Lip-Bu Tan is "conflicted."

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OpenAI intros two open-weight language models that can run on consumer GPUs — optimized to run on devices with just 16GB of memory

gpt-oss-120b and 20b are the first open-model LMs since GPT-3

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