Mysterious Xbox Dev Kit Breaks Cover, Is An Xbox Pro Game Console Inbound?

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [View this email in your browser]( [Mysterious Xbox Dev Kit Breaks Cover, Is An Xbox Pro Game Console Inbound?]( By Zak Killian on Mar 20, 2024 02:45 pm [Mysterious Xbox Dev Kit Breaks Cover, Is An Xbox Pro Game Console Inbound?]( There's been a ton of chatter about a potential successor to the PlayStation 5 thanks to myriad leaks that are so legitimate they've prompted Sony to start an investigation into exactly how the leaks occurred. We wrote about the supposed PS5 Pro leaks yesterday; you can read about them here. As Nintendo is sort of playing a different ball [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [TerraMaster F2-212 NAS Review: Easy, Affordable Network Storage]( By Ryan Whitwam on Mar 20, 2024 02:22 pm [TerraMaster F2-212 NAS Review: Easy, Affordable Network Storage]( TerraMaster F2-212: Starting at $169.99 The TerraMaster F2-212 is a great entry-level NAS that can add terabytes of reliable storage to your home network. Excellent price Great media server with hardware 4K transcoding Easy setup and management Single 1Gb LAN Port No expandability Limited software add-ons Drive bays do not lock Technology... [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [DeepMind Co-Founder Joins Microsoft To Lead A New AI Unit And Level Up Copilot]( By Alan Velasco on Mar 20, 2024 12:37 pm [DeepMind Co-Founder Joins Microsoft To Lead A New AI Unit And Level Up Copilot]( Microsoft continues to advance its AI ambitions by bringing on DeepMind and Inflection co-founder, Mustafa Suleyman, who will lead the newly formed Microsoft AI group. It’s also adding Karén Simonyan, co-founder and Chief Scientist of Inflection, who will be taking on the role of Chief Scientist of Microsoft AI. Suleyman and Simonyan aren’t [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Ubisoft Unveils A Generative AI Prototype To Enable Real Conversations With Game NPCs]( By Nathan Ord on Mar 20, 2024 11:28 am [Ubisoft Unveils A Generative AI Prototype To Enable Real Conversations With Game NPCs]( Artificial intelligence is seeping into almost everything we encounter daily, from chats to robots and much in between. One of these exciting things in between is video games, which can have AI-aided non-playable characters (NPCs) to enhance realism and interactivity. We saw this earlier this year with NVIDIA’s ACE showcase at CES, which gave [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Heads Up, NASA Says A Rare Exploding Star Nova Will Be A Once-In-A-Lifetime Spectacle]( By Tim Sweezy on Mar 20, 2024 11:05 am [Heads Up, NASA Says A Rare Exploding Star Nova Will Be A Once-In-A-Lifetime Spectacle]( As many are looking forward to next month’s total solar eclipse, NASA says the spectacle is not the only celestial event to keep a watch out for in the coming weeks and months—a once in a lifetime event (for most people) is expected to occur. For the first time in nearly 80 years, a star system located 3,000 light-years from Earth will appear [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Samsung Reveals Blistering GDDR7 Memory Speed For Next-Gen GeForce RTX 50 GPUs]( By Thiago Trevisan on Mar 20, 2024 10:42 am [Samsung Reveals Blistering GDDR7 Memory Speed For Next-Gen GeForce RTX 50 GPUs]( NVIDIA has been blazing a significant trail in its push with AI and data center GPUs, but that does not mean it's forgotten gamers. With the GeForce RTX 40 Super GPUs behind us, all eyes are pointed towards the next-generation GeForce RTX 50 GPUs. We have some inkling now of what they may be like, if the memory specs from Samsung are any indication. Packing [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube Cracks Down On Deepfakes With Stricter Rules On AI-Generated Videos]( By Paul Lilly on Mar 20, 2024 10:33 am [YouTube Cracks Down On Deepfakes With Stricter Rules On AI-Generated Videos]( It's not always easy to discern between real and staged videos on the web. That's probably never going to change, whether TikTok ends up banned in the US or not. However, a potentially bigger issue is the ongoing rise and sophistication of deepfakes, which use AI-generated tricks to create realistic scenes and soundbytes that never occurred. [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Google Pixel 8a Rumored For A 120Hz Display And A Brightness Boost]( By Aaron Leong on Mar 20, 2024 09:45 am [Google Pixel 8a Rumored For A 120Hz Display And A Brightness Boost]( Google's so-to-be Pixel 8a could sport a 1,400 nit display paired with a faster 120Hz refresh rate, among other upgrades over the current Pixel 7a. These changes could really put the pressure on not just the lower mid-range smartphone arena, but even on Google's own pricier stablemates. A reliable leaker is claiming that the next affordable [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Exciting OLED Blue Light Breakthrough Promises To Eliminate Burn-In Forever]( By Paul Lilly on Mar 20, 2024 09:40 am [Exciting OLED Blue Light Breakthrough Promises To Eliminate Burn-In Forever]( Most people would agree that OLED is the best display technology on the market right now, in terms of overall image quality, though it's biggest weakness is its inherent propensity to permanently burn images into the screen in certain situations. Perhaps not for much longer—a research team spearheaded by the University of Cambridge has purportedly [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Steam's Spring Sale Is Almost Over, Get These Great Games On The Cheap]( By Zak Killian on Mar 20, 2024 08:37 am [Steam's Spring Sale Is Almost Over, Get These Great Games On The Cheap]( Did you know there's a Steam sale on? That's right—the 2024 Steam Spring Sale has been on for the better part of a week, and it runs until noon tomorrow. In contrast to the last few Steam sales, some of the discounts this time around are surprisingly deep. Whether you've been waiting to snap up some older titles at bargain-basement prices [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel Scores $8.5B In CHIPS Act Funds From Biden Admin To Advance US Semiconductor Tech]( By Marco Chiappetta on Mar 20, 2024 05:00 am [Intel Scores $8.5B In CHIPS Act Funds From Biden Admin To Advance US Semiconductor Tech]( Since Pat Gelsinger took the helm of Intel, the company has shed a number of extraneous projects, focused on its core competencies, and completely revamped its manufacturing strategy. In fact, Gelsinger has been adamant about Intel regaining its process leadership position, and famously announced plans to launch five nodes in four years. The [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Windows Update Is Wreaking Havoc On AMD Ryzen Handhelds, Try These Workarounds]( By Zak Killian on Mar 19, 2024 04:30 pm [Windows Update Is Wreaking Havoc On AMD Ryzen Handhelds, Try These Workarounds]( Do you have a Windows-based gaming handheld? Unless it's an MSI Claw, it almost certainly uses AMD Ryzen mobile hardware. In that case, you might want to hold off on your Windows Updates for a while—assuming you have configured your system with that capability. 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