Microsoft has announced that it will be closing its Xbox Ambassadors program after 13 years of operation. The Xbox Ambassadors initiative served as a platform...

Intel is finally tackling the heat and power consumption issues that have plagued its desktop CPUs in recent years. The company’s new flagship Core Ultra 200S series processors, which will be released on October 24th, prioritize performance per watt, aiming to run cooler and more efficiently than their 14th-generation predecessors. These processors, codenamed Arrow Lake S, are also Intel’s first enthusiast desktop CPUs to feature a built-in neural processing unit (NPU) for accelerating AI tasks. “Arrow Lake will deliver Intel’s best performance for enthusiasts in desktop and mobile,” said Josh Newman, general manager and VP of product marketing for client computing at Intel. “It will deliver that performance at significantly lower power levels than previous generations of Intel enthusiast...

Upgrading from the base PlayStation 5 to the PlayStation 5 Pro feels similar to upgrading from an RTX 3060 or 3060 Ti to an RTX 4070 GPU, giving users access to visual features that weren’t previously available. In a recent video shared on YouTube, the tech experts at Digital Foundry discussed Sony’s upcoming mid-generation system after getting hands-on experience with it. They noted that in games like F1 24, where the developer made significant efforts for the PS5 Pro update, the upgrade from the base model feels like upgrading the GPU in a gaming system. Even in cases where the visual enhancements aren’t as pronounced, the PlayStation 5 Pro is still a worthwhile investment for players who enjoy...