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This week we’ve seen more reports of fried RTX 4090 adapters, with the count now up to a half dozen or so. Previously we just knew that some adapters were melting, and in doing so also damaging the connector on the card. It wasn’t clear exactly what was to blame for this situation. Was it the adapter, the bending of it, or some other engineering mishap? Now the intrepid tinkerers ...

Netflix has spent the last year confronting the possibility that it might have to actually try to maintain its status as the top video streaming subscription. It’s rolling out a cheaper ad-supported subscription, bundling mobile games, and most recently, opening a new game studio with an eye toward cloud gaming. The company doesn’t intend to make a full-fledged alternative to Xbox Cloud Gaming or GeForce ...

Now that the RTX 4090 has cemented its standing atop the GPU field (for the time being), we turn our attention to its inevitable successor.

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Activision might be gearing up to customize its game soundtracks for individual players. According to a fresh patent, the developer is exploring the feasibility of using a player’s tastes, behavior, and other factors to tweak the background music in real time.The patent, which was first discovered by eXputer over the weekend, focuses on “dynamically generating and modulating music based on gaming ...

Razer teased its new gaming handheld recently, and we didn’t have to wait long for the full unveiling. At RazerCon this past weekend, the company laid out all the details for its upcoming Razer Edge gaming device, which is as much a tablet as it is a traditional handheld. The Edge will be available in Wi-Fi-only as well as 5G in partnership with Verizon, but we only know the pricing for the Wi-Fi ...