Nvidia GeForce xx60 series is PC gaming’s default GPU, and a new one is out May 19

Nvidia GeForce xx60 series is PC gaming’s default GPU, and a new one is out May 19

Nvidia will release the GeForce RTX 5060 on May 19 starting at $299, the company announced via press release today. The new card, a successor to popular past GPUs like the GTX 1060 and RTX 3060, will bring Nvidia’s DLSS 4 and Multi Frame-Generation technology to budget-to-mainstream gaming builds—at least, it would if every single GPU…

Microsoft’s 12-inch Surface Pro is cheaper but unfixes a decade-old design problem

Microsoft’s 12-inch Surface Pro is cheaper but unfixes a decade-old design problem

Several downgrades, and one that’s hard to ignore The 12-inch Surface Pro. Credit: Microsoft The design looks pretty similar to the existing 13-inch Surface Pro overall but with some significant tweaks. The 12-inch Surface still supports the Slim Pen and other Surface styluses, but there’s now a magnet on the back of the tablet that…

Google accidentally reveals Android’s Material 3 Expressive interface ahead of I/O

Google accidentally reveals Android’s Material 3 Expressive interface ahead of I/O

The youths love it. Credit: Google The youths love it. Credit: Google All those studies allegedly revealed that people prefer Material 3 Expressive to the old version. However, that preference varies greatly with age. Zoomers apparently like Material 3 Expressive a lot, with over 80 percent of younger folks saying it was better than the…

RIP Skype (2003–2025), survived by multiple versions of Microsoft Teams

RIP Skype (2003–2025), survived by multiple versions of Microsoft Teams

Though not the first software to allow video communication over the Internet, Skype was one of the first recognizably modern peer-to-peer video chatting apps. Created by some of the same developers behind the Kazaa peer-to-peer file-sharing software, Skype was originally released in 2003, at around the same time when increasing broadband Internet availability and better…

Software update makes HDR content “unwatchable” on Roku TVs

Software update makes HDR content “unwatchable” on Roku TVs

An update to Roku OS has resulted in colors looking washed out in HDR content viewed on Roku apps, like Disney+. Complaints started surfacing on Roku’s community forum a week ago. On May 1, a company representative posted that Roku was “investigating the Disney Plus HDR content that was washed out after the recent update.”…

Chips aren’t improving like they used to, and it’s killing game console price cuts

Chips aren’t improving like they used to, and it’s killing game console price cuts

Consider the PlayStation 2. Not all of the PS2 Slim’s streamlining came from chip improvements—it also shed a full-sized 3.5-inch hard drive bay and a little-used IEEE 1394 port, and initially required an external power brick. But shrinking and consolidating the console’s CPU, GPU, memory, and other components took the console from its original design…

Google teases NotebookLM app in the Play Store ahead of I/O release

Google teases NotebookLM app in the Play Store ahead of I/O release

After several years of escalating AI hysteria, we are all familiar with Google’s desire to put Gemini in every one of its products. That can be annoying, but NotebookLM is not—this one actually works. NotebookLM, which helps you parse documents, videos, and more using Google’s advanced AI models, has been available on the web since…

Spotify seizes the day after Apple is forced to allow external payments

Spotify seizes the day after Apple is forced to allow external payments

Epic’s alternative payment options for the iOS version of Fortnite sparked a multi-year antitrust dispute that ultimately resulted in a 2021 injunction at the heart of Apple’s sudden changes. While Epic ultimately lost on most of its arguments, the District Court for Northern California demanded that Apple loosen its restrictions on outside payment options and price…

“Older than Google,” this Elder Scrolls wiki has been helping gamers for 30 years

“Older than Google,” this Elder Scrolls wiki has been helping gamers for 30 years

Broadly, UESPWiki is an impressive information repository of The Elder Scrolls franchise. It also documents the dense, often convoluted lore of the franchise, as well as books and merchandise sold alongside the games, and the multiple tabletop games. The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages as they appear today. Credit: Samuel Axon For all its uniqueness—the sort…