The ultimate PC gaming holiday gift guide — 18 best gifts for gamers starting at $11

Have a larger budget of around $100? You can land a great new gaming keyboard from HyperX, a new gaming headset from ...

Why Dell’s design choices matter: the often-overlooked details that make your laptop last longer

Because Dell designs its laptops from the ground up for the latest processors and other performance hardware, you can rest ...
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The Outer Worlds

Gaming The Outer Worlds 2 is great, but it's hardly perfect. Obsidian Entertainment is rolling out a new patch right now, and it actually fixed an annoying bug. Xbox The Outer Worlds 2 directors ...
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Microsoft launches AI agent to outperform OpenAI's GPT-4o — running locally on your PC with built-in human intervention triggers

This 7-billion-parameter model runs on relatively small systems with lower latency and better privacy. What's more, the model doesn't depend on cloud-based models, making it more reliable, private, ...
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It's the last day to grab this NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti below MSRP — price protection for Black Friday means you won't see a lower listing

I'm talking about the MSI Ventus 3X OC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, which has fallen by $120 to land lower than NVIDIA's $750 MSRP for the GPU. With all discounts tallied, you can pick up this GPU for just ...
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ARC Raiders hits massive sales milestone as it tops Steam's Top Sellers chart for four straight weeks — it's just above Battlefield 6, and not slowing down

Elliot went on to add that ARC Raiders has now held the top spot on Steam's Top Sellers list for a full month now, and sure enough, it's there — surpassing even the likes of Electronic Arts' (EA) ...
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Boeing is now using Microsoft's $70 flight simulator game to train actual pilots — 'Virtual Airplane' is powered by MSFS, legitimizing my unhealthy gameplay hours

Xbox ID@Xbox's Chris Charla on Microsoft's indie game publishing — "We take that feedback to heart." ...
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Endgame has had its biggest issue fixed in a major win for players

The latest patch notes for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 now describe a snapshot feature that has been added to record a player's Combat Rating at the start of the match. Should players disconnect, ...
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Can't figure out what to buy for your favorite PC gamer? — These 21 hot Cyber Monday deals are sure to please this holiday season

Cyber Monday is a perfect time to find huge discounts on PC gaming accessories, whether for your own setup or to give as gifts. Whether you need a new monitor, a new keyboard and mouse, a new chair, ...
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ChatGPT was completely down — major Cloudflare outage affected OpenAI's chatbot

Update November 18, 10:30am Eastern: ChatGPT appears to be back online now as the outage appears to have been rectified. Original story follows. Happy Tuesday! At least it is, so long as you don't ...
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"It’ll be like playing a video game": Elon Musk predicts AI and robotics could make work optional and money less valuable within 20 years

The billionaire claims that the rapid development of AI and robotics might completely redefine how humans view work and money.
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A 2-minute guide to the best Thunderbolt docking stations for your laptop — CalDigit, Kensington, Razer, and more

What is a Thunderbolt dock and why might you need one? A Thunderbolt dock is built to expand your laptop's connectivity. Whereas desktop PCs traditionally have a large selection of ports to connect ...