Artificial intelligence has affected almost every area of technology. From data analysis to art programs, it's hard to find a tech-based industry that hasn't been affected by AI in some way. Video games are no different, and while it hasn't seen AI developments as fast as some areas, we're still seeing some exciting developments that can change gaming forever.

If you're building a new PC around the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G APU, you might be wondering which power supply unit (PSU) to power your processor and the rest of your new PC hardware. Luckily, there's a wide range of options available on the market for a PSU, and the Ryzen 7 8700G is one of AMD's most power-efficient processors, with a total power draw of just 65W.

AMD showcased FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) 3.1, the next iteration of its open-source upscaling and frame generation technology. FSR has struggled to compete against Nvidia's technology, which offers a better upscaling experience with fewer visual artifacts, but this is something AMD has been working on. We'll soon be able to enjoy some welcomed temporal stability improvements. As well as various improvements for end users, AMD's FSR 3.1 makes it more convenient for developers to work with (and include support for) the GPU feature.

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple is scrapping plans to build a MicroLED display for the Apple Watch, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The company reportedly stopped working on the display “around the same time as the company’s decision to cancel work on a self-driving car,” writes Gurman, after finding it too costly and complex to develop.This corroborates an earlier rumor from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who said the company canceled the in-house MicroLED display because “the production costs are too high to make it economically viable.” As a result of the project’s discontinuation, Apple cut “several dozen” engineering jobs, some of which were at the company’s own screen manufacturing facility in California, Bloomberg reports.Rumors about... Continue reading…

Photo by Taylor Hill / WireImage Two years after several legendary musicians broke with Spotify in protest over controversial remarks made on podcaster Joe Rogan’s show, most have now returned to the music service — with Joni Mitchell as the latest example. As noted by The New York Times, several of the singer-songwriter’s most pivotal albums, including Blue, are once again available to stream on Spotify. Mitchell’s representatives haven’t offered any comment on her quiet comeback. “Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,” Mitchell wrote in 2022 amid an uproar directed at Rogan for misinformation that was repeated on his podcast.Neil Young, the musician who was most vocal in his criticism of comments on The Joe Rogan Experience... Continue reading…

The Flipper Zero is a fun little hacking tool, and I've been playing around with one that I purchased for my own usage recently. It's a learning process, and is a great way to figure out how the various protocols that I interact with in my day to day life actually work. One thing I put to the test was its ability to help test the security of my own home internet, using the Flipper Zero to break into my own network without even the password.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite chips were announced last year at the company's Snapdragon Summit, and that's been followed with a trickle of information over time such as benchmarks and expected availability. Now, at a GDC session hosted by Qualcomm, Qualcomm engineer Issam Khalil said that emulation will ensure that x86/x64 games will run at full speed on Windows on Arm laptops launching with the Snapdragon X Elite.

Cath Virginia / The Verge The Department of Justice’s antitrust division has come into its own, having filed its third tech monopoly lawsuit in four years.The accumulated experience shows up in the complaint, according to antitrust experts who spoke with The Verge about the complaint filed Thursday accusing Apple of violating antitrust law. The DOJ describes a sweeping arc of behaviors by Apple, arguing that it adds up to a pattern of illegal monopoly maintenance. Rather than focusing on two or three illegal acts, the complaint alleges that Apple engages in a pattern of behaviors that further entrench consumers into their ecosystem and make it harder to switch, even in the face of high prices and degraded quality. “I think that they made an even stronger case... Continue reading…

Image: The Verge / Getty Images So, what do artificial teeth have to do with the Department of Justice’s massive lawsuit against Apple? Well, they may be one of the reasons why the DOJ decided to file its lawsuit in the state of New Jersey — instead of, say, Virginia or Washington, DC, like it did for Google and Microsoft.The DOJ previously filed — and won — a similar antitrust case against a company that makes fake teeth in the Third Circuit, which includes New Jersey.In an interview with The Verge, William Kovacic, the former chair of the Federal Trade Commission and a professor at the George Washington University Law School, explains that “the Third Circuit is a jurisdiction with some pretty good law for plaintiffs on monopolization issues.” He points to the DOJ’s... Continue reading…

Image: Marvel Animation Disney Plus’ new X-Men animated series is a throwback to the days when comics adaptations could focus on their own stories instead of cinematic franchises. Continue reading…

If you're an avid Microsoft 365 customer, you've likely come across File Viewer; the interface that allows you to access non-Office files in services like OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams. It's the technology that allows you to preview and open PDF, CAD, video, and audio files, even enabling users to perform basic image editing and annotation on images. Now, Microsoft has announced a bunch of new capabilities that it is rolling out to File Viewer.

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images, The Verge Nintendo might not need to individually sue emulators out of existence to drive them deeper underground. Today, GitLab cut off access to Nintendo Switch emulator Suyu, and disabled the accounts of its developers, after receiving what appears to be a scary email in the form of a DMCA takedown request. “GitLab received a DMCA takedown notice from a representative of the rightsholder and followed our standard process outlined here,” spokesperson Kristen Butler tells The Verge. Suyu was a fork of Yuzu, the emulator that Nintendo successfully sued, but this isn’t about Nintendo now having the rights to Yuzu’s code — or maybe even Nintendo at all? Nintendo didn’t necessarily win the rights to Yuzu’s code in its settlement, and GitLab didn’t... Continue reading…