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In a nutshell: Google had recently made some changes to migrate free-tier users of G Suite to paid subscriptions with no clear path if they didn’t want to pay. After some backlash, it has now promised non-paid options for users who don’t want to lose their data. Google recently changed the FAQ page for upgrading…

Editor’s take: Atari has partnered with Republic Realm on the development and launch of giftable non-fungible tokens (GFTs) that essentially combine traditional NFTs with loot boxes. Are gamers going to go for it? We’ll find out soon enough. GFTs appear like wrapped gift boxes, but “unwrap” on a specific date to reveal a surprise. Each…

Both AMD and Intel on Thursday said that the two companies had halted sales of their products to Russia and Belarus, an explicit commitment from the chip industry in taking action against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Microsoft also said it would halt “new” sales of Microsoft products. Nvidia said Friday that it has halted…

By Chris Pereira , Dan Auty , Mat Elfring , Chris E. Hayner , and Mason Downey on December 27, 2021 at 7:00AM PST 2020 was practically the year without a movie release, but 2021 more than made up for it. There were films sent to theaters (and digital release) by leaps and bounds. Some…

Gaming shotguns come in many shapes and sizes, from the archetypal Remington 870 seen in the likes of Resident Evil and Battlefield 2042, to the sci-fi styled SPAS-12 that inspired Aliens’ iconic Pulse Rifle. Whether they’re packing double barrels or drum magazines, shotguns have made quite the impact on our pop culture. But how close…

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In a nutshell: JEDEC has announced the HBM3 standard. And, like any good revision to a memory standard, it features a minor decrease in voltage, a slew of added conveniences, and a doubling of all the performance-related specifications. Bandwidth? doubled. Layers? doubled. Capacity? doubled. In numbers, an HBM3 stack can reach 819 GB/s of bandwidth…

Why it matters: A market analytics report by the NPD Group highlighted another big growth year for the PC gaming hardware and accessories industry. The more than 25 percent revenue increase was largely driven by continued Covid-related restrictions, forcing more people to seek alternative methods to work, play, and socialize. These increased revenues also contributed…

In context: Epic Games this week filed an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, of the court’s decision from last year in its antitrust case against Apple. This time, it has the backing of dozens of US states. Epic filed a 91-page appeal to the US Ninth Circuit court…

Warner Bros. has released a brand-new trailer for The Batman. Titled “The Bat and the Cat,” the trailer focuses on Batman (Robert Pattinson) and Catwoman (Zoe Kravitz).The video also further teases what The Riddler (Paul Dano) is up to in regards to his evil plan and some of the riddles he has for Batman. Check…