Apple’s First AI Features in iOS 18 Reportedly Won’t Use Cloud Servers

Apple’s first set of new AI features planned for iOS 18 will not rely on cloud servers at all, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. “As the world awaits Apple’s big AI unveiling on June 10, it looks like the initial wave of features will work entirely on device,” said Gurman, in the Q&A section of […]

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Samsung’s going to launch an ‘SSD Subscription’ model for servers

You’ve heard of TV and music streaming subscriptions, but how about one for high-performance SSD memory solutions for servers? That’s apparently what Samsung is going to announce tomorrow at NVIDIA’s GTC 2024 conference in San Jose, California. Samsung is reportedly going to introduce several new memory solutions for AI and machine learning applications at the […]

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Helldivers 2 servers hit capacity as Steam player count record climbs past Starfield, Destiny 2 [UPDATED]

What you need to know Helldivers 2, Arrowhead Game Studios’ new third-person PvE co-op shooter, has been an explosive success on PS5 and PC.  The game broke a record for PlayStation Studios publishing by reaching 150,000 concurrent Steam players on its opening weekend, and has continued to grow since then. Notably, Helldivers 2 has surpassed […]

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Palworld on Xbox doesn’t have dedicated servers and won’t for the foreseeable future

What you need to know “Bucky”, the community manager for Palworld, has recently stated on Discord why the game doesn’t support dedicated servers for the Xbox console versions. The reason is because the Xbox versions can only support co-op mode. However, players on Xbox consoles and Windows PC can still cross-play together. Bucky then states […]

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AMD’s new Ryzen 8000G Series desktop processor revolutionizes gaming and empowers users to run AI models on their own devices rather than putting their ideas into AI services on distant servers

What you need to know During CES 2024, AMD officially announced specs for its new Ryzen 8000G Series processors for desktops as well as updated Ryzen 5000 Series desktop processors. AMD says that the Ryzen 8000G Series processor for desktops is the fastest processor in the world, making it ideal for handling demanding game graphics […]

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Vanilla Dark Souls 2 multiplayer servers are controversially shutting down on Xbox and PlayStation after 10 years, and man am I bummed

What you need to know Developer FromSoftware has announced that on March 31, 2024, the Xbox 360 and PS3 servers for the original version of Dark Souls 2 will shut down at 5 a.m. PT / 8 a.m. ET. This will effectively remove all multiplayer from this edition of the game on consoles, forcing Xbox […]

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Ark: Survival Ascended — Xbox release, servers, and everything you need to know

Ark: Survival Ascended is a remaster of the 2015 dino-themed survival game Ark: Survival Evolved. Studio Wildcard announced the remaster in March 2023, with an intention for the game to go live in late October. The game was planned as a remaster in Unreal Engine 5, with an emphasis on cross-platform compatibility and mod support. […]

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Kuo: Apple Could Spend $4.75 Billion on AI Servers in 2024

Apple is expected to spend several billion on hardware to support its artificial intelligence development in 2024, according to speculation from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo expects Apple to spend “at least” $620 million on servers in 2023 and $4.75 billion on servers in 2024. Apple could purchase between 2,000 and 3,000 servers this year, […]

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Samsung to start making 3nm chips for servers

When Samsung Foundry announced last year that it started the mass production and shipments of 3nm chips, it didn’t reveal the name of its first client for the latest-generation node. Several reports claimed it was making 3nm ASIC chips for cryptocurrency mining firms. Now, the company seems to have received another client. According to reports, […]

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Sea of Thieves Season 10 introduces Guilds, PvE servers, and more

What you need to know Sea of Thieves Season 10 is introducing some new features for the game, including Guilds and Safer Seas. Guilds allow up to 24 players to rally together, making it a great option for larger friend groups. Safer Seas introduces the long-requested player vs. environment (PvE) servers for the game, allowing […]

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Apple Planning to Test AI Services Using Foxconn Servers

Foxconn will exclusively supply Apple with dedicated servers for training and testing artificial intelligence services, according to Taiwan’s Economic Daily News (via South China Morning Post). The servers are to be made in Vietnam due to Apple’s plan to diversify its supply chain away from China. Foxconn currently supplies servers to Amazon, OpenAI, and Nvidia […]

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Undead Labs partners with Wushu Studios for the latest State of Decay 2 update on PC test servers

What you need to know State of Decay 2 is a first-party, zombie-apocalypse-era community management simulator and survival game from Undead Labs and Xbox Game Studios that released in 2018. 5 years after its initial launch, State of Decay 2 continues to receive support even as State of Decay 3 is in development. For the […]

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OneUI 6.0 beta firmwares files pop up on Samsung’s Indian and European servers

Samsung is getting ready to open the OneUI 6.0 beta program soon. After OneUI 6.0 test builds were spotted on Samsung’s South Korean servers, they’ve now been spotted on its Indian and European servers as well. It ties in nicely with a previous report that Samsung will open up the OneUI 6.0 beta for the […]

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It seems Microsoft sacrificed Xbox Series X sales to build Xbox Cloud Gaming servers

What you need to know Microsoft is battling the FTC in court over its acquisition of Activision-Blizzard-King (ABK) for Xbox.  ABK would give it control of Call of Duty, something Xbox’s main competitor, PlayStation is heavily lobbying against.  As part of the proceedings, a mountain of documents exposing Xbox practices has been unearthed.  Within, it […]

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Diablo 4 servers are down worldwide

What you need to know  The Diablo 4 servers have been down for over an hour already, players are reporting endless queue times on social media. Some are receiving error code 300202 or error code 300008. Some players experienced their characters showing as deleted on the home screen before being kicked from the game. UPDATE […]

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Destiny 2 is down, servers to remain offline for emergency maintenance (Update)

What you need to know Destiny 2 developer Bungie has taken the game’s servers offline for emergency maintenance. The issue that prompted the shutdown isn’t known, though it seems to be affecting both Destiny games since the original title has been taken offline as well. While the servers are down, Destiny 2 will not be […]

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Diablo 4 beta hit with error codes as the servers struggle to meet demand

What you need to know Diablo 4 is currently having a closed early access beta, ahead of its wider open beta.  The beta is already plagued with errors and network problems, as servers struggle to meet demand.  Blizzard reminds users that testers will experience pre-release bugs naturally, and that its working on a fix for […]

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Destiny 2 servers are down, will remain offline for bug fixes as rollback is planned

What you need to know Destiny 2 developer Bungie has taken the game’s servers offline after a bug causing players to lose progress on their Triumphs, Seals, and Exotic Catalysts was discovered. The servers will remain offline “into the evening” as Bungie works to develop and deploy a fix, with the studio promising to share […]

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