Articles by RJ Pierce
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Microsoft Loses Xbox Gift Cards Worth $10 Million in Online Scheme
Microsoft just suffered a massive blow when they discovered that a certain employee was embezzling $10 million worth of Xbox gift cards in exchange for bitcoins, says reports.
Hamako Mori: The Story of the World's Oldest YouTube Gamer
Hamako Mori is not just any typical 91-year-old grandma--she's an avid gamer and the world's oldest YouTube gamer at that. Here is her story.
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Sony PlayStation Studios Announces Acquisition of PC Port Developer Nixxes
Sony PlayStation looks like it's getting serious about its PC expansion, with the announcement of their acquisition of PC port specialist Nixxes Software.
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'Call of Duty' Series' Next Instalment LEAKED on Battle.net?
'Call of Duty' is no stranger to leaks like any other video game franchise, and it's got its new one now: the next mainline game in the series codenamed 'Slipstream.' '
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Apple Wants You To Trade In your LG Smartphone for an iPhone
Apple is incentivizing users of LG smartphones by offering store credit or gift cards for trading in old models as a way of making them buy iPhones instead.
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NFT Alert: The Source Code for the Original Internet Is Being Auctioned Off
NFTs can stand for basically anything of value these days, but perhaps they won't be as important as this one: the source code for the World Wide Web.
NVIDIA RTX 3000 Cards Are In Stock at Best Buy Canada Right Now, But They're Only In-Store
NVIDIA graphics cards are getting restocked at select Best Buy Canada locations, but forget about wanting to buy them online--you'll have to line up outside a store.
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'Elder Scrolls 6' Still in the Design Phase, Says Todd Howard
'Elder Scrolls 6' will take a really long time before it's ever ready, if what Bethesda mainstay Todd Howard aid is to be believed.
AMD Gets Approval from UK Regulator For Its Xilinx Acquisition
AMD has been planning to acquire chipmaker Xilinx for a while now, and they just got their first seal of approval from the UK CMA.
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Intel is Disabling TSX On A Handful of Older CPUs; Skylake, Coffee Lake On The Chopping Block
Intel is disabling TSX functionality on a handful of older CPU architectures in a bid to improve their overall security, according to reports.
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Apple Becomes the Largest Corporate Customer of Google Cloud Storage
Apple is looking to expand their cloud-based functionality, so they're looking to bring in the biggest guns in the business: that of Google's cloud storage services.
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Windows 11 Can Support Intel Kaby Lake and Ryzen 1000 After All, For Now
Windows 11 updated its system requirements recently, hardware-locking a lot more users yet again. But judging from the current developer build, it's currently testing older hardware.
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'Overwatch 2' Development for the Switch Is Experiencing Some Problems
'Overwatch 2' will feature a lot of improvements over the first game, but Activision Blizzard might have to make sacrifices to make it run well on the Nintendo Switch.
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Huawei Founder Ren Zhengfei Says That the Company Must Learn From the US In Terms of Tech
Huawei has had a relatively tense relationship with the US government in recent years, but its founder is now urging the company to learn from the Americans.
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China Mars Rover Zhurong Sends Back Its First Audio and Video Recordings From the Red Planet
Mars rovers from the West now have a new buddy: China's Zhurong, which just sent over the first audio and video recordings it made on the Martian surface.
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Intel Tiger Lake-H Chips Closes the Performance Gap Between Ryzen
Intel's 11th gen Tiger Lake-H chips are doing better than expected, with their performance more or less equalling that of competing parts from AMD.
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Qualcomm Reportedly Wants To Ship Out Next-Gen Snapdragon 895 Chip This Year
Qualcomm is preparing to ship out the next-generation Snapdragon 895 chip before this year ends if the rumors are to be believed.
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How To Check if Your Computer Has TPM Enabled for Windows 11
Windows 11's system requirements include a TPM module. But does your computer have it? Here is a quick guide on how to check if it's enabled, as well as how to turn it on.
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Xbox Game Pass Being Built Into Windows 11 Could Mean Great Things [Report]
Xbox Game Pass won E3 2021, according to a lot of fans, but perhaps it may win even more with its integration into the much-anticipated Windows 11 OS.
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'Witcher Con' Set for Next Month Courtesy of CDPR and Netflix; Will There Be A New 'Witcher' Game?
'Witcher' fans are going to get an amazing gift for July, as both CD Projekt Red and Netflix are going to hold the first-ever 'Witcher Con.'
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Hubble Captures An Image of Two Galaxies CRASHING Into Each Other
Hubble Space Telescope never fails to amaze, and it has captured another spectacular image yet again: two galaxies colliding with each other.
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Windows 11's TPM 2.0 Requirement Explained by Microsoft
Windows 11's system requirements included TPM 2.0, which confused a lot of PC builders. But Microsoft is clearing the air.
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Cryptocurrency Scam: Hackers Are Using Free Games to Slip Mining Malware Into Your System
Cryptocurrency miners sometimes will go to extreme lengths to get what they need and want, including slipping malware into free games to infiltrate PCs.
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EV Chargers To Be Installed on NYC Curbsides Starting October
EV chargers in NYC have a tendency to be hard to reach (they're mostly inside parking lots). But that will change in October, according to the city administration.
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Windows 11 News: Scalpers Are Now Hoarding TPM 2.0 Modules
Windows 11 system requirements have been revealed as part of its official announcement, and scalpers are now hoarding one hardware included in the specs.
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Windows 11 Is 'Designed for Gaming,' Says Microsoft; Does This Mean Much Better Gaming Performance?
Windows 11 caused quite a stir at its recent unveiling, and Microsoft is appealing to a huge market: gamers, both on Xbox and PC.
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NVIDIA Introduces Vid2Vid Cameo, An AI That Allows You To Video Call Without Having to Dress Up
NVIDIA and its AI department are in full swing, and they just announced something new: a program that can turn any still image of a person into a "talking head video."
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Epic Games Store's Next Free Game Revealed: Should We Be Excited?
Epic Games Store weekly freebies are more or less a tradition now, and one great title just recently joined the roster: the puzzle game "The Spectrum Retreat."
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Windows 11 System Requirements Revealed: Can You Run It?
Windows 11 was just formally announced, with its release scheduled for this year's Holiday season. But can your device actually run the OS?
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Fitness Trackers Battle: Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music vs Apple Watch Series 6 vs Fitbit Charge 4
Fitness trackers are nifty pieces of wearable technology, especially for those who want to be healthier and stay that way. Here are three of the best options on the market today.
