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Despite the fact that AMD’s next-gen desktop CPU architecture, Zen 6, isn’t expected to appear until towards the end of this year, we were expecting at least two new desktop chips to arrive at CES this month. But no, all we got was a single Ryzen 7 9850X3D announcement and no mention whatsoever of the vaunted dual-CCD 3D V-Cache chip.But a new EEC listing from AMD before the weekend has listed a new Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 processor alongside the Ryzen 7 9850X3D and a bunch of Threadripper chips. (Image credit: EEC)To bring you up to speed, 3D V-Cache is AMD’s…

Highguard, the new PvP raid shooter by the minds behind Titanfall 2 and Apex Legends, has been embroiled in controversy since it was announced at The Game Awards. Some even want to see it fail on principle alone, which is a bit harsh if you ask me. With limited marketing (non-existent, really), we’ll need to wait until the Highguard launch time and release date to settle the score.Perhaps we’re on the verge of one of the best FPS games. Perhaps not. Only time will tell. The good news is that Highguard is free to play, so you won’t be short-changed…

We all loved Vampire Survivors, sure. But you know what that game was missing? An adorable little Tamagotchi fella who you could feed and fuss over ahead of every level, before grabbing it like the fat little rodent it is and unleashing it as a weapon of mass destruction.Mochi-O’s demo is criminally short—clocking in at just 20 minutes and two levels—but I didn’t need much time to fall in love with this weird little game’s titular human-hating mecha-hamster. How do I know this lil’ guy hates humans? Well, for starters, Mochi-O straight up kills its last owner-slash-wielder-slash-commander. (Image credit: Kodansha)If…

We all loved Vampire Survivors, sure. But you know what that game was missing? An adorable little Tamagotchi fella who you could feed and fuss over ahead of every level, before grabbing it like the fat little rodent it is and unleashing it as a weapon of mass destruction.Mochi-O’s demo is criminally short—clocking in at just 20 minutes and two levels—but I didn’t need much time to fall in love with this weird little game’s titular human-hating mecha-hamster. How do I know this lil’ guy hates humans? Well, for starters, Mochi-O straight up kills its last owner-slash-wielder-slash-commander. (Image credit: Kodansha)If…

If you have downloaded January’s KB5074109 Windows update and can’t seem to get past boot, you aren’t alone.As reported by Windows Latest, Microsoft has updated users in a support document that it is “investigating customer reports of device boot failures following the January 2026 update and later updates.”The document is only accessible by Microsoft 365 business accounts, which does seem to imply that it’s business devices that are typically affected by this boot problem. However, so far, there’s been no confirmation either way on which devices are affected. Related articles The document says, “Microsoft has received a limited number of…

If you have downloaded January’s KB5074109 Windows update and can’t seem to get past boot, you aren’t alone.As reported by Windows Latest, Microsoft has updated users in a support document that it is “investigating customer reports of device boot failures following the January 2026 update and later updates.”The document is only accessible by Microsoft 365 business accounts, which does seem to imply that it’s business devices that are typically affected by this boot problem. However, so far, there’s been no confirmation either way on which devices are affected. Related articles The document says, “Microsoft has received a limited number of…

If you have downloaded January’s KB5074109 Windows update and can’t seem to get past boot, you aren’t alone.As reported by Windows Latest, Microsoft has updated users in a support document that it is “investigating customer reports of device boot failures following the January 2026 update and later updates.”The document is only accessible by Microsoft 365 business accounts, which does seem to imply that it’s business devices that are typically affected by this boot problem. However, so far, there’s been no confirmation either way on which devices are affected. Related articles The document says, “Microsoft has received a limited number of…

If you have downloaded January’s KB5074109 Windows update and can’t seem to get past boot, you aren’t alone.As reported by Windows Latest, Microsoft has updated users in a support document that it is “investigating customer reports of device boot failures following the January 2026 update and later updates.”The document is only accessible by Microsoft 365 business accounts, which does seem to imply that it’s business devices that are typically affected by this boot problem. However, so far, there’s been no confirmation either way on which devices are affected. Related articles The document says, “Microsoft has received a limited number of…

In Myles Dungan’s The Red Branch (Etruscan, £11.99), set in 1883, the London Met’s Special Irish Branch sends Sgnt Robert Emmet Orpen to San Francisco to foil IRB dynamite smuggling. Orpen teams up with the local police and tangles with the city’s Irish gangs, all while revelling in his own vocabulary (one corrupt villain “had taken to publicly handing back his backhanders, a palindromic activity frowned upon among the better class of political delinquent”). Orpen soon crosses paths with the other narrator, Dr Ophelia Williams, who proves considerably more blunt, referring to her guns as “my two good friends, Mr…

Otakon 2026 runs from July 21-August 2 in Washington, D.C. Otakon announced on Bluesky on Thursday the event is no longer allowing the sale of fan art in its dealers room beginning with the 2026 event. Dealers who wish to sell fan art will be allowed to apply instead for the artist alley without penalty.Image via Otakon’s Bluesky account© 2026 Otakorp Inc.The event staff outlined the rules for applying for its dealers room or artist alley in a google document, which is now deleted, but still available to read if users make a copy. Applicants typically may only apply for…