Windows 11 abandons rigid design dogma with taskbar and start menu overhaul

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Jan 26, 202614 min readAI

Qwen3-Max-Thinking: How Alibaba’s AI Model Could Disrupt Enterprise AI—If Security and Legacy Systems Don’t Stand in the Way

Alibaba Cloud’s latest AI model delivers **System 2 reasoning** at a fraction of the cost of Western alternatives,...

Jan 26, 20262 min readPC

Code Vein II Arrives as a Time-Bending Soulslike with a $69.99 Price Tag

Bandai Namco’s sequel reimagines the franchise with a sprawling open world, vampire-hunting mechanics, and three en...

Jan 26, 20263 min readGaming

**Highguard’s Launch: A High-Profile Flop with 95K Players and a 'Mostly Negative' Steam Rating**

Wildlight Entertainment’s *Highguard*—a free-to-play raid shooter hyped for its veteran leadership—has crashed into...

Jan 26, 20262 min readGPU

MediaTek’s 2nm Flagship Faces DRAM Crisis as Half Its Revenue Rides on SoC Shipments

With the Dimensity 9600 leveraging TSMC’s 2nm process and DRAM prices surging 70%, MediaTek’s dominance in smartpho...

Jan 26, 20263 min readGaming

MinnMax Pivots to Crisis Coverage as ICE Raids Turn Minneapolis Into a 'Whack-a-Mole of Terror

The gaming channel, known for deep-dive game discussions, is now documenting ICE raids, street killings, and commun...

Jan 26, 20262 min readGPU

Sony’s February PlayStation Event: What to Expect When the Horizon Expands

Sony’s upcoming **State of Play** event in early February has sparked speculation about major announcements, from a...

Jan 26, 20263 min readAI

Shareholder Lawsuit Accuses Hasbro of Diluting Magic: The Gathering’s Value Through Aggressive Expansion

A 76-page legal filing alleges Hasbro’s executives misled investors about the financial strategy behind Magic: The...

Jan 26, 20265 min readGPU

Microsoft’s Maia 200: A Custom AI Inference Chip That Could Redefine Cloud Efficiency

Microsoft has unveiled its **Maia 200**, a custom inference accelerator designed to optimize AI workloads for cost,...

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Jan 26, 20264 min readGPU

The Blind Spot in AI Agent Deployment: Why Senses Matter More Than GPUs

Enterprise AI agents are being built with powerful models and cloud infrastructure—but without the foundational 'se...

Jan 26, 20263 min readAI

VAST Data’s New Program Could Turn Your Idle SSDs Into a 6× Larger Storage Pool

VAST Data has launched **VAST Amplify**, a capacity-optimization initiative designed to squeeze sixfold more effect...