Author: Jeremy Laird

Following news that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 requires about 65 dodectillion petabytes of storage space for a full install (actually 213GB for the full visual experience), comes this rather well endowed Steam Deck with a 61TB upgrade and the exciting prospect of being able to have more than one Triple-A space installed at…

As any fule kno, the most conspicuous shortcoming of IPS screen tech is contrast, as in the relative lack of. By comparison, VA panels offer anywhere from twice to four times the contrast of a typical IPS alternative. At least they did until LG rolled out its IPS Black tech with double the contrast of…

A complete install of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with the full “high-rez assets cache” shizzle comes to a slightly silly 213GB.  According to the game’s official Twitter / X / whatever account that’s because “zombies” and some other stuff. But don’t panic, you can “uninstall specific content you are not actively playing”. More…

Intel is cutting it fine with Meteor Lake. But it looks like it will just—just—make its self-imposed schedule for pushing its new 4nm CPU out the door before the end of the year. The new Core Ultra, the CPU formerly known as Meteor Lake, will be launched on December 14th during an event Intel is…

As if to prove modern PC games are self-obsessed narcissists that can’t imagine you might want to play something else, here comes Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III with a ridiculous requirement for up to 213GB of storage space. Oh, and that’ll need to be 213GB of SSD storage space according to the game’s minimum…

There’s good news for Intel, as it has beaten expectations with its latest financial forecasts. Perhaps that’s why CEO Pat Gelisinger is so bullish about the threat from a new generation of Arm chips. During an earnings call with investors, Gelsinger dismissed the threat to Intel’s traditional x86 CPUs from a new generation of Arm…

A new tool from researchers at the University of Chicago promises to protect art from being hoovered up by AI models and used for training without permission by “poisoning” image data. Known as Nightshade, the tool tweaks digital image data in ways that are claimed to be invisible to the human eye but cause all…

At first glance, our story earlier this week about the imminent RTX 4090 export ban seems like something only China has to worry about. But not so fast. It could have an impact closer to home. Tom’s Hardware reports that RTX 4090 prices are going haywire in China, with supplies drying up and the few…

The festival of manic materialism that is Black Friday 2023 is still over a month away. But there are some very decent deals right now on 1440p gaming monitors. Indeed, with big-brand 170Hz models available for a penny under $200, it’s unlikely Black Friday with unearth anything dramatically cheaper. 1440p arguably remains the sweetspot for…