Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum finally gets confirmed release date after delays Originally announced last summer,Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum was on track for the 2026 slate. However, its confirmed release date is a lot further away than expected. Creator Peter Jackson returns as a producer onThe Hunt for Gollum, a newlive-action moviehelmed by Andy Serkis. Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, co-writers of the original trilogy, have also returned....

Technology companies have a habit of solving problems we didn’t know existed. Paper maps were working just fine until apps came along.And now look at us. We can hardly find the way home when our phone is dead. EnterLyd, a battery-powered bottle that is something like a sippy cup for adults. If you’re the type of grownup who constantly spills drinks on yourself, Lyd may be perfect for you. If you aren’t, the high-tech container might strike you as a bit of a gimmick....

Many Diablo 4 players actually wanted to side with Lilith Lilithwas a different kind of villain in Diablo 4. Now it turns out that many players wanted to side with her rather than fight heraccording to a leading dev.Spoiler warning ahead! Diablo 4’s villain Lilith is very different from Diablo and the otherPrime Evilswho’ve served as antagonists in theDiablo series. Lilith is actually the creator of the world of Sanctuary, making it so that she, her lover, theAngel Inarius, and their Nephalem (demon/angel hybrids) children could live in peace....

Facebook parent companyMetawill continue to invest heavily in itsartificial intelligenceresearch efforts, despite expecting thenascent technologyto require years of work before becoming profitable, company executives explained onthe company’s Q2 earnings callWednesday. Meta is “planning for the compute clusters and data we’ll need for the next several years,” CEOMark Zuckerbergsaid on the call. Meta will need an “amount of compute… almost 10 times more than what we used to train Llama 3,” he said, adding that Llama 4 will “be the most advanced [model] in the industry next year....

The virtual reality headset wars seem to be heating up with Pimaxannouncingthe Pimax Crystal. This newVR headsetmarries QLED with mini-LED technology that Pimax says will “take clarity to another level.” Another reason Pimax has to brag about its visual clarity are the lenses that the Crystal uses. Pimax uses glass aspheric lenses instead of plastic lenses that other headsets use. The company says this allows them to improve clarity by increasing transmittance and reducing stray light and aberration....

TheNissan GT-Rmarks its 50th anniversary this year, so the Japanese automaker decided to celebrate in style. Nissan teamed up withlegendary design firm Italdesign— which also celebrates its 50th anniversary this year — to create a one-off custom GT-R, appropriately named GT-R50. The companies decided to follow that up with 50 production models — priced at 990,000 euros ($1.1 million) each. First off, we can tell you that this isn’t the much-discussed next-generation GT-R....

It feels like we’ve only just emerged from the debilitatinggraphics card shortageof the last few years, but a new report suggests we can’t breathe easy just yet. Could a new GPU shortage be on the horizon, or are consumers safe from a return to another nightmare scenario? According toDigiTimes(viaWccftech), Nvidia is seeing a huge surge in demand for its chips due to the explosion in artificial intelligence (AI) tools likeChatGPT. Nvidia offers a range of graphics cards that excel at AI tasks, including the A100 and H100, and the company is reportedly struggling to keep up in the wake of such massive demand....

It’s Office … only better? Microsoft is unveiling big changes to its Office 365 product, the company said Monday, starting with a name change: Office 365 is now Microsoft 365, a change meant to signify to customers that more of Microsoft is coming in the subscription service, such as tech support and the power of A.I. The company is using A.I. to create new tools, add new rich content types, and include new cloud-powered experiences....

Afraid of missing out on the latest photo industry news while you’re out, well, actually taking pictures? Photography News of the Week is all the news you might have missed this week, published on the weekends. Alongside the biggest stories of the week, likeCanon’s new RF lensand thelatest Wacom tablet, find briefs on the latest in accessories and photography news from this week. Polaroid’s special edition OneStep 2 is upside-down in celebration of Stranger Things With the special edition camera, Polaroid also launched special edition film which has 16 different designs on that traditionally white frame, also with a nod to the Netflix hit....

Disgraced cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried has been found guilty on all seven charges of fraud and money laundering by a New York City jury. Bankman-Fried ran one of the world’s biggestcryptocurrencyexchanges until the enterprise came crashing down last year when his firm, FTX, went bankrupt. Following a month-long trial, the jury convicted 31-year-old Bankman-Fried on Thursday after just a few hours of deliberations. He could face decades in jail....

Samsung is among the brands that will releaseDDR5 RAMthis year — and it seems the manufacturer has an industry- first in the works. During Hot Chips 33, an annual semiconductor disclosure event, Samsung revealed the development of its first DDR5 512GB RAM module. This new memory module is said to offer anup to 40% increase in performanceover DDR4, combined with double the capacity and a lower voltage. The announcement of the new massive memory stick was accompanied by more in-depth information about its architecture....

Star Ocean: The Second Story Ris a remake of 1998’s second entry in the space-centric role-playing universe of Star Ocean, but despite its many improvements, the core design of the original game remains almost fully intact. This includes its offering of dual protagonists, one of which you’ll have to pick as your main character at the beginning of a playthrough. If you’re wondering which you should pick first, we’ll give you some information below without going too far into spoiler territory....

SteelSeries Apex 9 TKL keyboard shines bright with sturdy build & novel features SteelSeries’ Apex 9 Keyboard comes with all the bells and whistles you’d expect, but is it a worthwhile purchase? From the perspective of a casual gamer, we dive into the basics to justify the buy. TheApex 9 TKL(tenkeyless) is one of two layouts on offer from SteelSeries, the second being theApex 9 mini, a 60% unit. Both wired keyboards offer hot-swappable OptiPoint linear optical switches with 2-point actuation for gamers and typists alike....