Even with a small list of supporting games,ray tracing has become a focal featureof modern-day graphics cards. With a new, refreshed generation of Nvidia GPUs that support it, AMD’s lack of support is becoming more apparent. Plans for the technology have seemingly conflicting statements, confusing non-stances, and a murky roadmap of when we can expect AMD to trace its first rays on a gamer’s PC. We decided to sit down and dig into exactly what AMD has said on the matter and what we know about its future hardware plans....

Like clockwork, Apple’s Tim Cook took the stage in its nearly two-hour-long annual hardware event on Tuesday tounveil a series of new products, includingnew iPhones, anApple Watch, and theAppleTV+ streaming service. But one announcement was almost unheard of in Apple’s history: the price of theBuy at Amazon. Apple’s latest iPhone starts at $699 — $50 less than its predecessor from last year, the iPhone XR. The upgraded base iPhone is also at least $50 cheaper than the starting variants of nearly every other Android flagship....

In the world of AI, you’ve no doubt heard about what OpenAI and Google have been up to. And now, Meta’s Llama LLM (large language model) is becoming an increasingly important player in the game, especially with its open-source nature. Meta recently made a big splash with the launch of its Llama 3 AI model, and it’s shaken up the field dramatically. The reasons why are multiple and varied. It’s free to use, it has a wide user base, and yes, it’s open source, to name but a few....

WoW devs reveal how Patch 11.1 could have major impact on players running off meta builds World of Warcraft: The War Withinis set to graduate to Patch 11.1, and the Undermine(d) content update is giving the developer chance to address issues from the expansion’s first major phase. Among those is the Mythic+ landscape, and there’s plenty of potential good news for players. Mythic+is naturally one of the most intense activities in WoW, as players race against the clock to defeat increasingly difficult dungeons....

Are you heading toSan Diego Comic-Conwith money to burn? If so, there’s a good chance that you are one of the many fans who will be on the lookout for this year’s Comic-Con exclusives. While Comic-Con’s movie and TV panels tend to get most of the press, you have to keep in mind that this show also has one of the largest dealers’ rooms in the country. And everyone is bringing something to sell....

Virtual Reality can change everything about how you play a video game. The actions and muscle memories associated with common mechanics like running, picking up objects, and shooting can change completely, making even the most rote objectives feel new again. For developers, creating an inhabitable space generally means throwing out the game design rulebook and reimagining even core ideas about how players move and act in virtual space. At the same time, we are living in a time when consumers crave familiarity....

Lidar will likely be best known to readers as part of the core tech that allows self-driving cars tofigure out what is taking place around them. A laser-based technology, lidar constructs a depth-based image of the world by firing lasers and then measuring just how long it takes for the reflected pulse to be bounced back to the sensor. The City of Knoxville, Tennessee, has other, more festive applications in mind for the technology, however....

“Why you’re able to trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ Nearly two years ago, a Californian startup named Acton launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a four-wheel-drive skateboard. Now, that board is finally here. It’s called the QU4TRO (henceforth referred to simply as “Quatro”), and we rode it around Portland for a few weeks to see how it stacks up against some of the bigger names in the electric longboard space....

Adept hit with surprise ban on Twitch Twitch streamer Adept has been served a surprise ban on the platform, the punishment coming just days after her most recent controversy surrounding comments she made about her ex-partner xQc. Content creator andTwitch streamer Adepthas been banned on the platform. At the time of writing, the exact reason for Adept’s ban is still unclear and the streamer herself is yet to speak out about it elsewhere on social media....

Memorial Day saleshave officially begun and among the many retailers that are offering countless products on the cheap are Best Buy and Dell. Three of thebest laptopsyou can currently buy — the Dell XPS 13 and Apple’s latest MacBook Air and MacBook Pro — are all on sale with as much as $900 off. We advise you act fast, though, as they’re selling like hot cakes. Dell XPS 13– $715, was $1019 TheDell XPS 13is one attractive Ultrabook....

Decades have elapsed since Americans trembled at the prospect of nuclear war, which once hung over our heads likea sword of Damocles. But with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion and attempted conquest of Ukraine, andthe attendant nuclear saber-rattling, we’ve all been reminded that, oh yeah, the world could still blow itself up many times over! Though the possibility never disappeared, we forgot about it, or more accurately, preferred not to think about it in the post-Cold War world....

Black Friday is off to an early start this year, and with retailers like Walmart and Best Buy launching their sales weeks ahead of the actual event (no doubt spurred on by the unexpected Amazon Prime Early Access Sale in October), it’s already time to get shopping. That’s especially true if you’re in the market for a TV, asBlack Friday dealspresent the best opportunity of the year to save big on tech like this....

Late last week, game publisher Bethesda began posting images on its social media channelsteasing the announcementof something related to Id Software’s gameRage. Today, the news was made official with a teaser trailer. The teaser is a mix of live-action footage and pre-rendered scenes, and it’s an extended version of ashort live-action teaserpreviously leaked online. It presents a range of unsavory post-apocalyptic figures lifting weights and dancing as Andrew W.K.’s “Ready to Die” blares....