How much should a gaming laptop cost? The answer is—depressing and unhelpful as always—”it depends.” If you insist on an Alienware logo on the top and you’re looking at the Dell shop today, then the answer starts at a hefty $1,299. That gets you a relatively recent CPU… and an RTX 4050 graphics card from 2023.
The Alienware 15 is ostensibly what’s replacing the Dell G series of…
FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) is AMD’s alternative to upscaler tech like Nvidia DLSS, and it’s pretty good. But the latest frame generation goodies in FSR 4 are only available to the latest Radeon 9000-series cards on the RDNA 4 architecture, a move that has rankled…
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Has a Real-Life $500,000 Treasure Hunt You Can Pay $41 to Try and Solve
May 14, 2026
Ubisoft has announced a real-life Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced treasure hunt with a $500,000 prize, buried somewhere in the Caribbean.
The hoard is made up of specially-minted solid gold coins (collectively worth $350,000) and a rock crystal skull adorned with a…
Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic won’t be another bloated single-player game that takes over half a decade to develop, game director Casey Hudson has insisted. Via an interview with Bloomberg, we learned a few new details about the highly anticipated Star Wars RPG, which aims to be a spiritual successor to BioWare’s much-loved Knights of the Old Republic. Hudson talked a bit about the…
Former Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer design director, David Vonderhaar, has teased his next game and it sounds nothing like Call of Duty. In an interview with Bloomberg, Vonderhaar confirmed that he is not making another military shooter like Call of Duty and instead…
Schwab Crypto is rolling out spot bitcoin and ethereum trading for selected retail clients through Schwab-linked accounts. The offer includes 24/7 support, education, research, and pricing at 75 basis points on each trade’s dollar value.
Key Takeaways
Schwab Crypto will…
Ripple and crypto industry leaders backed the Senate’s CLARITY Act ahead of a key markup, citing clearer rules, stronger consumer protections, and U.S. leadership. Ripple’s legal chief cited a report estimating 67 million Americans hold crypto.
Key Takeaways
Ripple executives backed the Senate’s CLARITY Act before a Banking Committee markup.
Supporters say the bill could strengthen consumer…
Peter Brandt warned that bitcoin has not formed a recognizable bottom, citing a possible bear channel from the February low. His key trigger is an ATR close below $79,145, which he said could signal renewed downside.
Key Takeaways
Brandt said bitcoin has not completed a…
30-mile-high clouds of acid on Venus are made by the largest 'hydraulic jump' in the solar system
May 14, 2026
A monstrous bank of cloud 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) long that sweeps around Venus every few days is being generated by rising sulfuric acid vapor pushed high into the atmosphere by what is essentially the same phenomenon that describes how water from a running tap…
The world’s first space-based neutrino detector launched to space last week to study elusive neutrino particles that constantly bombard Earth. The mission will test technology that could help researchers in the future to unravel hidden processes taking place deep inside the sun.
The detector, made of crystals of gallium and tungsten, is embedded in a 3U cubesat (about 12 inches long and 4…
