With the Acer Nitro XV270X 5K gaming monitor it’s launching here at CES 2026, Acer seems like it’s sending a signal: 5K is the next step in PC gaming.
And there’s something else, too: Acer’s Pro Designer PE3200QX display boasts a whopping 6K resolution.
Even if you’re nominally familiar with PC gaming, you probably understand that displays have stepped up from 1080p to 1440p to 4K…
Intel’s Core Ultra Series 3 chips, aka “Panther Lake,” have entered the market, backed by dozens of PC makers.
“We’ve beeen out there shaping what it means for fundamental computing, said Jim Johnson, senior vice president and general manager of the Intel Client…
The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo (above, right) was an eye-catching design with only a secondary screen that spread the width of the keyboard. In fact, I recall it catching my eye in Spider-Man: No Way Home. But the newest revision dispenses with the keyboard and gives us a full…
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Fan Wins Ridiculous 8-Hour Boss Battle With 10,545 Successful Parries and No Dodges
January 5, 2026
Eight hours and more than 10,000 parries later, a Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 superfan is being praised for beating one of the game’s toughest bosses in frankly ridiculous conditions.
Underpowered but undeterred, Reddit user Recordbreaks has posted a screenshot showing that they beat the super strong Duollistes boss after managing 10,545 successful parries — which feels like more than…
Deus Ex Lead Actor Says 'The People in Charge Are Psychopaths,' as Wait for New Game Continues
January 5, 2026
Deus Ex lead actor Elias Toufexis has branded the franchise’s owners as “psychopaths,” as the wait continues for a new entry in the dormant stealth action series.
In a post on X, Toufexis laid out his work schedule for 2026, which he said included…
Nintendo has said it was unwilling to backtrack on the design of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’s controversial open world hub despite seeing “changed” attitudes to open-world games, as the project had already been rebooted once already.
The Nintendo Switch and…
Dormant bitcoin addresses collectively moved 123,852.58 BTC in 2025—now worth more than $11 billion—while over 1,000 long-idle wallets stirred back to life during the year. Figures from Btcparser indicate that this activity clustered heavily around wallets created more than ten years ago, with a clear tilt toward bitcoin’s earliest adoption era.
‘Sleeping Bitcoin’ Addresses Moved Nearly…
Bitcoin’s spot value hovered at $91,219 on Jan. 4, 2025, and the derivatives market appears anything but relaxed. Futures and options positioning across major venues shows traders leaning in, not backing away, with open interest holding near cycle highs and options…
Ripple USD trading launches on OSL, marking a regulated push to expand stablecoin adoption with fee-free access, institutional-grade compliance, and new onramps for dollar-pegged digital payments and settlement activity.
Ripple USD Debuts on OSL as Regulated Platform Pushes…
Rogue planets — worlds that drift through space alone without a star — largely remain a mystery to scientists. Now, astronomers have for the first time confirmed the existence of one of these starless worlds by pinpointing its distance and mass — a rogue planet roughly the size of Saturn nearly 10,000 light-years from Earth.
Planets are typically found bound to one or more stars. However, in…
