Table of contents:

1. Windows 10 and 11 news
2. Windows Insider Program
3. Updates are available
4. Reviews are in
5. Gaming news

Windows 11 and 10

Here we talk about everything happening around Microsoft's latest operating system in the Stable channel and preview builds: new features, removed features, controversies, bugs, interesting findings, and more. And of course, you may find a word or two about older but still supported versions.

January 2025 Patch Tuesday updates are out. Windows 10 received KB5049981, KB5050008, KB5049993, and KB5050013. If you are on Windows 10, beware of KB5048239 not installing (there is already a fix). Windows 11, on the other hand, received KB5050009 and KB5050021. Also, Microsoft released the latest Windows 10 and 11 DC hardening updates under KB5036534.

Following the release of the January 2025 Patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft lifted one of the upgrade blocks preventing users from installing Windows 11 version 24H2. It affected gamers with certain Ubisoft games like Assassin's Creed Origins and Star Wars: Outlaws. Ubisoft released the necessary patches to address compatibility issues, thus allowing Microsoft to remove the block.

Some issues remain unpatched, though. For example, Microsoft warned that the January 2025 updates won't install on systems with certain software. Also, there is a TPM bug causing the "For your security, some settings are managed by your administrator" message to appear on the BitLocker Drive Encryption window. There is also a workaround for Microsoft 365 apps crashing on Windows Server 2016.

Windows 11 version 24H2 is now available to more users. In fact, Microsoft started force-updating customers with eligible devices from versions 22H2 and 23H2 to version 24H2 (this does not apply to managed devices, though).

If you have a Windows 10 PC and you are ready to leave the aging operating system behind, Microsoft is making things easier for you with an updated support document that describes how to check if you can officially update to Windows 11. It includes tips like checking hardware requirements, specs, features, and more.

In addition to that, Microsoft posted a blog post urging users to upgrade to Windows 11, saying, "while it's free for a limited time only." The company also highlighted that Microsoft 365 will stop working fully after the end of Windows 10 support. However, shortly after that, the company pulled the post, likely to refute rumors about paid upgrades from Windows 10 to 11.

Some interesting stuff happened in the world of Linux this week, and Microsoft was to blame. One of the company's contributions nearly ruined the release of Linux kernel version 6.13, but fortunately, Intel and AMD quickly noticed the issue and fixed it.

To finish this week's Windows section, here is my list of the top 10 Windows apps you may find useful in your daily PC life in 2025. From small utilities to legit system optimizers, everyone can find something for themself in the article.

Windows Insider Program

Here is what Microsoft Released this week for testing in the Windows Insider Program:

In addition to new features for Copilot+ PCs, one of the new preview builds contains hidden changes that will benefit all users. Microsoft is finally adding a battery percentage indicator to the system tray to help you better understand the current battery charge level. You can enable that feature if you are on build 26120.2992.

Updates are available

This section covers software, firmware, and other notable updates (released and coming soon) delivering new features, security fixes, improvements, patches, and more from Microsoft and third parties.

The biggest update story of this week is probably what Microsoft did to the Microsoft 365 subscription. It is now significantly more expensive, but to make up for that, Microsoft is adding Copilot and some AI features. If you are not ready to embrace that, Microsoft will let you stay on your now-classic plan with its previous price for one more year.

Microsoft has released a new version of Excel for Microsoft 365 Insiders. The biggest change is the proper dark mode that now applies not just to UI elements but also to the entire document, including cells. This change will greatly improve accessibility and comfort when working with spreadsheets in dark environments.

Microsoft also revoked the controversial Bing redesign, which tried to trick inexperienced users into believing they were using Google Search, not Bing.

Microsoft Edge received some updates this week. Version 132 landed in the Stable Channel with improvements to the shopping experience and various changes under the hood. Insiders in the Dev received version 133.0.3065.7 with fixes and small enhancements.

Mozilla released a small bug-fixing update to address issues with UI hanging on certain pages like YouTube and Google Docs. Version 134.0.1 also fixed startup crashes and problems with search engine selection menus.

ShareX, one of our favorite third-party apps for Windows 11, has been updated to version 17.0. The latest release introduces improvements for scrolling capture, new hotkeys, new notification sounds, and more. You can download ShareX from the official website or the Microsoft Store.

Start11, another useful app, especially for those who hate the stock Start menu in Windows 11, received a big update to version 2.5. The primary change is the ability to place the taskbar on your monitor's side, which was a long-requested feature from many Windows 11 users.

Other notable updates include the following:

• Microsoft Teams received more options for notification customization for Microsoft 365 Insiders.

• Microsoft introduced Copilot Chat for Microsoft 365.

   

And here are the newest drivers released this week:

• Intel 32.0.101.6458 and 32.0.101.6257 WHQL with performance improvements for Call of Duty Black Ops 6 and more.

Reviews are in

Here is hardware and software we reviewed this week

This week, Robbie Khan reviewed the Pulsar Feinmann F01, a very odd-looking mouse made of magnesium for the sake of lightness. This is a high-quality product but prepare for a truly eye-watering price.

Another review offers a closer look at the Redmi Note 14 Pro+ 5G, Xiaomi's new global mid-tier phone with some interesting features, good display quality, super-fast charging, and well-made construction at a decent price.

Finally, Steven Parker also reviewed a phone, the HONOR Magic7 Pro. This flagship device boasts some serious horsepower, AI-powered features, large storage capacity, solid face unlock, and good build quality.

On the gaming side

Learn about upcoming game releases, Xbox rumors, new hardware, software updates, freebies, deals, discounts and more.

Another Halo game might be coming soon to PC. This week, users noticed that the Lenovo Legion Go S webpage includes a picture with Halo 5 and a Steam logo. This might be a sign that the game will soon be released on PC after ten years of console exclusivity. No official confirmations yet, though.

GeForce NOW received new games that you can play on the platform. The latest additions include Hyper Light Breaker, Aloft, Assetto Corsa EVO, Generation Zero, HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED 2, SMITE 2, and Voidwrought.

On the hardware side, we have Microsoft expanding its Xbox repairability program to include uBreakiFix for Xbox Series X|S consoles. That means users can take their broken consoles to one of 700 uBreakiFix locations for in-person repairs. The change will give users more flexibility and choice without being tied to Microsoft for certified repairs.

Deals and freebies

The Epic Games Store is giving away Escape Academy. The game is up for grabs for free until Thursday. Also, be sure to check out our weekly Weekend PC Game Deals series, where we gather the best deals and specials on PC games.

Other gaming stories from this week include the following:

• Xbox Insiders and Epic Games Store players can soon join 33 Immortals' third playtest

• Treyarch is finally letting Black Ops 6 console players disable cross-play with PC in Ranked

• Electronic Arts is killing the Origin app as it ends 32-bit version support

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January 19, 2025

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0:00 Welcome to Paul’s Tech News - Jan 19, 2025

1:41 RTX 5090 (and 5080) Hype Intensifies, Benchmarks Leak

5:04 RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 Rumored Review Embargo Dates

6:18 Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT Hype Intensifies, Benchmarks Leak

8:00 Intel Arc B570 Launches for $220

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9:38 Intel i9-14900KF overclocker clinches CPU frequency world record at 9.12 GHz

10:38 Linus was on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

11:30 RIP TikTok

12:26 Kyle got a new place

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TikTok has gone dark in the US now that the ban-or-divest law passed last year is taking effect. The app has been removed from both Apple and Google’s app stores, it’s unavailable on the web, and users who open the app are blocked from viewing videos.

 

The shutdown has the astonishing effect of removing a social network used by 170 million people in the US, according to TikTok’s own numbers. While other social media platforms have experienced outages, even prolonged ones, no network as big as TikTok has simply shut down without any indication of if or when it will come back online.

 

This is despite the Biden administration saying it’s passing enforcement responsibilities on to the Trump administration and calling TikTok’s threat to go offline a “stunt.” TikTok has insisted that without clearer assurances, it has to close up shop in the US.

 

Inside TikTok, an email to employees said that “President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office” on January 20th and that “teams are working tirelessly to bring our app back to the U.S. as soon as possible.”

 

A warning message started appearing in TikTok’s app around 9PM ET on Saturday evening, telling users of the pending shutdown:

 

We regret that a US law banning TikTok will take effect on January 19th and force us to make our services temporarily unavailable.

 

We’re working to restore our service in the US as soon as possible, and we appreciate your support. Please stay tuned.

The app began blocking users around 10:30PM ET. A message now appears saying the app “isn’t available right now” but that the company expects a resolution under President-elect Trump:

 

Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now

 

A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now.

 

We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!

Several other apps owned by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, have also been taken offline, including the video editor CapCut and the social platform Lemon8.

 

TikTok now displays a warning when opened and won’t allow users to watch videos.

Screenshot: The Verge

 

The ban-or-divest law, which goes into effect on Sunday, effectively bans TikTok unless ByteDance sells much of its stake in the company. But ByteDance has shown little sign of being willing to sell, even as the deadline rapidly approached. Instead, TikTok sued the US over the law, ultimately losing in a Supreme Court case this past week.

 

TikTok’s new strategy appears to be relentlessly pandering to Trump, who — despite initially calling for the TikTok ban — has recently indicated that he wants to find a way to keep it around. Earlier today, he floated a 90-day extension of ByteDance’s deadline to sell.

 

The political game of hot potato, where no one wants to be seen as responsible for banning TikTok, suggests that the app may not be gone for good. But with no definitive plan coming from Biden, Trump, ByteDance, or TikTok, it’s unclear exactly how long the ban could hold.

 

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The fresh update is adding four fresh faces to the competitive title: Holliday, Vyper, Calico, and The Magnificent Sinclair. The title already touts a massive roster of heroes with wildly different powers to use, very much akin to its other MOBA DOTA 2. Moreover, it doesn't look like Valve is planning to slow down its updates in 2025, especially when it comes to adding new heroes.

"Expanding our roster is one of our major goals in 2025," confirms the company in a message on the game's Steam page. "While some of these characters have a much higher degree of temporary art than usual, we are excited to see how they perform on the battlefield. So who are the new faces you’ll be seeing on the streets of New York?"

HOLLIDAY
Armed with an heirloom revolver and a spirit lasso, Holliday's investigations have led her to New York... and when she finds the killer she's looking for she's bringing him in dead, not alive.

 

VYPER
Did you know that when you slide your gun has infinite ammo? Vyper does. That’s why you’ll find her sliding around the battlefield spraying lead and poison.

 

THE MAGNIFICENT SINCLAIR
Mystify your rivals with combat tricks so vexing that they won’t believe their eyes! Summon a spectral assistant, polymorph foes into rabbits, and turn the enemies own abilities against them! Impossible? Not for THE MAGNIFICENT SINCLAIR…

 

CALICO
A feared assassin; Calico uses the shadows to her advantage, weaving in and out of combat to hunt down her enemies one by one. More importantly, you can possess her sphinx Ava and run around as a cat.

Deadlock is in beta and is only available to Steam players. Currently, the only way to get access is via a direct invite by a playtester who is already participating. Valve says the game is still in "early development stages," so it may be a while before a full release happens. Despite not being released, the title touts 20,000-player daily concurrent peaks already.

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The studio says that it wanted to make major changes and offer inquisitive players a "unique sense of discovery" when roaming the Japan-set open world of Assassin's Creed Shadows.

"We didn't want to hold the player's hand too much with icons and markers," says game director Charles. "We wanted to craft an open world where information was key and would become a form of reward. This made sense in the context of playing a shinobi and fighting for information."

The classic Synchronization Points have returned, available at the top of steep structures for players to reveal points of interest available nearby. Naoe and Yasuke will have different approaches for reaching these areas too. The locations will also serve as fast travel points.

As the Assassin companion eagle is not available here, players will have to observe areas using their own eyes from high points, tagging valuables, enemies, and other elements in areas manually.

Another type of fast travel point is the "kakurega." These mini safe houses let players refill their rations and tools, access the stash, manage allies, and accept new jobs, much like in the duo's primary hideout.

As an optional feature, Assassin's Creed Shadows also offers a Pathfinder option that will draw a line from the player to the objective when needed:

"Japan has many steep mountains that can’t be climbed, making the landscape one of the most unique in the series. Sometimes, you will be better off following roads to go from place to place and avoid false shortcuts that would increase your travel time. When lost, the Pathfinder is a very good optional tool to guide you around the world and increase your comfort."

Instead of having the player run around revealing the entire map, gather resources, and locate objectives, they can also utilize Scouts. These allies join the protagonist duo during the campaign, who can be used to gather information and resources from the World Map.

Some non-combat-related activities for the two protagonists, which can be unique to Naoe or Yasuke, are being introduced too. This will include meditation points to reveal backstories, special maneuver learning exercises from NPCs, horse archery events, and even painting sessions to capture wild animals of the region.

Following the most recent delay, Assassin's Creed Shadows is out March 20, 2025, across PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5.

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Reports of Dragon Age: The Veilguard game director, Corinne Busche, exiting the EA studio first surfaced from reliable industry insider Jeff Grubb, who added that other parts of BioWare is currently not affected by any imminent shut-down notices. Other publications like Eurogamer also corroborated Busche's exit later.

Following hordes of social media postings about the departure, Corinne Busche has now made a statement confirming her exit from BioWare. She says the reason for the departure is due to her accepting another offer from a company, which will also involve the role-playing genre.

Here's the complete statement via Eurogamer:

"At the heart of it, this was about my own fulfillment. I did what I set out to do at BioWare. That is to come in and help right the ship. I love Dragon Age, and BioWare, so the chance to return the game to a proper quality single player RPG was the privilege of a lifetime.

 

It was hard fought, as games with such tumultuous dev cycles rarely end up shipping, and even more rarely turn out great. We, as a team, did it. And it was hard. It took a toll on me. BioWare still has a lot of work to do culturally, but I do believe they are on the right footing now.

 

As for me, my departure was voluntary, as I have been presented with an opportunity I couldn't turn down. I don’t want to say much more right now, but you can count on it being in the CRPG space and upholding the traditions of great characters."

Corinne Busche has been with EA for the past 18 years, with her stints involving The Sims franchise at Maxis before joining BioWare in 2019. She took up the Dragon Age: The Veilguard game director role in 2022, its final years of development after it had finally dropped its live service multiplayer elements to become a single-player RPG.

Following Veilguard's launch, the EA RPG studio is currently focused on the next Mass Effect game. A TV show based on the sci-fi series has just been confirmed too.

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Brussels has ordered Elon Musk to fully disclose recent changes made to recommendations on X, stepping up an investigation into the role of the social media platform in European politics.

The expanded probe by the European Commission, announced on Friday, requires X to hand over internal documents regarding its recommendation algorithm. The Commission also issued a “retention order” for all relevant documents relating to how the algorithm could be amended in future.

In addition, the EU regulator requested access to information on how the social media network moderates and amplifies content.

The move follows complaints from politicians in Germany that X’s algorithm is promoting content by the far right ahead of the country’s February 23 elections. Musk has come out in favour of Alternative for Germany (AfD), arguing that it will save Europe’s largest nation from “economic and cultural collapse.” The German domestic intelligence service has designated parts of the AfD as right-wing extremist.

Speaking on Friday, German chancellor Olaf Scholz toughened his language towards the world’s richest man, describing Musk’s support for the AfD as “completely unacceptable.” The party is currently second place in the polls with around 20 percent support, ahead of Scholz’s Social Democrats and behind the opposition Christian Democratic Union.

Earlier in the week, Germany’s defence ministry and foreign ministry said they were suspending their activity on X, with the defence ministry saying it had become increasingly “unhappy” with the platform.

When asked if the expanded probe was a response to a discussion Musk conducted last week with AfD co-leader Alice Weidel, in which she was given free rein to promote her party’s platform and make false claims about Adolf Hitler, a Commission spokesperson said the new request helped “us monitor systems around all these events taking place.”

However, he said it was “completely independent of any political considerations or any specific events.”

“We are committed to ensuring that every platform operating in the EU respects our legislation, which aims to make the online environment fair, safe, and democratic for all European citizens,” said Henna Virkkunen, the Commission’s digital chief.

X did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Commission had been under recent political pressure to be tough on Musk’s X ahead of the Weidel interview.

Last week Damian Boeselager, member of the European parliament, wrote to Virkkunnen to demand a probe into whether the social media platform’s use of algorithms met the EU’s transparency requirements.

“There are allegations that Musk is boosting his own tweets,” Boeselager told the Financial Times last week. “The guy can be crazy but it is unfair if he’s amplifying who must listen to him.”

This story was updated shortly after publication with additional details.

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A senior Nvidia official revealed that the RTX 5080 was going to be around 15% faster than the 4080 and that we should also expect a similar performance bump from the RTX 5090 as well versus the 4090. That was in the case of ray tracing, though, as Nvidia did not directly disclose the rasterization improvement.

Today, the Geekbench numbers for the RTX 5090 have leaked and it is impressive as well as a bit disappointing at the same time.

Keep in mind that we can't directly compare Geekbench results with gaming performance as it is a compute workload. However, it can give us a rough estimate of the performance improvement in terms of how all the extra TFLOPS and the IPC (instructions per clock/cycle) on a GPU can help it.

We start with the mediocre as we have the OpenCL data first where the RTX 4090 scored up to 367,740 points. This was the best score out of three runs and they show a lot of variance. The lowest score was 331,525. The best score is ~15.87% better than an RTX 4090 which does an average of 317,365.

Up next, we have the Vulkan benchmark and in this test, the RTX 5090 performs much better. Here the variance of the three scores was also not as equally spaced apart as it only underperformed in one out of the three runs.

The highest score the RTX 5090 managed to put up is 359,742. In comparison, the RTX 4090 on average does 262,487, which is an improvement of ~37.05%. Thus, it looks like the new Blackwell architecture brings some special improvements and optimizes related to Vulkan GPU compute that was missing in the previous generation.

We should know more about the true ability of the RTX 5000 series GPUs once the third-party benchmarks are out.

Source: Geekbench (1 | 2) via BenchLeaks (X) (1|2|3|4|5)

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Path of Exile 2 Early Access has been a resounding success, peaking at 578k concurrent players and still retaining an impressive 225k over a month since launch. As a Diablo fan, I’ve often wondered how Path of Exile 2’s arrival would impact my favorite ARPG. With Season 7 of Diablo 4 on the horizon, how the competition will work between the two games is becoming increasingly clear, clearer than ever since last night's Diablo 4 developer stream. While Path of Exile 2 is leaning into its more complex and hardcore appeal, Diablo 4 is doubling down on its efforts to cater to a casual audience. Season 7 introduces several changes aimed at helping casual players reach endgame more efficiently—a smart move for Blizzard, and here’s why.

The Diablo 4 audience is more casual than you think

Expectant Monster Hunter Wilds were treated to a special gameplay preview on January 16, 2025, via IGN, increasing hype on one of the most anticipated upcoming Xbox games/upcoming PC games of this year. During this exclusive preview, IGN revealed that a classic monster from Monster Hunter's past titles will be joining Monster Hunter Wilds' list of monsters, and that beast is none other than Gravios.

It's a giant Flying Wyvern-type monster that can be best described as a living, breathing mountain with legs and a body covered in an extremely thick, rocky hide that only the sharpest of weapons will be able to pierce through. Not only that, Gravios hits like a mountain rock slide as it attacks by stomping the ground with earth-shattering force and rolling around to crush its foes using its mammoth weight.

A new Monster Hunter Wilds preview

Over the course of IGN's preview video, you can see the destructive power of Gravios first-hand as it nearly sends the player to an early grave with its explosive attacks. The player however perseveres and manages to bring Gravios down through smart use of environmental traps and laying into the Flying Wyvern with the Sword & Shield and Bow weapon types.

I can't wait to see more classic Nimonsters get the RE Engine treatment

One of the things I'm loving so far with Monster Hunter Wilds is seeing classic monsters that haven't seen in years like the Gypceros, Congalala, and even Yian Kut-Ku make a return and given a new lease on life with a gorgeous next-gen makeover thanks to Capcom's RE Engine. It makes me wonder what other monsters from previous Monster Hunter titles may resurface for this game.

Could we see the likes of Lagiacrus, Odogaron, Dalamadur, or even Yama Tsukami (a monster that is on my personal Monster Hunter Wilds wishlist) make a comeback? We will have to until Monster Hunter Wilds releases on February 28, 2025, for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam to find out.

In the meantime, we will be whetting our appetites with the 2nd Monster Hunter Wilds Open Beta Test, which is currently scheduled to host testing periods throughout the first half of February.

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The Intel Arc B570 Battlemage graphics card is in for review today. Our benchmarks of the B570 GPU include testing on low-end CPUs, like the i5-12400 and R5 5600X, and on an unbound AMD 9800X3D Ryzen CPU. Benchmarking looks at gaming performance and driver overhead of the top video cards in 2025 -- for now -- as we prepare for the NVIDIA RTX 50 series launch. NVIDIA's RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti, and 5070 are around the corner. In theory, AMD's RX 9070 series also loom. Until then, we have Intel's Arc B570 video card to test, bringing in a card in the $220 to $230 price point to freshen up the low-end. Our benchmarking considers gaming performance, efficiency and power consumption, and scaling across multiple CPUs for our standardized test suite.

00:00 - Intel Arc B570 GPU Review

02:21 - Intel B570 Specs vs. B580

03:40 - GPU Price Comparison

04:30 - Low-End CPU GPU Benchmarks

07:44 - 5600X, 12400: FFXIV 1080p

08:59 - 5600X, 12400: FFXIV 1440p

10:05 - 5600X, 12400: FFXIV 4K

10:22 - 5600X, 12400: Cyberpunk 1080p

10:57 - 5600X, 12400: Starfield 1080p

12:11 - 5600X, 12400: Resident Evil 4 1080p

13:32 - 5600X, 12400: Baldur's Gate 3 1440p

15:31 - 5600X, 12400: Baldur's Gate 3 4K

16:13 - 5600X, 12400: Black Myth Wukong 1080p

16:42 - 5600X, 12400: Dragon's Dogma 2 1080p

17:13 - MINI-CONCLUSION of Low-End CPUs on GN Tests

20:12 - FFXIV 4K GPU Benchmarks

21:07 - FFXIV 1440p GPU Comparison

22:02 - FFXIV 1080p B570 vs B580

22:39 - Starfield 1440p B570 vs NVIDIA RTX 4060

23:13 - Starfield 1080p B570 vs AMD RX 7600

23:47 - Resident Evil 4 4K GPU Benchmarks

24:37 - Resident Evil 4 1440p Best Graphics Cards

25:14 - Resident Evil 4 1080p Best Video Cards

26:15 - Baldur's Gate 3 4K Budget GPU Comparison

26:43 - Baldur's Gate 3 1440p Framerate

27:13 - Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty 1440p GPU Tests

28:19 - Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty 1080p Benchmarks

28:43 - Black Myth Wukong 1080p Best GPUs

29:19 - Black Myth Wukong 1440p Benchmarks

29:36 - Dragon's Dogma 2 1440p Benchmarks

30:08 - Dragon's Dogma 2 1080p Comparison

30:25 - Dying Light 2 1440p

30:47 - Dying Light 2 1080p

31:04 - RAY TRACING: Resident Evil 4 4K

31:33 - RAY TRACING: Resident Evil 4 1440p

32:01 - RAY TRACING: Resident Evil 4 1080p

32:22 - RAY TRACING: Dying Light 2 1080p

32:55 - RAY TRACING: Dragon's Dogma 2 1080p

33:14 - RAY TRACING: Dragon's Dogma 2 1440p

33:26 - RAY TRACING: Cyberpunk 1080p

34:13 - RAY TRACING: Black Myth 1080p

34:50 - EFFICIENCY: Idle

35:28 - EFFICIENCY: Baldur's Gate 3 1440p

35:54 - EFFICIENCY: FFXIV Dawntrail

36:17 - EFFICIENCY: Black Myth Wukong

36:28 - EFFICIENCY: Cyberpunk

36:50 - Conclusion

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NVIDIA has new CPUs in the works that should have consumers excited, according to a recent report. If that proves accurate, Intel and Qualcomm would have a new rival in the PC CPU space. The news comes from HaYaO, which shared details on X recently. Tom's Hardware also provided context on the news.

Two ARM-based NVIDIA processors are said to be on the way. The N1X is expected before the end of this year, while the N1 will reportedly come in 2026. HaYaO states that 3 million N1X chips will ship in Q4 2025 and that 13 million N1 processors would follow sometime in the next year.

NVIDIA will reportedly work with MediaTek to make the chips, which would be a lucrative partnership for the latter. It's said MediaTek is set to make $2 billion in revenue from the partnership.

Details on the N1X and N1 chips are scarce, but there's a chance they're following in the footsteps of Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus, with one chip being a more powerful variant.

NVIDIA had one of the biggest announcements out of CES 2025, revealing its new 50-series RTX graphics cards. The new GPUs came with some bold claims, including RTX 5070 performance that could match the RTX 4090's power for a fraction of the price.

Of course, those claims were based heavily on boosted AI abilities via DLSS 4, and NVIDIA left us without many concrete performance numbers. That didn't sit well with a lot of PC enthusiasts who are wary about putting such a large emphasis on super-resolution and frame generation. Even I was convinced I'd be upgrading to an RTX 5070 before the CES fallout, but as I wrote in a separate piece about next-gen Radeon cards, AMD might be the way to go for my personal PC.

NVIDIA's Editor's Day at CES has, however, revealed a lot more details regarding native RTX 5000 performance compared to previous cards. Our friends at Tom's Hardware were on the ground to soak up the info, which has given me a better look at what to expect from NVIDIA's RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070.

NVIDIA shares native RTX 5000 performance comparisons

As everyone suspected, the biggest performance claims made by NVIDIA in its CES 2025 keynote speech rely heavily on DLSS 4's new Multi Frame Generation, which is only available for the new Blackwell cards and their enhanced architecture with improved neural rendering abilities. This left everyone wondering about actual native performance with the cards when DLSS is not enabled.

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However, almost every performance benchmark chart provided by Nvidia showed performance uplifts that included its new DLSS 4 technology that can deliver 4x frame generation via its new Multi-Frame Generation (MFG) feature.

People were obviously not too happy with this as they wanted to know the actual boost without the aid of any upscaling or frame interpolation technology in place.

Several memes and posts were published and shared discussing how Nvidia was using "fake" frames to hype the new RTX 5090, 5080, and especially the 5070, claiming how this GPU was as good as a 4090. For context, the gaming community often jokingly refers AI-generated frames as "fake" frames.

At the Nvidia Editor’s Day event, the company provided more performance details and benchmark charts for its GPUs. Additionally, the AI giant finally offered some clarity on non-DLSS performance.

According to Justin Walker, the GeForce desktop product manager, the RTX 5080 is about 15% faster than the 4080 in ray tracing performance, likewise, the RTX 5090 is also said to offer about a similar amount of performance uplift in ray tracing.

The bigger gains can be seen on RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070, both of which will be 20% faster than their corresponding 40-series counterparts, the 4070 Ti and 4070. Thus, in a nutshell:

• RTX 5090 vs RTX 4090 (Native RT / No DLSS) = +15%

• RTX 5080 vs RTX 4080 (Native RT / No DLSS) = +15%

• RTX 5070 Ti vs RTX 4070 Ti (Native RT / No DLSS) = +20%

• RTX 5070 vs RTX 4070 (Native RT / No DLSS) = +20%

   

Thus, Nvidia's previous claim of the 5070 being equivalent to the 4090 falls completely flat, at least in the case of ray tracing.

According to TechPowerUp's data of Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty, the RTX 4090 is nearly 2.2 times or close to 120% faster than the RTX 4070 in 4K ray tracing, and it shows a similar differential in case of 1080p and 1440p path tracing as well.

This means AMD's RX 9070 series may have an excellent fighting chance against the RTX 5070 series.

Via: Digital Trends

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While at CES 2025, I was able to check out the latest hardware from various OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). Usually, at these shows, you'll see a range of laptops, some powerful desktops, graphics cards, and monitors. But nestled between these more common devices, I also came across more mini PCs than usual — and just about all of them featured AI processors.

Mini PCs have obviously been around for a while now, but this increase got me thinking about the newest technologies and SoC (system on a chip) offerings. Because of these latest advances, companies have finally gotten to a place where they can put a greater deal of power within a small form factor, which results in more balanced yet inexpensive computing alternatives to desktops.

So, which devices were shown at CES? Let's dive in and discuss the mini PCs I'm most excited about and what makes them stand out from the crowd.

Lenovo IdeaCentre Mini X and ThinkCentre Neo 50q — The first Snapdragon X SoC mini PCs

These Windows on ARM AI mini PCs offer up to 45 NUC TOPS.

(Image credit: Windows Central)

 

First off, Lenovo announced the world's first mini PCs that feature Snapdragon X chips in the form of the IdeaCentre Mini X and ThinkCentre Neo 50q. Both devices feature AI-boosting (neural processing units) and can output 45 TOPS, which makes them AI PCs ready to handle Copilot+ capabilities. Additionally, since Snapdragon uses Arm architecture and these mini PCs run Windows 11, these are also both Windows on Arm devices.

 

At this point, neither Lenovo AI mini PC offers a Snapdragon X Elite SoC. But it's possible that such a configuration could launch in the future.

 

The Lenovo IdeaCentre Mini X releases in April 2025 and will have a starting price of $659.99. Meanwhile, the Lenovo IdeaCentre Tower launches this June and should start at a $699.99 MSRP.

Geekom QS1 — The first Snapdragon X Elite mini PC

Lenovo might technically be releasing the world's first mini PCs with Snapdragon X chips, but Geekom has

the first mini PC with a Snapdragon X Elite chip.

(Image credit: Rebecca Spear / Windows Central)

 

Now, we already discussed that Lenovo officially has the world's first mini PC with a Snapdragon X SoC. That said (as noted in our CES 2025 awards,) Geekom has revealed that it will later release the world's first-known Snapdragon X Elite-powered mini PC that runs Windows 11 Pro. This, of course, makes it another Windows on Arm AI mini PC.

 

According to Geekom, this upcoming device reaches up to 45 NUC TOPS, comes with the expected integrated Qualcomm Adreno GPU (graphics processing unit), offers a dual-channel LPDDR5x with up to 64GB, and storage for up to 2 NVME Gen 4 SSDs. As with most Geekom mini PCs, it also features a slew of ports to meet your various connection needs.

 

The price and expected release date for the Geekom QS1 is currently unknown.

HP Z2 Mini G1a — An extremely powerful mini PC

The HP Z2 Mini G1a is small compared to a desktop but beefy compared to many other mini PCs.

(Image credit: Rebecca Spear / Windows Central)

 

There are a slew of ports to meet your various connection needs.

(Image credit: Rebecca Spear / Windows Central)

 

Despite it's larger size for a mini PC, the Z2 Mini G1a can still be mounted to the back of a monitor or under a desk.

(Image credit: Rebecca Spear / Windows Central)

 

While there are many mini PCs that come in small, squat casings, the shape of the HP Z2 Mini G1a is more like a compressed desktop. Despite its somewhat large size (for a mini PC), HP has designed it to be mounted behind your monitor or under your desk.

 

As for the use case, HP's website describes the HP Z2 Mini G1a as a device that can "tackle workflows previously not possible on a mini workstation," such as accelerated render times within 3D creative programs. What this all means is that this should be a rather powerful little computer, if not the most powerful mini PC out there.

 

To help with this heftier workload, it features an AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro Series processor capable of up to 50 NPU TOPS, with an integrated AMD Radeon graphics card, up to 128GB RAM, and up to 8TB SSD. It also has a healthy range of ports to keep up with your various connection needs.

 

The HP Z2 Mini G1a is expected to release sometime in Spring 2025 and likely has a hefty price tag.

MSI Cubi NUC AI+ 2M — A Copilot+ mini PC

The MSI Cubi NUC AI+ 2M has a power button that doubles as a fingerprint reader and a Copilot button.

(Image credit: Rebecca Spear / Windows Central)

 

It offers dual LAN ports and can be mounted behind a monitor.

(Image credit: Rebecca Spear / Windows Central)

 

MSI revealed two new mini PCs at CES 2025: the Cubi NUC AI+ 2M and the Cubi NUC AI 1UM. While both look good, the former is more intriguing for me.

 

With more and more AI mini PCs coming to market, it's not too surprising to see that the new MSI Cubi NUC AI+ 2M features a Copilot button (and a power button/fingerprint reader) right on the front. Due to that Copilot button and the Intel Core Ultra 258V processor within it, this mini PC technically meets the necessary requirements to be labeled as a Copilot+ PC, or rather a Copilot+ mini PC. According to MSI, the Cubi NUC AI+ 2M can reach up to 115 NPU TOPS.

 

What's more, this mini PC features a built-in D-Mic and speaker as well as two Thunderbolt 4 ports, dual 2.5G LAN ports, and support for up to three displays. The release date and pricing are yet unknown.

Acer Revo Box AI — An AI mini PC with a an easy-access fingerprint reader

The Arcer Revo Box AI features a white casing that stands out compared to the usual black or grey casings. (

Image credit: Rebecca Spear / Windows Central)

 

A fingerprint reader is located on the top of the mini PC for easy access.

(Image credit: Rebecca Spear / Windows Central)

 

There are a decent number of ports on the Revo Box AI, but only one USB-C port.

(Image credit: Rebecca Spear / Windows Central)

 

Acer is yet another company that has jumped back into mini PCs with its latest Revo Box AI. This small AI computer stands out with its white casing, where most competitors are silver or black. But one of the things I like most about this design is that the fingerprint reader is on the top of the device and easier to reach than options with a power button/fingerprint reader on the front.

 

It's packed with an Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processor with an NPU that can reach up to 48 TOPS, and an integrated Intel Arc graphics card. Otherwise, it features up to 32GB LPDDR5X, and up to 1TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD. Expansion-wise, it has one M.2 2230 WLAN slot and two M.2 2280 SSD slots. It also offers Wi-Fi 7 and a decent range of ports, although it would be better if it had more than one USB-C connection.

 

This mini PC is expected to launch sometime in Q2 2025 with a starting price of $799.99.

Several AI mini PCs to choose from this year

Mini PCs have been around for a long time but have quietly been gaining in popularity over the last few years. This is partially evident by at least a couple of OEMs revealing their first new mini PCs in years at CES 2025.

 

With both AI and non-AI options releasing over the next few months, these compact computers are decently powerful alternatives to the full desktops and laptops competing for consumer attention. If you want something less expensive that can hide away for a more minimalist look in 2025, then mini PCs might just be the answer for you this year.

 

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While Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora received hotfixes from Ubisoft to resolve some of the most major Windows 11 24H2 compatibility issues, a trio of Assassin's Creed titles—Originals, Odessey, and Valhalla—were still left in the dust with crashing problems, keeping their update blockers from Microsoft. Today, two of those received title updates that claim to fix this.

Owners of Assassin's Creed Valhalla can now update their game to 1.7.0, a 500MB weighing download, to resolve this issue. Meanwhile, Assassin's Creed Origins owners can download the 230MB 1.62 update to receive the same bug fix. The updates are now live on Steam and should also be available on other PC platforms.

However, Assassin's Creed Odyssey seems to be missing from this crucial update wave. Curiously, judging by the recent Odyssey's Steam user reviews, it doesn't look like too many gamers are being hit with compatibility problems on Windows 11 24H2 compared to the other two games in the series. Perhaps Odyssey's update will roll out later.

Microsoft's Windows Health dashboard site still lists Valhalla, Origins, and Odyssey as problematic games as of writing this, saying "these games might become unresponsive while starting, loading, or during active gameplay." This may soon change if Ubisoft's latest updates have made the necessary changes to remove the 24H2 update issues.

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There's intriguing advancements ahead in the future for PC gaming.

In a recent blog post, Microsoft explained how the company is partnering with NVIDIA to support the latter's neural rendering software by bringing so-called cooperative vectors to DirectX. This means that NVIDIA's neural shaders will see better performance on RTX Tensor Cores when developers are using DirectX.

“Microsoft is excited to partner with NVIDIA to catalyze this next generation of graphics programming by bringing industry-wide support for neural shading technology,” adds Bryan Langley, partner group program manager of silicon, media, and graphics at Microsoft. “DirectX will soon support Cooperative Vectors, which will unlock the power of Tensor Cores on NVIDIA GeForce RTX hardware and enable game developers to fully accelerate neural shaders on Windows.”

Now, that post was a bit limited, as Microsoft didn't outline much for now beyond the use of cooperative vectors. Still, there's more to come, with sources indicating to Windows Central that Microsoft is continuing to push neural rendering research in order to benefit game development beyond what's been published so far.

What is neural rendering?

Neural rendering is essentially a family of methods that use artificial intelligence to improve software development, including through something called neural shaders, which allow developers to train their data in a number of ways.

For NVIDIA's current work, this is expanding through neural shaders, which brings neural network support to adjustable shaders. These neural shaders allow developers access to new technologies that can be used in a lot of ways, but by far one of the most intriguing possibilities is better texture compression, which would benefit game developers and players alike.

This means possibly saving on the amount of VRAM or system memory that a game may need in order to run. NVIDIA claims that neurally compressed textures can save up to 7 times as much space compared to normal compression methods.

Larian Studios' critically acclaimed D&D RPG Baldur's Gate 3 has had a vibrant and active modding scene since its launch day in August 2023, bit it really started taking off late last year. That's because Patch 7 — the most recent major update for the game that released in September — saw the addition of an official in-game mod manager on PC, with a console version of the feature then coming to Xbox and PS5 a few months later in November. Simple to use and complete with nifty options to search for specific add-ons, easily enable or disable individual mods, and sync mods with friends in multiplayer, the mod manager makes installing mods far, far easier than it was before.

The manager was so explosively popular that Larian reported it had been used to download over 1 million mods in the first 24 hours it was available, and since then, it's continued to be put to good use by the Baldur's Gate 3 community. In fact, on Tuesday morning, the developer announced that the RPG has hit a colossal new modding milestone: 100 million mod downloads. The news came in a post on social media that you can view below.

Hilariously, both the post's "you are modding naturals" caption and its attached image reference one of the silliest and most frequently memed on mods for Baldur's Gate 3: Withers Big Naturals. The mod does exactly what it sounds like it'd do by giving the undead camp companion quite a large bust — something the aforementioned picture cheekily touches on by placing the zeros in "100" directly over each half of his chest.

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0:00 CES 2025 Finale Video! Gordon/Kyle Reminders

1:45 The Road to CES 2025 - Driving from CA

3:02 Arriving and Setting Up

4:12 Day 2 Supplies Run and First Meetings

5:33 Dinner with Joe, Greg, George, Josh and Justin

6:22 Stopping by NVIDIA to see RTX 5090 Founders Edition

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9:56 Our Last Meal (Making Greg Eat Food He Doesn’t Like)

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Google’s search market share drops below 90% for first time since 2015

In a surprising development, Google's global search market share was less than 90% for the final three months of 2024.

Google’s share of the global search engine market fell below 90% for the first time since 2015, according to Statcounter. Google’s global search market share was under 90% during each of the final three months of 2024.

 

The data. Here’s a screenshot of the 2024 search market share, showing Google dipping below 90% – to 89.34% in October; 89.99% in November; and 89.73% in December:

And here’s the last three-month stretch where Google’s search market share was under 90%, in 2015: 89.62% in January; 89.47% in February; 89.52% in March:

Why we care. As the old saying goes, one’s a dot, two’s a line, and three’s a trend. Cleary, we’re seeing a trend here with Google losing search market share.

 

Where’s the drop? Google’s search market share appeared to be fairly consistent in most regions except Asia, which appears to have been a big reason for Google’s overall drop.

 

U.S. drop? Google’s U.S. search market share peaked at 90.37% in November, but fell to 87.39% in December. In the other months of 2024, Google’s U.S. search market share was fairly consistent, varying between 86-88%.

 

The big picture. Google has been under attack for nearly two years over the growing unhelpfulness of its search results despite dominating thanks to its illegal monopoly status with a commanding and consistent 90-92+% share for nearly a decade.

 

• Are we now finally starting to see the beginning people moving away to other search engines? This will be an area of interest to watch in the coming months.

 

Where did searchers go? Did they go to AI answer engines, like ChatGPT Search and Perplexity? Well, not the way Statcounter measures things. Statcounter mainly tracks Microsoft Bing, Yandex, Yahoo and Baidu, but also has another grouping called “other,” which includes the likes of DuckDuckGo and Ecosia.

 

Bing, Yandex, and Yahoo each gained some of Google’s lost share. Second-place Microsoft Bing hovered at or just under 4% for the final five months of 2024.

 

Bug or blip? You may recall much rejoicing in search marketing and SEO adjacent space when it appeared Google lost a significant amount of search market share in April. However, Google’s huge search market share loss wasn’t real and Statcounter revised its data.

In this case, the drop seems believable because Google was consistently under 90% in October, November, and December.

 

The data. Statcounter’s Search Engine Market Share Worldwide.

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It's not uncommon for an abundance of leaks and rumors to drop while leading into a major event like CES 2025, and that's exactly what happened regarding AMD's RDNA 4 graphics cards.

Everything from naming schemes to potential designs were popping up, and many rumors ultimately became fact when I received AMD's CES press package regarding its new Radeon GPUs for 2025. All major publications received the same Radeon info ahead of AMD's presentation, and we were all left scratching our heads when there was no on-stage mention of RDNA 4.

What happened on AMD's side, and why am I rethinking my decision to upgrade to NVIDIA's upcoming RTX 5070?

Why did AMD pull its RDNA 4 GPU presentation at the last second?

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On Monday, the US government announced a new round of regulations on global AI chip exports, dividing the world into roughly three tiers of access. The rules create quotas for about 120 countries and allow unrestricted access for 18 close US allies while maintaining existing bans on China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

AI-accelerating GPU chips, like those manufactured by Nvidia, currently serve as the backbone for a wide variety of AI model deployments, such as chatbots like ChatGPT, AI video generators, self-driving cars, weapons targeting systems, and much more. The Biden administration fears that those chips could be used to undermine US national security.

According to the White House, "In the wrong hands, powerful AI systems have the potential to exacerbate significant national security risks, including by enabling the development of weapons of mass destruction, supporting powerful offensive cyber operations, and aiding human rights abuses."

The new rules build on previous chip controls from September 2022 and October 2023. The regulations will take effect in 120 days, extending into the incoming Trump administration.

A game of numbers

The new regulations set specific numerical limits on AI chip exports. While first-tier countries (the 18 key US allies) face no restrictions, countries in the second tier can receive up to 50,000 so-called "advanced computing chips," with the possibility to double that cap to 100,000 if they sign technology security agreements with the US.

For most buyers, orders of up to 1,700 advanced chips will not require licenses or count against these national caps—a policy designed to speed up purchases by universities, medical institutions, and research organizations.

The Commerce Department also announced two new verification systems for trusted buyers. Companies based in allied nations can apply for "Universal Verified End User" (UVEU) status, allowing them to deploy up to 7 percent of their global AI computing capacity in individual countries. Companies outside restricted nations can seek "National Verified End User" status to purchase computing power equivalent to 320,000 advanced GPUs over two years.

According to Reuters, cloud service providers received special consideration under the rules. Companies like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon can apply for global authorizations to build data centers, bypassing country quotas after meeting security and human rights requirements. However, US-headquartered providers must maintain at least 50 percent of their AI computing power inside the US, with no more than 25 percent outside tier-one countries.

The rules also introduce controls on AI model weights—the neural network files that determine how AI models work. The regulations restrict transfers of these weights for "closed-weight" models to non-trusted actors while allowing unrestricted sharing of open-weight model information.

Nvidia responds

Nvidia wasted no time reacting to the news on Monday, calling the regulations "sweeping overreach" that restricts technology found in common gaming PCs. Others in the tech industry are not pleased with the regulations, either. Last week, Oracle warned that chip export restrictions could push the global AI and GPU market toward Chinese competitors.

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo disagrees with that position, according to Reuters, and connected the new chip export rules to maintaining US technological leadership. "The US leads AI now—both AI development and AI chip design, and it's critical that we keep it that way," she said.

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