Google is on a mission to crumble the third-party cookie infrastructure that the web is largely based on, as it relates to lucrative targeted advertising efforts, and rebuild things with an initiative called FLoC, or Federated Learning of Cohorts. Not without controversy, Google’s FLoC ad-tracking has drawn an antitrust probe. In addition,

If you’ve been looking forward to enjoying Microsoft’s Project xCloud game streaming beta on platforms other than Android, then we’ve got some good news in store for you. Microsoft says that starting tomorrow, it will send out a limited number of invites to existing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to test out xCloud on iOS devices (iPhones,

As we said last week, Amazon is the gift that keeps on giving when it comes to unreleased 11th generation Tiger Lake-H-based laptops, especially those coming from ASUS. On Friday, we saw the TUF Gaming F17, and today brings our first look at the TUF Gaming Dash F15.
While previous leaks have shown off high-performance members of the Tiger

Last month, several issues with printers appeared when Microsoft released its regularly scheduled Windows 10 update. Another Patch Tuesday has come and gone, but not without additional concerns from from users. Some Windows 10 corporate users are reporting DNS and shared folder issues, with the current fix being to simply roll back the update.
After

In late March, Sony announced its intention to shutter the online stores for several of its legacy gaming consoles; the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita. The consoles first launched in 2004, 2006, and 2011 respectively.
At the time, Sony said that the PlayStation Store for the PS3 and PSP would close on July 2nd,

We have bad news for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings franchise. Remember the Lord of the Rings MMORPG that Amazon Game Studios announced it was co-developing two years ago? Sadly, the project has been cancelled, with Lord of the Rings becoming the latest casualty from Amazon’s troubled game studio.

Amazon revealed in October

Earlier today, we reported on DNS issues with the latest Patch Tuesday update (KB5001330 and 1337), and the Windows 10 pain train does not seem to be slowing down. Users are now reporting a variety of gaming-related issues such as unstable frame rates and game stutters. 
Earlier this week, Reddit user /u/m4dden posted to the Windows 10 subreddit

In this special episode of HotHardware’s Two And A Half Geeks, we’re going to kick off the day with our friend Frank Azor, AMD’s Chief Architect of Gaming Solutions. We’ll be talking live about some exciting new stuff that’s in the works, so be sure to tune in at 9:30AM EST.

If you’d like to participate in the chat and get any questions

In this episode of HotHardware’s Two And A Half Geeks, the guys kick around the sights and sounds of NVIDIA GTC 2021 including what NVIDIA’s Grace CPU really means for data centers, we’ll also be looking at an uber powerful new Radeon RX 6900 XT from PowerColor, Lenovo’s sweet and petite ThinkPad X1 Nano, and lots of leaks and rumors from

Samsung was among the first to bring a foldable smartphone to the consumer market with its original Galaxy Fold and then followed up with devices like the Galaxy Z Flip 5G and Galaxy Z Fold 2. The latter is currently Samsung’s largest device with a flexible display, measuring 7.6 inches across when unfolded.
However, according to a new report,