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Why it matters: As the world continues to grapple with the semiconductor shortage, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to put a severe strain on one more important chip component. How long the war lasts will determine the severity of the disruption. Around half of the world’s supply of neon—needed for the lasers used in chip…

What just happened? Ubisoft in a recent security advisory said it experienced a “cyber security incident” last week that caused a temporary disruption of service across some of its platforms. Nothing concrete has come of the incident thus far, and hopefully it’ll stay that way. The French video game company said its IT teams are…

Jonathan Ferguson, a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries, breaks down more of the weaponry of Payday 2, including the baby Deagle, the iconic Colt M733, and a selection of MP5s.By Dave Jewitt and Adam Mason on April 2, 2022 at 7:00AM PDT In the latest video in the…

Team Go Rocket will soon be living the island life in a new limited-time event: the Pokemon Go All-Hands Rocket Retreat.The even kicks off April 3 at 12 AM local time and will run until April 7 at 11:59 PM local time, and it will see the fiendish Team Go Rocket try to steal some…

The next step in Gen FF, the Garena Free Fire collaboration with K-Pop sensation BTS, has arrived, with both new items and features in-game and a brand-new music video from the band made entirely inside Free Fire.The music video–featuring the band’s 2018 hit Idol–features all of the character skins designed by the group during the…

Why it matters: Despite a US law preventing internet service providers from charging customers who own modems and routers with equipment rental fees, an FCC filing from Consumer Reports suggests that many ISPs continue to break the rules. The nonprofit recently surveyed over 350 members, many of whom allege that they’ve been forced to pay…

In a nutshell: BroadbandChoices in its latest Internet Accessibility Index report found Denmark to have the best overall Internet service based on metrics like download and upload speed, cost and mobile Internet coverage. The US ranked second, docked for comparatively slower speeds and higher pricing. According to the report, the average download speed in Denmark…

RAMMon allows users to identify a multitude of attributes, of which, includes the manufacturer, the clock speed and other data of their DDR2, DDR3, DDR4, DDR5, XMP and EPP memory devices and even some older memory types. It uses SysInfo DLL SDK to gather the SPD attributes from RAM devices. This information provides a snapshot…

Fortnite is leaning into story with Chapter 3, Season 2. Unfortunately, it’s story we’ve already seen before.By Mark Delaney on April 1, 2022 at 3:41PM PDT Friday ‘Nite is a weekly Fortnite column in which GameSpot editor Mark Delaney takes a closer look at current events in the wide world of Fortnite, with a special…

With a lull in Destiny 2 content for a bit, let’s guess at what’s coming next for the story.By Phil Hornshaw on April 1, 2022 at 3:49PM PDT Just about every week brings something new to Destiny 2, whether it’s story beats, new activities, or interesting new combinations of elements that let players devastate each…