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Reçu — 7 octobre 2025 ⏭ Microsoft

Here are all of the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Dark Ops challenges and the rewards you can get

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
7 octobre 2025 à 15:04
Dark Ops challenges aren't listed in Black Ops 7's Calling Cards menu, as, like previous games, they're secretive. But here's a list of every known Dark Ops so far and how to get it.

Screenshots from the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 reveal trailer.

Forget huge desktops or laptops, this mini PC is the one you should be buying for AI or gaming — and its price is too good to ignore

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
7 octobre 2025 à 15:00
The GMKtec Evo-X2 has come down in price quite significantly from its launch mark, and with 64GB of RAM and a desktop-class GPU inside, this is a true workstation PC, even if it doesn't look like it.

GMKtec EVO-X2 mini PC

Reçu — 6 octobre 2025 ⏭ Microsoft

Does the reduced SBMM playlist in the Black Ops 7 beta really have better server latency? — It's not quite that simple

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
5 octobre 2025 à 18:55
A curious detail has emerged in the Black Ops 7 open beta, with players seeing lower latency (ping) when connected to the Open Moshpit. So what's going on?

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 multiplayer reveal screenshots show combat, weapons, score streaks, and maps.

The Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta has a bunch of exclusive rewards to earn — you can get them all right now!

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
4 octobre 2025 à 15:00
If you're playing the Black Ops 7 beta, you have the chance to acquire some exclusive rewards that will be gone when it ends. Here's what you can get your hands on.

David Mason in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.

You NEED a Raygun in the Black Ops 7 Zombies beta — here's how to get one, potentially for free!

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
4 octobre 2025 à 11:20
If you want to reach round 50 in the Black Ops 7 Zombies beta, then you're going to ideally need a Raygun. There are two ways to get one, both of which involve an amount of luck.

Using a Pack-a-Punched Raygun in the Black Ops 7 Zombies beta.

Reçu — 3 octobre 2025 ⏭ Microsoft

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has a special multiplayer Dark Ops Calling Card in the beta — here's how to get it

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
3 octobre 2025 à 19:01
The Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta has a few surprises up its sleeve, not least a Dark Ops Calling Card reward which has been found. If you have the time, it's not too difficult to get.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 multiplayer reveal screenshots show combat, weapons, score streaks, and maps.

Reçu — 2 octobre 2025 ⏭ Microsoft

Microsoft is jacking up the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions, but we STILL don't have a family plan

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
2 octobre 2025 à 10:19
Microsoft is jacking up the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and not really delivering anything new of value. Meanwhile, the previously tested family plan still doesn't exist.

Xbox Game Pass display at Gamescom

Borderlands 4 on Xbox Ally X — my unscientific testing shockingly shows it MIGHT be possible to play on the latest handheld gaming PC

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
2 octobre 2025 à 07:15
I don't have an Xbox Ally X yet, and even if I did, I couldn't talk about it. But I am curious if Borderlands 4 might play on it, so I tried — unscientifically — to figure it out.

ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X (black) and ROG Xbox Ally (white) in a glass display case at Gamescom in August, 2025.

Sony's latest PS5 revision in Europe doesn't follow Microsoft's Xbox price hike — but it's further proof consoles are worse value than ever

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
30 septembre 2025 à 08:18
Sony has changed its value proposition for the PS5 in some markets, following on from Microsoft's Xbox price increase. It still costs the same, but you get less for your money.

Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5

Reçu — 16 septembre 2025 ⏭ Microsoft

So much for reaching net-zero — Google's proposed AI datacenter emissions are mind-boggling

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
15 septembre 2025 à 14:15
Plans for an upcoming Google datacenter in the UK show a bleak look at the impact AI is having on the environment, with the same CO2 emissions as hundreds of flights to Europe every day.

Aerial view of a data center owned by the US multinational and technology company Google in Santiago on October 9, 2024.

America's AI power trio is heading to the UK — President Trump, Sam Altman, and Jensen Huang to announce a "British Stargate"

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
14 septembre 2025 à 08:02
As the UK readies for a second state visit from President Trump, Sam Altman and Jensen Huang of OpenAI and NVIDIA are also making the trip, with major AI projects on the agenda.

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 30: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) listens as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks in the Cross Hall of the White House during an event on "Investing in America" on April 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump was joined by CEOs to highlight companies and their investments in the United States during the event. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Oxford University boffins created an AI tool to help discover "the needles in a cosmic haystack" — reducing its astronomer's workloads dramatically

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
13 septembre 2025 à 06:05
Oxford University astronomers have detailed an AI tool they've been using to help spot supernovae out in the depths of space and reduce the workload on humans by 85%.

View over Domes and Spires of Oxford, UK

British politicians are apparently using ChatGPT to write their speeches — one MP claims it has become "absurd"

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
12 septembre 2025 à 13:11
An investigation into speeches given in Parliament by British MPs, an alarming trend of AI-generated content, highlights a troubling idea.

The Houses of Parliament with the Union Jack Flag, London, UK.

Chinese scientists unveil spikingbrain1.0 — a brain‑like AI model up to 100x faster than ChatGPT

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
12 septembre 2025 à 07:42
SpikingBrain1.0 is a large language model built by Chinese scientists that doesn't rely on NVIDIA hardware and could change the space dramatically.

A Chinese flag flies high over The Bund.

Reçu — 20 août 2025 ⏭ Microsoft

You NEED to ditch Ollama and use LM Studio for local AI if you have a laptop or mini PC — here's why

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
19 août 2025 à 07:12
I've been playing with Ollama a lot recently, but it lacks in one key area that has sent me back over to trying LM Studio, with great success, and no need for dedicated GPU.

Geekom A8 design showcase

Intel's Core Ultra laptops get a crucial new feature for AI users — and catch up to AMD in the process

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
18 août 2025 à 08:55
If you want to leverage even an integrated GPU for AI you need memory, and Intel is following AMD's lead on Core Ultra and allowing you to choose how much you're using.

ASUS Zenbook S 14 with Intel Core Ultra (Series 2)

Reçu — 13 août 2025 ⏭ Microsoft

You Think You Need a Monster PC to Run Local AI, Don’t You? — My Seven-Year-Old Mid-range Laptop Says Otherwise

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
13 août 2025 à 07:09
While most of my local AI work takes place on a fairly well-equipped desktop PC, I was curious to see what mileage I could get from an old laptop I have lying around, and it surprised me.

A Huawei MateBook D running Ollama on Fedora 42

This Common Mistake in Ollama Could Be Killing Your AI Performance in Windows 11 — Here’s How to Fix It

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
12 août 2025 à 10:15
Ollama is one of the easiest ways to integrate localized AI LLMs into your daily workflow, but you might be leaving performance on the table by making one crucial mistake, like I was.

Ollama stats in Windows Terminal showing eval rate and the split of CPU and GPU being used.

Google Finally Throws In the Towel on Its Comically Bad Attempt to Get Gamers to Buy Chromebooks

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)
11 août 2025 à 06:24
Chromebooks were never built to be serious gaming machines, but Google did at least make inroads with Steam. Now, that'll be joining Stadia in the Google Graveyard.

Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming Chromebook running Steam

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