🔥 Sony's live service game plan is off to a great start - TweakTown Daily

Our content for yesterday, February 12 2024 logo daily mail % TweakTown HOTTEST CONTENT: SONY'S LIVE SERVICE GAME PLAN IS OFF TO A GREAT START Sony's new PlayStation 5 live service game plan is going smoothly as Helldivers 2 pops off, amassing 360,000 concurrent players within days of launch. TT SHOW EPISODE 21 - SONY'S NEW PSP, XBOX GOING THIRD PARTY, SSDS IN SPACE, AND LIFE ON MARS! A brand new gaming handheld from AMD and Sony? Sounds too good to be true, but rumors are pointing to a new PlayStation Portable in development. Sponsored Ad LENOVO COOKING UP A NEW THINKPAD LAPTOP WITH TRANSPARENT DISPLAY A laptop with a transparent display is not something you see every day with Lenovo set to showcase this world first at Mobile World Congress 2024. NINTENDO SWITCH HAS MADE OVER $77 BILLION LIFETIME REVENUE Nintendo's handheld-console Switch family of products established a multi-SKU platform that generated over $77 billion worth of game and hardware sales. NINTENDO SHOULD AVOID THIS COSTLY MISTAKE WITH THE SWITCH 2 The Switch has amassed 1.2 billion game sales in its lifespan and Nintendo should carry these entitlements forward to ensure smooth transition to Switch 2. MSI CUBI N ADL WITH INTEL N100: FANLESS MINI-PC WITH INTEL ALDER LAKE-N CPU MSI unveils its new Cubi N ADL Mini-PC: features an Intel N100 'Alder Lake-N' processor, fanless design with the CPU boosting up to 3.4GHz. MICROSOFT'S NEXT-GEN XBOX IS BEING LED BY THE SURFACE TEAM, COULD BE POWERED BY INTEL APU Microsoft has its Surface team in control of the next-gen Xbox, as the Xbox team has reportedly been replaced by the Surface team going forward. DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE TRAILER DROPS, YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT RIGHT HERE Deadpool 3 is officially called Deadpool & Wolverine, trailer has Wade Wilson being the 'Marvel Jesus' of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 25,300 X CABLEMOD '12VHPWR' ANGLED ADAPTERS RECALLED, THEY CAUSE $74,000+ IN PROPERTY DAMAGE CableMod official recall of 25,300 units of angled adapters, after causing over $74,000 in property damage across 272 reports of incidences. HUAWEI VISION RUMOR: APPLE VISION PRO COMPETITOR, HALF THE PRICE, SAME SONY 4K MICRO-OLED TECH Huawei reportedly working on Vision headset, an Apple Vision Pro competitor that should be lighter, half the price, same Sony 4K micro-OLED displays. HBM PRICES HAVE SKYROCKETED BY 500% THANKS TO AI GPU DEMAND, WITH NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN The HBM memory industry is celebrating the insatiable demand of AI, with a gigantic 500% surge in HBM pricing... with no signs of slowdown whatsoever. NVIDIA'S NEW BUSINESS UNIT: CUSTOM-CHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR AI CHIPS, NEXT-GEN CONSOLES, CARS, MORE NVIDIA wants to be everywhere, with its new business unit to secure 'custom chip' customers for AI, telecom, game consoles, next-gen cars, and more. SYCOM'S NEW GEFORCE RTX 4080 SUPER FEATURES HYBRID AIO COOLING, DUAL NOCTUA FANS Japanese manufacturer Sycom reveals its new GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, featuring a custom AIO hybrid cooler, with dual Noctua fans included. NVIDIA'S NEW RTX 2000 ADA: ENTRY-LEVEL WORKSTATION GPU, WITH SMALL FORM FACTOR DESIGN NVIDIA's new RTX 2000 Ada workstation GPU has been announced: AD104 GPU with 16GB of GDDR6 ECC memory, no external power connectors, and 70W TDP. THE IPHONE'S IOS 17.4 UPDATE COULD YANK WEB APP SUPPORT IN THE EU Apple's upcoming iOS 17.4 iPhone software update could break progressive web apps on devices used in the European Union developer warns. HELLDIVERS 2 BLOWS AWAY GOD OF WAR WITH NEW RECORD PLAYER COUNT FOR PLAYSTATION LAUNCH ON STEAM God of what-now? When it comes to PlayStation PC releases, Helldivers 2 has more than doubled God of War's record concurrent player count on Steam. APPLE NEWS GAINS NEW YORK TIMES' WIRECUTTER ABSOLUTELY FREE FOR EVERYONE The Wirecutter, part of the New York Times, has been added to the Apple News app and is completely free to all as a result of the addition. NEW VISIONOS 1.0.3 UPDATE FIXES A HUGE APPLE VISION PRO SECURITY PASSCODE PROBLEM The visionOS 1.0.3 software update now allows Apple Vision Pro owners to reset their headsets at home should they forget their device's passcode. THE IPHONE 16 PRO MAX COULD BE A BATTERY LIFE CHAMP, REPORT CLAIMS The future iPhone 16 Pro Max could boast an improved battery life the likes of which no iPhone has ever been able to muster to date. THE APPLE VISION PRO MIGHT NEED FOUR WHOLE GENERATIONS TO REACH ITS POTENTIAL, APPLE BELIEVES The Apple Vision Pro is now on sale but a new report suggests Apple expects it to change quite a lot over the next few generations. APPLE WATCH 'GHOST TOUCHES' ARE PLAGUING SERIES 9 AND ULTRA 2 OWNERS Some Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 models are affected by a 'ghost touch' issue and Apple is already working on a fix. THE IPHONE'S IOS 18 UPDATE COULD TAKE SOME DESIGN CUES FROM THE APPLE VISION PRO'S VISIONOS The Apple Vision Pro is the new thing in town and a new report claims that its visionOS software could inform Apple's plans for the IOS 18 iPhone software. DIYER MAKES A REAL-WORLD POKEDEX POWERED BY CHATGPT AI, AND IT'S EVERY BIT AS COOL AS IT SOUNDS Ever wanted your own Pokedex? One that actually works, not like the rubbish toy version from the 90s? Well, it can be done with the help of ChatGPT... UNOFFICIALLY RUNNING WINDOWS 11 ON AN AGED PC? THE OS SOON WON'T BOOT - AT ALL - WITH OLD CPUS Windows 11 24H2 is coming with a new 'POPCNT' instruction that'll certainly pop the bubble of anyone running Microsoft's OS on a potato PC from yesteryear. AMD ZEN 5 CPUS RUMORED TO OFFER 'TOTALLY LUDICROUS' PERFORMANCE BOOST TO THE TUNE OF 30% Okay, so we've heard these 30% generational uplift rumors before, but a YouTube leaker reckons more sources are now insisting Zen 5 is going for big gains. SCIENTISTS 'BLOWN AWAY' WHEN THEY SAW INSIDE THE WORLD'S FIRST ANCIENT CHICKEN EGG Researchers discovered an intact ancient egg that is being described as a 'world's first,' and scientists were 'blown away' when they looked inside. AOC AGON AG275FS GAMING MONITOR REVIEW - 1080P 360HZ CRAZINESS AGON has released a buttery smooth gaming monitor in the AGON AG275FS with a stunningly fast 360Hz refresh rate at 1920 x 1080p resolution. NASA HONORS ITS DEAD MARS HELICOPTER WITH A SPECIAL NAME FROM TOLKIEN'S LEGENDARIUM NASA has honored its dead Mars helicopter by naming its final resting place after the fictional location in J.R.R Tolkien's epic legendarium. MAN FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST ROBOT CREATOR THAT LED TO THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE A man has filed a lawsuit against the creators behind a robot that was used for colon surgery on a woman that ultimately ended in her death. SCIENTISTS DISCOVER EXTRATERRESTRIAL METAL INSIDE ANCIENT HUMAN ARTIFACT A team of researchers discovered artifacts from a hoard of treasures that appear to have been made out of material not of this world. NASA LAUNCHES NEW MISSION TO OBSERVE THE 'INVISIBLE UNIVERSE' ON EARTH NASA has launched a new mission using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to study the 'invisible universe' within Earth's atmosphere, water, and air. NINTENDO SWITCH 2 RUMORED TO LAUNCH WITH THE FEATURE EVERY GAMER WANTS New rumors suggest Nintendo's next-generation console will launch with one of, if not the most sought-after feature a gamer wants in a new console. APPLE TO ROLL OUT NEW FEATURE FOR CHECKING OUT WHEN APPLE PAY ISN'T AN OPTION Apple has rolled out a new iOS update that seemingly includes a big change for Apple Cash users who want to use Apple Pay online when it isn't available. MICROSOFT QUIETLY ROLLS OUT HIDDEN FEATURE FOR WINDOWS 11 INSIDER BUILDS Microsoft has rolled out a new feature within the Windows 11 insider build of 24H2 that may enable resolution upscaling across all applications. SUBSCRIPTION REMINDER You're subscribed using the address: [email protected]