Fortnite Is The First Game To Make An Epic Switch To Unreal Engine 5

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [Fortnite Is The First Game To Make An Epic Switch To Unreal Engine 5]( By Paul Lilly on Dec 08, 2021 02:00 pm [Fortnite Is The First Game To Make An Epic Switch To Unreal Engine 5]( We have been patiently waiting for Unreal Engine 5 to manifest in an actual game ever since we saw a tech demo last year that left us slack-jawed and drooling. Well, the wait is technically over—surprisingly or not-so-surprisingly, depending on your vantage point, Fortnite is the first game to employ Unreal Engine 5 with the recent Chapter [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Apple M1-Powered MacBook Pro Owners Report Frustrating SD Card Reader Issues]( By Jeff Butts on Dec 08, 2021 01:32 pm [Apple M1-Powered MacBook Pro Owners Report Frustrating SD Card Reader Issues]( Many people were delighted when Apple returned the SD card reader to its latest MacBook Pro models. Unfortunately, there have been a number of complaints about the reader slot on the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro models not working as expected. In some cases, the SD cards crash and can't be accessed, while others are noticing unusually slow [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Looks Like NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3080 And 3070 Ti Are Getting Memory Upgrades Too]( By Paul Lilly on Dec 08, 2021 01:13 pm [Looks Like NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3080 And 3070 Ti Are Getting Memory Upgrades Too]( Hot on the heels of NVIDIA launching a refreshed GeForce RTX 2060 with 12GB of GDDR6 memory, which is twice as much as the original version, two other existing models appear bound for more onboard memory too. They include the GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, both of which are modern generation cards based on Ampere. NVIDIA's presumed [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Oppo Video Shows A Retractable Camera Like You've Never Seen On A Smartphone]( By Tim Sweezy on Dec 08, 2021 12:51 pm [Oppo Video Shows A Retractable Camera Like You've Never Seen On A Smartphone]( OPPO shared a video of a smartphone showcasing a retractable camera ahead of its INNO Day 2021 event that is scheduled to begin on December 14. The retractable camera is housed on the back of the phone's body and appears to be water resistant. Qualcomm recently shared its upcoming premium Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile platform from its Snapdragon [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Stunning Moto Edge X30 Breaks Cover With Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 And Under Display Selfie Cam]( By Paul Lilly on Dec 08, 2021 11:59 am [Stunning Moto Edge X30 Breaks Cover With Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 And Under Display Selfie Cam]( Motorola is having trouble containing its excitement at being the first to introduce a smartphone built around Qualcomm's recently introduced Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor. In anticipation of the launch, the company is teasing images and specs of the upcoming flagship phone, including the special edition variant you see above. This is the [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Why A New FTC Complaint Alleges Amazon Is Deceiving You]( By Paul Lilly on Dec 08, 2021 11:24 am [Why A New FTC Complaint Alleges Amazon Is Deceiving You]( A complaint filed with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accuses Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, of "unlawfully deceiving millions of consumers" by not appropriately highlighting paid advertisements in a fast enough manner when searching for a product. And it does this on more than a quarter of its search results, the complaint [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NASA And China Want To Put Nuclear Reactors On The Moon, What Could Go Wrong?]( By Tim Sweezy on Dec 08, 2021 11:05 am [NASA And China Want To Put Nuclear Reactors On The Moon, What Could Go Wrong?]( NASA is looking into using nuclear fission to power a lunar base and future spacecraft to travel to Mars and beyond. If you happen to be good at nuclear fission, you also have an opportunity to score a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy for $5 billion dollars. It is no secret that NASA is working hard to put humans back on the [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Sorry Gamers, NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 2060 12GB Is Evidently A Great Crypto Mining Card]( By Paul Lilly on Dec 08, 2021 09:55 am [Sorry Gamers, NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 2060 12GB Is Evidently A Great Crypto Mining Card ]( The refreshed GeForce RTX 2060 with 12GB of GDDR6 memory (up from 6GB on the original model) officially releases to retail today, though as of this writing, it's nowhere to be found for purchase. It might not matter anyway—a supposed glimpse at the card's cryptocurrency mining performance is a kick in the pants to gamers who may be hoping [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Ubisoft Is First With Digit NFTs In Ghost Recon For Style Points And Fun]( By Jeff Butts on Dec 07, 2021 05:32 pm [Ubisoft Is First With Digit NFTs In Ghost Recon For Style Points And Fun]( Steam might have banned the use of anything crypto-related in games, but that just means Ubisoft can be first to the punch. The video game publishing giant just announced a new feature in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint that allows gamers to collect Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and use them in-game. Called Digits, these are the first [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD 4800S Desktop Kit Might Be A Repurposed Xbox Series X Chip, What You Need To Know]( By Zak Killian on Dec 07, 2021 04:48 pm [AMD 4800S Desktop Kit Might Be A Repurposed Xbox Series X Chip, What You Need To Know]( Hardware enthusiasts may recall some fuss earlier this year about the AMD 4700S Desktop Kit. That was a pre-packaged motherboard-and-CPU combo bearing an eight-core CPU of Zen 2 lineage. Given the presence of GDDR6 memory on the mainboard, folks reckoned that the processor was probably similar to the chip apportioned for a PlayStation or Xbox [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Data Stealing Cryptbot Malware Sneaks Onto Machines As Fake Windows Activator Tool]( By Jeff Butts on Dec 07, 2021 03:43 pm [Data Stealing Cryptbot Malware Sneaks Onto Machines As Fake Windows Activator Tool]( Installing pirated software is always risky business. The hacking tools used to bypass legitimate software activation quite frequently include viruses and malware. The latest in a long line of malware piggybacking is a popular activation tool that targets your cryptocurrency wallets. 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