Ethereum 2.0 Merger Delayed Yet Again Right As GPU Prices Start To Fall

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [Ethereum 2.0 Merger Delayed Yet Again Right As GPU Prices Start To Fall]( By Paul Lilly on Apr 14, 2022 02:29 pm [Ethereum 2.0 Merger Delayed Yet Again Right As GPU Prices Start To Fall]( Say it with us—"Le sigh!" That's about the only reaction we can muster to news that Ethereum's much-anticipated shift to a proof-of-work model, and with it a long-overdue ease on GPU mining, is delayed...again. Prior to this latest delay, the full transition to Ethereum 2.0 was supposed to take place this June. Not anymore. What exactly [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [CD Projekt Red Indefinitely Delays Next-Gen Witcher 3 Release For PS5 And Xbox Series X]( By Lane Babuder on Apr 14, 2022 01:34 pm [CD Projekt Red Indefinitely Delays Next-Gen Witcher 3 Release For PS5 And Xbox Series X]( As you see Geralt wandering through the lands, you can "toss a coin to your Witcher!" So the song goes, but Xbox Series X and Playstation 5 owners need not apply. Apparently, the popular RPG is not coming to those platforms in enhanced form, at least not yet. CD Projekt Red, the developers behind The Witcher games, and Cyberpunk 2077, announced [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [XCOM 2 Turn Based Strategy Game Is Normally $60 But Is Free On PC Right Now]( By Paul Lilly on Apr 14, 2022 01:22 pm [XCOM 2 Turn Based Strategy Game Is Normally $60 But Is Free On PC Right Now]( Early this month the Epic Games Store was serving up Total War: Warhammer, normally a $60 game, for free. Now just a couple of weeks later, there's another $60 game up for grabs if you claim it in time. That would be XCOM 2, a turn-based strategy game developed by Fireaxis Games and published by 2K Games in 2016. Even though XCOM 2 is over [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Google's Secretly Testing An App To Help iPhone Users Ditch iOS And Switch To Android]( By Tim Sweezy on Apr 14, 2022 12:35 pm [Google's Secretly Testing An App To Help iPhone Users Ditch iOS And Switch To Android]( Google is looking to make moving from an iPhone to an Android device less of a headache with a "Switch To Android" app. But if you are wanting to make the move using this new app, you may have to wait a bit longer. Anyone who has ever made the leap from an iPhone to an Android device knows that it can be a chore. While switching between [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Here’s Why Apple Device Vulnerabilities Just Skyrocketed A Startling 467 Percent]( By Paul Lilly on Apr 14, 2022 12:30 pm [Here’s Why Apple Device Vulnerabilities Just Skyrocketed A Startling 467 Percent]( Cybercriminals are constantly on the hunt for vulnerabilities to exploit, and over the past six months it seems they've been ramping up their efforts to find weaknesses within Apple's ecosystem. According to a recent security report, the discovery of Apple device vulnerabilities surged a rather shocking 467% from the first half to the second [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Elon Musk Offers To Buy Twitter For $41B And Threatens To Dump Stock If Rejected]( By Brittany Goetting on Apr 14, 2022 12:05 pm [Elon Musk Offers To Buy Twitter For $41B And Threatens To Dump Stock If Rejected]( Could Twitter eventually one day go private? It may if Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has anything to do with it. Elon Musk has offered to purchase Twitter for over $41 billion USD and threatens to sell his stock if his offer is rejected. Musk has offered to purchase 100% of Twitter for $54.20 per share in cash. This price represents a [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [$2.9M NFT Tweet Investor Tries To Flip It For A Big Payday, Feels The Burn For Just $10K]( By Paul Lilly on Apr 14, 2022 11:23 am [$2.9M NFT Tweet Investor Tries To Flip It For A Big Payday, Feels The Burn For Just $10K]( Just over a year ago, a non-fungible token (NFT) of Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey's very first tweet sold for a staggering $2.9 million. It went to Sina Estavi, a crypto investor who proudly lists on his profile he is the "owner of the first ever tweet," and who recently had intentions of selling it for $50 million. Much to [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Amazon Sellers Hit With A 5 Percent Fuel And Inflation Fee But It's Buyers Who Will Pay]( By Brittany Goetting on Apr 14, 2022 11:04 am [Amazon Sellers Hit With A 5 Percent Fuel And Inflation Fee But It's Buyers Who Will Pay]( 2022 has so far been a record year for inflation and gas prices. This has impacted everyone, including Amazon sellers. Amazon recently hit its sellers with a 5% fuel and inflation surcharge, which will likely hurt consumers as the added cost gets passed along. The surcharge is particularly aimed at those who use the "Fulfillment by Amazon" [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Astrophysicists Spot A Supermassive Object From The Cosmic Dawn That's Never Been Seen Before]( By Tim Sweezy on Apr 14, 2022 10:48 am [Astrophysicists Spot A Supermassive Object From The Cosmic Dawn That's Never Been Seen Before]( Hubble has provided the imagery necessary to identify a black hole that is growing at a breakneck speed in the early universe. Astronomers believe that it could be the "missing link" between young star-forming galaxies and the first supermassive black holes. Until recently, a supermassive black hole, known as GNz7q, has been playing a game [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [2.5 Geeks: What's Up With Ryzen 7 5800X3D? ASUS Zephyrus M16, Galaxy Book2 And More]( By Marco Chiappetta on Apr 14, 2022 10:39 am [2.5 Geeks: What's Up With Ryzen 7 5800X3D? ASUS Zephyrus M16, Galaxy Book2 And More]( What was AMD thinking with its 3D V-Cache equipped Ryzen 7 5800X3D? A deep dive look at the svelte ASUS Zephyrus M16 Alder Lake-powered gaming laptop, the gorgeous Alienware 34" AW3423DW QD-OLED gaming monitor, and Samsung's Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 is next on the bench... Show Notes: 05:03 - Show Start 09:14 - AMD's Ryzen Spring Refresh 16:20 [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake CPU Might Turbo To 5.8GHz And Flex 68MB Of Game Cache]( By Paul Lilly on Apr 14, 2022 10:17 am [Intel Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake CPU Might Turbo To 5.8GHz And Flex 68MB Of Game Cache]( I distinctly remember when AMD and Intel were racing to 1GHz (yes, I'm old), and in the years to follow, they both continued to push for higher clocks. The focus would later shift to things like multi-core designs, better branch prediction, and more recently piling on as much cache as possible, but chasing higher clocks hasn't been completely [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU Review: The King Of PC Gaming]( By Marco Chiappetta on Apr 14, 2022 09:00 am [AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU Review: The King Of PC Gaming]( AMD has been working on its 3D chiplet technology for quite some time now, but it was back at Computex last year that the company initially showed off its 3D V-Cache in a consumer processor, targeted squarely at gamers. Though the chip AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su held up on stage was somewhat different than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D we’ll be showing... [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [US DOJ Seizes RaidForums, A Hugely Popular Hacking Site Started By A 14 Year Old]( By Nathan Wasson on Apr 13, 2022 04:46 pm [US DOJ Seizes RaidForums, A Hugely Popular Hacking Site Started By A 14 Year Old]( It’s likely that some of your information has appeared on RaidForums at some point during the site’s seven year run. RaidForums was a popular hacking site where users shared data collected from breaches, leaks, and scrapes. According to the US Department of Justice, the databases on offer on RaidForums contained, “more than 10 billion unique [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Zelda Breath Of The Wild 2 Demo Looks So Good It Sparks Nintendo Switch 2 Speculation]( By Zak Killian on Apr 13, 2022 03:37 pm [Zelda Breath Of The Wild 2 Demo Looks So Good It Sparks Nintendo Switch 2 Speculation]( People really, really want a more powerful Nintendo system. Everyone loves the Switch, but there's no denying that it's basically a second-generation NVIDIA Shield tablet with a Nintendo nameplate on it. Developers have done truly amazing things with the hardware, but there are limits to what you can accomplish with a sub-15-watt SoC. Rumors [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( Recent Articles: [AMD Is Looking To Make A Big Splash With DDR5 Overclocking On Its Zen 4 Platform]( [Facebook Is Getting Roasted On Twitter For Its Greedy 47 Percent Meta Tax On Virtual Sales]( [Huge Patch Tuesday Update Fixes Over 100 Windows Security Flaws Including Two Zero Day Threats]( [Apple M1 Mac Mini Is $129 Off And At Its Lowest Price Ever With This HOT Deal]( [Watch A Self-Driving Car Comically Blow Off A Cop During Traffic Stop]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Website]( [YouTube]( [Pinterest]( Copyright © 2022 Hot Hardware, Inc., All rights reserved. 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