Blizzard Warns Of Unprecedented Wait Times And Server Queues For Diablo IV Open Beta

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This will be the second taste of the latest Diablo title—last [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [FTC Proposes Click-To-Cancel Rule To Disarm Tricky Subscription Traps]( By Tim Sweezy on Mar 24, 2023 01:38 pm [FTC Proposes Click-To-Cancel Rule To Disarm Tricky Subscription Traps]( The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed a new rule that would make canceling a recurring subscription and/or membership as easy as signing up. The "click to cancel" provision is one of several updates the FTC is suggesting in regards to subscriptions and recurring payments. Anyone that has ever signed up for a recurring subscription [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Blizzard And NVIDIA Are Looking Into Claims Diablo IV Is Bricking GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPUs]( By Aaron Klotz on Mar 24, 2023 01:33 pm [Blizzard And NVIDIA Are Looking Into Claims Diablo IV Is Bricking GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPUs]( User reports are claiming that Diablo 4 is bricking Gigabyte and ASUS RTX 3080 Ti's in the game’s new open beta. Affected gamers have been rushing to the Blizzard forums for several days now, sharing their experiences of dead cards and asking for assistance. No one knows the exact reason for the GPU failures, however, the failures are allegedly [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Framework Laptop Refresh Adds AMD Ryzen, 13th Gen Intel CPUs And A Cooler Master Surprise]( By Mark Tyson on Mar 24, 2023 12:05 pm [Framework Laptop Refresh Adds AMD Ryzen, 13th Gen Intel CPUs And A Cooler Master Surprise]( Modular laptop trailblazer Framework has made some big new product announcements at the GDC 2023. Where previously the DIY-friendly laptop maker had one Intel-based 13-inch model, it has now launched a 16-inch device – and thrown the option of AMD Ryzen processors into the mix. One more surprise announcement, was of the Cooler Master mainboard [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Scientists Make A Shocking Discovery Of RNA Molecules In Asteroid Dust Sample]( By Tim Sweezy on Mar 24, 2023 11:22 am [Scientists Make A Shocking Discovery Of RNA Molecules In Asteroid Dust Sample]( Researchers have found RNA nucleobases in samples retrieved from asteroid Ryugu. The samples were collected by the Japanese Space Agency's Hayabusa2 spacecraft, which harvested the samples in 2019 before returning to Earth in 2020. An international team led by Associate Professor Yasuhiro Oba at Hokkaido University has been studying the [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [WhatsApp Lands On Desktop PCs With Faster Speeds And Exciting Upgrades]( By Aaron Leong on Mar 24, 2023 10:56 am [WhatsApp Lands On Desktop PCs With Faster Speeds And Exciting Upgrades]( Meta is shoring up WhatsApp's multi-device support by releasing a new WhatsApp app for Windows. This latest update not only is said to launch faster, but now allows video calls for up to eight people and 32 for audio calls. WhatsApp is one of the largest go-to text/video messaging platforms and is a crucial business for Meta, so it is no [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Corsair Teases A Bodacious 27-Inch OLED Xeneon Monitor For Fast HDR Gaming At 1440p]( By Paul Lilly on Mar 24, 2023 10:30 am [Corsair Teases A Bodacious 27-Inch OLED Xeneon Monitor For Fast HDR Gaming At 1440p]( There's not an abundance of OLED gaming monitors on the market, certainly not in comparison the sea of LCD options. Most of the ones that do exist tend to be larger in size. As in 34 inches and up, for the most part. There are exceptions, one of which is coming soon from Corsair—the company announced it's adding the Xeneon 27 OLED to its growing [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Huawei Exec Brazenly Claims Apple Will Cough Up Market Share In Wake Of New Phones]( By Aaron Leong on Mar 24, 2023 10:03 am [Huawei Exec Brazenly Claims Apple Will Cough Up Market Share In Wake Of New Phones]( Talk about unabashed: one of Huawei's executives apparently said that the iPhone will lose market share after the release of Huawei's latest slew of Spring-time phones. Yesterday, Huawei unveiled three new flagships phones, the P60, P60 Pro, P60 Art, and Mate X3 foldable (plus the mid-tier Enjoy 60). 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