AMD delays its Ryzen 9000 desktop processors, but it’s for a more trivial reason than Intel’s ongoing 13th/14th Gen disaster

Custom PC builders are facing choppy waters as they wait for AMD’s latest desktop processors, the Ryzen 9000 series. Originally slated for a late July debut, AMD has announced that the new Zen 5 APUs will experience a slight delay due to not meeting “our” complete quality standards. AMD’s Senior Vice President and General Manager of Computing and Graphics, Jack Huynh, confirmed the earliest availability dates: August 8 for the Ryzen 7 9600X and Ryzen 5 9700X with a 65W TDP, and August 15 for the Ryzen 9 9900X and 9950X with a 120W TDP.

After two decades, I’m finally installing World of Warcraft — here’s what excites me the most about The War Within expansion

I’ll admit freely that I’ve held back from trying Blizzard Entertainment’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), World of Warcraft, for quite some time. Despite nostalgic recollections of playing Warcraft 3 as a child, I couldn’t bring myself to engage with World of Warcraft in my younger years. My apprehensions ranged from being deterred by the significant commitment required to play the game, the uninviting environment for solo players in its early stages, the intricacy of its storyline and folklore, and the anxiety that I would struggle to form friendships or join guilds necessary to fully experience the game.

Passwords disappear for millions of Windows users thanks to Google

As a seasoned tech user who has weathered numerous storms in the digital world, I can’t help but feel a sense of deja vu as I read about the recent tech mishaps that have left businesses reeling and millions of individuals grappling with unexpected inconveniences. It all started with the CrowdStrike bug that brought many to a standstill, leaving some still recovering from postponed flights and surgeries. I remember the frustration and helplessness I felt during similar instances in the past.

The First Descendant’s next major content update is now coming even earlier, and we got our first look at the new Descendants

Nexon has yet to attempt preventing “The Thirst Descendant” from being adopted as the new name for The First Descendant, given the recent unveiling of Ultimate Valby and one of Luna’s premium costumes in this widely popular free-to-play MMORPG looter shooter. Players, who have been anxiously anticipating the first major content update after a series of quick patch releases, now have even less time to wait.