Phanteks today expanded the Glacier One D30 Lineup with the new Glacier One 420D30 AllIn-One Liquid CPU cooler. Featuring triple D30-140 fans and 420 mm radiator configuration, this cooler not only delivers exceptional performance but also boasts stunning visual brilliance. One of the standout features of the Glacier One D30 AIO cooler is the clever daisy-chaining capability of its D30 fans, enabling centralized control through a single cable. This innovative design eliminates cable clutter, simplifying the installation process and making it easier than ever to achieve a clean and organized build. The cooler's generous copper base and fin array ensure efficient heat dissipation, positioning it as the ultimate cooling solution for high-end CPUs.

Designed with compatibility at its core, the Glacier One D30 AIO cooler boasts a sleek and compact design that optimizes clearance with motherboard and RAM components. The Glacier One D30 AIO Liquid Coolers now offer a comprehensive range, including 240, 360, and the newly introduced 420 models. All variants are seamlessly compatible with the latest Intel 14th Gen, Raptor Lake Refresh Processors, ensuring that users stay current with the latest processor technology.
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(PR) Ghostrunner 2 Available Now Worldwide
Ghostrunner 2, the first-person cyberpunk-action thriller from 505 Games and One More Level, jumps onto PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, Epic and GOG today. Jack makes his triumphant return, emerging from Dharma Tower and diving head-first towards the dangers that await beyond. Set one year after the events of the original Ghostrunner, the high-octane sequel follows cyber ninja Jack as he fights a violent AI cult. Wield a razor-sharp katana once more, and slice through the relentless onslaught of frenzied cultists, cybernetic warlords, and terrifying AI entities both in and, for the first time, outside of Dharma Tower.

Engage in vehicular combat, weaving through obstacles and knocking down enemies on a high-speed motorcycle. On foot, Jack embraces his iconic parkour and Gap Jammer move set from the original game, improved and expanded upon for quick traversal across varying surfaces in both neon-lit urban environments and a sand-blasted wasteland. Stylishly slide, dash, and evade deadly attacks from a range of new adversaries.
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(PR) GIGABYTE Announces New TRX50 AERO D Motherboard
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and hardware solutions, introduced its latest High-End Desktop (HEDT) marvel, the TRX50 AERO D motherboard. With perfect support for AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 WX-Series and Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Series processors, the TRX50 AERO D is designed to elevate content creation and AI operation experiences to new heights. Prosumers can now enjoy workstation-level performance at home.

⁠The TRX50 AERO D features versatile expansion options to support multiple GPUs and PCIe devices, enabling efficient handling of demanding workloads, such as the NVIDIA RTX Ada Generation professional graphics card and the AORUS Gen 55 AIC Adaptor. Three PCIe x16 slots design provides superior performance for AI training, content creation, design rendering, scientific computing, and large-scale data analysis. Meanwhile, the triple-slot width design ensures enough space to accommodate large high-end graphics cards, offering better GPU compatibility and more effective cooling. Furthermore, the innovative PCIe UD Slot X can achieve a remarkable load-bearing capacity of up to 58KG due to its one-piece design, securely fastened to the dedicated backplate.
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(PR) Linksys Introduces its First WiFi 7 Mesh System with Lightning-fast 10-minute Setup
Linksys, an iconic Home and Small Office connectivity company, today announces its first WiFi 7 Mesh System home connectivity, Linksys Velop Pro 7. Purpose-built for the most efficient WiFi operating mode to date, the newest Linksys solution delivers incredible streaming, collaboration, and gaming experiences and can be setup in less than 10 minutes.

Linksys' fastest Mesh setup yet that's easy for all
Designed to make home connectivity simple and effortless for anyone, setup time has been reduced by 66% to less than 10 minutes so you can blanket your home with full coverage in less time than it takes to fold a load of laundry.
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(PR) Oxide Unveils the World's First Commercial Cloud Computer
Oxide Computer Company today unveiled the world's first commercial Cloud Computer, a true rack-scale system with fully unified hardware and software designed for on-premises cloud computing. The company also announced a $44 million Series A financing round led by Eclipse with participation from Intel Capital, Riot Ventures, Counterpart Ventures, and Rally Ventures to accelerate production for Fortune 1000 enterprises. This brings the company's total financing raised to date to $78 million.

Despite the rapid rise of cloud computing, the vast majority of IT infrastructure today continues to live outside the public cloud in on-premises data centers, where enterprises are forced to cobble together a set of disjointed hardware and software components to run their businesses. Since its inception, Oxide's mission has been to solve this problem, developing the first unified product that delivers the developer experience and operational efficiencies of the public cloud to on-premises environments.
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(PR) Intel Joins the MLCommons AI Safety Working Group
Today, Intel announced it is joining the new MLCommons AI Safety (AIS) working group alongside artificial intelligence experts from industry and academia. As a founding member, Intel will contribute its expertise and knowledge to help create a flexible platform for benchmarks that measure the safety and risk factors of AI tools and models. As testing matures, the standard AI safety benchmarks developed by the working group will become a vital element of our society's approach to AI deployment and safety.

"Intel is committed to advancing AI responsibly and making it accessible to everyone. We approach safety concerns holistically and develop innovations across hardware and software to enable the ecosystem to build trustworthy AI. Due to the ubiquity and pervasiveness of large language models, it is crucial to work across the ecosystem to address safety concerns in the development and deployment of AI. To this end, we're pleased to join the industry in defining the new processes, methods and benchmarks to improve AI everywhere," said Deepak Patil, Intel corporate vice president and general manager, Data Center AI Solutions.
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(PR) NVIDIA GeForce NOW Gets Cities: Skylines II and 14 More Games This Week
The cloud is full of treats this GFN Thursday with Cities: Skylines II now streaming, leading 15 newly supported games this week. The game's publisher, Paradox Interactive, is offering GeForce NOW one-month Priority memberships for those who pick up the game first, so make sure to grab one before they're gone. Among the newly supported additions to the GeForce NOW library are more games from the PC Game Pass catalog, including Ghostwire Tokyo, State of Decay and the Dishonored series. Members can also look forward to Alan Wake 2 - streaming soon.

Cloud City
Members can build the metropolis of their dreams this week in Cities: Skylines II, the sequel to Paradox Interactive's award-winning city sim. Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving urban landscape. Get creative to build on an unprecedented scale while managing a deep simulation and a living economy. The game's AI and intricate economics mean every choice ripples through the fabric of a player's city, so they'll have to stay sharp - strategizing, solving problems and reacting to challenges. Build sky-high and sprawl across the map like never before. New dynamic map features affect how the city expands amid rising pollution, changing weather and seasonal challenges. Paradox is offering one-month GeForce NOW Priority memberships to the first 100,000 people who purchase the game, so budding city planners can optimize their gameplay across nearly any device. Visit Cities Skylines II for more info.
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