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A few days before Thanksgiving, GnarDead took a big risk by placing an order that was expected to significantly improve their gaming setup. The ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 5080 was lying in their Best Buy shopping basket for a reasonable $1,200; its specifications were impressive, capable of handling even the most demanding games. It arrived on November 28, but things quickly took a turn for the worse.
NVIDIA’s Shield TV Pro is a deliberate contrarian to all of the budget-priced streaming sticks and cubes. For those who want the best performance in a streaming device, the Shield Pro delivers where others just perform. Priced at $169.99 (down from $199.99) ahead of Black Friday, recent software updates in February 2025 added Auro-3D audio and new GeForce NOW titles so it stays current.
Walt Disney Imagineering has unexpectedly given Frozen’s lovable snowman Olaf a very lifelike pair of legs that look and function like the actual thing. This new Olaf robot roams the crowds at Hong Kong Disneyland, engaging with children and waving to visitors in a way that makes him appear to have sprung straight out of Arendelle. It took years for the engineers to transform a collection of code and motors into something that truly feels alive, and the ultimate result is right in the heart of the park’s new World of Frozen.
Five years on and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla still is a Viking epic across misty fjords and rugged cliffs. But on a standard setup, distant mountains fade into soft haze and torchlight casts flat shadows on wooden longhouses. Drop in an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, crank the resolution to 8K, add a few mods – and suddenly everything is clear, or clearer.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang walked onto the GTC stage in Washington this week holding what looked like a blueprint for the future, not a computer part. This was the Vera Rubin Superchip, a flat expanse of circuitry the size of a large dinner plate with enough oomph to handle the heaviest AI workloads.
NVIDIA’s keynotes are always big, but few expected the spotlight to shine on a Finnish telecom veteran like Nokia. During the company’s GTC, Jensen Huang, NVIDIA’s founder and CEO, announced a partnership that feels like a quiet pivot for the entire industry. With a $1 billion investment in Nokia’s shares, NVIDIA is staking its claim on the networks that will carry the next wave of computing.
NVIDIA’s Bonsai Diorama demo pulls the curtain off a bunch of the cool new rendering tricks lying inside – all wrapped up in a peaceful little scene with tiny trees and stone lanterns. Released today as a free download with Unreal Engine 5.6.1, this tech demo lets anyone with the right machine load it up and get straight into the action.
NVIDIA just turned the tables on AI hardware with the DGX Spark, an AI supercomputer in a package that you can carry under your arm. Shipping starts this week and puts raw power right where developers need it most – in their own workspaces.
Frameworks’ new Laptop 16, the 2025 model, powered by NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5070 graphics and AMD’s Ryzen AI 300 Series processors, aims to be a machine that evolves with you.
