Computing
Apple puts M5 Max on the MacBook Pro
Apple's M5 Max MacBook Pro has an 18-core CPU, a 40-core GPU and up to 128 GB of memory. The 35.6 cm Max starts at US$3,599.
Michael Jackson
Video Desk
The tape
Official video, filed with the story it belongs to.
Tech
Nvidia's Spark keeps 128 GB of model in a 150 mm box
Nvidia's DGX Spark has a GB10 Grace Blackwell chip, 1 petaflop of FP4 and 273 GB/s of memory bandwidth. It launched at US$3,999 and is now US$4,699.
Arden Lux
Game Reviews
Wild Ice hit Steam on 19 August, after Lost in Tandem on 22 July
Journey Bound Games' zombie-hockey co-op Wild Ice hit Steam on 19 August for $16.99, after Tempete Studio's Lost in Tandem on 22 July.
Pixie Lane
Reviews
Lang’s Metropolis is 99 years old and still a working drawing
Watch Fritz Lang's 1927 Metropolis in 2026 and the shock isn't nitrate. It's how much downtown is still trying to become that set.
Pixie Lane
Upcoming
Dune: Part Three, shot on IMAX 70 mm, gets a 3-week IMAX window
Villeneuve's Dune: Part Three was shot in IMAX 70 mm and has a three-week US IMAX exclusive window over Avengers: Doomsday.
Suki Marr
Reviews
Alien's Nostromo is still the most convincing workplace in space
Ridley Scott's Alien opened on 25 May 1979. Its crew eat, sweat and have a shift tomorrow, and that working ship is why Giger's creature is believable.
Pixie Lane
Upcoming
Dune: Part Three dropped new footage as IMAX tickets went on sale
Dune: Part Three IMAX 70 mm tickets went on sale on 18 August, with new footage attached. The film opens 18 December 2026.
Suki Marr
Reviews
Blade Runner 2049 still treats light as a building material
Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049, shot by Roger Deakins, opened on 6 October 2017. It doesn't replace the 1982 film. It adds a wing.
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