Toms Hardware

1. Ingenious modder converts countertop ice machine into an RTX 3060 GPU cooler with a beer fridge thermostat — mod reduces temps by up to 62% in games, Cyberpunk 2077 runs at 22°C

   Turns out, an ice machine can cool a GPU perfectly fine as long as you're willing to modify it to the extreme and are patient enough to deal with the leaks.

2. Open-source Vulkan driver NVK gains experimental DLSS support — bringing Nvidia’s upscaling tech to Linux via imported CUDA binaries

   NVK, the community-built open-source Vulkan driver for Nvidia GPUs in Mesa, has gained experimental DLSS support.

3. Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in plane crash — French publisher established in 1986 became one of the biggest entertainment companies in the world

   Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot was killed when his twin-engine private plane crashed enroute to an airshow. Aside from building the French gaming empire, Guillemot was also a licensed and avid pilot.

4. Dramatically redesigned GMKtec EVO-X3 shown bearing Lisa Su’s signature of approval — flagship AI mini PC workstation is built around AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ 395 'Strix Halo' processor, again

   GMKtec's dramatically redesigned EVO-X3 'Strix Halo' Mini PC gets Lisa Su’s signature of approval.

5. Samsung and SK hynix bonuses for chip workers flagged as a national inflation risk — Bank of Korea projects full-year inflation significantly above its 2% target

   The Bank of Korea has named performance bonuses at Samsung Electronics and SK hynix as a risk to the country's inflationary stability.