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Companies like OpenAI continue to push the boundaries with large language (LLM) models in its pursuit of the holy grail of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Meanwhile, Microsoft is taking a different track by continually improving its more efficient small language models (SLM). The company’s newest SML, Phi-4, is...
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As more and more sites and services have required login accounts, users have become overwhelmed with having to juggle so many passwords. This typically leads to users making poor choices, such as reusing passwords or passwords that are too simple and inherently unsecure. The situation has improved slightly with...
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Dbrand, the accessories maker famous for its cheeky marketing, has potentially spilled the beans on one of the most hotly anticipated gaming devices, the Nintendo Switch 2. Known for crafting cases and skins for phones as well as gaming devices like the Steam Deck and the original Switch, Dbrand has now unveiled a new...
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A new report from Italian tech news site DDAY.it suggests that the HDMI Licensing Authority (HDMI LA) is preparing to announce HDMI 2.2 at CES 2025 in Las Vegas. According to the site, the reveal is scheduled for January 6th, and the updated specification promises a substantial boost in bandwidth and capabilities...
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Team Green seems to be saying "alright, everyone else has had their fun; time to get hyped for new GeForce cards." NVIDIA is pulling out all the stops to promote the launch of what are assuredly its next-generation graphics cards with a full-on hype campaign featuring a live hype meter running 24/7 on Twitch.
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Apple has long been working on its own modems that will potentially enable it to move away from those made by Qualcomm. However, it seems as if this isn’t the only manufacturer the company is looking to part ways with. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has been at work designing in-house WiFi and Bluetooth...
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The Game Awards was chock full of new game announcements, including the latest project from famed development studio Naughty Dog. One of PlayStation’s crown jewels, the studio has been cooking up something special the last few years. Their new game is titled Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, which studio head Neil...
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Hold on to your britches, because two tech giants have entered the wearable mixed reality headset space to take on the Meta Quests and Apple Vision Pros of the world. Google and Samsung have combined forces to bring a new headset that will try to change the game by 2025, bringing Gemini AI smarts and deep smartphone...
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We're smack dab in the middle of the holiday season, and that means a steady diet of deals. That's great news for anyone who might have been too busy to shop on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, and/or anyone looking to score some last minute bargains in time for Christmas. There are plenty of electronics on sale as...
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Samsung's fantastic The Premiere 8K projector has just received the world's first 8K Association (8KA) certification after being deemed worthy in areas like resolution, brightness, contrast, color gamut, HDR, and 8K upscaling capabilities, as well as audio. Does this certification also mean that the projector may...
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Geoff Keighley was able to secure several surprise game announcements for The Game Awards this year, although one of the announcements that got gamers buzzing is FromSoftware’s Elden Ring Nightreign. Even more surprising is how quickly the game is slated for release after DLC hit earlier this year. Bandai Namco plans...
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The annual Video Game Awards has just taken place, with some new game titles teased along with the announcements of the winners. While Sony's Astro Bot took the top spot for the night, we also had some other pleasant surprises. CD Projekt Red has revealed The Witcher IV, the new entry into the popular saga.
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Before you fill out that online job form in hopes of making some extra jingle for the holiday season, take heed of new warning by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). According to the FTC, there's been a "sharp spike" in online job scams that ask applicants to perform a set of fake tasks, which are designed to swindle...
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AOC (the display maker, not the politician) is out with yet another gaming display, the Agon Pro AG326UD, which it claims "sets a new standard" in the realm of monitors. That amounts to some heavy marketing hyperbole, though we'll give the company a pass since it's fleshing out a suddenly expanding market of OLED...
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The RPCS3 project has made huge strides on the x64 platform over the years, bringing PlayStation 3 emulation to PC gamers, even as Sony has only managed to deliver PS3 games through cloud streaming. Now, RPCS3 has hit another milestone by announcing official support for the arm64 architecture, which allows RPCS3 to...
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Mozilla’s Firefox web browser was the first to implement a Do Not Track option, and now appears to be the first browser to remove it. This option would send a website a request that a user didn’t wish to be tracked, although this was always voluntary. Unfortunately, “many sites do not respect this indication of a...
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The next time your team gaming session gets too heated or stressful (or maybe it's just THAT time to take break), don't be surprised if your controller offers you a (non-alcoholic) beer. Or more precisely, prompts you to take a drink break plus the option to have said drink delivered to everyone on your team. At...
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Grab a warm blanket, lawn chair, some hot cocoa, and get ready for one of the most dazzling meteor showers of the year. The colorful Geminid meteor light show is expected to peak tonight as well as tomorrow night with up to 160 meteors per hour (with the right conditions, of course). Bonus: the Geminids usually occur...
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Intel Arc B580: $249 MSRP The second generation of Intel's Arc Graphics improves on the original recipe in virtually every way, delivering great performance and awesome value. Excellent Gaming Performance Strong Feature Support Solid New Software Understated Card Aesthetics Official Overclocking Support Drivers Aren't...
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It's not too often that you see an accident report for a vehicle on another planet, but such is the case with NASA providing some preliminary details from "the first aircraft accident investigation on another world." The first by NASA, anyway, as who knows if some intelligent beings on a distant planet or solar system...
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Apple users who venture outside the company’s ecosystem suffer from a less than stellar experience. Microsoft has worked over the years to make things a little easier for Windows PC users with iPhones. It provides the Phone Link app on PCs alongside the Link to Windows app for iPhone, which allows the devices to at...
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If your Nintendo Wii is buried under a pile of clothes in your closet, don't fret, we have good news for Donkey Kong fans. Nintendo is releasing Donkey Kong Country Returns HD for the Switch with a refreshed look. Originally released on the Wii, this version will be visually amped up to modern graphics standards with...
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