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The trial has commenced in the ongoing antitrust suit between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with Mark Zuckerberg Meta's CEO giving testimony that could decide the fate of two of its social media platforms, namely WhatsApp and Instagram.
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AMD put out a release yesterday, justifiably crowing that one if its EPYC "Venice" processors was the first HPC product to tape out and be brought up on TSMC's advanced 2nm (N2) chip process tech. That's certainly good news for AMD, but it's not the only firm seeing success with bleeding-edge chip fabrication...
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If there's one piece of advice that's unanimous amongst PC builders of all stripes worldwide, it's to never, ever, skimp on your power supply (PSU)—no matter how much your second cousin says his dollar store special unit is doing fine. This point was quite clearly illustrated by a poor miner who saw their innocent...
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Apple has joined most of the tech world in riding the artificial intelligence wave, though the company is struggling mightily to integrate Apple Intelligence into its products. Embarrassingly, its AI has often failed to even get small features, such as summarizing headlines, working the way most expect it to...
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Only a few years ago, we had Android phones with a modest amount of internal storage, and loading apps was painful at best. Google seems to understand that low storage capacity ruins the Android user experience. Hence, the company has mandated that Android devices possess at least 32GB of internal storage to run or...
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Sony's PlayStation Portal has surprised many early critics by its popularity in the handheld space. Furthermore, Sony has kept the console current by providing it with some impressive updates to allow it to function more independently of Sony's dedicated PS5 system. Naturally, the focus is now turning towards what's...
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In case you haven't been paying attention, Easter Sunday is right around the corner. There's still some time to surprise your tech-loving significant other with groovy gift, and if you're looking to do just that, note that Best Buy is in the midst of its Spring Sale event. We've dug up a handful of discounted...
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If you fancy yourself a ruggedized Samsung Galaxy smartphone, look no further than the latest Galaxy XCover 7 Pro. It's been three years since the last model, so the new one sports some nice upgrades like a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip (along with some prerequisite AI capabilities), increased battery capacity...
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Blackwell-based GeForce GPUs have finally arrived for us mere mortals. Indeed, NVIDIA is officially announcing the GeForce RTX 5060 and its titanium (Ti) sibling today, with availability for some partner graphics cards starting as soon as tomorrow. The GeForce RTX 5060 comes with 8GB of VRAM, while the GeForce RTX...
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More mainstream graphics card options are coming for gamers in need of a more affordable upgrade path to the newest generation GPU architectures. We saw this today with the official unveiling of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and GeForce RTX 5060 cards, and AMD is expected to counter with its Radeon RX 9060 XT. While...
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As any sports athlete can attest, records are meant to be broken. For example, the Boston Celtics are coming off an historic NBA season in which the team claimed the most three-pointers ever in a single season, draining a staggering 1,370 shots from beyond the arc. The same concept applies to tech, as evidenced by yet...
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Meta is facing an antitrust lawsuit from the US Federal Trade Commission(FTC) that could force it to sell WhatsApp and Instagram over accusations of monopoly. The case commenced during President Trump's first term in 2020 when antitrust regulators sued Meta, accusing it of stifling competition through its purchase of...
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As may of you have probably experienced, typing and editing in Google Messages can be a pain, because of its four-line message limit, but relief is coming. Google is introducing new features to Messages, such as an expanded text field limit, a scam detector, and more.
The coming update will allow you to type and...
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The gaming world might be waiting patiently, or oftentimes impatiently, for the release of Grand Theft Auto VI, but Death Stranding 2: On The Beach managed to retake some of the limelight with a stellar new trailer. Gamers got excited about jumping back into this beautiful world and see all it has to offer, especially...
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The first-generation MSI Claw was based on an Intel Meteor Lake processor, and then the second-generation Claw, for which we have a review forthcoming, is based on Lunar Lake. As a preview for our review, it offers broadly similar performance to handhelds based on AMD's Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Well, it looks like the next...
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Sony has announced that it’s raising the price of the PlayStation 5 again, with some regions seeing a jump as high as 25%. It’s the last thing gamers want after having to accept the increase in pricing to Nintendo’s hardware and software that’s coming with the Switch 2. It seems as if this will be the new normal going...
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Tesla's polarizing Cybertruck has become more affordable with the introduction of a new entry-level trim. By dropping a few (arguably) big features, such as air suspension, power tonneau cover, ventilated front seats, plus moving from dual-motor all-wheel-drive to single motor rear-wheel-drive, the new Cybertruck Long...
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NVIDIA has been at the forefront of the industry-wide (and very lucrative) artificial intelligent movement, with both hardware and software-based solutions driving a new era computing. Now it's teaming up with key partners to design and build the first supercomputers produced entirely in the United States, including...
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Remember the Intel Core Ultra 155H-powered One-Netbook OneXPlayer X1 gaming tablet from last year? After being updated to AMD Ryzen 7 8840U power a few months later, the device (rebadged as the X1 Pro) then gained a slightly more capable Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor and Radeon 890M GPU. If such a 3-in-1 gaming tablet...
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The GPU landscape has become difficult for gamers, with availability and pricing being of paramount concerns. Lurking in the shadows is another issue with a very small number of GPUs, mainly defective units, as is the apparent case with a GeForce RTX 5070 with a burned connector.
A user on X from Japan, @ere9w...
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Another day means another Windows update, and this time it comes with a warning from Microsoft. You may have noticed a new folder in your root C:\ folder after applying the latest cumulative update for April 2025. Furthermore, you may have been tempted to delete it after discovering that it's an empty folder. Word to...
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ASUS is rolling out a new high-powered ROG NUC for 2025. Unveiled during a special event in China—the same one in which ASUS teased a Super TN gaming monitor with a blistering 610Hz refresh rate—the newest ROG NUC pairs up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor based on Arrow Lake-HX with up to a mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX...
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