Zak Killian
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Despite persistent rumors that Intel's discrete GPU ambitions are dead in the water, a new rumor suggests otherwise. According to well-known leaker Raichu, Intel's upcoming third-generation Arc "Celestial" GPU is still in the works and may be built on Intel's own process technology, rather than relying on TSMC. The...
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So the Superbowl is over and Valentine's has passed. Did you watch a movie with your sweetie? How was the watch party for the big game? If either event got you thinking that it's time to upgrade your TV viewing experience, well, you're in luck, because we've discovered a whole pile of big-screen 4K smart TVs on deep...
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SanDisk just held its first Investor Day since being spun off from Western Digital, and while most of the event was the usual financial talk, the company also gave a glimpse into its R&D priorities. Like nearly every tech company right now, SanDisk is zeroing in on AI, and specifically, the growing memory capacity...
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A new FromSoftware game is plenty of cause to get hardcore gamers hyped, even if it's a spin-off title like Elden Ring Nightreign. Unsurprisingly, the response to the call for participants in the pre-release "Network Test" for the game was met with a tsunami of applicants. Only the favored few who were awarded an...
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Our post on Tuesday about melting 12V-2X6 connectors on RTX 5090 GPUs concluded with a grim prediction that we could see more melting power plugs on GeForce graphics cards. Well, you already know from the headline, but just to say it plainly -- more power connectors are melting. Another GeForce RTX 5090 case has...
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A Danish Redditor posted up a thread last night called "So this just happened" with a picture of his scorched Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor. You can clearly see the heat damage to the bottom of the CPU; some of the landings have come off of the chip and melded with the LGA socket. The user says he simply "watching some...
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There's a thermal noise problem in quantum computing, and it comes from an unlikely source: the wiring used to interface with the qubits. You see, electrical signals traveling across wire generate heat, and quantum bits or "qubits" have to be just a few degrees above absolute zero to do their thing. This means that...
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Well, not your thoughts, probably, but Meta has unveiled a new AI-powered brain scanner that can apparently translate thoughts into text. That's according to the company itself, which posted two research papers and a blog about it. The system, which relies on non-invasive brain recordings, represents a major milestone...
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Chinese hardware manufacturer Colorful is stirring the pot with a bold new teaser for its upcoming "CVN Series" motherboard, which features an unusual PCIe quick-release system. The teaser image highlights a rocker switch labeled "ON" and "OFF," claiming that it enables "one-click safe disassembly and installation of...
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In the slightly-bowdlerized words of GTA San Andreas protagonist Carl Johnson, "Aw, crap. Here we go again." Virtually anyone reading this site will well remember the unfortunate failures of 12VHPWR connectors on GeForce RTX 4090 cards. NVIDIA and many others investigated the melting plugs, and the conclusion was that...
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If you've ever had some time to kill and tried to entertain yourself by downloading a few games on your phone, you'll already be familiar with the phenomenon -- every few stages, a full-screen video ad pops up, and you can't skip it for at least 15 seconds. Some of them are even interactive games in their own...
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Specifications for Intel's next-gen mobile processors might have just surfaced in a new leak from leaker Jaykihn, a reasonably well-regarded source for Intel leaks. While unconfirmed, the details give us a possible look at what's coming with Panther Lake and Wildcat Lake, two upcoming CPU families that will form the bulk of Intel's mobile
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To be honest, almost everything we've seen about the Switch 2 seems to imply that it will simply be the Switch, except more. A slightly larger screen, a more powerful SoC, and other incremental upgrades are certainly welcome (particularly in light of the official confirmation that it will be backward-compatible), but...
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Qualcomm's latest earnings report is out, and the company is riding high on strong handset, automotive and laptop platform revenue numbers. For Q1 of FY2025, Qualcomm posted revenue of $11.7 billion, up 14% quarter-over-quarter and 18% year-over-year. Handsets led the charge with $7.6 billion in revenue, a 24%...
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Netgear has issued an urgent security update for six of its popular WiFi home gateways, including three Nighthawk Pro gaming routers, after researchers uncovered severe Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities. These flaws, which allow attackers to run arbitrary code on the devices without authentication, have been...
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AMD has confirmed its Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs will launch in early March, ending weeks of speculation. The company initially briefed press at CES 2025 but omitted the GPUs from its keynote, leading to uncertainty about their release timeline. After a brief period of silence, AMD took to Twitter to confirm a March...
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It wouldn't be a new GPU launch without some chaos, and NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series is keeping the tradition alive. Just weeks after hitting the market—if you can even call it that, given the ongoing stock shortages—multiple reports have surfaced claiming that the first driver update for the RTX 50 "Blackwell" GPU...
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AMD and Google's Security Team have disclosed a major microcode vulnerability affecting all AMD EPYC processors built on the Zen 1 through Zen 4 architectures. That means EPYC 7001 (Naples), 7002 (Rome), 7003 (Milan), and 8004/9004 (Genoa/Bergamo/Siena) series chips are all impacted. The vulnerability, assigned...
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NVIDIA’s high-end GeForce RTX 50-series cards are already on shelves—or at least, spaces for them are. While supplies seem to be sharply limited, the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 lead the charge for the new Blackwell architecture, while the RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 are expected to land later this month. NVIDIA has yet to...
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If you're still cranking along on an ancient 802.11n Wi-Fi access point, you don't know what you're missing out on. Modern Wi-Fi offers drastically improved latency and bandwidth that can exceed 10 Gigabit Ethernet when used with compatible devices. It might be time to upgrade that old AP, and if you're on the same...
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A new bill proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA), aims to grant rights-holders the power to obtain court orders that block access to foreign websites accused of copyright infringement. The bill, introduced by Representative Zoe Lofgren of California (D-18), amends...
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Intel is officially shelving its Falcon Shores GPU, marking another shift in the company's tumultuous AI hardware strategy. In its Q4 2024 earnings call, Interim Co-CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus confirmed that the chip will not see a commercial release. Instead, Falcon Shores will serve as an internal test platform...
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