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Latest News - August 2023
- Virgin Galactic Is Launching Civilian Astronauts To Space Today, How To Watch It Live
- SK Hynix Demos Tallest-Ever 321-Layer 4D NAND To Boost AI And SSD Capacities
- Google Researcher Discovers Data-Snooping Downfall Flaw Affecting These Intel CPUs
- Take-Two Boss Defends Red Dead Redemption Port's Price Amid Fan Backlash
- US Scientists Just Repeated A Game-Changing Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough
- Android Messaging Now Uses RCS Encryption By Default, Why This Matters
- GPU Filing Reveals What New Radeon RDNA 3 Cards AMD Has In The Pipeline
- Intel Core i5-14600KF Raptor Lake Refresh CPU Thumps The i5-13600K In Early Benchmarks
- Wild Plan Emerges To Turn An Asteroid Into A Space Station Crawling With Spider Robots
- NVIDIA Claims A Massive 93% Boost In Baldur's Gate 3 With Latest Game-Ready GPU Driver
- NVIDIA Unveils RTX 5000, 4500 And 4000 Ada Workstation GPUs To Crush AI Workloads
- How To Access Hidden Windows 11 Features With Microsoft's Leaked Staging Tool
- Refurbished Steam Decks Hit The Steam Store With Big Triple-Digit Discounts
- NVIDIA Infuses Grace Hopper Superchip With HBM3e To Supercharge AI Data Center Workloads
- Disney Unfazed By Pope's Dire Warning As It Explores AI In Effort To Cut Costs
- Grand Theft Auto VI Dynamic Map Rumors May Be Overly Hyped
- Razer Hammerhead Pro HyperSpeed Review: Sleek ANC Gaming Earbuds
- TSMC Teams Up With Infineon, NXP And Bosch To Build A Chip Fab In Germany
- Apple iPhone 15 Pro Design Comes Into Full View In Multiple Photo Leaks
- Kioxia CD8P SSDs Tap PCIe 5 And Huge 30TB Capacity For Data Center Storage
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All News for August 2023
Virgin Galactic is preparing for its first launch of civilian astronauts into space this morning. The flight will include two pilots, a company representative, and three inspirational private customers.
Virgin Galactic, owned by British billionaire Richard Branson, has been promising to start taking private...
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SK hynix is showing off a sample of its 321-layer 1-terabit (Tb) triple-level cell (TLC) "4D" NAND chips, which is notable because it's the first time a chip maker has stacked over 300 layers of NAND flash memory. The demonstration took place this week during the Flash Memory Summit (FMS) 2023 event in Santa Clara...
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Drop everything—there's a new hardware security vulnerability in Intel's processors! Or don't, really, because this vulnerability is only rated at a "medium" severity by Intel itself, and it's even arguably a good thing for the company. That's because it only affects older processors based on the "Skylake"...
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Dipping into the back catalog to re-release a beloved older game is a time-honored trick that fans fall for again and again. Sometimes, the new release is an updated version that has extra or improved features to justify its existence, such as Dark Souls Remastered. Occasionally, such a release comes out at a bargain...
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Toward the end of last year, the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced that scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) had achieved a major scientific breakthrough involving fusion ignition. In what was touted as the first controlled fusion experiment in history, scientists were able to produce...
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Google has implemented a big security upgrade for Android users, and for once, you don't have to wait for a theoretical OS update to enjoy it. The Google Messages app now enables end-to-end encryption for all RCS chats by default, and that even applies to group chats. You can disable RCS if you want, but why would...
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A newly unearthed regulatory listing shows that AMD graphics card partners are in an advanced stage of new product launch readiness. AIBs like ASRock have prepared their "new enthusiast-class Radeon 7000 series cards," as recently touted by Dr. Lisa Su to investors, and we are seeing likely launch lineups.
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Leaked Geekbench results of Intel’s upcoming Raptor Lake Refresh Core i5-14600KF have surfaced online, showing drastically superior multi-core performance compared to the previous generation i5-13600K despite the fact that the 14600K/KF has the same core count as its predecessor. According to the benchmark results...
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A retired technical fellow has devised a method for restructuring an asteroid into a large rotating space station. David Jensen says the project could be completed in as little as 12 years with a single rocket launch containing a base station, spider robots, and a modest set of supplies.
The idea of utilizing an...
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It didn't take long for Baldur's Gate 3 to rise in the ranks on Steam following its exit from Early Access—It's currently the third-most played game with over 500,000 concurrent players at the time of this writing, after peaking at 814,666 (which also ranks third behind Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)...
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SIGGRAPH 2023 has wrapped up and in addition to unveiling an upgraded version of Grace Hopper GH200 with a staggering 141GB of fast HBM3e memory, NVIDIA also expanded its lineup of workstation graphics cards for the desktop to include three new Ada Lovelace models: RTX 5000, RTX 4500, and RTX 4000. All three are...
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A very powerful internal testing tool was accidentally shared with the public by Microsoft, known as the StagingTool, which has the ability to unlock hidden features of preview builds of Windows 11. As a result, users can now circumvent any attempts from Microsoft to hide certain features from Windows Insiders...
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Valve has added refurbished Steam Decks to its Steam Store, offering triple-digit savings over a new handheld. The company says that all certified refurbished Steam Decks have been thoroughly tested to meet the same high standards as its retail units.
Many gamers have enjoyed being able to game on the go via a...
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NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang donned his signature leather jacket to take the stage at SIGGRAPH 2023 and deliver the opening keynote for today's sessions at the famed rendering conference. Most of his talk today was about generative AI and how it is changing the world, largely powered by his company's GPUs. He did have...
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In the midst of an ongoing strike in Hollywood, Disney has created a task force to study artificial intelligence and how it can be utilized in the entertainment industry. Along with actors and writers taking to picket lines, the Pope also issued a dire warning when it comes to how AI is used.
As AI technology...
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Rockstar has said basically nothing about the next Grand Theft Auto game beyond that it's being worked on. Despite that, we know a little bit about the game, partially thanks to the massive leak last year. It's going to be set in and around Vice City, it's going to have multiple playable protagonists like GTA V, and for the first time since
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Razer Hammerhead Pro HyperSpeed: $199 Razer's Hammerhead Pro HyperSpeed earbuds not only look fantastic, they shound great, offer strong ANC performance, and come with a 2.4GHz dongle for low latency gaming on PC and console. Premium Sound Customizable EQ Remappable Touch Controls Adjustable ANC Works Well Comfortable...
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The world’s largest contract chipmaker is coming to Europe with a large $11bn semiconductor plant planned to open by the end of 2027. Today, TSMC announced that it will set up its third manufacturing center outside of its home turf at a site in Dresden, Germany.
The new 300mm / 12-inch fab will be funded by TSMC...
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More leaks and rumors are beginning to surface as Apple's official announcement of its new iPhone 15 family of smartphones gets closer. The latest leaks include what is said to be actual images of the upcoming iPhone, as well as what is believed to be high-resolution photos of iPhone 15 Pro cases.
Apple is expected...
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The data center is the unsung hero of modern computing, in that so many tasks rely on them (cloud gaming, online shopping, and so forth) but they often take a back seat to local devices. Back seat or not, it's important to keep data centers fed with high-tech hardware, and that's what Kioxia is delivering with its...
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Apple is said to be testing a new round of MacBook Pro models kitted with next-generation M3 silicon, including the eventual M3 Max with more CPU and GPU cores than found on the current-generation M2 Max. If the information is true, Apple will formally introduce the M3 family in October, followed by rolling out...
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The Steam Deck is getting a little long in the tooth, and with Steam Deck 2 nowhere in sight (yet), some owners of the current handheld console are taking matters into their own hands. To wit, someone decided to double its RAM by soldering a new 32GB module onto the motherboard. Needless to say, this isn't your...
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