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Latest News - July 2023
- A New PlayStation 5 Console Is Likely Coming But Don't Hold Your Breath For A PS5 Slim
- Apple Is Building Its Own AI Chatbot To Challenge ChatGPT And Bard
- ASRock Sneaks A 16GB Arc A770 Phantom Gaming Graphics Card Into Its GPU Lineup
- Intel's 14th Gen Core K-Series CPU Specs Break Cover With Speeds Up To 6GHz
- Mobile GeForce RTX 3050 GPU Gets Repurposed Into A Low Profile 65W Desktop Card
- Samsung Teases Thinner Galaxy Z Fold/Flip 5, Tablets And Smartwatches Ahead Of Unpacked
- FBI Warns Of Disturbing Rise In Tech Support Scams With An Unusual Twist
- Threads App Gets A Follow Tab, Faster Loading And More In First Major Update
- Modular Framework Laptop 16 With Ryzen And Radeon Inside Is Now Available To Preorder
- Scientists Say A Glitch In The Star Matrix Violently Ripped Apart An Asteroid
- Intel Partners With ASUS To Keep Cranking Out Licensed NUC Mini PCs
- Samsung Flexes GDDR7 DRAM At A Blistering 1.5TB/s To Fuel Next-Gen Graphics
- AMD Bergamo And Genoa-X Performance Review: EPYC Chips For Big Iron Workloads
- Super Game Boy Gets Overclocked To 5.35MHz For A Retro Gaming Speed Boost
- Nintendo Switch Helped Authorities Locate An Abducted Teen 2,000 Miles Away
- EU Law Would Force Switch And Steam Deck Gaming Handhelds To Offer Replaceable Batteries
- A Huge Cannibal Coronal Mass Ejection From The Sun Will Slam Into Earth Today
- Google Pushes Gmail Popups To Enable Safer Browsing, Here's How It Works
- Xbox Live Gold Is Changing To Xbox Game Pass Core, What You Need To Know
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600X And Starfield Bundle Is Just $199 And Other Great CPU Deals
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All News for July 2023
It's getting to be about that time that Sony inevitably refreshes its latest-generation game console, which in this case is the PlayStation 5. The widely held assumption is that Sony will introduce a thinner and sleeker PS5 Slim model with upgraded hardware. That's what it had chosen to do in past generations, but...
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We have seen prior evidence of Apple building a generative AI like ChatGPT, but reports emerged a few hours ago that the first fruits of the firm's machine learning-fueled labor are actually being tested in house.
According to unnamed sources, the Apple framework upon which its chatbot's large language model (LLM) is...
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It's getting increasingly difficult to find an Intel Arc A770 graphics card that's both in stock and being sold from a first-party seller. That's a shame because the Arc A770 is a cost-effective solution for 1080p and 1440p gaming (and it's gotten better with time thanks to continued driver optimizations). ASRock...
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The folks over at at Chinese tech site BenchLife have posted up what they purport to be the key specifications for Intel's upcoming 14th-generation Raptor Lake Refresh processors. There aren't any surprises here, as this is fundamentally the same silicon as seen in the extant Raptor Lake processors. However, we do...
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Considering standard NVIDIA GeForce products, even the relatively-lowly GeForce RTX 3050 requires a power connector. The desktop GeForce RTX 3050, which was introduced in January of 2022, comes with 8GB of GDDR6 memory and has has a total board power of 130 watts. It requires a PCIe 8-pin connector to do its thing...
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Samsung's next Unpacked event will take place on July 26, at which time we'll finally get to see the company's newest foldables, smartwatches, and tablets. In advance of that, Samsung's head of mobile experience, TM Roh, has published the company's customary Unpacked teaser. It focuses mostly on the foldable elements...
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Tech support scammers have been around for quite some time, continually innovating and perfecting their game to rake in more money. The problem has become so big that even YouTubers like Kitboga are making a living trolling these people. However, that has not been enough to stop these problematic people, as the FBI...
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Meta's answer to Twitter has received its first major update that includes a follow tab on the activity page, faster loading, and more. However, if you are on an Android device you will have to wait a bit longer before seeing the update, as it is only available on iOS at the moment.
When Meta launched its Threads...
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Modular laptop firm Framework has finally opened up pre-orders for its highly anticipated Framework Laptop 16 AMD Advantage devices. Prices start at $1,399 for a DIY Edition. We last reported upon these attractive portable PCs when Framework revealed the pair of AMD Ryzen 7040 Phoenix Zen 4 CPUs that have been...
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Scientists propose that antiglitch/glitch and fast radio bursts (FRBs) might be tied to a tidally captured asteroid by a magnetar. The model the scientists have created indicates an asteroid being tidally captured and disrupted by Galactic magnetar SGR J1935+2154.
A magnetar is a type of isolated neutron star made...
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It turns out Intel is not abandoning its Next Unit of Computing (NUC) initiative wholesale and leaving the branding to wither away into the footnotes of tech history. Instead, it's hammered out an agreement with ASUS to "manufacturer, sell, and support" 10th to 13th Gen NUC devices, while also giving the green light...
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Samsung is claiming a key victory against rival Micron in the race to bring next-generation graphics memory to market. While not exactly stated in so many words, what Samsung did say is that it has wrapped up development of what it is touting as the industry's first GDDR7 DRAM, with a huge performance uplift compared...
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AMD EPYC 9754 (Bergamo) and EPYC 9684X (Genoa-X) Processors AMD's latest Zen 4 EPYC server processors scale cache and optimized cores to amplify specialized HPC and hyperscale cloud workloads. Bergamo's 128 lean Zen 4c cores crunch hyperscale compute Genoa-X's 3D V-Cache boosts heavy-duty HPC workloads Unified...
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A video gaming enthusiast has overclocked a Super Game Boy. In case you are not familiar with this device, a Super Game Boy (SGB) is a Game Boy (GB) in a cartridge format. It fits into a Super Nintendo (SNES) and allows gamers to enjoy Game Boy games on the big screen. The ancient gaming device features a custom...
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If you read this site, there's a solid chance that you have children. Do you pay attention to who they're talking to on the internet? Probably not as well as you should—like most parents. A fifteen-year-old girl was abducted from her home in Virginia last August, and it was only thanks to the careful eye and decisive...
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The European Council has adopted new regulations on batteries that will promote a circular economy by regulating batteries throughout their life cycle. Part of this new regulation will require portable batteries in "appliances" to be removable and replaceable by 2027.
The European Parliament and the Council's new...
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A duo of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) is projected to combine into one "cannibal" CME before impacting Earth later today. The combo could potentially cause a very strong geomagnetic storm here on Earth.
NASA describes a CME as a magnetically generated solar phenomenon that can hurl billions of tons of solar...
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Gmail users around the world have been getting pop-up notifications in the past few days prompting them to up their security with Enhanced Safe Browsing. This feature, which is enabled across all Google products with a simple toggle, enables real-time security scanning and will help protect you against phishing and...
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Microsoft is introducing an Xbox Game Pass Core subscription tier that will take the place of Xbox Live Gold starting on September 14, 2023. Existing Xbox Live Gold subscribers will automatically convert to the base Game Pass tier with no need to change any payment details or login information. However, there's more...
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We've seen processor pricing undergo a series of price cuts (via sales) over the past few weeks and months, but one bargain that really stands out is AMD's mid-range Ryzen 5 7600X. That's because the 6-core/12-thread chip based on Zen 4 is selling for its lowest price ever, plus you can score a free copy of Starfield...
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If you're a dedicated fan of the original Portal, then chances are high that you're familiar with Portal: Prelude. For everyone else, Prelude was a popular fan-made mod that serves as an unofficial prequel to the megahit game that introduced us to Aperture Science, the portal gun, and murderous AI GLaDOS.
Well...
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Microsoft's purchase of Activision-Blizzard is practically a done deal at this point, and while it does result in the formation of a gargantuan gaming juggernaut the likes of which the world has hardly seen, there are some good things that could feasibly come out of the conglomerate entity. Microsoft's game publishing...
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