Lack of PCIe bandwidth can nerf RTX 5090 by up to 25% in content creation workloads — Puget data confirms performance hit when using older generations and fewer lanes
Puget Systems has tested a range of PCIe configurations for its GPU in different professional applications and found that lane generation and width can make a real difference.
2025-07-04 10:08
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OpenAI almost shipped ChatGPT with a different name — before a late-night twist
OpenAI's ChatGPT lead Nick Turley recently revealed that the company almost shipped ChatGPT under a different name, but a late-night decision changed it all.
2025-07-04 09:49
Elon Musk confirms xAI is buying an overseas power plant and shipping the whole thing to the U.S. to power its new data center — 1 million AI GPUs and up to 2 Gigawatts of power under one roof, equivalent to powering 1.9 million homes
Elon Musk's xAI is set to build million-GPU data center expected to draw up to 2 GW of power, prompting Musk to buy and import an entire power plant.
2025-07-04 09:41
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Microsoft's extra year of Windows 10 security updates isn't a "viable solution" for the 400 million PCs that can't upgrade to Windows 11 — "It's obvious users are frustrated and feel yanked around."
While Microsoft's new extended lifeline for Windows 10 will grant users access to free security updates for an entire year, PIRG says this isn't enough.
2025-07-04 09:34
Marshall Acton III high quality Bluetooth speaker is just $200, cheaper than JBL Xtreme 4
The Marshall Acton III is down to its lowest ever price of just $200. It is a Bluetooth speaker that promises great quality sound. Read more...
2025-07-04 09:20
Acer Nitro Gaming Controller"NGR200" To Be Supported By Linux 6.16
Sent in today for the ongoing Linux 6.16 kernel cycle as part of the input subsystem fixes is enabling support for the Acer Nitro Gaming Controller (NGR200)...
2025-07-04 09:18
Microsoft is replacing salespeople with "solutions engineers" amid recent layoffs — promoting Copilot AI while ChatGPT dominates the enterprise sector
The recent layoffs seem to be part of Microsoft's strategy to improve its sales of AI tools metrics, with customers requesting technical support and demos.
2025-07-04 09:13
Developing JavaScript apps with AI agents
There is a phenomenon in low-code and 4GL systems called the inner platform effect. Essentially, you take a tool and build an abstraction on top designed to make it simpler and end up creating a less powerful version of the same underlying system. Art...
2025-07-04 09:00
Risk management in the public cloud is your job
I was excited to speak at a regional cloud computing summit hosted by one of the major cloud providers. My presentation focused on the many opportunities of public cloud and the essential need for risk management. Just before the event, I received an ...
2025-07-04 09:00
Ilya Sutskever officially named Safe Superintelligence CEO, shuts down acquisition rumors
Ilya Sutskever has announced via X that he is now the new CEO of Safe Superintelligence. It comes after Meta nabbed SSI's last CEO. Read more...
2025-07-04 08:30
Some Microsoft 365 services may be down due to a global outage, first details released
Microsoft has confirmed that certain M365 services like Forms have gone down. The company is investigating and has released some preliminary details. Read more...
2025-07-04 08:08
🧱 Building better initramfs: A deep dive into dracut on Fedora & RHEL
Learn how to harness the full power of dracut, the modern tool behind Fedora and RHEL's boot process. This hands-on guide explores real-world scenarios, custom module configurations, and performance tuning tips for building better initramfs images.
2025-07-04 08:00
Microsoft cuts 830 jobs in Washington as global layoffs target Xbox and sales
Microsoft's recent layoff of 9,000 employees affected 830 workers in Washington, Microsoft's home state in the US. Read more...
2025-07-04 07:02
Intel Enables Wildcat Lake Display & Experimental Flip Queue For Linux 6.17 Graphics
Intel today sent out a batch of new kernel graphics/display driver code for queuing ahead of the Linux 6.17 merge window opening in a few weeks. There is now DRM Panic support for the Intel i915 and Xe kernel drivers, Wildcat Lake "WCL" display enablem...
2025-07-04 07:00
Microsoft tells Windows, Mac, Android users to turn it "off & on" if OneDrive Search breaks
Microsoft last month confirmed that OneDrive Search was not working properly for many users. Today, the company has shared a workaround if the function still does not work. Read more...
2025-07-04 06:42
Debian Looks To Attract More Contributors, Eyes Budget For AI/LLM Usage By Debian Developers
The Debian project is hoping to address challenges of mentoring newcomers to contribute to the Debian Linux distribution as well as making it more known that open-source contributors can do more than just work on Debian packaging but that help is neede...
2025-07-04 06:30
Redis 8.2 Preparing More Performance Optimizations, SVS-VAMANA
The first release candidate of Redis 8.2 is now available for testing of this popular in-memory key-value database. Redis 8.2 is building off the recent Redis 8.0 release that ended up going tri-licensing with the AGPLv3 stemming from developer/communi...
2025-07-04 06:19
Bash 5.3 Released With Many Improvements
Three years since the Bash 5.2 release and one year since the first alpha release, GNU Bash 5.3 was released overnight as the newest step forward for this popular shell used on Linux and other operating systems...
2025-07-04 06:09
European and American companies call for the AI Act to be postponed
While EU eyes are on August to implement its controversial AI Act, tech companies have asked for a delay as they still don't know how to comply. Read more...
2025-07-04 05:38
Meta pushes for EU-wide digital majority age, wants parental approval for teen app downloads
Meta has said it would like the EU to introduce a Digital Majority Age where parents get to control what apps kids install, policed at the OS or app store level. Read more...
2025-07-04 04:56