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Italian authorities bust a $52 million video game trafficking ring — criminals smuggled pirated games and bootleg consoles from China
Italy's financial police dismantled a counterfeit game console and pirated games trafficking ring at an estimated value of around $52.5 million.
2024-09-13 17:10
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Noctua eliminates 'Rattlegate' on the NH-D15 G2 — CPU cooler no longer makes rattling noises during operation
Noctua has finally resolved the rattling issues plaguing its new flagship NH-D15 G2 air cooler. This defect is no longer present in new production units, and current owners will be offered a full fix for defective units currently in operation.
2024-09-13 17:07
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AMD Z1 Extreme beats Intel Core Ultra 7 258V in DX12 gaming benchmark — Zen 4 chip offers over 90% higher performance
The Intel Core Ultra 7 258V performs much better than the AMD Z1 Extreme with 12GB of RAM. However, when the AMD chips were matched with 16GB of RAM, they blew the 32GB Intel SoC out of the water.
2024-09-13 16:54
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Best SSDs 2024: From Budget SATA to Blazing-Fast NVMe
We recommend the best SSDs for every need and budget based on our extensive lab tests.
2024-09-13 15:59
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AMD plans for FSR4 to be fully AI-based — designed to improve quality and maximize power efficiency
AMD FSR4 has been in the work for 9–12 months already, and will be fully AI-based for frame generation and frame interpolation. It sounds like it's being designed around handhelds first but should apply to laptops and desktops as well.
2024-09-13 15:49
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This tiny 3D-printed Apple IIe is powered by a $2 microcontroller
A $2 microcontroller and a little 3D printing will get you a Barbie doll-sized Apple IIe.
2024-09-13 15:44
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China's SMEE files patent for an EUV chipmaking tool — tool aims to break the shackles of ASML export restrictions
Shanghai Microelectronics Equipment patents key components of an EUV lithography tool.
2024-09-13 14:45
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Microsoft uses automated robots to disassemble and recycle HDDs — company typically shreds two million hard drives per year
Instead of shredding outgoing HDDs, Microsoft disassembles them, then recycles rare earth metals and other valuable materials.
2024-09-13 14:37
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U.S. Govt pushes Nvidia and Apple to use Intel's foundries — Department of Commerce Secretary Raimondo makes appeal for US-based chip production
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger expressed his frustrations about American tech companies' use of TSMC for their chip requirements during a meeting with Secretary Raimondo. The latter then encouraged investors in private sessions to use American foundries for t...
2024-09-13 14:36
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North Korean hackers target Python devs with malware disguised as coding tests — hack has been underway for a year
North Korean hackers Lazarus Group pose as financial firms to provide malware disguised as a job opportunity.
2024-09-13 14:33
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Researchers build AI-powered security systems that predict criminal behavior, claim 82.8% accuracy in predicting felonies with CCTV monitoring
The South Korean Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute has built an AI system that integrates real-time CCTV footage and historical criminal data to predict the chances that a crime would happen in a particular area.
2024-09-13 13:31
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Silicon Motion SM2508 SSD review: Finally, a true PCIe 5.0 contender
SMI’s high-end SM2508 PCIe 5.0 SSD controller is finally here. It offers top notch performance and does so with greatly improved efficiency, ushering in an era of better controllers and SSDs.
2024-09-13 12:00
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Twenty percent of hard drives used for long-term music storage in the 90s have failed
Iron Mountain says that one-fifth of the storage media it receives from the music industry are bricked.
2024-09-13 11:25
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'Cyberpunk 2077' finally gets FSR3 frame gen for non-RTX GPUs — it's not FSR 3.1, but it works with basically any graphics card
Cyberpunk 2077 finally gets its FSR 3 patch, featuring FSR frame generation support, enabling non-Nvidia GPUs to run frame generation in the game.
2024-09-12 20:06
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Best Curved Gaming Monitors 2024
Here are the best curved gaming monitors for PC available in 2024.
2024-09-12 18:25
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Bigger and cheaper SSDs are coming thanks to Samsung — chipmaker starts mass producing 280-layer QLC 9th generation V-NAND
Samsung has officially announced the production of its all-new 9th generation QLC V-NAND flash, which features up to 50% lower power consumption.
2024-09-12 17:56
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Bigger and cheaper SSDs are coming thanks to Samsung — chipmaker starts mass producing 9th-gen 280-layer QLC V-NAND
Samsung has officially announced the production of its all-new 9th generation QLC V-NAND flash, which features up to 50% lower power consumption.
2024-09-12 17:56
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Best Ultrawide Gaming Monitors 2024
These are the best ultrawide gaming monitors available in 2023, including 240 Hz, OLED and DQHD options.
2024-09-12 17:49
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Best Monitors for PS5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S in 2024
Here are the best gaming monitors for the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 available in 2024.
2024-09-12 17:33
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Blacklisted Chinese AI GPU champ Biren preps for IPO at $2.19B valuation
Nvidia's China-based rival Biren hires an investment bank to prep for an IPO at a $2.19 billion valuation while being blacklisted by the U.S. government.
2024-09-12 16:31
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