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After another review-less launch, the first RTX 5050 benchmarks are here — Nvidia's budget card loses to B580 and RTX 4060, with only multi frame generation to give it a boost
The first independent review of Nvidia's new RTX 5050 suggests it's faster than the RTX 3060, and has impressive performance with multi-frame gen, but falls behind the RTX 4060 and B580 at native.
2025-07-03 11:53
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Apple Watch and AirPods continue to dominate the global market – for now
A pair of market intelligence reports show that the Apple Watch and AirPods continue to dominate the global market in their respective categories. However, Apple’s long-held lead in the smartwatch market is now being challenged by Huawei, according t...
2025-07-03 11:47
Alibaba Cloud launches Eigen+ to cut costs and boost reliability for enterprise databases
Alibaba Cloud has developed a new cluster management system called Eigen+ that achieved a 36% improvement in memory allocation efficiency while eliminating Out of Memory (OOM) errors in production database environments, according to research presented...
2025-07-03 11:33
Nvidia's incendiary 12VHPWR connector consumes its latest victim — Chinese RTX 3060 Ti melts down despite modest power draw after ASUS shipped it with the wrong cable
Wherever the 12VHPWR connector goes, it brings death with it. The latest in the series of murders is a measly RTX 3060 Ti from China.
2025-07-03 11:26
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Latest Microsoft Edge update breaks design visuals on Windows 11 — once you see it, you'll hate it
Microsoft Edge version 138 started rolling out last week, and users quickly noticed it's missing an important visual design that was originally introduced specifically for Windows 11.
2025-07-03 11:26
Grounded 2 — Release date, early access content, Bugs, Buggies, and everything you need to know
Obsidian Entertainment is returning to its beloved Grounded universe with Grounded 2. This sequel plans to expand on the original game's concept with more bugs to hunt, more diverse environments, new tools to craft, the ability to ride bugs, and more.
2025-07-03 11:22
6 techniques to reduce cloud observability cost
Cloud observability is really important for most modern organizations in that it dives deep when it comes down to keeping application functionality, problems, and those little bumps in the road along the way, a smooth overall user experience. Meanwhil...
2025-07-03 11:15
Teen drivers spend 21% of the time looking at their phones, reveals alarming study [Video]
A alarming new study has found that som teen drivers in the US spend as much as 21% of their time at the wheel looking at their phones, creating a substantial risk of distracted driving crashes. While much of this was brief glances, more than 5% of dri...
2025-07-03 11:04
Intel Lunar Lake Showing Some Performance Improvements With Linux 6.16
For those on an Intel Core Ultra Series 2 "Lunar Lake" system, the upcoming Linux 6.16 kernel is looking to be in better shape for those newest Intel SoCs. In testing carried out using a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura edition laptop, there are p...
2025-07-03 10:50
Ford CEO latest to claim AI will wipe out half of white collar jobs in the U.S. — 'AI will leave a lot of white-collar people behind'
Ford CEO Jim Farley has joined the chorus of CEOs who believe AI could wipe out 50% of white collar jobs.
2025-07-03 10:15
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We now know why Nvidia blocked yet another review, the new RTX 5050 is apparently terrible
Nvidia did not allow reviews for another one of its new GeForce products as it blocked RTX 5050 reviews on launch day. We now know why. Read more...
2025-07-03 10:08
Nvidia's Arm chips rapidly gain share in server market as AI booms — Nvidia's Arm-powered GB200 servers surge as market reaches a record $95 billion in the first quarter
The global server market soared 134% to $95.2 billion in Q1 2025 as hyperscalers ramped up AI infrastructure, with Arm-based Nvidia GB200 systems driving growth and annual spending projected to exceed $366 billion.
2025-07-03 10:00
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Nintendo faces government challenge over Switch 2 nuke powers — Brazilian watchdog says end-user license agreement contains 'abusive clauses'
Brazilian consumer watchdog ProconSP has asked Nintendo to change its end-user license agreement in the country.
2025-07-03 09:58
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Critical Cisco Vulnerability in Unified CM Grants Root Access via Static Credentials
Cisco has released security updates to address a maximum-severity security flaw in Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) that could permit an attacker to login to a su...
2025-07-03 09:54
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Sam Altman's future ChatGPT sounds like Microsoft's Windows Recall but with Copilot's companionship traits — "running all the time, looking at all your stuff"
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently painted an interesting vision for a future version of ChatGPT, claiming it will“know when to go do something on your behalf.”
2025-07-03 09:48
Windows 11 reaches a new all-time high share among gamers
The latest data from Valve shows PC gamers leaving Windows 10 behind and upgrading to the more modern Windows 11. Read more...
2025-07-03 09:44
Microsoft reportedly lacks the know-how to fully leverage OpenAI's tech — despite holding IP rights
Microsoft having access to OpenAI's IP doesn't necessarily mean that it knows how to use the technology, as insiders cite frustration.
2025-07-03 09:34
Meet the SDV Committers: Elena Gantner from Eclipse S-CORE
Meet the SDV Committers: Elena Gantner from Eclipse S-CORE In this edition of our Meet the SDV Committers series, we spotlight Elena Gantner, committer to the Eclipse S-CORE project and an emerging voice in the software-defined vehicle (SDV) space. Fro...
2025-07-03 09:32
Cloudflare is fighting to safeguard "the future of the web itself" — standing directly in the way of leading AI firms
Cloudflare has announced that its new "pay per crawl" model, which charges AI crawlers for data, is in beta, and site owners can now enroll.
2025-07-03 09:20