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AMD’s laptop OEMs decry poor support, chip supply, and communication — OEM complains the company has "left billions of US dollars lying around" due to poor execution: Reports
Analysts and media contend that AMD is losing the confidence of laptop OEMs because of its focus on AI and data center GPUs.
2024-09-14 16:49
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Palworld studio confirms game will not go free-to-play or be a live service experience
Palworld maker Pocketpair has confirmed that the hit sandbox monster capturing title will not go in the live service route despite recent musings by the CEO. Read more...
2024-09-14 16:06
Linux 6.11 Adds Last Minute Addition For Intel Arrow Lake
The Linux 6.11 kernel is expected to be christened as stable tomorrow. Ahead of that stable release one of the last minute "fixes" is adding in another ID for upcoming Intel Arrow Lake processors...
2024-09-14 15:57
CMA raises alarms over Vodafone-Three merger, warns of price hikes for users
The UK's CMA expresses caution over Vodafone's merger with Three, fearing millions may face higher mobile service costs despite possible network improvements. Read more...
2024-09-14 15:10
Intel cleared to get $3.5 billion to make advanced chips for Pentagon — Secure Enclave program ushers leading-edge CPUs to the military
Intel will get a $3.5 billion federal grant to make chips for military applications under the Secure Enclave program.
2024-09-14 15:03
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iPhone 16’s A18 Pro chip outperforms the M1 chip in new benchmarks [Updated]
We got our first look at a Geekbench result from the iPhone 16 earlier this week, with somewhat disappointing results. There was a decent improvement in single core performance, but the multi-core score was abnormal. However, newer results paint a much...
2024-09-14 14:55
SpaceX to launch Galileo satellites, enhancing navigation for smartphones - TWIRL #181
A busy week for rocket launches includes SpaceX's Falcon 9 carrying two Galileo satellites, crucial for enhancing navigation services on smartphones globally. Read more...
2024-09-14 14:28
Linux dev swatted and handcuffed live during a development video stream — perps remain unidentified
René Rebe, a 25-year Free and Open Source Software developer, was swatted live in the middle of a development stream.
2024-09-14 14:26
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AMD hides Taiwan branding on Ryzen CPU packaging as it preps new chips for China market release — company uses black sticker to erase origin information
AMD hid the information on the back of its packaging for the Ryzen 5 7600X3D that says that AMD processors are diffused and made in Taiwan.
2024-09-14 14:15
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Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions improves the wizarding sport's weird rules but still feels badly imbalanced
Unbroken Studios reduced how many points Seekers earn by catching the Snitch, but other aspects of Quidditch gameplay need serious fine-tuning. Our review.
2024-09-14 14:02
71-TiB NAS with twenty-four 4TB drives hasn't had a single drive failure for ten years — owner outlines key approaches to assure HDD longevity
Tech enthusiast Louwrentius says that turning off the NAS when unused likely helped the 24 4TB hard drives last ten years without any failures.
2024-09-14 13:26
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Windows 11 gets new Timer and Day Countdown widgets
Microsoft has released two new clock widgets for Windows 11: Timer and Day Countdown. They are now available for testing. Read more...
2024-09-14 13:04
Here’s everything Apple discontinued after the iPhone 16 event
Apple held their annual iPhone keynote this week, announcing the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro, two models of AirPods 4, AirPods Max with USB-C, and the fully redesigned Apple Watch Series 10. This is everything that Apple phased out with their new product ...
2024-09-14 12:57
Intel preps Xeon R1S CPUs with 136 PCIe 5.0 lanes — Granite Rapids rumored with up to 80 cores for single-socket platform
Intel's Xeon R1S CPU with 136 PCIe lanes could be a competitive choice for communications, edge, and high-performance storage platforms.
2024-09-14 12:34
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Elon Musk and Larry Ellison begged Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang for AI GPUs at dinner
Larry Ellison talked about how he asked Jensen Huang over dinner to give him 131,072 Blackwell GPUs for the planned Zettascale Oracle Supercluster.
2024-09-14 11:57
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Apple @ Work: Let’s talk about Touch ID, Identity Provider integration, and what Apple needs to do next
Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage &...
2024-09-14 11:00
GNOME Mutter Merges XDG Session Management Wayland Protocol
As a very last minute change ahead of tagging GNOME Mutter 47, merged this morning to Mutter is support for the XDG session management Wayland protocol. This protocol is useful for letting clients request support from the compositor for saving the wind...
2024-09-14 10:33
How to monitor drive activity on Windows 11
On Windows 11, you have at least two ways to monitor the drive activity to determine the performance at a given time, and in this guide, I will show you how.
2024-09-14 10:32
KB5043939: Microsoft improves Windows 11 24H2 OOBE (initial setup experience)
Microsoft has released a new OOBE update under KB5043939. This applies to Windows 11 24H2 PCs alongside the Patch Tuesdays.s Read more...
2024-09-14 09:42
Ivanti Warns of Active Exploitation of Newly Patched Cloud Appliance Vulnerability
Ivanti has revealed that a newly patched security flaw in its Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-8190 (CVSS score: 7.2), which allows remote code executi...
2024-09-14 09:42
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