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Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 review: Mobile RTX 5080 gets the job done
The Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 is a powerful RTX 5080 laptop with a bright screen, but its AI is gimmicky and plastic shell leave something to be desired.
2025-04-11 13:00
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Custom MSI RTX 5060 Ti models surface with 16-pin power connectors and PCIe 5.0 x8
VideoCardz leaks renders of MSI's upcoming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti graphics cards.
2025-04-11 12:59
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USB4 transfer speeds make this SSD feel turbocharged
Super performance, blazing speeds
2025-04-11 12:55
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Microsoft says "ChatGPT isn't better than Copilot," but OpenAI's companion reportedly received more visits in a day than Copilot did in a month
ChatGPT saw over 52x more visits than Microsoft Copilot in February 2025, with the former's 173.3 million daily visits surpassing the latter's 98.9 million monthly visits.
2025-04-11 12:42
VIDEO: The New Account Hub
In this month’s Community Office Hours, we’re chatting with Vineet Deo, a Software Engineer on the Desktop team, who walks us through the new Account Hub on the Desktop app. If you want a sneak peak at this new streamlined experience, you can find ...
2025-04-11 12:18
Elon Musk’s xAI allegedly uses illegal generators to power Colossus supercomputer facility
xAI has reportedly built a 420 MW power facility to power the Colossus supercomputer that is set to expand to 200,000 GPUs and beyond.
2025-04-11 12:14
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Elon Musk’s xAI allegedly uses 'illegal' generators to power Colossus supercomputer facility
xAI has reportedly built a 420 MW power facility to power the Colossus supercomputer that is set to expand to 200,000 GPUs and beyond.
2025-04-11 12:14
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Researchers make breakthrough in cleaning up the 'forever chemicals' used in chip manufacturing
Monash University has developed a water filter to catch PFAS used in chip manufacturing and other industries. The chip industry has been lobbying for years against any progress on legislating PFAS-use.
2025-04-11 12:00
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Apple Maps on the web leaves beta, now works on mobile devices
Apple last year introduced a beta version of Apple Maps on the web, which allowed users of other platforms to access the company’s mapping service for the first time. However, Apple Maps on the web was labeled as “beta” — until now. And as the ...
2025-04-11 11:42
Writing Tools needs one feature to make it an essential part of Apple Intelligence
The most recent instance of benefiting from Apple Intelligence with about 70% satisfaction just occurred. I’m writing another piece using an and Magic Keyboard. I selected the opening paragraph, invoked Writing Tools, and selected Proofread. This is ...
2025-04-11 11:00
Cooling chips with lasers: Innovative cooling method removes heat precisely from hot spots, recycles heat into energy
A startup is developing a laser-based cooling system using ultrapure gallium arsenide plates to target chip hotspots, but at high costs.
2025-04-11 10:59
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Tariffs and gaming handhelds: Should I buy a Steam Deck, ROG Ally, or even a Nintendo Switch right now?
Learn all you need to know about how tariffs will affect the cost of gaming handhelds. I'm also keeping tack of current handheld prices so you can know when to buy.
2025-04-11 10:38
OttoKit WordPress Plugin Admin Creation Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation
A newly disclosed high-severity security flaw impacting OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers) has come under active exploitation within a few hours of public disclosure. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-3102 (CVSS score: 8.1), is an authorization bypas...
2025-04-11 10:28
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GPUs and tariffs — Why I recommend buying a new graphics card now before the prices climb even higher
The GPU market is already a mess, and the currently inflated prices aren't going to get any better as more tariffs fall into place. Here's what you need to know.
2025-04-11 10:25
OpenAI's need for more paid ChatGPT users is subtly mentioned in code — Will it use the viral Ghibli memes to cash in?
Code in ChatGPT suggests OpenAI may start watermarking images generated by free users, forcing them to upgrade to paid plans for an unrestricted user experience.
2025-04-11 10:09
Microsoft deprecates Windows UWP Map control and Maps Platform APIs
The list of deprecated features in Windows 10 and 11 has received a new entry about maps API in UWP applications. Read more...
2025-04-11 10:02
More and faster: New proposals changing Python from within
Top picks for Python readers on InfoWorld Making Python faster won’t be easy, but it’ll be worth itPython’s malleability and dynamism make it powerful, but also very hard to speed up. Here’s a look at some of the ways developers are working to...
2025-04-11 09:00
A multicloud experiment in agentic AI: Lessons learned
Recently I undertook a project to design and validate agentic AI architectures capable of operating autonomously across various public cloud providers. It served as a dry run to ensure I could create these architectures for my clients, test their viab...
2025-04-11 09:00
Grok 3 gets an API — but will enterprises trust it?
Once just a chatbot, xAI’s Grok 3 large language model family is now available in a beta version via an API, enabling developers to integrate Grok 3 into custom applications. The company is offering two new LLMS, one with deep domain knowledge in fi...
2025-04-11 08:51