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Microsoft officially confirms Skype is shutting down
It is now official: Skype is dead. Microsoft acknowledged the recent findings and confirmed that the platform will shut down in a few months. Read more...
2025-02-28 15:04
The WD_BLACK 2TB SN770M SSD for Steam Deck is available for its all-time lowest price
If you are looking to expand the storage of your newly purchased (or old) handheld gaming device then you can grab the WD_BLACK 2TB SN770M SSD at its lowest price on Amazon. Read more...
2025-02-28 14:40
Skype is shutting down soon, Microsoft pushing users to Teams
It’s the end of an era for web calls: Skype is shutting down soon. Microsoft announced it will be retiring the legacy communication platform soon and pushing existing users to adopt Teams instead. Here are the details. more…
2025-02-28 14:36
Boston Java Users 2025
Boston Java Users 2025 Boston Java Users was the last stop of my mini-tour of US East Coast JUGs. Quite a crowd gathered at Oracle’s premises in Burlington for pizza and tech talks. The event started with a lightning talk about LLMs by Srijha Kalyan....
2025-02-28 13:59
Skype made my marriage possible, and I'm sad to see it go
Skype was how my wife and I made long-distance work, and now it’s disappearing. From late-night chats to watching movies 'side-by-side,' it was our go-to app. Now, with Microsoft ending support, I can't help but feel nostalgic.
2025-02-28 13:49
AMD's new $599 Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU undercuts NVIDIA — FSR 4 will "triple" your FPS in Black Ops 6
AMD finally unveiled its RDNA 4 GPUs, and the price and performance are impressive. NVIDIA needed some strong competition, and it just arrived.
2025-02-28 13:48
Mozilla deletes promise not to sell Firefox users’ data
The hits just keep on coming. Mozilla not only changed its Privacy Notice and introduced a Terms of Use for Firefox for the first time with some pretty onerous terms, they also removed a rather specific question and answer pair from their page with fre...
2025-02-28 13:40
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AMD RDNA 4 and Radeon RX 9000-series GPUs start at $549: Specifications, release date, pricing, and more revealed
AMD's RDNA 4 architecture and RX 9000-series GPUs launch March 6, beginning with the mainstream to high-end 9070 and 9070 XT. The new chips come with significantly improved ray tracing and AI hardware and should provide Nvidia's RTX 50-series some much...
2025-02-28 13:36
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AMD RDNA 4 and Radeon RX 9000-series GPUs: Specifications, release date, pricing, and more revealed
AMD's RDNA 4 architecture and RX 9000-series GPUs launch March 6, beginning with the mainstream to high-end 9070 and 9070 XT. The new chips come with significantly improved ray tracing and AI hardware and should provide Nvidia's RTX 50-series some much...
2025-02-28 13:33
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LaCie Rugged SSD Pro5 Review: Fastest external storage – if you’re on an M4 Pro or Max Mac
LaCie’s Thunderbolt 5 drive is the fastest we’ve tested – but you may want to skip it even if you have TB5
2025-02-28 13:30
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Skype to finally be shuttered in May, 22 years after its August 2003 launch
Skype to be sunsetted in Q3 2025.
2025-02-28 13:24
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Fresh iPhone 17 series CAD renders confirm previous rumors about the camera module change
Rumors are swirling that this year's iPhone 17 series will feature a redesigned camera module, and it will be an unusual design for Apple. Read more...
2025-02-28 13:24
AMD's driver-based frame gen gets upgrades while Image Sharpening now supports full desktop
AMD's HYPR-RX suite is getting an upgrade with the new version of Fluid Motion Frames, the company's driver-based frame gen tech. A new version of Radeon Image Sharpening is touting improvements too. Read more...
2025-02-28 13:08
AMD FSR 4 is finally here touting machine learning-powered upscaling
Right alongside the unveiling of the new RX 9070 series, AMD has given a first look at what its new FSR 4 ML-powered upscaling tech can do for RDNA 4 owners. Read more...
2025-02-28 13:04
AMD details Windows 11 AI performance gains on RX 9070 XT vs 7900
AMD has shared performance numbers of the new 9070 XT in AI and ML workloads as well as how it managed to do it. Read more...
2025-02-28 13:01
AMD 9070 XT brings higher quality encode, and video playback performance improvements
AMD is finally promising high quality image output with the new encoder of its RDNA 4 based RX 9070 XT GPU. Read more...
2025-02-28 13:00
AMD shares RX 9070 (XT) Windows 11 performance vs RTX 3090, 3080, RX 7900, 6900 XT, 6800 XT
AMD has detailed the performance improvement of its new RX 9070 XT and 9070 GPUs against Nvidia's 3090, 3080 as well as 6900 XT, 6800 XT, and GRE. Read more...
2025-02-28 13:00
AMD explains in detail how RDNA 4 architecture makes 9070 XT gaming performance so good
AMD has explained in detail the architectural improvements and capabilities of its new RDNA 4 design that makes it so much better than previous gen in certain things. Read more...
2025-02-28 13:00
AMD's new AI to fix Windows driver issues with no performance loss, privacy concerns
AMD has released a new software tool called Image Inspector that is designed to fix various driver issues without losing performance or sacrificing user privacy. Read more...
2025-02-28 13:00