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China launches antitrust probe against Google in retaliation for US tariffs

China escalates trade tensions with the US, launching an antitrust probe into Google and adding American companies PVH and Illumina to its "unreliable entity" list. Read more...

2025-02-04 14:32

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Firefox 136 Beta Finally Enables Hardware Video Decoding For AMD GPUs On Linux By Default

With Firefox 135 released, Firefox 136 is now in beta. Most notable with this next iteration of the Mozilla Firefox web browser is finally enabling hardware video acceleration by default for AMD GPUs on Linux...

2025-02-04 14:04

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I tested an upgradeable mini PC that handles my daily Windows 11 workload and cloud gaming for under $500

The Geekom A6 mini PC features an AMD Ryzen CPU, Radeon graphics, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. It's a fantastic device that costs under $500.

2025-02-04 14:00

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Grubhub security breach exposed customer and driver data, says company

A Grubhub security breach has exposed personal data for both customers and drivers, says the company, after an “incident” involving a third-party contractor. The company has not revealed the exact scale of the security fail, but has admitted that t...

2025-02-04 13:38

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This forgotten Windows 11 feature is about to get some love from Microsoft

Windows 11 will soon support customizing which widgets appear on a PC's lock screen.

2025-02-04 13:33

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You'll care about these 7 big changes coming to Windows 11 in 2025 — here's what to expect

Microsoft is working on several new features for Windows 11 in 2025. Let's take an early look at them.

2025-02-04 13:30

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7 new Windows 11 features and more big changes coming in 2025 that you'll actually care about

Microsoft is working on several new features for Windows 11 in 2025. Let's take an early look at them.

2025-02-04 13:30

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Spotify had its first ever profitable year; may have been assisted by Apple U-turn

Spotify achieved its first full year of profitability since launching in 2008. The company has previously had occasional profitable quarters, but consistently lost money each year. Apple may have played a role in the company’s turnaround, thanks to a...

2025-02-04 13:21

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DeepSeek's $6 million R1 cost-efficient model training might be a ruse — the Chinese startup reportedly spent $1.6 billion and bought 50,000 NVIDIA GPUs while its top researchers earned $1.3 million

China's DeepSeek AI startup reportedly spent up to $944 million on operating costs.

2025-02-04 13:00

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"Deep Research has been a personal AGI moment for me": OpenAI's new AI agentic tool simulates a personal research analyst

OpenAI unveiled a new tool dubbed Deep Research, which "conducts multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks."

2025-02-04 13:00

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FFmpeg Adds AMD AMF Decoder, FSR-Based Upscaling

Landing this week in the FFmpeg open-source library that is widely-used by multimedia applications was NVIDIA video acceleration improvements for Blackwell GPUs. Over on the AMD side, there are also some interesting changes to have been merged this wee...

2025-02-04 12:55

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Meta says its future AI models could have ‘catastrophic outcomes’

A Meta policy document describes the company’s fears that it could accidentally develop an AI model which would lead to “catastrophic outcomes.” It describes its plans to prevent the release of such models, but admits that it may not be able to d...

2025-02-04 12:47

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Optimizing The Linux Kernel With PGO Can Yield ~3% Benefit For HPC Workloads

While the Linux kernel itself may not be often viewed as a bottleneck to typical high performance computing (HPC) workloads, optimizing the Linux kernel with Profile Guided Optimizations (PGO) can prove worthwhile for those seeking maximum performance ...

2025-02-04 12:37

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Opera launches a new browser that can help you remain calm and focused while browsing

Opera has launched a new web browser that aims to offer an “stress-free” browsing experience, with features such as breathing exercises, relaxing sounds, and more. Read more...

2025-02-04 12:14

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How China saved Apple from bankruptcy but now holds the company hostage

An upcoming book Apple in China promises to tell the story of how a seemingly smart idea back in 1996 now leaves the company hostage to the whims of an authoritarian regime. Subtitled “the capture of the world’s greatest company,” the book featur...

2025-02-04 12:07

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Game distribution on the App Store in Vietnam

The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) requires games to be licensed to remain available on the App Store in Vietnam. To learn more and apply for a game license, review the regulations.Once you have obtained your license: Si...

2025-02-04 12:00

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South of Midnight PC requirements and specs — Is your computer ready for this Southern folktale adventure?

South of Midnight is an upcoming adventure game from Compulsion Games and Xbox, so check to make sure your PC has the specs to meet the requirements.

2025-02-04 12:00

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Redox OS Makes Progress On Dynamic Linking, New Ports

The Rust-written Redox OS open-source operating system is out with a new status report to highlight the progress their developers made over the course of January...

2025-02-04 11:49

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Nvidia releases new hotfix driver with patches for Valorant crashes and FFXVI freezes

Nvidia has released a new hotfix driver to address Valorant crashes on new RTX 5000 graphics cards and Final Fantasy XVI freezes. Read more...

2025-02-04 10:56

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FFmpeg Lands Video Encoding/Decoding Improvements For NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs

Merged this week to FFmpeg Git for this widely-used open-source multimedia library are a number of NVIDIA video encoding "NVENC" improvements for benefiting the new GeForce RTX 50 "Blackwell" graphics processors...

2025-02-04 10:27

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