Tech Culture What Ever Happened to ICQ? |
ICQ, short for "I Seek You," laid the groundwork for instant messaging clients when it debuted in
November 1996. Think about how long ago that was... Windows 95 was barely a year old, Nintendo had just introduced the N64, and those with a reason to have a cell phone actually used it to talk on.
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ICQ, short for "I Seek You," laid the groundwork for instant messaging clients when it debuted in November 1996. Think about how long ago that was... Windows 95 was barely a year old, Nintendo had just introduced the N64, and those with a reason to have a cell phone actually used it to talk on.
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Radeon AMD's cancelled RDNA 4 GPU could have doubled the 7900 XTX's performance |
| Data-mined code that recently emerged on the Anandtech forums indicates
that AMD was working on an RDNA 4 GPU at one point, doubling most of the RX... |
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| Data-mined code that recently emerged on the Anandtech forums indicates that AMD was working on an RDNA 4 GPU at one point, doubling most of the RX... |
Tech + Politics US seeks assurance from China and Russia that AI will never control their nuclear weapons |
| State Department arms control official Paul
Dean told an online briefing that Washington has made a "clear and strong commitment" to keep humans in control of nuclear... |
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| State Department arms control official Paul Dean told an online briefing that Washington has made a "clear and strong commitment" to keep humans in control of nuclear... |
5.34 PetaFlops The US government is auctioning the Cheyenne supercomputer: 145,152 CPU cores and 313 TB of RAM |
| Cheyenne is driven by 8,064 Intel Xeon
E5-2697v4 processors. Each Broadwell-class chip is built on a 14nm process and features 18 cores / 36 threads with a... |
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| Cheyenne is driven by 8,064 Intel Xeon E5-2697v4 processors. Each Broadwell-class chip is built on a 14nm process and features 18 cores / 36 threads with a... |
Windows Windows 10 returns to 70% market share as Windows 11 continues to sink |
| Windows 11 has entered its second month of market share decline on
Statcounter's global chart. The OS sank to around 25 percent adoption among Windows users while... |
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| Windows 11 has entered its second month of market share decline on Statcounter's global chart. The OS sank to around 25 percent adoption among Windows users while... |
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Gaming Path tracing mods for Deus Ex, Dark Messiah, and Half-Life 2 show stunning progress |
| Modders working with Nvidia's RTX Remix toolset can now
utilize DLSS 3.5 ray reconstruction when adding path tracing to older games. The company used the announcement to... |
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| Modders working with Nvidia's RTX Remix toolset can now utilize DLSS 3.5 ray reconstruction when adding path tracing to older games. The company used the announcement to... |
GitHub MS-DOS 4.00 source code's sloppy Git dump breaks build and erases metadata |
| The fumble is dumping the source into a Git repository rather than
providing a pristine archive, which, as software curator Michal Necasek of the OS/2 Museum points... |
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| The fumble is dumping the source into a Git repository rather than providing a pristine archive, which, as software curator Michal Necasek of the OS/2 Museum points... |
Industry Tesla lays off entire Supercharger and new vehicles teams, weeks after previous cuts |
| Rebecca Tinucci, Tesla's senior director of EV charging,
will be leaving the automaker. Being shown the door alongside Tinucci will be all 500 members of the team... |
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| Rebecca Tinucci, Tesla's senior director of EV charging, will be leaving the automaker. Being shown the door alongside Tinucci will be all 500 members of the team... |
Hardware RTX 4090 owner says his 16-pin power connector melted at the GPU and PSU ends simultaneously |
| The melting 16-pin power connector (12VHPWR)
issue has been haunting RTX 4090 owners since Nvidia's flagship launched back in October 2022. It's a big problem that hasn't... |
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| The melting 16-pin power connector (12VHPWR) issue has been haunting RTX 4090 owners since Nvidia's flagship launched back in October 2022. It's a big problem that hasn't... |
Tech Culture Priest arrested for using $40,000 of parish funds on mobile games, including Candy Crush and Mario Kart |
| Reverend Lawrence Kozak, 51, was
charged with theft and other related crimes for allegedly using a church credit card to spend $41,879.83 on mobile games between September... |
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| Reverend Lawrence Kozak, 51, was charged with theft and other related crimes for allegedly using a church credit card to spend $41,879.83 on mobile games between September...
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Tech Culture BASIC's 60th anniversary reminds us of the language that democratized programming, as AI threatens to automate coding |
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overstate how revolutionary BASIC was in the early 1960s computing landscape. At that time, computers were highly specialized black boxes confined to corporate, government,... |
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| It's hard to overstate how revolutionary BASIC was in the early 1960s computing landscape. At that time, computers were highly specialized black
boxes confined to corporate, government,... |
Security Devious "Brokewell" trojan masquerades as Chrome browser update to steal your banking data |
| As reported by fraud risk company ThreatFabric, the
modus operandi of this malware is deceptively simple - it tricks unsuspecting users into downloading it by disguising itself... |
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| As reported by fraud risk company ThreatFabric, the modus operandi of this malware is deceptively simple - it tricks unsuspecting users into downloading it by disguising itself... |
GeForce RTX Nvidia thinks its GPUs are better for onboard AI than NPUs |
| A recently leaked internal presentation from Nvidia explains the company's
apparent preference for discrete GPUs over NPUs (Neural Processing Units) for running local generative AI applications. The... |
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| A recently leaked internal presentation from Nvidia explains the company's apparent preference for discrete GPUs over NPUs (Neural Processing Units) for running local generative AI applications.
The... |
Steam Survey April Steam survey sees another AMD card enter chart, Windows 11 gain more users |
| The best-performing GPUs in April's Steam survey were two
laptop products, the RTX 4060 (up 0.50%) and RTX 3060 (up 0.39%). There was also a boost for... |
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| The best-performing GPUs in April's Steam survey were two laptop products, the RTX 4060 (up 0.50%) and RTX 3060 (up 0.39%). There was also a boost for... |
Electronics Boston Dynamics bots could revolutionize the live entertainment industry |
| Boston Dynamics introduced its four-legged, canine-like robot in
2016. Over the years, we have seen Spot work alongside - and in place of - humans in several... |
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| Boston Dynamics introduced its four-legged, canine-like robot in 2016. Over the years, we have seen Spot work alongside - and in place of - humans in several... |
Electronics Researchers create a new circuit board material that can be easily recycled |
| Researchers at the University of Washington have announced the
development of a new type of PCB with significantly higher recycling potential than traditional printed circuits. Utilizing cutting-edge... |
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| Researchers at the University of Washington have announced the development of a new type of PCB with significantly higher recycling potential than traditional printed circuits.
Utilizing cutting-edge... |
| iOS 18 could overhaul several built-in iPhone apps with AI features |
|  According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the updated Notes app will feature enhanced support for displaying mathematical equations and recording voice memos directly within the app. Gurman also... |
| Google supercharges Chrome's omnibox address bar with machine learning |
|  The omnibox has evolved well beyond its humble beginnings as a place to type website addresses. It can now handle all sorts of queries and tasks by... |
| Nvidia RTX 4090 can crack complex 8-character passwords in minutes |
|  According to Hive Systems, hackers are finding it increasingly difficult to crack passwords, thanks to the widespread use of stronger hashing algorithms like bcrypt, which is replacing... |
| Intel's 18A Panther Lake CPUs on track to launch in mid-2025, promising significant AI boost |
|  This next-gen chip architecture looks to be the culmination of Intel's recent focus on AI computing performance. Gelsinger made some bold claims, stating that Panther Lake will... |
| Microsoft Edge continues upward trend on PC, even as it remains 9th on mobile |
|  Let's start with the reigning champion, Chrome. Google's browser saw its desktop market share rise marginally to 65.94% last month, up 0.17 percentage points. The company's not... |
| Amazon S3 bucket with placeholder-like name leads to $1,300 in charges |
|  Using a private AWS S3 bucket with a simple, easy-to-guess name could quickly become a financial disaster for even the simplest cloud project. A developer named Maciej... |
| Satellite giants SES and Intelsat to merge in $3.1 billion deal |
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 The deal isn't just about bolstering the companies' GEO fleets. This merger, which is subject to regulatory approvals, is a bold play to take on the new... |
| AMD's gaming revenue plunges 48% and might not recover until 2025 |
|  AMD opened its doors on May 1, 1969, and was led by co-founder Jerry Sanders. AMD jumped into the microprocessor industry in the mid-70s and competed directly... |
| Batman: Arkham Shadow announced as a Meta Quest 3 exclusive due out in late 2024 |
|  The dev aims to deliver an "authentic, new" entry in the series, and said it is committed to building on the foundation laid by Rocksteady. That studio... |
| Samsung on cloud nine after 933% Q1 profit jump, thanks to AI wave |
|  The tech giant reported blowout Q1 2024 results on Tuesday, with an operating profit of 6.61 trillion Korean won ($4.76 billion) - up an eye-popping 932.8% compared... |
| Google flexes security muscle, says it stopped 2.2 million rogue apps from hitting Play Store in 2023 |
|  Google says the push to keep the Play Store a clean place came from its SAFE principles - Safeguard users, Advocate for developer protection, Foster responsible innovation,... |
| Refreshed Beats Solo on-ear headphones get better battery life, improved acoustics |
|  Beats' latest additionally support spatial audio with dynamic head tracking, and lossless audio playback via USB-C or 3.5mm audio cable thanks to the built-in digital analog converter... |
| Apple poached three dozen Google experts to open a secret AI lab in Zurich |
|  The Financial Times analyzed hundreds of job listings, LinkedIn profiles, and many studies over the last several years and found that Apple has recruited at least 36... |
