Hardware Nvidia RTX 4060 vs. Intel Arc B580: 50 Game Benchmark |
Intel's Arc B580 aims to rival the RTX 4060 for just $250, but with CPU overhead issues impacting gaming performance, let's see how it fares at 50 benchmarked games with all CPU bottlenecks removed.
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Intel's Arc B580 aims to rival the RTX 4060 for just $250, but with CPU overhead issues impacting gaming performance, let's see how it fares at 50 benchmarked games with all CPU bottlenecks removed.
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Unboxing RTX 5090 early benchmarks show underwhelming performance uplift over the RTX 4090 |
| The RTX 5090 was put through its paces in Geekbench 5, where
it notched up impressive scores in both the OpenCL and Vulkan tests (via BenchLeaks). In... |
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| The RTX 5090 was put through its paces in Geekbench 5, where it notched up impressive scores in both the OpenCL and Vulkan tests (via BenchLeaks). In... |
Gaming Biz Analyst says the games industry "hopes" GTA VI will cost up to $100, raising average prices |
| Matthew Ball of Epyllion's State of Video Gaming
in 2025 report has a large focus on what will undoubtedly be the biggest release of the year, GTA... |
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| Matthew Ball of Epyllion's State of Video Gaming in 2025 report has a large focus on what will undoubtedly be the biggest release of the year, GTA... |
Facepalm Intel claims Core Ultra gaming performance boost with patch that does almost nothing |
| In short, the updates fail to address the underwhelming
gaming performance for such a high-end chip. |
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| In short, the updates fail to address the underwhelming gaming performance for such a high-end chip. |
WTF Teen enraged by TikTok ban sets fire to Wisconsin congressman's office |
| Shortly after 1 am on Sunday, police officers with the City of Fond du Lac
responded to reports of a fire at 525 N. Peters Avenue. |
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| Shortly after 1 am on Sunday, police officers with the City of Fond du Lac responded to reports of a fire at 525 N. Peters Avenue. |
Security A floppy disk in the mail launched the world's first ransomware attack 35 years ago |
| The attack, masterminded by American biologist Dr. Joseph
Lewis Andrew Popp Jr., arrived via a seemingly innocuous 5.25-inch floppy disk labeled "AIDS Information – Introductory Diskette 2.0."... |
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| The attack, masterminded by American biologist Dr. Joseph Lewis Andrew Popp Jr., arrived via a seemingly innocuous 5.25-inch floppy disk labeled "AIDS Information – Introductory
Diskette 2.0."... |
Security Microsoft finally patches serious UEFI Secure Boot flaw after seven-month delay |
| The vulnerability (CVE-2024-7344) allowed bad actors to sneak
malicious code onto devices in a way that could bypass many of Windows 11's built-in security defenses. It exploited... |
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| The vulnerability (CVE-2024-7344) allowed bad actors to sneak malicious code onto devices in a way that could bypass many of Windows 11's built-in security defenses. It exploited... |
Gaming Nintendo Switch 2 officially announced, with more details set for April 2 |
| Nintendo's two-minute reveal trailer highlights several design and
hardware changes from its predecessor, though details about performance or specs remain undisclosed. Hands-on previews and a full unveiling... |
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| Nintendo's two-minute reveal trailer highlights several design and hardware changes from its predecessor, though details about performance or specs remain undisclosed. Hands-on
previews and a full unveiling... |
Opinion Are tech tariffs a waste of time? |
| At CES 2025, we met a company from Eastern China that sells copper and fiber optic cables for data centers.
This is almost a commodity business. There... |
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| At CES 2025, we met a company from Eastern China that sells copper and fiber optic cables for data centers. This is almost a commodity business. There... |
Hardware AMD confirms Radeon RX 9000 graphics cards will launch in March |
| The announcement was made by David McAfee, the VP and GM of Ryzen CPU and
Radeon graphics at AMD. According to his post on X, Radeon 9000-series... |
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| The announcement was made by David McAfee, the VP and GM of Ryzen CPU and Radeon graphics at AMD. According to his post on X, Radeon 9000-series... |
The Web JavaScript now mandatory for Google Search, Google confirms |
| Google recently confirmed that JavaScript is now required for users to submit
queries to its web search service. According to a company spokesman, the new requirement will... |
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| Google recently confirmed that JavaScript is now required for users to submit queries to its web search service. According to a company spokesman, the new requirement will... |
Science World's largest telescopes threatened by light pollution |
| European Southern Observatory Director General Xavier Barcons told Space.com that
astronomers expect the project to brighten the sky by up to 10 percent around the observatory. Such... |
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| European Southern Observatory Director General Xavier Barcons told Space.com that astronomers expect the project to brighten the sky by up to 10 percent around the observatory. Such... |
Industry Arm aims to challenge x86 dominance with faster CPUs and AI-enhanced GPUs |
| In a sit-down with PCWorld at CES, Bergey revealed that after
achieving a lead in IPC (instructions per clock), Arm is now aggressively targeting higher operating frequencies.... |
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| In a sit-down with PCWorld at CES, Bergey revealed that after achieving a lead in IPC (instructions per clock), Arm is now aggressively targeting higher operating frequencies.... |
Electronics LG's next-gen OLED panels promise 4,000 nits brightness and better burn-in resistance |
| LG plans to launch its brightest-ever OLED screen
later this year. A new internal structure enables the fourth-gen panel to achieve a maximum brightness of 4,000 nits... |
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| LG plans to launch its brightest-ever OLED screen later this year. A new internal structure enables the fourth-gen panel to achieve a maximum brightness of 4,000 nits... |
Electronics Lithium-sulfur battery advancements promise faster charging and longer life |
| In the first study, a team led by Professor Jong-sung Yu at the
DGIST Department of Energy Science and Engineering developed a nitrogen-doped porous carbon material to... |
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| In the first study, a team led by Professor Jong-sung Yu at the DGIST Department of Energy Science and Engineering developed a nitrogen-doped porous carbon material to... |
Industry TSMC CEO is optimistic about Arizona chip quality despite challenges, most advance tech will remain in Taiwan |
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University event, Wei outlined a series of obstacles that have slowed progress and increased costs for TSMC's U.S. expansion. These challenges include... |
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| Speaking at a National Taiwan University event, Wei outlined a series of obstacles that have slowed progress and increased costs for TSMC's U.S. expansion. These
challenges include... |
DLSS Nvidia says over 80% of GeForce RTX GPU owners use DLSS |
| Nvidia held a lengthy presentation at CES 2025 outlining the past and future of its DLSS
neural rendering technology. One slide included a data point claiming that... |
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| Nvidia held a lengthy presentation at CES 2025 outlining the past and future of its DLSS neural rendering technology. One slide included a data point claiming that... |
Big Tech Joe Biden warns of tech billionaires' threat to democracy in farewell address |
| The outgoing president's message echoed concerns raised decades
ago by President Dwight Eisenhower about the military-industrial complex, but with a modern twist focused on the tech industry's... |
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| The outgoing president's message echoed concerns raised decades ago by President Dwight Eisenhower about the military-industrial complex, but with a modern twist focused on the tech
industry's... |
Tech + Politics Trump signs executive order delaying TikTok ban for 75 days |
| It's been an eventful few days for TikTok. After failing to divest its US
operations as required by the act, the app blocked access for US users... |
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| It's been an eventful few days for TikTok. After failing to divest its US operations as required by the act, the app blocked access for US users... |
| Massive fire erupts at world's largest battery plant in California, forcing evacuations |
|  The blaze was first reported around 3 p.m. local time at the site, located just off Highway 1 along California's Central Coast. Monterey County officials swiftly issued... |
| Robots the size of rice grains aim to revolutionize brain surgery |
|  Existing solutions often involve stiff, invasive tools that can cause major damage to sensitive brain tissue. Robeauté's bot, which is roughly the size of a grain of... |
| Study finds cracking protections in 712 vintage games took 628 years |
|  Conducted by data scientists Kristofer Erickson and Felix Rodriguez Perez in collaboration with the University of Glasgow, the research centered on MAME (the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator)... |
| UK tech minister supports use of ChatGPT for homework, compares AI fears to calculator launch |
|  Peter Kyle, the UK's Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, doesn't believe in following the lead of other institutions by implementing outright bans or heavy... |
| China's reusable rockets pave the way for space-based solar power |
|  Chinese researchers are working on a new power station project that could gather and convert solar energy directly from space. The station would be 1 kilometer wide... |
| Wino Mail offers Windows Mail fans a fresh, native email solution |
|  Wino Mail is the creation of developer Burak Kaan Köse, who is upfront about the app being inspired by Microsoft's discontinued Mail and Calendar app. As the... |
| Lawyer drops Meta as client, citing Mark Zuckerberg's "toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness" |
|  Stanford law professor Mark Lemley represented Meta in a 2023 copyright case in which the company used a data set containing copyrighted e-books to train its LLMs,... |
| Developer ports Doom into a Microsoft Word document |
|  The standalone Word document, weighing in at 6.6MB, contains a source port of doomgeneric and is available for download via GitHub. To run this version of Doom,... |
| Neverwinter Nights is still getting community-made software updates, more than 20 years after launch |
|  A group of software engineers volunteered their time to deliver a massive new update for Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, the improved version of the classic CRPG released... |
| Switch modder arrested in Japan as Nintendo admits emulation is technically legal |
|  A 58-year-old man from Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, was arrested for selling modified Nintendo Switch consoles designed to play pirated games. According to Japanese media, this marks the... |
| Nvidia transitions to advanced CoWoS-L chip packaging, signaling a major shift for TSMC |
|  Speaking on the sidelines of an event hosted by chip supplier Siliconware Precision Industries in Taichung, Taiwan, Huang explained the transition in Nvidia's chip packaging requirements. "As... |
| The energy industry is using a "net-zero hero" narrative shifting blame to consumers |
|  The energy sector's narrative of individual responsibility in combating climate change is being challenged by new research from the University of Sydney. The study, which analyzed hundreds... |
| Most GeForce Now subscription tiers currently unavailable, Nvidia says due to overwhelming demand |
|  Currently, five out of eight subscription tiers for GeForce Now are unavailable, including all Day Passes, Free, and Performance tiers of the 1-month plan, as well as... |
| AMD Threadripper 9000 series spotted: 96-core Zen 5 CPUs on the horizon |
|  AMD's Threadripper lineup continues to deliver high-performance processors for enthusiasts and demanding workstation users. The company is sticking with the same successful formula for the upcoming Threadripper... |
| Parallels introduces x86 emulation for Apple Silicon Macs |
|  That changed last week with Parallels Desktop 20.2, which adds preliminary x86 emulation so you can fire up 64-bit versions of Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows... |
| FTC settlement bans GM from sharing driver location data for five years |
|  In March 2024, a New York Times report uncovered how connected cars with built-in telematics share driver statistics and data with insurers, often without the owners even... |
