Tested Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 GPU Benchmark |
We've benchmarked Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 with over 40 GPUs to show how your graphics card stacks up. With the Swarm Engine pushing both GPU and CPU to their limits, find out if an upgrade is in order.
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We've benchmarked Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 with over 40 GPUs to show how your graphics card stacks up. With the Swarm Engine pushing both GPU and CPU to their limits, find out if an upgrade is in order.
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Console Gaming Sony PlayStation 5 Pro is now official at $700, launching November 7 |
| Pre-orders for the PlayStation 5 Pro open on September 26, and the
updated console will start shipping on November 7. Priced at $699, it includes a 2... |
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| Pre-orders for the PlayStation 5 Pro open on September 26, and the updated console will start shipping on November 7. Priced at $699, it includes a 2... |
What Could Go Wrong? Nevada will use Google's AI to help decide if people should receive unemployment benefits |
| Nevada's Google-powered generative AI
system is set to launch within the next few months, reports Gizmodo. Its function will be to analyze transcripts of unemployment appeals hearings... |
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| Nevada's Google-powered generative AI system is set to launch within the next few months, reports Gizmodo. Its function will be to analyze transcripts of unemployment
appeals hearings... |
Safety Proposal Oversized trucks and SUVs targeted in the US |
| While bigger cars are inherently safer for passengers, they pose a massive risk to
pedestrians. Taking this into account, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) introduced... |
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| While bigger cars are inherently safer for passengers, they pose a massive risk to pedestrians. Taking this into account, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) introduced... |
Play Store Android apps can now block usage if sideloading is detected |
| For the uninitiated, sideloading means installing apps from third-party sources
instead of Google's official app marketplace. There are reasons why users go this route: maybe an app... |
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| For the uninitiated, sideloading means installing apps from third-party sources instead of Google's official app marketplace. There are reasons why users go this route: maybe an app... |
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Costs $2,800 Huawei's tri-folding phone reaches iPad-like proportions |
| We heard earlier this month that Huawei was looking to steal some of the
attention from Apple by hosting its own product launch on September 9 (US... |
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| We heard earlier this month that Huawei was looking to steal some of the attention from Apple by hosting its own product launch on September 9 (US... |
Apple Apple showcases complete list of new iOS 18 features |
| Ever since Apple introduced iOS 18 at WWDC 2024, we've known that the new operating system
would significantly upgrade the core iPhone apps. We've also known that... |
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| Ever since Apple introduced iOS 18 at WWDC 2024, we've known that the new operating system would significantly upgrade the core iPhone apps. We've also known that... |
Hardware AMD Radeon RX 7800M is now official, features 60 CUs and 12 GB of VRAM |
| The official Radeon RX 7800M specifications recently appeared on AMD's
website. The new listing confirms the hardware specifications that manufacturer One-Netbook revealed in late August. |
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| The official Radeon RX 7800M specifications recently appeared on AMD's website. The new listing confirms the hardware specifications that manufacturer One-Netbook revealed in late August. |
Industry Artist tells Rockstar to "Go f**k yourself" after lowball offer to use band's music in GTA VI |
| Grand Theft Auto VI is still around a year away
from release, assuming the game isn't delayed, but there's little doubt it will be an enormous success... |
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| Grand Theft Auto VI is still around a year away from release, assuming the game isn't delayed, but there's little doubt it will be an enormous success... |
Google Google has started to delete inactive Gmail accounts, but it's easy to avoid |
| Google announced a new policy for inactive accounts in 2023,
stating that unused accounts would ultimately be deleted. They're now enforcing the policy, with an unspecified number... |
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| Google announced a new policy for inactive accounts in 2023, stating that unused accounts would ultimately be deleted. They're now enforcing the policy, with an unspecified number... |
Hardware Intel's 15th-gen Arrow Lake CPUs are branded as "Core Ultra 200K" in early UK listing |
| While official specs remain under wraps, some early
listings have surfaced on the UK retailer site Lambdatek, potentially giving us a glimpse of what to expect. We'll... |
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| While official specs remain under wraps, some early listings have surfaced on the UK retailer site Lambdatek, potentially giving us a glimpse of what to expect. We'll... |
FTC Lawmakers ask FTC to determine if AI generated article summaries are anti-competitive |
| Several Senate Democrats have urged the Federal Trade
Commission and Justice Department to examine whether AI-powered features like Google's AI Overviews violate antitrust laws. The coalition, led... |
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| Several Senate Democrats have urged the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department to examine whether AI-powered features like Google's AI Overviews violate antitrust
laws. The coalition, led... |
Tech Culture Amazon tried to buy a stake in Valve long before Steam became a reality |
| While working at Microsoft as a group marketing manager in the
Consumer division, Monica Harrington helped Gabe Newell and her husband, Mike, create a small video game... |
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| While working at Microsoft as a group marketing manager in the Consumer division, Monica Harrington helped Gabe Newell and her husband, Mike, create a small video game... |
Linux Kali Linux 2024.3 released with 11 new tools |
Kali Linux 2024.3 introduces several new tools, including gsocket for communication between
machines on different networks, mxcheck for scanning email servers, and hekatomb for extracting and decrypting credentials. |
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Kali Linux 2024.3 introduces several new tools, including gsocket for communication between machines on different networks, mxcheck for scanning email servers, and hekatomb for extracting and
decrypting credentials. |
Lawsuit Disney faces lawsuit over CGI recreation of Peter Cushing in Rogue One |
| The excellent Rogue One famously used CGI to recreate Grand Moff Tarkin.
Horror legend Peter Cushing, who played the character in 1977's Star Wars: Episode IV –... |
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| The excellent Rogue One famously used CGI to recreate Grand Moff Tarkin. Horror legend Peter Cushing, who played the character in 1977's Star Wars: Episode IV –... |
Apple Apple must refund Ireland $14 billion in unpaid taxes, Europe's top court rules |
| According to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), Apple will have
to repay Ireland €13 billion ($14 billion) in illegal tax credits the company benefited from for... |
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| According to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), Apple will have to repay Ireland €13 billion ($14 billion) in illegal tax credits the company benefited from for... |
Supercomputer Japan to build the world's first zeta-class supercomputer, promising 1,000-fold speed increase |
| Japan has announced plans to build the
world's first zeta-class supercomputer. Still a theoretical exercise, this groundbreaking machine could reach processing speeds a thousand times faster than... |
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| Japan has announced plans to build the world's first zeta-class supercomputer. Still a theoretical exercise, this groundbreaking machine could reach processing
speeds a thousand times faster than... |
Virtualization Emulation of PS4 and Xbox One games on PC is showing promising results |
| The developer behind the PlayStation 4 emulator shadPS4 recently
shared footage showing encouraging progress. As modders demonstrate various enhancements on social media, another independent developer announced early... |
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| The developer behind the PlayStation 4 emulator shadPS4 recently shared footage showing encouraging progress. As modders demonstrate various enhancements on social
media, another independent developer announced early... |
Mobile US wireless data usage hit record 100 trillion megabytes in 2023 |
| CTIA, the trade organization representing the US wireless industry, said the
additional 26 trillion MBs used last year is a 36 percent increase over 2022 and is... |
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| CTIA, the trade organization representing the US wireless industry, said the additional 26 trillion MBs used last year is a 36 percent increase over 2022 and is... |
| NASA spots pair of supermassive black holes battling it out as their galaxies collide |
|  At just 300 light-years apart, these are the nearest confirmed pair of supermassive black holes spotted in our local universe using visible and X-ray light observations. While... |
| Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang addresses "emotional" customer reactions amid product shortages |
|  Speaking at a Goldman Sachs tech conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Huang talked about the incredible demand for Nvidia's products, noting that every customer wants to... |
| Six months later, Intel is still waiting for $8.5 billion Chips Act disbursement |
|  Intel is on track to receive $8.5 billion in grants as well as $11 billion in low-interest loans through the government program. The funding is contingent upon... |
| Sony will soon begin selling refurbished PlayStation 5 consoles – at around half the price of a PS5 Pro |
|  In the wake of the PlayStation 5 Pro reveal, Sony started advertising shop-certified refurbished PS5 consoles on its PlayStation Direct site. The page states that the machines... |
| Chinese chipmaker Loongson claims their next GPU will match RTX 2080's performance |
|  For some context, Loongson is a Chinese fabless chip company grown out of the country's state-sponsored efforts to develop domestic CPUs. Its 3A6000 chip launched in late... |
| VirtualBox 7 gets a modern look, expands Oracle Cloud integration |
|  VirtualBox's refreshed UI brings a more modern feel, including a switch from simplified controls for beginners to full settings for experienced users, and more. |
| The CIA and MI6 are now using generative AI for modern espionage |
|  CIA director Bill Burns and UK Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) chief Richard Moore recently co-authored a Financial Times article discussing the "special" partnership between their agencies. The... |
| FBI says Americans lost $5.6 billion to crypto scams only in the last year |
|  The FBI says it received almost 70,000 complaints from victims of financial fraud involving Bitcoin, Ether, and other digital currencies. |
| Google Chrome has a hidden mini-game that involves what? |
|  The easter egg mini-game was added to Chrome Canary in mid-2014. |
| Audible is inviting narrators to train AI voices for faster audiobook production |
|  The resulting AI "voice clones" can then be used to quickly produce new audiobook recordings, with human narrators still involved to oversee quality control. |
| Two ex-Samsung executives arrested for stealing chip technology to build factory in China |
|  Two former Samsung Electronics executives have been arrested on charges of industrial espionage by South Korean authorities. The arrests are particularly shocking because the pair allegedly participated... |
| Spec-ops-style camera offers color vision in near-pitch-black conditions |
|  Unlike conventional low-light cameras that typically record in a grainy green tint, the Explorer lets you see the night world in true colors. This is thanks to... |
| Budget laptops with AMD's Kraken Point APU launching in early 2025, possibly starting at $799 |
|  Jack Huynh, AMD's senior VP and GM of computing and graphics, emphasized the need to provide AI-powered PCs at more affordable prices, with Kraken Point targeting the... |
