Hardware Is Your Older Ryzen CPU Fast Enough for the RTX 4080? |
Today's mission is to work out how suitable the Ryzen 5600 is to use with a modern high-end GPU, such as the RTX 4080. Will the upgrade to a more powerful GPU require an entire platform upgrade?
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Today's mission is to work out how suitable the Ryzen 5600 is to use with a modern high-end GPU, such as the RTX 4080. Will the upgrade to a more powerful GPU require an entire platform upgrade?
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Science Innovative sand battery can heat entire town for a week |
| A sand battery uses sand or sand-like material as a medium to store energy as heat. Its
core purpose is to serve as a high-capacity reservoir for... |
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| A sand battery uses sand or sand-like material as a medium to store energy as heat. Its core purpose is to serve as a high-capacity reservoir for... |
Software Microsoft reveals how much Windows 10 Extended Security Updates will cost |
| In an official blog post, Microsoft announced that organizations
will have three options to extend update support for Windows 10: the traditional 5-by-5 activation, Windows 365 subscription-based... |
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| In an official blog post, Microsoft announced that organizations will have three options to extend update support for Windows 10: the traditional 5-by-5 activation, Windows 365
subscription-based... |
Tech Culture California considers "right to disconnect" bill to prevent bosses contacting workers out of hours |
| If passed, Assembly Bill 2751,
introduced by assemblymember Matt Haney of San Francisco in February, will give employees the right to disconnect from communications from their employer... |
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| If passed, Assembly Bill 2751, introduced by assemblymember Matt Haney of San Francisco in February, will give employees the right to disconnect from communications
from their employer... |
Oops Intel says past mistakes contributed to its foundry business losing $7 billion last year |
| Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger warned investors that the worst
is yet to come. He expects Intel's chipmaking business to have its worst year of losses in 2024,... |
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| Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger warned investors that the worst is yet to come. He expects Intel's chipmaking business to have its worst year of losses in 2024,... |
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Science FPS and your eyes: Some people can process visual information faster than others |
| The researchers devised an experiment involving a flickering
light to gauge individual ability. The test involved 80 men and women between the ages of 18 and 35,... |
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| The researchers devised an experiment involving a flickering light to gauge individual ability. The test involved 80 men and women between the ages of 18 and 35,... |
Space Mapping the cosmos: 3.2 gigapixel camera to scan southern sky for a decade |
| The groundbreaking device, the largest digital camera ever built for
astronomical observations, serves as the primary component of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, currently under construction in... |
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| The groundbreaking device, the largest digital camera ever built for astronomical observations, serves as the primary component of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, currently under construction
in... |
Apple Vision Pro Apple's Spatial Personas for the Vision Pro bring your FaceTime callers into the room |
| Personas are avatars that look like their users.
In that sense, they are similar to Memojis on iPhone. The primary difference is that Personas look way more... |
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| Personas are avatars that look like their users. In that sense, they are similar to Memojis on iPhone. The primary difference is that Personas look way more... |
Hardware Snapdragon X Elite is faster than Intel and AMD flagship CPUs in Geekbench |
| An unannounced Lenovo laptop powered by the Snapdragon X Elite SoC
popped up on Geekbench (via @techinamul) earlier this week with model number "4810UV0100." The device racked... |
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| An unannounced Lenovo laptop powered by the Snapdragon X Elite SoC popped up on Geekbench (via @techinamul) earlier this week with model number "4810UV0100." The device racked... |
Gaming Most gaming time is spent on older titles like Fortnite and Minecraft, report says |
| According to Newzoo's recently published 2024 PC and Console
gaming report, gamers spent most of their time on a handful of popular evergreen titles throughout the last... |
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| According to Newzoo's recently published 2024 PC and Console gaming report, gamers spent most of their time on a handful of popular evergreen titles throughout the last... |
Hardware Coder crafts smooth 3D graphics engine from scratch, runs it on DIY GPU |
| This isn't Fish's first venture into homebrew graphics. He initially
developed the "Pescado" engine in WebGL for web browsers, then ported it to OpenGL for PC graphics... |
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| This isn't Fish's first venture into homebrew graphics. He initially developed the "Pescado" engine in WebGL for web browsers, then ported it to OpenGL for PC graphics... |
Workplace Are return-to-office mandates actually masquerading as "quiet firing"? |
| If your company is introducing a strict return-to-office (RTO)
mandate, it could be worth looking at how the company is doing overall. Though management lines usually center... |
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| If your company is introducing a strict return-to-office (RTO) mandate, it could be worth looking at how the company is doing overall. Though management lines usually center... |
Gaming Nintendo explains how it created Zelda's amazing physics at GDC |
| One of the most lauded aspects of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is
its central gameplay system, which enables players to fuse any two... |
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| One of the most lauded aspects of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is its central gameplay system, which enables players to fuse any two... |
AI ChatGPT now lets you edit AI images created in DALL-E on the fly |
| The image editing feature allows users to touch up, tweak, refine, add, or remove
elements from an AI-generated image without leaving the chat. The editing tools are... |
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| The image editing feature allows users to touch up, tweak, refine, add, or remove elements from an AI-generated image without leaving the chat. The editing tools are... |
Industry Massive 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Taiwan, threatens tech supply chain |
| According to NBC News, the quake hit roughly 11 miles
south-southwest of Hualien at a depth of about 21 miles, and triggered tsunami warnings for Taiwan, Japan,... |
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| According to NBC News, the quake hit roughly 11 miles south-southwest of Hualien at a depth of about 21 miles, and triggered tsunami warnings for Taiwan, Japan,... |
| Debris from the International Space Station may have hit a Florida home |
|  A strange, cylindrical object slammed into the roof of a house in Naples, Florida, last month, tearing through two floors and nearly hitting a person inside. The... |
| Could Google charge a fee for AI search results? We don't think so. |
|  According to a report from the Financial Times (paywalled), Google's AI-powered search results will reportedly be available as part of its existing subscription services like Gemini Advanced... |
| Another Matrix movie is in the works with a new writer-director |
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 The next Matrix movie will be written and directed by Drew Goddard, whose past credits include the excellent The Cabin in the Woods, The Martian, Cloverfield, World... |
| Microsoft's Copilot key leverages a Function key not found on modern keyboards |
|  Microsoft describes the Copilot key for Windows 11 PCs as a means to "empower" users and enable them to easily embrace the upcoming AI "transformation." The new... |
| Microsoft will erase WordPad with the next Windows 11 upgrade |
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 Microsoft announced the deprecation of WordPad in September 2023, stating that the basic Windows word processor would no longer receive updates. Subsequently, WordPad was completely removed from... |
| Developer delves into Denuvo DRM to run Hogwarts Legacy on a secondary PC |
|  DRM developer and reverse engineering expert Maurice Heumann decided to investigate the Denuvo DRM protection embedded in Hogwarts Legacy, the popular action RPG based on the Harry... |
| Sony just fixed a security hole that made the PlayStation Portal more useful |
|  Sony recently released a new system update for the PlayStation Portal, the streaming gadget designed to play PS5 games over WiFi. Official notes for the 2.0.6 release... |
| FTC denies rating board's suggestion for age verification system |
|  The Federal Trade Commission has denied a petition to allow companies to use facial age estimation (FAE) technology to obtain parental consent when collecting data from children... |
| Government review criticizes Microsoft for security lapses in "preventable" Exchange hack |
|  The Exchange Online hack that took place last May is believed to have been linked to a China-affiliated threat actor known as Storm-0558 stealing an Azure signing... |
| "Content Warning" is the latest Steam hit to suffer from server issues |
|  A five-person indie studio launched a comedic multiplayer horror game on April Fools Day with a unique promotion. Due to the project's funny and intriguing gameplay, the... |
| From China to Mexico: Foxconn is leading an AI technology manufacturing shift |
|  A new report by the Wall Street Journal highlights the seismic change the electronics manufacturing world is undergoing right now. Foxconn and other major Taiwanese corporations have... |
| Amazon is dropping "Just Walk Out" technology from its grocery stores in favor of Dash Carts |
|  Amazon's senior vice president of grocery stores said the company is moving away from Just Walk Out technology and "sprucing up the stores across the board," reports... |
