GPU Versus
$300 GeForce vs. $300 Radeon
GPU:
Four Generations, Head to Head
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Gaming
Too many games, not enough
players: the industry's growing challenge
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The video game industry is in the middle of a turbulent transition. Massive
layoffs and corporate restructuring have dominated headlines, but underneath
those issues is a more...
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The video game industry is in the middle of a turbulent transition. Massive
layoffs and corporate restructuring have dominated headlines, but underneath
those issues is a more...
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Featured Story
The AI bubble is the only thing
keeping the US economy together, Deutsche Bank warns
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According to a research note recently sent to clients by Deutsche Bank, the AI
boom is currently helping the US economy avoid a recession but it cannot...
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According to a research note recently sent to clients by Deutsche Bank, the AI
boom is currently helping the US economy avoid a recession but it cannot...
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WTF
Birmingham faces IT catastrophe as
Oracle project costs balloon from £20m to £170m
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The council confirmed that the CivicaPay-based system, designed to replace the
malfunctioning banking reconciliation platform introduced with Oracle Fusion in
2022, will not go live until November...
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The council confirmed that the CivicaPay-based system, designed to replace the
malfunctioning banking reconciliation platform introduced with Oracle Fusion in
2022, will not go live until November...
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Space
NASA studies plan to destroy
asteroid with nuclear bombs before it can hit the Moon
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Is NASA really planning an Armageddon-style mission near the Moon's orbit? The US
space agency, together with astronomers around the world, is considering the best
way to...
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Is NASA really planning an Armageddon-style mission near the Moon's orbit? The US
space agency, together with astronomers around the world, is considering the best
way to...
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Industry
EA strikes $55 billion buyout deal
with Saudi-led consortium
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Per the agreement, existing stockholders will receive $210 in cash per EA share –
a 25 percent premium over the stock's closing price of $168.32 on September...
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Per the agreement, existing stockholders will receive $210 in cash per EA share –
a 25 percent premium over the stock's closing price of $168.32 on September...
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Workplace
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says
work-from-home culture means US struggles to compete with China
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Schmidt, who served as Google's CEO during its early years between 2001 and 2011
and was Alphabet chairman until 2017, made his feelings on American work
culture...
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Schmidt, who served as Google's CEO during its early years between 2001 and 2011
and was Alphabet chairman until 2017, made his feelings on American work
culture...
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Military Tech
US-made Leonidas microwave weapon
takes down 49 drones with a single blast
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Epirus recently demonstrated a live-fire trial of Leonidas in Indiana, attended
by representatives from the US Department of Defense and other US government
agencies, alongside nine allied...
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Epirus recently demonstrated a live-fire trial of Leonidas in Indiana, attended
by representatives from the US Department of Defense and other US government
agencies, alongside nine allied...
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Hardware
Qualcomm unveils ultra-thin
Snapdragon X2 desktops with silent AirJet cooling
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At Snapdragon Summit 2025, Qualcomm highlighted the performance of its new
Snapdragon X2 Elite and Elite Extreme processors. Alongside laptops and
detachable tablets, the company unveiled two...
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At Snapdragon Summit 2025, Qualcomm highlighted the performance of its new
Snapdragon X2 Elite and Elite Extreme processors. Alongside laptops and
detachable tablets, the company unveiled two...
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Electronics
China now home to half the world's
industrial robots as the US falls further behind
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The speed at which industrial robots are being deployed isn't slowing down. In
2024, 542,000 were deployed globally – the second-highest annual total on record
- marking...
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The speed at which industrial robots are being deployed isn't slowing down. In
2024, 542,000 were deployed globally – the second-highest annual total on record
- marking...
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Futurology
AMD patent proposes new memory
module to double DDR5 speeds
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The patent describes the development of high-bandwidth dual inline memory modules
(HB-DIMMs) that use pseudo channels and specialized data routing to boost
performance. Rather than re-engineering DRAM...
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The patent describes the development of high-bandwidth dual inline memory modules
(HB-DIMMs) that use pseudo channels and specialized data routing to boost
performance. Rather than re-engineering DRAM...
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Electronics
TCL Tab 8 NxtPaper tablet lets you
switch between e-Ink and full color display
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The Tab 8 uses TCL's NxtPaper 4.0 display, reducing glare and mimicking the
paper-like look of e-readers such as Kindles and Kobos. However, unlike e-Ink,
NxtPaper delivers...
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The Tab 8 uses TCL's NxtPaper 4.0 display, reducing glare and mimicking the
paper-like look of e-readers such as Kindles and Kobos. However, unlike e-Ink,
NxtPaper delivers...
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End of Life
Windows 10 users in Europe will
receive extended security updates for free
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According to a recent open letter from Euroconsumers, Windows 10 users in the
European Economic Area can receive an additional year of security updates for
free, with...
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According to a recent open letter from Euroconsumers, Windows 10 users in the
European Economic Area can receive an additional year of security updates for
free, with...
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Tech Culture
A new Digital ID will soon be
required to work in the UK
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The British government has confirmed plans to introduce a nationwide digital
identification system, a move Prime Minister Keir Starmer described as central to
efforts to curb illegal...
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The British government has confirmed plans to introduce a nationwide digital
identification system, a move Prime Minister Keir Starmer described as central to
efforts to curb illegal...
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Electronics
Raspberry Pi 500+ packs a mini PC
into a mechanical keyboard
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As founder Eben Upton explains, it all starts with a high-quality mechanical
keyboard with removable keycaps and individual addressable RGB LEDs. Light users
are invited to cycle...
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As founder Eben Upton explains, it all starts with a high-quality mechanical
keyboard with removable keycaps and individual addressable RGB LEDs. Light users
are invited to cycle...
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Tech Culture
Streaming YouTube over dial-up:
how one creator hit 668 kbps with 12 modems
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The YouTube channel The Serial Port has pulled off something few imagined
possible in the broadband era: streaming YouTube over a dial-up connection. In
their latest experiment,...
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The YouTube channel The Serial Port has pulled off something few imagined
possible in the broadband era: streaming YouTube over a dial-up connection. In
their latest experiment,...
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Mobile
Xiaomi 17 Pro and Pro Max revealed
with rear screens and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chips
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Information about the Xiaomi 17 and Xiaomi 17 Pro is now available on the
company's Chinese website. While the technical specifications closely mirror
those of the iPhone...
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Information about the Xiaomi 17 and Xiaomi 17 Pro is now available on the
company's Chinese website. While the technical specifications closely mirror
those of the iPhone...
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The Web
Amazon to refund $1.5 billion to
customers in Prime sign-ups settlement
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Under the agreement, Amazon will pay a $1 billion penalty to the FTC and refund
$1.5 billion to an estimated 35 million customers who were charged for...
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Under the agreement, Amazon will pay a $1 billion penalty to the FTC and refund
$1.5 billion to an estimated 35 million customers who were charged for...
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AI
Sam Altman predicts Artificial
General Intelligence by 2030, says AI will take over 40% of tasks
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Jan Philipp Burgard, editor-in-chief of the Die Welt newpaper, interviewed Altman
on behalf of the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network this week in Berlin.
Altman was in...
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Jan Philipp Burgard, editor-in-chief of the Die Welt newpaper, interviewed Altman
on behalf of the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network this week in Berlin.
Altman was in...
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Modding
Modding project unleashes the full
potential of the 3dfx Voodoo graphics architecture
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The 3dfx Interactive brand is Gone But Not Forgotten, as modders are still
proving with new projects using the chip architecture that made 3D PC gaming
possible....
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The 3dfx Interactive brand is Gone But Not Forgotten, as modders are still
proving with new projects using the chip architecture that made 3D PC gaming
possible....
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Gaming
Microsoft confirms $599 price for
ROG Xbox Ally, $999 for high-end Ally X
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Pre-orders are now open for the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X. Launching on
October 16, the basic version starts at $599, while a more...
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Pre-orders are now open for the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X. Launching on
October 16, the basic version starts at $599, while a more...
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Trump approves
$14 billion TikTok deal backed by Oracle and MGX, but questions linger
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 President
Donald Trump has signed an executive order approving a plan for a group of US and
global investors to take control of TikTok's American operations, a...
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Slime mold meets
encryption in a radical art experiment
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 Encryption
technology underpins today's digital world, but trouble may be looming. Practical
quantum computers threaten secure communications based on traditional algorithms,
and researchers are racing to develop...
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OpenAI rolls out
Pulse, personalized reports from ChatGPT
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 OpenAI is
launching Pulse, a personalized reporting feature within its ChatGPT platform.
Designed to greet users each morning with curated briefs, Pulse moves ChatGPT
into a more...
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Samsung Galaxy
S25 Fan Edition shines in design, stumbles on value
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 The new $649
Samsung Galaxy S25 FE features a sharp OLED display, dependable cameras, a sleek
design, and 7 years of updates. However, reviewers note that battery life could
be better, and the price sits too close to the standard S25.
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HighPoint's
Rocket 7638D is the first PCIe switch to support Nvidia's GPUDirect storage
technology
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 Direct
GPU-to-storage connectivity is gradually reaching commercially available products
you can install in your own server. HighPoint Technologies, a company
specializing in advanced PCIe storage solutions since...
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Elon Musk's xAI
lands US government contract to provide Grok chatbot at 42 cents per agency
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 The deal will
give federal agencies access to Grok for Government, based on the Grok 4 and Grok
4 Fast models. It's valid for 18 months –...
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Insomniac
finally releases the first bloody gameplay trailer for Wolverine
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 It has been
four years since Insomniac announced it was developing a Wolverine game. At the
time, Spider-Man 2 was still two years away, which makes it...
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Sony once again
calls the PlayStation 5 its "most successful" console ever, despite the PS2's
sales crown
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 Geoff
Keighley, the video game journalist and presenter known for hosting The Game
Awards, posted an image on X of Sony executive Hideaki Nishino's presentation at
the...
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Micron ships 11
Gbps HBM4, confirms 40 Gbps GDDR7 in development
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 During its Q4
earnings call, Micron claimed that its latest HBM4 stacks deliver pin speeds of
more than 11 Gbps and bandwidth exceeding 2.8 TB/s, outperforming competing...
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Apple pushes
back on EU's Digital Markets Act, aimed at curbing tech giants' power
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 Apple is
pressing European regulators to roll back sweeping rules designed to curb the
power of major technology companies, warning that the legislation is weakening
consumer protections...
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Sony's Pulse
Elevate wireless speakers are built for PC gamers, powered by planar magnetic
drivers
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 The speakers,
announced during Sony's recent State of Play presentation, feature planar
magnetic drivers, built-in woofers, and a microphone in the right speaker for
voice chat and...
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