Microsoft Edge continues upward trend on PC, even as it remains 9th on mobile
Despite coming in 2nd on desktop, Edge is yet to make a dent on mobile
RTX 4090 owner says his 16-pin power connector melted at the GPU and PSU ends simultaneously
Despite the card's power limit being set at 75%
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Windows 10 returns to 70% market share as Windows 11 continues to sink
Windows 11 drops to 25 percent, continuing last month's slide
US seeks assurance from China and Russia that AI will never control their nuclear weapons
What could possibly go wrong with giving AI control of nukes?
What just happened? If you think the prospect of artificial intelligence controlling fighter jets, drones, and machine gun turrets is concerning, think about the potential ramifications of AI making decisions on the deployment of nuclear weapons. The US is one of the countries that has declared control over nukes will also rest in human hands, and it wants China and Russia to make the same promise.
AMD's gaming revenue plunges 48% and might not recover until 2025
Fortunately, AMD has Zen 5 and Strix Point to look forward to later this year
April Steam survey sees another AMD card enter chart, Windows 11 gain more users
AMD also made up ground in the CPU section
What Ever Happened to ICQ?
#TBT 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.
Nvidia thinks its GPUs are better for onboard AI than NPUs
Company claims RTX GPUs perform AI tasks multiple times faster than NPUs
Batman: Arkham Shadow announced as a Meta Quest 3 exclusive due out in late 2024
Another VR-based Batman game to look forward to
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Devious "Brokewell" trojan masquerades as Chrome browser update to steal your banking data
Brokewell could make you broke if it gains control of your device
Boston Dynamics bots could revolutionize the live entertainment industry
Spot looks far less creepy when dressed up as a fluffy dog
In brief: It's not Halloween, but that isn't stopping Boston Dynamics from putting one of its robots in costume to help drive home an important point: Spot can be used for far more than remote observation jobs or tasks that are too dangerous for humans.
Ex-Google staff claim terminations over Israeli contract protest were illegal
One fired worker says he wasn't even involved
iOS 18 could overhaul several built-in iPhone apps with AI features
More than a dozen apps are expected to see major changes
Rumor mill: iOS 18 is expected to bring significant updates including a revamped design language and expanded customization features. The upcoming release is also rumored to introduce extensive changes to various built-in iPhone apps such as Notes, Mail, Photos, Fitness, and others.
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Samsung on cloud nine after 933% Q1 profit jump, thanks to AI wave
The generative AI craze brought about a surge in memory chip prices, benefiting Samsung
Priest arrested for using $40,000 of parish funds on mobile games, including Candy Crush and Mario Kart
WTF?! Mobile games are known for their addictive nature, something that can lead people to spend a lot of money on them. Take the example of the Catholic priest who was recently arrested and charged with stealing over $40,000 from his former parish and spending it on the likes of Candy Crush and Mario Kart.
Path tracing mods for Deus Ex, Dark Messiah, and Half-Life 2 show stunning progress
Nvidia adds ray reconstruction to RTX Remix path tracing mod framework
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Manor Lords achieves Steam's most successful city builder launch ever
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Millions of devices still vulnerable to abandoned USB worm
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NASA uses laser link to beam data 140 million miles across space
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YouTube experiments with ads when you pause a video
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DARPA unleashes 20-foot autonomous robo-tank
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Desert land in India to host renewable energy park 5 times bigger than Paris
Google supercharges Chrome's omnibox address bar with machine learning
More relevant suggestions are on their way
Hyped Rabbit R1 AI device faces harsh criticism in first reviews
Someone has already turned it into an Android app
Facepalm: The Rabbit R1, the AI-powered digital assistant device that attracted massive levels of hype during CES earlier this year, is here. Like the Humane AI Pin, it has been met with reviews that range from okay to downright bad. Many people question why the device isn't just an app, and one person has shown that, it could have been – though its developers dispute this.
Google flexes security muscle, says it stopped 2.2 million rogue apps from hitting Play Store in 2023
A couple of crypto scammers also received some legal treatment
The US government is auctioning the Cheyenne supercomputer: 145,152 CPU cores and 313 TB of RAM
This 5.34-petaflops supercomputer could be yours
Tesla lays off entire Supercharger and new vehicles teams, weeks after previous cuts
Elon Musk is going "hard core"
AMD's cancelled RDNA 4 GPU could have doubled the 7900 XTX's performance
A Radeon RX 8900 XTX would have featured 9 shader engines, 200 compute units, and up to 20 chiplets
Rumor mill: It has long been suspected that the Radeon RX 8000 series – AMD's next generation of graphics cards – will focus exclusively on affordable mid-range products. However, this wasn't always the plan. Newly unveiled code suggests that AMD canceled a flagship RDNA 4 model that might have directly competed with upcoming high-end offerings from Intel and Nvidia.
Apple poached three dozen Google experts to open a secret AI lab in Zurich
Former Google AI head now leads Apple's Machine Learning and AI Strategy division
Researchers create a new circuit board material that can be easily recycled
A hot potato: Printed circuit boards are ubiquitous; they are used in nearly all electronic devices and constitute a significant portion of the electronic waste accumulating in landfills. A new polymer-based material could render PCBs much more environmentally friendly and facilitate endless recycling.
Refreshed Beats Solo on-ear headphones get better battery life, improved acoustics
Beats also has a new set of Solo Buds
MS-DOS 4.00 source code's sloppy Git dump breaks build and erases metadata
Good intentions, poor execution?
Facepalm: Microsoft deserves kudos for open-sourcing the MS-DOS 4.00 source code, shedding light on an important milestone in computing history. But the tech giant has bungled the release in a way that may cause needless headaches for historians and archivists eager to study the decades-old code.
Arc Browser reaches stable release on Windows, available for download
The Arc Browser, previously exclusive to macOS and iOS, is now out of beta on Windows and available for download. As of writing, it only supports Windows 11.
YouTube is experimenting with showing ads when you pause a video
Invasive ads mar the user experience
Microsoft rolls out update to fix a bug that was installing Copilot on Windows 11 PCs
The unwanted Copilot installation was first reported in March
Despite soaring profits, Google lays off more staff, including Python and Flutter engineers
The Python, Dart, and Flutter teams have been impacted
This techie created a GPU from scratch in under two weeks
Designing custom CPUs and GPUs has become something of a trend for hobbyists of late
In brief: Building your own graphics card is the kind of undertaking that most people wouldn't even dream of attempting. But for one enterprising engineer known as "adammaj" on X/Twitter, constructing a GPU from the ground up wasn't just a crazy idea; it was a challenge conquered in just two weeks, even "with no prior experience."
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