A "potentially hazardous" asteroid bigger than a skyscraper reaches Earth next week
It's expected to miss us
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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs 5800X3D: Zen 3 or Zen 4 3D V-Cache
If you are building or upgrading a Ryzen gaming PC, should you go with the more affordable 5800X3D, or go all out with the 7800X3D? Today's review plans to answer both of these questions and more.
Former intelligence official claims US has retrieved partially and fully intact craft of exotic origin
Has the government been lying all along?
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Microsoft Office deal is down to $39 for a lifetime license
Over 85% off for a limited time, available for Windows and macOS
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27 Years of Tomb Raider & Lara Croft
Few video game characters have become more famous than the games that featured them. Lara Croft and Tomb Raider have contributed much to gaming, helping define the action-adventure genre the way we know it today.
Seagate's mass-produced HAMR hard drives to debut at 32TB, followed by 40TB
Company plans to release 28TB and 32TB HDDs later this year
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A 13-year-old spent $64,000 of her parents' money on mobile games without them realizing
In just four months
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Guide to Choosing a New Graphics Card: 5 Key Questions Before Buying
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Google removes 32 malicious Chrome extensions with 75 million installs from the Web Store
That number may have been inflated, though
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Switzerland is installing solar panels in train tracks
A small step toward a cleaner, greener future
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I got to play with the Apple Vision Pro and saw the future of computing. Again.
Editor's take: I was one of the lucky few who got to attend Apple's WWDC keynote presentation in person, and also got to try the new Apple Vision Pro headset for a 25-minute hands-on, er, heads-on demo. The experience was very good – as it certainly should be for a product that's going to cost a whopping $3,499 – but it was also a bit more similar to other devices I've tried over the years than I initially expected it to be.
TSMC's extreme work culture is putting off US workers, CEO says employees should have passion for job
TSMC's Glassdoor ratings aren't good
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Malwarebytes faces lawsuit for classifying rival's anti-spyware program as a threat
Legal experts are worried the decision could prevent cybersecurity apps from doing their jobs effectively
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To survive on the Moon or Mars, humans will need photoelectrochemical devices
The life support system on the ISS will not work for long-term space exploration
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Diablo IV becomes Blizzard's fastest-selling game in less than 24 hours (Update: More than three acts)
Early access players have tallied a total of over 10,000 years of game time in just four days
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AMD confirms Zen 5-based Ryzen 8000 series AM5 family and Navi 3.5 graphics
Ryzen 8000 is official
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Apple details iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma, watchOS 10, and tvOS 17
New updates to Safari, FaceTime, widgets, AirDrop, and more
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Myst developer slammed for using AI-generated content in latest game
Is AI content in games the new NFTs?
A hot potato: Firmament, the adventure game from Myst developer Cyan, is receiving a lot of flak for its heavy inclusion of "AI-assisted content." It's used in a number of areas, including the writing of the lore, character voices, and art.
Steam will show EU customers 30-day-low price for games
To stop shady pricing practices
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Risk management means destroying all decommissioned hard drives
An estimated 90% of decommissioned hard drives are destroyed
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Netflix sees massive subscriber jump after password-sharing crackdown
The biggest four-day US subscriber increase since 2019
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The new trade war: China's dramatic rise in the EV market
China's EV growth could stir global tensions
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Electric stimulation in the brain improves memory performance in epileptic patients
Synchronizing brain activity seems to do wonders for memory-impaired people
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The RTX 3060 continues its climb to the top of the Steam survey; Windows 11 sees more gains
There was also a new RTX 4000-series card in the chart
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Overclocking challenge: Run Doom at 25fps using only an ISA-based graphics card from 30 years ago
Giving it all the beans
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