Intel’s second-generation Arc B580 GPU beats Nvidia’s RTX 4060 for $249
Turnover at the top of the company isn’t stopping Intel from launching new products: Today the company is announcing the first of its next-generation B-series Intel Arc GPUs, the Arc B580 and Arc...
View ArticleIntel targets budget-friendly 1440p gaming with $249 and $219 Arc B500 GPUs
Turnover at the top of the company isn’t stopping Intel from launching new products: Today the company is announcing the first of its next-generation B-series Intel Arc GPUs, the Arc B580 and Arc...
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UK Police and FACT Continue IPTV Piracy Whack-a-Mole
Those who follow mainstream tabloid media in the UK should be familiar with the risks of online streaming piracy by now. There’s no country in the world where more ‘pirate box’ or IPTV resellers have...
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MSI Claw handheld gaming PC returns with Lunar Lake and 32GB of RAM for $800
Pre-orders are now open for MSI’s Claw 7 AI+ and 8 AI+. The successors of the handheld gaming PC the company released in March are equipped with Intel’s new Core Ultra 7 258V SoC. The Verge notes that...
View Article“Nightmare” Zipcar outage is a warning against complete app dependency
An app outage that locked numerous rental car customers out of their vehicles is a reminder of the perils of completely relying on apps for basic functionality—especially when those apps have...
View ArticleSplash pads really are fountains of fecal material; CDC reports 10K illnesses
There’s nothing quite like a deep dive into the shallow, vomitous puddles of children’s splash pads. Even toeing the edge is enough to have one longing for the unsettling warmth of a kiddie pool. But...
View ArticleTenstorrent Closes a Big Series D Round
Tenstorrent closed a big series D round with some big names behind the $693M round an $2B valuation for the AI startup The post Tenstorrent Closes a Big Series D Round appeared first on ServeTheHome.
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Opinion: So, what’s next for Intel?
Like many, we woke up to the news this week that Intel’s CEO, Pat Gelsinger, is retiring. We’ve been writing a lot about Intel this past year, so we were shocked but not surprised by the news. So now...
View ArticleOpenAI teases 12 days of mystery product launches starting tomorrow
On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a “12 days of OpenAI” period starting December 5, which will unveil new AI features and products for 12 consecutive weekdays. Altman did not specify the...
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Japan Plans AI Pilot Program to Fight Manga & Anime Piracy
With the arms race between pirate sites and rightsholders showing no obvious signs of cooling down, the online piracy landscape is becoming increasingly complex. The existing toolbox of legal...
View ArticleSupermicro SYS-222H-TN Review 2U Intel Xeon 6 Server
In our Supermicro SYS-222H-TN review, we see how this 2U dual Intel Xeon 6 “Sierra Forest” server provides something unique The post Supermicro SYS-222H-TN Review 2U Intel Xeon 6 Server appeared first...
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Microsoft: Windows 11 requirement for a TPM 2.0 chip is “non-negotiable”
While announcing Windows 11, Microsoft made a very controversial move to change hardware requirements significantly. The latest edition of the most popular PC operating system cannot run or even be...
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Leaked email sheds light on the curious death of HowStuffWorks founder...
Marshall Brain, the creator of the popular HowStuffWorks website, died the week before Thanksgiving in his office on the campus of North Carolina State University. He was 63. Brain’s wife called NC...
View ArticleDog domestication happened many times, but most didn’t pan out
Between 8,000 and 12,000 years ago, people in Alaska kept reinventing dogs with mixed results. The dogs that share our homes today are the descendants of a single group of wolves that lived in Siberia...
View ArticleThese spiders listen for prey before hurling webs like slingshots
A tethered mosquito approaches the web in the path of release of the cone, and triggers web release response. Credit: S.I. Han and T.A. Blackledge, 2024. A tethered mosquito approaches the web in the...
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Microsoft bets big on Windows 11 Store with better Win32 support, faster...
Microsoft might have improved the Store UI to match Windows 11’s overall appearance, but it had many design shortcomings. A single page for installed apps and updates/downloads wasn’t a great idea....
View ArticleMicrosoft confirms Windows 11 24H2 now rolling out to more PCs despite major...
Windows 11 24H2 is now rolling out to more PCs. Microsoft confirmed this in an update to its support document quietly yesterday, and noticed by Windows Latest today. While Microsoft says Windows 11...
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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs. Intel Core i9-14900K: 45 Game Benchmark
The ultimate CPU battle is here: AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D faces Intel’s Core i9-14900K in a 45-game showdown. With massive benchmarks and head-to-head testing, which processor will reign supreme? Read...
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AT&T says it won’t build fiber home Internet in half of its wireline footprint
AT&T this week detailed plans to eliminate copper phone and DSL lines from its network while leaving many customers in rural areas with only wireless or satellite as an alternative. In a...
View ArticleHow did the CEO of an online payments firm become the nominee to lead NASA?
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday his intent to nominate entrepreneur and commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman as the next administrator of NASA. For those unfamiliar with Isaacman, who...
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