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Trek FX+ 7S e-bike is a premium city commuter
Post-pandemic, my creed became “Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise.” That belief is why I’ve almost exclusively used a bike to move myself around Portland, Oregon since (yes, I have...
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Blockbench is a versatile modeling tool for 3D artists and Minecraft mod...
Blockbench is a voxel-based 3D modeling tool with texture painting, keyframe animation, plugin support, and Minecraft-compatible exports, widely used for creating Minecraft mods and add-ons. Read...
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TSMC CEO is optimistic about Arizona chip quality despite challenges, most...
Speaking at a National Taiwan University event, Wei outlined a series of obstacles that have slowed progress and increased costs for TSMC’s U.S. expansion. These challenges include complex compliance...
View ArticleUnder new law, cops bust famous cartoonist for AI-generated child sex abuse...
Late last year, California passed a law against the possession or distribution of child sex abuse material (CSAM) that has been generated by AI. The law went into effect on January 1, and Sacramento...
View ArticleHas Trump changed the retirement plans for the country’s largest coal plants?
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. There is...
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MAME Devs Spent 628 Years Cracking Protection on 712 Retro Games
With the next cutting-edge big-budget AAA masterpiece never too far away, thousands of 8bit and 16bit classics dating back almost 50 years sit quietly by, waiting for the arrival of the next wave of...
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Nvidia transitions to advanced CoWoS-L chip packaging, signaling a major...
Speaking on the sidelines of an event hosted by chip supplier Siliconware Precision Industries in Taichung, Taiwan, Huang explained the transition in Nvidia’s chip packaging requirements. “As we move...
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AMD Threadripper 9000 series spotted: 96-core Zen 5 CPUs on the horizon
AMD’s Threadripper lineup continues to deliver high-performance processors for enthusiasts and demanding workstation users. The company is sticking with the same successful formula for the upcoming...
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LG’s next-gen OLED panels promise 4,000 nits brightness and better burn-in...
LG plans to launch its brightest-ever OLED screen later this year. A new internal structure enables the fourth-gen panel to achieve a maximum brightness of 4,000 nits – about 30 percent higher than the...
View ArticleThe Dell Precision 3260 Compact PCIe Riser and SATA
We have a PCIe riser and SATA cable for the Dell Precision 3260 Compact that added capability to our workstation The post The Dell Precision 3260 Compact PCIe Riser and SATA appeared first on...
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Microsoft gives Windows 11 24H2 green light for gamers, but issues loom
Windows 11 24H2 users were having a tough time with multiple Ubisoft games, but now that issue has been resolved permanently. It’s one less problem on Microsoft’s list, which is great news for it and...
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Arm aims to challenge x86 dominance with faster CPUs and AI-enhanced GPUs
In a sit-down with PCWorld at CES, Bergey revealed that after achieving a lead in IPC (instructions per clock), Arm is now aggressively targeting higher operating frequencies. While some Arm products...
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Intel claims Core Ultra 200 patches improve gaming performance by up to 26%...
Fixes do nothing – Update (Jan 18): We have yet to test Intel’s claimed fixes for its Arrow Lake chips, however Tom’s Hardware was quick to run a few gaming benchmarks on the flagship Core Ultra 9...
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Lithium-sulfur battery advancements promise faster charging and longer life
In the first study, a team led by Professor Jong-sung Yu at the DGIST Department of Energy Science and Engineering developed a nitrogen-doped porous carbon material to enhance the charging speed of...
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PCIe 7.0 spec nearing completion, promising 16GB/s per lane bandwidth
PCI-SIG has just released revision 0.7 of the draft specifications, and members are likely scrutinizing every detail. There have been minimal changes since the 0.5 version released last April, which is...
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Switch modder arrested in Japan as Nintendo admits emulation is technically...
A 58-year-old man from Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, was arrested for selling modified Nintendo Switch consoles designed to play pirated games. According to Japanese media, this marks the first arrest in...
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World’s largest telescopes threatened by renewable energy project’s light...
European Southern Observatory Director General Xavier Barcons told Space.com that astronomers expect the project to brighten the sky by up to 10 percent around the observatory. Such an increase would...
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‘Piracy Shield’ Fails to Convert Pirates to Paying Subscribers, Data Suggest
Nearly a year has passed since Italy officially implemented ‘Piracy Shield‘, a system that aims to deter and decrease live sports streaming piracy. Since last February, Piracy Shield has blocked...
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Microsoft finally patches serious UEFI Secure Boot flaw after seven-month delay
The vulnerability (CVE-2024-7344) allowed bad actors to sneak malicious code onto devices in a way that could bypass many of Windows 11’s built-in security defenses. It exploited a flaw in how certain...
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Windows 11 KB5050085 secretly hides several exciting features
Microsoft released the KB5050085 update for the Beta channel a couple of days back. This update brings a ton of hidden features, some of which we have covered in November and December 2024. It...
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