Framework Laptop’s RISC-V board for open source diehards is available for $199
We’ve covered the Framework Laptop 13 primarily as a consumer Windows laptop, reviewing versions with multiple Intel and AMD processors. But the system’s modular nature makes it possible to expand it...
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RTX Mega Geometry improves ray tracing performance and visuals in Alan Wake 2
Tests show that RTX Mega Geometry, a new Nvidia technology recently added to Alan Wake 2, increases framerates and improves image quality in heavily ray-traced scenes. Although Nvidia primarily...
View ArticlePolestar CEO says the brand’s tech makes the US a “great market for us”
In a move that will no doubt upset some of the more… orderly minded out there, Polestar is temporarily deviating from its otherwise most logical naming convention. Instead of giving its cars numbers...
View ArticleASRock Industrial NUC BOX-255H Mini PC Review
The ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-255H uses a new generation of processor marking a big change for the mini PC line The post ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-255H Mini PC Review appeared first on ServeTheHome.
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AI-generated books have overrun public libraries, and no easy solution is in...
The internet is becoming a wasteland, devoid of human interaction, as bots consume global bandwidth with malicious and worthless traffic. According to those in the ebook lending industry, AI-generated...
View ArticleQuantum teleportation used to distribute a calculation
Performing complex algorithms on quantum computers will eventually require access to tens of thousands of hardware qubits. For most of the technologies being developed, this creates a problem: It’s...
View Article7-Zip 0-day was exploited in Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine
Researchers said they recently discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the 7-Zip archiving utility that was actively exploited as part of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The vulnerability allowed...
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KickAssAnime Flagged for ‘Suspected Phishing’ by Cloudflare
With hundreds of millions of annual visits, KickAssAnime (KAA) is one of the larger anime pirate sites. The streaming portal, which relies on third-party hosted videos, is particularly popular in the...
View ArticleAMD promises “mainstream” 4K gaming with next-gen GPUs as current-gen GPU...
AMD announced its fourth-quarter earnings yesterday, and the numbers were mostly rosy: $7.7 billion in revenue and a 51 percent profit margin, compared to $6.2 billion and 47 percent a year ago. The...
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New Intel Wi-Fi drivers enhance mobile hotspot, fix performance issues
Intel Wi-Fi drivers v23.110.0 include functional and security updates, addressing potential slowdowns on certain systems, improving 5GHz mobile hotspot performance, and regulatory updates for Wi-Fi 6E...
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Scientists devise ‘living’ electrodes that could vastly improve traditional...
Researchers at Osaka University in Suita, Japan, have devised a novel way to improve the performance of electronic devices. The study, published in ACS Applied Electronic Materials, involved laying...
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Gigabyte is offering access to a $300K supercomputer for free, but there’s a...
In a week-long trial dubbed “Launchpad,” Giga Computing will grant users access to its cutting-edge Gigabyte G383-R80 server. This machine is powered by four of AMD’s latest Instinct MI300A APUs,...
View ArticleDeepSeek is “TikTok on steroids,” senator warns amid push for government-wide...
Lawmakers are now pushing to immediately ban the Chinese chatbot DeepSeek on government devices, citing national security concerns that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may have built a backdoor into...
View ArticleDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032
Something in the sky captured the attention of astronomers in the final days of 2024. A telescope in Chile scanning the night sky detected a faint point of light, and it didn’t correspond to any of...
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Tablet shipments rose 9.2% worldwide in 2024, reversing three-year slump
Apple led all other manufacturers in 2024 with nearly 57 million iPads shipped – good for a 38.6 percent market share. The company’s most recent release, the iPad mini 7th gen, debuted in late October...
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Malicious apps on Android and iOS scan screenshots to steal cryptocurrencies
Kaspersky has uncovered a new malware campaign designed to breach users’ crypto wallets and steal Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Dubbed SparkCat, the malware leverages advanced optical character...
View ArticleParrots struggle when told to do something other than mimic their peers
There have been many studies on the capability of non-human animals to mimic transitive actions—actions that have a purpose. Hardly any studies have shown that animals are also capable of intransitive...
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Rookie robocallers impersonate FCC, accidentally target actual FCC employees
The calls occurred on the night of February 6 and the morning of February 7 last year, as the FCC recently revealed. Over a dozen FCC employees, along with some of their relatives, received automated...
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Researchers create reasoning model for under $50, performs similar to...
Stanford and University of Washington researchers devised a technique to create a new AI model dubbed “s1.” They have already open-sourced it on GitHub, along with the code and data used to build it. A...
View ArticleThe UK got rid of coal—where’s it going next?
With the closure of its last coal-fired power plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, on September 30, 2024, the United Kingdom has taken a significant step toward its net-zero goals. It’s no small feat to end the...
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