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Researchers develop new battery-free technology that draws power out of thin air
The key innovation is a nanoscale spin-rectifier that can convert extremely low-power RF signals of less than -20 dBm into a usable direct current voltage. This device overcomes a primary pain point of...
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Game Informer, the US’s longest-running gaming magazine, has shut down
Game Informer magazine announced its closure on Friday after 33 years of publication. Typically sold with parent company GameStop’s customer reward memberships, it was the longest-running print gaming...
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US Justice Department launches investigation into Nvidia following complaints...
According to a report from The Information, the US Department of Justice has launched a probe into whether Nvidia engaged in anti-competitive business tactics to maintain its grip on the AI processor...
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Intel faces crisis as revenue misses and a bleak forecast shakes investor...
Intel is facing its most significant crisis in decades. The company’s recent quarterly earnings report paints a grim picture, with revenue falling far short of expectations and a bleak forecast for the...
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Who wrote the BSOD screen? Former Windows developer finally has an answer
It all started with a 2014 blog post by developer Raymond Chen that indicated former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wrote the text for the Ctrl+Alt+Del screen in Windows 3.1. People read it wrong and...
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Ayaneo launches an OLED Android retro gaming handheld with a unique button setup
Ayaneo has launched yet another Indiegogo campaign for a gaming device in an impressively small form factor. The company saw decent success with its previous campaigns. The Mini PC AM01, which mimics...
View ArticleAmpere AmpereOne 192 Core Performance Outlined
Ampere disclosed details on AmpereOne performance. We take a look at the numbers and see what the company showed and the assumptions it used The post Ampere AmpereOne 192 Core Performance Outlined...
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Nvidia’s next-gen Blackwell chip may be facing delays due to design flaws
Nvidia’s highly anticipated Blackwell series of AI chips is facing significant delays due to design flaws discovered late in manufacturing. The Information cites two anonymous sources involved with...
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Data centers demand a massive amount of energy. Here’s how some states are...
A Google data center in Douglas County, Georgia. (credit: Google) This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Seattle Times. Sign up for Dispatches to...
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Which is Faster for Gaming, Windows 10 or Windows 11?
Is Windows 10 or Windows 11 faster for gaming? We revisit this question using four hardware setups benchmarked with fresh OS installations in 13 games, with updated drivers and testing software. Read...
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JWST uncovers ancient galaxy challenging cosmic theories and baffling scientists
Dubbed JADES-GS-z14-0, the galaxy was first spotted by Webb’s Near InfraRed Spectrograph (NIRSpec) earlier this year. It formed around 300 million years after the Big Bang, estimated to be 13.8 billion...
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Historic flooding possible as TS Debby bears down on southeastern United States
Enlarge / Satellite image of Tropical Storm Debby on Sunday morning. (credit: NOAA) As often happens during the month of July, the Atlantic tropics entered a lull after Hurricane Beryl struck Texas...
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This quirky solar-powered hat could be the next big thing in portable charging
The EcoFlow Power Hat may look like an average hat at first glance, at least from a distance, but get a little closer and you’ll spot some strange-looking patterns on the brim. Those are actually solar...
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The Best Tablets 2024: Affordable and Practical Computing
Tablets today are as versatile as ever. Traditionally known for their portability, big displays, and long battery life, now you can find tablets that are as powerful as top-of-the-line laptops. Read...
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OpenAI confirms it has a reliable tool for detecting ChatGPT-generated text,...
News that OpenAI has a system that can watermark ChatGPT-created text and detect it was revealed by The Wall Street Journal. The tool has been ready for about a year, but there is debate within the AI...
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Google & Cloudflare Summoned to Explain Their Plans to Defeat Pirate IPTV
If rightsholders didn’t get everything they asked for when Italy passed tough new anti-piracy legislation in 2023, they still received more than the majority of their counterparts have elsewhere in...
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Path to precision: Targeted cancer drugs go from table to trials to bedside
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) In 1972, Janet Rowley sat at her dining room table and cut tiny chromosomes from photographs she had taken in her laboratory. One by one, she snipped out the small...
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Intel’s rough quarter was expected, but management’s messaging struggles were...
Last week, we reported a slew of negative Intel news: CPU crashes affecting more chips than originally expected, a warranty extension to appease current owners of those chips, yield problems on the...
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Check out MS-DOS running natively on modern hardware, showcasing the...
The video, posted by YouTuber Inkbox, walks viewers through the process of booting up the ancient, pre-Windows MS-DOS 8.0 and installing games like the original Doom from 1993 on a system powered by an...
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Study finds that including “AI” in product descriptions makes them less...
A study by Washington State University, published in the Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, surveyed 1,000 adults to evaluate the link between AI disclosure and consumer behavior. Read...
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