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Rumor: Electronic Arts might be snapped up by a Saudi Arabian investment group for nearly $50B
If you thought the obscene amounts of money Microsoft threw into Activision-Blizzard’s face was the high water mark, new rumors are surfacing of another major...
Nvidia CEO bets $100 billion on OpenAI becoming a multi-trillion-dollar company — Jensen outlines his view on OpenAI’s path to becoming one of the biggest companies in the world
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang believes OpenAI is on track to become a multi-trillion-dollar company, citing explosive growth and scale as the foundation for what could be the fastest rise to that valuation in the industry’s history.
Enthusiasts bond twelve 56K dial-up modems together to set dial-up broadband records — a dozen screeching boxes achieve record 668 kbps download speeds
Can you stream YouTube via dial-up? You’ll need at least four bonded 56K modems. But what if you have 12?
Acer FA200 4TB SSD Review: A Capacious Retread
The Acer FA200 has nothing wrong with it, having relatively good all-around performance and solid power efficiency. It’s outdated and hard to find, though.
ASUS Discovers Root Cause Of ROG Gaming Laptop Stuttering, Fix Inbound
Relief is coming for owners of certain models ASUS ROG laptops that have been experiencing stutters and performance issues. After investigating reports of issues that popped up on Reddit and other parts of the web, ASUS issued an update on X saying it was able to determine the culprit and is releasing firmware updates to resolve the situation.
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Apple’s iPhone 17 chip becomes the fastest single-core CPU in the world on PassMark, beating PC chips and Apple’s own M3 Ultra — passively-cooled A19 CPU catapults past power-hungry competitors
Apple’s latest mobile chip, the A19, has officially become the world’s fastest CPU, at least in PassMark’s single-threaded benchmark. It outperformed every flagship desktop processor from both Intel and AMD, as well as Apple’s own M3 Ultra, while requiring less cooling and consuming significantly less power.
Large-scale simulated 10-year torture test confirms burn-in haunts all OLED monitors — Testing also reveals edge-lit TVs are insanely failure-prone
RTINGS.com’s longevity burn-in test for TVs and monitors enters its second year of progress, with many screens dying completely or showing intense signs of wear and tear after the equivalent of 10 years of average use.
AMD’s memory patent outlining a ‘new, improved RAM’ made from DDR5 memory isn’t a new development — HB-DIMMs already superseded, probably won’t come to market
AMD’s HB-DIMM concept probably isn’t coming to market, as the company has already thrown its support behind the similar JEDEC MRDIMM standard.
Two of the best 2TB SSDs for the ROG Xbox Ally and Steam Deck are at record low prices — surprise SSD price cuts come as shortages and price hikes loom due to the AI server boom
We’ve found three noteworthy SSD deals, including two 2TB SSD models that are at their lowest recorded prices yet, designed to work in handheld PC’s such as the Steam Deck and ROG Ally.