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Maine governor vetoes bill that bans large new data centers — says legislature should’ve exempted one particular well-supported data center
Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill that would have enacted a moratorium on all data center projects because it would affect one site to be built on a former paper mill in Jay, Franklin County.
Intel has reportedly killed discrete gaming GPUs for the upcoming Xe3P Arc “Celestial” family — Gaming GPU remains uncertain even for the next-gen Xe4 “Druid” lineup that lands in 2027
New leaks claim that Intel’s upcoming Xe3P graphics architecture won’t feature any discrete gaming GPUs, and even the next-gen Xe4 lineup isn’t confirmed to. Intel is instead prioritizing the datacenter and workstation segments for new graphics IP, and is featuring them on mobile parts.
Top Wearable Deals: Pixel Watch 4 $40 Off, Galaxy Watch 8 26% Off
It does not make sense to pay full price for Google’s flagship Pixel Watch 4 smartwatch because it frequently goes on sale. Now is one of those times. While not marked down to an all-time low price, you can score the Pixel Watch 4 for $40 below the MSRP. You also have the choice of several band colorways, including Lemongrass, Iris, Obsidian,
Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Hits Amazon’s CPU Best Sellers Page Dominated by AMD
It didn’t take long for AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition to processor to assert itself into Amazon’s list of best selling CPUs. Despite reservations over the chip’s premium pricing, the $899 part cracked the top 10 to take spot No. 8, which is one spot ahead of the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, and two spots ahead of Intel’s Core i9-12900K, the sole
Intel VP claims up to 30% of CPU performance is untapped by modern games — software optimization is critical to unlocking full potential of hybrid CPUs
Intel is claiming that better software optimization for hybrid architecture CPUs can unlock up to 30% more performance without hardware upgrades. The silicon itself is very capable, but its true potential is held back by code that perhaps prioritizes more conventional silicon and, therefore, benefits from brute-force upgrades like extra L3 cache.
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite or most nostalgic MMO player gathering spot?
Maybe it’s the ECT, or Goldshire Inn, or the fountain in Limsa Lominsa, or Atlas Plaza, or right outside of the Prancing Pony, but most...
Your Walmart might be 3D printed — firm building more than a dozen 3D-printed Walmart expansions with concrete-printing robots
For years, 3D Concrete Printing (3DCP) has been an experimental novelty. Alquist 3D, based in Greeley, CO, is pushing the technology past the demonstration phase with their A1X, a robotic arm printer that lays down inch-thick layers at a whopping 200mm/s.
US Navy tests laser weapon that shoots down drones on the USS George H.W. Bush supercarrier — ‘system tracked, engaged, and neutralized multiple target drones,’ has essentially unlimited power source
The LOCUST Laser Weapon System was tested aboard the USS George H.W. Bush and neutralized multiple target drones.
AMD EXPO 1.2 is here, but you may not notice significant gains until Zen 6 — upgraded RAM overclocking tech will unlock the next level of memory speed on Ryzen CPUs
Third-party AMD developer and hardware leakers share details of the new AMD EXPO 1.2 technology arriving on AMD AM5 motherboards.