Recent content by KyaraM

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    News Retailer ships RTX 5090 with missing GPU and memory chips to customer — defaced GPU took over a year to ship

    This isn't the first time Amazon had issues with stuff like this. Especially in the PC hardware segment. Yes, they are great with returns and refunds, but the customer still has the frustration and work of the return etc. I have no issues if a product is defective because that can happen. But an...
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    News Retailer ships RTX 5090 with missing GPU and memory chips to customer — defaced GPU took over a year to ship

    Another example for why you should never buy anything this expensive via Amazon, especially not via Marketplace and especially not PC hardware... always buy from computer retailers, be they inline or local. A correction, though, the customer wasn't scammed out of a 5090, but out of his money...
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    News AWS accused of a ‘digital execution’ after it deleted 10 years of users' data without warning — software engineer details “complete digital annihil...

    We had an internet outage at work yesterday. Since we are required to have everything in the cloud/Sharepoint/internet access for account verification of apps etc, nobody could work anymore. I have some files on my drive regardless because I hate that, but the others I needed were on SharePoint...
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    News Nintendo Switch 2 thermal limits mean you need air conditioning if you want to play in a hot climate — Big N advises against use in environments ab...

    It's news because it lets people hate on Nintendo. The fact not withstanding that you shouldn't run ANY consumer electronics beyond 35°C, and they all have that operating range... it's an easy target, though, so we get this Apartments on the highest floors in many European countries can get...
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    News Nintendo Switch 2's 3.5 million opening weekend sales smashes brand's console record — beats Switch 1's opening month by almost a million in four days

    Yeah, I would say their plan worked out magnificently. Though to be fair, apparently today was restock day, so if you looked today, of course you saw a bunch of consoles. Apparently they were pretty sold out on Thursday, for example. Of course, supply and demand is always a regional thing, too...
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    News Nintendo Switch 2 official specs confirm GPU similar to a mobile RTX 2050

    This was released before the specs were confirmed, but I think it holds up still. They also test CP2077 on the analog system. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pr_V8rtzrE
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    News U.S. inks bill to force geo-tracking tech for GPUs and servers — high-end gaming GPUs also subject to tracking

    I think the difference here is that China already has quite a bit of the infrastructure and production capabilities for than in place already, while the US... does not. Like, China has been working on their own GPUs and CPUs for years now.
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    News RTX 5090 laptop review claims GPU is a performance dud, but outshines the 4090 in power efficiency

    They didn't test the desktop 4090. They tested the mobile 4090, which effectively is a 4070Ti/Super. Please read the article before posting stuff like this.
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    News Former chairman of China's chipmaking champion gets suspended death sentence in corruption and embezzlement case

    They literally hanged or mutilated people for stealing food in the past. You got one guess how much that deterred people... also, the US has the death sentence, yet murder still happens. Seriously, if you don't combat the causes, harder sentences mean jack. They are unproductive.
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    News RTX 5090 with Core 2 Duo? Nvidia driver change opens up bizarre system build options

    I think I know a content creator on YT who would try this 🤣 Really looking forward to this video, lol.
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    News U.S. inks bill to force geo-tracking tech for GPUs and servers — high-end gaming GPUs also subject to tracking

    And if they pass it and it gets implemented, the only people tracked are honest customers in whatever part of the world they live in... state surveillance.
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    News U.S. inks bill to force geo-tracking tech for GPUs and servers — high-end gaming GPUs also subject to tracking

    Yupp, and I, for example, have strong reservations against some government being able to track my movements, especially a foreign one. Police here needs a warrant to track my phone, for example, but what about this? Doesn't sound like that protection applies here, honestly. Will it also affect...
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    News Toshiba says Europe doesn't need 24TB HDDs, withholds beefy models from region

    Excuse me, what the hell? That is utter nonsense. As someone else said above, they want to get as many drives into the US as possible before tarifs rise even more, nothing more, nothing less. EU is one of the biggest markets for these drives, outpacing GB. This claim makes absolutely no sense. I...