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New Samsung SSDs are allegedly right around the corner — 990 Evo Plus and 9100 Pro trademarks have surfaced
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I just bought a 4TB 990 Pro last week, so I was expecting something like this.
Wednesday at 7:07 PM
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Intel fires back at AMD's AI benchmarks, shares results claiming current-gen Xeon chips are faster at AI than next-gen EPYC Turin
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...in specific AI applications, according to Intel. So yeah, definitively take that information with a big salt chaser. I keep...
Jun 13, 2024
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Intel fires back at AMD's AI benchmarks, shares results claiming current-gen Xeon chips are faster at AI than next-gen EPYC Turin
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AMD and Intel specialize in x86 processors, which don't really lend themselves to phones. This is fine. In a world with finite...
Jun 13, 2024
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The coolest case mods of Computex 2024
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I feel like a lot of these have really jumped the shark... some, several sharks wearing jaunty hats. Whatever floats people's boats, I...
Jun 13, 2024
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Disgruntled ex-employee costs company over $600,000 after he deletes all 180 of its test servers — found server deletion scripts on Google
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Having a proper backup infrastructure is important for many reasons - this is clearly one of them. At the very least, the periodic full...
Jun 13, 2024
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No, to put this more clearly, basically the undulators force the electrons which are of course speeding to follow a "sinusoidal" route...
Jun 12, 2024
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Musk, Musk, Musk. 1.) To use ChatGPT on Apple's OS's you must first opt-in 2.) Apple already said businesses can block usage of it via...
Jun 12, 2024
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Musk says he'll ban all Apple devices if OpenAI is integrated at the OS level — claims it would represent a massive security risk
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He's never really been all that smart, just very good at using actual smart people for his personal benefit. I'll admit, I initially...
Jun 12, 2024
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HP bricks ProBook laptops with bad BIOS — many users face black screen after Windows includes firmware in automatic updates
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I have always hated forced automatic updates - it's my damned machine, and no one has the right to push anything to it without my...
Jun 9, 2024
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WD_Black 1TB SN770M SSD is only $84 —its lowest price ever
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You've never heard of the Steam Deck of ROG Ally? ROG Ally makes the best Steam Decks!
May 31, 2024
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WD_Black 1TB SN770M SSD is only $84 —its lowest price ever
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They really need to put a quarter or something next to these drives for scale - when I first clicked on the article, I thought this was...
May 31, 2024
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Wow, those things got small! My OS drive is a WD Black SN770 512GB and it's twice as long as that 1TB. That's pretty impressive.
May 31, 2024
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Call me cynical...it's EA. Pretty much guaranteed it won't be implemented in a way that is acceptable such as an ingame billboard.
May 10, 2024
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EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO
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"EA" "thoughtful" These are polar opposites.
May 10, 2024
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Nintendo forces Garry's Mod to delete 20 years of content — Garry confirms Nintendo is behind Steam Workshop purge
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I understand that a company legally has to defend their IP to a certain extent, or risk giving potential violators ammunition to use in...
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