It’s a busy time aboard the International Space Station (ISS), which usually hosts a crew of seven astronauts. With the extended Starliner demo flight, the count is up to nine with Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. NASA was happy to have the help as it planned a pair of spacewalks …
Read More »Deep Dive on Zen 5 Mobile Architecture Confirms 16% IPC Over Zen 4
AMD announced revamped Zen 5 processors at Computex in May for desktop and mobile, but they won’t launch until July. Ahead of their auspicious debut, we now have our first deep dive into Zen 5 mobile, and it verifies AMD’s claim of an IPC (instructions per clock) gain over Zen …
Read More »Starliner Return Flight Delayed Until Later This Summer
Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft was supposed to have returned to Earth weeks ago, but it’s still at the International Space Station (ISS), along with its crew. And that’s not changing anytime soon. NASA has announced that Starliner’s return flight has been delayed again until an unspecified date in July, giving …
Read More »This AI-Powered Tool Changes Angry Customers' Voices from Nasty to Neutral
One of the toughest aspects of working in a call center is dealing with customers who, for whatever reason, refuse to behave in accordance with the fact that the representative on the other end of the line is a human being. Beyond the immediate stress of dealing with an angry …
Read More »Nvidia Shareholder Lawsuit Heading to US Supreme Court
Nvidia’s value has skyrocketed in recent years, as each new technological trend seems tailored to boost its business. Case in point, GPUs are great for mining cryptocurrency, and the company sold a boatload of chips for this purpose during the crypto boom. Some Nvidia investors aren’t happy with how Nvidia …
Read More »Ditching Harmful Refrigerants Proven to Help Earth's Ozone Layer: Study
In the 1980s and 1990s, the world’s governments came together in a rare show of cooperation to rid Earth’s atmosphere of certain ozone-depleting substances (ODSs). Used mainly in air conditioning and refrigeration, these chemicals had been proven to harm the ozone layer, or the stretch of ozone and other gasses …
Read More »Analyst: Nvidia GPU Market Share Now at 88%, AMD With 12%
Nvidia continues to cement its dominance of the discrete GPU market, according to a new GPU sales report for the first quarter of 2024 compiled by Jon Peddle Research (JPR). Overall, it was a bad quarter for graphics cards, which is typical since it follows the holiday period. Still, sales …
Read More »TSMC's New Chairman Says It Might Be Time to Raise Prices on Nvidia
For the past year, we’ve all been sitting back and watching Nvidia’s stock price go to the moon. The company generates record-breaking quarterly revenues, with no signs of the money train slowing down because of how AI has taken over the global tech industry. Now, TSMC’s new chairman is saying …
Read More »Get a Grade-A Refurbished Lenovo ThinkCentre for $140
Upgrading a workspace with a healthy and reliable computer doesn’t have to be a bank-breaking purchase. Looking at the refurbished market, there are a ton of great options available for affordable rates. For example, you can get this grade “A” refurbished Lenovo ThinkCentre M92 with Windows 10 Home for only $139.99 …
Read More »The Best Router and Mesh Wi-Fi Deals for June 2024
Even if you’re paying for the best speeds your ISP can offer, your home network hardware might be holding you back. If you’re still pushing your gaming and streaming through a last-generation router, you’re probably losing a bunch of speed. It’s trivial to swap out your old router for something …
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