Skygazers are about to get an uncommon glimpse at Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks. Known affectionately as “the devil comet,” this blaze of frozen gas and debris is currently swinging by Earth for the first time since 1954. Though you need binoculars or a telescope to see it right now, 12P/Pons-Brooks will become …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPUs Are Out of Stock Thanks to Crypto Mining
We all remember when the pandemic joined forces with a cryptocurrency boom to make GPUs impossible to buy. Those were dark days, but crypto eventually crashed, GPU prices returned to normal, and we figured that was the end. Not so, as crypto prices are skyrocketing again, but miners are buying …
Read More »Snapdragon X Elite Dethrones Intel Meteor Lake in Pre-Launch Tests
Intel announced its upcoming Snapdragon X Elite SoC in late 2023, and it’s promising to shake up the Windows processor landscape in 2024 by being a serious competitor to mobile chips from both AMD and Intel. The Qualcomm SoC will be targeting the ultra-thin laptop market when it debuts later …
Read More »Internet-Connected Vehicles Are Sharing Your Driving Habits With Insurers
If you have a car and a matching auto insurance policy, you’ve probably been offered the opportunity to lower your rate using telematics. Using a smartphone app or a separate device that plugs into your vehicle’s ODB-II port, these programs monitor your driving habits for several weeks at a time. …
Read More »Intel to Receive $3.5 Billion to Make Chips for the Military
When the $52 billion CHIPS Act passed in 2022, it was assumed Intel would be getting a sizable chunk of those funds to assist with its US-based expansion plans. It was recently reported that the company would receive up to $10 billion as part of that deal. New reporting states …
Read More »The Best Gaming Monitor Deals for March 2024
t’s a great time to pick up a new gaming monitor, as prices are low across the spectrum from just about every major manufacturer. Some of the biggest news in the space includes curved monitors starting to hit the budget bracket and refresh rates skyrocketing to match the output from …
Read More »Rumor: Intel to Use TSMC for Some Arrow Lake Compute Tiles
Intel is expected to make a sizable node jump later this year when it launches its next-generation desktop platform, Arrow Lake. Its existing Raptor Lake CPUs use Intel 7 (formerly 10nm). Arrow Lake will use Intel 20A, which is a whole different kettle of fish, as it’s the company’s first …
Read More »Modders Get GTA: Vice City Running on a Router
Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to near-universal praise way back in 2002. It began life on the PlayStation 2 but eventually made its way to Windows PCs, smartphones, and modern machines through the Definitive Trilogy. With so many ways to play GTA: Vice City, no one needs …
Read More »Former AMD VP Likens Nvidia to a 'GPU Cartel'
Thanks to the surging interest in AI across the tech industry, Nvidia has found itself sitting on a golden throne lately. Its AI accelerators are now coveted, and it could take up to a year for an order to be filled due to intense demand. This situation grants Nvidia a …
Read More »Intel CEO Says He's Betting the Entire Company's Future on its 18A Process
Intel’s upcoming 18A process, short for 18 Angstroms, is the pinnacle of the company’s “five nodes in four years” strategy outlined in 2021. It will be the culmination of many years of engineering work by Intel and billions of dollars of R&D. It is theoretically the process node that will …
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