AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D Review: The Budget 3D V-Cache King
AMD's Ryzen 7 7700X3D revives Zen 4 with a lower-clocked take on the 7800X3D. We benchmark 13 games to see how much performance it gives up and whether it still belongs in a modern gaming PC.
France just voted to ban kids under 15 from social media, but Australia's ban shows how hard that is to enforce
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Overview: As social media algorithms come under increasing scrutiny, policies to ban children from services such as Facebook, X, YouTube, and Snapchat are gaining popularity across the globe. France has just become the latest country to pass such legislation – but data suggests the impact of Australia's earlier ban has been limited.
France's Parliament gave final approval on Tuesday to a law banning children under age 15 from social
One in six Windows PCs still runs Windows 10, and the vulnerabilities are piling up
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Facing the Flaw: Many organizations have already migrated to Windows 11, but a few diehards are refusing to leave Windows 10 behind. In fact, millions of computers are still running the aging, albeit perfectly functional, operating system, and according to one market analysis, that could soon turn into a security disaster.
Asset management company Lansweeper recently sounded the alarm on Windows 10, noting that a lot of organizations
Der8auer converts $7,000 RTX 5090 Lightning Z to custom water cooling, drops temps by 11°C
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Enthusiast zone: Famed hardware overclocker Roman "der8auer" Hartung has modified an RTX 5090 Lightning graphics card with a custom watercooling setup, swapping the original AIO for a stainless-steel fitted waterblock. The conversion kit reportedly lowered operating temperatures by around 11 degrees Celsius at 800W under full load.
The modified waterblock, once hooked up to the PC's custom water-cooling loop
OpenAI's ambitious ad revenue goals look like AI-generated money, analysis says
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AI Fail: At first, AI companies such as OpenAI had sworn they would never show advertising on their chatbot-powered online services. Now, everyone is doing the exact opposite. But according to recent research, industry players are unlikely to earn much from the new ad-supported market.
A new market analysis by consulting firm Emarketer casts a very dark shadow over OpenAI's advertising revenue targets. Sam Altman's
Fiat's new $15,000 mini EV is now on sale in the US, but it's not yet legal to drive
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TL;DR: Earlier this month, Stellantis opened US orders for the Fiat Topolino, an electric micro-car that starts at $13,995 before a mandatory $990 destination fee, for an out-the-door price of $14,985 before tax. That makes it the least expensive new vehicle sold in America today, undercutting even the base Nissan Versa by
Microsoft just open-sourced the app that made Comic Sans famous
Microsoft has open-sourced Comic Chat, its quirky 1996 IRC client that turned text conversations into comic strips with cartoon avatars, speech bubbles, and dynamic panel layouts. Now released under the MIT License, the project can be explored, preserved, and even modernized by developers and retro computing enthusiasts.
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NAND shortages could finally ease in 2027, but ADATA warns the DRAM crisis may last another 10 years
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Crystal ball: Maybe we're worrying too much about the current memory crisis: according to TrendForce, NAND flash supply growth will outpace demand next year, with supply constraints easing in the second half of 2027. Or maybe we're not worrying enough: Adata's chairman says DRAM shortages will last another decade and that memory and electricity will become the world's two scarcest resources.
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Samsung finally has its own credit card, seven years after Apple
First look: Samsung has introduced its first branded credit card in a bid to compete with a similar offering from rival Apple. The new Samsung Galaxy Card is billed as an easy way to earn kickbacks on everyday purchases, with even higher rewards for purchasing products made by Samsung.
The company's first credit card will be issued via Barclays US Consumer Bank over the Visa network. It'll
Fire departments are testing autonomous drones that fight wildfires before crews even arrive
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Forward-looking: As wildfires grow larger each year, fire departments and other organizations are seeking new tools to support firefighters' efforts. Several US departments are exploring autonomous drones, which could enable new, more flexible strategies for extinguishing smaller fires before they become more serious.
A California company recently began demonstrating a system that allows firefighters to direct autonomous drones to combat wildfires. While departments already use observation drones, deploying them to
