Someone stripped Windows 7 down to a 69MB download – with some caveats


Windows enthusiasts have been stripping the operating system down to its bare minimum for years. Now, a user known as "Xeno" on Twitter has reduced one of the most popular operating systems of all time to a download of just a few megabytes. The base package allows the system to...

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Critical security vulnerability in AMD Zen 5 CPUs could make encryption keys predictable


Cataloged as AMD-SB-7055 and tracked as CVE-2025-62626, the vulnerability in the RDSEED instruction is classified as High Severity because it could allow local attackers to manipulate the values returned by RDSEED, forcing it to generate zero in a non-randomized manner. This flaw can lead to a loss of both confidentiality...

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Regulators have promised Australian residents three hours of free solar power a day


Australian households in three states will soon be guaranteed at least three hours of free electricity each day under a new federal plan known as "Solar Sharer." The initiative, announced by Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, begins in July 2026 for customers in New South Wales, south-east Queensland,...

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DDR5 speeds hit 13,576 MT/s as overclockers trade records in hours


In mid-October, Sergmann achieved a record high DDR5 overclock of 6,504.9 MHz, which works out to 13,010 megatransfers per second (13 GT/s). Another OCer, Salty Croissant, claimed to hit 13,020 MT/s weeks earlier but those results were never validated in Hwbot.

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OpenAI signs $38 billion Amazon Web Services deal for Nvidia-powered cloud compute


The agreement allows OpenAI to begin deploying workloads on AWS immediately, using hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs across US data centers, with additional capacity expected to come online over several years.

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RTX Remix breathes new life into Grand Theft Auto 4 with full path tracing


Modder xoxor4d recently unveiled his ongoing work on a new renderer for Grand Theft Auto IV that incorporates full ray tracing. The mod could potentially become far more advanced (and demanding) than the ray tracing features Rockstar added to GTA V.

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Nintendo raises Switch 2 sales forecast after outselling the Switch, PS4, and PS5 at launch


Since launching in June, 10.36 million Switch 2 consoles have been sold – 3.5 million of those in the first four days. That's more than twice the 4.7 million units the original Switch managed during its first two quarters on sale. It's also higher than the PlayStation 4's 7.5 million...

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Microsoft's Satya Nadella says power, not chips, is now the biggest barrier to AI growth


Nadella, who shared these insights on the Bg2 Pod YouTube channel, revealed that Microsoft has encountered situations in which hardware inventory exceeds what its data centers can actively support, naming electricity as the critical missing link.

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Tesla sales crash across Europe with drops of up to 90%


Tesla has been having a difficult time in Europe. Sales were down 50% in May, and a similar trend has been seen throughout most of 2025. The company did see a sales rise in several markets in September, but that optimism came crashing down last month.

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New e-ink displays could reach "retina e-paper" status with pixel densities over 25,000 PPI


Researchers from Uppsala University and the University of Gothenburg recently proposed a new type of anti-glare screen that can achieve extreme pixel densities. Addressing one of the primary shortcomings of e-ink technology could enable the deployment of more high-resolution displays with minimal energy consumption.

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