Nvidia to invest $100 billion in OpenAI for 10 gigawatts of AI computing power
Nvidia is preparing to make one of the largest corporate investments in history, committing as much as $100 billion to OpenAI as part of a sweeping agreement to expand the infrastructure underpinning artificial intelligence. The deal involves OpenAI purchasing millions of Nvidia's high-performance processors to support the build-out of up...
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Nvidia RTX 5090 finally drops to $1,999 as RTX 5080 sells below MSRP in the United States
Nvidia's consumer Blackwell flagship has appeared on Walmart's website at its $1,999 official price, while the RTX 5080 is 7% under MSRP at $929.
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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D or 9800X3D, Which Should You Buy?
A year after Zen 5's debut, we revisit AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D vs 7800X3D to see if the premium is worth it. With new GPUs and updates, has performance shifted or is the older chip still the smarter buy?
Criminals are driving fake cell towers through cities to blast out scam texts
The trend is a turning point, according to Cathal Mc Daid, VP of technology at telecommunications and cybersecurity firm Enea. "This is essentially the first time that we have seen large-scale use of mobile radio-transmitting devices by criminal groups," Mc Daid told Wired. He noted that while the underlying technology...
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Science has finally figured out why I play games with inverted camera controls
During the Covid lockdowns, researchers specializing in cognitive neuroscience at the Visual Perception and Attention Lab at Brunel University London stumbled into a fascinating phenomenon ideal for a quarantined study. Widespread public debates about controller inversion provided a timely opportunity to test participants remotely. The study included not only gamers...
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Samsung follows Micron and SanDisk raising DRAM and NAND flash prices by up to 30%
South Korean periodical New Daily reports that Samsung recently confirmed to its partners that it plans to raise DRAM and NAND flash prices in the fourth quarter of this year. Industry insiders claim the company told customers to expect LPDDR4X, LPDDR5, and LPDDR5X prices to increase by 15 – 30...
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Hard drive makers WD and Seagate ride the AI surge as storage needs explode
Amid surging demand for semiconductors and AI software, the once-overlooked hard drive is commanding fresh attention. Long overshadowed by flash storage and declining shipments, high-capacity hard-disk drives are seeing a revival as artificial intelligence reshapes the economics of data storage.
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European policymakers finally plan to fix the cookie banner headache they created
The European Commission is preparing to ease the burden of so-called cookie banners, which have frustrated internet users in Europe and beyond for years. According to Politico, the EC recently informed industry representatives and other organizations that Brussels is drafting new amendments to the ePrivacy Directive.
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Anker formally recalls nearly half a million power banks
The recall (number 25-466) impacts roughly 481,000 Anker power banks with model numbers A1647 (22.5W), A1652 (7.5W), A1257 (22.5W), A1681 (30W), and A1689 (30W). Defective units were sold at popular retailers including Amazon, Best Buy,