Intel's Arc Pro B50 has appeared on a benchmark listing for the first time, providing a realistic idea of its performance. Spotted by Benchleak , the B50 was seen on Geekbench, where it scored 78,661 points in the Vulkan GPU test and 69,890 points in the OpenCL test. Those are relatively modest numbers, but somewhat expected given the card's specifications. The B50 is the lowest-end SKU

Valve has started enforcing a new UK-only rule on Steam: If you want to browse or buy “mature” games, you’ll need to put a valid credit card on file . The move comes in response to the UK’s Online Safety Act, which requires platforms to block under-18s from accessing adult content. Steam’s approach is blunt but effective, and, naturally, it’s already causing backlash.

Child protection law with

There has been news in the latter half of August that Windows update KB5063878 has reportedly been killing SSDs , especially when performing continuous file writes exceeding 50GB on a drive that’s at least 60% full. However, after more than a week of investigation, Microsoft confirmed that the aforementioned update was not the cause of the issue. According to Redmond’s resolution to the service alert related to the original report, “

Creality, considered the world’s largest consumer 3D printing company, is set to become publicly listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. This would make it the first manufacturer of consumer-grade 3D printers to gain public funding. Creality is known for bringing budget 3D printers to the mainstream with the basic Ender 3 in 2017 and more recently with the Creality Hi and K2 Plus .

Flipping through Creality’s Application Proof with the Hong Kong

Intel's chief financial officer discussed the company's progress with the upcoming Panther Lake CPUs for laptops, as well as 18A (1.8nm-class) process technology, this week. The company admits that its CPUs for higher-end desktop systems are less competitive than it would like them to be compared to AMD’s Ryzen 9000-series offerings.

"As you know, we kind of fumbled the football on the desktop side, particularly

If you're someone who connects many devices to your motherboard, the new X870 LiveMixer WiFi from ASRock, which retails for $229.99 , might be precisely what you need. The AM5 motherboard features a total of 25 USB ports of different classifications.

The rear panel of the X870 LiveMixer WiFi features 16 USB ports, including three Type-C and 13 Type-A connections. Of the Type-C ports

When we first encountered AMD SP7 rumors a couple of years ago, we imagined that this platform would increase the power consumption of AMD's future CPUs to levels beyond 1,000W (1 kW) , so when we learnt that Auras was developing cold plates for SP7 processors at Computex this year, we were not surprised. One thing was missing, though: the actual power consumption number for these CPUs. Apparently, Zen 6-based codenamed Venice processors with

Providing another fine example of the depth of support for older hardware on Linux, driver extensions have just been released to deliver functional improvements for owners of old ATI Radeon R300 GPUs. Linux-centric site Phoronix notes that the new OpenGL Extensions from the

Computer enthusiasts are always looking to push the boundaries of technology. This urge seems to apply mainly to the latest hardware and software, but some, like Bob Pony, also have a soft spot for ancient technology. A case in point is provided by Pony’s recent escapade, where he recounts successfully installing Windows 8.1 on a system restricted by the ancient EGA graphics standard. Not a simple task. And the result, though somewhat functional, wasn't aesthetically pleasing.