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Another day, another waking up to the smell of burnt plastic
By Zhiye Liu published
A user on the Korean Quasar Zone forums recounts how the 16-pin power connectors on his RTX 4090 and FSP Hydro power supply melted.
Microsoft confirms recent Windows security update breaks VPNs, no fix yet
By Dallin Grimm published
Microsoft confirmed that April Windows security updates break VPN connections across personal and enterprise releases. Not hotfix has been issued.
AMD's gaming revenue nosedives 48%, not expected to recover until 2025
By Anton Shilov published
So, no RX 8000-series GPUs coming this year?
AMD's elusive Ryzen 7 8700F hits Amazon for $300
By Aaron Klotz published
AMD has listed the Ryzen 7 8700F for sale on Amazon. However, its $300 price tag makes it unattractive compared to AMD's cheaper-yet-better-performing Ryzen 7 7700 series alternatives.
Dev hopes to save legendary Z80 chip with open source clone
By Jeff Butts published
Zilog is discontinuing the CPU that helped spark home computing in the 80's, but this might not be the end of the chip's story.
Xbox 360 Store to close July 29, 2024
By Jowi Morales published
Microsoft will shut down the Xbox 360 Store and the 360 Marketplace, but the console retains all of its other online and multiplayer features.
China-made server exports to US plummet
By Dallin Grimm published
Servers exported from China to the U.S. has fallen from 18.8% in 2017 to 1.7% in 2023, while servers exported from Taiwan to the U.S. has grown 900%.
Nvidia's ChatRTX AI chatbot receives major update
By Dallin Grimm published
Nvidia's ChatRTX, their ChatGPT-like local AI client, launches version 0.3, with exciting new features first shown off back at GTC.
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