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Microsoft says Xbox hardware isn't going anywhere — company reaffirms commitment to AMD-powered next-gen console

Xbox Game Pass' painful price hikes aren't tied to a desire by Microsoft to softly exit the gaming hardware market.

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Intel's upcoming Panther Lake family will reportedly feature new "Core Ultra X" branding for fully-spec'd iGPU configs — Core Ultra 7 and 9 processors tipped to feature 12 Xe3 GPU cores

The Panther Lake lineup of mobile CPUs is reportedly set to debut Intel's Xe3 graphics IP, with the top-end SKUs featuring up to 12 Xe3 GPU cores, being dubbed "Core Ultra X," according to the latest leaks. Initially, only Core Ultra 7 and 9 were thought to feature the "X"…

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Acer chief says Nvidia’s Intel investment will complicate PC supply chains — says Lutnick's 50/50 proposal could take 50 years to realize

Acer CEO Jason Chen says that the Nvidia-Intel partnership could potentially complicate product planning and placement for PC makers.

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Developer recreates classic shoot 'em up Zaxxon as a UEFI firmware — isometric arcade game coded in x86 assembly for no-OS represents 'total freedom from big tech'

A Zaxxon remake, coded in x86-64 Assembly language, is now available as a UEFI application.

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Cyberattacks hit 91% of universities and 43% of businesses in last 12 months in the UK — survey suggests more than 600,000 businesses, 61,000 charities affected

UK businesses, universities, and secondary schools have come under unprecedented hacking attacks over the past year, with 9/10 of polled universities claiming to have suffered at least one breach attempt in the past 12 months.

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Swiss lab where researchers are working to create computers powered by mini human brains revealed in new report — mini brain organoids revealed, developers say 'we shouldn't be scared of them'

A new report details a tour of a Swiss lab, where researchers are working to develop computers powered by mini human brains.

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OpenAI and AMD announce multibillion-dollar partnership — AMD to supply 6 gigawatts in chips, OpenAI could get up to 10% of AMD shares in return

AMD and OpenAI have announced a multibillion-dollar partnership to collaborate on AI data centers powered by AMD chips.

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Incessant gamer reaches fabled edge of Minecraft map after more than 14 years — has been walking towards mythical 'Far Lands' at the edge of the map since 2011, covering 12,500km in-game

A YouTuber and Twitch streamer finally reached Far Lands, the mythical 'edge' of early builds of Minecraft, after more than 14 years of in-game walking.

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Bitcoin rockets to all-time high of over $125,000 — rise fueled by increase in U.S. equities and interest in Bitcoin ETFs

Bitcoin just hit an all-time high of $125,000 due to a combination of investors seeking alternative assets and MegaWhales moving holdings to long-term storage.

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The transistor was patented 75 years ago today — the age of silicon and software began with a three-electrode circuit element using semiconductor materials

75 years ago, the three Bell Labs scientists behind the invention of the transistor would, at last, have the U.S. Patent in their hands.

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Japanese tech giant deploys laser drones to protect chickens — drones are hoped to prevent the spread of avian flu

NTT has designed a laser drone system to protect poultry farms from potential spreaders of avian flu.

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Ukraine’s rotating barbed wire drone barriers discovered by Russians — motorized barriers tear and slice the fiber-optic lines that jam-proof drones leave in their trail

Remote controlled fiber optic-tethered drones may have met their match with a new Ukrainian innovation.

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Nintendo Switch 2 supports two different types of Nvidia DLSS — A second, 'light' version for upscaling beyond 1080p, along with the standard, PC-like CNN model

Nintendo apparently includes two different versions of DLSS on the Switch 2, corroborating long-standing rumors of a custom DLSS present on the console. Digital Foundry's latest testing reveals that the second, 'light' version of DLSS can upscale beyond 1080p at the cost of an inferior image while in motion.

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OCuLink outpaces Thunderbolt 5 in Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti tests — latter up to 14% slower on average in gaming benchmarks

Independent tests confirm that while Thunderbolt 5 improves eGPU performance over Thunderbolt 4, OCuLink's direct PCIe connection delivers superior gaming and bandwidth results, although it remains impractical for most users.

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Microsoft reportedly mulls ad-infested free Xbox Cloud Gaming plan — Game Pass Ultimate subscriber allegedly catches ad during game loading

Microsoft is reportedly preparing to launch a new, ad-supported free tier of Xbox Cloud Gaming very soon. You'll have to watch two-minute ads before each session, which will be limited to one hour in duration. You get a total of five hours each month, and only a limited number of…

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UK cops busted for faking productivity while working from home by holding down keys on keyboard — 26 officers and staff reportedly caught trying to trick keylogging software

Officers and staff are finding creative ways to trick the system.

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Discord data hacked in latest customer service breach to expose user information — hackers gained access via third-party support systems but didn't steal passwords

Discord's support systems were recently compromised in a data breach, where hackers gained access to some user information via third-party service providers. The hackers intended to extort money from Discord by holding the data, but the company has already begun an investigation and severed the affected provider's access to its…

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Ultra-rare unreleased Pentium 4 with 4.0 GHz clock speed discovered — CPU-Z confirms it is an Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 980

A rare Intel engineering sample from the twilight of the Pentium 4 era has surfaced on social media.

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AOL's dial-up internet service killed with a final modem screech after 34 years — America Online goes offline this week, but other dial-up services still exist

AOL's 34-year established dial-up service was finally shuttered this week.

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Classic Snake game now playable in your browser URL address bar — JavaScript remake uses Unicode Braille characters to render the game

A new version of Snake, coded to run in your browser’s URL address bar, makes playing it on your old Nokia brick feel luxuriously high-res and futuristic.

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Crazy Google Japan keyboard design switches keys for dials — the Gboard Dial Edition shows why the software team isn't allowed to design hardware

Google Japan’s Gboard team have designed and open-sourced a revolutionary new physical keyboard that boldly eschews keys in favor of dials.

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Jeff Bezos envisions space-based data centers in 10 to 20 years — could allow for natural cooling and more effective solar power

Jeff Bezos envisions gigawatt-scale orbital data centers within 10–20 years, powered by continuous solar energy and space-based cooling, but the concept remains commercially unviable today due to the immense cost and complexity of deploying thousands of tons of hardware, solar panels, and radiators into orbit.

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China to launch commercial underwater data center — facility expected to consume 90% less power for cooling

Chinese company Highlander will be the first to run a commercial underwater data center, serving state-owned companies off the coast of Shanghai.

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AI data centers are swallowing the world's memory and storage supply, setting the stage for a pricing apocalypse that could last a decade

As flash demand climbs and legacy DRAM supply lags, memory prices are rising across the board. Meanwhile, nearline HDD shortages are forcing hyperscalers to accelerate the adoption of QLC SSDs for roles once gated by cost, tightening both ends of the storage market.

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BlackRock subsidiary buys up 78 data centers totaling 5 gigawatts in $40 billion deal — AI vendor Aligned added to company's portfolio

BlackRock subsidiary Global Infrastructure Partners set to buy out Aligned Data Centers for $40 billion.

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