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Nvidia explains why its desktop RTX 5050 only uses GDDR6 memory instead of GDDR7 like the laptop version — 'G6 is the best choice for desktops and the more power efficient G7 is the best choice for laptops'

Nvidia has revealed why it used GDDR6 VRAM in the desktop version of its RTX 5050, despite the fact the laptop version comes with GDDR7

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Intel hosts Direct Connect Asia event in Seoul — company tries to lure Samsung Foundry clients in its own backyard

Intel Foundry hosts its first Direct Connect Asia event in Korea, targets local chip designers, automotive industry.

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Fedora Linux ponders dropping 32-bit packages, which could impact support for Steam gaming — change could also force Bazzite to shut down, according to its creator

A proposal for Fedora 44 suggests removing 32-bit support from the operating system, and many gamers are up in arms against it.

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Laser-cooled GPUs get buy-in from the U.S. military — government beams cash to Maxwell Labs to cool AI processors

Maxwell Labs has received a $500,000 grant through a U.S. Army-backed program to develop and test its laser-based cooling technology using ultrapure gallium arsenide semiconductors.

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Insane DDR4 price spikes mean last-gen RAM loses its value luster versus DDR5 — prices have nearly tripled in just two months

As tariffs rise and production falls, DDR4 has soared to become over twice as expensive as DDR5. This is the first time in DRAM history that a previous generation of DRAM has become this much more expensive than its current-gen replacement.

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Semiconductor industry faces critical talent crisis — one million additional skilled workers needed by 2030

The semiconductor industry is experiencing strong growth and soaring demand, but a worsening shortage of engineers, managers, and technical talent threatens to undermine its ability to grow further.

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RTX 5060 eGPU prototype brings Blackwell to handheld PCs — unit crams desktop-class power into the palm of a hand

The compact prototype is similar in size to RX 7600M XT-powered eGPU docks.

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China vows to retaliate against Taiwan for blacklisting Huawei, SMIC from chip tech — "Such despicable acts are utterly contemptible" says China spokesperson

Taiwan's blacklisting of 601 Chinese firms, including Huawei and SMIC, over national security concerns have provoked fierce condemnation from Beijing, which threatened retaliatory measures.

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Switch 2 has a 120 Hz screen with response times that are too slow for 60 Hz gaming, tester claims

Nintendo's latest Switch 2 console allegedly has a response time that is inadequate even for 60 FPS gaming.

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Gigabyte prepares a low-profile RTX 5050 GPU — Designed for SFF and aging gaming rigs

Gigabyte has announced the GeForce RTX 5050 OC Low Profile 8G for compact systems.

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Australian authorities say top crypto ATM users are scam victims and money mules — most transactions from victims or mules forced to deposit money into the machines

Scammers are using crypto ATMs as a tool to defraud victims out of their savings.

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Man behind $245m Bitcoin theft has bizarre tale that includes kidnapped parents, fraud, and money laundering — suspect now faces up to 24 years in prison, half-million-dollar fine, and possible deportation to India

Connecticut man, Veer Chetal, is one of three charged with stealing 4,100 Bitcoins in August 2024.

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University shakes hands with the past - 3D printing replicates 500-year-old prosthetic

Auburn University researchers have replicated a 500-year old prosthetic hand and demonstrate its usability half a millennia later.

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DLSS Transformer Model for DLSS 4 is out of beta as Nvidia looks to officially incorporate new model to improve image quality and efficiency

Nvidia's Transformer model for DLSS has exited the beta stage and will replace the CNN-based approach very soon with DLSS 4.

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WinRAR exploit enables attackers to run malicious code on your PC — critical vulnerability patched in latest beta update

The CVE-2025-6218 bug allows attackers to manipulate archive paths, potentially writing to protected system folders

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Intel lays off hundreds of engineers in California, including chip design engineers and architects — automotive chip division also gets the axe

Intel has begun laying off employees in California — including design engineers — as part of CEO Lip-Bu Tan's plan to cut 15–20% of the workforce. The company is also to shut down its automotive chip division.

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Blacklisted Chinese GPU makers line up to file for IPOs as US sanctions and trade war take toll on AI hardware market

Amid rising demand for AI hardware in China and U.S. sanctions, China's GPU industry is rapidly expanding, with companies like Biren, Moore Threads, MetaX, and Zhaoxin pursuing IPOs to secure funding and strengthen their position.

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Western Digital's $500 million penalty for patent infringement reduced to a mere $1 — court says recipient failed to 'adequately tie a dollar amount' to damages

A California court reduced the damages awarded to SPEX Technologies after the testimony of its expert has been excluded from the case.

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HDMI 2.2 is here with new 'Ultra96' Cables — up to 16K resolution, higher maximum 96 Gbps bandwidth than DisplayPort, backwards compatibility & more

The full spec for HDMI 2.2 has been released and it confirms 96 GB/s data transfer rates, which edge DisplayPort, and allow for uncompressed 4K 240 Hz video support.

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Massive $40 quad-fan JF15K Diamond CPU cooler wields dual-heatsinks for up to 280W TDP cooling capacity — Jiushark's latest spans the entire width of a standard motherboard

The Jiushark JF15K Diamond features a wide dual-tower design with quad-fans, and support for up to 280W cooling

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AMD researchers reduce graphics card VRAM capacity of 3D-rendered trees from 38GB to just 52 KB with work graphs and mesh nodes — shifting CPU work to the GPU yields tremendous results

AMD researchers have developed a new 3D tree rendering technology that can reduce video memory demands

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27-year-old Easter egg found in the Apple Power Mac G3's ROM— creating a RAM disk with the name 'secret ROM image' unveils a hidden file

The activation method for an Easter egg, hidden deep within the ROMs of ancient beige Apple Power Mac G3 computers, has been uncovered.

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Microsoft fixes Windows Vista boot sound bug in latest Windows 11 Insider Build — adds Recall Homepage and customizable system indicators

Build 26200.5661 also adds Recall Homepage, customizable system indicators, and key stability fixes

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Mini PC 'violently' smashed with a sledgehammer, dragged behind a motorbike, and spun in a washing machine - Geekom PC still works after the company's extreme torture testing

Geekom has shared a video which shows its latest IT15 Mini-PC being subjected to unnatural levels of violence.

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Nvidia launches $249 RTX 5050, putting Blackwell within reach of more gamers — entry-level 50-series arrives in late July

Nvidia finally unveils the RTX 5050, sporting 2,560 Blackwell CUDA cores, 8GB of GDDR6, and a 130W TGP. The new GPU represents Nvidia's first new xx50-class desktop card since the RTX 3050

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