I finally bought my first gaming laptop — why the hell did I wait so long?! Even though I write about computing for a living, it's taken an exceptional gaming laptop to finally convince me to buy one. Tom’s Guide · Jul 21, 2024
I tested Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail on two gaming laptops and a PS5 — I was surprised by the results When I learned my favorite time-sink MMO, Final Fantasy XIV, was getting a graphics overhaul with the new Dawntrail expansion, I decided I needed to find out exactly what hardware would give me the best experience with the updated textures. Laptop · Jul 21, 2024
Japanese owner of Arm gets a bargain with Graphcore purchase — could British startup stymied by lack of support embrace Arm's licensing strategy to break Nvidia's stranglehold on AI? SoftBank, the Japanese owner of Arm, has snapped up troubled British AI chip designer Graphcore. TechRadar · Jul 21, 2024
Intel XeSS receives some minor improvements — tech still lacks a native Frame Generation feature Intel XeSS SDK gets updated to version 1.3.1. Tom’s Hardware · Jul 20, 2024
Tencent unveils a stunning upgrade to its computing power in a bid to topple Nvidia — Xingmai 2.0 network supports over 100,000 GPUs in a single computing cluster Tencent has upgraded Xingmai 2.0, HPC network now supports over 100,000 GPUs in a single computing cluster. TechRadar · Jul 20, 2024
Nvidia Likely To Announce Surprise Positive Earnings Next Month, Says Goldman Sachs After Meeting Top Company Exec Nvidia continues to witness high demand for its AI GPUs and will start disclosing ROI metrics for end users from the next earnings call onwards. International Business Times UK · Jul 20, 2024
Nvidia GPU partners reportedly cheap out on thermal paste, causing 100C hotspot temperatures — cheap paste allegedly degrades in a few months Nvidia's AIB partners reportedly use dirt-cheap thermal paste that dries out in just a few months, causing many RTX 40-series graphics cards to overheat. Tom’s Hardware · Jul 20, 2024
Asia's biggest chipmaker is set to join the trillion-dollar club — TSMC will topple Meta soon as it benefits from AI boom TSMC is the world's eighth most valuable company thanks to the AI boom. TechRadar · Jul 20, 2024
Tenstorrent Launches Wormhole AI Processors: 466 FP8 TFLOPS at 300W Tenstorrent has unveiled its next-generation Wormhole processor for AI workloads that promises to offer decent performance at a low price. The company currently offers two add-on PCIe cards carrying one or two Wormhole processors as well as TT-LoudBox, and TT-QuietBox workstations aimed at software developers. The whole of today's release… AnandTech · Jul 19, 2024
Lenovo Legion Pro 7i (Gen 9) review: It’s a large and in-charge gaming machine With powerful performance, smooth graphics, a stunning display, and loud speakers, the Legion Pro 7i has plenty to like, with a few shortcomings. Laptop · Jul 19, 2024
AMD Anti-Lag steps out of its comfort zone — tech arrives on Vulkan 1.3.291, bringing Anti-Lag benefits outside of DirectX for the first time The Vulkan API gets an AMD Anti-Lag addition. Tom’s Hardware · Jul 19, 2024
Nvidia cuts GeForce Now pricing in half — Priority and Ultimate memberships 50% off for a limited time Nvidia knocked 50% off the price of its Priority and Ultimate memberships for a limited time. Pricing starts at $4.99, which is nearly on par with the cost of Nvidia's day passes. Tom’s Hardware · Jul 19, 2024
Has Black Friday come early? Nvidia GeForce Now is seriously tempting with 50% off across all plans right now We normally only see this level of half-price deal for Black Friday, and Nvidia’s ‘summer sale’ is certainly a bargain. TechRadar · Jul 19, 2024
Stock market today: Asian shares sink, weighed down by Wall St tech retreat, China policy questions Shares have fallen in Asia after a broad washout across Wall Street dragged U.S. stocks lower The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2024
International Business Times UK · Jul 19, 2024 Analysts See Tech Companies Leading the Rally Ahead of Q2 Earnings, Lifts Target Price Over 20% For 3 Tech Stocks Wedbush Securities analysts led by Dan Ives believe Q2 earnings will be a positive catalyst for tech stocks, which could climb another 15% this year.
International Business Times UK · Jul 19, 2024 Nvidia Stock Surges As TSMC Reports Strong AI Chip Demand Despite 'Damaging' Statement From Donald Trump Nvidia's stock price jumped nearly 3 percent on Thursday. This bounce back comes after the industry's worst day since 2020.
Barchart · Jul 18, 2024 Stocks Finish Lower on Slump in Mega-Cap Tech Stocks and Banks The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Thursday closed down -0.78%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -1.29%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.48%. Stock indexes Thursday gave up an early advance and retreated, with the S&P 500...
Barchart · Jul 18, 2024 Buy the Dip in These 'Strong Buy' Semiconductor Stocks Market-leading chip stocks such as Broadcom and AMD remain top investment choices right now, given they continue to trade at a discount to consensus price target estimates.
TechRadar · Jul 18, 2024 A mega triple-layer 16K screen and 150 RTX A6000 GPUs — Nvidia reveals even more details about the staggering technology powering the Las Vegas Sphere Nvidia has revealed how its technology, including 150 RTX A6000 GPUs, is powering the Las Vegas Sphere.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024 Nasdaq losses deepen amid market jitters over US policy on chipmakers Analysts play down concerns and maintain confidence in AI boom after index’s worst day since December 2022
Tom’s Hardware · Jul 18, 2024 Microsoft will soon implement Nvidia GeForce Now alongside Xbox Cloud Gaming for its first-party titles listed on Xbox.com Xbox.com's Play With Cloud button will soon support Nvidia GeForce Now alongside Xbox Cloud Gaming (formerly Project xCloud).
Laptop · Jul 18, 2024 I edited my travel photos with the HP ZBook Studio 16 G10 and didn’t ever hear the fans kick on While it almost certainly constitutes overkill to us an HP ZBook Studio 16 G10 workstation with an Intel Core i9-13900H and Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada Generation GPU to edit travel photos, I had a backlog of dive photos and videos to clear through.
Tom’s Hardware · Jul 18, 2024 AMD's biggest AI GPU booster adds support for Nvidia, too — Lamini AI preps memory tuning for Nvidia hardware Lamini AI, which used to be AMD exclusive, now supports Nvidia CUDA GPUs too.
Barchart · Jul 18, 2024 Stocks Erase Early Gains on Weakness in Mega-Cap Tech Stocks The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.39%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.21%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.60%. Stock indexes today gave up an early advance and turned lower due to weakness...
Barchart · Jul 18, 2024 Stocks Continue to Slide Lower as Sell-Off in Tech Continues The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.51%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.27%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.92%. Stock indexes today are lower despite the US weekly continuing unemployment claims rising to...