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AMD Threadripper has been dethroned as the world champ as Intel's Xeon W9-3495X 56-core workstation processor absolutely crushes it in the industry-standard Cinebench R23 benchmark. Cinebench R23, in case you haven't used it, is a visual rendering benchmark that breaks up an image into individual segments that are each drawn to the screen sequentially. The […]

During an extensive interview with publication Rock Paper Shotgun, Steam Deck designer Lawrence Yang dropped a potential bomb on gamers who may be eagerly awaiting a sequel to the portable. As reported by PC Gamer, Yang stated that while he was excited about what improvements could be made to the portable system, “a true next-gen […]

An unknown criminal group has made a “technically complex” construction of bogus websites and video streaming platforms that defrauded Google Ads users and made at least $1.2 million a month for over a year, experts have revealed. A report from cybersecurity researchers Malwarebytes and Deepsee analyzed an illegal video streaming operation and uncovered a complex […]

Google is finally trashing one of its longtime Chrome browser applications, the Chrome Cleanup Tool, alongside another feature that scans Windows PCs and laptops for security threats. According to The Verge, the Cleanup Tool will be removed upon the release of Chrome 111. After that, users will no longer be able to scan their PC […]

Discord is diving deeper into the AI space with a new conversational AI named Clyde. Clyde's AI makeover was announced on Thursday when the popular chat platform unveiled a wide collection of new AI tools and experiments including an OpenAI-powered chatbot update. You may not use Discord every day, or at all, but it's become […]

While classical computing has come a long way over the past century, it still has its limitations, and our requirements are fast outpacing what’s possible of classical computers. While quantum computing, especially fault-tolerant machines, is a long way off yet, the industry is still gearing up for the revolution, and Microsoft wants to be leading […]

Someone has been impersonating networking equipment giant TP-Link, pretending to have built a Wi-Fi router capable of mining cryptocurrencies with super high efficiency levels.  Among those that fell for the obvious scam was news wire service providers Accesswire, who published a press release from the alleged company, announcing the product. In the press release, published […]

Microsoft is starting to roll out its much anticipated built-in video upscaling feature for its Edge browser.   The company’s new Video Super Resolution (VSR) algorithm uses artificial intelligence to boost web videos with a lower than 720p resolution, while also removing blocky artifacts, with the feature set to be made widely available to users in […]

Windows 11 (and 10) users are suffering from a really unpleasant bug that effectively bricks the PC, putting it in a boot failure loop, and it’s caused by the latest versions of AMD’s graphics driver, the company has confirmed. PC World reported on this one (via Tom’s Hardware), specifically executive editor Brad Chacos who was […]

We recently reported that Apple’s next iPad Pros could cost significantly more than their 2022 predecessors – and a new report gives us a better idea of just how ridiculous those price tags might be. Apple is widely understood to be working on two iPad Pro models, likely to launch in 2024, as successors to […]