PC shipments fall off a cliff
Global PC shipments have plunged by roughly a fifth as soaring component costs keep buyers’…
Microsoft chainsaws OneDrive storage
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Anthropic tells users to stop bullying Claude
Anthropic has updated its usage policy to prohibit sustained cruelty toward Claude, protecting its chatbot from persistently abusive users. According to The Verge, the rule is part of a broader…
Microsoft’s pricey Surface Ultra runs out of stock
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Anthropic tells users to stop bullying Claude
Anthropic has updated its usage policy to prohibit sustained cruelty toward Claude, protecting its chatbot…
EA digs Wing Commander III out of the archives
EA is preparing a Wing Commander III remaster after producer Jim Vessella recovered original video…
Modder moves GPU and slashes temperatures
A PC enthusiast has cut an Nvidia RTX 3080’s hotspot temperature by up to 19°C…
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Anthropic tells users to stop bullying Claude
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EA digs Wing Commander III out of the archives
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Graphics
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Modder fixes RTX 5090 melting connector
An RTX 5090 owner claims to have solved Nvidia’s overheating 16-pin power connector problem by…
Modder moves GPU and slashes temperatures
A PC enthusiast has cut an Nvidia RTX 3080’s hotspot temperature by up to 19°C through unconventional graphics card placement. According to Tom’s Hardware, YouTuber TrashBench achieved the reduction by…
Mobiles
Microsoft wants $6,000 for Surface RTX Spark Dev Box
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PC Hardware
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PC shipments fall off a cliff
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AI
Anthropic tells users to stop bullying Claude
Anthropic has updated its usage policy to prohibit sustained cruelty toward Claude, protecting its chatbot from persistently abusive users. According to The Verge, the rule is part of a broader…
Microsoft wants $6,000 for Surface RTX Spark Dev Box
Two grand more than AMD’s Ryzen AI Halo Microsoft has officially opened pre-orders for its…
Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra NVIDIA RTX Spark: Immense AI Power Meets a Staggering Price Tag
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Gaming
Pimax wants a slice of Valve’s Steam Machine action
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Atari 800XL back from the dead
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EA digs Wing Commander III out of the archives
EA is preparing a Wing Commander III remaster after producer Jim Vessella recovered original video tapes while digitising the publisher’s archives. According to PC Gamer, Vessella revealed the project during…
Automotive
Uber plans to unleash Chinese robotaxis on London
Uber has teamed up with Chinese autonomous-vehicle outfit Pony.ai to bring robotaxis to London, with road testing set to begin within weeks. According to TechCrunch. the companies intend to put…
RAMageddon increases car prices
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BMW enshittifies its cars with adverts
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Data center
Musk reassures Intel over TSMC
Elon Musk and Intel chief executive Lip-Bu Tan have moved to reassure investors that Chipzilla…
Nvidia’s BlueField gives AI servers a kick up the backside
Networking outfit F5 has shown that Nvidia’s BlueField-3 DPUs can improve AI inference performance by…
Microsoft chainsaws OneDrive storage
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Smart devices
Amazon makes smart speaker a little dumber
Amazon has decided that some of its older Echo smart speakers have been far too useful for too long and is removing Alexa voice controls for their auxiliary audio inputs.…
Toyota wants 400,000 robots
Toyota plans to deploy 400,000 factory robots while insisting its mechanical workforce should coexist with…
Hugging Face flogs $399 robot duck
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Network
Apple appoints itself internet policeman
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US allows Musk to flood orbit with 15,000 satellites
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has won permission to launch and operate 15,000 satellites that can connect…
Amazon builds 1,000 satellites to take on Musk’s Starlink
Online bookseller Amazon has manufactured its 1,000th broadband satellite as it prepares to launch its Leo internet service this year, giving Elon Musk’s Starlink its first serious global challenger. According…