(Image credit: Intel) Intel is set to detail (PDF) the advantages of its 18A manufacturing technology (1.8nm-class) compared to its Intel 3 fabrication process at the upcoming VLSI Symposium 2025. As expected, the new production node will offer substantial benefits across power, performance, and area (PPA) metrics, thus providing tangible advantages both for client and… Read more
read more...Intel details next-gen 18A fab tech: significantly more performance, lower power, higher density
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Nvidia RTX 5070 vs RTX 5060 Ti 16GB — less VRAM but much better performance
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(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) RTX 5070 vs RTX 5060 Ti Introduction The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 and RTX 5060 Ti 16GB are the two most recent GPUs launched by Team Green. Since the beginning of 2025, Nvidia has released five Blackwell RTX 50-series GPUs — six if you want to count the RTX 5060 Ti… Read more
read more...Beware of this sneaky Google phishing scam
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Scammers are exploiting Google and PayPal’s tools to create fake emails that pass security checks. Scammers are exploiting Google and PayPal’s tools to create fake emails that pass security checks. Apr 21, 2025, 2:28 PM UTC Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo: Getty Images Umar Shakir is a news writer fond of the electric… Read more
read more...The Last of Us ripped off the Band-aid
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If you’ve played both The Last of Us games and are watching along with the show, there’s a pretty strong chance you’ve been waiting to see how the HBO series approaches a very particular moment — and wondering if that moment has been changed at all for TV. Well, it didn’t take too long to… Read more
read more...Meta is ramping up its AI-driven age detection
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Mia Sato is platforms and communities reporter with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools. Meta is expanding how it uses AI to detect teens on Instagram — and, in some cases, will begin overriding account settings. Instagram announced it was using AI for age… Read more
read more...First SD Express 8.0 memory card from Adata hits 1.6 GB/s read speeds — 512GB capacity, and U3/V30 compliant
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(Image credit: ADATA) Adata has unveiled what it claims is the industry’s first SD Express 8.0 compliant card, boasting read and write speeds of 1.6 GB/s and 1.2 GB/s, respectively. These numbers are up to twelve times faster than existing UHS-1 solutions, four times the speed of UHS-II, and even beat out several entry-level NVMe… Read more
read more...Fortnite is getting a Star Wars Battle Royale with Darth Jar Jar
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May the Fortnite be with you. May the Fortnite be with you. Apr 20, 2025, 4:56 PM UTC Star Wars is once again descending on Fortnite. This time, it’s through the Star Wars-themed Galactic Battle, a new Battle Royale season that starts May 2nd and features Darth Jar Jar and the debut of Force Lightning,… Read more
read more...ChatGPT is now a potent tool for finding the locations of photos, raising doxxing concerns
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(Image credit: Shutterstock) With the release of its latest models earlier in the week, OpenAI seems to have inadvertently tuned ChatGPT to become a potent geo-guesser. The newly available o3 and o4-mini are so good at this ‘reverse location search’ task that showing off this newfound functionality has become a viral social media trend, notes… Read more
read more...Pick up this MSI Creator A16 AI+ RTX 4060 laptop for just $1,499 at Amazon
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When shopping around for a new laptop, there are many specs to take into consideration. It’s not enough to have the beefiest GPU and processor, you need quality output from the display to complement its capabilities. That’s where offers like this one from Amazon on the MSI Creator A16 AI+ RTX 4060 laptop come in…. Read more
read more...Star Wars: Visions is returning in October — and getting a spinoff series
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Though the larger Star Wars franchise has seen better days, Disney Plus’ Visions animated series has been consistently excellent for the past two seasons, and the creative teams behind its next chapter make it sound like it’s going to be another knockout. The anthology series will see three storylines from previous episodes continue in this… Read more
read more...Steelcase Karman High Back Review: Adaptable frame, now with a headrest
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Tom’s Hardware Verdict The Karman High Back is comfortable and adjusts easily to a variety of users without needing adjustment. The downside, of course, is that you can’t adjust it too much even if you want to — but if it fits you, you can’t really go wrong. Pros + Very comfortable + Lightweight, ships… Read more
read more...World’s first drone system for fighting lightning protects cities and infrastructure
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The Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) boasts that it has designed the world’s first lightning triggering and guidance system that leverages flying drones (via machine translation). After successful trials earlier this year it is hoped that networks of these drones can be installed in cities and key infrastructure as a preventative protection measure. (Image… Read more
read more...Radeon PRO W9000 GPUs said to use the Navi 48 XTW die, 32GB VRAM — Computex reveal suggested
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(Image credit: AMD) AMD is reportedly preparing to debut its RDNA 4 workstation GPU offerings for desktops, presumably under the Radeon Pro W9000 family. As put forwaard by Hoang Anh Phu, who frequently obtains inside scoops, AMD is considering using the Navi 48 XTW die for its top-end SKUs, paired with 32GB of video memory,… Read more
read more...Everybody’s got a favorite new game
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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 79, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, RIP your free time, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about dire wolves and Neuralink and the history of the… Read more
read more...Synology is tightening restrictions on third-party NAS hard drives
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Wes Davis is a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. Synology is preparing to roll out new restrictions on third-party hard drives in its future network attached storage (NAS) devices later this year, the company confirmed to Ars… Read more
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