(Image credit: Web Design Museum) The Web Design Museum is playing its part in the Christmas festivities by highlighting the 34th anniversary of the release date of the first-ever web browser and web page editor, an application called WorldWideWeb, and the museum has created a nifty web app emulator to celebrate the occasion. You can… Read more
read more...Relive surfing the original internet with new emulator — 34 years later, WorldWideWeb app commemorates the first web browser
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Japanese gov’t under fire for funding native chipmaker Rapidus with $6.2 billion in COVID relief money
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Government funding of semiconductor projects always causes debates as microelectronics fabs require tens of billions in upfront investments and do not promise profitability after they come online. Rapidus — which needs some $32 billion for its first 2nm-capable fab — is not an exception as opposition lawmakers to the current government debate over funding source… Read more
read more...Gaming laptop leaks with RTX 50 GPU, 192GB RAM, and Arrow Lake-HX CPU — Clevo laptop has monster 18-inch 4K display and Thunderbolt 5 ports
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Laptop manufacturer Clevo is reportedly preparing to debut an all-new high-performance 18-inch laptop at CES 2025 sporting extremely high-end internals and next-gen CPUs. IT Home reports that a whistleblower has dished out the specs of the new laptop, which reportedly features Arrow Lake-HX series 55W CPU options, a massive 18-inch screen, and support for up… Read more
read more...LG’s new lamp puts a mini garden inside your home
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LG has developed a new lamp that doubles as an indoor garden. The lamp, which LG will show off at CES in January, serves as an adjustable grow light for the tray of up to 20 plants beneath it, while also brightening up your room. It has two different lighting modes: downward-facing lighting during the… Read more
read more...Nvidia’s next-gen B300 GPUs have 1,400W TDP, deliver 50% more AI horsepower: Report
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Nvidia’s rollout of its first-gen Blackwell B200-series processors faced a roadblock due to yield-killing issues, and several unconfirmed reports of overheating servers have also emerged. However, as reported by SemiAnalysis, it looks like Nvidia’s second-gen Blackwell B300-series processors are just around the corner. They will not only feature increased memory capacity but also offer 50% higher performance with just 200W of… Read more
read more...Lenovo ThinkBook Plus with rollable screen leaks out — display expands from 14- to 16.7-inches with a user keystoke or gesture
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New details and images of Lenovo’s ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable have leaked. Legendary electronics leaker Evan Blass shared the above image on Christmas Day, as well as a smattering of details and specifications. Of course, the main attraction is the rollable screen, which motors from a pedestrian 14-inch to an expansive 16.7-inch diagonal. According… Read more
read more...Nvidia’s unreleased RTX 5090 pictured with huge GPU die, sports 32GB of GDDR7 memory
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Yesterday, a user at Chiphell shared an image purported to be of the RTX 5090’s bare PCB laying out 16 solder pads for VRAM and a large area for the GPU package. Today, that same PCB has been outfitted with a GB202-300-A1 GPU die, 32GB of GDDR7 memory, and all surrounding capacitors, inductors, and MOSFETs… Read more
read more...Even Apple wasn’t able to make VR headsets mainstream in 2024
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Apple’s Vision Pro headset is an incredible piece of technology, but even Apple’s design and marketing magic hasn’t been enough to convince many people to don a VR headset for an entire day. Instead, people seem more willing to use discreet wearables like Bluetooth headphones, smartwatches, and products like the Ray-Ban Meta glasses — so… Read more
read more...Bluesky adds Trending topics to its arsenal
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As a special holiday treat, on December 25th, the social media app Bluesky announced that it has added a new feature to its mobile app: a list of Trending topics that lets you know what subjects are popular among its users. Bluesky now shows you its current Trends below the search bar.Screenshot: Bluesky The new… Read more
read more...Russian firm starts shipments of HPC system based on homegrown CPU — but cannot really avoid using a foreign GPU
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Graviton, a Russia-based server supplier, has announced its first AI and HPC server powered by processors developed domestically. This device can support up to eight compute GPUs to process artificial intelligence and supercomputer workloads, but the maker does not recommend any particular GPUs (though they can be easily guessed) probably because getting them amid sanctions… Read more
read more...Bose SoundLink Home review: a speaker that’s all about looks
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Sometimes it’s okay to buy a speaker mostly for the aesthetic. And from the moment it was first announced, Bose’s $219 SoundLink Home stood out from the pack (and Bose’s own other efforts) with a mid-modern style that bears little resemblance to most competitors. It’s the kind of gadget that people are likely to notice… Read more
read more...Squid Game season 2 is a brutal remix of Netflix’s biggest show
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In the three years since Squid Game became Netflix’s biggest property, it’s been easy to forget just why it was so popular to begin with. The unflinching story of class conflict that combined iconic visuals, schoolyard games, and a nihilistic view of humanity, has largely been buried beneath ill-conceived reality shows, influencer knockoffs, cartoon-ish mobile… Read more
read more...Undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia experiences outage — capacity reduced to 35% as Finnish authorities investigate
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Estlink 2, an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia, has unexpectedly been disrupted at around 12:26 pm local time (10:26 am GMT) on Christmas Day. While Finland Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said that the outage hasn’t affected the country’s power supply, Reuters said that it did reduce the availability capacity between the two countries… Read more
read more...Chinese PCIe 5.0 SSD tested with speeds up to 14.5 GB/s — Zhitai TiPro9000 sports 5th Gen YMTC 3D NAND and SMI SM2508 controller
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DIY.Zol.com.cn has reviewed a rather mysterious solid-state drive from Zhitai with a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface based on a controller with no markings and on YMTC’s 5th Generation 3D NAND with the Xtacking 4.0 architecture. The SSD supports read speeds of up to 14.5 GB/s, enabling it to compete against the best SSDs. While the… Read more
read more...Vendors push Intel’s promised performance-boosting firmware for Intel Arrow Lake CPUs — 0x114 beta BIOS updates coupled with the new CSME version 1854v2.2
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Intel partners have started to deploy BIOS patches for Z890 motherboards featuring the 0x114 microcode coupled with the updated CSME 1854v2.2 firmware. The patches serve as the last piece to Intel’s Core Ultra 200S (Arrow Lake) performance puzzle, with the newer CSME and BIOS combo promising additional single-digit increases in gaming performance. Interestingly, vendors are… Read more
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