(Image credit: Minisforum) Amidst the chaos of October, Minisforum launched the MS-A1 AM5 mini-PC with both barebones and a Ryzen 7 8700G configuration— but earlier this morning, Minisforum also added a new variant with Ryzen 9 9950X. Compared to other mini PCs, which usually don’t come in alternative barebones forms, MS-A1 may be the most… Read more
read more...Minisforum’s AM5 mini-PC gets Ryzen 9 9950X upgrade for $919 — adding 64GB RAM and 2TB SSD pushes the price tag to $1,199
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Nvidia revives LAN party after 13 years to celebrate RTX 50-series GPU launch — GeForce LAN 50 is a 50-hour LAN party across four different cities
By: Tom's Hardware
Nvidia is hosting its first LAN party in over a decade to celebrate the RTX 50 series debut at CES 2025. The LAN party (dubbed GeForce LAN 50) will start on January 4 at 4:30 pm PT and end right before Nvidia CES Jensen Huang gives his opening speech at the CES event in Las… Read more
read more...Where to buy the Intel Arc B580 — all the different models currently available
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(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The Intel Arc B580 officially launched today, December 13, 2024. It’s the new budget-friendly darling of the GPU world, ranking as one of the best graphics cards you can buy — if you can find it in stock. We’ve scoured the usual places for all the current listings and prices, and… Read more
read more...HDMI 2.2 is set to debut at CES 2025 — the new standard brings higher resolutions, refresh rates, and bandwidth
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A new HDMI standard is set to launch at CES 2025 in January. According to a report, the HDMI Licensing Administrator, Inc. (HDMI LA) has already notified media outlets about a significant announcement scheduled during the trade fair in Las Vegas. The new standard, rumored to be named HDMI 2.2, is expected to deliver higher… Read more
read more...AI GPU clusters with one million GPUs are planned for 2027 — Broadcom says three AI supercomputers are in the works
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When Elon Musk announced plans to expand xAI’s Colossus AI supercomputer from 100,000 GPUs today to 1 million GPUs in the future, the plan seemed overwhelming. But xAI will not be alone in having such a gargantuan supercomputer. Broadcom predicts that three of its clients, among hyperscalers, will deploy AI supercomputers with one million XPUs in fiscal… Read more
read more...Anker’s new 5K MagSafe battery is slimmer and faster
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Anker has released its thinnest MagSafe-compatible power bank, measuring about a third of an inch thick. It’s only got a 5,000mAh battery inside, so you probably won’t get two full iPhone charges with it, but Anker has updated it with 15W Qi2 wireless charging speeds so your phone can charge faster. It’s currently available exclusively… Read more
read more...Game-like ‘task scams’ stole more than $220 million in six months
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning Americans about “game-like online job scams” that get people to perform tasks with the promise of a continuous income stream — only to be duped into giving money to the scammer. The FTC says in the first six months of this year, these “task scams” have raked in… Read more
read more...Lenovo might soon announce a SteamOS handheld
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Valve revealed earlier this year that it will support the ROG Ally handheld with its Steam Deck operating system, and now it looks like Lenovo will soon have its own SteamOS handheld, too. Evan Blass has posted images of an unannounced Lenovo Legion Go S on X today, revealing black and white variants of a… Read more
read more...Google’s NotebookLM AI podcast hosts can now talk to you, too
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Google’s NotebookLM and its podcast-like Audio Overviews have been a surprise hit this year, and today Google company is starting to roll out a big new feature: the ability to actually talk with the AI “hosts” of the overviews. When the feature is available to you, you can try it out with new Audio Overviews…. Read more
read more...Kraven the Hunter is the flimsiest strand in Sony’s spider-free web
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Regardless of what the studio insists on calling it internally, Sony’s Spider-Man Universe of live-action features will always be better known as “those Spider-Man spinoffs where Spider-Man never shows up for legal reasons.” Sony’s plan to build an entire franchise out of standalone films about Peter Parker’s nemeses always read as a transparent attempt at… Read more
read more...Intel Panther Lake samples with flagship 18A node have been powered on at eight customers — Co-CEOs dispel rumors regarding poor silicon health
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Just a few months after Pat Gelsinger presented Panther Lake Engineering Samples live at the Lenovo Tech World event, Intel reports that Panther Lake has now achieved power-on status at eight customers. During the Barclays 22nd Annual Global Technology Conference, the two interim co-CEOs at Intel dispelled rumors regarding 18A and the scheduled Panther Lake… Read more
read more...Bluesound Node Nano
By: What HIFI?
What Hi-Fi? Verdict The Node Nano should appeal to anyone searching for smooth, robust sound and ample streaming features in a very small package. If you prioritise musical dynamism, however, it may not quite be to your taste. Pros + Smooth, solid sound presentation + Strong streaming features + Neat, appealing design Cons – Below-par… Read more
read more...Waymo’s robotaxis pass the first responder test
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Waymo’s driverless vehicles can detect emergency vehicles, know how to respond to hand signals for traffic cops, and can be disabled manually when something goes wrong, according to an independent review of the company’s first responder protocols. As such, the Alphabet company’s first responder protocols passed an independent review conducted by Tüv Süd, a German… Read more
read more...NASA thinks it’s figured out why the Mars helicopter crashed
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Ahead of a full technical report that’s expected to be released in the next few weeks, engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and AeroVironment have revealed what’s believed to be the cause of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s crash on January 18th, 2024. The craft’s vision navigation system, which was designed to track textured features on the… Read more
read more...Airbnb’s anti-party tech is cracking down on ‘unauthorized’ get togethers
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If you were thinking of booking an Airbnb to host a rowdy New Year’s Eve shindig, the company is already one step ahead of you. Airbnb says it’s rolling out anti-party technology worldwide to help prevent “unauthorized and disruptive” get togethers over the holiday. Airbnb describes its anti-party technology as machine learning tools to identify… Read more
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