Kaz

I can't think of a worse launch.

GeForce RTX 5090 drops below RTX 4090 in high-end graphics card benchmark chart - NotebookCheck.net News WWW.NOTEBOOKCHECK.NET The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card has been knocked off its perch at the top of PassMark’s high-end video card benchmark chart. The RTX... Looks like there are a few people with missing ROPs. Based on the average, the 5090 is worse than the 4090.

From what I've been able to find out, it was a phishing campaign run by North Korea.

Just a moment... APNEWS.COM When it's gone, it's gone. If your using crypto, hopefully you have a use and it's not just speculation. I've heard rumors we are close to a 2008 market crash with the way crypto is mixing into everything.

Apple pulls iCloud end-to-end encryption feature for UK users after government demanded backdoor | TechCrunch TECHCRUNCH.COM In an unprecedented step, Apple caved to a reported U.K. government’s demand to prevent users from using end-to-end encryption in iCloud. Not even a month ago the FBI and NSA came out and told everyone to use end to end encryption because China had hacked 8 major telecom providers. I think law enforcement often sees encryption as a tool for criminals without understanding the legitimate use cases and why it is so important.

If I were them I wouldn't sell the foundry, I'd lease it out and do chips for other companies.

Some RTX 5090s are shipping with missing ROP units, leading to less gaming performance: Updated | Tom's Hardware WWW.TOMSHARDWARE.COM 5-8% slower than other 5090 models. According to Jayz, Nvidia's official statement is thay they have identified a defect that affects .5% of cards sold. That number seems a little optimistic to me. At this point I'd run, not walk, away from Nvidia 50 series. Nvidia has a history of beating AMD to the punch with launches, which means AMD tries to beat them in price. That's about when Nvidia would launch their "super" editions that would essentially be more preformance for the same $. I think that was because they don't want to reduce price on all the cards in stock because they have to refund resellers. The brand change means there is no refund. Now we are seeing paper launches, with the 5070ti selling out in seconds and most resellers getting less than a dozen. Between scalpers, melting cables and missing ROPs, this is one series I cannot recommend to anyone.

Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding ARSTECHNICA.COM Meta’s copyright defense may hinge on court ignorance of torrenting terminology. Meta is doing some serious mental acrobats to say that stealing isn't stealing because they didn't give it away.

Gaming on the go would by my use case. I already have a laptop if I want portable computing. I don't own one, probably because if I want to play a game I can go sit at my computer. Next big expenditures are VR and an OLED monitor. Steamdeck would come in after that, though I might want a 2nd graphics card if I have to send my 7900XTX in because it's artificing.

I suspect it's hard to generate fake frames for it.

PhysX quietly retired on RTX 50 series GPUs: Nvidia ends 32-bit CUDA app support | Tom's Hardware WWW.TOMSHARDWARE.COM With no 64-bit games using PhysX (that we are aware of), the technology is now end-of-life. Yet another reason not to jump on the 50 series bandwagon. List of games that support Nvidia PhysX - PCGamingWiki PCGW - bugs, fixes, crashes, mods, guides and improvements for every PC game WWW.PCGAMINGWIKI.COM Pretty big list, with some of the titles dropping in 2024.

Nvidia 30 series was the last great series! I'd cry if I was trying to upgrade. Good thing I have a 7900XTX and don't plan to upgrade! It's crazy that they didn't figure this out after the 40 series.

They probably own iphones. Apple had several updates that made the iphone experience worse on older phones. One update slowed phones down when batteries got older to try and 'save battery life', and another made them take longer to charge. While those might be better for the battery, they feel much worse for the consumer. Both updates felt like they were pushing people to upgrade their phones. Valve's update should be an improvement for end users.

What the US' first major AI copyright ruling might mean for IP law | TechCrunch TECHCRUNCH.COM Copyright claims against AI companies just got a potential boost. A U.S. federal judge last week handed down a summary judgment in a case... Sam Altman told AI companies to take all the data they could and settle lawsuits later with the billions they made. Looks like that may not have been the best advice.

New Steam Deck Update Gives Millions Of Users Improved Battery Life WWW.FORBES.COM 3 years in, Valve continues to improve the Steam Deck user experience with meaningful software updates. And the BEST update is one that improves... Time to update your steam deck!

Broadcom, TSMC reportedly exploring deals that would split up Intel | TechCrunch TECHCRUNCH.COM Broadcom and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are separately exploring deals to take over parts of Intel, according to a report... Intel started to separate the foundry from their business and this is probably why. I'll be watching their stocks!

Should be great! I'm on a 7900XTX along with 32 GB of ram and it only takes a second or two to think and then spits out text faster than I can read it. Nvidia is supposed to be even better for AI. The models all run on 'lessor' hardware, it just takes longer. I think Chrombooks may struggle, but they were never a real computer! This doesn't take a video to set up, but it really shows how easy it is to get up and running. I watched this on my phone and then did a quick reference later when I went to install it.

https://venturebeat.com/ai/perplexity-just-made-ai-research-crazy-cheap-what-that-means-for-the-industry/ I'm looking forward to a world where OpenAI isn't worth the money they sank into R&D because training AI doesn't have a high cost of entry. Anyone interested in AI should check out LM Studio. It's easy to get DeepSeek and Cognitive AI running locally. They aren't locked down and are willing to answer cyber security questions.

Solar-powered device captures carbon dioxide from air to make WWW.CAM.AC.UK The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, say their solar-powered reactor could be used to make fuel to... The search for alternative fuel sources is on the rise.

Days Gone Remastered announced for PC and PS5 WWW.EUROGAMER.NET Sony has announced a souped up version of Days Gone, the 2019 PS4 not-zombie game where you ride around... I enjoyed this game a lot, but I'm not a fan of paying for a 'remake' for any game that isn't 15+ years old. Games that didn't support high resolution initially, or benefit from an engine overhall. Ori and the Blind Forest, another favorite of mine, did the same thing and got review bombed for it. Some updates should just be updates. Something that Cyberpunk and Dead Cells did right. Neverwinter Nights Enhanced edition was worth the wait, but you'll never catch me buying warcraft 3 reforged!

I've picked up a couple keys from g2a in the past without issue. Looks like they do x-box subscriptions as well.

RTX 5090 cable overheats to 150 degrees Celsius — Uneven current distribution likely the culprit | Tom's Hardware WWW.TOMSHARDWARE.COM One wire was spotted carrying 22A, more than double the max spec. Uneven current distribution is thought to be the culprit.

Don't be evil was always a joke. The mind doesn't think in negatives, if you tell a child don't turn off the lights, they will keep flipping that light switch on and off. If you tell a child please leave the lights on we want to be able to see, they will leave the light switch alone. From personal experience, good people don't run around telling everyone they are a good person. The few people I've met who do that, are dirtbags. Google became too big to escape the interest of intelligence services. It was only a matter of time until it all came out. It did, that was Snowden. Now google is dropping the act because they want more money. The question, are we the badguys? Should be asked more often by more people and not just in the tech world. General Eisenhower warned everyone about the industrial military complex.

Supposedly deepseek sometimes called itself ChatGPT. That seems to have been fixed. AI training data needs to be open source. As long as that stays hidden I don't trust AI. They won't do that because they are busy stealing everything they can feed it to make it super intelligence. A level of intelligence we simply do not comprehend. This is where someone needs to tell them to slow down and do things responsibly. They need to start respecting copyright, show their training material and have a bit of compassion.

Hot Tub Is 1st iPhone Porn App: Apple Warns Of User Safety In Rare Statement WWW.FORBES.COM It’s almost unheard of for Apple to comment on an individual iPhone app, but it’s just done so in response to the... Fallout from allowing 3rd party app loading. Apple is upset because it bypasses their walled garden and the way it was advertised made it sound like apple was endorsing them. Apple did no such thing. I just want to know if we can sideload firefox yet. Brave doesn't have the same adblock capabilities as ublock origin.