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GDDR7 must be faster than ECC GDDR6. Usually this performance level would go to their professional (a) series cards.

Prototyped was pictured. The webpage doesn't play nice, but the alleged specs are: GPU: GB202-200 Cores: 24576 CUDA GPU Clock 2100/2514 MHz Memory 32 GB GDDR7 32 Gbps TGP 800W, 2x 12v-2x6 Just a moment... VIDEOCARDZ.COM Could it be, Nvidia pushing the limits of what people are willing to pay?! These are starting to get into the professional use only category, which makes me ask why they aren't covering this area with their a5500/higher tier cards. Maybe ECC is less valuable than GDDR7? Or maybe they are just having fun playing with prototypes. -- Bonami beat me to it! I'll lock this thread to keep 1 topic.

Asmongold seemed particularly upset. He called Elon out and they supposedly beefed a bit. That's when Elon doubled down and then someone came out and said it was their character. It's a story about who's ego is bigger and it's petty on both sides. Elon often pops up in the news for saying things he shouldn't, but ever since he bought twitter the media turned against him. Yes! When Elon was talking about making car bodies all one piece and how it would make production cheaper, I realized he surrounds himself with a lot of smart people but doesn't understand some basic concepts. The Delorian was a cool car, but there aren't any on the road because fender benders cost too much to repair. Replacing an entire body would sky rocket insurance prices and the automotive repair guys would be up in arms. The cybertruck's titanium body repeats the problem the Delorian had. I think it's funny that all the Teslas have a front indent where the radiator air scoop would typically go. It's a sign the body wasn't designed for an electric car.

Someone should pitch owning a gaming team to him. Maybe Star Citizen would have the right appeal? It should be out in the next decade!

Nintendo just admitted that emulators are, technically, legal - Android Authority WWW.ANDROIDAUTHORITY.COM After shutting down several popular emulators over the years, Nintendo's top IP lawyer just admitted that emulators are legal. Nintendo has been fighting it on these grounds and that they often point to rom sites. They are more than willing to drag people through court and all the financial burdens associated with it. Nintendo has money for lawyers, most devs do not. This does leave room for an emulator to become legal, but they would have to stand their ground against Nintendo's legal firm.

Chinese AI model Spark v3.5 'beats GPT-4 Turbo' in key metrics | Live Science WWW.LIVESCIENCE.COM The newly announced Spark v3.5 can beat OpenAI's GPT-4 in language workloads, among other areas, and can synthesize human speech that... Cybernews AI Joe mentioned the Chinese model is cheaper to run on a per search basis. He also said it's a model Chinese citizen that refuses to talk about a certain square or say anything bad about the Chinese government! AI could be the ultimate propaganda tool! It's no wonder the U.S. is harming Nvidia to stay in the lead!

China’s "Artificial Sun" Breaks New Record In Longest Sustained Ultra-Hot Plasma WWW.IFLSCIENCE.COM The plasma was maintained for almost 18 minutes. Am I the only person who doesn't understand fusion technology? Global warming and climate change are 'problems' that the world must deal with! Meanwhile, researchers are busy trying to turn earth into a sun. Does this make sense to anyone else? I know that everyone is traumatised about nuclear energy, but how long until the AI overlords demand it and we finally listen? Everyone thinks that our power infrastructure is going to grow to meet the demand, but what we see is that large scale businesses continue to get power while individual homes suffer brownouts. My city voted not to build a new natural gas power plant, but meanwhile nothing is on the drawing boards to meet the growing demand for power. Now is a better time than ever to buy a UPS (uninterrupted power supply) backup for your computer! Fun fact, or not so fun fact.... UPS power supplies are actually not uninterrupted. I had a bad wall socket and the UPS kept shutting off to avoid getting fried. Wish I'd realized that before buying another UPS! Imagine my surprise when the new one did the same thing. Whoops!

Their page doesn't want to copy a snippet, but the timespy and fire strike performance improvements are significant. 5090 Firestrike 4K = 33,114, while the 4090 = 24828. The overall increase ranges from 24 - 30 % increase. These are benchmark tools so it's likely the task is repetitive and their AI performance is on full display. Stand by for real tests! 30% improvement is more than Nvidia likes to do! They could be shaving performance for next gen with numbers like that! Just a moment... VIDEOCARDZ.COM

Elon Musk Admits to Paying People to Play Video Games for Him GIZMODO.COM The world’s richest man doesn’t have time to level his characters but wants people to see him as a ‘living god of video games.’ Props to the gamers getting paid! Gaming is probably the worst career out there. I keep dreaming that one day there will be a real gamers league where the education is free and you don't have to win every game to make money. Some gamers were upset about it. They felt it diminished their own accomplishments. They work hard to get on that leader board and they don't have billions to show for it!

Looking forward to seeing how their next few launches go. I have to say, even with a "faulty" 13700K, Intel did right by me. They gave me a refund 1 1/2 years later. I was able to buy a 14700K with the money and even save $20. As long as Intel stays relatively competitive I'll continue to support them.

reuters.com WWW.REUTERS.COM This is just the latest round where the U.S. says they are going to be the AI leaders of the world. They limit what Nvidia can sell, so Nvidia builds right up to the line for specs that they can sell and the U.S. says, wait we don't want them to have that either! I'm certain at this point it's cost Nvidia a significant amount of money, but most certainly China is already doing their best to circumvent it. Most notably they are starting to develop their own hardware, which may not be as good, but is probably 'good enough'. AI is more dependent on it's training data than the hardware it runs on. This is no different than open source vs closed source. I'm happily in the open source crowd and I don't think limiting competition is a good thing. From Nvidia's perspective limiting their market is certainly worse, as they would have used that money that is instead going to competition. It's the same problem as Google pulling out of China's market. They are still going to have operating systems for their phone, it just won't be under western influence. I guess China could try and copy the hardware, but the Linux community knows, it's the drivers that matter! I can't help but think it's only a matter of time until things change, but my friends who have been to China have told me that Chinese citizens are not taught to think, they are taught to copy. It may be a while until that mindset changes.

It really felt like they missed the mark. Like someone on the outside looking at where all the money was going and saying they wanted it too! Turns out, they weren't part of the cool group and here's the lawsuit clarifying it.

New York starts enforcing $15 broadband law that ISPs tried to kill ARSTECHNICA.COM Fresh off court victory, NY says low-income plans must be available Wednesday. I've heard that Elon didn't want to provide Starlink internet for that cheap, or that if he did it would be massively data capped. Will this be a situation where Starlink pulls out of New York? Something to keep an eye on.

But where is the RGB SPARKLE?! J/k, I'm happy to see more minimalist designs. If it were up to me, I'd still have a metal box for a PC case...

Texas Sues Allstate for Collecting Driver Data to Raise Premiums GIZMODO.COM The lawsuit accuses the insurance company of paying app developers to install code in their products that sent sensitive customer data back to... Wow, I never thought I'd see the day that insurance companies were held accountable! Too bad they will just use this lawsuit as an excuse to raise premiums... This does set an interesting precedent. Insurance companies have traditionally always changed their rates based on how safe they felt a diver was. This creates a line in the sand, but exactly where is that line? Is it the consumers vehicle? Cameras located at busy intersections? Speeding ticket cameras? What about tickets in general? These are things that will have to be discussed in the courts or it will just be business as usual with everything fair game. Maybe the initial complaint is about transparency and it will be fine as long as they tell everyone about it. (Here on page 523 of the user documentation, you can see...)

reuters.com WWW.REUTERS.COM This is cool because they managed to take over the command control server and send the command for the malware to self delete. Cybersecurity is in a real no man's land right now. Federal government says they can't fix the problem because they report problems and fixes, but nobody takes the time to fix it. Average Joes just can't compete with full time security specialists trying to compromise their systems. Between that and the ever growing list of old devices still running, it's only going to get worse!

FTC Says Refunds For Razer's False N95 Face Masks Are Going Out Now - GameSpot WWW.GAMESPOT.COM Over $1 million is on the way, split among thousands of people. I suspect our usual suspects weren't drawn to this product, but if you were, go get your refund now! It might not be a n95 mask, but it will make a great prop for cyberish cosplays, and it's free! I wonder how much this will cost Razer.

John Deere faces U.S. lawsuit over farmers' ability to repair tractors WWW.NPR.ORG The Federal Trade Commission and two states accuse Deere of costing farmers time and money by unfairly limiting software access and forcing the... Louis Rossman must be dancing right now, he's fought so hard to push right to repair. Obviously, it's a lawsuit that will take some time, and who knows what sneaky ways they will figure out to circumvent the exact language used to curtail their behaviour. Wouldn't it be great if you could just take your car to a mechanic when it needs to be fixed? Tractor owners think so!

The problem is that the system is designed for end users not to know. If you know, they screwed up. The only real way to check would be to have a seperate computer/VM, with a VPN and different account. It would also take conscious effort to move the mouse and interact with the computer differently. I've also seen amazon prices change on things, but I've no idea why. This reminds me of Walmart. They used to charge different prices for things depending on where it was in the store. There were 3 different prices for electrical tape, depending on if it was in automotive, electronics, or home improvement. None of them would be the same 'brand' and none of them would have the other brand anywhere within eyesight. Supposedly Walmart quit doing that, but it might have been because they didn't tell employees not to advertise it. I only knew about the different prices because an employee told me where I could find it, and that it was probably the cheapest at the home improvement section. I saw the same thing with wasp spray. Much cheaper in the general home cleaning isle, than it was in the outdoor section. People going to outdoor to get it are going to buy it regardless of the cost. People in the home cleaning isle will buy it as an afterthought. You are welcome. I'd like to see this site thriving!

FTC Surveillance Pricing Study Indicates Wide Range of Personal Data Used to Set Individualized Consumer Prices WWW.FTC.GOV The Federal Trade Commission’s initial findings from its surveillance pricing market study revealed that details like... Burried in the article is a link where the ftc would like people to comment on their experience with targetted pricing. Regulations.gov WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV I'm glad this is catching the spotlight and it sounds like they are looking for insider information. I think bank loans are the most entrenched entity doing this. It's certainly not a flat rate for everyone deal. I'm glad Lina Khan is starting to show some teeth. I just hope there's some bite to back it up. I'm afriad there won't be though. The report has anonimized the companies doing it because how they make their decisions is a 'trade secret'. If they aren't willing to name and shame, what possible outcomes can there be?

I'm probably not Nintendo's target audience because I can't help but ask, what are the specs?! Can it duelboot steamOS? That would make it a pretty awesome handheld, but it's more likely to be locked down than allow people to boot other OSes. I might be more inclined to wait for an emulator that can run off a deck or Asus/whatever other varient. PC master race! If I was buying a console for a family with kids, the switch would definitely be my first choice.

A big part that made OCN great was the news. Before it was purchased it was my go to site for tech news. After the purchase news wasn't really a focus. Now I am going elsewhere for news, but I think it's something that generates traffic and is worth talking about. I remember talking to a guy who ran an offensive cybersecurity company. Some of his more notable customers at the time were johnson and johnson and mcdonalds. I was talking about intel's hardware speculating and how that was a serious liability with spectre/meltdown and zombie attacks. He wasn't aware of the spectre/meltdown attacks. That's the kind of cool news we used to have.

The 4080 for $1200 didn't sell well, but it was priced that high because they wanted to sell 30 series stock. The big sales pitch is frame generation. Supposedly they are only redrawing the parts of the screen that change, which allows them to boost FPS. It feels more like an attempt to muddy the water and say they preform much better than the hardware does, but maybe the end results are that much better. $549 5070 feels like a travesty for 192 bit memory bus. This should be a $400 card, but I guess they are saving that for a 60 series where they skimp on ram even more. Everyone is selling AI specific hardware, but I've yet to see consumer AI needs. Is there an AI product that the general population is actually using? I don't need my operating system to understand what I'm thinking before I think it. If Microsoft cared about the end user experience they wouldn't make Windows 11 start menu suck with history turned off. It's a blank page. They intentionally make it crappy! AI is useful for analysing mass amounts of data. The only mass data that my computer has access to better than a server is my actions and movements. We continue to grab more and more user data without securing the existing info structure we have. How long until this Janga house falls down? Is all this really about lighting in a game? I'm reminded of a Marrowind quote. "Confucius says, he who owns glass house, dress in basement."

Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, clears way for app to shut down in U.S. as soon as Sunday WWW.CBSNEWS.COM The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a new law that would lead to a ban of the social media platform TikTok. This goes into law 1 day before Biden leaves office, it will be up to Trump's administration to enforce it. Trump likes TikTok. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. It's funny how having the same capabilities as Youtube is considered a national threat. Makes me wonder just how much Alphabet is in bed with the government. But hey, if you can't buy them, regulate them! Youtube's monopoly shall not be contested! China does use it like a weapon. They like to circulate really dump things to American citizens and Chinese citizens see stuff pushing them into math and science. I wish America spent more time and effort on education than we do.

All they have to do is lock it behind remote start or heated/cooled seats and cruise control. People will sign their life away. Makes me sad. I'd say that the subscription model for stuff people already own was worse, but that's not true. Subscription, while despicable, was at least a straightforward transaction. People don't realize how much their data is worth and how vulnerable it leaves them. I would love something that showed how much insurance premiums were increased as a result.