Stories tagged hardware & chips.
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At Semafor’s The Next 3 Billion, Nvidia’s head of sustainability pushed back against the groundswell of anti-AI sentiment that’s unfurled in the US over the last few weeks.
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Vivo has announced two additional configurations for the newly-launched X500 Pro. The new additions have more RAM and can be purchased with up to 1TB of storage, just like the X500 Pro Max.
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YouTuber RedLogic’s Monte Carlo simulation suggests Minecraft’s mobs could theoretically kill the Ender Dragon without player input through an extraordinarily rare chain of events. The process would take nearly two billion in-game years, and the paywalled code means its probability estimates cannot…
Tom's Hardware
Amazon has slashed 33% off the price of the Samsung P9 microSD Express card for the Nintendo Switch 2, bringing it down to $99.99.
Raspberry Pi / Arduino / Adafruit
The Adafruit TSL2585 Digital UVA and Ambient Light Sensor is a great “three-in-one” light sensor that has ambient light sensing, Infrared channel and UVA (315nm-400nm). In particular it’s not that common to get UVA narrow-band sensing on an I2C sensor, so this is great for outdoor light monitoring…
ServeTheHome / The Next Platform / KitGuru / HotHardware
That's right folks; this is an actual launch of an actual PC hardware component! A little odd to get as excited as I am over a new case, but this is where we're at in the market right now. Corsair's new Warthog case is an absolutely fantastic-looking new PC chassis in black or olive drab, and if…
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The modding community has unlocked over 48,000 prefab objects in Crimson Desert and handed them to the players to create whatever they want. World Builder for Crimson Desert makes actual world-building possible.
The Robot Report / IEEE Spectrum Robotics
The release brings new agentic workflows and platform support to NVIDIA Isaac ROS to help developers deploy robotics applications faster. The post Isaac ROS 5.0 brings AI agents to robotics development, says NVIDIA appeared first on The Robot Report.
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Hidden Palace has released a rare custom Mega CD BIOS created for Sonic Team creative director Kazuyuki Hoshino in 1991, featuring a personalized Sonic boot screen and modified revision text. The dumped EPROM offers a glimpse into Sega’s early CD development culture, though how the one-off gift…
NVIDIA — Blog / Technical Blog / Newsroom
As large language model (LLM) inference increasingly processes sensitive information and proprietary model context across personal, enterprise, and regulated...
The Pragmatic Engineer / ByteByteGo / Architecture Weekly
Deepdive into the Windows team’s efforts to make the OS “AI agent-friendly” and win back developers by going all-in on Linux on Windows, local models, GPUs, & more
NVIDIA — Blog / Technical Blog / Newsroom
AI factories are power-limited systems that deliver maximum value when fully optimized. GPU workload placement is a key optimization. Poor workload placement...
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The BYD Han, once a highly successful electric sedan, is facing a sharp decline in sales in China. The company reportedly has a secret plan to keep its former flagship EV from being discontinued. New leaks about the third-generation model, known internally as "Xiao Han," point to an expensive…
ServeTheHome / The Next Platform / KitGuru / HotHardware
Xbox has announced that Playground Games and Turn 10 Studios, the teams behind Forza Horizon and Forza Motorsport, will merge into a single studio as part of the company’s ongoing restructuring. The post Playground Games and Turn 10 combining into one studio for Forza and Fable first appeared on…
ServeTheHome / The Next Platform / KitGuru / HotHardware
Microsoft has confirmed that Obsidian is officially being merged with Bethesda as part of Xbox’s ongoing restructuring, following the studio’s recent return to the Fallout franchise. The post Obsidian is merging with Bethesda amid Xbox restructuring first appeared on KitGuru.
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Oppo keeps challenging itself in the camera phone realm, which saw it releasing many firsts, like dual periscope zoom lenses. Its latest premium Find X10 Pro Max is no exception, becoming the world's first phone with triple 200 MP cameras among its other virtues.
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The next Halo game will come from Call of Duty publisher Activision. Xbox has announced the next phase of its reset, and it includes major rearrangements, putting Halo in the hands of a purpose-built team within Activision.
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The Oppo Find X10 series has launched in China. The standard Find X10 features dual 200MP cameras, a large 8,000mAh battery, and MediaTek’s new Dimensity 9600M chipset.
Tom's Hardware
Built for military, emergency services and industrial applications, the Z14I-DX3 packs three sunlight-readable 14-inch touchscreens and up to RTX 5000 Ada graphics into one exceptionally rugged mobile workstation.
ServeTheHome / The Next Platform / KitGuru / HotHardware
As part of Xbox’s ongoing restructuring, Microsoft has confirmed a major shift for the Halo franchise. Development of the next Halo title is moving to Activision, while 343 Industries (now known as Halo Studios), will be significantly scaled back. The post Xbox restructure will move Halo to…
Semiconductor Engineering / SemiWiki / EE Times / EE Journal / Electronics Weekly
Novigrad is forging a pathway for faster, more accessible radiation testing as a growing wave of space missions drives demand for reliable, resilient electronics. The post Canadian Startup Sees Success in Space Qualification appeared first on EE Times.
MacRumors / AppleInsider
Amazon is slashing $600 off two M5 Max MacBook Pros, with both 14-inch and 16-inch options available. Save $600 on M5 Max MacBook Pro laptops today - Image credit: Apple The month-end savings deliver $600 off two M5 Max MacBook Pro configurations, starting with the 14-inch model with an 18-core CPU…
Semafor (filter tech)
The World Bank’s private-sector arm is opening up decades of credit data as it seeks to convince investors that African markets are systematically mispriced.
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Astronomers have discovered the youngest exoplanet ever detected, located several light-years from Earth. However, similar discoveries may soon follow, particularly thanks to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
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Sixteen years after its browser debut, Happy Wheels amassed 750,000 Steam wishlists in two weeks - 150 times creator Jim Bonacci’s expectation - before launching to strong early sales and positive reviews. The Steam edition combines more than five million user-created levels with modern features.
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Acer has released a new 16-inch gaming laptop featuring Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series laptop GPUs. Also packing a 180 Hz display, the new Nitro V 16S combines Intel's Panther Lake architecture with a 76 Wh battery for up to 20 hours of battery life in official tests.
ServeTheHome / The Next Platform / KitGuru / HotHardware
Earlier this summer, Xbox announced plans to close or divest several of its studios as part of a wider restructuring effort. A few months on, Microsoft has now provided an update on where each team has landed — and unfortunately, Ninja Theory has not been able to secure independence or a buyer…
The Hindu — Technology / BusinessLine — Info-tech
“The design for the Vision SoC is moving in the background, with the goal of prototyping it by the end of the year. We’ll trial it with our customers sometime next year, and launch it by the end of next year,” co-founder and CEO, Shashwath TR said.
9to5Mac / 9to5Google
Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by Nothing’s 2026 Headphone (a) now at 30% off via Amazon (one of the best prices yet), alongside the ongoing return lows on Nothing Ear (3a). You can also score Google Pixel 10a from under $400 today, and the lowest prices to date on the latest Pixelsnap…
ServeTheHome / The Next Platform / KitGuru / HotHardware
SteelSeries is marking its 25th anniversary with two limited‑edition versions of the Apex Pro TKL Gen 3 keyboard, introducing new Cyber and Steel colourways alongside optional Speed and Control switch spring weights. The Apex Pro TKL Gen 3 is already SteelSeries’ flagship magnetic‑switch keyboard…