Intel has worked out what is causing its instability problems
Microcode algorithm to blame
Intel has identified the cause of its long-running CPU instability issues and plans to deliver a fix in August.
Vendors wrecking Nvidia RTX 40-series cards with cheap paste
Dirty paste done dirt cheap
Hardware tester Igor's Lab found that vendors for Nvidia RTX 40-series cards are using cheap, poorly applied thermal paste, which is leading to high temperatures and consequently, performance degradation over time.
Linux is the #1 operating system in Microsoft’s Azure
It did not give you cancer after all
Once described by the shy and retiring Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer as “cancer” Linux is now the most widely used operating system on Microsoft Azure.
AMD wants to catch up on Ray Tracing
Coming to RDNA 4 GPUs
Hardware information leaker @Kepler_L2 shared a partially redacted data sheet highlighting the expected ray tracing features coming to RDNA 4 GPUs.
Chipzilla fixes instability in 13th and 14th Generation mobile chips
Different from unfixed desktop problems
Intel has addressed reports of instability in its 13th and 14th Generation mobile processors, clarifying that the issues differ from those affecting desktop counterparts.
Oracle pays up in privacy lawsuit
Collected data and sold it
Oracle agreed to pay $115 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the database software and cloud computing company of invading people's privacy by collecting their personal information and selling it to third parties.
AMD claims its Ryzen AI chips will clean Apple’s clock
Tame Apple Press is furious
AMD has introduced its latest Ryzen AI chips, built on the new Zen 5 architecture. The company believes these chips outperform Apple's M3 and M3 Pro chips and journalists who defend Apple are angry.
Bangladesh turns off its Internet again
Aims to stop students organising protests against constitutionally enshrined nepotism
Bangladesh has shut down its internet as the government tries to control widespread student protests against the country's quota system for government jobs.
AI is running out of data to scrape
Important sources are forbidden
For years, people building powerful artificial intelligence systems have used enormous troves of text, images, and videos pulled from the Internet to train their models. Now, that data is drying up.
Southwest Airlines saved from CrowdStrike issues
Because it is still on Windows 3.1
Most US flights are grounded following a CrowdStrike system update error, which is affecting everything from travel to mobile ordering at Starbucks—but not Southwest Airlines.